Variations on the Quartet
- Music
Casa Afternoons
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Year: 2017
- 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
Il piccolo mondo antico di Hope Herman Wurmfeld, nell’Italia del 1964
La voce di New York
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Book Presentation: LE NOTTI BLU (with author CHIARA MARCHELLI and special guest JHUMPA LAHIRI)
- Photographs by
- Shushu Chen
- Photos
- 24
Panel Discussion: ROMA MIGRATIONS: Stories from Italy and the USA
- Photographs by
- Shushu Chen
- Photos
- 22
- 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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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Boh”
Today’s word is BOH, a common way to say “I don’t know”.
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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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Book Presentation: COME DELLA ROSA (author Tiziana Rinaldi Castro with special guest Jhumpa Lahiri)
- Photographs by
- Shushu Chen
- Photos
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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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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Graffiare”
Today’s word is GRAFFIARE, the Italian verb “to scratch”.
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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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