6:30PM
Suggested donation of $10 per person
RSVP Code: QY1103
Quest For Yesterday
Dramatic Reading
Screenplay by Carlo Mignano
Light Refreshments will be served.
Dramatic reading of Carlo Mignano's screenplay, “Quest For Yesterday”. The screenplay is based on Mignano's novel of the same name and will feature 10 readers. In this narrative, the protagonist’s “quest” is to recapture the joy of the first few years of his life, when circumstances and innocence protected him from the consequences of hypersensitivity and excessive thinking. Follow him through his fantastic journey and discover sides of life we may not know exist.
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Saturday, November 5th
6:30 – 8:30PM
$40 per person (Two or more classes)
$45 per person (One class)
RSVP Code: RC1105
Rhythm is the Cure:
Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop (Part 1)
Conducted by Alessandra Belloni
Workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
Part one of a three part series. In part one, students will review the rhythms and chants in honor of the Black Madonna known as Tammorriata – done in honor of the Black Madonna.
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Thursday, November 10th
6:30PM
Suggested donation of $10 per person
RSVP Code: FE1110
Feeding the Enemy
Book Presentation by J.R. Sharp
Light Refreshments will be served.
“Feeding the Enemy” recounts the true story of an Italian family and the hardships they faced during World War II. The book is an account of one family’s determination to survive in the face of evil. It is a story of perseverance, ingenuity and love. The book captures the spirit of survivability against all odds and provides the reader with an appreciation of what Europeans went through during the war to end all wars.
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Saturday, November 12th
6:30 – 8:30PM
$40 per person (Two or more classes)
$45 per person (One class)
RSVP Code: RC1112
Rhythm is the Cure:
Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop (Part 2)
Conducted by Alessandra Belloni
Workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
Part two of a three part series. In Part 2, students will learn the trance 6/8 rhythm and dance of San Rocco called the The Spinning Dance, based on a trance tarantella from Calabria in honor of San Rocco, dating back to the Middle ages, used as a healing ritual against the plague. Everyone spins together in a spiral and in a circle.
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Thursday, November 17th
6:30PM
Suggested donation of $10 per person
RSVP Code: UG1117
Ugo Giannini:
A Discussion of the Artist's Work
(Drawings of D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War)
Presented by Maxine Giannini
Light Refreshments will be served.
“Drawings of D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War” offers an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind testimony in words and images by a soldier and artist of the U.S. Army’s 29th Infantry Division, of one of the most famous military operations of World War II, the D-Day landing and invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. These are the only known drawings made that historic day, as well as the next. Drawn in pencil and pen, in a gritty, realistic style, the images show heavily burdened infantrymen trying to stay afloat in the seawater, crawling on the beach or dead among the ruins of a bombed out village. Interwoven with letters home written by a young man to his family and his girlfriend, the words and images portray the horror of war in a deep and personal way.
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Saturday, November 19th
6:30 – 8:30PM
$40 per person (Two or more classes)
$45 per person (One class)
RSVP Code: RC1119
Rhythm is the Cure:
Healing Dance and Percussion Workshop (Part 3)
Conducted by Alessandra Belloni
Workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy combined with their unique style of tambourine, and focusing on the ancient healing trance dance of the Tarantella, used to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula.
Part three of a three part series. The final part will be dedicated to the healing trance dance of purification called Pizzica Tarantata, used to cure a mental disorder called Tarantismo, which afflicted mainly women, who felt stuck in the spider web of their society. Every student will learn the steps of the Pizzica, which are very fast and energetic. Part of the ritual takes place on the floor, and the dance is actually a spider-like movement on the ground. This part has the most amazing healing effect, releasing stress, blockage of sexual energy, as well as opening the heart and throat chakra according to the movements, as if coming out of an imaginary Spiderweb.
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Sunday, November 27th
2:00 – 4:00PM
Suggested donation of $10 per person
RSVP Code: WW1127
World War II Stories
Light Refreshments will be served.
Panel discussion with World War II veterans, Vince Morano, John Cortese and William Suriani. Maxine Giannini, wife of World War II veteran and artist, Ugo Giannini will join the panel as well.
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