Andiamo in Italia: Italian Family History Research in Italy and from Home
With knowledge of your ancestral town in Italy, it is possible to start research using Italian records. Italy offers many records beyond birth, marriage and death. Mary M. Tedesco, founder of ORIGINS ITALY, frequently conducts genealogical research in Italy. She will help you discover what records are available and how they are accessed.
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MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Morality and Beauty Book presentation Since his much-heralded feature debut with Fists in the Pocket in 1965, Marco Bellocchio has become one of the cinema’s most intrepid voyagers, traveling a course that captures so many of the most important intellectual and political movements of the past fifty years. Yet perhaps the great difference between Bellocchio […]
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COSMICOMICS based on the novel by Italo Calvino
Dixon Place in association with The New Stage Theatre Company presents Cosmicomics, an original multimedia theatre piece based on the novel of the same title by Italo Calvino. Adapted, directed and designed for the stage by Ildiko Nemeth (NY Innovative Theatre Award nominee), this stunning new work comprises a captivating series of vignettes involving our […]
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Peppe Voltarelli – Italian troubadour and Calabrian cantautore
The first North American appearances of the year for the singer-songwriter/actor, these performances mark the release of Voltarelli’s new studio album “Lamentarsi come ipotesi” (To Complain as Hypothesis) and follow his critically acclaimed two-night stand at last summer’s Montreal Jazz Festival. The album provides a metaphoric soundtrack to a Southern Italian way of life where […]
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PANORAMA EUROPE 2014
European Film Festival in New York City The Balancing Act Museum of the Moving Image and The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) will present Panorama Europe, from Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 13, a showcase of 17 contemporary European feature films and one program of short films. Known as Disappearing Act for […]
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APULIA THEN AND NOW
Apulia Then and Now exhibit opening: April 5 through June 7, at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center showcases over 120 photographs, local artworks and a film all of which feature the heritage, traditions and flavors of the Apulian Region.One of the highlights of the program is a documentary film , Santa di Puglia by Cristina […]
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MARY ANN CAROLAN
The Transatlantic Gaze In The Transatlantic Gaze Mary Ann Carolan documents the sustained and profound artistic impact of Italian directors, actors, and screenwriters on American film. Working across a variety of genres, including neorealism, comedy, the Western, and the art film, Carolan explores how and why American directors from Woody Allen to Quentin Tarantino have […]
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PLACES AND LIFE OF JEWISH DIASPORA IN SOUTHERN ITALY –
IN MEMORY OF CESARE COLAFEMMINA CESARE COLAFEMMINA’S PIONEERING RESEARCHMauro Perani (University of Bologna, Italian Association for Jewish Studies). JEWS AS INTELLECTUAL MEDIATORS IN 15TH CENTURY SOUTHERN ITALY Fabrizio Lelli (University of Salento, University of Pennsylvania) Dedicated to Prof. Cesare Colafemmina’s lifetime work, this program explores the richness of Apulian and Southern Italian Jewish history, current […]
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NEW DIRECTORS FILM FESTIVAL
SALVODirectors Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza in person for both screenings. In their supremely assured debut feature, writer-directors Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza breathe new life into the time-honored genre of the mafioso thriller. While hunting down a rival who has ordered a hit on him, the titular gangster (a smoldering Saleh Bakri) invades a […]
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GOTHAM AWARD
Exhibition Opening Gotham Prize 2013 – Winners Andrea CHIESI & ZIMMERFREI (Anna DE MANINCOR, Massimo CAROZZI, Anna RISPOLI) This award is a project of the Italian Cultural Institute conceived as an opportunity to present the excellence of young Italian contemporary artists in New York. The winners, selected by an international jury, have the opportunity to […]
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