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Friday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.

Film Screening and Discussion: La Porta Dell鈥橧nferno
(The Door to Hell)
A Michael Cavalieri film

A True story of courage, sacrifice and love of family.

Presented by NY District II 鈥揢NICO National in collaboration with the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, 麻豆官网

The screenwriters will talk about their writing experiences and the impact of their heritage on the writing process. The speakers welcome deep conversations with students who aim to become writers and want to learn how to balance their heritage with the final product.

Tom Fontana
Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Copper (2012),
Borgia (2011), Oz (1997), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and St. Elsewhere (1982)

A series of three experience lectures with Riccardo Costa, Adjunct Instructor of Romance Languages and Literatures, 麻豆官网 in conversation with renown Italian American film and television writers.

The screenwriters will talk about their experience of writing as Italian Americans and the impact of their heritage in the writing process. The panelists will entertain a deep conversation with students who aim to become writers and how to balance their heritage with the final product.

Anna Theresa Cascio Award-winning Television Writer and Playwright
Award-winning writer for the soap operas General Hospital and formerly for All My Children.

Victor Colicchio, Actor and Screenwriter
Actor, screenwriter, musician, and songwriter. His screenwriting credits include Summer of Sam.

Adam Bernstein听is an American film director, music video director and television director.听 He is known for his work on听Breaking Bad听补苍诲听听Better Call Saul. He is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award.

Paula Curci
Nassau County Poet Laureate
Poet In Residence and Host,听Calliope鈥檚 Corner 鈥� The Place Where Poets听and Songwriters Meet听and听What鈥檚 the Buzz庐,听WRHU-88.7 FM, Radio 麻豆官网

Rita Monte
Poet and Host,听Profumi d鈥橧talia 鈥撎�(Essence of Italy),听WHPC-90.3 FM, Nassau Community College
Author,听Tapestry Poetry and other Musings听(forthcoming听2023.)

Luigi Fontanella
Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University
Author,听Raccontare la poesia听(2021, literary criticism, in Italian);听Adolescence听and Night听(2021, bilingual poetry); and听The God of New York听(2022, novel, in English)

Tuesday, May 2, 6:30 p.m.

George Guida
Professor of English, New York City College of Technology/CUNY
Director, The Finger Lakes Arts Series
Author,听The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times听(2012) and the poetry collection听Zen of Pop听(2020)

Presenter:听Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History and the听Queensboro-UNICO Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Italian and Italian American Studies, 麻豆官网听

Location for all events:听
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater听
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus听

Advance registration is required

For more information and to RSVP, visit听听or email听hofculctr@hofstra.edu.

A Documentary Film by Carlo Gennarelli

The Books of the Roman Ghetto Under the Nazi Occupation

Tuesday, September 24, 7 p.m.

Live musical score performed by听John T. LaBarbera,听guitar, and听Susan Aquila,听violin
A silent black and white film classic from Naples, based on the play by Salvatore DiGiacomo, starring the queen and diva of the Italian silent cinema, Francesca Bertini. The operatic tale of love and sacrifice in working-class, turn-of-the-century Naples is considered one of the first films of Italian neorealism. Bertini鈥檚 performance sets a new standard for Italian cinema. The new musical film score created by LaBarbera creates an intimate atmosphere by keeping an accompaniment of emotions found in the melodic themes of the characters in a leitmotif style that highlights the melodramatic and picturesque style of the film.
Presented in collaboration with 麻豆官网 Professor Rodney Hill鈥檚 History of Film class.听

Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.

Directed by听Giovanni Pugliese,听writer, producer
Set in Rome during the end of World War II, an American soldier and an Italian woman must find a way to trust one another听to survive. A German attack on the city forces a wounded American soldier to seek shelter in a cellar. There, he realizes that he is not alone. He is accompanied by Lucrezia, an Italian woman in her early 30s, who happens to be the daughter of the king of Italy. Both have one thing in common: The guilt that is bearing on their souls.听

Wednesday,听November 20, 7 p.m.听

Directed by听Anton Evangelista, Comprehensive Films
Award-winning filmmaker Anton Evangelista travels from the Bronx to Perugia, Italy, in presenting the documentary Il Signor Jackson.听It is the unique American story of听Edward Jackson, an African American man raised in a predominantly Italian American Bronx neighborhood in the 1950s. Jackson went on to become an educator in the New York City Public School system and prominent cultural figure of Italian biculturalism and bilingualism.

The Italian American Lecture Series is supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Location for all events: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

For more information, please call the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit听hofstra.edu/culture.

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated.
Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, March 26, 7 p.m.

This presentation is based on research that led to the book Un biculturalismo negato: la letteratura 鈥渋taliana鈥� negli Stati Uniti (Franco Cesati Editore, 2018). Anthony J. Tamburri examines five writers who live in the United States and write prose and poetry in Italian. Questions posed include: Where does 鈥淚talian鈥� end and 鈥淚talian American鈥� begin? What are the issues raised by language? What relationship exists between literature in Italian written in Italy and literature in Italian written elsewhere?

Speaker:
Anthony J. Tamburri
Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
Queens College, CUNY
Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures

Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.

Lynne Lawner will discuss 鈥渢he splendors and miseries鈥� of Renaissance Italian courtesans, major figures in the cultural and social life of the era, above all in Rome and Venice. Muses and models for great writers and artists听were noted for their own poetry, musical talent, and conversation.

Speaker:
Lynne Lawner
Independent Scholar
Author,听Lives of the Courtesans: Portraits of the Renaissance and Harlequin on the Moon: Commedia dell鈥橝rte and the Visual Arts
Editor of Antonio Gramsci鈥檚 Letters From Prison

Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Dr. Stanislao Pugliese discusses his new book, Delirious Naples: A Cultural History of the City of the Sun, based on the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center conference held in 2011. The book, edited with Dr. Pellegrino D鈥橝cierno, boasts two dozen essays by leading scholars, writers, and artists. The lecture includes images of Naples and a discussion focusing on the renaissance of the city and its relationship with New York City. Special guest speaker, Massimiliano Verde, will discuss international promotion and teaching the Neapolitan language and cultural heritage.

Speaker:
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese,听professor of History,听Queensboro Unico, and distinguished professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
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Massimiliano Verde, president, Accademia Napoletana

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti, associate professor, Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric
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Director, Superstorm Sandy Oral History Project
Long Beach, NY
President, The Triangle Factory Fire Coalition Inc.

Tuesday, October 30, 7 p.m.

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

Speaker:听Antonino D鈥橝mbrosio, filmmaker, author, visual artist
鈥淎 finely etched and fascinating documentary.鈥� 鈥� Owen Gleiberman,听Variety
鈥淎 wondrous portrait.鈥� 鈥� Richard Brody,听The New Yorker
Released by IFC Films Sundance Selects, playing in theaters, on-demand, and on Hulu now!

Thursday, November 1, 7 p.m.

Events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have reignited a long-standing debate over how the past should be remembered in public spaces. Italian Americans have a responsibility to participate in the larger national conversation about how to remember their history and experiences in the United States. Professor Fraser Ottanelli will explore the relationship between memory, identity, and politics by focusing the debate surrounding statues of Christopher Columbus and the ancient Roman column commemorating the 1933 transatlantic flight of fascist aviator Italo Balbo in Chicago.

Speaker: 听Fraser Ottanelli
University of South Florida

Tuesday, November 13, 7 p.m.

The presentation will highlight the two-volume collection,听New Italian Migrations to听the United States听(University of Illinois Press, 2017), which offers a radical rethinking of the history of Italian Americans. The books鈥� editors will discuss how the continual immigration from Italy over the past 70 years has influenced immigration laws, impacted local communities, contributed to consumer culture, and continues to reboot Italian American and U.S. culture in unfolding ways.

Speakers:听Laura E. Ruberto
Berkeley City College
Joseph Sciorra
Queens College, CUNY

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the 麻豆官网 Cultural听Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Location for all lectures, unless otherwise noted: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, February 27, 7 p.m.

A film screening of听Brooklyn Roses听by Christine Noschese. Professor听Christine Noschese is an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and producer of both narrative and documentary films. In Brooklyn Roses, Professor Noschese blends documentary and fiction to reexamine her childhood and her mother鈥檚 feminist struggles in 1950s and 鈥�60s working-class Brooklyn. The film had its world premiere at the听2017 Fic Autor (Author鈥檚 International Film Festival) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, where it was awarded best documentary feature.

Speaker: 听Christine Noschese, associate professor, Department of Radio, Television, Film, 麻豆官网

Room 211 Breslin Hall, South Campus

Tuesday, March 13, 7 p.m. 鈥� POSTPONED

Speaker:听听Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti,associate professor and chair, Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, 麻豆官网
Director, Superstorm Sandy Oral History Project, Long Beach, NY
President, The Triangle Factory Fire Coalition Inc.

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Tuesday, April 3, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听听Dr. Angela Danzi
Professor Emerita of Sociology, Farmingdale State College, SUNY
Author,听From Home to Hospital: Jewish and Italian American Women and Childbirth, 1920-1940

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center and supported, in part,听by the Association of Italian American Educators and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American听Studies听Association.

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Edited by William J. Connell and Stanislao G. Pugliese

The Routledge History of Italian Americans听is a new, multi-authored history of one of the largest ethnic groups in America. Concentrating on themes ranging from immigration to religion, and labor rights to women鈥檚 rights, this collection reflects the field of Italian American studies as it exists now听and brings out aspects of Italian American culture that make this ethnic group one of the most interesting in the American experience.

Tuesday, October 31, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Salvatore LaGumina
Professor Emeritus of History,
Nassau Community College, SUNY

Tuesday, November 14, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. William J. Connell
Professor of History and Joseph and Geraldine LaMotta Chair in Italian Studies
Seton Hall University

Tuesday, November 21, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Stanislao G. Pugliese, professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
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Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Presented by the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, March 7, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2, 7 p.m.

Speaker for all three lectures:听Michael D鈥橧nnocenzo, distinguished professor emeritus, 麻豆官网.

Professor D鈥橧nnocenzo was named the Eugene Asher National Distinguished Teacher by the American Historical Association in 2008. Growing up in an immigrant enclave (13 people sharing his home), he went on to attend Columbia University and was named a Danforth Scholar and an Edward John Noble Leadership Fellow. He came to 麻豆官网 in 1960 and developed the University鈥檚 first course on immigration history, which led to the book American Immigration and Ethnicity: 鈥淢elting Pot鈥� or 鈥淪alad Bowl鈥�? (which he co-edited).

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Presented by the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Tuesday, October 25, 7 p.m.

A docudrama portraying a life-affirming struggle to make art of civil rights, democratic equality, and climate justice by prize-winning filmmaker,听Anton Evangelista.听Daniela Gioseffi, a pioneer of Italian American culture, recipient of an American Book Award, and author of 16 books of prose and poetry. Her career as a journalist in Selma, AL, during the civil rights movement. She was among the first to integrate Deep South TV and was abused by the KKK for her activism. Ms. Gioseffi鈥檚 immigrant father, an inventor in the electronics industry, inspired her tenacity. As a poor, hardworking young man, her father was among the first Italian immigrants to win a Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Psi from Union College.

Speakers: Daniela Gioseffi, writer, and听Anton Evangelista, filmmaker, www.authorandactivist.com

Tuesday, November 1, 7 p.m.

BlaxploItalian听is a documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema.听BlaxploItalian听cleverly discloses the personal struggles classic Afro-Italian and African diasporic actors faced, correlating it with the contemporary actors who work diligently to find respectable and significant roles. More than an unveiling of history, it is a call to action for increased diversity and esteem in international cinema.

Speaker:听Fred Kuwornu, writer and director

Tuesday, December 6, 7 p.m.

鈥淟ouisa Calio鈥檚 Journey to the Heart Waters is a searing personal work of eternal return and transformation. Calio sets out on a quest that unites southern Italy and east Africa through the image and bodies of the black madonnas who encourage her to seek, to question, to love, to grieve, to revel, and to dance. These poems are a profoundly poignant and well-earned liberation from all that is oppressive in the modern world.鈥濃�擲tanislao Pugliese

Speakers:听听Louisa Calio, author;听Gaetano Cipolla, publisher;听Nino Provenzano, poet

Tuesday, February 23, 7 p.m.

The story of two elderly men whose ways of life have survived from medieval Italy. Sergio, a sharecropper, uses ancient farming methods that have become overshadowed by corporate agriculture, and Father Oreste Benzi, a Roman Catholic priest, fights the tide of sexual slavery. Both represent ways of life that are rapidly fading as the modern world closes in. The point of departure for exploring their parallel lives is the 14th century fresco,听The Allegory of Good and Bad Government, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

Speaker:听Esther Podemski, producer and director

Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m.

Directed by Oren Jacoby and narrated by Isabella Rossellini

With Robert Loggia as the voice of Gino Bartali

The story of how World War II bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo, and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy鈥檚 Jews.

Speaker:听Stanislao G. Pugliese, Professor of History, Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies, 麻豆官网

Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.

Directed by Vicki Vasilopoulos

This film offers an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate their challenging roles in the twilight of their careers. The film unravels the mystery of their artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to their Old World craft is akin to a religion.

Speaker:听Vicki Vasilopoulos, director

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is required.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the 麻豆官网 Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

A century after his birth, Frank Sinatra still looms large in the American imagination and in our popular culture. Join us as we celebrate his 100th birthday and his extraordinary life and career with a series of lectures, interviews, and a master class followed by musical interludes by 麻豆官网 students, professional singers, and musicians from The Great American Song Book.听Featuring legendary musicians who played and toured with Frank Sinatra:听Jerry Bruno, bass, D鈥橝ddario Foundation Visiting Artists; and Grammy Award-nominated jazz vocalist听Jane Monheit; authors and biographers听James Kaplan, David Evanier,and听Will Friedwald; scholars听John Gennari, University of Vermont, and听Shalom Goldman, Middlebury College; journalists听Sandy Kenyon, WABC-TV,听Carol D鈥橝uria, 1010 WINS, and听Mark Rotella,听Publishers Weekly; multimedia journalist and founding member听Greg Dunmore, National Association of Black Journalists; and听Sal Scognamillo, Patsy鈥檚 Italian Restaurant.

Advance registration is required where indicated:

Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.

Gay Talese听(Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays) and听Pete Hamill听(Why Sinatra Matters) discuss听鈥淪inatra As American Icon.鈥�

Wednesday, November 11

Bassist Jerry Bruno, who played and toured with Sinatra, will be interviewed at听5 p.m.听by听John Bohannon, host of WRHU-FM鈥檚听The Jazz Caf茅. The interview is followed by an听8 p.m. master class.

Thursday, November 12, 4 p.m.

鈥淩acism, Civil Rights, and Israel鈥�听focuses on Sinatra as a champion of civil rights and a staunch supporter of Israel. There will also be a screening of 1945鈥檚听The House I Live In, a short film opposing anti-Semitism, starring Sinatra.

Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m.

The Great American Songbook: Past, Present and Future听is a panel that features musician, record producer, and songwriter听David Finck; musical director, pianist, and arranger听Tedd Firth; Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist听Jane Monheit; and听Debbi Whiting, president of My Ideal Music.

Wednesday, November 18, 4 p.m.

鈥淟essons Learned From Sinatra鈥�听is a lecture and master class with radio personality听Mark Simone.

Wednesday, November 18, 8 p.m.

Will Friedwald, music critic and author听of Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer鈥檚 Art, presents听鈥淪inatra: The Television Factor,鈥�听with an introduction by听Robert Foster, executive director of the Hoboken Historical Museum.

Thursday, November 19, 4 p.m.

鈥淔rank Sinatra and Italian American Culture鈥�听features University of Vermont Professor听John Gennari;听Joe Scognamillo听and听Sal Scognamillo听of Patsy鈥檚 Restaurant in New York City; author听Mark Rotella; and scholar听Rocco Marinaccio.

Thursday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.

鈥淎ssessing Frank Sinatra鈥�听features celebrity journalist听Sandy Kenyon, music critic and author听Will Friedwald, Sinatra biographer听James Kaplan, radio host听Ron Forman, and Bronx Opera Company Artistic Director听Michael Spierman.

Sunday, November 22, 7 p.m.

The Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert听Sinatra
Past, Present, and Future

Legendary Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli
WILL NOT BE PERFORMING
(due to health reasons)
with guest artist, the legendary jazz guitarist extraordinaire, Rick Stone
featuring the
麻豆官网 Jazz Ensemble
麻豆官网 Vocal Jazz Quartet
and the
Sinatra Future Singers

(A free master class and open rehearsal with Rick Stone will be given at
4 p.m. prior to the evening performance. Interaction is limited to 麻豆官网 students only.)

This performance takes place at the Helene Fortunoff Theater.
Tickets are $10, $8 for adult over 65 or non-麻豆官网 students with ID.
This event is sold out.

ITALIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SERIES
Divertimenti: From a Female Renaissance Painter to听Soccer in War-Torn Palermo to the Recipes of Italian American South Brooklyn

Tuesday, March 10, 7 p.m.

Speakers:
Louis Barrella, NYC Department of Education;听Louis Leonini, St. John鈥檚 University;听Snjezana Smodlaka, Rutgers University

Recognized by Michelangelo, Sofonisba Anguissola became a court painter for King Philip II of Spain and lady-in-waiting to the king鈥檚 third wife, Elisabeth of Valois. This presentation explores Sofonisba Anguissola鈥檚 expertise as an artist, as well as her intelligence, determination, and independent spirit. Historical perspectives and a connection to Verdi鈥檚听Don Carlo听round out this diverse presentation of art, music, history, culture, and real-life escapades.

Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.

Speaker:
Fran Claro, independent author

You can almost smell the aroma of roasting garlic and hear the laughter of the nonnas punctuating their daily conversations about the truly important things in life 鈥� family, faith, and the best way to prepare roast pork! Fran Claro serves up a savory slice of Americana, complete with mouth-watering recipes straight from the nonnas of Brooklyn.听The Macaroni鈥檚 in the Basement听is a treat for the soul and for the taste buds.

Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听听听听听听听听听
Salvatore Cottone, independent author

A work of historical fiction based on an actual soccer match that occurred near Palermo on July 10, 1943, the same day the Allied forces invaded Sicily during World War II 鈥� based on a story retold by the only player still alive among both teams. Many factual details are included on subjects ranging from ancient mythology, art history, and literature, to the sociological bases and consequences of emigration across many decades of the Sicilian experience.听

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Tuesday, September 16, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Douglas Gladstone
The author speaks about his book,听Carving a Niche for Himself:
The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco听(Bordighera Books, 2014) and
the Italian immigrant鈥檚 largely forgotten role in creating the monument.

Tuesday, October 7, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Rose Marie Calicchio Dunphy, independent author
In her debut novel,听Orange Peels and Cobblestones听(2013) the author
follows Marietta, 鈥渨ho from her early childhood days in Italy to her life as a
young wife and mother in Brooklyn鈥� is haunted by hard questions from her past.鈥�

Tuesday, October 14, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Stefano Vaccara, Lehman College/CUNY, editor in chief, La Voce di New York
Over 50 years after the assassination of JFK questions linger as to the identity
of his assassin. The author delves into the alleged role of the reputed New Orleans
organized crime boss in his book,听Carlos Marcello:听The Man Behind the JFK Assassination听(Enigma Books, 2013)

Wednesday, November 19, 11:30 a.m.

Speaker:听Ann Pizzorusso听is a geologist-naturalist whose first book uses the Renaissance genius to explore Italy鈥檚 underground secrets that have confounded people since the dawn of time: from the gateway to the underworld to the stairway to heaven and the gems described by Dante in the Divine Comedy.

Tuesday, December 2, 9:30 a.m.

Speaker:听Amara Lakhous, author, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, examines the theme of identity through the descriptions of idiosyncrasies in multicultural Italy by way of a story of a murder in Rome.

Tuesday, February 11

A revealing picture of Parenti鈥檚 early years as a youth in New York鈥檚 East Harlem, along with some of the influences that helped shape his lifelong commitment to activism and social justice.

Speaker:听Michael Parenti, political scientist, historian, and cultural critic
Author,听Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid鈥檚 Life, 2013

Wednesday, February 12

Film Viewings led by Italian Ghanaian Filmmaker Fred Kuwornu

Fred Kuwornu, film director and activist, will present two of his acclaimed documentaries and conduct a question and answer session after each screening.

Tuesday, March 11

Through stories set in seven Italian communities throughout California, this film examines how economic and social mobility became possible for many Italians in the Golden State. It is also a look at how immigrant identity is maintained and transformed as immigrants become assimilated into mainstream America.

Speakers: Gianfrano Norelli听and听Suma Kurien, directors

Tuesday, April 1

Award-winning filmmaker Anton Evangelista鈥檚 heartwarming documentary about the epic story of Umberto Evangelista, a dynamic and charming 90-year-old Italian immigrant.

Speaker: Anton Evangelista, filmmaker and director

Time and location for all lectures:
7 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Admission: Free

麻豆官网 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association听) and the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, President.