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Columbus Day Parade
October 11 11:00 am
Join Queens College’s Italian American Club as we
march in the Columbus Day Parade. Students from all
CUNY campuses are invited to join us as well as students
from other colleges and high schools. Sponsored by
Italian American Club of Queens College and the John
D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/
CUNY.
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Joseph Grosso (718) 997-5769
Joseph.grosso@qc.cuny.edu
Columbus Day Parade
October 11 11:30 am
The Italian-American Women’s Center, Inc. has been
marching in the parade since 1997. Join them in their
march to celebrate Columbus’ discovery of America.
Sponsored by Italian-American Women’s Center, Inc.
5 th Avenue and 45 th Street, Manhattan
Admission: free; open to the public
Contact: Jacqueline Gagliano (718) 805-1833
jbgagliano14@yahoo.com
Dramatic Presentations of Italian Texts and Plays
October 11 – 13; October 18 – 20 7:30 pm
New Italian plays in Italian and English Celeste e
Galileo by Marcello Lazzerini. A Florentine theatre
company will honor Italian hertiage and culture month.
Playwrites include: F. Celenza, M. Boggio, E. Bernard,
M. Lazzerini, D. Morganti, R.G. Petrarca, O. Marinelli
Rabke, A. Formosa, G. Antonucci, C. Berti, C. Fiorletta,
M. Leseman, and M. Moretti. La strada by Federico
Fellini in Spanish will be presented (Lewis Carlos De
La Lombana). Readings of contemporay texts in Italian
and English: Antonio Panzarella, Eight Italian-American
Plays: An Anthology; Goffredo Palmerini, Oltre Confine;
Sandro Cordeschi, Occhio al Viandante - Antropologia;
Emanuela Medore, Hot to Translate. Sponsored by Italian
Theatre in New York.
Theater New City
155 First Avenue (at 10 th Street), Manhattan
Additional presentation at Hunter College/CUNY to be
determined.
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