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November Meeting
November 11 2026
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We are pleased to have Fr. Jerry Graham, S. J., a Jesuit priest and poet living in Portland, Oregon. He is the poet in residence of the Colombiere Jesuit Community. While working for Gonzaga University in Florence, he found himself walking on some streets that Dante would have walked 700 years ago. And so, he began wondering what Dante would write about a journey to Hell if he was writing today. That was the beginning of his on-going project to write an epic poem comprised of 34 response poems to the 34 cantos of Dante’s Inferno. Fr. Graham has worked in pastoral ministries in parishes, Native American reservations and Florence, Italy.
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Dante’s Divine Comedy has been called the book that reads the reader(us). Fr. Graham will present Dante’s inferno as a powerful, living creative force for the transformation of the lives of all of us in our time. He will focus on Dante’s ancient questions about how to be truly human and humane—more than on Dante’s answers for his time. His presentation is designed to help us use the ancient questions raised by Dante’s Inferno to help us find our own personal answers to Dante’s questions.
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The presentation will be in English. Please join us on Wednesday, November 11 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 November 9
Please bring wine, antipasti or desserts to share
Doors open 6:00; dinner 6:30, presentation, 7:30
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Cinema Italian Style returns to Seattle
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Celebrate contemporary Italian cinema at Cinema Italian Style,
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November 18–22 at SIFF Cinema Uptown!
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As part of Dante's commitment to local cultural events, we are proud to announce our sponsorship of the upcoming SIFF - Cinema Italian Style festival, taking place from November 18 to November 22, 2026. We look forward to our members participating and celebrating contemporary Italian cinema together.
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We look forward to our members participating and celebrating contemporary Italian cinema together. Tickets for all movies may be purchased at:
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As major sponsors of CIS, Dante has some individual vouchers for a free ticket to the CIS film of your choice. In order to make these available to Dante members, we will raffle these off at the end of the November 11 English meeting. You must be present to win. They are good for one movie between Nov 18-22.
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Buona Fortuna!
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Thanks for reading. Hope to see you at our meetings!
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