Stop by the Richard Harris Terrace at 199 Chambers Street for some of the following Italian Heritage Month events.
10:00-11:00 | Continental breakfast |
10:00-10:15 | Opening Comments by Dean Janice Zummo, BMCC |
10:15-10:45 | “Italian/American Studies in Search of a Home” Dean Anthony Tamburri, Queens College, Calandra Institute, CUNY |
11:00-11:15 | “Food as the Foundation of Culture” Margaux Aquino, Eataly |
11:15-11:30 | “Italian language/geography Jeopardy” Professor Tom Means, BMCC |
11:30-12:30 | Italian and Italian-American music performed by Mario Giacalone, BMCC/TPAC |
12:00-1:00 | Italian lunch |
12:30-1:00 | Reading from Dante’s Inferno and other Italian poets, Alessio Bordoni, NYC actor |
1:00-1:30 | “Italian American Women and Class Activities” Professor Caroline Pari-Pfisterer, BMCC |
1:30-2:00 | “Italian Opera in Italy and the United States” Juan Del Bosco, tenor |
2:00-2:30 | “Cesare Beccaria: Applications of Enlightenment Theory to the Systems of Punishment” Professor Yolanda Martin, BMCC |
2:30-3:00 | “Italian Women Scientists” Professor Shana Tribiano, BMCC |
3:00-3:30 | “Viva Italia! BMCC’s Summer Study Abroad to Italy” Professor Kristina Varade, BMCC |