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Rabbit Ears: TV Poems is the first anthology of poetry about a medium that has hugely influenced America’s language, politics, opinions, tastes, and lifestyles. The 129 poems are by well-known and emerging poets and explore the history and early days of television, sitcoms, cop shows, children’s programming, science fiction and horror shows, soap operas, iconic TV personalities, and commercials, among other subjects. In this presentation, editor Joel Allegretti along with book contributors George Guida, Stephen Massimilla, Michael Palma, Patricia Polak, Maria Terrone, John J.

The evening will feature a performance by the Mvula Sungani Physical Dance Troupe followed by a reception. Sponsored by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute and the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance.

Contact: Dr. Donna Chirico: 718-262-2687; or via email: [email protected]

The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of waste every year, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Scraps: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse, is an exhibition presenting three women’s creative and sustainable, yet distinct, design approaches to the shockingly high human and environmental costs of textile industry waste. Three designers—Luisa Cevese, Christina Kim, and Reiko Sudo—working on three different continents, who put sustainability at the heart of their design practice.

The exhibition "COVER REVOLUTION!" aims at highlighting how, during the last ten years, illustrators have contributed to reinventing the image of the major Italian publishing houses. The show features works by some of the most popular and acclaimed Italian illustrators, such as Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli.