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Italics - New NIAF President & Lidia Bastianich at NIAF's Annual Gala

317 views · Published 12 December 2018 · 28:05 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: CUNY TV · 2018 · News & Politics

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For this month’s episode we visited the 43rd Annual Gala of NIAF, the National Italian American Foundation.  While there, Italics interviewed NIAF’s new president, Lawrence Purpuro, who began his tenure this past summer. Italics also had the opportunity to sit down with Lidia Bastianich, best-selling cookbook author & restaurateur.
(Taped: 12/11/2018) 

Italics, Television for the Italian American Experience is a monthly presentation in the CUNY Presents timeslot that features prominent Italian Americans in the arts, business, government, sports, academia, and more. Each episode explores various aspects of the Italian diaspora, Italian-American history and traditions, contemporary Italian-American life, and takes a projected look at the future of the Italian-American community. 

Italics is hosted by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures.

Italics is now in its third decade serving the Italian-American community and those interested in Italian-American history and culture. Italics is co-produced in collaboration with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.


Watch more at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/italics

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