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Calandra's Community Calendar

April 2024

Dear Friends,

We hope you will enjoy the events as well as all the other offerings presented in our Community Calendar.

If a specific virtual event listed below does not include a Zoom link, please contact the hosting organization.

Giacomo Puccini's La Rondine

April 2 (Tuesday) 7:30pm

For additional dates and show times see web site.

Puccini’s bittersweet love story, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the French courtesan Magda opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. This bittersweet love story is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini, largely becauseof the circumstances of its premiere: Italy and Austria became enemies during World War I, and the opera quietly opened in Monte Carlo instead of Vienna. Sung in Italian.

Sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera House

This event will be held at Metropolitan Opera House

30 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: $37.00 Price varies by seating. Rush tickets are available. Buy tickets online, see website for details.

Phone: (212)362-6000

Web Address: https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/la-rondine/

Pizza & Wine Italian Date Night

April 2 (Tuesday) 5:00pm

For additional dates and show times see web site.

Come along for a very special date night that will transport you to the streets of Italy! Enjoy an exclusive dinner package with two glasses of wine. Indulge in a romantic date night sharing a meal with someone special.

Sponsored by Regina Opera Company.

This event will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Regina Opera's accessible venue 5902 6th Avenue, Brooklyn

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: $15.00 Adults; Teens $5.00; Children - Free

Contact: Fran Garber-Cohen

Phone: (718) 259-2772

E-mail: reginaopera@yahoo.com

Web Address: reginaopera.org

ll Sorriso di Caterina/Caterina’s Smile

April 7 (Sunday) 5:00pm–7:00pm (Doors open at 4:45 pm)

Carlo Vecce, a professor at Orientale University in Naples

and renowned scholar of the life and works of Leonardo

da Vinci, recently made a surprising discovery about

Leonardo’s mother, Caterina. Vecce will talk about his

novel Il Sorriso di Caterina, which recounts, through a

combination of fact and imaginative fiction, the story of

how Caterina was kidnapped from the Caucasus area of

Central Asia and moved to Florence, and then to Vinci, as a slave.

Sponsored by Dorothea’s House, Casa di Cultura Italiana

This event will be held at Dorothea’s House, Casa di Cultura Italiana

120 John Street, Princeton, N.J.

Admission: Open to Public. Visit Website for more information.

Fee: Free

Phone: (609) 924-9713

Web Address: www.dorotheashouse.org

Immigrants and Diasporic Italians

April 8, 2024 (Monday) 6:00pm–8:00pm

An evening of artists’ talks in conjunction with A Legacy of Making: 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists. Exhibition curators Joanne Mattera and Joseph Sciorra have invited seven artists from the exhibition to talk about issues of immigration and identity in their work. Among the artists featured in the Calandra Institute’s exhibit A Legacy of Making are immigrants born and raised in Italy and Argentina. Their inclusion alters and expands our understanding of who constitutes “Italian Americans.” How do these artists’ transnational experiences and statuses inform their work and their position within the art world? Three artists will dialogue about their individual and artist journeys as part of the exhibit’s final public presentation.

Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, QC/CUNY

This event will be held in the Galleria of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, NYC

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free. Call the number below to RSVP.

Phone: (212) 642-2094

Web Address: https://www.calandrainstitute.org

Roundtable

New Reports from Sardinia's UNESCO Site: Nuragic Culture in Barumini

April 9 (Tuesday) 4:00pm

The best-known example of a nuraghe—the unique type of Bronze Age defensive complex—is found at Barumini in Sardinia. UNESCO inscribed this archaeological site, “Su Nuraxi,” on its list of World Heritage Sites in 1997, in recognition of its “outstanding universal value.” Expert researchers will gather for a roundtable talk about the long history and the recent discoveries at Barumini. The event will conclude with the opening of a linked photographic exhibition in our gallery.

Organized by Barbara Faedda, Italian Academy, Columbia University, and Paolo Carta, University of Trento. Cosponsors: The Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the collaboration of the Mont’e Prama Foundation and the Barumini Foundation.

This event will be held at The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies Columbia University

1161 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free

Phone: (212) 854-2306

Wed Address: https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/

La Commedia di Dante in Italiano: Group Reading/Discussion

April 9 and 23 (Tuesday) 5:30–6:30pm

This Dante group meets Tuesdays, twice monthly, for one hour. We are now reading “Purgatorio XI.” We read each canto aloud in the original and then translate/paraphrase the text into standard Italian as we discuss the text and related commentary. Pace is relaxed. No deadlines. All welcome, especially members of academic, visual arts, music/opera, and publishing communities. Discussion 100 percent in Italiano.

Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY

This event will be held at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, Manhattan, NYC.

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free

Contact: Dante in Italiano

Phone: (212) 966-3245

E-mail Address: danteinitalianonyc@yahoo.com

Venice: Then and Now

April 9 (Tuesday) 7:00pm

Presented by Dr. Snjezana Smodlaka.

Through the most famous works of art by Venetian painters, take a visual journey into the glorious past of this spectacular city, its streets, canals, palaces of the affluent, and their lifestyle and fashion. Venetian painters created a valuable document that narrates the history of naval, commercial, and cultural history and influence that this land exerted for more than a thousand years over most of the Mediterranean.

Sponsored by The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere

This event will be at Casa Belvedere–The Italian Cultural Foundation

79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Members Free, $10.00 - $30.00 Non-Members suggested donation.

Phone: (516) 781-5233

Web Address: https://casa-belvedere.org/event/venice-then-and-now/

Andrea Turini Piano Concert

April 10 (Wednesday) 6:00pm–7:30pm

Italian pianist Andrea Turini is praised as an extremely engaging, sensitive, and profound performer with a passionate approach to performance, and he is widely recognized as one of J.S. Bach’s main interpreters. He unveils an original interpretation, which comes from a convergence of in-depth study and emotions. This interpretation is performed through a refined technique, and it is motivated by a deep and constant love for one of the greatest composers.

Sponsored by The Italian Cultural Institute in New York

This event will be held at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York

686 Park Avenue, NYC

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free

Phone: (212) 879-4242

Email: iicnewyork@esteri.it

Web Address: https://iicnewyork.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/andrea-turini-piano-concert/

Writing Poetry Book Reviews: Workshop

April 10 (Wednesday) 6:00pm–8:00pm

Lily Poetry Review book review editor Amanda Shaw will share the ins and outs of the reviewing process. Bring to class a poetry book you are interested in reviewing. Links to review examples will be emailed a week before class.

Sponsored by The Italian American Writers Association

This event will be Virtual on Zoom. Register by emailing chloemiller@gmail.com

Link will be sent once registered.

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: $30.00 for IAWA members; $40.00 for non-members.

Contact: Chloe Miller

E-mail Address: chloemiller@gmail.com

Web Address: https://iawa.net/

Italian Film Study

La Dolce Vita: Fantasy and Modernity in Italian Cinema of the 1960s

April 10 (Wednesday) 6:30 to 8:00pm in the Galleria

Presented by Holly Van Buren, Wagner College professor of film history, media, and television studies. Italian cinema of the 1960s embraces modernism and the director’s unique point of view, eventually verging into pastiche and exploitation. Celebrating the work of Italian auteurs Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Sergio Leone, this lecture will dive into some of the most iconic Italian films of all time: 8 ½; La Dolce Vita; L’Avventura; The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, and more.

Sponsored by The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere

This event will be at Casa Belvedere–The Italian Cultural Foundation in our new Galleria.

79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Members Free, Non-Members suggested donation $10.00- $30.00

Phone: (516) 781-5233

Web Address: https://casa-belvedere.org/product/04-10-italian-film-study/

Dr. Oronzo Brunetti, “Representing the Italian South: Rural Architecture and Photography in the 1920s/1930s”

(Nasti Lecture Series)

April 11 (Thursday) 5:30pm–7:00pm

Puglia is a region in Southern Italy known for its rural architecture, in particular the trulli, dry stone houses with cone-shaped roofs. From 1924 to 1933, architect, photographer, and exponent of the Swiss Werkbund Carl Hubacher took hundreds of photos of the trulli, which constitute a precious document of both the local landscape and rural architecture in the interwar period, as well as a model for new rationalism.

Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies

This event will be held at The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, E-4340 Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY.

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free

Phone: (631) 632-7444

E-mail Address: ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu

Web Address: https://www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies/

The Politics of Memory: Remembering Laborers, Women, and Italian Immigrants through Public Monuments

April 11 (Thursday) 6:30pm

The Triangle Fire Memorial in Manhattan is the first labor memorial and one of only a handful of memorials to women in New York City. It was inaugurated in October 2023 to commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, one of the worst workplace tragedies in American history.

Sponsored and Organized by the Inserra Endowed Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University, as part of (an extended) Women’s History Month.

This event will be held at Montclair State University, School of Business 1 Normal Avenue, SBUS-Room 101, Montclair, NJ

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free

Contact: Teresa Fiore

Phone: (973) 655-7292

E-mail Address: fiorete@montclair.edu

Web Address: https://www.montclair.edu/inserra-chair/2024/03/16/the-politics-of-memory-remembering-laborers-women-and-italian-immigrants-through-public-monuments-april-11-2024/

Film Screening at CIMA

Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion

April 11 (Thursday) 7:00pm

In conjunction with CIMA’s current exhibition Nanni Balestrini: Art as Political Action–One Thousand and One Voices, we are hosting an in-person screening of Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion (1970), a film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan, with music by Ennio Morricone.

Introduction by Prof. Giancarlo Lombardi, Grad. Center CUNY. In Italian with English subtitles (1 hr. and 55 min)

Sponsored by the Center for Italian Modern Art

This event will be held at the Center for Italian Modern Art

421 Broome Street, 4TH Floor, NYC

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: $15.00, Members & Students: Free

Phone: (646) 370-3596

Web Address: https://www.italianmodernart.org/upcoming-events/

You and Me Cooking Class

Italian Cooking Class for Toddlers

April 12 (Friday) 11:00am

Recipe of the day: Tortadi Carote (Carrot Cake Italian Style)

In our cooking class, your little one will have fun exploring foods by using all five senses; they will understand the texture of every ingredient, become confident about how to use the utensils, and they will discover different flavors.

Sponsored by CocuSocial

This event will be held at Hyatt House Chelsea

815 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: $65.16 per person, fee included. Purchase tickets online on website below.

Web Address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-class-italian-date-night-nyc-tickets-515714214097?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Italian American Writers Association Open Mic and Readings

April 13 (Saturday) 6:00pm–8:00pm

Featured Authors: Nicole Santalucia, author of The Book of Dirt, Spoiled Meat, and Because I Did Not Die. She is a recipient of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize, among other prizes. Native Philadelphian Tom D'Egidio is a poet, novelist, and translator of Italian poetry.

Sponsored by The Italian American Writers Association

This event will be held virtually on Zoom.

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free. Register at iawa.net

Contact: Maria Lisella

Phone: (718) 777-1178

E-mail Address: marialisella@aol.com

Web Address: https://marialisella.contently.com/

“Saving Italy's Brown Bears: Rethinking Wilderness in Europe” (Tromba Lecture Series)

April 18 (Thursday) 4:00pm–6:00pm

This program, featuring three prominent figures in the brown bear conservation movement, will highlight the current state of the Marsican Bear, or so-called “Italian Grizzly.” Speakers include wildlife photographer Bruno D’Amicis (National Geographic), Paolo Ciucci (University of Rome “La Sapienza”), and Serena Frau (Rewilding Appenines). A reception will follow the talks. RSVP required.

Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies

This event will be held at The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, E-4340 Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library,

100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free, RSVP required.

Contact: Christine Griffiths

Phone: (631) 632-7444

E-mail Address: ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu

Web Address: https://www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies/

Living in a Quantum World

Workshops: April 18, 19 (Thursday, Friday) 9:00am–5:30pm

Roundtable: April 18 (Thursday) 5:30pm–7:30pm

Quantum technologies have emerged as groundbreaking tools with the potential to revolutionize various aspects of our lives. The evolving landscape of quantum technologies presents a paradigm shift, unlocking new frontiers in scientific discovery and practical applications. The workshop will present the state of the art, as well as the future directions of research, in quantum science and technologies.

Sponsored by The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies Columbia University

This event will be held at The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University

1161 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free

Phone: (212) 854-2306

Email: itacademy@columbia.edu

Web Address: https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/

Matteo Bocelli in Concert

April 21 (Sunday) 7:30pm

Matteo Bocelli has already performed on some of the world’s biggest stages and tasted musical stardom—sharing his sensitive songs and dynamic vocal performances with listeners around the globe. As the son of and sometimes collaborator with renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli, he’s been instilled with a lifelong musical education and an endlessly curious nature, which are on full display on his debut solo album Matteo, a bold step into his own spotlight.

Sponsored by Mayo Performing Arts Center

This event will be held at the Mayo Performing Arts Center

100 South Street, Morristown, N.J.

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: $49.00 and up. Price varies. Call box office to purchase tickets.

Phone: (973) 539-8008-Box Office

Email: boxoffice@mayoarts.org

Web Address: https://secure.mayoarts.org/18192/18193

Woman through the Window

April 24 (Wednesday) 7:00pm – 9:00 pm

The premiere of a new play by Anthony DiFranco with an all-female cast portraying multi-generational Italian American women. The play is free & open to the public, but advance registration is required.

Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies & The Department of Languages and Cultures, Stony Brook University.

This event will be held at the Wang Center Theater, Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University

100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free. To reserve tickets, visit https://forms.gle/aj74meEW8URhnZH67 or call Phone number below.

Contact: Christine Griffiths

Phone: 631-632-7444

E-mail Address: ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu

Web Address: www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies/

Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly

April 26, (Friday) 8:00pm

For additional dates and show times see web site.

The title character of Madame Butterfly—a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage—is one of the defining roles in opera. The lyric beauty of Puccini’s score, especially the music for the thoroughly believable lead role, has made Butterfly timeless. Sung in Italian.

Sponsored by The Metropolitan Opera House

This event will be held at The Metropolitan Opera House

30 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC.

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: $40.00. Price varies. Purchase tickets online see website.

Phone: (212) 362-6000

Web Address: https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/madama-butterfly/

Italian Cheese & Wine Tasting

April 27 (Saturday) 5:30pm–7:00pm

Beverage Pairing. Explore the world of Italian cheese and wine and learn how to create perfect pairings in this delicious guided tasting. From burrata to Parmigiano Reggiano, Gorgonzola to Taleggio … Italy is one of the world’s most incredible cheese destinations. In this guided tasting, you’ll have the opportunity to explore four exemplary Italian cheeses and perfectly paired wines, including crisp whites and bold reds and leave with a better understanding of how to pair them for true Italian bliss. In-person classes take place in the classrooms located at our Bleecker Street store.

Sponsored by Murray Cheese, Beverage Pairing

This event will take place at Murray's Cheese Shop

254 Bleecker Street, NYC

Admission: Open to the public.

Fee: $108.05 per person

Web Address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/italian-cheese-wine-tasting-tickets-857204520797?aff=erellivmlt

Alessandro Martire Live in New York

Presents Contemporary Echoes

April 27 (Saturday) 8:00pm–9:30 pm

Alessandro Martire, renowned Italian pianist, brings a new dimension of classical music to New York. Hailed as the new face of modern classical music, he draws inspiration from titans like Ennio Morricone and Ludovico Einaudi. His Contemporary Echoes concert transcends boundaries, reaching the depths of the soul. From Lake Como, Alessandro embodies Italian musical excellence.

Sponsored by Pegasus Entertainment & Events Inc.

This event will take place at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in The Loreto Theater,

18 Bleecker Street, NYC

Admission: Tickets $50 and up; Student discount 20%–50% by calling box office at (310) 243-6565

Phone: (323) 600–5993

Email: info@pegasusconcerts.com

Web Address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alessandro-martire-live-in-new-york-tickets-681735899427?aff=oddtdtcreator

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2024

Opening Night In Scena! 2024

April 29 (Monday) 6:30pm–9:00pm

The 11th Edition of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

New York City’s premier festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 29–May 13.

Sponsored by InScena! Italian Theater Festival NY

This event will be held at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU

24 West 12th Street, New York

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free. Donate to Inscena! To reserve Tickets

Web Address: https://www.inscenany.com/festival-2024-2/

A Conversational Remembrance of Joseph A. Tursi

April 30 (Tuesday) 5:30pm-7:00 pm

A panel of friends, colleagues, and former students will honor Dr. Joseph A. Tursi's (1928-2024) contributions to language learning and teacher training.

Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies.

This event will be held at The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University

E-4340 Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free

Contact: Christine Griffiths

Phone: (631) 632-7444

E-mail Address: ctritalianstudies@stonybrook.edu

Web Address: www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies/

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich

April 30 (Tuesday) 6:30pm

The final Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features food diva Lidia Bastianich, Emmy award-winning television host, best-selling cookbook author, and a great lover of Italian opera. In English.

Sponsored by Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò New York University

This event will be held at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò

24 W 12th Street, New York

Admission: Open to the public.

Fee: Free. RSVP required, visit web site below.

Phone: (212) 998-8739

Web Address: http://www.casaitaliananyu.org/events/adventures-italian-opera-fred-plotkin-22

In Scena Italian Theater Festival NY

The Genesis of Regeneration

April 30 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

An exhilarating storytelling that through biblical tales, fashion writers and artisans tell of the origins of the rag-pickers (cenciaioli), the artisans from Prato (Tuscany) who have been recycling used clothing since 1850. In Italian with English supertitles. Running time: 65 minutes.

Sponsored by Casa Belvedere Italian Cultural Foundation

This event will be held at Casa Belvedere Italian Cultural Foundation

79 Howard Ave, Staten Island

Admission: Open to the Public

Fee: Free, RSVP at https://www.inscenany.com/

Web Address: https://www.inscenany.com/event/the-genesis-of-regeneration/

EXHIBITIONS AND ONGOING EVENTS

A Legacy of Making, 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists

Extended through April 30, 2024. Weekdays 9:00am–5:00pm

The work of the twenty-one artists featured in this exhibit offers a richness of form, medium, subject matter, color, and style that is a delight and a revelation to behold. Connections to a discernable Italian art tradition—or for that matter to Italian American aesthetic practices more specifically—vary across the exhibition, ranging from the explicit to the suggestive to the nonexistent.

Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, QC/CUNY

This event will be held in the Galleria of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, NYC

Admission: Open to the public

Fee: Free

Phone: (212) 642-2094

Web Address: https://www.calandrainstitute.org

Leonardo Da Vinci and His Followers

Open Now through July 14, Tuesdays through Sundays 11:00am–8:00pm

This spectacular exhibition is intended to represent a systematic account of Leonardo's life divided into two precise points of interest: one dedicated to the display of graphic sketches devoted to research on the dynamism of water and his studies of flight; and another entirely devoted to original paintings from his most trusted pupils and followers.