MY TWO ITALIES
Book presentation Presentation of the book: My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi.A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, “Beautiful Land,” where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of […]
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IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL
CLOSING NIGHT – Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings. Production highlights include “Hanno tutti ragione” (Everybody’s Right), performed by Iaia Forte, […]
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FROM STREET TO ART
Curated by Simone Pallotta Exhibition “From street to Art” is an overview of Italian Street Art through the work of 10 contemporary artists, hosted by the Italian Cultural institute of New York, and curated by Simone Pallotta. The exhibition presents the individuals who have determined the Italian Street Art scene over the past two decades, […]
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THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: POLIZIOTTESCHI AND OTHER ITALO-CRIME FILMS OF THE 1960s AND 70s
Influenced both by 1960s political cinema and Italian crime novels, as well as by French noir and American cop movies like DIRTY HARRY and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, many Italian filmmakers in the late-60s and early-70s gradually moved away from the spaghetti western genre, trading lone cowboys for ‘bad’ cops and the rough frontier of the […]
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IN SEARCH OF EUGENIO MONTALE AND IRMA BRANDEIS
Reading and a Conversation on Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm and the Jewish Sunflower by David M. Hertz This new book (University of Toronto Press 2013) uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. During Italy’s Fascist period, Eugenio Montale – winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the […]
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RE-READING ITALIAN AMERICANA
Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism Book Presentation Presentation of the book: Re-reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism (Fairleigh Dickinson UP 2014), by Anthony Julian Tamburri. Divided into three sections, the first deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in […]
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L’Amfiparnaso – A madrigal-comedy from 1594 by Orazio Vecchi
L’Amfiparnaso premiered in 1594 in Modena, Italy. It is a witty and profound setting of a commedia dell’arte scenario featuring traditional comic characters, including Pantalone, Pedrolino, Dr. Graziano, Capitano, and the lovers Isabella, Lucio, Lelio and Nisa.
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MIND AND MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ITALIAN
What happens in the mind when a person learns Italian as a foreign language Lecture Introduced by: Anthony J. Tamburri Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY and Professor of Italian & Italian/American Studies. The topic pertains to the field of neurolinguistics, but it will be dealt with from […]
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OPEN ROADS NEW ITALIAN CINEMA
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, will take place from June 5-12, 2014. Open Roads has served as the leading North American showcase of contemporary Italian cinema for the past 13 years. This exceptionally strong and diverse edition includes the latest work from established veterans (Gianni Amelio, Roberto Andò, Daniele Luchetti) and top award winners, alongside […]
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SURVIVAL VIOLIN PROJECT
Concert The Survival Violin is made with wood debris returned from the sea to the beaches of Rikuzentakata city, in the Iwate Prefecture, after the earthquake). The Survival Violin Project brings its message of peace, environmental sustainability, and provides encouragement for all those who were victims of the Tohoku Great Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. […]
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