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June 2 (Saturday) 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Italian American Studies Association, Long Island Regional Chapter Luncheon
Luncheon Program: General Meeting; Lunch; Raffle Prizes and 50/50. Featuring a Sing-Along with Rinaldo, a romantic tenor, specializing in opera, Broadway and Italian favorites, accompanied by Accordionist Dominic Karcic.
Please call for more information.
Pompei Restaurant
401 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY
Admission: $40
Contact: 516-756-0627
June 7 (Thursday) 7:00 pm
Annie Lanzillotto Performs
Annie Lanzillotto (Hard Candy; Pitch Roll Yaw; L is for Lion) performs new work, on a double bill with author/performer Mark Ameen (A Circle of Sirens; The Buried Body) for PRIDE! Back in Annie's home zip code 10461.
"Out Like That! Festival"
Sponsored by BAAD: Bronx Academy of Art and Dance "Out Like That! Festival"
Bronx Academy of Art and Dance
2474 Westchester Avenue, Bronx
Admission: TBA; open to the public
Contact: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto 347-673-3443, for more information
[email protected]
www.baadbronx.org
June 8 (Friday) 7:00 pm
Italian Movie Night: Don Camillo e l'On. Peppone
Directed by Carmine Gallone (1955).
Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.
Sponsored by Italytime - Artistic Director Vittorio Capotorto.
Our Lady of Pompeii Theater - Italytime Cultural Center
25/B Carmine Street (Bleecker Street), Manhattan
Admission: Suggested donation: $5; open to the public
Contact: Maureen Gonzalez 212-860-2983
[email protected]
www.italytime.org/contact
June 9 (Saturday) 5:30 - 7:30 pm
IAWA 2nd Saturday Reading Series
Amy Barone's poetry has appeared in many publications. Her new poetry collection,
We Became Summer, from New York Quarterly Books, will be released this year.
Joey Nicoletti is the author of three full-length poetry collections. He has also written essays and books reviews. His awards include a Pushcart Prize nomination and a Buffalo State Faculty Appreciation Award for teaching.
Sponsored by The Italian American Writers Association.
Sidewalk Cafe
94 Avenue A (6th Street), Manhattan
Admission: $8 (includes one drink); open to the public
Contact: Maria Lisella 718-777-1178
[email protected]
June 14 (Thursday) 7:00 pm
Regina Opera in Concert
This two-hour free concert will feature operatic and Broadway selections performed by Regina Opera singers; with Richard Paratley - flutist; accompanied by pianist Victoria Ulanovskaya. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy the music.
Sponsored by State Senator Marty Golden and Regina Opera.
Plaza at the Carmine Carro Community Center
3000 Fillmore Avenue (between Madison Place and Marine Parkway), Brooklyn
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Fran Garber-Cohen 718-259-2772
[email protected]
www.reginaopera.org
June 17 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
Annie Lanzillotto Reads from her new book
PRIDE!
Reading & Signing.
Annie reads from
Hard Candy: caregiving, mourning, and stage light, and Pitch Roll Yaw, Guernica World Editions, 2018. Two books upside down to each other that meet in the middle, in a gallery of Annie's handwritten spiral poetry. With special guest, writer Erica Cardwell.
Sponsored by BGSQD: Bureau of General Services Queer Division.
Bureau of General Services Queer Division
208 West 13th Street, Room 210
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 646-457-0859
[email protected]
www.annielanzillotto.com
June 20 (Wednesday) 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Fabrizio Bosso
Fabrizio Bosso's State of the Art is the expression of the Italian trumpeter's authentic, powerful and expressive artistic dialogue with his quartet. It represents a culminating point in the musician's artistic and personal path. Fabrizio Bosso, joining forces with the members of his quartet, with whom he has been sharing the stage for several years to great critical and public acclaim, explores the boundless possibilities of music-making, thereby achieving the fulfillment of his career both as a musician and a composer. Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet - Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass - Nicola Angelucci, drums. Fabrizio Bosso is a great Italian trumpeter, an authentic and worldwide established jazz star: he has participated in live and studio projects that have gained acclaim and recognition for his huge expressive talent and his impressive technical qualities.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New York
686 Park Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 212-879-4242
[email protected]
June 21 (Thursday) 2:00 pm
Regina Opera in Concert
This one-hour free concert will feature opera and Broadway selections and Italian songs, performed by Regina Opera soloists Taerra Pence - soprano, Dilara Unsal - soprano; Paolo Buffagni - tenor; David Tillistrand - baritone.
This is part of the Make Music New York Festival.
Sponsored by Regina Opera Company, the Sunset Park Business Improvement District.
Festival bandstand
5120 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Fran Garber-Cohen 718-259-2772
[email protected]
www.reginaopera.org
June 22 (Friday) 8:00 PM
WELCOME SUMMER Concert
This summer will exude jazz with the Queens College Big Band and Robin Kevin Daniel Grasso! The young orchestra will be directed by the trumpeter David DiTrapani and will showcase musicians from the Aaron Copland School of Music. Experience the New York jazz tradition in its purest form.
Sponsored by Italytime - Artistic Director Vittorio Capotorto.
Our Lady of Pompeii Theater - Italytime Cultural Center
25/B Carmine Street (Bleecker Street), Manhattan
Admission: $20 ($10 with student ID), open to the public
Contact: Maureen Gonzalez 212-860-2983
[email protected]
www.italytime.org/box-office
June 23 (Saturday) 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Tarantella Healing Trance Dance Workshop
From the Ancient Mediterranean to today, Alessandra Belloni conducts this world renowned workshop for Women featuring Southern Italian folk dances and rituals. Learn chants used to invoke the healing power of the sun and moon, as well as a repertoire of therapeutic dances, accompanied by the beat of Frame drums and tambourines. Alessandra presents these unique dance movements which trace their roots from Southern Italy back to ancient Greece, with connections to Iran, Egypt and Andalusia. The Pizzica tarntata is an erotic and dynamic
ritual dance originated as a cure for the mythical bite of the Tarantula, a condition causing a mental disease called tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women (tarantate) in Southern Italy.
Daya Yoga Studio
360 Jefferson Studios 1A & 1B Bushwick, Brooklyn
Contact: 718-406-7912
www.dayayogastudio.com
www.alessandrabelloni.com
June 29 (Friday) 8:00 pm
Celebrate the Ancient Night of the Tarantula and the Feast of the Tarantata
With Internationally renowned singer, dancer, percussionist, Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza Italian folk music and dance company. Featuring excerpts of the musical Tarantella Spider Dance about the myth of the spider & ecstatic rites of Dionysus.
St James Chapel, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue (112th Street), Manhattan
Admission: $30
www.alessandrabelloni.com
June 30 (Saturday) 1:30 pm
Regina Opera in Concert
The Brighton Beach Branch of the Public Library will host a free one-hour concert by Regina Opera.This concert will feature operatic and Broadway selections, and Russian tunes performed by Regina Opera musical artists: Taerra Pence, Tareva Moore, and Elena Jannicelli-Sandella - sopranos; Gennady Vysotsky - basso; Kirill Ulanov - guitarist; accompanied by Richard Paratley - flutist and Victoria Ulanovskaya - pianist.
Sponsored by Regina Opera Company.
Brighton Beach Public Library
16 Brighton 1st Road, Brooklyn
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Fran Garber-Cohen 718-259-2772
[email protected]
www.reginaopera.org
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EXHIBITIONS AND ONGOING EVENTS
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On view April 19 through August 31, 2018
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Italian Brooklyn, Photographs by Martha Cooper
In this collection of thirty-nine images, photojournalist Martha Cooper, well-known for her work on graffiti and the early days of hip-hop, documents Italian American vernacular expressive culture in 1980s Brooklyn. Digitized from their original slide formats and newly printed, the photographs depict, among other things, Williamsburg's annual
giglio feast, the Manteo Sicilian marionette theater, yard shrines and sidewalk altars.This is the first exhibit of Cooper's extensive earlier Italian American oeuvre.
Exhibition opening: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:00 pm
This exhibition is in collaboration with City Lore, a nonprofit art organization dedicated to New York City's vibrant folk arts.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 212-642-2094
calandrainstitute.org
May 31 through June 6
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2018
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is the only screening series to offer North American audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. Once again, this year's 18th edition strikes a balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, outrageous comedies, gripping dramas, and captivating documentaries, with in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers.
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is organized by Film Society of Lincoln Center, in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà.
Walter Reade Theater,
165 W. 65th Street New York
For more information and a complete schedule of films visit:
https://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/open-roads-new-italian-cinema/#films
June 8 through June 28
Visconti's Retrospective
Following successful collaborations on retrospectives of Marcello Mastroianni (2017) and Anna Magnani (2016), the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà join forces once again to co-present Visconti, a complete retrospective of Visconti's feature films, most of them premiering in new restorations and rare imported prints, followed by a week-long run of a new 35mm print of his 1973 historical masterpiece
Ludwig.
Walter Reade Theater
165 W. 65th Street, Manhattan
For more information and a complete schedule of films visit:
https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/visconti-retrospective-announced/
Met Opera Summer in the Parks
Recital Series
The Met's popular concert series in New York City parks in all five boroughs kicks off on Monday, June 11, at SummerStage in Central Park, with an evening of arias and duets from a variety of operas. Dan Saunders will be at the piano to accompany each performance.
Recitals are free.
- Monday, June 11, 8 pm
Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield
- Wednesday, June 13, 7 pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, Brooklyn
- Thursday, June 21, 7 pm
Clove Lakes, Staten Island
- Saturday, June 23, 3 pm
Williamsbridge Oval, The Bronx
- Wednesday, June 27, 7 pm
Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan
- Friday, June 29, 7 pm
Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
Contact: 212-362-6000
https://www.metopera.org/Season/free-met-summer-events/
On view through June 14 Monday-Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
MARANGO - Works by Alessandro Piangiamore
The first New York exhibition of Sicilian artist Alessandro Piangiamore.
The exhibition features pieces from Piangiamore's 'Ieri Ikebana,' 'La cera di Roma,' 'Belvedere,' and 'Primavera Piangiamore' series, as well as a new site-specific work from the artist's 'Tutto il vento che c'è' (All The Wind That Blows) open-ended project.
In collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art and Magazzino Arte Moderna (Rome).
Curated by Vittorio Calabrese.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
New York University
24 West 12th Street, Manhattan
Admission: General RSVP; Member Seat Reservation
Contact: 212-998-8739
Casa Italiana programming is subject to change.
For updates please visit www.casaitaliananyu.org
On view through June 23
Alberto Savinio
Hailed by poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire as the paragon of a Renaissance man, Savinio was not only an exceptional visual artist and member of the Parisian avant-garde, but also a gifted pianist, composer, musicologist, set designer, critic, and writer. Yet despite his achievements, Savinio, the younger brother of Giorgio de Chirico, is today virtually unknown outside of Italy. This exhibition features 25 rarely seen works by the artist, focusing on paintings produced after his move to Paris in 1926. The exhibited works are characterized by Savinio's vivid color palette, his fantastical interpretation of mythology and voyage, and his eccentric vision of landscape.
Center for Italian Modern Art
421 Broome Street, 4th Floor, Manhattan
Contact: 646-370-3596
On view through June 28 Monday to Friday 10:0 am - 5:00 pm
Canova e la Danza
The exhibition "Canova e la Danza" presents sixteen tempera paintings, made between 1799 and 1806, by the great Italian artist Antonio Canova, a premier for the American public, and on view again for the first time following their recent restoration. The paintings are on loan from the Gipsoteca e Museo Canova, (Canova Museum and Plaster Casts Gallery), in Possagno (Treviso), and the exhibit is curated by Mario Guderzo, director of the Museum.
Organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Gipsoteca e Museo Canova, Possagno.
Italian Cultural Institute
686 Park Avenue, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
https://iicnewyork.esteri.it/iic_newyork/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2018/05/canova-e-la-danza-antonio-canova.html
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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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