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Presentation of the “DireNapoli” initiative followed by the closing ceremony for the Neapolitan crèche exhibit “Nativity in the World: From Naples to New York” hosted at the Institute.

“DireNapoli in music”. Concert in honor of His Eminence hosted by the Italian Academy Foundation in collaboration with the American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit and the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations. Cardinal Sepe will be presented with a special award for his pastoral activity in Naples. In return, His Eminence will announce an award to an Italian-American figure who has distinguished him or herself in depicting the city of Naples most effectively.

Visit to Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, recently designated a Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI, and located in Mulberry Street, in the historic neighborhood of Little Italy. The local Association Two Bridges will offer a multimedia presentation of their annual celebration called “Marco Polo”, dedicated to strengthening the inter-cultural dialogue between the two major ethnicities—the Italian and the Chinese. Cardinal Sepe will co-celebrate the mass with parishioner Msgr. Sakano.

Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi who commissioned a Madonna and Child for his villa at Santuccio. To celebrate the restoration of this masterpiece, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is mounting A Renaissance Masterpiece Revealed, Fillppino Lippi’s Madonna and Child, a focused exhibition, that will include the picture and a number of objects in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Bordighera Press publishes literature and poetry by and about Italian and Italian/American authors. Many of our titles are consistently utilized in university courses, and the journal,  VIA: Voices in Italian Americana, is subscribed to by more than fifty university libraries in the United States and Canada. Bordighera Press continues to reflect the most current nuances in the literary world. The press was founded in 1989 by Fred Gardaphé, Paolo Giordano, and Anthony Juilan Tamburri.
 

There has been an odd reluctance on the part of historians of the Italian American experience to confront the discrimination faced by Italians and Americans of Italian ancestry. This volume is a bold attempt by an esteemed group of scholars and writers to discuss the question openly by charting the historical and cultural boundaries of stereotypes, prejudice, and assimilation. Contributors offer a continuous series of cultural encounters and experiences in television, literature, and film that deserve the attention of anyone interested in the larger themes of American history. 

Round table entitled “Human Migrations in the Third Millennium: Italy from Land of Departure to Land of Arrival ~ Lessons from the American Experience”. The Cardinal of Naples will discuss this topic with a panel comprising: Hon. Vincenzo Scotti, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Italy; Father Leonir Mario Chiarello, Secretary, New York Office of the Scalabrini International Migration Network, Prof. Anthony J. Tamburri, Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY; Prof. Robert Viscusi, Director, Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for Humanities, Brooklyn College, CUNY; Prof.

Presentation of the new Italian law aimed at promoting the return of young and brillant Italian workers living abroad.

Introductory Remarks: Prof. Vincenzo Pascale
With the participation of Hon. Guglielmo Vaccaro

Debate

Tarantella: Spider Dance is Alessandra Belloni's masterwork, celebrating the phenomenon of the Tarantella-- the dance of love and liberation-- still thriving in Southern Italy and catching fire across the world today.  Spider Dance is the Italian River Dance, a cross-cultural musical journey that takes us from its origins in ancient Greece to its deep roots in Italy.  Starting with the birth of Spider Woman, the show follows the story throughout the centuries of this mystical celebration in honor of Dionysus, god of ecstasy and wine.  The Pizzica Tarantata, the erotic trance

Tarantella: Spider Dance is Alessandra Belloni's masterwork, celebrating the phenomenon of the Tarantella-- the dance of love and liberation-- still thriving in Southern Italy and catching fire across the world today.  Spider Dance is the Italian River Dance, a cross-cultural musical journey that takes us from its origins in ancient Greece to its deep roots in Italy.  Starting with the birth of Spider Woman, the show follows the story throughout the centuries of this mystical celebration in honor of Dionysus, god of ecstasy and wine.  The Pizzica Tarantata, the erotic trance