December, 2009
Theater
Through December,
2009
How to Be a Good Italian Daughter (In Spite of
Myself)
Directed by Ted
Sod. An outstanding funny one woman tour de force between mother and recently
divorced daughter. Starring Antoinette LaVecchia. Please call for further information.
Cherry Lane
Studio Theatre
38 Commerce Street, Manhattan
Contact: (212)
239-6200
Events
December 1, 2009
(Tuesday) 2:20
pm
“Italian
American Artists and Their Contributions to the United States”
Lecture by
Professor Carlo Sclafani, Westchester
Community College.
Sponsored by
Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University.
Center for
Italian Studies, Harriman Hall, Room 137
Stony Brook
University
Nicolls Road (County Route 97), Stony Brook, NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Jo Fusco
(631) 632-7444
jfusco@italianstudies.org
December 1, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Recipes
and Food Talk for the Holidays!
Chefs and
publishers from Fine Cooking
magazine will present ideas for holiday cooking, provide publications, and
give away recipes designed to assist the busy cook. Coffee and cookies will
be served.
Sponsored by the Forum
of Italian American Educators (FIAME).
Barnes and Noble Booksellers Bay
Plaza
290 Baychester Avenue, Bronx
Contact: (718)
862-3945
December 2, 2009 (Wednesday) 11:15 am
Madama Butterfly
Guest speaker
Rosemarie Serrano, Professor and Chair of the Music Department at Westchester Community College will discuss the
characters, drama and music of Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera Madama
Butterfly.
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester
Community College.
Westchester Community
College
Classroom
Building Room 200
78 Grasslands Road, Valhalla,
NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
Carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
December 2, 2009 (Wednesday) 6:00
pm
Cesare
Lombroso and the Science of Criminology
With guest
speaker, Mary Gibson, John
Jay College.
Cesare Lombroso is widely known as the “father of criminology,”
but the Italian context of his life and thought is generally misunderstood or
entirely ignored. Mary Gibson will analyze Lombroso’s theories of
“criminal man” and “criminal woman” in relation to
the political, social, and cultural currents of his day. 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; open to the public (registration is required)
Contact:
(212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
December 2, 2009
(Wednesday) 8:00 pm
The Italian Academy Concert Series: Alex Lipowski
Recital by
percussionist, Alex Lipowski. The program will feature Talea Ensemble, Alex
Lipowski with Steve Beck, piano. Philippe
Hurel; Pierlugigi Billone; Luca Francesconi, Brian Ferneyhough and Gianluca
Verlingieri.
Sponsored by the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies.
The Italian Academy, Teatro
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Rick
Whitaker (212) 854-1623
Rw2115@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
December 3
– 13, 2009 (Thursday through Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm)
Italy’s Dario
D’Ambrosi will Stage a Radical “Romeo and Juliet”
The radical
innovator of the theater and founder of the movement called Teatro Patologico
(Pathological Theater), will stage a novel version of the play. His
interpretation is meant to contrast the marvel of love with the fragility of
life.
La MaMa E.T.C.
(First Floor Theater)
74A East Fourth Street, Manhattan
Admission: $5
Contact: (212)
475-7710
http://www.lamama.org
December 4, 2009
(Friday) 8:00
pm
The New York Chamber
Players in Concert
Christ & St. Stephen Church
120 W. 69th Street, Manhattan
Admission: $25;
Students and Seniors $20; Children under 12 free
Contact: Giacomo Franci (646) 207-1758
http://www.newyorkchamberplayers.org
December 5, 2009
(Saturday) 10:00
am
Genealogy
Workshop
Learn from
experienced genealogists how to find valuable genealogical information
utilizing the Center’s extended genealogical database and computers.
Space is limited. Sponsored by the Westchester
Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso Place, Tuckahoe,
NY
Admission:
Members $20; Non-Members $25; Senior Citizens: Members $15; Non-Members $20
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
December 5, 2009
(Saturday) 2:00
pm
Culinary
Classes for Children – A Sweet Christmas Tree
Christmas season
is famous for Struffoli, a recipe that has been passed down by generations.
Made the day before Christmas Eve and shaped like a Christmas tree. Learn how
to prepare it with your child and treasure it as a family tradition.
Appropriate for ages 5 to 100!
Sponsored by the Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso Place, Tuckahoe,
NY
Admission:
Children: Members $30; Non-Members $38; Parent & Child: Members $40;
Non-Member $50
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
Decmber 5, 2009
(Saturday) 8:00
pm
Workshop Performance of Chiara
Montalto’s Solo Play: Emergency Used Candles
Directed by
Theresa Gambacorta. The play is the story of a young woman making her way in
the world, with the help of her 92 year old grandfather, with whom she lives.
Chiara began writing this play at the Calandra Institute’s Writing
Workshop.
Sponsored by Barefoot
Theatre Company.
American Ballroom
Theatre
25 West 31st Street, 4th Floor, Manhattan
Admission: $10
(cash only); open to the public
Contact: Chiara Montalto (917) 653-0047
December 7, 2009 (Monday) 6:00
pm
Nella Pancia
della Bestia
Michele Molinari together with Grazia d’Annunzio
(Vogue Italia). Twelve months
of chronicles, enthusiasms, sadness, experiences, memories, stories,
criticisms and passions of an Italian living in the Big Apple in comparison
to living in Italy.
Sponsored by Casa
Italian Zerilli-Marimo’, New
York University.
Casa Italiana
Zerilli-Marimo’
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
casa.italiana@nyu.edu
http://www.CasaItalianaNYU.org
December 7, 2009
(Monday) 6:00
– 8:00 pm
Premio New York Exhibition
Opening Reception
Salvatore
Arancio; Alice Cattaneo Exhibition continues December 8 – 10, 10:30 am
– 6:00 pm
Sponsored by the
Italian Cultural Institute of New York; the Italian
Academy at Columbia University,
the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Studio &
Curatorial Program (ISCP).
International
Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
RSVP: ks2882@columbia.edu
Contact: (212)
854-2306
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
December 8, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:00
pm
Opening
Reception: “Americhe” An Exhibition of Photographs by Francesco
Nonino
Photographer
Francesco Nonino’s contemporary portraits feature individuals who
migrated to the United States
from the small town of Frisanco (Pordenone province) in the Friuli-Venezia
Giulia region in northeastern Italy. The subjects are
immigrants and their children living in Philadelphia,
New York and New Jersey.
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Sponsored by the John
D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY.
25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: (212)
642-2094 to RSVP (Be prepared to show a photo ID to the building’s
concierge)
http://www.qc.edu/calandra
December 9, 2009
(Wednesday) 11:15 am
Lecture:
“Natale (Christmas)…Made in Italy”
Guest speaker
Louis Brunelli will explore the historical significance of Christmas.
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester
Community College.
Classroom Building
Room 100
78 Grasslands Road, Valhalla,
NY
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
December 9, 2009 (Wednesday) 6:00 pm
Maria
Laurino Reads from Old World Daughter,
New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom
Few books have discussed feminism through the prism of Italian-American
identity. Maria Laurino seeks to reconcile her upbringing in an
Italian-American home, where sacrifice was the ideal of motherhood, with her
desire to start a family while pursuing a career. Laurino merges the personal
and the analytical, combining lived experience, research, and reporting on
contemporary work-family issues. Light refreshments will be served. Seating
is limited. This is part of the Writers Read Series.
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 (registration is required)
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
December 10, 2009
(Thursday) 5:30
pm
“Il
Premio Napoli a New York”
Two of America’s
finest and most widely-acclaimed poets will make a rare joint appearance to
celebrate this prestigious international prize. Poet John Ashbery is the
winner of the Special “Premio Napoli” 2009 prize for career
achievement; poet Charles Simic is the winner of the “premio Napoli” prize for Non-Italian Literature, for the
book “Club Midnight.”
Speakers: Silvio Perrella, President, Premio Napoli Foundation; Nelson
Moe, Columbia aUnivesity and Barnard College; Barbara Faedda, Italian
Academy; Anthony Tamburri, Calandra Institute.
Sponsored by the
Fondazione Premio Napoli, The Italian
Academy of Columbia University,
and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
The Italian Academy
for Advanced Studies in Italian, Columbia
University
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free;
open to the public; reservations required: nb2413@columbia.edu or (212) 854-8562
Contact: Allison
Jeffrey: (212) 854-8942
aj211@columbia.edu
http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu
December 11, 2009
(Friday) 6:00
pm
A Night
of Sicilian Christmas Music – “I Canterini Di Ortigia from Siracusa, Sicily
Reception with
light refreshment to follow the performance in Bent 277 A & B.
Sponsored by The
Italian Cultural Center and Arba Sicula.
For further
information or to RSVP call Prof. Joan M. D’Andrea dandreaj@stjohns.edu (718) 990-7541
(if you call to RSVP leave a message and your name will be added to the list
of attendees).
St. John’s University
December 11, 2009
(Friday) 7:30
pm
“Dominic
The Great” Fond Memories of the Life and Art of Dom DeLuise
A tribute by
Prof. Salvatore Primeggia, who will look at the life and creative endeavors
of Dom DeLuise – comedian, actor and author of cookbooks and
children’s books. Dom’s lifetime goal was simply to entertain.
Dom DeLuise’s sister, Antoinette Daurio will present a very personal
portrayal of her brother. Light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Long Island Regional Chapter of the American Italian
Historical Association.
Maria SS. Dell’Assunta Hall
373 Maple Avenue (between Post and Linden
Avenues), Westbury, New York
Admission: free;
open to the public
Contact: Teresa
Cerasuola (631) 549-5622
December 12, 2009
(Saturday) 5:30
pm
Benefit
Concert Pro-Abruzzo Earthquake Relief
Sustainable
Abruzzo’s mission is to raise awareness and funds to support projects
that will contribute to the survivor’s well being. This event’s
proceeds will go towards the construction of a senior-citizen/social center
in Villa S’Angelo (province
of L’Aquila) one
of the worse-hit areas by the disaster. D-band, an excellent trio of talented
and professional Abruzzese musicians is coming from Italy to
perform at the benefit events.
Oranized by the
Sustainable Abruzzo Project in collaboration with the Italian Club of
Westchester Community College.
Westchester Community
College
Classroom
Building Theater 200 (Parking Lot 4)
78 Grasslands Road, Valhalla,
NY
Admission:
Minimum donation $20 per person (make checks payable to IAF (Italian American
Foundation). With a donation of $495 you will get a free 7 day accommodations
for two at a quaint newly built house in Villa S’Angelo, in Italy in
2010.
Contact:
Sustainable Abruzzo organizers; Ms. Camacho/Mr. Dardis (914) 337-8153 to RSVP
and for details
ALC0816@gmail.com.
December 13, 2009
(Sunday) 10:00
am – 12:00 pm
Radio
Show - Leonardo Da Vinci
Join the live
studio audience at WICC or tune in to WFAS AM 12:30 or www.wfasam.com Sponsored by the Westchester Italian
Cultural Center.
One Generoso Place, Tuckahoe,
NY
Contact: Patrizia
Calce (914) 771-8700 ext 109
pcalce@wiccny.org
December 13, 3009
(Sunday) 1:00
– 4:00 pm
La Festa
Di Natale
Traditional
Italian American Christmas Party, with Italian Christmas traditions and
sing-along, three-course luncheon, and Italian desserts.
Sponsored by the Italian
American Women’s Center, Inc.
North Hills
Country Club
Manhasset, New York
Admission: $70;
$20 children
Contact: (718)
380-8380 (Please RSVP by December 10th)
December 13, 2009
(Sunday) 3:00
pm
Italian
Music Show with Moreno
Fruzzetti
Moreno Fruzzetti
will entertain with a wide selection of Christmas music and Italian melodies.
Sponsored by the
Italian Club of Westchester
Community College.
Westchester Community
College
Academic Arts
Theatre (Parking Lot 2)
78 Grasslands Road, Valhalla,
NY
Admission: $12;
$10 Seniors; $5 WCC Credit Students; open to the public
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
December 13, 2009
(Sunday) 6:30
pm
The
Italian Club of Westchester Community College Holiday
Dinner - Pranzo Di Natale
Ernesto’s
Ristorante
130 W. Post Road, White Plains
Admission: $45
(Reservations only); $40 WCC Credit Students
Contact: Prof. Carlo Sclafani (914) 606-6790
carlo.sclafani@sunywcc.edu
December 14, 2009 (Monday) 6:00
pm
Neapolitan
Heart
Paolo Santoni, director. In this film exploring the transnational
aspects of the Neapolitan song, director Paolo Santoni journeys between Naples and New
York profiling singers and songs both well-known
and obscure. Interviews with and performances by Peppe Barra, Rita Berti,
Mirna Doris, Jimmy Roselli, Jerry Vale, and others tell the story of
Neapolitan music and its ongoing popularity. Post-screening discussion led by
Jason Pine, Purchase
College and Joseph
Sciorra, Calandra Institute. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is
limited. This is part of the Film and Video Series: Documented Italians.
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 (registration is required)
Contact: (212) 642-2094
calandra@qc.edu
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/calandra
December 15, 2009
(Tuesday) 2:00
pm
Cinema
Italia
Enjoy the
screening of an Italian movie, light refreshments will be served. In Italian
with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Westchester Italian Cultural Center.
One Generoso Place, Tuckahoe,
NY
Admission: free
for members, registration is required; Non-member $5
Contact: (914)
771-8700
programs@wiccny.org
December 15, 2009
(Tuesday) 6:30
pm
CIAA/IAM
Christmas Party
Entertainment by
Tre Bella. Please RSVP.
Sponsored by the
Coaliton of Italian American Associations, Inc. and the Italian American
Museum.
Tiro a Segno of New York
77 Macdougal Street, Manhattan
Admission: $95
(Please check or cash at door)
Contact: (212)
965-9000
December 15, 2009
(Tuesday) 7:00
pm
La Dolce
Vita! Italian Desserts: History and Tasting
Discover the
sweet advantage Italy has
over the rest of Europe in developing
desserts and trace the fascinating stories behind hundreds of delicious
sweets. Includes a tasting of dozens of Italy’s finest cookies,
cakes and desserts.
Sponsored by the 92nd Street
Y.
92nd Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: $45;
open to the public
Contact: Francine
Segan (212) 722-8285
fsegan@aol.com
http://www.FrancineSegan.com
December 20, 2009
(Sunday) 1:00
pm
“Italian
Holiday Customs and Traditions of
Christmas”
Professor Louis
Leonini will explore how ancient Roman traditions continue to shape the way
Italians celebrate this most beloved holiday. He will describe customs in the
different regions of Italy
from Advent through New Year’s Day.
Sponsored by the Garibaldi-Meucci
Musem.
420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island
Admission: $5;
members free
Contact: (718)
442-1608 (must RSVP for this event)
info@garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
http://www.haribaldimeuccimuseum.org
December 28
– 31, 2009
Commedia
dell’Arte Short Winter Workshop
The workshop will
concentrate on Commedia dell’Arte characters Pantalone, Arlecchino,
Brighella, Dottore, Capitano, and lovers, their movement, gesture and history
of the characters, improvisation, and physical skills. Students will develop
their personal historical Commedia dell’Arte characters and style with
their individual qualities. Please call for further information. Space is
limited to 10 students. Produced by Mask Arts Company and RCCU.
Pier Studios
Hudson River Park
Admission: $365
Contact: (212)
243-4039
Il-dottore@commediau.com
http://www.commediau.com
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