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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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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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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CLAUDIO PAVONE “A CIVIL WAR”
Book presentation and round table A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistanceby Claudio Pavone, translated by Peter Levy, preface by Stanislao Pugliese “Among the few indisputable masterpieces of contemporary history.” –Financial Times . A Civil War is a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who, when only a boy, […]
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Andrea Mastrovito – KICKSTARTING
Saint Joseph Patron Parish in collaboration with the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to announce Kickstarting, a new public project in New York by artist Andrea Mastrovito. Kickstarting is a project based on the interaction between sports and art. Using soccer balls and tempera in powder, Mastrovito together with one hundred children […]
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A great Futurist Evening by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory
A show by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory adapted from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and Giovanni Papini Director and performer Massimiliano Finazzer Flory Choreography by Michela Lucenti Interpreted by Sara Ippolito Music by Igor Stravinsky, Alfredo Casella, Francesco Cilea, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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