Three rules of IAWA: Read Each Other, Write or Be Written, Buy Each Other’s Books! And review each other!
IAWA – NY 2nd Thursdays @ John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 W. 43rd St., 17th Floor, NYC
IAWA-Boston is on 3rd Saturdays
IAWA Presents Rita Gigante and Richard Vetere
2nd Thursday, October 9, 2025
LIVE, 6-8 PM; Open Mic begins at 6
Rita Gigante is the author of The Godfather’s Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption. She is also an Intuitive Psychic, Medium, and Healer. Her journey began in youth and deepened through studies in Massage Therapy, Exercise Physiology, and energy healing. With compassion, humor, and love, she inspires transformation worldwide. Through sessions, teachings, and writing, she empowers others to embrace healing.
Richard Vetere’s latest play Zaglada at the ATA Theater starring Len Cariou from Blue Bloods will run through November 2. The Manifest Media podcast of his screenplay Caravaggio will be released on Table Read later this year. Bordighera Press has published his novels Baroque and most recently She’s Not There as well as his poetry collection, The Other Colors In a Snowstorm. He holds a master’s degree in Comparative English Literature from Columbia University.