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April, 2008
Calandra Institute Up Coming Events
April 24 - 26, 2008
Italians
in the Americas
A conference dedicated to the Italian experience in the Americas.
We see this as a unique opportunity for scholarly communities in North and
South Americas to come together and interrogate the past one hundred
twenty-five years of diasporic experience in the Americas: the experience,
that is, of all “Italian Americans” in the Western Hemisphere.
Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens
College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd
Street, 17th floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free, open to the public
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
Television Program
April 30, 2008
(Wednesday) · 10:00 am, 3:00 pm, 8:30 pm
May 3, 2008 (Saturday) ·
8:00 pm
May 4, 2008
(Sunday) ·
10:00 am
ITALICS: The Italian
American Magazine
Monthly
television program documenting the Italian American experience. Produced by the John D. Calandra
Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY and CUNY-TV cable channel 75
in the five boroughs. Check your
local cable listings.
Contact: William Schempp (212) 642-2044
http://www.qc.edu/italics
Play
Starts April 4,
2008
My Brother is an Only Child (Mio fratello e figlio
unico)
From the writers
of The Best of Youth, a powerful
tale of two brothers pulled apart by the turbulent political currents
swirling through Italy
in the 1960s and 70s.
Cinema Arts
Centre
423 Park Avenue, Huntington
Admission: $9;
discounts for members, seniors, students and children
Contact: (631)
423-7611 ext. 14
http://www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
Up
Coming Events
April 25, 2008
(Friday) 7:00
pm
The Italian American Museum
Gala & Awards Ceremony
Honoring Maria
Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Host/Managing
Editor “Wall Street Journal Report”; Enrico S. Gaglioti, Partner,
Goldman Sachs and Tommy Lasorda, National Baseball Hall of Fame Inducted
in1997. Music by Panorama. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the Italian American Museum.
Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
541-1031/1021
April 26, 2008
(Saturday) 7:00 pm
Mike and
Barbara - “Parlami d’amore”
An evening of
fine Italian dining, entertainment and romantic song with Barbara Bassano,
soprano; Michael Bassano, tenor; William Glazier, piano; Floyd (Uncle Floyd)
Vivino, comedian; and Angelo Muto, accordion.
T & J
Villaggio Trattoria
223-225 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester
Admission: $75
Contact: John
Muscatella (914) 937-6665
mikeandbarbara@rcn.com
http://www.mikeandbarbaramusic.com
Radio Program
The Gino
Di Napoli Show
The best Italian
American music, will air at a new time:
Riverhead: every Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Happauge: every
Friday at 12:30 pm
Woodbudy: every
Sunday at 1:00 pm
Cable television
channel 20.
Many of the shows
are taped live in front of an audience at various locations.
Contact: Gino Di Napoli (631) 242-5808
dinapoli1@aol.com
http://www.ginodinapoli.com
EVENTS
April 1, 2008
(Tuesday) 5:30
pm
Sicily at the Italian
Academy
Book presentation
and discussion. Caterina Napoleone in conversation with David Freedberg on
two illustrated volumes from publishing director Franco Maria Ricci on Sicily: Enciclopedia della Sicilia and Fiori di Sicilia. With Pietro
Frassica, Princeton University; Antonio Di Gesù, South Baldwin
Jewish Center; and Holger Klein, Columbia
University.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies at Columbia
University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: (212)
854-2306; RSVP: wb2149@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 1, 2008
(Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Il Gattopardo (The Leopardo)
Film directed by
Luchino Visconti. Starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale.
With speaker: Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Princeton University.
This is part of the “Sicily
is Cinema” Film Series.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies at Columbia
University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-2306
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April
1, 2008 (Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Theme Night: Sicily red Tuna & More
With
Executive Chef Raffaele Solinas. Business attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue
at 31st Street,
ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $110
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 2, 2008 (Wednesday) 11:15
am
“That
Woman and the Mafia Don”
Guest Speaker, Dr. Marie Menna Pagliaro will discuss her novel That Woman and the Mafia Don. The
novel is available at Barnes and Noble, with book sale profits going to help
prevent young people from joining ethnic gangs. Dr. Pagliaro wrote the novel
to convey the rejection of Mafia values by proud Italian-Americans whose
legitimate accomplishments have so often been unjustly attributed to being mob-connected.
Sponsored by the Italian Club of Westchester
Community College.
Westchester Community College
75 Grasslands
Road, Valhalla
Admission: free
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
April 2, 2008
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
Kaos
Film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Sarring
Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Massimo Bonetti. With speaker: Leonard Quart, Cineaste
Magazine. This is part of the “Sicily
is Cinema” Film Series.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies at Columbia
University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-2306
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 2, 2008
(Wednesday)
6:00 pm
Book Presentation:
Altreitalie: Cittadinanza e
diritto al voto
Book presentation
by its Editor Mario B. Mignone, Stony
Brook University
and panelists: Min. Plen. Francesco Maria Talò, Consul General of
Italy in New York; Professor Marcello Saija, University of Messina; Professor
Anthony Tamburri, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute; and Journalist
Stefano Vaccara, Editor, Oggi 7 (America
Oggi). Light refreshments will be served. Presentations and discussions
will be conducted in English. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, between 5th
and 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free, open to the public
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
www.qc.edu/calandra
April
2, 2008 (Wednesday) 6:00
pm
Hands-On-Class: Gnocchi,
Green-Red-Orange
With Consultant Chef Ivana Giuntoli. Casual attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue
at 31st Street,
ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $110
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 2, 2008
(Wednesday) 7:30 pm
Falstaff
The non-stop fun
of Verdi’s comic opera was a major departure for a composer famed for
his heart rendering tragedies. Based on The
Merry Wives of Windsor
by Shakespeare.
New York City Opera, New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center, Manhattan
Admission
tickets: $16 - $130
Contact: (212)
870-5630
April 3, 2008
(Thursday) 6:00 pm
1860
Film directed by
Alessandro Blasetti. Starring Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia, Gianfranco
Giachetti, and Mario Ferrari. With
speaker: Silvana Patriarca, Fordham
University. This is
part of the “Sicily
is Cinema” Film Series.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies at Columbia
University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-2306
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 3, 2008
(Thursday) 6:30 pm
Goldoni in Francia – Una Drammaturgia Plurima
(Theatre Italien, Comedie Francaise, Teatro Veneziano)
A lecture by
Paola Luciani, Professor of eighteenth/nineteenth-century Italian literature
at the University
of Florence. During his
years in Paris,
up to the 1770s, Goldoni actively participated in the critical debates on
French comedy, as he wrote different theatres and different audiences. By
balancing the character play with the innovations of Bourgeois theatre he
made innovative contributions to what may be called “drammaturgia
plurima”. Refreshments will
be served.
Sponsored by the
Doctoral Specialization in Italian Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature
and the Ph.D. Program in French Graduate Center,
City University
of New York.
The Graduate Center,
City University
of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street,
4th floor, Manhattan
April 3, 2008
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
“Excavation,”
an action painting event
Performance and
reception to follow. Featuring Naoki Iwakawa (action painting), Carlo
Altomare (prepared piano) and Jay Eckardt (video projection). A single large
canvas is painted in a series of 13 sessions creating layers of hidden
paintings. Altomare accompanies each session and Eckhardt records and
simultaneously projects video from the previous sessions on the canvas.
The 14th
Street Gallery Theater
Manhattan
Admission: $10
Contact: (212)
929-2545
http://www.theaterlabnyc.com
April 4, 2008
(Friday) 5:00
pm
“Sicilian
Crossings”
Opening reception
for the traveling exhibit on display April 4 through April 13, 2008. Please
RSVP by April 1, 2008. Exhibit hours are Monday through Friday, 12:00 pm to
4:00 pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Sponsored by the
Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University.
Charles B.
Wang Center, Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
Admission: free
Contact: Donna Bannon (631) 632-6310
Donna.Banno@stonybrook.edu
April
4, 2008 (Friday) 6:00
pm
Hands-On-Class: Risotti and
Risottini
With Consultant Chef Ivana Giuntoli. Learn how to make risotto in a clear and
simple manner. Casual attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue at 31st Street, ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $110
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 4, 2008 (Friday)
7:00 pm
The
Columbus Citizen’s Foundation’s Young Adults Auxiliary Casino
Night
Sponsored by the
Columbus Citizen’s Foundation Young Adults Auxiliary.
The Columbus
Foundation Townhouse
8 East 69th
Street, Manhattan
yaa@columbuscitizens.org
April 5, 2008 (Saturday) 2:00
pm
“Pinocchio
– A One Woman Show”
Performing artist Stephanie Mita has created an original adaptation of
the Italian tale, Pinocchio, by
Carlo Collodi. Ms. Mita interweaves song, acting, movement and the spoken
word to create an exciting telling of this classic story. A must see for the
entire family ages 6 and up.
Sponsored by the Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Westchester Community College, Technology Building Auditorium
75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla
Admission: free
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
April 5, 2008
(Saturday) 8:00
pm
Falstaff
The non-stop fun
of Verdi’s comic opera was a major departure for a composer famed for
his heart rendering tragedies. Based on The
Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare.
New York City
Opera, New York State Theater
20 Lincoln
Center, Manhattan
Admission
tickets: $16 - $130
Contact: (212)
870-5630
April 6, 2008
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
“All
that Jazz” Broadway Concert
Regina Opera will
celebrate its 38th Anniversary with your favorite Broadway tunes
and popular songs.
Sponsored by the
Regina Opera Company.
Regina Hall
65th
Street and 12th Avenue, Brooklyn
Admission: $10;
Teens - $5; Children - free
Contact: (718)
232-3555
http://www.reginaopera.org
April 6, 2008
(Sunday) 5:00
pm
Mario
Lanza - The Man Who Chose Hollywood over Opera
Guest speaker,
Sandy Steiglitz, who hosts operatic radio programs on Princeton
University’s radio station, WPRB, guides you through selections from
Lanza’s motion pictures and some operatic arias as well.
Sponsored by
Dorothea’s House, Casa di Cultura Italiana, Princeton, New Jersey.
120 John Street,
Princeton, New Jersey
Admission: free,
open to the public
Contact: Joe
Casalaina (908) 369-5859
joec@dorotheashouse.org
http://www.dorotheashouse.org
April
7, 2008 (Monday) 6:00
pm
Techniques of Italian Cooking:
Ravioli, Lasagna, Cannelloni
With Paolo Villoresi and Consultant Chef
Ivana Giuntoli. Learn how to
make ravioli from flour, salt and water together with Lassagne and Cannelli
helped by a manual pasta machine. Casual attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue at 31st Street, ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $75
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 8, 2008
(Tuesday) 10:35
am
“Gifts, Loot, and Scholarship: Byzantine Art in
Italy”
Lecture by Holger
Klein, Professor of Art History. This is part of the Italy at Columbia: a
series of free public lectures by Columbia professors.
Sponsored by the
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: (212)
854-2306
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 8, 2008
(Tuesday)
6:00 pm
The
American Myth Through Architecture: Modernism and Anti-Modernism
Presentation by
Giulia Guarnieri, Bronx Community College, CUNY. In her book, Narrative di viaggio urbano: Mito e
anti-mito della metropolis americana, Giulia Guarnieri addresses the
interpretation of American architecture, both metropolis and iconic, symbol,
as a quintessential metaphor of American identity expressing modernity,
pragmatism, spontaneity, and mental openness. Light refreshments will be
served. Seating is limited. This
is part of the Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American
Studies.
Sponsored by the
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute Queens College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd
Street, 17th Floor, between 5th and 6th
Avenues, Manhattan
Admission: free (registration is required)
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
www.qc.edu/calandra
April 8, 2008
(Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Placido Rizzotto
Film directed by
Pasquale Scimeca. Starring Marcello Mazzarella, Vincenzo Albanese, Gioia
Spaziani. With speaker: Giancarlo Lombardi, City University of New York. This
is part of the “Sicily is Cinema” Film Series.
Sponsored by the
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-2306
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April
8, 2008 (Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Theme Night: My Tuscany
Hosted
by Paolo Villoresi with Consultant Chef Ivan Giuntoli. Casual attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue at 31st Street, ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $130 includes Paolo Villoresi’s book My Tuscany
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 9, 2008 (Wednesday) 11:15
am
“Sicilian
Love Story”
Guest Speaker, Anna Mione, has written several novels during the last
few years. She will speak on a sequel love story and assimilation of
Sicilians in the American society. She will also read from her novel.
Sponsored by the Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Westchester Community College, Classroom Building, Room 100
75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla
Admission: free
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
April 9, 2008
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm
Springtime
in New York Gala
Hosted by Gianna
and Chazz Palminteri. Honoring Linda Weiss “Humanitarian of the
Year”; Merchants of Little Italy, Bronx; Christopher Borgatti, David
Greco, Robert Paciullo and Jerome Raguso. Honorary Chairs: Gina and Larry
Roche. Business attire.
Sponsored by
Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, Inc. and the Child Reach Foundation.
Tavern on the
Green
Central Park West
at 67th Street, Manhattan
http://www.cooleysanemia.org
http://www.childreachfoundation.org
April
9, 2008 (Wednesday) 6:00
pm
Regional Night: Sardinia & Food
Wine
With
Executive Chef Raffaele Solinas. Business attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue at 31st Street, ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $120
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 9, 2008 (Wednesday) 7:30
pm
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
Price includes ticket to the opera and round-trip transportation from
Westchester Community College.
Sponsored by the Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Metropolitan Opera House
Manhattan
Admission: $85 – balcony seats
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
April 9, 2008
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
Nuovomondo (The Golden Door)
Screening and
discussion. This film is Emanuele Crialese’s 2006 drama based on an
Italian family’s experience leaving Italy for New York in the early 20th
century. The film will be
accompanied by a discussion led by Dr. Gerald McCarthy, professor of Italian
film and literature at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Rockland County. Film is in Italian with English
subtitles.
Sponsored by
Riverspace Arts and St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Riverspace Arts
119 Main Street,
Nyack
Admission: $9; $7
for Students and Seniors
Contact: Prof.
Gerald McCarthy (845) 398-4134
gmccarth@stac.edu
April 10, 2008
(Thursday) 6:00 pm
I Cento passi (A Hundred Steps)
Film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. Starring Luigi
Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo. With speaker: Ariella Lang, Barnard College. This is part of
the “Sicily is Cinema” Film Series.
Sponsored by the
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University.
Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to public
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey (212) 854-2306
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 10, 2008
(Thursday) 7:30 pm
Giacomo
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Production:
Michael Capasso. Conductor: John Di Costanzo. Opera based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by David
Belasco. The opera is sung in Italian with English Dicapo titles.
Dicapo Opera
Theatre
184 East 76th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: $55
Contact: (212)
288-9438 ext. 10
http://www.dicapo.com
April 10, 2008
(Thursday) 8:00 pm
“Excavation,”
an action painting event
Performance and
reception to follow. Featuring Naoki Iwakawa (action painting), Carlo
Altomare (prepared piano), Jay Eckardt (video projection) and Terrence
Kelleman (body art). A single large canvas is painted in a series of 13
sessions creating layers of hidden paintings. Altomare accompanies each
session and Eckhardt records and simultaneously projects video from the
previous sessions on the canvas.
The 14th
Street Gallery Theater
Manhattan
Admission: $10
Contact: (212)
929-2545
http://www.theaterlabnyc.com
April 11, 2008
(Friday) 6:00
pm
FIAME
Awards Dinner-Dance
Honored Guest and
Recipients: Philip Gorrasi, Anthony Orzo, Lillian Dippolito, Maria
Pietrosanti, Cathy Lembo-Lloyd, Donna Gerard Taylor, Elizabeth Caputo-Hoina,
Rosa Piccolo, Bernadine DeCarlo and Rosemarie Criscione Neira. Dancing all
night to the music of “Dynamic D.J.” All tickets must be pre-paid.
Sponsored by
FIAME – Forum of Italian American Educators Inc.
Villa Barone
Manor
737 Throggs Neck
Expressway, Bronx
Admission: $85
Contact: (718)
654-4193
April
11, 2008 (Friday) 6:00
pm
Hands-on Class: Liguria
With Consultant Chef Ivana Giuntoli. Casual attire.
Italian Culinary Center
302 Fifth Avenue at 31st Street, ninth floor, Manhattan
Admission: $110
Contact: (212)
725-8764 ext.15
daniel@italiancookingandliving.com
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com
April 11, 2008
(Friday) 6:00
pm
Neapolitan
Masters: Foundation of the European Tradition
The evening will
begin with a presentation by Professor Robert Gjerdingen, Northwestern
University, who will discuss the significant contributions of the 18th
Century Neapolitan School of Music. Immediately following, the Neapolitan
Chamber Ensemble will perform works by Durante, Pergolesi, and world
premieres of Orgitano and Leo.
Sponsored by New
York University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
Casa Italian
Zerilli-Marimò
24 West 12th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: free,
open to the public
Contact: Kostja
Kostic (212) 998-8730
Casa.italiana@nyu.edu
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/casaitaliana
April 11, 2008 (Friday) 7:30
pm
Ballo e
Pranzo Annuale (Dinner Dance)
This year’s honorees are: Ralph Tedesco, Mario Cermele, Senator
DiNapoli and Sergio Serratto. Music by Quirino. Seating is limited. Please
RSVP by April 4, 2008.
Sponsored by the Italian Club of Westchester Community College.
Greentree Country Club
Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle
Admission: $65
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
April 11 and 12,
2008
The
Risorgimento Revisited
In the last
fifteen years the study of the Italian Risorgimento has been renewed in
significant ways. This international conference will bring together several
of the practitioners of this new research. Its aim is to make the debates on
the Risorgimento known to a broader public and to encourage the development
of new perspectives on the history of Italian nationalism and nationally
identity. By addressing the issue of how modern Italian identity was first
conceived and constructed, the conference will also invite reflection on the
issues of patriotism and nationalism in present-day Italy.
Sponsored by the
University Seminars at Columbia University, Calandra Italian American
Institute, Queens College, CUNY, The Italian Cultural Institute of New York,
The Journal of Modern Italian Studies, University of Connecticut at Storrs
and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
The Italian
Academy at Columbia University
1161 Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
854-2306
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
April 12, 2008
(Saturday) 8:30
am to 6:00 pm
The
Cruelest Month – Italian Poetry
and American Poetry in New York
Symposium
featuring presentations with poetry readings and discussions. Reception to
follow.
Sponsored by the State
University at Stony Brook (Dean’s Office), the Sonia Raizis Giop
Charitable Foundation, the IPA (Italian Poetry in America), and Gradiva,
International Journal of Italian Poetry.
Stony Brook
Manhattan
401 Park Avenue
South, at 28th Street
Admission: free
Contact: (631)
632-74448
April 12, 2008
(Saturday)
Our Lady
of Mount Carmel Alumni Reunion
An evening of
celebration and great memories, honoring the 50th Anniversary of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. 5:00 pm mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Church followed by music, cocktails and light refreshment in the auditorium.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Sponsored by Our
Lady of Mount Carmel School.
Admission: $25
Contact: Robert
Petrullo (718) 389-1681
RPETRULLO@AOL.COM
http://www.olmcfeast.com/reunion/
April 12, 2008 (Saturday)
5:45 pm
IAWA
Literary Reading
The Italian
American Writers Association (IAWA) continues to celebrate its 17th
Anniversary with two Award-Winning Authors. Daniela Gioseffi, poet. novelist,
playwright and literary critic is an Award winning author of 11 books of
poetry and prose, the latest, Blood
Autumn (Autunno di sangue) New and Slected Poems (Bordighera Press,
2007), and Gary Giocco, professor of philosophy at colleges in Pennsylvania
and runner-up for the 2007 Bordighera Poetry Prize. The evening begins with
Open Mic readings of five minutes each.
Sponsored by the
Italian American Writers Association.
Cornelia Street
Café
29 Cornelia
Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
989-9319
http://www.iawa.net
April 12, 2008
(Saturday) 7:00 pm
Boys’
Towns of Italy, Inc. “Ball of the Year”
Honoring Louis R.
Cappelli, “Michelangelo D’Oro” Award; Liza Minelli,
“Woman of the Year”; Mark Simone, Humanitarian” Award and
Tommy Tune, “Entertainer of the Year”. Special performance by
Liza Minelli. Black tie. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the
Boys’ Towns of Italy, Inc., The International Benefit Committee.
The Ritz-Carlton,
Westchester
White Plains, New
York
Admission: $500
Contact: (212)
980-8770
Gail@btiofny.org
April 12, 2008
(Saturday) 8:00 pm
Giacomo
Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Production:
Michael Capasso. Conductor: John Di Costanzo. Opera based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by David
Belasco. The opera is sung in Italian with English Dicapo titles.
Dicapo Opera
Theatre
184 East 76th
Street, Manhattan
Admission: $55
Contact: (212)
288-9438 ext. 10
http://www.dicapo.com
April 13, 2008 (Sunday) 10:30
am
Antonio
Meucci Stamp Cancellation Ceremony
A ceremony by the
United States Postal Service honoring the 200th Anniversary of the
Italian American Inventor’s birth. The cancelled stamps designed by Ted
Jacobsen, philatelist and Mason, will be available on this day, with official
U.S.P.S. pictorial cancellation. Following the cancellation ceremony a free
shuttle bus will be provided to transport visitors to a luncheon held at Snug
Harbor Cultural Center with a tour of the Tuscan Garden and Villa. The
luncheon begins at 12:30 pm. Cost is $60 per ticket for the luncheon and
tour. Distinguished Guests of Honor include Consul General of Italy in New
York, Francesco Maria Talò and Vito J. Fossella, U.S. House of
Representatives. Business attire for the luncheon event. Please RSVP by April
1, 2008.
Sponsored by the
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Order Sons of Italy in America.
Garibaldi-Meucci
Museum
420 Tompkins
Avenue, Staten Island
Contact: Joan
Migliori (212) 642-2094
joan.migliori@qc.cuny.edu
http://www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 12:00
pm
The
National Council of Columbia Associations in Civil Service, Inc. Awards
Dinner
This year’s
honorees are: Kam Wong, Municipal Credit Union – “Civil Service
Leadership Award”; Leonard Mancusi, FDNY-Comptrollers Office –
“Lifetime Achievement Award”; Alfred Catalanotto, Columbus
Citizens Foundation – “Presidents Award”. Organization Awards to: Frank Grecco, Ted Forlenza,
Michael Brogna, Steven Cimino, Alfonse Imperiale, Raymond Maniscalco, Peter
Giglio. Media Awards to: The Italian
Tribune and The Chief Leader. Hon.
Eric N. Vitaliano – Public Service Award.
Sponsored by the
National Council of Columbia Associations in Civil Service, Inc.
El Caribe
Brooklyn
Contact: (718)
554-6114
2008Dinner@TheNationalCouncil.com
http://www.TheNationalCouncil.com
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 12:00 pm
Petrosino
Lodge Dinner Dance
Honoring
Immediate Past President Joseph a. Morrone, OSIA Grand Deputy Anthony Summa
and Police Officer Richard (Sonny) Stellmann. Entertainment will be provided
by Music Flex. All tickets must be purchased in advance.
Sponsored by the
Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America.
Maestro’s
Caterers
1703 Bronxdale
Avenue, Bronx
Admission: $75
Contact: (212)
619-0602 or (212) 966-5463
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 12:30
pm
AIAE
Awards and Scholarship Gala
The event will
include a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing and an awards ceremony.
Sponsored by the
Association of Italian American Educators.
Chateau Briand
440 Old Country
Road, Carle Place, New York
Admission: $75,
open to the public
Contact: Ida
Corvino Miletich (516) 708-1537
http://www.aiae.net
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 1:00
pm
Gino Di
Napoli
Luncheon and
dance to the best Italian American music by Gino Di Napoli.
Villa
Lombardi’s
877 Main Street,
Holbrook
Admission: $32
Contact:
dinapoli1@aol.com
http://www.ginodinapoli.com
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 5:00
pm
Neapolitan
Masters: Foundation of the European Tradition
In their world
premiere concert, the Neapolitan Music Society presents the Neapolitan
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Gioacchino Longobardi,
performing the highly anticipated masterworks by Durante, Leo, Scarlatti,
Fiorenza and Hasse.
Sponsored by Casa
Italiana.
Skirball Center
for the Performing Arts, New York University
556 LaGuardia
Place, Manhattan
Admission: $45;
students $12, open to the public
Contact: Lauren
Peters (512) 794-8600
Lauren@petersgroup.com
http://www.neapolitanmusicsociety.org
April 13, 2008
(Sunday) 8:30
pm
Giada
Valenti in Concert
Italian singer
Giada Valenti will perform the most beautiful Italian, French and English songs,
in a tribute to great European Divas Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, Dusty
Springfield and Mina.
Feinstein’s
at Loews Regency
540 Park Avenue,
at 61st Street, Manhattan
Admission: $40 | 
