11 am: Opening remarks: Dr. Janice Zummo, Associate Dean of
Academic Affairs for Academic Support Services
11:10 a.m.: Italian Language Jeopardy with Your Host, Professor Tom Means
11:30 a.m.: A Virtual Visit to Milan, Torino and Sorrento with the Italian professors
of BMCC
11:50 a.m.: Linda Stasi reads from her upcoming novel, The Descendant, and talks
about her career at New York Daily News and New York Post.
12:10 p.m.: Music performance, Mario Giacalone, formerly of Tribeca Performing Arts Center
12:40 – 1:20 p.m.: Hot Italian Buffet Lunch
1:20 p.m.: Songs by Dominic Scaglione Jr., from Tony Award-winning “Jersey Boys”
on Broadway
2 p.m.: “Pulcinella in Love,” Professor Claudia Terry with BMCC Theater Majors and
The Center Stage Theater Club of BMCC
3 p.m.: “An Afternoon of Italian Music,” Professor Eugenia Oi Yan Yau and
the BMCC Music Majors
Literature and Lunch: Catered, college-wide book talk. Two short stories by Luigi Pirandello: La patente “The License” and Soffio “A Breath.” The stories are provided by www.pirandellointranslation.org, a free access digital translation project co-led by Professor Lisa Sarti.
Italian Heritage Month is generously sponsored by the Office of the President, Office of Academic Affairs, Modern Languages, Student Government Association and BMCC Auxiliary Enterprises Corp.