This Thursday (4/3) Arts Mid-Hudson Folk Arts Program and NIDO –are presenting the lecture Linguini and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture. We’re joined by Fred Gardaphe, a Distinghished Professor of English & Italian Studies at Queens College CUNY, Polly Adema, a Folklorist at Arts Mid-Hudson Folk Arts Program, and Rosemarie Calista President of NIDO (NOI Italiani D'Oggi) a Poughkeepsie-based Italian cultures & language community group. During the lecture Gardaphe will be exploring these stereotypes, and how they’re depicted in the movies.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information visit their website.
