November 13, 2019 English Language Meeting

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

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 […]

October 23, 2019 Italian Language Meetiing

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

September 11, 2019 English Language Meeting

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

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 […]

April 24, 2019 Italian Language Meeting

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

Speaker: Matteo FitzGeraldTopic: La Sicilia Un’esplorazione della Sicilia, conosciuta come Granaio degli Imperi”, e nell’antico Greco, la Trinacria. È la più grande regione d’Italia e la quarta più popolosa, con oltre5 milioni di persone. Esploreremo la storia, la lingua, i terroir e la cultura della Sicilia. La Sicilia ha una storia ricca e antica, risalente […]

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