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Immediate: September 9, 2014 Alicia Steger 516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

Nassau Community College Celebrates Italian Heritage DayItalian American Icons in Song, Cinema and Letters

October 15

Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College is pleased to present its 29th annual Italian Heritage Day program Italian Americans in Song, Cinema and Letters, which will take place on Wednesday, October 15 at 9:00 a.m. in the College Center Building.In the "Letters" portion of Italian Americans in Song, Cinema and Letters Dr. Salvatore LaGumina, Director of the NCC Center for Italian American Studies, will give a milestones overview. "Prose and Poetry: Selected Figures" will be presented by Dr. Anthony Tamburri, Dean of the Calandra Institute of the City University of New York. In addition, NCC's Prof. Michael Anzelone will talk about Adriana Trigiani's The Shoemaker's Wife. The "Song and Cinema" portion of the program will begin with Mark Rotella of Publishers Weekly discussing "The 1950s: Dominant Crooners of the Decade." Finally, Prof. Allen Kupfer, Nassau Community College, will present "Discovering Lesser Known Film Directors." Appropriate music will be provided by Jim Greene of the College's radio station, WHPC.Italian American Icons in Song, Cinema and Letters is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled. For more information about the program, call 516.572.7811.Ref: 1760.9/9/14/170About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 23,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.