italian heritage - Center for the Biology of Natural Systems - CUNY
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Howard Beach Columbus Day Parade<br />
September 26 12:00 – 3:00 pm<br />
The 5 th Annual Howard Beach Parade will commence on<br />
Cross Bay Blvd., Howard Beach. This year’s honorees:<br />
Joseph Sciame, Vice-President <strong>for</strong> Community Relations,<br />
St. John’s University and President/Chairperson, Italian<br />
Heritage and Culture Committee <strong>of</strong> New York, Inc., and<br />
Tracy Catapano-Fox, President, Queens County Women’s<br />
Bar Association will join <strong>the</strong> second largest celebration<br />
<strong>of</strong> its kind throughout <strong>the</strong> city. Sponsored by <strong>the</strong> Howard<br />
Beach Columbus Day Foundation, Inc.<br />
101-42 99 th Street, Ozone Park, NY<br />
Contact: Mario Faulisi (718) 641-3469<br />
columbusdayhb@aol.com<br />
Mary Caponegro Reads from All Fall Down<br />
September 27 6:00 pm<br />
Mary Caponegro’s experimental fiction blurs <strong>the</strong> line<br />
between fantasy and reality. In <strong>the</strong>se stories <strong>of</strong> love<br />
and healing gone awry, we visit Rome and a marriage<br />
<strong>the</strong>rapy retreat, encounter orphans per<strong>for</strong>ming abortions<br />
in <strong>the</strong>ir playroom, witness a mo<strong>the</strong>r’s impotence in <strong>the</strong><br />
face <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 9/11 attacks, meet a man buckling under <strong>the</strong><br />
pressures <strong>of</strong> caregiving, and observe couples on <strong>the</strong> brink<br />
<strong>of</strong> dissolution. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> characters are heading toward<br />
“ninety mile-an-hour psychic crashes euphemistically<br />
referred to as epiphanies.” The tragicomedies <strong>of</strong> failure,<br />
resilience, and trans<strong>for</strong>mation are rendered with exuberant<br />
lyricism, striking characterization, and elaborately<br />
detailed settings. Sponsored by Writers Read Series, John<br />
D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/<br />
<strong>CUNY</strong> and <strong>the</strong> Italian American Writers’ Association.<br />
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute<br />
25 West 43 rd Street, 17 th floor, Manhattan<br />
Admission: free; open to <strong>the</strong> public<br />
Contact: Rosangela Briscese (212) 2094<br />
Fax (212) 642-2030<br />
calandra@qc.edu<br />
Nicola Gardini Reads from Rinascimento<br />
September 27 6:00 pm<br />
Sponsored by New York University Casa Italiana Zerilli-<br />
Marimò.<br />
24 West 12 th Street, Manhattan<br />
Casa Italiana programming is subject to change. For latest<br />
updates, please visit www:casa<strong>italian</strong>anyu.org or call<br />
(212) 998-8739<br />
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