Variations on the Quartet
- Music
Casa Afternoons
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Year: 2017
- Music
A Conversation with Joseph Calleja
Tenor Joseph Calleja and Fred Plotkin begin the 2017-18 season of Adventures in Italian Opera. October 17, 2017
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- History & Politics
Hadrian’s World
A special Bogliasco Foundation event, featuring a lecture by Barry Strauss on the leadership lessons we can learn from the Roman emperor Hadrian. October 10, 2017
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- Literature
Chiara Marchelli and Jhumpa Lahiri present “Le notti blu”
Authors Chiara Marchelli and Jhumpa Lahiri present – in Italian – Marchelli’s latest novel Le notti blu. October 6, 2017
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- Art
Hope Wurmfeld’s “Vintage: Italy 1964”
An interview with photographer Hope Wurmfeld on the occasion of her exhibit Vintage: Italy 1964 on view at Casa Italiana September 14 – October 13, 2017.
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- Literature
Presentation of “Come della rosa”
Book presentation of Tiziana Rinaldi Castro’s Come della rosa. The author in conversation with authors Jhumpa Lahiri and Teresa Fiore. September 29, 2017
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- Art
The Aesthetics of Water
In collaboration with Save Venice Inc., a lecture by Patricia Fortini Brown (Princeton University). September 28, 2017
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- Italian Society
Presentation of “Toscanini: Musician of Conscience”
Music historian Harvey Sachs presents his latest biography on conductor Arturo Toscanini, in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) and Jonathan Rosenberg (CUNY). September 27, 2017
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- History & Politics
Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni
The visit of Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni to Casa Italiana, where he gave a talk titled Reforming Italy in a Changing World, followed by a Q&A moderated by Stefano Albertini. September 19, 2017
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- Italian Society
Luca Santaniello – “Quaccosa”
Composed by Pino Daniele, arrangement by Luca Santaniello. With Luca Santaniello, drums; Dayna Stephens, sax; Joseph Lepore, double bass; Tuomo Uusitalo, piano. September 8, 2017
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- Music
Luca Santaniello – “Scalinatella Longa Longa”
Composed by Giuseppe Cioffi, arrangement by Luca Santaniello. With Luca Santaniello, drums; Dayna Stephens, sax; Joseph Lepore, double bass; Tuomo Uusitalo, piano. September 8, 2017
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- Cinema & Television
Open Roads Round Table 2017
A roundtable with the artistic delegation of the Italian film festival Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, moderated by Jenny McPhee. June 3, 2017
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- Casa Italiana
Lunch with the team at La Casa di i-Italy
Director Stefano Albertini and other special guests celebrate the new headquarters of i-Italy. May 25, 2017
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