Multimedia Performance: L’orda: Storie, canti e immagini degli emigrati italiani (The Horde: Stories, Songs, and Images of Italian Immigration)

A multi-media show, in Italian with English subtitles. Renowned Corriere della Sera journalist, Gian Antonio Stella, will recount the stories of Italian immigration (1876-1976) from his best-selling book, L’orda: quando gli albanesi eravamo noi (Rizzoli 2002) accompanied by screened images and enriched with songs performed on traditional instruments by the Compagnia delle Acque. Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Center of St. John’s University, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY, and the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University.