Giuseppe Tassone moved to Seattle from Italy in 1993. He has been the director of the Italian Language Program of the Dante Alighieri Society of Washington since 1998 and the PLIDA coordinator since 2011. He is a language educator, coordinator, and advocate of Italian language and culture. He has a background in economics and finance (B.A. in Economics), but chooses to specialize in Italian language and culture (M.A. in Italian Studies). He has 20+ years of experience teaching, developing
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Event Series:
Festa Italiana
Festa Italiana – Sept 28 & 29, 2024
September 29, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
2024-2025 Season
All in-person meetings take place on Wednesday evenings at St.Clement’s Episcopal Church on 1501 32nd Avenue South, Seattle 98144 (unless otherwise specified). Doors open at 6:00pm with presentations at 7:30.
RSVPs are requested for English meetings where dinner is served ($8/person). Italian meetings are preceded by potluck antipasti.
Winter programs (January & February) are held virtually on Zoom. Zoom-room opens at 7:00pm with presentations taking place at 7:30pm. All programs subject to change.
Live Meeting Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control has issued updated guidelines for preventing the spread of respiratory viruses such as the flu, COVID-19 and RSV. Check out its guidance here: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/guidance/.
Please do not attend a live meeting if you are showing respiratory virus symptoms. If you have had respiratory virus symptoms, but your symptoms are getting better overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication) for at least 24 hours, you are welcome to attend, but please consider taking additional protective measures for at least 5 days, such as wearing a mask when attending one of our in-person meetings. See more detailed guidance here: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html