On Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 6:00 pm the Seattle/Perugia Sister City Association is hosting an Italian movie, lecture and dinner. Professor Antonio Iannotta will be the lecturer. He was the lecturer at the 2018 Italian film showing as well. Dr. Iannotta was born, raised and educated in Italy. Currently, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Italian at the University of San Diego and the Artistic Director of the San Diego Italian Film Festival.
The film chosen for the evening is Sedotta e Abbondanata. Before watching Sedotta e Abbandonata Dr. Iannotta will give a short lecture on Commedia all’italiana and the film’s director Pietro Germi. Briefly, Sedotta e Abbondanata is an Italian comedy about a love affair and how a father tries to remedy the family’s honor.
Film: Sedotta e Abbandonata (Seduced and Abandoned) with English subtitles.
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2020
Time: 6:00 pm lecture, 6:30 pm film and 8:30 pm dinner
Where: Ark Theater for film and lecture. Tutta Bella for dinner
Member Cost: $20 for movie and lecture
$60 movie, lecture, and dinner at Tutta Bella
Non-Member Cost: $24 for movie and lecture
$70 Movie, lecture and dinner at Tutta Bella
Included in dinner is a welcome glass of Prosecco, choice of 2 appetizers, 2 salads, 4 pizzas and 1 tiramisù.
Registration: Don’t delay! This event is strictly limited to 40 guests. Register today! There will be no refunds, but reservations are transferable. For questions, please hit reply.
For Bus or light rail directions, press here. It’s a 3 minute walk between the theater and Tutta Bella.
Parking: Some street parking or Diamond Parking Service, 3781S Hudson S, Seattle, WA 98118. Lot is 200 feet east of Tutta Bella.
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.