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September 11, 2019 English Language Meeting

St Patrick Catholic Church 815 E Edgar St, Seattle, WA, United States

Dante Alighieri Society English Language Meeting Dominic Minotti Dominico Minotti Famous Women of Italian Descent Kicking off this year’s schedule will be a presentation by Domenico Minotti (Nick) on “Famous Women of Italian Descent”. This will be the basis for this year’s Festa Italiana quiz that Nick has been creating for the past few years […]

September 25, 2019 Italian Language Meetiing

Robert ThomsonFlorence, Dante, and MeRobert Thomson from Victoria, Canada will be presenting his recently publishedbook, Florence, Dante and Me. Thomson spent the 1960-61 year in Italy ona scholarship from the Italian government. During the year he wrote many detailed letters to his fidanzata in Canada, telling her about Italian customs and habits, the Italian friends […]

An Avant-Garde Italia: The Futurists, Modern Art and the Promise of the 20th Century

St Patrick Catholic Church 815 E Edgar St, Seattle, WA, United States

Speaker: Rob Prufer In 1909 the writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti published his Futurist Manifesto, in which he denounced the oppressive weight of Italy’s past and advocated a program of radical artistic, social and technological innovation. Soon, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians joined Marinetti in a quest to re-fashion Italian culture and are known collectively as […]

October 23, 2019 Italian Language Meetiing

St Patrick Catholic Church 815 E Edgar St, Seattle, WA, United States

Claudio Mazzola Topic: Italian Cinema and Immigration Italy, perhaps more than any other European country, has been at the forefront of the immigration debate in Europe. Immigration has been the subject ofnumerous Italian novels, documentaries and films. Our speaker, Claudio Mazzola, will provide historical background on immigration in Italy and discuss how cinema has dealt […]

November 13, 2019 English Language Meeting

St Patrick Catholic Church 815 E Edgar St, Seattle, WA, United States

Dante Alighieri Society English Language Meeting Chris Kelly Topic: Italy Invades Italy Invades is an action packed history of Italy’s military involvements throughout the ancient and modern worlds. From the empire building of the Romans, through the globe-spanning Age of Exploration, to the multinational cooperation of NATO, Italy has conquered andexplored countries as diverse and […]

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.

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