2)November 11 – 18th – NICE ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL --- Contact: Laura
Caparrotti Ph. 212-468 2477 / 254 4025; Fax 212- 765 1956 / 254 4025;
E-mail: kairosit@hotmail.com.   See Item #2 below for more details

3) November 11 – 13th --- POETRY SYMPOSIUM -- The Third Annual Symposium of
The Italian Poetry Society of America (IPSA) …See Item #3 below for more
details

4) Friday November 12th - 9.00pm --- MARCO TREVISANI - A YOUNG BRILLIANT
COMPOSER to perform a solo concert at Roulette New York City 228 West
Broadway New York, New York 10013 ph.212.219.8242  Tickets: $10 at the door.
  See Item #4 below for more details.

5) November 13 - FIERI North Jersey OPERA TRIP - Carmen - SOLD OUT!!!!  See
Item #5 below for more details.

6) November 13: FIERI San Francisco event on ITALIAN AMERICANS AND WORLD
WARII: UNA STORIA SEGRETA.  See Item #6 below for more details.
 

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1) Tues. Nov 9: FIERI Manhattan Special Monthly Meeting -- FIERI Manhattan
and FIERI National to cosponsor Piano Recital. Reception from 6-7PM;
Performance at 7PM. Jolly Madison Hotel-22E 38th (between Madison and Park
Ave).  Performance by World Renowned Concert Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro -
hailed as one of the most promising young talents of her generation.  FIERI
extends its appreciation to Celeste Zaffuto for her assistance in arranging
this splendid talent. For more information, email Richard DeNapoli at
rdenapoli@hotmail.com
 
 

2)  The 9th Annual New Italian Cinema Events Festival (N.I.C.E.)

CONTACT: Laura Caparrotti ------Ph. 212-468 2477 / 254 4025.  Fax 212- 765
1956 / 254 4025.  E-mail: kairosit@hotmail.com

Featuring U.S. premieres of Seven Feature Films and Shorts by a New
Generation of Italian Directors
FESTIVAL DATES AND LOCATION: NOVEMBER 12-18 1999
QUAD CINEMA (34 W 13TH STREET-NEW YORK)
PRESS CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 11 1999 – 6:30 PM
CANTOR FILM CENTER (36 E 8TH STREET)
OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 11 1999 – 7:00
CANTOR FILM CENTER
CLOSING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 19 1999
CANTOR FILM CENTER
Tickets for general public are $8.00, $6.00 for students and $5.00 for
senior citizens and groups.  Weekly passes are also available for $45.  You
can purchase them at the box office or, for further information, call (212)
468-2477. For general information please contact the Quad Cinema at (212)
255-8800 or check our web site at www.mega.it/nice.

FEATURES INCLUDE:
-1. THAT’S IT (ECCO FATTO) by GABRIELE MUCCINO - COMEDY – 1998
FIRST FEATURE
-2. IN THE BEGGING THERE WAS UNDERWEAR
(IN PRINCIPIO ERANO LE MUTANDE) by ANNA NEGRI
WRITTEN BY ROSSANA CAMPO, IVAN COTRONEO, DAVIDE FERRARIO, DORIANA LEONDEFF,
ANNA NEGRI
PREMIERE: BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL, FORUM OF YOUNG CINEMA
FIRST FEATURE COMEDY-1999-90 M.
-3. A TIME TO LOVE (IL TEMPO DELL’AMORE) By GIACOMO CAMPIOTTI
WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER ADABACHIAN AND GIACOMO CAMPIOTTI
PREMIERE: LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
THIRD FEATURE - DRAMA - 1999 - 119 MIN
-4. THE PRICE (IL PREZZO) BY ROLANDO STEFANELLI
DRAMA – 1999 – 114 MIN. – FIRST FEATURE
-5. THREE STORIES (TRE STORIE)
BY PIERGIORGIO GAY & ROBERTO SAN PIETRO  - DRAMA - 1999 - 85 MIN.
THIRD FEATURE
-6.  AUTUMN (AUTUNNO)
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY NINA DI MAJO
PREMIERE: VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, CINEMA OF THE PRESENT
FIRST FEATURE - DRAMA – 1999 – 95 MIN.
-7.  THE FIRST TIME (LA PRIMA VOLTA) BY MASSIMO MARTELLA
TENDER LOVE STORY - 1999 - 110 MIN. – SECOND FEATURE
 
 

THE DIRECTORS WILL BE PRESENT AT THE 7 PM AND 9:30 PM SCREENINGS FOR A Q&A
SESSION.

CLOSING NIGHT free admission to LA BALIA, By MARCO BELLOCCHIO
The latest film of the famous Italian director. Featured at the 1999 Cannes
Festival and at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.
LIMITED SEATS
MUST RSVP 212-468 2477

ALL FILMS ARE IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
 
 
 

3)  The Third Annual Symposium of The Italian Poetry Society of America
(IPSA)

November 11 - 13, 1999
The Program
no charge
R.S.V.P. (212) 879-4242 Ext. 88
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
686 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10021

        November 11, 1999
        Istituto Italiano di Cultura
        686 Park Avenue

        7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks
Hon. Giorgio Radicati, Consul General of Italy in New York
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Director, Italian Cultural Institute
Alfredo De Palchi, The Sonia Raiziss Giop Charitable Foundation
Luigi Fontanella, President, IPSA
Paolo Valesio, Excecutive Director, IPSA
Davide Rondoni, Centro di Poesia Contemporanea, Università di Bologna
Gary Shapiro, Harvard Club
Alessandro Carrera, Event Coordinator

Guest of honor:
Edoardo Sanguineti, Honorary president, IPSA

Readings by Alessandro Carrera, Alfredo De Palchi, Luigi Fontanella, Ernesto
Livorni, Mario Moroni, Michael Palma, Annalisa Saccà, Paolo Valesio, and
others.
  Chair: Paolo Barlera

Reception to follow

         November 12, 1999
         The Harvard Club of New York City
         27 West 44th Street

Cambridge Room
(Business attire required)

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Work of Translation/Il lavoro della traduzione: Luigi Bonaffini,
Geoffrey Brock, Barbara Carle, Franco Nasi. Chair: Michael Palma
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Readings by Umberto Fiori, Mario Lunetta, Davide Rondoni, Stephen
Sartarelli.
Chair: Graziella Sidoli

Lunch break (conferees on their own)

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
The Work of Poetry/Il lavoro della poesia: Nicola Crocetti, Nicola Gardini,
Guido Oldani, Plinio Perilli, Paolo Valesio. Chair: Claudio Angelini
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Readings by Milo De Angelis, Jonathan Galassi, Franco Loi, Allen Mandelbaum,
Rosanna Warren, Charles Wright. Chair: Luigi Fontanella

The Harvard Club - Harvard Hall
(Business attire required)

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Umberto Fiori (voice) and Tommaso Leddi (guitar) perform Vòltess: songs
based on texts by Franco Loi. Introduction: Alessandro Carrera.

7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Edoardo Sanguineti (voice) and Stefano Scodanibbio (double bass) perform
Postkarten. Introduction: Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi

            November 13, 1999
            Istituto Italiano di Cultura
            686 Park Avenue

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Readings by Claudia Baracchi, Tina Chiappetta, Rita Dinale, Marisa Marcelli,
Victoria Surliuga. Chair: Ernesto Livorni
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Readings by Ned E. Condini, Linda Ann Loschiavo, Giose Rimanelli, Joseph
Tusiani. Chair: Annalisa Saccà

Lunch break (conferees on their own)

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Il lavoro della poesia/ The Work of Poetry: Ernesto Livorni, Irene
Marchegiani-Jones, Mario Moroni, Alessandro Vettori, Robert Viscusi.
Chair: Eva Gold.
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Readings by Ljuba Merlina Bortolani, Guido Oldani, Plinio Perilli, Giovanna
Sicari. Chair: Paolo Valesio

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
Chair: Alessandro Carrera

Reception to follow
 
 
 

4)  Friday November 12th at 9.00pm --- MARCO TREVISANI to perform concert.
Mr. Trevisani is a young and brilliant composer who teaches in the music
department at NYU. Marco Trevisani:"Concerto per piano solo e altri
strumenti"(Concert for solo piano and other instruments.
He will perform a solo concert at
Roulette New York City
228 West Broadway
New York, New York 10013.
ph.212.219.8242
Tickets: $10 at the door
NOTE THIS:For those who receive this message and dont live in NY:the concert
will be broadcast live in a real audio format(so not a tremendous audio
quality but still, but still a way to keep in touch).You will find this and
more information following this link:http://www.roulette.orgYou can also
find here some real audio samples of this
work:http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~marco/songobe/news.html
The concert will be in a big portion for prepared piano and tape and here is
the program:1) "Despues de un Apagon"(after a Blackout)a suite of
compositions i recorded last year in Cuba. For prepared piano solo 2)
Einalem(for prepared piano and tape) 3) Segmentation Fault 1.4 Beta For
prepared piano and tape.
 
 

5) Saturday, November 13 - FIERI North Jersey Opera trip - Carmen - at
Lincoln Center SOLD OUT!!!!.  Congratulations to FIERI North Jersey on
another Sold out event!
 
 

6) Saturday, November 13: FIERI San Francisco event on Italian Americans and
WorldWarII: Una Storia Segreta. FIERI San Francisco will continue the
momentum oforganizing FIERI's larger scale cultural presentations that draws
newprominence to the organization under the rubric Trinity Project:
RenaissanceItalian America. These "Trinity" events will either: Celebrate
aspects of our rich and cultural heritage in Italy and effortsto rediscover
and strengthen it-GREEN; Revisit, explore and vindicate little-known and
misunderstood historicaloccurrences or personas-WHITE; or Reflect on Italian
American historical efforts against prejudice andstereotypes---RED. FIERI
San Francisco is planning an event that looks at the issue of the internment
of Italians in America during World War II and the 'enemy alien' designation
status of Italian Americans. This event is part of theconference cosponsored
by American-Italian Historical Association.ContactLaura Pazzaglia at
paz@virtualitalia.com