Year: 2014

• Cinema & Television

Finding the Mother Lode [2014]

Director Gianfranco Norelli and producer Suma Kurien present Finding the Mother Lode (2013), moderated by Prof. Martino Marazzi (University of Milan / NYU Tiro a Segno). December 15, 2014.

• Music

A Conversation with Danielle De Niese [2014]

Soprano Danielle De Niese in conversation with Fred Plotkin. Part of the series Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. December 9, 2014.

• Theater & Dance

From Boccaccio to Shakespeare [2014]

KIT-Kairos Italy Theater presents a theatrical workshop led by Rocco Sisto on Shakespeare’s Italian influences. December 8, 2014.

• Art

Tweeting Da Vinci [2014]

Geologist and Italian Renaissance art scholar Ann Pizzorusso presents her new book, Tweeting Da Vinci which explores the geology of Italy and how it influenced its art, architecture, religion, medicine, literature and just about everything else. December 8, 2014.

• Literature

Chiara Marchelli’s “L’amore involontario” [2014]

Author Chiara Marchelli presents her latest novel L’amore involontario with journalist Andrea Visconti. December 4, 2014.

• Literature

Maria Laurino’s “The Italian Americans” [2014]

Maria Laurino presents her book The Italian Americans with Stefano Albertini (NYU), Martino Marazzi (University of Milan/NYU) and John Maggio (director of the PBS mini-series The Italian Americans). December 2, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

An Homage to Monicelli with Chiara Rapaccini [2014]

Mario Monicelli’s widow Chiara Rapaccini and film expert Lorenzo Codelli remember the great Italian director. November 25, 2014

• Art

Turcato: Explosion of Colors and Form [2014]

Paintings by Giulio Turcato at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) [On view October 30 – December 12, 2014]. A report by i-ItalyTV.

• Literature

Luciana Capretti’s “Tevere” [2014]

Author Luciana Capretti presents her latest novel Tevere with Anna Guaita (Il Messaggero) and psychologist Flavia Robotti. November 24, 2014.

• Literature

Form to Thought: Aesthetics of fonts and paper [2014]

An event in partnership with the Tallone publishing house featuring a Q&A with Elisa and Eleonora Tallone. November 21, 2014.

• Music

A Conversation with Diana Soviero [2014]

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. A Conversation with soprano and vocal teacher Diana Soviero. November 20, 2014.

• Literature

The Medici’s Persian Magi, Merchants and Cavalieri [2014]

Persiana pompa da anima toscana. A lecture by Mahnaz Yousefzadeh (NYU). November 19, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Paolo Genovese presents “Remember Me?” [2014]

Screenwriter Paolo Genovese presents Remember Me? during the 2014 edition of NICE (New Italian Cinema Events). November 18, 2014.

• Literature

Frate Francesco: Words, Traces, Images [2014]

Conference Frate Francesco: Words, Traces and Images, on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to Frances of Assisi on view at the United Nations. November 17, 2014.

• Literature

Sexuality and Textuality in Pasolini and Morante [2014]

A lecture by Manuele Gragnolati (University of Oxford). November 14, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Dylan Dog: Victim of Circumstance [2014]

Director Claudio Di Biagio and actor Valerio Di Benedetto present Dylan Dog: Vittima degli eventi. November 13, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Criterion Collection’s “La dolce vita” [2014]

A presentation of Criterion’s Collection remastered release of Fellini’s La dolce vita, with Issa Clubb (The Criterion Collection), David Forgacs (NYU), Antonio Monda (NYU), Eugenia Paulicelli (CUNY). November 10, 2014.

• Fashion

Writing Fashion in Early-Modern Italy [2014]

AdDRESSing Style. Book presentation of Eugenia Paulicelli’s Writing Fashion in Early-Modern Italy, with Virginia Cox (NYU) and Bella Mirabella (NYU). November 7, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Barolo Boys: Story of a Revolution [2014]

Presentation of the documentary Barolo Boys: Story of a Revolution, with directors Paolo Casalis and Tiziano Gaia, protagonist Elio Altare and sommelier Alessandra Rotondi. November 6, 2014.

• Fashion

I am a Camera: A Conversation with Fabrizio Ferri [2014]

AdDRESSing Style. Grazia d’Annunzio interviews photographer, director, and music composer Fabrizio Ferri. November 5, 2014.

• Italian Society

Friends of FAI present: Villa del Balbianello [2014]

A lecture by author and artist Sarah Plimpton. November 4, 2014.

• Literature

Nicola Gardini’s “Lacuna” [2014]

Book Presentation of Nicola Gardini’s Lacuna: Saggio sul non detto. The author in conversation with Martino Marazzi (U. di Milano / Tiro a Segno Professor, NYU) and Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa / NYU). November 3, 2014.

• Literature

The Secret of Raven Point [2014]

Book Presentation of Jennifer Vanderbes’ The Secret of Raven Point. The author in conversation with Franco Baldasso (NYU). November 3, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Erminia and Roberta Manfredi on Nino Manfredi [2014]

Manfredi’s widow Erminia and daughter Roberta talk about their memories of the great actor, in conversation with Stefano Albertini. October 24, 2014.

• History & Politics

Legacies of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia: Visual Arts [2014]

One of the sessions of the International Symposium featuring Abiyi Ford (Addis Ababa University), in dialogue with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (New York University), Maaza Mengiste (New York University and Princeton University) and Shiferaw Bekele (Addis Ababa University). October 24, 2014.

• History & Politics

Legacies of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia: Literature and Storytelling [2014]

One of the sessions of the International Symposium featuring Shiferaw Bekele (Addis Ababa University), in dialogue with Dagmawi Woubshet (Cornell University), Heran Sereke-Brhan (Independent Researcher) and Maaza Mengiste (NYU). October 24, 2014.

• Art

GIULIO TURCATO [2014]

An exhibition of works by Giulio Turcato. Interviews with curator Isabella del Frate Rayburn and Giulio Turcato Archive’s Martina Caruso. Exhibition on view October 30 – December 12, 2014.

• Literature

The Poetry of PASOLINI with JAMES IVORY [2014]

Book Presentation of The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini edited and Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. A panel with Sartarelli, James Ivory, Barth David Schwartz and Ara H. Merjian. October 22, 2014.

Presentation of “Fighting Paisanos” [2014]

U.S. Premiere of documentary Fighting Paisanos with director Marco Curti and veteran Frank Monteleone. October 21, 2014.

• Music

Anthony Laciura and Steven Cole [2014]

Fred Plotkin in conversation with character tenors Anthony Laciura and Steven Alexander Cole. October 14, 2014.

• Literature

In the Footsteps of Thomas Mann [2014]

In collaboration with Save Venice, a lecture and reading by Death in Venice translators Thomas and Abby Hansen. October 16, 2014.

• Photography

IO E CALLIOPE [2014]

On the occasion of the exhibition Io e Calliope of 12 FotoRomanzi by Ileana Florescu. Introduced by the artist and Russell Banks, Tom Healy, and Ara Merjian. October 9, 2014.

• Art

The Work of Francesco Arena [2014]

Artist Francesco Arena (The Olnick/Spanu Program) in conversation with Vincenzo De Bellis, curator, founder of Peep Hole Milan, and director of Miart; Ara H. Merjian, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, NYU. September 29, 2014

• Literature

Re-Reading Italian Americana [2014]

Book presentation of Anthony J. Tamburri’s Re-Reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism. The author in conversation with Josephine Hendin, NYU and Martino Marazzi, University of Milan / NYU Tiro a Segno Professor. September 10, 2014

• Cinema & Television

Gianni Amelio interviewed by Director Stefano Albertini [2014]

On the occasion of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2014, Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini interviews film director Gianni Amelio. June 7, 2014.

• History & Politics

Walter Veltroni with Director Stefano Albertini about Enrico Berlinguer [2014]

A conversation for i-ItalyTV between Veltroni and Stefano Albertini, Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, New York University.The conversation aired in May 2014 in our TV show "i-ItalyNY" on NYCTV (Channel 25, in the New York City metropolitan area and part of NY, NJ, and CT).

• Theater & Dance

Santos [2014]

This performance is part of IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival NY 2014. Based on the short story "Super Santos" by Roberto Saviano. Written by Mario Gelardi and Giuseppe Miale di Mauro. Translated and adapted by Dave Johnson and Laura Caparrotti. Starring Edoardo Ballerini and the members of YoungKIT. June 17, 2014. 

• Theater & Dance

L’Italia s’è desta [2014]

This event is part of IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival NY 2014. Italy has Arisen. Written and directed by Rosario Mastrota. Produced by Compagnia Ragli. Starring Dalila Desirée Cozzolino. June 11, 2014.

• Theater & Dance

A Story of Love and Soccer [2014]

This performance is part of IN SCENA Italian Theater Festival NY 2014. Storia d’amore e di calcio, written by Michele Santeramo, translated by Peter Speedwell, performed by Tom OKeefe and Dave Johnson. June 11, 2014.

• Cinema & Television

Round Table: Open Roads [2014]

Stefano Albertini moderates a round table with the 2014 delegation of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. June 7, 2014

• Music

IBLA: Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata in F major Op. 6: Allegro con brio [2014]

Cellist Anzel Gerber and pianist Ben Schoeman perform the first movement from Richard Strauss’s Cello sonata Op. 6. May 13, 2014.

• Music

IBLA: Smetana: Moldau for Harp Solo [2014]

Harpist Claire Iselin performs a rendition for solo harp of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s "Moldau" from "Ma Vlast". May 13, 2014

• Music

IBLA: Cong Cong Chai plays Rachmaninoff [2014]

Pianist Cong Cong Chai performs the Allegro Agitato from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata n. 2. May 13, 2014

• Music

IBLA: Guzik & Woch: Brazilian Dance [2014]

Polish guitarists Robert Guzik and Adam Woch perform a Brazilian dance. May 12, 2014.

• Music

IBLA: Biogroove: Water Music [2014]

Biogroove: Vito Amato & Antonino Errera – Water Music. May 12, 2014

• History & Politics

Giacomo Matteotti’s Murder and the Rise of the Totalitarian State [2014]

On the 90th Anniversary of Matteotti’s murder and Italian National Day, a round table with Mauro Canali (Università di Camerino) and Spencer Di Scala (University of Massachusetts Boston). June 2, 2014.

• Music

Discovering Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” [2014]

Maestro Eve Queler (Opera Orchestra of New York) and Francesco Izzo (American Institute of Verdi Studies) present Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux on the occasion of OONY’s upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall. May 28, 2014