This edition: Alain Elkann & ILICA
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Original tape date: October 27, 2025. First aired: November 24, 2025.This month, we visited the Italian Cultural Institute for the presentation of Pound’s Silence,
the new book by Italian journalist and writer Alain Elkann. In Pound’s Silence, the protagonist Morli — a writer — explores the life of Ezra Pound, the brilliant and
controversial American poet: a visionary artist and scholar, but also a figure marked by political extremes and imprisonment for treason. We spoke with the author before the book presentation.
Later, we attended ILICA’s events, beginning with
a conference at the Calandra Italian American Institute,
titled Italian Heritage: Our Culture Between Politics and Economics,
and concluding with a gala dinner and performance at the Queens Museum.
Guest List
Donna M. Chirico, Ph.D. Professor, CUNY
Federico D'Ortenzi Dancer, Philadelphia Ballet
Alain Elkann Journalist/Writer, Independent
Fred Gardaphé, Ph.D Distinguished Professor, English & Italian American Studies, Calandra Institute/Queens College/CUNY
Dr. Antonio Giordano President & Founder, Sbarro Health Research Organization
Yuka Iseda Principal Dancer, Philadelphia Ballet
Cav. Vincenzo Marra Chairman & Founder, Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance/ILICA
Claudio Pagliara Director, Italian Cultural Institute/NY
Gianpiero Pagliaro Senior VP, MSC USA
Giuseppe Samà Architect, Giuseppe Samà Design Studio
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Host, Italics
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Thursday, May 14 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, June 10 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Monday, May 18 - 9:30am
- Thursday, June 11 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Tuesday, May 19 - 9:30am
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Wednesday, May 20 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Thursday, May 21 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, May 25 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 26 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, May 27 - 9:30am
- Thursday, May 28 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Monday, June 1 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Tuesday, June 2 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Wednesday, June 3 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Thursday, June 4 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Monday, June 8 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Tuesday, June 9 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Monday, April 27 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, April 28 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, April 29 - 9:30am
- Thursday, April 30 - 9:30am
- Monday, May 4 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 12 - 9:30am
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Wednesday, April 22 - 9:30am
- Monday, May 11 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Tuesday, April 21 - 9:30am
- Thursday, April 23 - 9:30am
- Thursday, May 7 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Monday, April 20 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, May 6 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Thursday, April 16 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 5 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Wednesday, April 15 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, May 13 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Tuesday, April 14 - 9:30am
