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 Following 2009 Gotham sets at Joe’s Pub and (Le) Poisson Rouge, Calliari will serve up a US preview of his new album of original compositions “Al Faro Est” (At the Eastern Lighthouse), which was released in Canada in the Fall of 2010.  During the Summer of 2010 a remix of an earlier Calliari track “L’Americano” by Montreal DJ MC Mario became the surprise international dance sensation “We No Speak Americano”, racking up over 1 Million YouTube views and debuting in the Top 40 of the UK Pop Charts.  A polished performer on the live circuit in North America and Europe, Calliari

 Following 2009 Gotham sets at Joe’s Pub and (Le) Poisson Rouge, Calliari will serve up a US preview of his new album of original compositions “Al Faro Est” (At the Eastern Lighthouse), which was released in Canada in the Fall of 2010.  During the Summer of 2010 a remix of an earlier Calliari track “L’Americano” by Montreal DJ MC Mario became the surprise international dance sensation “We No Speak Americano”, racking up over 1 Million YouTube views and debuting in the Top 40 of the UK Pop Charts.  A polished performer on the live circuit in North America and Europe, Calliari

“The Complete Dining Experience” MANGIARE, BERE, ASCOLTARE E IMPARARE - EAT, DRINK, LISTEN & LEARN as  award‐winning executive chef Stefano Sena guides you on a culinary journey of Italy. Indulge yourself with fine food which you will learn to prepare, and fine wine which you will learn to appreciate, while you listen to and learn practical, travel‐friendly Italian.  And LIVE MUSIC too! Admission is $75.00 per person and includes Dinner, Wine Pairings and a Cooking Demonstration.  Seating is Extremely Limited, make your reservations today.

During the summer of 2009, Lou and his wife Kathleen made a long awaited trip to Italy.  In addition to visiting some main cities, they went to the places important in the lives of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.  This presentation is a pictorial souvenir of that trip accompanied by appropriate operatic music by these two great composers and the canzone of others celebrating these beautiful locations…Buon Viaggio A Tutti!  Suggested Donation: $20.00.  Wine, cheese, and light fare will be served.

Rounding off a five year tour of over 300 organizations throughout the metro area, Dr. David Mercaldo shares his regional best-selling novel...FERRY that celebrates the Italian experience in America during the mid-twentieth century.  The novel brings a refreshing and untainted look at the "real Italians" as they struggled to adapt and achieve in their new country.  The characters and anecdotes have an endearing power that has caused readers to testify..."David Mercaldo has a way of bringing out human emotions in his readers!" Carol Benanti of the Staten Island Advance wrote “...

Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. For many people, these scenarios trigger ingrained assumptions about individuals' beliefs, politics, aesthetics, values, and behaviors that leave little room for nuance and elaboration. This collection of essays explores local knowledge and aesthetic practices, often marked as "folklore," as sources for creativity and meaning in Italian-American lives.

"Memory and/of Italian Colonialism: a panel discussion on the occasion of Zapruder's publication of Brava gente"

On the occasion of the International Day of Memory 2010 Casa Italiana has chosen to focus on the past most willingly forgotten by Italians: Italian colonialism.

Prof. Ruth Ben Ghiat will moderate a panel featuring Prof. Teresa Fiore and Claudio Fogu in conversation with Elena Petricola and Andrea Tappi, co-curators of Brava gente, a special issue 23 of the journal Zapruder.

 With Tamar Pitch, leading Italian legal scholar

In anticipation of the visit to New York by the Cardinal of Naples Crescenzio Sepe next January, please join the opening of the exhibition "Nativity in the World."

The exhibition presents rare Neapolitan crèches, each one of them a the a true work of art, made by masters of the Neapolitan crèche tradition belonging to the Naples branch of the historical association A.I.A.P.

Particularly, the group from the Royal Palace of Caserta, strikes the viewer with its extraordinary miniaturized details and richness of materials.

In anticipation of the visit to New York by the Cardinal of Naples Crescenzio Sepe next January, please join the opening of the exhibition "Nativity in the World."

The exhibition presents rare Neapolitan crèches, each one of them a the a true work of art, made by masters of the Neapolitan crèche tradition belonging to the Naples branch of the historical association A.I.A.P.

Particularly, the group from the Royal Palace of Caserta, strikes the viewer with its extraordinary miniaturized details and richness of materials.