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Welcome to the Italian American Community Calendar.
To list your event in this calendar, use this form.
For more information see the
Community Calendar
webpage.
For information about Calandra Institute events, go to
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February 2 (Thursday) 5:30 pm
"La Serenissima": The Millenarian Venice A discussion with Jordi Savall. Moderated by Magdalena Baczewska. Jordi Savall is among the foremost performers of early music in the world today. Savall will speak about the myriad musical styles and influences at play throughout the thousand-year lifespan of the Venetian Republic. This lecture will be illustrated by short musical examples.
This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic" a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Presented by the Italian Academy in partnership with Carnegie Hall.
Co-sponsored by The European Institute,The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America,The Heyman Center for the Humanities,The Hispanic Institute for Latin American & Iberian Cultures, the Music Department at Columbia University, and The Delegation of Catalonia to the United States
The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
1161 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
Contact: 212-854-2306
[email protected]
February 3 (Friday) 7:30 pm
Jordi Savall The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East
Jordi Savall leads this intriguing musical tour through the 1,000-year history of the Venetian Republic and its far-flung territories. Ensembles formed and directed by Savall are joined by a diverse lineup of guest singers and instrumentalists.Together, they perform music that ranges from the Medieval to the Baroque from around the Mediterranean rim.
This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic" a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
57th Street and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan
10019 New York, NY
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
February 4 (Saturday) 2:00 pm
Daniel Hyde, Organ - Keyboard Music From and Inspired by "La Serenissima"
Daniel Hyde, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue's organist and director of music, explores the hugely influential Venetian style, with works ranging from luminaries such as Giovanni Gabrieli, the organist of Venice's venerable St. Mark's Basilica for nearly three decades, Merula, and Vivaldi. This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic" a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Saint Thomas Church
Fifth Avenue, West 53rd Street, Manhattan
February 5 (Sunday) 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Vito Marcantonio Forum Awards Luncheon
VMF's Honoree is Melissa Mark Viverito, City Councilperson from East Harlem and President of the NYC Council. The Vito Marcantonio Forum (VMF) is an educational organization dedicated to preserving the history of the radical political tradition of East Harlem, the cultural backdrop of Italian Harlem and El Barrio and increasing awareness of the American Labor Party that Marcantonio led for years, educator Leonard Covello; and the critical role of the Left that rallied around Marcantonio.
Sponsored by The Vito Marcantonio Forum.
Gaetana's Ristorante Italiana
129 Christopher Street, Manhattan
Admission: $20, $25, $30, $35, $100; open to the public
Contact: Maria Lisella 718-777-1178
www.vitomarcantonioforum.com
February 5 (Sunday) 3:00 pm
Salute to Broadway Concert
Regina Opera begins its 2017 Sunday Concert Series with classic and contemporary Broadway selections and Italian songs. Featuring Jennifer Greene Ribeiro - soprano; Aida Carducci - mezzo-soprano; Heejae Kim - tenor; Kevin Rockower and Jonathan Hare - baritones; Richard Paratley - flutist; and piano accompanist Victoria Ulanovskaya. Guest artists Amaru Tupacyupanqui and Julian Raheb, will thrill the audience with their piano skills.
Sponsored by Regina Opera Company.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help school auditorium
5902 6th Avenue, Brooklyn
Admission: $12 adults; $5 teens; children free; open to the public
Contact: Fran Garber 718-259-2772
www.reginaopera.org
February 9 (Thursday) 6:30 pm
Theatrical Performance:
Memoirs -
Carlo Goldoni
Memoirs, written by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Jason O'Connell and presented by Kairos Italy Theater (Casa Italiana company in residence). Pioneering 18th-century Venetian playwright and librettist Carlo Goldoni reinvigorated the commedia dell'arte tradition, injecting his comedies with realism, tighter plots, a new spontaneity, and middle-class characters. Kairos Italy Theater presents the US premiere of a staged version of his memoirs performed only once before under the direction of the legendary Giorgio Strehler. In English.
This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic," a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Admission: Member Seat Reservation
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
February 10 (Friday) 6:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Sirens of La Serenissima: Creative Women and Feminist Forerunners in Early Modern Venice
This roundtable discussion on the remarkable tradition of early modern Venetian women's writing features readings from works penned by courtesan Veronica Franco; dissident Baroque nun Arcangela Tarabotti; outspoken Jewish author, poet, and intellectual Sara Copia Sullam; and proto-feminist theorist Moderata Fonte. Panelists: Meredith Ray, University of Pennsylvania, Lynn Westwater, George Washington University; Ann Rosalind Jones, University of Pennsylvania; and Virginia Cox, NYU, Moderator. In English.
This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic," a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Admission: Member Seat Reservation
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
February 11 (Saturday) 3:00 pm
Theatrical Performance: The Worth of Women: Wherein is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Superiority to Men
US premiere of
The Worth of Women by Venetian writer and poet Moderata Fonte, a 16th-century advocate of gender equality.Translated by Virginia Cox and directed by Jay Stern in collaboration with Laura Caparrotti. Presented by Kairos Italy Theater (Casa Italiana company in residence). Radical and witty, this work depicts conversations among seven diverse Venetian noblewomen,exploring women's roles in public and private, femininity and ambition, men's hostility, and possible remedies. In English.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Admission: Member Seat Reservation
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
February 12 (Sunday) 4:40 pm
Special Literary Event
Author Catherine Gigante-Brown will be reading her poetry and excerpts from her novels The El and Different Drummer. Cathy's books can also be purchased at the event.
Sponsored by the non-profit organization One Breath Rising.
440 Gallery
440 6th Avenue (9th Street), Brooklyn
Admission: Suggested donation: $10
For more information, email Cathy at [email protected]
718-499-6199
February 13 (Monday) 6:00 pm
Opera Screening: Verdi's Giovanna D'Arco
Drama in three acts. A new production from the 2016 Verdi festival in Parma.
Conducted by Ramon Tebar. Directed by Saskia Boddeke and Peter Greenaway. Introduced by the General Manager of the Teatro Regio in Parma Anna Maria Meo, launching the activities of the 2017 Verdi Festival.
In collaboration with the Verdi Festival at the Teatro Regio in Parma, the Cultural Department of Emilia-Romagna and the Emilia-Romagna Tourist Board.
Admission: General RSVP
Member Seat Reservation
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
February 18 (Saturday) 7:30 pm
In Pursuit of Happiness by Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
In Pursuit is a dance-theater piece that explores the themes of death, memory and hope through a collage of juxtapositions.This is an ongoing daily memory trip to remember and honor Mrs. Lenzu's father, Antonio, who served as her guide and scaffolding.
Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center
647 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: $15 (limited seating)
www.AnabellaLenzu.com
February 23 (Thursday) 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Built with Faith: Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City - A Book Presentation by Joseph Sciorra
Sciorra spent thirty-five years researching these community art forms and interviewing Italian immigrant and U.S.-born Catholics. By documenting the folk life of this group, Sciorra reveals how Italian Americans in the city use expressive culture and religious practices to transform everyday urban space into unique, communal sites of ethnically infused religiosity.
Sponsored by Spearheaded by the Department of History, co-organized and sponsored by The Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies (Department of Spanish and Italian) with the co-sponsorship of the The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America at Montclair State University.
Cohen Lounge, Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Laura Campisi 917-348-2852
[email protected]
www.montclair.edu/chss/inserra-chair/events/2016-17/book-presentation/
February 25, 2017 (Saturday) 7:00 PM
Inauguration of Italytime Cultural Center - A Provincial Painter by Dacia Maraini
The story of an Italian American young woman, Rosa, whose strive to become a professional painter is questioned by her demanding father.
Sponsored by Italytime.
Italytime Cultural Center
25/B Carmine Street (Bleecker Street), Manhattan
Admission: $20; open to the public
Contact: Maureen Gonzalez 212-860-2983
[email protected]
www.italytime.org
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EXHIBITIONS AND ONGOING EVENTS
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The Met's Roméo et Juliette is coming to theaters all over the world in a Met Live in HD broadcast. Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo singing Shakespeare's classic star-crossed lovers in Gounod's lush adaptation. Director Bartlett Sher's has won acclaim for its vivid 18th-century milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La Scala. The performances are led by conductor Gianandrea Noseda. For more information visit:
http://www.metopera.org/Season/In-Cinemas/
Premiere: Citta' dei Sogni
Director Paola Bernardini.
To escape from their mother, Giovanni and Ernesto embark on an adventure across the Italian countryside, in the wondrous region of Puglia, Italy, with a child's dream of a new life. As the reality of their situation begins to take hold, the myth of this: "City of Dreams" begins to crumble. Please call for further information.
The National Opera Center
330 7th Avenue, Manhattan
Contact: 212-796-8620
[email protected]
On display through February 5 12:00 - 5:00 pm
The Great Beauty of Venice - Post-War Italian Abstraction
GR Gallery
255 Bowery, Manhattan
An exhibition that illuminates the close relationship established over the years with the history and the artistic developments of the lagoon city. The exhibition, curated by art-critic and founder Giovanni Granzotto, will display thirty works of various artists. The exhibition will particularly focus on the movement of Venetian Spatialism, a style developed in the early '50s
Contact: 212-473-2900
[email protected]
On display through February 17 Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Lavori su carta - Works on Paper
This exhibition by The Italian-American Visual Artists' Network (IAVANET) celebrates and essays the many ways artists have used paper creatively from the early Renaissance to explore and develop their visual ideas, to make one-of-a-kind works of art, and to reproduce their work in numbers. Representative works include preliminary drawings for paintings and sculptures, unique works in a variety of media, and works reproduced in the form of prints, book illustrations, and photographs.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
On display through March 2 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Art Exhibition: Memories of Serenissima: Nineteenth-Century Artists in Venice
Curated by Marco Bertoli, this exhibition is the last of a three-year project dedicated to 19th Century Italian painting. It showcases a selected group of artworks, dating from the second half of the late 1800s to the early 1900s, revealing how the memories of and the ties with Venice's Republic were still alive in the decades that followed its fall.
This is part of "La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic," a citywide celebration of Venice organized by Carnegie Hall (February 3 - 21). For more on Carnegie Hall's "La Serenissima" series:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/venice/
Italian Cultural Institute
686 Park Ave, Manhattan
On display through March 16 Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Seeing Through/Vedere Attraverso
Works by Antonio Scaccabarozzi and Marthe Keller
Conceived and curated by contemporary art historian Elisabetta Longari.
Antonio Scaccabarozzi (Merate, Italy 1936-2008) and Marthe Keller (b. New York, 1948) belong to different artistic generations, had different cultural upbringings, lived on different continents. If we systematically compare their works, however, the two painters seem to move from similar visual problems, and suggest answers that unexpectedly relate to each other. In Italian.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Contact: 212-998-8739
[email protected]
On display through March 15
Doors of Memory/Porte della Memoria
In this photographic exhibit, writer, poet, and photographer Eleanor M. Imperato seeks to shares the sense of rootedness to her birthplace, Avella, that is embodied by its old doors and windows.They provided her with an appreciation of her town's past and of the lives of her ancestors. The doors also served as openings into her childhood memories. A book by the same title, in both English and Italian, was published in connection with the project. Doors of Memories is a memoir in prose and poetry of Imperato's early years and subsequent visits to Avella.
Presented by NOlAW (National Organization of Italian American Women, in collaboration with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Beth Connolly 212-642-2003
[email protected]
DANCEDRAMA LABORATORY WORKSHOP SERIES 2017 With ANABELLA LENZU
* February Lab: Choreography and Improvisation
(Saturdays from 1-4pm: 2/11, 2/18 and 2/25)
* March Lab: Methodology of Teaching Dance (How to teach Dance)
(Saturday 3/4 from 1-5pm & Sunday 3/5 from 1-5pm)
* April Lab: Choreography and Improvisation
(Saturdays from 10am-2pm: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15 and 4/22)
Class size is limited to 10 students for each workshop.
The Workshops are held at CPR Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Cost for each workshop: $150
Special promotion: 3 workshops for $350
To apply: Send resume to
[email protected]
Please designate which workshop you are interested in.
Through February 28 (Monday & Tuesday) 3:15 - 8:00 pm
Cooking Classes for Children and Adults at Casa Belvedere
Sponsored by Casa Belvedere,The Italian Cultural Foundation
79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island
Admission: $35 - $85; open to the public
For further information contact: Tiffany Caputo 718-273-7660
[email protected]
www.Casa-Belvedere.org
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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
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25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036
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