by Joyce Ramee | Feb 11, 2020 | Notices
Ciao a tutti –
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR THE NEXT ENGLISH MEETING of the 2020 DAS PROGRAM YEAR THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, FEB 12
at St. Patrick’s Church – Social Hall, 815 E Edgar Street, Seattle
Our January presenter is Prof. Lloyd Howard, a Dante expert and previous DAS presenter. Professor Howard’s topic this time is The Power of Music on the Shore of Dante’s Purgatory. Professor Howard will begin his talk with a brief description of Dante’s world and how the Commedia was transmitted both in written form and orally by singing Dante’s text. He will then turn to the second canto of the Purgatorio, where Dante introduces the soul of the musician, Casella, who, while living, sang Dante’s love poems. Lastly, Professor Howard will discuss the Paradiso where, by flight through the music enhanced spheres, Dante, a famed writer of worldly love songs, reaches the Celestial Rose.
Lloyd Howard received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University in 1976, after which he was appointed to a position at the University of Victoria, where he taught until his retirement at the rank of Professor in 2016. His research focused initially on the extant poetry of Guido Cavalcanti, before turning to Dante’s Commedia. Along with numerous articles, he has written two books: Formulas of Repetition in Dante’s Commedia: Signposted Journeys across Textual Space (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001); Virgil the Blind Guide: Marking the Way through the Divine Comedy (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010).
DINNER RESERVATIONS
The presentation starts at 7:30 pm.
As usual, we will have a Pre-Dante Pasta Dinner, prepared by our members, starting at 6:45 pm. (Please note the new time.) If you plan to come for the dinner at 6:45 pm as well as for the presentation at 7:30 pm, please make your reservation by 5:00 pm Monday February 10 by:
Let us know how many are in your party. This will help our volunteer cooks know how much pasta to prepare.
The cost of the dinner is $8 per person or $15 per couple. There is no cost to attend only the presentation.
If you are coming to dinner, you are encouraged to bring along an antipasto, dolce or vino to share.
The Hall is open at 5:30 pm for Setup. The Antipasto will be served, starting at 6:00 pm. The new times should give us more time to socialize, have a glass of wine and some antipasti before dinner.
MEETING LOCATION
The meeting as usual will be in the Parish Social Hall at St. Patrick’s Church, 815 E Edgar St., Seattle.
To reach St. Patrick’s from the North, follow I-5 S. Take exit 168A for Boylston Ave toward Roanoke St. Merge onto Boylston, turn left at light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave E.
To reach St. Patrick’s from the South, follow I-5 N. Take exit 168A for Lakeview Blvd E. Turn left onto Lakeview Blvd E, and continue onto Boylston Ave E. Turn right at the light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave E.
The parking lot will be on your right off Harvard. And the stairway down to the door to the Social Hall is located at the parking lot level in back of the Church, off the parking lot.
Feel free to come early to help set up and start visiting. And, in any case, please come.
OTHER DANTE NEWS
If you haven’t renewed your 2020 membership yet, you are now able to renew online on our website: https://danteseattle.org/join-the-dante-alighieri-society-of-washington/ .
You can also renew at the meeting. We’ll have a membership table set up in the Social Hall on Wednesday.
A presto –
Dan DeMatteis,
President, Dante Alighieri Society of Washington
by Harry Reinert | Jan 7, 2020
Il Punto Festa di Carnevale 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 6 – 10 PM
Mercer Island Congregational Church
4545 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island, WA
Tickets are now on sale and are available for purchase until February 5, 2020. The cost is $50 per person, $20 for youths ages 6 to 15, and children 5 and under are free. Through January 31, 2020, Il Punto members can purchase tickets for $40 each – a 20% reduction. Don’t delay as we anticipate this event will sell out. Buy your tickets now at https://ilpuntoseattle.org/event/festa-di-carnevale-2020/
by Joyce Ramee | Jan 7, 2020 | Notices
DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY
– 2020 WINE DINNER –
Ciao a tutti –
The annual wine dinner for paid-up members and guests is Wednesday, January 22 this year at the Pastoral Outreach Center (POC) at St James Cathedral, 6:30-9:00.
Arnie Millan, from Esquin Wines, will again be the presenter. The focus this year will be on wines from the Italian provinces bordering the upper Adriatic, from Friuli to Abruzzo. The wines will be served as part of a five-course Italian dinner prepared by a team of dedicated Dante members.
The cost for members is $30. Members may invite up to 2 guests at a cost of $40 per guest.
As we usually sell out for the wine dinner, reservations will be on a first-come, first-serve basis to paid-up members. You can sign up by clicking the Make Your 2020 Wine Dinner Reservation Here or at the English Language meeting on January 8.
To renew or become a member online, please go the the Dante Alighieri Society website: https://danteseattle.org/join-the-dante-alighieri-society-of-washington/ .
It’s easy and convenient.
Please let us know how many will be in your party.
To reach the Cathedral take the James Street Exit from I-5 and head east (up the hill) on James Street and then take a left on 9th Avenue. The POC is located two blocks north on the right hand side at the corner of Columbia and 9th.
Free parking is available in the O’Dea High School parking lot, a block and a half up Columbia Street heading east (uphill), a right turn from 9th. The entrance to the lot is behind the school on the left .
We hope to see you at the Wine Dinner.
A presto –
Dan DeMatteis,
President, Dante Alighieri Society of Washington
by Joyce Ramee | Jan 7, 2020 | Notices
Ciao a tutti –
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR
THE FIRST ENGLISH MEETING of the 2020 PROGRAM YEAR
THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, JAN 8
at St. Patrick’s Church – Social Hall, 815 E Edgar Street, Seattle
Our January presenter is Andrea Aldrich, a Dante Alighieri member as well as founder of and tour guide at Travel in Italia. Andrea’s topic is Italian Gardens. Through photographs and narrative Andrea will lead us on a voyage through the history and the cultural shifts that influenced the design of some of the most incredible gardens in the world. Our journey will take us from the Italian Renaissance to the twenty-first century.
Andrea Aldrich has been guiding small groups to her favorite destinations in Italy for more than ten years. She has lived and studied in Florence, speaks fluent Italian and has traveled extensively throughout the regions of Italy. A background as an artist and teacher has been instrumental in her ability to develop tours that give a greater understanding of this country’s rich art, culture and history.
Her presentation on Italian Gardens this Wednesday should be just perfect for brightening up the gloom and damp of our Seattle winter.
DINNER RESERVATIONS
The presentation starts at 7:30 pm. As usual, we will have a Pre-Dante Pasta Dinner, prepared by our members, starting at 6:30 pm. If you plan to come for the dinner at 6:30 pm as well as for the presentation at 7:30 pm, please make your reservation by 5:00 pm Monday January 6 by:
Let us know how many are in your party. This will help our volunteer cooks know how much pasta to prepare.
The cost of the dinner is $8 per person or $15 per couple. There is no cost to attend only the presentation.
If you are coming to dinner, you are encouraged to bring along an antipasto, dolce or vino to share.
The Hall is open at 6:00 pm. So come early to socialize, have a glass of wine and some antipasti.
MEETING LOCATION
The meeting as usual will be in the Parish Social Hall at St. Patrick’s Church, 815 E Edgar St., Seattle.
To reach St. Patrick’s from the North, follow I-5 S. Take exit 168A for Boylston Ave toward Roanoke St. Merge onto Boylston, turn left at light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave E.
To reach St. Patrick’s from the South, follow I-5 N. Take exit 168A for Lakeview Blvd E. Turn left onto Lakeview Blvd E, and continue onto Boylston Ave E. Turn right at the light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave E.
The parking lot will be on your right off Harvard. And the stairway down to the door to the Social Hall is located at the parking lot level in back of the Church, off the parking lot.
Feel free to come early to help set up and start visiting. And, in any case, please come.
OTHER DANTE NEWS
Our annual Wine Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, January 22. Look for more information in an email coming your way this weekend.
The Dante membership year goes from January to December each year. Dues are $40 for a single membership and $50 for a family membership. Your dues help support the many activities of the Dante Alighieri Society of Washington and allow us to keep our event prices as low as possible. All donations are greatly appreciated.
If you haven’t renewed your 2020 membership yet, we’ll have a membership table set up at the English Meeting on Wednesday. You can renew there.
And you are now able to renew online as well on our website: https://danteseattle.org/join-the-dante-alighieri-society-of-washington/ .
A presto –
Dan DeMatteis,
President, Dante Alighieri Society of Washington
by Harry Reinert | Dec 13, 2019
A SPECIAL ITALIAN PROGRAM – MILANO – SPONSORED by the DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY and Il PUNTO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 at St. Patrick’s Church, Social Hall, 815 East Edgar Street, Seattle 98102
Federica Gabardi, a Milan native and a Women’s Empowerment Expert will be our guest speaker.
Milan is glamorous, trendy and fashionable. It is very much appreciated by tourists who have rewarded it with a boom in arrivals: about 8.4 million in 2017. This number has guaranteed Milan the fourteenth place in the ranking of the most visited cities in the world, once again surpassing Rome at seventeenth with 7.3 million visitors.
In short, Milan has proven to have secret weapons that are not limited to the attractiveness of the businesses that the city has always hosted: from the Romanesque churches to Milan Cathedral, from the Castello Sforzesco to Leonardo’s locks along the Naviglio, from the hidden courtyards to the award-winning “Bosco Verticale.”
This presentation will encourage your love of Milan and help you discover what is the basis of its place in the panorama of the great European and world cities.
Topics:
- History of Milan;
- Milan’s evolution: from the Lombard capital to a world-famous city
- Monuments and places of interest
- Milan of the Milanese.
EVENT DETAILS
The evening will begin with food and conversation at 6:30. There is no cost for the meeting, but you are encouraged to bring along an antipasto, dolce or vino to share. The presentation which will be in Italian will start at 7:30.
The meeting will take place in the Parish Social Hall at St. Patrick’s Church, 815 East Edgar Street, on the North side of Capitol Hill.
Parking is available in St. Patrick’s parking lot, off of E. Edgar street. The meetings take place in the Parish Hall, located in the basement of the church and is entered on the West side of the church from the parking lot.
To reach St Patrick’s from the North, follow I-5 S. Take exit 168A for Boylston Ave toward Roanoke St. Merge onto Boylston, turn left at light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave E. and then take the first right onto E. Edgar Street.
To reach St. Patrick’s from the South, follow I-5 N. Take exit 168A for Lakeview Blvd E. Turn left onto Lakeview Blvd E, and continue onto Boylston Ave E. Turn right at the light onto E Roanoke St. Turn left at the first cross street onto Harvard Ave. E. and then take the first right onto E. Edgar Street..
Feel free to come early to help set up the room and start visiting. And, in any case, please come.
A presto –
Dan DeMatteis,
President, Dante Alighieri Society of Washington
Gabriella Vagnoli was born in Pisa, Tuscany, home of the famous Leaning Tower. She grew up in a multicultural family thanks to her Brazilian mom and remembers teaching Italian for the first time as a child to her Brazilian cousins. She obtained a Laurea in English and Spanish Language and Literature at the Università degli Studi di Pisa and during her college years spent a year in the University of Reading, UK, studying mainly the works of Shakespeare. After obtaining a Certificate as a Teacher of Italian (DITALS II) at the Università per Stranieri di Siena, she has taught in a full immersion school in Florence, a children's full immersion program in Chicago and a Community College in Illinois.
Tiziana was born and raised in Sardinia, a beautiful Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. She has always been passionate about foreign languages and cultures, and studied French and German at the Scuola Superiore Interpreti e Traduttori in Milan, where she obtained her first Foreign Languages and Interpreter BA degree. She then pursued her MA in English and German Language and Literature at IULM, one of the most prestigious universities in Milan, Italy for Language and Communication studies.
Nicla is a native of Napoli, Italy. She has a Laurea in Materie Letterarie (degree in humanities) and a Laurea in Pedagogia (degree in Education) from the Università degli Studi di Cassino. She earned her M.A in Italian and her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington. She has published articles and book chapters on gender and theater as well as politics and religion in Counter-Reformation Italy and in the last years, has been teaching Italian literature, language, and culture in different institutions. In addition to teaching in our program, Nicla is authorized to cover the role of esaminatrice and intervistatrice in our PLIDA Examination Board.