2009-2010 Schedule

LOCATION:
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at Headquarters House:
2336 15th Avenue South (In the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle)

DIRECTIONS:
From 1-5, take the Columbian Way/Spokane Street exit, eastbound.  Turn left at the first light, Spokane Street, and left again at the next light, 15th Ave. SE.  After crossing Beacon Avenue, Headquarters House will be on the right side between Bayview and College Streets.

MEETING INFORMATION:
Meetings are held twice a month from September through May. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Programs in English are held the second Wednesday of each month. A pre-Dante pasta is communally prepared and served at 6:30 p.m. Call the Activity Line (206) 320-9159 the Monday before to reserve your spot(s) for the pre-Dante pasta.

Cost per person: $8 per person, $15 per couple with advance reservations by 5 p.m. the Monday prior to the meeting. Reservations received after the 5 p.m. Monday deadline will be processed on a first come, first served basis up to the capacity maximum of 54 people at a cost of $10 per person.

Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. Those not present by 6:30 may lose their reservation.

Programs in Italian are held the fourth Wednesday of each month. Antipasti served at 7:00 p.m.

September 2009

  • 9th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Aisha Paterra
    "Summer in Italy"
  • 23th — 7:00pm to 8:30pm
    Robert Thomson

       "Dante and Opera"

October 2009

  • 14th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Lisa Dorsey
    "The Divine Journey of  Dante's Inferno"
  • 28th — 7:00pm to 8:30pm
    Marcella Nardi
    "Medieval castles and Italy "

November 2009

  • 11th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Magnus Feil
    "Italian Design"
  • No italian meeting

December 2009

  • 9th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Christmas Party
  • No italian meeting

January 2010

  • 13th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Sportelli + Panel
    "Living partime in Italy"
  • 27th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Marcella Nardi
    "Daily life in medieval times"

February 2010

  • 10th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Susan Gaylard - University of Washington
    "Italian Fashion 1300-1800"
  • 24th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Claudio Mazzola - University of Washington
    " La tradizione della commedia all'italiana dal dopoguerra ad oggi"

March 2010

  • 10th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Chris Zimmerman
    "Tour of Italian wine regions" and wine tasting"
  • 24th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Giordano Gennaro
    "The foundation of Rome: mith and history"

April 2010

  • 14th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Election night (no speakers)
  • 28th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm - MEETING IN ENGLISH

         Professor Maria Wells - University of Texas

       " Norman Bel  Geddes: a modernist interpretation of the Divina Commedia”

May 2010

  • 12th — 7:30pm to 8:30pm
    Vincenzo Scarpaci
    "The journey of the Italians in America"
  • No Italian meeting

 


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