糖心传媒

Wednesday, October 8, 6:30-8 p.m.

Marcella Hazan didn鈥檛 just teach Italian cooking鈥攕he changed the way America eats. Fearless, passionate, and exacting, she introduced authentic recipes to millions. Julia Child called Marcella鈥渕y mentor in all things Italian.鈥� Featuring Jacques P茅pin, Danny Meyer, April Bloomfield, and Lidia Bastianich, this intimate portrait reveals the beloved woman who forever shaped home kitchens.

鈥淗ow timely it is, when so many of us are craving authenticity and comfort, that this film can now be screened in cinemas around the country and on your favorite platforms. Thank
you Peter, and thank you Marcella!鈥� 鈥� Forbes Magazine

Presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center.

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is supported in part by听 Queenboro Unico, the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president, and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association, Dr. Anne Romano, president.

Lecture Series Director:
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History
Queensboro Unico Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
糖心传媒

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor
South Campus

Friday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, 糖心传媒

The screenwriters will talk about their writing experiences and the impact of their heritage on the writing process. The speakers welcome deep conversations with 糖心传媒 who aim to become writers and want to learn how to balance their heritage with the final product.

Monday, March 25, 4:20 p.m.

Andr茅 Aciman 鈥� THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED
听础耻迟丑辞谤, Harvard Square, Call Me by Your Name, and Eight White Nights, Aciman wrote a memoir Out of Egypt and Distinguished Professor of听French, Comparative Literature, Biography and Memoir at CUNY Graduate Center

Monday, April 22, 4:20 p.m.

Tom Fontana
Emmy Award winning writer and producer, known for Copper (2012),
Borgia (2011), Oz (1997), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and St. Elsewhere (1982)

Location for both lectures: Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Lecture Series Director:
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History
Queensboro Unico Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
糖心传媒

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is supported in part by the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president, and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association, Dr. Anne Romano, president.

A series of three experience lectures with Riccardo Costa, Adjunct Instructor of Romance Languages and Literatures, 糖心传媒
in conversation with renown Italian American film and television writers.

The screenwriters will talk about their experience of writing as Italian Americans and the impact of their heritage in the writing process. The panelists will entertain a deep conversation with 糖心传媒 who aim to become writers and how to balance their heritage with the final product.

Thursday, October 12, 6:30 p.m.

Anna Theresa Cascio Award-winning Television Writer and Playwright
Award-winning writer for the soap operas General Hospital and formerly for All My Children.

Thursday, November 2, 6:30 p.m.

Victor Colicchio, Actor and Screenwriter
Actor, screenwriter, musician, and songwriter. His screenwriting credits include Summer of Sam.

Tuesday November 14, 6:30 p.m.

Adam Bernstein听is an American film director, music video director and television director.听 He is known for his work on听Breaking Bad听补苍诲听听Better Call Saul. He is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on听30 Rock听and an MTV Award (Love Shack), a Peabody Award (Homicide 鈥� Life on the Street), and a Good Citizenship Medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution (1973).

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m.

Paula Curci
Nassau County Poet Laureate
Poet In Residence and Host,听Calliope鈥檚 Corner 鈥� The Place Where Poets听and Songwriters Meet听and听What鈥檚 the Buzz庐,听WRHU-88.7 FM, Radio 糖心传媒

Tuesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m.

Rita Monte
Poet and Host,听Profumi d鈥橧talia 鈥撎�(Essence of Italy),听WHPC-90.3 FM, Nassau Community College
Author,听Tapestry Poetry and other Musings听(forthcoming听2023.)

Tuesday, April 11, 6:30 p.m.

Luigi Fontanella
Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University
Author,听Raccontare la poesia听(2021, literary criticism, in Italian);听Adolescence听and Night听(2021, bilingual poetry); and听The God of New York听(2022, novel, in English)

Tuesday, May 2, 6:30 p.m.

George Guida
Professor of English, New York City College of Technology/CUNY
Director, The Finger Lakes Arts Series
Author,听The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times听(2012) and the poetry collection听Zen of Pop听(2020)

Books will be available for purchase and signing by the authors.

Location for all lectures:
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Advance registration required. To RSVP, visit .

For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture.

Lecture Series Director:
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History
Queensboro Unico Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
糖心传媒

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is supported in part by the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president, and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association, Dr. Anne Romano, president.

Tuesday, October 11, 6:30 p.m.听

Thursday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.听

Thursday, October 27, 6:30 p.m.

Presenter:听Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History and the听Queensboro-UNICO Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Italian and Italian American Studies, 糖心传媒听

Location for all events:听
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater听
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus听

Advance registration is required

For more information and to RSVP, visit听听or email听hofculctr@hofstra.edu.

Thursday, October 6, 6:30-9 p.m.

A Documentary Film by Carlo Gennarelli

Made by Immigrants听is an international award-winning documentary written and directed by Hofstra professor and 14-time Emmy Award winner,听Carlo Gennarelli. As the American son of Italian immigrants, he has crafted an autobiographical film tracing Italian American heritage through a multi-faceted narrative. Upon screening听Made by Immigrant听听Italian film historian Ciro Borrelli noted, 鈥淐arlo Gennarelli鈥檚 documentary is wonderful. An excellent mix between his family history and the migratory flows during the first half of the twentieth century. It is also an intense love story, born in Italy just emerging from the rubble of the Second World War and spanning its reach beyond the vast Atlantic Ocean.鈥� The film鈥檚 audiences, both in Italy and America, have been moved by this film鈥檚 search for self-discovery, and have identified with its global themes of ancestry and immigration.

Discussion to follow film screening facilitated by the film鈥檚 director, Radio, Television, Film (RTVF) Carlo Gennarelli, associate professor and Chairperson, Rodney F. Hill, Radio, Television and Film, 糖心传媒.

Co-sponsored by the Hofstra Cultural Center and the Department of Radio, Television and Film in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication.

Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Monday, November 14, 2022, at 7 p.m.听

Music, stories and legends of Italian cinema

After the Americans, the Italians are the composers who have received the most Oscars in music in the world.听

This is the common thread of the show, through which the public will be able to listen to the melodies of the authors听who have made Italy great in the world.听

The Helene Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Center
California Avenue, South Campus

Francis Ford Coppola, one of Hofstra鈥檚 distinguished alumni, was a controversial choice to direct Paramount鈥檚 film The Godfather, based on Mario Puzo鈥檚 1969 blockbuster novel. Winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo), it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed 鈥渃ulturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.鈥� The American Film Institute ranks the movie the second greatest film in American cinema behind Citizen Kane.

Join us as we revisit the film, its two sequels, attendant controversies, and its enduring hold on the public鈥檚 imagination.

Tuesday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.

The Enduring Mythos of The Godfather After 50 Years
Stanislao Pugliese, Professor of History, 糖心传媒

Tuesday, April 12, 6:30 p.m.

Coppola鈥檚 Cinematic Artistry in The Godfather, Parts I and II
Rodney F. Hill, Associate Professor of Radio, Television, Film, 糖心传媒

Thursday, April 14, 6:30 p.m.

Deconstructing Dagotude: Rereading 鈥淭he Godfather Trilogy鈥� by Confronting the Aporias
Through Which Coppola Constructs the Italian American Master Narrative 潭 With Emphasis on The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Pellegrino D鈥橝cierno, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, 糖心传媒

Location for all events:
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

A virtual Retrospective Preview presented on Zoom by composer/conductor听Leonard Lehrman听and听Benjamin Spierman,听General Director, Bronx Opera.听Marc Blitzstein (born 1905) was an opera and theater composer who, at the time of his death was working on听Sacco and Vanzetti, commissioned by the Ford Foundation and optioned by the Metropolitan Opera. The work was completed and conducted by Leonard Lehrman at the White Barn Theatre in 2001.

The presentation includes intermission discussions with singers including 糖心传媒 faculty member听Gregory Mercer.

Tuesday, October 19, 6:30 p.m.

Introduction by听Professor听Mary Anne Trasciatti, 糖心传媒
Video of Act I; interview with singers; video of Act II Scenes 1-3; interview with singers.

Thursday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.

Introduction by听Professor Stanislao Pugliese, 糖心传媒
Video of Act II Scenes 4-5; interview with singers; Act III; interviews on the political issues of the opera.

Virtual; advance registration is required. Registrants will receive an email with the link to join the event.

Tuesday, October 26, 6:30 p.m.

In-person Film Screening:听 SACCO AND VANZETTI
The tragedy and execution of anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1920-27) came to symbolize the bigotry and intolerance directed at immigrants and dissenters in America. A century later, the story continues to have great resonance, as America once again grapples with issues of civil liberties and the rights of immigrants.

Introduction by听Peter Miller, Director
Discussion facilitated by听Stanislao Pugliese, Lecture Series Director
Professor of History and Queensboro Unico Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies, 糖心传媒

Location: Leo A Guthart Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor
South Campus

This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Huntington Arts Council.听 Support has also come from The Puffin Foundation and The Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation for Ethics, Religion, Science and the Arts.听

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is supported in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, President and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association

Thursday, February 18, 6:30 p.m.

Annie Lanzillotto reads new works 鈥� creative nonfiction and poetry yielded from a sojourn in southern Italy. The art of yelling, Pulcinella, the secret to why laundry doesn鈥檛 drip on your head in Napoli, alleyways, and accordions, how a New Yorker learns to walk on the San Pietrini, standing on the spot at the Madonina where Grandma left the motherland, finding the gay community in the paese, gaps in the family tree 鈥� an LGBTQ Perspective, a meditation on women who sell wind to sailors. Lanzillotto bunks heads with time, journeying through the heel of the boot where she meets ancestors, gravediggers, grape growers, a saint who sees ecstasies in stirring fava beans, and a lady in red walking a long hot road of figs, olive trees, and stone walls. Lanzillotto asks of the coin-op parking meter: Does an hour cost a quarter, or does it cost you your life? Some clocks can鈥檛 be re-set. Bronx street metaphors abound.

Tuesday, March 16, 2:30 p.m.

New York-born artist, William Papaleo has spent the last 35 years living and painting the beauty of Naples and Southern Italy and has given attention to the new wave of immigrants and their voyage and integration into Italian society. He will present his paintings and his personal history 鈥� from his father Joseph Papaleo鈥檚 writing of the Italian American experience to the development of his own paintings and his interviews with the new immigrants coming to Italy. Southern Italy鈥檚 complexity as a land of myth, landscape, struggle, and transformation will be explored through his painting.

Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a screening of Matteo Troncone鈥檚 love letter to Naples from olive oil to street artists, to the making of his eight-years-long project. This inspiring film combines a healthy smattering of foodie passion, little-known Italian history, and quirky Neapolitans to tell the tale of one man鈥檚 journey to find himself鈥�and his search for the 鈥済reatest pizza on earth.鈥�

A Q&A discussion will follow the film screening.
鈥淭he movie鈥檚 energy, ebullience, vivid scenery, and pizza porn keep us watching. 鈥� The Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, October 20, 7 p.m.

The Books of the Roman Ghetto Under the Nazi Occupation

In September 1943, the Nazis occupied Rome. A month later, a special unit of the SS paid a visit to the Synagogue and Rabbinical College. Returning the next day, they confiscated thousands of valuable and irreplaceable books and manuscripts, some dating back to the Middle Ages, and sent the collections to Frankfurt. The fate of the libraries is one of the lesser-known stories of World War II.

Speaker: Stanislao Pugliese, professor of modern European history and the Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies

This is a Virtual Event. Advance registration is required.

Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m.

Italy is the only country to give the world not just one, but three Golden Ages. A fascinating exploration of how Italy rose from the ashes and devastation of WWII to usher in its unprecedented third Golden Age. You will discover how Italy morphed from the face of Il Duce to the face of La Dolce Vita and how 鈥淏rand Italy鈥� came to conquer the world through passion and excellence in the realms of film, fashion听and design, gastronomy, and viticulture.

Speaker: Carla Gambescia, lecturer and author,听La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture From A-Z

This is a virtual event. Advance registration is required.

Tuesday, February 11

What is it about Italy? Cultural superpower yet merely a mountainous Mediterranean peninsula, Italy has exerted an outsized force in the world, Western civilization, and the popular imagination over the course of the millennia. Explore the special alchemy of Italy and the 鈥渃ultural DNA鈥� that has made Italy not only influential, but also so beloved. An inspiring lecture in which you will discover fascinating insights about the 鈥淏oot鈥檚鈥� long history of substance over size.

Tuesday, March 10

Discover the lives and legacies of Italy鈥檚 鈥淩enaissance Women鈥� and those of several unheralded women who inspired some of the greatest artwork of all time. An uplifting and illuminating program examining the evolution of the perceptions of women from Roman and Medieval times through the Renaissance, the inflection point when our concept of today鈥檚 modern woman began to take shape. You will discover the stories of women such as Isabella D鈥橢ste, Vittoria Colonna, and Artemisia Gentileschi whose lives and accomplishments still inspire us today听while you also gain fresh perspectives on some of the Renaissance鈥檚 most beloved artists and paintings.听

In recognition of International Women鈥檚听Month.

Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.

Italy is the only country to give the world not just one, but three Golden Ages. A fascinating exploration of how Italy rose from the ashes and devastation of WWII to usher in its unprecedented third Golden Age. You will discover how Italy morphed from the face of Il Duce to the face of La Dolce Vita and how 鈥淏rand Italy鈥� came to conquer the world through passion and excellence in the realms of film, fashion and design, gastronomy, and viticulture.听

Speaker:听Carla Gambescia, lecturer and award-winning author, La Dolce Vita University:听An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A-Z

Location for all events: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

For more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit听hofstra.edu/culture.

Tuesday, September 24, 7 p.m.

Live musical score performed by听John T. LaBarbera,听guitar, and听Susan Aquila,听violin
A silent black and white film classic from Naples, based on the play by Salvatore DiGiacomo, starring the queen and diva of the Italian silent cinema, Francesca Bertini. The operatic tale of love and sacrifice in working-class, turn-of-the-century Naples is considered one of the first films of Italian neorealism. Bertini鈥檚 performance sets a new standard for Italian cinema. The new musical film score created by LaBarbera creates an intimate atmosphere by keeping an accompaniment of emotions found in the melodic themes of the characters in a leitmotif style that highlights the melodramatic and picturesque style of the film.
Presented in collaboration with 糖心传媒 Professor Rodney Hill鈥檚 History of Film class.听

Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.

Directed by听Giovanni Pugliese,听writer, producer
Set in Rome during the end of World War II, an American soldier and an Italian woman must find a way to trust one another听to survive. A German attack on the city forces a wounded American soldier to seek shelter in a cellar. There, he realizes that he is not alone. He is accompanied by Lucrezia, an Italian woman in her early 30s, who happens to be the daughter of the king of Italy. Both have one thing in common: The guilt that is bearing on their souls.听

Wednesday,听November 20, 7 p.m.听

Directed by听Anton Evangelista, Comprehensive Films
Award-winning filmmaker Anton Evangelista travels from the Bronx to Perugia, Italy, in presenting the documentary Il Signor Jackson.听It is the unique American story of听Edward Jackson, an African American man raised in a predominantly Italian American Bronx neighborhood in the 1950s. Jackson went on to become an educator in the New York City Public School system and prominent cultural figure of Italian biculturalism and bilingualism.

The Italian American Lecture Series is supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Location for all events: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

For more information, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit听hofstra.edu/culture.

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated.
Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, March 26, 7 p.m.

This presentation is based on research that led to the book Un biculturalismo negato: la letteratura 鈥渋taliana鈥� negli Stati Uniti (Franco Cesati Editore, 2018). Anthony J. Tamburri examines five writers who live in the United States and write prose and poetry in Italian. Questions posed include: Where does 鈥淚talian鈥� end and 鈥淚talian American鈥� begin? What are the issues raised by language? What relationship exists between literature in Italian written in Italy and literature in Italian written elsewhere?

Speaker:
Anthony J. Tamburri
Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
Queens College, CUNY
Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures

Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.

Lynne Lawner will discuss 鈥渢he splendors and miseries鈥� of Renaissance Italian courtesans, major figures in the cultural and social life of the era, above all in Rome and Venice. Muses and models for great writers and artists听were noted for their own poetry, musical talent, and conversation.

Speaker:
Lynne Lawner
Independent Scholar
Author,听Lives of the Courtesans: Portraits of the Renaissance and Harlequin on the Moon: Commedia dell鈥橝rte and the Visual Arts
Editor of Antonio Gramsci鈥檚 Letters From Prison

Tuesday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Dr. Stanislao Pugliese discusses his new book, Delirious Naples: A Cultural History of the City of the Sun, based on the Hofstra Cultural Center conference held in 2011. The book, edited with Dr. Pellegrino D鈥橝cierno, boasts two dozen essays by leading scholars, writers, and artists. The lecture includes images of Naples and a discussion focusing on the renaissance of the city and its relationship with New York City. Special guest speaker, Massimiliano Verde, will discuss international promotion and teaching the Neapolitan language and cultural heritage.

Speaker:
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese,听professor of History,听Queensboro Unico, and distinguished professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
糖心传媒
Massimiliano Verde, president, Accademia Napoletana

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti, associate professor, Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric
糖心传媒
Director, Superstorm Sandy Oral History Project
Long Beach, NY
President, The Triangle Factory Fire Coalition Inc.

Tuesday, October 30, 7 p.m.

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.

Speaker:听Antonino D鈥橝mbrosio, filmmaker, author, visual artist
鈥淎 finely etched and fascinating documentary.鈥� 鈥� Owen Gleiberman,听Variety
鈥淎 wondrous portrait.鈥� 鈥� Richard Brody,听The New Yorker
Released by IFC Films Sundance Selects, playing in theaters, on-demand, and on Hulu now!

Thursday, November 1, 7 p.m.

Events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have reignited a long-standing debate over how the past should be remembered in public spaces. Italian Americans have a responsibility to participate in the larger national conversation about how to remember their history and experiences in the United States. Professor Fraser Ottanelli will explore the relationship between memory, identity, and politics by focusing the debate surrounding statues of Christopher Columbus and the ancient Roman column commemorating the 1933 transatlantic flight of fascist aviator Italo Balbo in Chicago.

Speaker: 听Fraser Ottanelli
University of South Florida

Tuesday, November 13, 7 p.m.

The presentation will highlight the two-volume collection,听New Italian Migrations to听the United States听(University of Illinois Press, 2017), which offers a radical rethinking of the history of Italian Americans. The books鈥� editors will discuss how the continual immigration from Italy over the past 70 years has influenced immigration laws, impacted local communities, contributed to consumer culture, and continues to reboot Italian American and U.S. culture in unfolding ways.

Speakers:听Laura E. Ruberto
Berkeley City College
Joseph Sciorra
Queens College, CUNY

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the Hofstra Cultural听Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Location for all lectures, unless otherwise noted: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, February 27, 7 p.m.

A film screening of听Brooklyn Roses听by Christine Noschese. Professor听Christine Noschese is an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and producer of both narrative and documentary films. In Brooklyn Roses, Professor Noschese blends documentary and fiction to reexamine her childhood and her mother鈥檚 feminist struggles in 1950s and 鈥�60s working-class Brooklyn. The film had its world premiere at the听2017 Fic Autor (Author鈥檚 International Film Festival) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, where it was awarded best documentary feature.

Speaker: 听Christine Noschese, associate professor, Department of Radio, Television, Film, 糖心传媒

Room 211 Breslin Hall, South Campus

Tuesday, March 13, 7 p.m. 鈥� POSTPONED

Speaker:听听Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti,associate professor and chair, Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, 糖心传媒
Director, Superstorm Sandy Oral History Project, Long Beach, NY
President, The Triangle Factory Fire Coalition Inc.

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Tuesday, April 3, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听听Dr. Angela Danzi
Professor Emerita of Sociology, Farmingdale State College, SUNY
Author,听From Home to Hospital: Jewish and Italian American Women and Childbirth, 1920-1940

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center and supported, in part,听by the Association of Italian American Educators and the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American听Studies听Association.

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Edited by William J. Connell and Stanislao G. Pugliese

The Routledge History of Italian Americans听is a new, multi-authored history of one of the largest ethnic groups in America. Concentrating on themes ranging from immigration to religion, and labor rights to women鈥檚 rights, this collection reflects the field of Italian American studies as it exists now听and brings out aspects of Italian American culture that make this ethnic group one of the most interesting in the American experience.

Tuesday, October 31, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Salvatore LaGumina
Professor Emeritus of History,
Nassau Community College, SUNY

Tuesday, November 14, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. William J. Connell
Professor of History and Joseph and Geraldine LaMotta Chair in Italian Studies
Seton Hall University

Tuesday, November 21, 7 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Stanislao G. Pugliese, professor of History and Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies
糖心传媒 听

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is requested.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

Tuesday, March 7, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2, 7 p.m.

Speaker for all three lectures:听Michael D鈥橧nnocenzo, distinguished professor emeritus, 糖心传媒.

Professor D鈥橧nnocenzo was named the Eugene Asher National Distinguished Teacher by the American Historical Association in 2008. Growing up in an immigrant enclave (13 people sharing his home), he went on to attend Columbia University and was named a Danforth Scholar and an Edward John Noble Leadership Fellow. He came to Hofstra in 1960 and developed the University鈥檚 first course on immigration history, which led to the book American Immigration and Ethnicity: 鈥淢elting Pot鈥� or 鈥淪alad Bowl鈥�? (which he co-edited).

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

Tuesday, October 25, 7 p.m.

A docudrama portraying a life-affirming struggle to make art of civil rights, democratic equality, and climate justice by prize-winning filmmaker,听Anton Evangelista.听Daniela Gioseffi, a pioneer of Italian American culture, recipient of an American Book Award, and author of 16 books of prose and poetry. Her career as a journalist in Selma, AL, during the civil rights movement. She was among the first to integrate Deep South TV and was abused by the KKK for her activism. Ms. Gioseffi鈥檚 immigrant father, an inventor in the electronics industry, inspired her tenacity. As a poor, hardworking young man, her father was among the first Italian immigrants to win a Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Psi from Union College.

Speakers: Daniela Gioseffi, writer, and听Anton Evangelista, filmmaker, www.authorandactivist.com

Tuesday, November 1, 7 p.m.

BlaxploItalian听is a documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema.听BlaxploItalian听cleverly discloses the personal struggles classic Afro-Italian and African diasporic actors faced, correlating it with the contemporary actors who work diligently to find respectable and significant roles. More than an unveiling of history, it is a call to action for increased diversity and esteem in international cinema.

Speaker:听Fred Kuwornu, writer and director

Tuesday, December 6, 7 p.m.

鈥淟ouisa Calio鈥檚 Journey to the Heart Waters is a searing personal work of eternal return and transformation. Calio sets out on a quest that unites southern Italy and east Africa through the image and bodies of the black madonnas who encourage her to seek, to question, to love, to grieve, to revel, and to dance. These poems are a profoundly poignant and well-earned liberation from all that is oppressive in the modern world.鈥濃�擲tanislao Pugliese

Speakers:听听Louisa Calio, author;听Gaetano Cipolla, publisher;听Nino Provenzano, poet

Tuesday, February 23, 7 p.m.

The story of two elderly men whose ways of life have survived from medieval Italy. Sergio, a sharecropper, uses ancient farming methods that have become overshadowed by corporate agriculture, and Father Oreste Benzi, a Roman Catholic priest, fights the tide of sexual slavery. Both represent ways of life that are rapidly fading as the modern world closes in. The point of departure for exploring their parallel lives is the 14th century fresco,听The Allegory of Good and Bad Government, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

Speaker:听Esther Podemski, producer and director

Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m.

Directed by Oren Jacoby and narrated by Isabella Rossellini

With Robert Loggia as the voice of Gino Bartali

The story of how World War II bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo, and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy鈥檚 Jews.

Speaker:听Stanislao G. Pugliese, Professor of History, Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian and Italian American Studies, 糖心传媒

Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.

Directed by Vicki Vasilopoulos

This film offers an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate their challenging roles in the twilight of their careers. The film unravels the mystery of their artistry and reveals how their passionate devotion to their Old World craft is akin to a religion.

Speaker:听Vicki Vasilopoulos, director

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

The Italian American Experience Lecture Series is presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center and supported, in part, by the Association of Italian American Educators.

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the听听and the Association of Italian American Educator, Cav. Josephine Maietta, president.

All events are free听and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Advance registration is required.

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

A century after his birth, Frank Sinatra still looms large in the American imagination and in our popular culture. Join us as we celebrate his 100th birthday and his extraordinary life and career with a series of lectures, interviews, and a master class followed by musical interludes by Hofstra 糖心传媒, professional singers, and musicians from The Great American Song Book.听Featuring legendary musicians who played and toured with Frank Sinatra:听Jerry Bruno, bass, D鈥橝ddario Foundation Visiting Artists; and Grammy Award-nominated jazz vocalist听Jane Monheit; authors and biographers听James Kaplan, David Evanier,and听Will Friedwald; scholars听John Gennari, University of Vermont, and听Shalom Goldman, Middlebury College; journalists听Sandy Kenyon, WABC-TV,听Carol D鈥橝uria, 1010 WINS, and听Mark Rotella,听Publishers Weekly; multimedia journalist and founding member听Greg Dunmore, National Association of Black Journalists; and听Sal Scognamillo, Patsy鈥檚 Italian Restaurant.

Advance registration is required where indicated:

Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.

Gay Talese听(Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays) and听Pete Hamill听(Why Sinatra Matters) discuss听鈥淪inatra As American Icon.鈥�

Wednesday, November 11

Bassist Jerry Bruno, who played and toured with Sinatra, will be interviewed at听5 p.m.听by听John Bohannon, host of WRHU-FM鈥檚听The Jazz Caf茅. The interview is followed by an听8 p.m. master class.

Thursday, November 12, 4 p.m.

鈥淩acism, Civil Rights, and Israel鈥�听focuses on Sinatra as a champion of civil rights and a staunch supporter of Israel. There will also be a screening of 1945鈥檚听The House I Live In, a short film opposing anti-Semitism, starring Sinatra.

Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m.

The Great American Songbook: Past, Present and Future听is a panel that features musician, record producer, and songwriter听David Finck; musical director, pianist, and arranger听Tedd Firth; Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist听Jane Monheit; and听Debbi Whiting, president of My Ideal Music.

Wednesday, November 18, 4 p.m.

鈥淟essons Learned From Sinatra鈥�听is a lecture and master class with radio personality听Mark Simone.

Wednesday, November 18, 8 p.m.

Will Friedwald, music critic and author听of Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer鈥檚 Art, presents听鈥淪inatra: The Television Factor,鈥�听with an introduction by听Robert Foster, executive director of the Hoboken Historical Museum.

Thursday, November 19, 4 p.m.

鈥淔rank Sinatra and Italian American Culture鈥�听features University of Vermont Professor听John Gennari;听Joe Scognamillo听and听Sal Scognamillo听of Patsy鈥檚 Restaurant in New York City; author听Mark Rotella; and scholar听Rocco Marinaccio.

Thursday, November 19, 7:30 p.m.

鈥淎ssessing Frank Sinatra鈥�听features celebrity journalist听Sandy Kenyon, music critic and author听Will Friedwald, Sinatra biographer听James Kaplan, radio host听Ron Forman, and Bronx Opera Company Artistic Director听Michael Spierman.

Sunday, November 22, 7 p.m.

The Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert听Sinatra
Past, Present, and Future

Legendary Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli
WILL NOT BE PERFORMING
(due to health reasons)
with guest artist, the legendary jazz guitarist extraordinaire, Rick Stone
featuring the
Hofstra Jazz Ensemble
Hofstra Vocal Jazz Quartet
and the
Sinatra Future Singers

(A free master class and open rehearsal with Rick Stone will be given at
4 p.m. prior to the evening performance. Interaction is limited to Hofstra 糖心传媒 only.)

This performance takes place at the Helene Fortunoff Theater.
Tickets are $10, $8 for adult over 65 or non-Hofstra 糖心传媒 with ID.
This event is sold out.

ITALIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE SERIES
Divertimenti: From a Female Renaissance Painter to听Soccer in War-Torn Palermo to the Recipes of Italian American South Brooklyn

Tuesday, March 10, 7 p.m.

Speakers:
Louis Barrella, NYC Department of Education;听Louis Leonini, St. John鈥檚 University;听Snjezana Smodlaka, Rutgers University

Recognized by Michelangelo, Sofonisba Anguissola became a court painter for King Philip II of Spain and lady-in-waiting to the king鈥檚 third wife, Elisabeth of Valois. This presentation explores Sofonisba Anguissola鈥檚 expertise as an artist, as well as her intelligence, determination, and independent spirit. Historical perspectives and a connection to Verdi鈥檚听Don Carlo听round out this diverse presentation of art, music, history, culture, and real-life escapades.

Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.

Speaker:
Fran Claro, independent author

You can almost smell the aroma of roasting garlic and hear the laughter of the nonnas punctuating their daily conversations about the truly important things in life 鈥� family, faith, and the best way to prepare roast pork! Fran Claro serves up a savory slice of Americana, complete with mouth-watering recipes straight from the nonnas of Brooklyn.听The Macaroni鈥檚 in the Basement听is a treat for the soul and for the taste buds.

Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m.

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Salvatore Cottone, independent author

A work of historical fiction based on an actual soccer match that occurred near Palermo on July 10, 1943, the same day the Allied forces invaded Sicily during World War II 鈥� based on a story retold by the only player still alive among both teams. Many factual details are included on subjects ranging from ancient mythology, art history, and literature, to the sociological bases and consequences of emigration across many decades of the Sicilian experience.听

Location for all lectures: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library

Tuesday, September 16, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Douglas Gladstone
The author speaks about his book,听Carving a Niche for Himself:
The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco听(Bordighera Books, 2014) and
the Italian immigrant鈥檚 largely forgotten role in creating the monument.

Tuesday, October 7, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Rose Marie Calicchio Dunphy, independent author
In her debut novel,听Orange Peels and Cobblestones听(2013) the author
follows Marietta, 鈥渨ho from her early childhood days in Italy to her life as a
young wife and mother in Brooklyn鈥� is haunted by hard questions from her past.鈥�

Tuesday, October 14, 7 p.m.

Speaker:听Stefano Vaccara, Lehman College/CUNY, editor in chief, La Voce di New York
Over 50 years after the assassination of JFK questions linger as to the identity
of his assassin. The author delves into the alleged role of the reputed New Orleans
organized crime boss in his book,听Carlos Marcello:听The Man Behind the JFK Assassination听(Enigma Books, 2013)

Wednesday, November 19, 11:30 a.m.

Speaker:听Ann Pizzorusso听is a geologist-naturalist whose first book uses the Renaissance genius to explore Italy鈥檚 underground secrets that have confounded people since the dawn of time: from the gateway to the underworld to the stairway to heaven and the gems described by Dante in the Divine Comedy.

Tuesday, December 2, 9:30 a.m.

Speaker:听Amara Lakhous, author, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, examines the theme of identity through the descriptions of idiosyncrasies in multicultural Italy by way of a story of a murder in Rome.

Tuesday, February 11

A revealing picture of Parenti鈥檚 early years as a youth in New York鈥檚 East Harlem, along with some of the influences that helped shape his lifelong commitment to activism and social justice.

Speaker:听Michael Parenti, political scientist, historian, and cultural critic
Author,听Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid鈥檚 Life, 2013

Wednesday, February 12

Film Viewings led by Italian Ghanaian Filmmaker Fred Kuwornu

Fred Kuwornu, film director and activist, will present two of his acclaimed documentaries and conduct a question and answer session after each screening.

Tuesday, March 11

Through stories set in seven Italian communities throughout California, this film examines how economic and social mobility became possible for many Italians in the Golden State. It is also a look at how immigrant identity is maintained and transformed as immigrants become assimilated into mainstream America.

Speakers: Gianfrano Norelli听and听Suma Kurien, directors

Tuesday, April 1

Award-winning filmmaker Anton Evangelista鈥檚 heartwarming documentary about the epic story of Umberto Evangelista, a dynamic and charming 90-year-old Italian immigrant.

Speaker: Anton Evangelista, filmmaker and director

Time and location for all lectures:
7 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus

Admission: Free

糖心传媒 gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Long Island Regional Chapter of the Italian American Studies Association听) and the Association of Italian American Educators, Cav. Josephine Maietta, President.