Dear Friends,
October Is Italian Heritage and Culture Month!
Even as we move into November, we continue the celebration of Dante Alighieri, author of the long narrative poem La Divina Commedia/The Divine Comedy. We hope you will enjoy events related to Dante, as well as all the other offerings presented here.
DANTE 700! Celebrating the Genius of Dante; The Great Poet Who Unified Italy Through Language.
If a specific event listed below does not include a Zoom link, please contact the hosting organization to obtain the link.
Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee Dante lecture Series
Dante Lecture Series: Dr. Alessandro Barbero
November 3 (Wednesday) 12:00pm
"A Conversation: Dante Today"
Alessandro Barbero in conversation with Anthony Julian Tamburri.
Professor of history at the University of Eastern Piedmont and the author of numerous books and essays, Alessandro Barbero is both a novelist and scholar of Italian Medieval history and literature. As novelist, in 1996 he won Italy's most prestigious literary prize, the Strega Award, for his novel, Bella vitae guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo. His book Dante (Laterza, 2020) was extremely well received; the English translation, Dante. A Life (Simon & Schuster) is available now. Barbero is the author of The Battle, an Account of the Battle of Waterloo; The Day of the Barbarians, the story of the Battle of Adrianopolis; and Charlemagne. He writes for Il Sole 24 Ore and La Stampa, is the editor of Storia d'Europa e del Mediterranean, and regularly appears on Italian television and radio. In 2005, the Republic of France awarded Barbero with the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Sponsored by the Italian Heritage and Cultural Committee and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
For more information, contact: 212-642-2094
info@italyculturemonth.org
First-Ever Benefit IASF (Italian American Sport Foundation) Gala Dinner
November 4 (Thursday) 6:30–10:00pm
An inspirational evening with Giusy Versace, entrepreneur, paralympic sprinter in the T43 category, writer, performer, congresswoman, and activist. The mission of the event is to honor the life and successes of Giusy Versace, President of the Foundation “Disabili No Limits Onlus.” Together we will help disabled children and adolescents to live better recreational lives through Giusy’s charity: Disabled No Limits.
Eataly Downtown
101 Liberty Street (World Trade Center), Manhattan
Contact: Mitria Di Giaccomo 917-535-5735, for more information.
Mitria.digiacomo@iasport.org
UNICO National Eastern Regional Meeting
November 4, 5, 6
Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel
One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA
Contact: Sal Benvenuti, Executive Director 973-808-0035
The Oratorio: A Documentary, with Martin Scorsese followed by Da Ponte's Oratorio: A Concert for New York
November 5 (Friday) 9:00–11:00pm
The documentary, hosted by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of a 2018 recreation of an 1826 performance to benefit the Sisters of Charity Orphan Asylum on Prince Street in Little Italy. The original benefit, which brought Italian opera to our young nation, was held at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mott Street. The 1826 concert was staged by Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s librettist. A former slave turned successful businessman and philanthropist, Venerable Pierre Toussaint, a great friend of and benefactor to the Sisters of Charity and the Orphan Asylum, sold tickets to the event. The 2018 recreation, performed by the Cagliari Opera Company of Sardinia, Italy, was performed to benefit The Friends of the Erben Organ, an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit whose mission is to restore the basilica’s national treasure, the 1868 Henry Erben pipe organ, which is considered one of the most important historical instruments in the nation.
Sponsored by PBS Television Network
WNET, Channel 13, New York
Contact: Friends of the Erben Organ 833-68-ERBEN
music@erbenorgan.com
www.erbenorgan.org
Live From Italy: Dante Meets Ulysses: A Journey Through the XXVI Canto of the Inferno
November 6 (Saturday) 9:30am
Presented by Prof. Ludovica Verdilio. Please call for more information.
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere
79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island
https://casa-belvedere.org
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum’s 33rd Annual Fundraiser Luncheon
November 6 (Saturday) 11:00am–3:00pm
Honoring Nancy DiFiore Quinn, Order Sons of & Daughters of Italy in America National Immediate Past President; Anthony Naccarato, New York State Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, Immediate Past President; Alfred V. Saulo, A.I.A. Architect; Giorgio Bortoli, Artist and Sculptor; Richard Evergreen, Garden Club; Susanne Quinn, President. Special Tribute to Anita Garibaldi in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of her birth. Musical performance by Graziana Maria Lazzaro, Italian-American vocalist.
Sponsored by Garibaldi-Meucci Museum.
Admission: $60; Remote Luncheon on Zoom
Contact: Fran Cicero 718-442-1608
Italian Welfare League's Autumn in New York Luncheon
November 6 (Saturday) 12:00pm
The annual luncheon gala includes auctions, a raffle, and presentations of awards to honorees. This year, we will be celebrating the League's 101st anniversary. The event benefits the IWL's "I Nostri Bambini" program–a grant program for children of Italian American heritage with special needs. For more information, please visit: www.italianwelfareleague.org.
Sponsored by Italian Welfare League.
Metropolitan Club
1 East 60th Street, Manhattan
Admission: $300 (subject to change) by invitation.
Contact: Joan Prezioso 212-861-8480
info@italianwelfareleague.org
Italian American Museum Ambasciatore Award and Luncheon
November 7 (Sunday)
Over the years, the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee has been invited by our honorary board member and colleague Uff. Joseph Scelsa, Ed.D., founder and president of the Italian American Museum, to nominate a member to receive a recognition with the Ambasciatore Award.
This year, board member Rosa Casiello O’Day has been nominated for this prestigious award. Rosa is most known for her involvement on the IHCC-NY, Inc. Board from its earliest days, and as a close collaborator in the field of education, a NYC principal and now professor at NYU. Rosa is a proud Italian American daughter with strong Italian roots, a sister, mother, and friend to many, we feel she will represent us well. In addition to all this, she has been a devotee of Federico Fellini and Dante 700! Please join us in congratulating Rosa Casiello O’Day, in this Salute to Rosa and to support the I-AM Museum.
Sponsored by The Italian American Museum.
The Crest Hollow Country Club
Woodbury-Syosset, NY
Admission: TBA
Contact: info@italianamericanmuseum.org
Dance Composition/ Choreography Workshop
Focus: Music and Dance Relationship
Saturdays from 12:00–2:00pm
November, 6, 13, & 20
1-ON-1 Choreographic Mentorship is a unique program that offers a personally tailored opportunity for aspiring and professional choreographers.
This mentorship consists of six private online sessions Via Skype or Zoom, designed for a single artist. Each session lasts sixty minutes and includes: focused time on development and experimentation with different techniques of choreography, exploration and examination of the individual creative process, artistic brainstorming, feedback on the previous choreography, advice on topics such as writing about your work, as well collaborating with another artists and designers.
All classes Via Zoom.
For more information visit: www.AnabellaLenzu.com
Carnival of the Muses
Through November 7
All presentations are available for 48 hours.
A special online presentation titled Carnival of the Muses, hosted by Aoife Nally, an artist, theater maker, creative channel, and muse magnet, will guide you through these fascinating, elusive, mysterious embodiments of pure creativity, using art prompts, meditations, and visualization to create your own unique artwork dedicated to your all creative and inspired endeavors.
Presented by composer and guitarist John La Barbera, dancer Francesca Silvano teaching the healing dance of the Tarantella, and Alessandra Belloni on vocals and percussion.You will meet a muse each day and appreciate the artform they empower: Love, Epic and Sacred poetry, History, Comedy, Tragedy, Music, Dance, Astronomy and Divination. Please call for more information.
Contact: 646-322-4637
www.alessandrabelloni.com
All Things Anita
November 10 (Wednesday-Saturday) 1:00–5:00pm
This exhibit chronicles the amazing life of Anita Garibaldi. The story of this valiant woman, from her birth in rural Brazil to her tragic death in Ravenna, is revealed through rare photos, artifacts, and written history. Come to know Anita and her critical contribution to the creation of modern Italy.
Sponsored by Garibaldi-Meucci Museum.
420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island
Admission: $10; Members: free; open to the public
Contact: Amanda Seaman 718-442-1608
Italian American Studies Association Annual Conference
November 10–13
"Diversity in Italian American Studies: The Status of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation in Uncertain Times"
The global pandemic year further opened an unhealed wound; that is, inequality that persists in the postmodern world. We witness, experience, or are participants in bias demonstrated toward others due to race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion, political divide, and wealth distribution. This lack of equal treatment is hardly a new problem; as Langston Hughes wrote in 1926, "I, too, am America." Philosophers, social scientists, historians, religious leaders, and others have long studied the insidious effects of prejudice in its many forms. In 1912, Corrado Gini, an Italian sociologist and demographer, developed a statistical technique to measure economic inequality. Still used today, the Gini Index (or Gini Coefficient) quantifies how the distribution of wealth varies from country to country and shows how each individual country stands internally regarding income equality; the higher the value, the greater the inequality. The conference will take place both on Zoom and in person (Covid restrictions permitting).
Sponsored by the Italian American Studies Association in conjunction with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor (between Fifth & Sixth Avenues), Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 212-642-2094 (Building management requires people attending events to pre-register with the Calandra Institute). Be prepared to show a photo ID and proof of vaccination to the building's concierge.
IASAConference21@gmail.com
As per CUNY rules, COVID-19 protocols will be followed by all in attendance. Anyone attending our events will have their temperature taken and will need to show proof of vaccination (e.g., NYS Excelsior Pass, Vaccination Card) and photo ID upon entering the facilities. There will be no exceptions.
International Conference: Citizenship and Nationality: A Diachronic Perspective
November 11–12 (Thursday, Friday) 9:30am–5:00pm
Organized by the Center for Italian Studies, Dr. Ludovica Rossi Purini, and Dr. Loredana Polezzi, D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies. Program details to be announced.
Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Jo Fusco 631-632-7444
josephine.fusco@stonybrook.edu
www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies
The Famous Claude's Restaurant
Celebrates Veterans Day Honoring All Who Served
November 11 (Thursday)
Special discount for bona fide Vets!
$50 dinner/show at 6:00pm (Show: 8:00–9:00pm)
$100 to stay overnight at the Southampton Inn
(Flag-raising ceremony at 5:30pm)
November 12 (Friday) 12:00–6:00pm
Dinner/show
$100 dinner/show; Regular Pricing at the Inn
Patriotic Cabaret Performance by:
Cristina Fontanelli, award-winning Broadway opera singer
and Southampton favorite.
"A Musical Tribute to Our Vets"
following the Claude's dinner.
Please join us in recognizing Veterans Day by helping our local veterans in need. Your generous donation of whatever you can will help local veterans and active duty service members and their families with your warm wishes and support.
Any donation that you might wish to make can be presented at the November 11 ceremony or call the Inn at 631-283-1166 for a mailing address for the local veterans organization.
Cristina will return to Claude's for additional evenings:
"A Broadway Christmas"
Fridays, November 26 and December 3
and
December 31 for A Grand New Year's Eve Celebration
Two dinner shows; the second will include the countdown to midnight
Call the INN 631-283-6500 fore more information.
The Famous Claude's Restaurant
Within the Legendary Southampton Inn
91 Hill Street, Southampton, NY
www.cristinafontanelli.com
Italytime Movie Night
November 12 (Friday) 7:00pm
Rome Open City (Roma città aperta)1945, by Roberto Rossellini.
Sponsored by Italytime.
Our Lady of Pompeii Church
238 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Admission: $5 Suggested Donation
Contact: Maureen Gonzalez 212-860-2983
maureengonzalez66@gmail.com
www.italytime.org
New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E)
November 13–20 TBC
In New York.
Venues: TBC
For more information about the festival, please visit:
The Macaluso Sisters: Online Conversation with Director Emma Dante (November 14, Sunday, 2:00pm) and Free Online Film Screening (November 6–15, 2021)
A virtual conversation with acclaimed director Emma Dante about her recent award-winning film The Macaluso Sisters (2020), which will be screened on an online platform via the Accademia del Cinema Italiano Premi David di Donatello (November 6–15). The November 14 conversation will include Marica Stocchi, co-producer of the film, and Massimo Mascolo from the Accademia del Cinema.
Both the screenings and the conversation are organized and sponsored by the Inserra Endowed Chair at Montclair State University, in partnership with the Accademia del Cinema Italiano Premi David di Donatello (the Italian equivalent of the Oscar Awards) in collaboration with the Italian Program (Department of World Languages and Cultures).
1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ
Contact: Teresa Fiore
inserra@montclair.edu
http://tinyurl.com/MacalusoSistersMSU
Presentation by Novelist, Maaza Mengiste
November 17 (Wednesday) Time to be announced
Author of The Shadow King (NY Times, Time, NPR selection of Best Book of the Year). Offered as an event in the Dean of Arts and Sciences Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series, in collaboration with the D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies and the Department of English.
Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Jo Fusco 631-632-7444
josephine.fusco@stonybrook.edu
www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies
Musical Evening with Robin Grasso
November 19 (Friday) 7:00pm
A fresh and unique way to jump start a new season of music! Robin Grasso on vocals will bring you back in time, revising the classics that made history at Italytime and beyond. And with the help of his musicians Robin will welcome you back to Italytime.
Sponsored by Italytime.
Our Lady of Pompeii Church
238 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Admission: $10 Suggested Donation
Contact: Maureen Gonzalez 212-860-2983
maureengonzalez66@gmail.com
www.italytime.org
Dante 700: A Theatrical Presentation
November 20 (Saturday) 10:00am
Our Italian language students will perform vignettes highlighting Dante's rich contributions to the Italian Language via his nationally embraced literary genres of poetry, fiction, and drama.
Sponsoring Organization: Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn, LTD. FIAO, Il Centro.
8711 18th Avenue (Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard), Brooklyn
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Jack Spatola 718-259-2828; Fax: 718-236-4405
gj.spatola@fiaobrooklyn.org
Exhibition: “An Intellectual Between Two Worlds. Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello (E1906–1969)”
Curated by Antonella Valoroso, biographer of Uguccione Sorbello and co-author with Ruggero Ranieri of the illustrated monograph: Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello. Un intellettuale tra due mondi, Perugia, Morlacchi Edizioni, 2019.
Sponsored by the Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Sorbello Foundation in conjunction with the University for Foreigners of Perugia and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, QC/CUNY
25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor (between Fifth & Sixth Avenues), Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: 212-642-2094
(Building management requires people attending events to pre-register with the Calandra Institute). Be prepared to show a photo ID to the building’s concierge.
As per CUNY rules, COVID-19 protocols will be followed by all in attendance. Anyone attending our events will have their temperature taken and will need to show proof of vaccination (e.g., NYS Excelsior Pass, Vaccination Card) and photo ID upon entering the facilities. There will be no exceptions.
Wednesday through Sunday 10:00am–5:30pm
“The Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals” tells the fascinating story on the museum website of how the vast diversity of minerals species arose on our planet, how scientists classify and study them, and how we use them for personal adornment tools and technology. The galleries feature more than 5,000 specimens from 98 countries.
Sponsored by Allison and Roberto Mignone.
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West, Manhattan
Contact: 212-769-5100
Open to the public with admission fee.
For New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut residents with 10, donations are appreciated at your discretion.
In Observance of World Opera Day
Regina Opera is excited to post the archived video of their complete May 21, 2017, performance of Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Enjoy this touching comedy, which features a group of talented singers
and the Regina Opera Orchestra, free and on demand.
Please call for more information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHWQGy2ji4
Richard Nasti Lecture Series Event
Date and Time to be announced
Zoom Presentation by Valentina Giannella, Italian journalist and author of We Are All Greta: A world-wide best-selling book that aims to explain climate change and the relevant scientific facts to children that also help parents answer their children’s questions about the challenges we’re all facing to save our planet. In the author’s own words: “The title of the book was inspired by a young Chinese girl who was holding a sign during the Global Climate Strike in Hong Kong that read: My name is Greta. I realized that Greta Thunberg has not only the power to raise awareness on such a vital matter, but also to create a sense of identity amongst young people all over the world.” Details /Link for accessing the
zoom presentation will be announced on www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies.
Center for Italian Studies Cinema Club
Co-Hosted with the D’Amato Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies
Holllywood Dreams Italian
An opportunity to discuss and view together selected films featuring Italy as the setting.
Bi-monthly screenings in the Center for Italian Studies, Library E4340
Program and Schedule to be Announced.
Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University
Contact: 631-632-7444
Constantino Brumidi Lodge #2211, OSDIA
President Sabrina Savino
New Year's Eve Gala
December 31 (Friday) 8:00pm–1:00am
2075 Deer Park Ave, Deer Park
Contact: Karen 631-539-9113
Italian Charities of America New Year’s Eve Gala
December 31 8:00pm–2:00am (Doors open at 7:00pm)
Join us for our annual New Year’s Eve celebration in bringing in the new year!
The celebration is complete with a wonderful Italian hot buffet dinner, a champagne toast, one complimentary glass of wine, desserts, coffee/tea, and a live DJ spinning a variety of music all night. Noise makers for the tables! There will be a 50/50, door prizes and additional beverages, liquor, wine, and beer are available for purchase. You are welcome to pay at the door or you can purchase tickets in advance.
Sponsored by Italian Charities of America, Inc.
Admission: $75
Contact: 718-478-3100; Fax 718-478-2665 for tickets and more information
http://italiancharities.org/
The Metropolitan Opera
New Episode Available Now
Aria Code, the Met’s acclaimed podcast collaboration with WQXR—popular even beyond the opera house—looks at how its message of courage in the face of adversity has helped make it a global anthem of resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subscribe to Aria Code wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.metopera.org/discover/podcasts/aria-code/
For Opera Lovers
From Italy Online organized by the Scarsdale Adult School, NY.
Contact: 914-723-2325
