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Reminder
Wednesday, September 9 Meeting
WELCOME BACK
It's the 1st meeting of the 2026-27 Program Year
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We are pleased to have as our guest speaker at the September English Meeting on Wednesday, September 9 Don De Santis, a Dante Society member and a regular speaker at our meetings. He has a passion for history. Don received his B.A. from History from Loyola Marymount University and has travelled to 5 continents and roughly 30 countries. From 2014 to 2020 he was a regular speaker on Rome for the Rick Steves Travel Center in Edmonds. Since 2018 he has been a regular speaker on several cruise ship lines for cruises to Europe and North America. His lectures cover the history, art and culture of the places visited.
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Don's topic at the September 9th meeting will be “Ravenna - Architectural Jewel of The Adriatic”. For most of the 5th century Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire. From the mid-500s to 751 it was the capital of Byzantine Italy. There are several stunning churches that contain the best Byzantine mosaics in all of Western Europe. For a city of 150,000 it has eight UNESCO world heritage sites. The Basilica of San Vitale has some of the most famous mosaics in Europe. The Italian poet Dante is buried in Ravenna.
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The presentation will be in English. Please join us at for a delicious Italian Pasta dinner or come after dinner for the presentation. The dinner and meeting will be at the usual venue:
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Greenwood Senior Center
525 N. 85th St
Seattle WA 98103
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Please reserve your place for dinner by 5:00 Monday Sept. 7
Please bring wine, antipasti or desserts to share
Doors open 6:00; dinner 6:30, presentation, 7:30
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FESTA ITALIANA TIME!!
Do you enjoy the English and/or Italian meetings our Dante Society offers throughout
the season? Would you like to share news about the upcoming Dante line-up with
interested people? Do you enjoy meeting new friends with a common love of Italy, and
hearing about their roots there?
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You’d be PERFECT to sit at the Dante Booth at FESTA ITALIANA 2026!
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Volunteers are needed for two-hour shifts, one or two volunteers at a time. If you’ve
done this before, you know it’s an easy job - and fun. You’ll be steering people to the
map where they can pin their hometown, showing them our Program Year outline, and guiding them to info about our Language Program and PLIDA exams. The food and conviviality of Festa is all around, and our booth is usually near some of those tasty Italian treats as well…
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We have a few volunteers already, but shifts are open on
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Saturday 26 from 2:00-4:00 PM and 4:00-6:00 PM, and on
Sunday September 27 from 10:00-12:00, 12:00-2:00 and 2:00-4:00.
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Thanks for reading. Hope to see you at our meeting on Wednesday, September 9!
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