
Festivals and Awards
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Contemporary Theater: What’s on in Italy
View details about the event: Festivals and AwardsA conversational retrospective amongst Ermanna Montanari, Marco Martinelli and Alison Cornish (NYU). Part of the Italian Playwrights Project. December 14, 2018
Watch the video: “Cantiere Dante:” Teatro delle Albe and DantePart of Italy on Screen Today. Director Paola Randi presents Little Tito and the Aliens in conversation with journalist Silvia Bizio. December 11, 2018
Watch the video: Paola Randi presents “Little Tito and the Aliens”Today’s word is ZABAIONE, an egg-based dessert, typical for the holiday season.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Zabaione”This event was the closing night of the 28th edition of New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.). A conversation between director Andrea Magnani and Stefano Albertini (NYU), after the screening of Magnani’s latest film, “Easy.” December 10, 2018
Watch the video: Andrea Magnani presents “Easy”Book presentation of Goong-Goong: From Tuscany to Shanghai – The Story of a Chinese Patriarch Through the Eyes of His Italian Daughter-in-Law. Author Patrizia Chen in conversation with Nancy Yao Maasbach (Museum of Chinese in America). December 7, 2018
Watch the video: Goong-Goong: From Tuscany to ShanghaiToday’s word is ANZI, an untranslatable Italian word, somewhere between “on the contrary” and “furthermore.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Anzi”i-Italy
Read more about: Paola Randi, an Extra-Terrestrial Director for Italy (open in a new tab)In conjunction with the exhibition “NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960,” an introduction by Ara Merjian, NYU. December 6, 2018
Watch the video: Ara Merjian introduces “Bicycle Thieves”On the occasion of the paperback release of “Built with Faith: Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City” by Joseph Sciorra (CUNY). December 5, 2018
Watch the video: Joseph Sciorra presents “Built With Faith”As part of the 28th edition of New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.), a Q&A with director Francesco Falaschi, in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU), on the occasion of the screening of “Quanto Basta.” December 4, 2018
Watch the video: Presentation of “Quanto Basta”A conference honoring the centenary of the world premiere of Puccini’s triptych. Featuring Stefano Albertini (NYU), Shiela Kibbe (Boston University), Peter Clark, Carolyn Guzski, David Rosen, Deborah Burton, Cori Ellison, and William Berger. November 30, 2018
Watch the video: Puccini’s “Trittico” at 100A lecture by Brian Richardson, University of Leeds. November 28, 2018
Watch the video: Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance ItalyToday’s word is FIGURATI, an Italian single-word expression signifying contradiction and disbelief.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Figurati”Today’s word is BOTTEGA, an Italian word with multiple meanings relating to storage and schooling.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Bottega”Tenor Michael Fabiano in conversation with Fred Plotkin. Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. November 20, 2018
Watch the video: A Conversation with Michael FabianoIn conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960. An introduction by Jenny McPhee, (NYU). November 19, 2018
Watch the video: Jenny McPhee Introduces “Riso Amaro”Martina Caruso discusses her book Italian Humanist Photography from Fascism to the Cold War with David Forgacs (NYU) and Maria Antonella Pelizzari (CUNY). November 16, 2018
Watch the video: Italian Humanist PhotographyA lecture by Laura Mattioli, founder of the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA). November 15, 2018
Watch the video: The Fate of Futurism in the USALa voce di New York
Read more about: “Isabella Unmasked”: the Italian Commedia dell’Arte Is Coming to New York (open in a new tab)The Digital Poet
Read more about: Neorealism has Never Been this New… Interview with the ADMIRA-ble Enrica Viganò (open in a new tab)Today’s word is CHITARRA, Italian word for “guitar,” but also a type of pasta.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Chitarra”A book presentation by editors Joseph Sciorra (CUNY) and Laura Ruberto (Berkeley City College). November 12, 2018
Watch the video: New Italian Migrations to the United StatesBook presentation of Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siècle Europe (University of Illinois Press, 2018) by Nunzio Pernicone and Fraser M. Ottanelli. November 9, 2018
Watch the video: Fraser Ottanelli presents “Assassins Against the Old Order”A conversation with Elena A. Perazzini. Moderated by Paolo Pellecchia (CUNY). With the participation of Gianluca Galletto (DG Advisors), scientist Alessandra Luchini, researcher Roberta Marongiu, and artist Paolo Pelosini. November 7, 2018
Watch the video: Panel presentation of “Far From Us”La voce di New York
Read more about: It Is Time to Take Another Look at the Italian Anarchist Assassins of the 1890s (open in a new tab)Today’s word is CENCIOSO, Italian for “ragged.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cencioso”Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin. November 1, 2018
Watch the video: A Conversation with Sherrill MilnesDirector Emanuele Caruso in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU) following a screening of La terra buona. October 29, 2018
Watch the video: Emanuele Caruso presents “La terra buona”Today’s word is VOLENTIERI, Italian for “willingly” or “with pleasure.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Volentieri”A lecture by Alessandro Vettori (Rutgers University). Introduced by Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU). October 25, 2018.
Watch the video: Dante, Franciscan Poverty, and the Donation of ConstantineBook Presentation with author Gerry Milligan (CUNY) in conversation with Virginia Cox (NYU) and Clare Carroll (CUNY). Moderated by Jane Tylus (Yale). October 24, 2018.
Watch the video: Moral Combat: Women, Gender, and War in the Italian RenaissanceToday’s word is ACUTO, the word for “sharp” and for a “high-note”.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Acuto”Collector Daily
Read more about: NeoRealismo Review in Collector Daily (open in a new tab)Photograph Magazine
Read more about: NeoRealismo Review in PhotographMag (open in a new tab)Vito Adriaensens (Columbia University) presents a screening of Febo Mari’s Il fauno (1917) and the publication of Screening Statues. A Q&A with musician Tal Shtuhl. October 19, 2018.
Watch the video: Vito Adriaensens presents “Il Fauno” and “Screening Statues”In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960, Prof. Stefano Albertini introduces Roberto Rossellini’s masterpiece from 1945. October 18, 2018
Watch the video: Stefano Albertini introduces “Rome Open City”Mauro Canali in conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Alexander Stille for the presentation of La scoperta dell’Italia. October 17, 2018.
Watch the video: When the American Press Flirted with FascismEnzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire author Luca Dal Monte in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU). October 16, 2018.
Watch the video: Presentation of “Enzo Ferrari” with author Luca Dal MonteToday’s word is DON, a common title of honor in Italy.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Don”