Biki: The Lady Who Made Maria Callas “Divine”
Screening of a new documentary directed by Michele Mally
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Year: 2019
- History & Politics
Dante and Italian Unification
Part of the series Dante and…, a lecture by Prof. Mahnaz Yousefzadeh (NYU). October 16, 2019
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- History & Politics
Vita Nuova: Archeologie di un testo
A book presentation featuring editors Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU) and Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University). October 9, 2019
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Campana”
Today’s word is CAMPANA, Italian for “bell” or “church bell.”
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- Art
Introducing “Christ Stopped at Eboli”
On the occasion of the exhibit “Blind Visions: Carlo Levi’s Disegni della Cecità”, on view at Casa Italiana through December 13.
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- Art
Botticelli (and Dante) Reborn
Part of the series Dante and…
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- Art
Benedetta, Aeropoetry, Futurism and Fascism: Naples, 1936
A lecture by Lucia Re (UCLA) about the work of Benedetta Cappa Marinetti. October 2, 2019
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Ghetto”
Today’s word is GHETTO, from the Italian “getto.”
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- Art
Dante and Joyce
A lecture by Prof. Patrizia Grimaldi-Pizzorno (Università di Siena) titled Leopold Bloom in Purgatory, part of the series Dante and… September 25, 2019
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Merenda”
Today’s word is MERENDA, Italian for “afternoon snack.”
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- History & Politics
Arbëreshë, an ‘Anthropological Miracle’
i-Italy
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- History & Politics
Arbëreshë (Peppa Marriti Band)
The Italo-Albanian Communities of Southern Italy
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The Italo-Albanian Communities of Southern Italy
- Photographs by
- Luca Mascia
- Photos
- 26
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Campare”
Today’s word is CAMPARE, Italian for “to live” or “to survive.”
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- History & Politics
Dante and Opera
Casa Italiana’s series Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin and Dante and… intersect for a conversation with conductor Michael Hurshell and NYU professors Stefano Albertini and Alison Cornish about Dante Alighieri’s influence on opera and classical music. September 18, 2019
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- Art
WeAreLeonardo
Presentation of a project by mixed-media artist Vittoria Chierici, introduced by Filippo Fossati (Esso Gallery), with a talk by Prof. Dennis Geronimus (Chair, NYU Department of Art History). September 17, 2019
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Dante and Opera
- Photographs by
- Luca Mascia
- Photos
- 24
We Are Leonardo
- Photographs by
- Luca Mascia
- Photos
- 19
- Art
Carlo Levi e i disegni della cecità a New York: parlano i protagonisti di un destino
La voce di New York
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- History & Politics
Presentation of “The Heart of a Stranger”
Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Contadino”
Today’s word is CONTADINO, Italian for a peasant.
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- Casa Italiana
Casa 2.0: New Initiatives For Cultural Exchange
i-Italy
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- Art
Beyond Blindness
i-Italy
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Blind Vision: Carlo Levi disegni della cecità
- Photographs by
- Luca Mascia
- Photos
- 24
- Art
I disegni della cecità di Carlo Levi alla Casa Italiana della New York University
La voce di New York
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Sbattimento”
Today’s word is SBATTIMENTO, meaning an annoyance.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Bagnomaria”
Today’s word is BAGNOMARIA, the practice of preparing something in a pot by placing it within a larger pot of boiling water.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Allora”
Today’s word is ALLORA, literally “at that time,” but now enriched by many different meanings.
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- Art
2018-2019 Season Highlights
A collection of highlights from the 2018-19 season of NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Delirare”
Today’s word is DELIRARE, which means “to go crazy.”
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- Art
I mecenati dell’Arte Povera dagli Stati Uniti a Cagliari
Corriere della Sera
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Mah”
Today’s word is MAH, an expressive syllable that is erroneously translated as “well.”
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- Casa Italiana
Dr. Stefano Albertini and the Casa Italiana on “Italics” (CUNY TV)
Prof. Anthony Tamburri (Dean, Calandra Institute, CUNY) interviews Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini for the series Italics, broadcast on CUNY TV on July 10, 2019 (filmed on May 15, 2019).
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Dialetto”
Today’s word is DIALETTO, Italian for dialect.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Selva”
Today’s word is SELVA. Italian for wilderness, or a dense wood.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Farlocco”
Today’s word is FARLOCCO, Italian for a thief or a forgery.
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- Cinema & Television
Open Roads alla NYU: i registi temono le politiche del governo e amano Scorsese
La voce di New York
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- Cinema & Television
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema on Stage 2019
A round table with representatives of the artidstic delegation of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2019. With:
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Estro”
Today’s word is ESTRO, the creative surge needed when searching for inspiration.
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Open Roads 2019
- Photographs by
- Luca Mascia
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- History & Politics
Perché nel Jazz gli italiani continuano a suonare al top? Cherchez New Orleans
La voce di New York
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- Art
Veneto: The Land of Venice
Music, Food, Wine, and Story Telling
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- Music
Aldo Finzi – Sonata for violin and piano (Allegro vivace)
Sabatini-Rugani Duo
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- Music
Felix Mendelssohn – Sonata in F Major for violin and piano (Adagio)
Sabatini-Rugani Duo
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Magnifico”
Today’s word is MAGNIFICO, “magnificent” in Italian, also used to address presidents of universities.
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- Music
New York Italians All-Stars feat. Benny Benack III (Peperoncino Jazz Festival)
Peperoncino Jazz Festival presents:
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- Economy & Finance
Landscape Design and Gardens Through the Evolution of Homo Sapiens
A lecture by Jonathan Fargion. On the occasion of a party for i-Italy.org with the participation of the Italian Chef Association of New York (AICNY). May 17, 2019
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- Art
The Etruscans: Who Were They?
A lecture by Francesco Bonavita, Ph.D. Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable. May 16, 2019
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- Economy & Finance
A Conversation with Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU). May 16, 2019
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