Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio | Italics

Описание: In this episode, Italics covers the book launch of Expanding Diasporic Identity: A Multi-Directional Path to the New Italian Writer, as well as a gathering of PIACE—the Progressive Italian American Cultural Exchange—at the Calandra Institute. Later, we head to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to meet John Miniero and see his fifteen-foot presepio installation outside his home.

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Guest List:
Anthony Julian Tamburri - Host, Italics
John Avelluto - Visual artist, Independent
Jaime Lee Strollo - Author and Ancestor-In-Training, Independent
Silvana Mangione - Vice-Secretary General for extra-European Anglophone countries, General Council of Italians Abroad
John Miniero - Artist/Presepio builder, Independent


Recording Date
11/24/2025
First Air Date
12/22/2025

Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience is a monthly presentation in the CUNY Presents timeslot that features prominent Italian Americans in the arts, business, government, sports, academia, and more. Each episode explores various aspects of the Italian diaspora, Italian-American history and traditions, contemporary Italian-American life, and takes a projected look at the future of the Italian-American community.

Italics is hosted by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures.

Italics is now in its third decade serving the Italian-American community and those interested in Italian-American history and culture. Italics is co-produced in collaboration with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.

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