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Over the past month, the war has been particularly harsh in the eastern territory of Ukraine. Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group have begun claiming on Telegram every little bit of conquered land, including abandoned and destroyed villages, including one that in Bakhmut province we discovered was called Sakko i Vantsetti in homage to the two...

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A premiere is always a gift to the attending public because of its novelty, regardless of the content and validity of the performance, but in the case of After Dinner Opera Company’s “Sacco and Vanzetti” an extra layer of glamour and interest was added, both because of the composers and the topic of the opera. Yes, it’s composers and not composer,...

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After Dinner Opera Company presents the New York and Orchestral staged premiere of Sacco and Vanzetti, begun by Marc Blitzstein, completed & conducted by Leonard Lehrma, and directed by Benjamin Spierman. Playing Saturday, Sept 10, 2022 at 7 pm, and Sunday Sept 11, 2022 at 3 pm at Lehman College Studio Theatre, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, The...

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Thursday June 9 - 6:00pm. Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) - 421 Broome Street, 4th floor, Manhattan, NY. Admission: $10/ $5 CIMA Members and Students. Contact: 646-370-3596. https://www.italianmodernart.org/ A screening of Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco e Vanzetti surrounded by works of Italian Modern art! The tenth and final film in our Staging In...

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Loyola University Italian American Studies and The Italian American Theatre of Chicago will present a performance of “A Long Shadow” at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Loyola University Lake Shore Campus. The staged reading of August Nigro’s play about the last day in the lives of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will be presented on the fourth flo...

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On May 21, 1921, the infamous trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti commenced at the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham. The two were accused of murdering a payroll clerk and his guard the previous year; on July 14, 1921, both men were convicted and in August of 1927 were executed. They were Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists. The trial...

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It’s been more than 60 years since Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed Yet, when Gov. Michael Dukakis pardoned them in 1977 — with the words, “ any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti” — most Italian Americans felt a sense of gratitude and relief. Indeed, the Sacco Vanz...

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The conviction of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco for a payroll robbery in South Braintree Square that left two men dead, continues to be debated a century later. The subsequent investigation and trial remains controversial and the execution of the two men in 1927 was met with worldwide protests. Historian and author Christopher Daley will dis...

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On April 15, 1920, a double murder set off a sequence of events that led to the controversial, and later declared unjust, trial convictions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Their execution on August 23, 1927 is blamed on anti-Italian prejudice and fear of their anarchist political beliefs. The charges against Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van...

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 5:30-8pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - Queens College, CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. The Comitato Società Dante Alighieri NYC invites you to the symposium Between Acceptance and Prejudice: One Hundred Years of Italian E/i[m]migration. This symposium takes its title from the Ital...

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