Upcoming Cooking Classes
February 18th
Adult Cooking Class
One pot...1 Hour Dinners
Perfect for weeknight ... chicken and vegetarian.
Tuesday, February 18th
6:30 pm
$85 Per Participant
February 24th
Children's Cooking Class
Carnevale Celebration
Let’s go to Rome and Celebrate Carnevale!
Make a delicious dough, cut into fancy shapes and fry until crisp!
Monday, February 24th
3:45 pm
$35 Per Participant
Cultural Program
February 25th at 7:00pm
•• Venice ••
The Most Improbable of Cities
Presented by: Carla Gambescia
Come explore Venice’s complexities and seeming contradictions as we discover some of its many secrets and celebrate the city of myth, mystery, might and majesty that has captured the imagination of dreamers and travelers alike for hundreds of years.
Program Donation:
Members/Students: $15 per person
Non-Members: $20 per person
March 10th at 7:00pm
Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day
Although St. Joseph’s Day is celebrated as a sacred and secular holiday (“Father’s Day”) throughout Italy, it has special significance in Sicily. This presentation will highlight how it is celebrated there. You will not only see simple and elaborate St. Joseph’s tables and the food that makes the day so special, but you will also taste samples of caponata, arancini, finocchio and orange salad and even pasta alla norma (with eggplants) and the most famous Sfingi filled with cannoli cream. Music examples will go from the sublime to the ridiculous; and the poetic examples will demonstrate philosophical and humorous expression as well as the individuality of the Sicilian language. The breathtaking photography of Joseph Zarba, will capture the scenic beauty of the land and endear the spirit of the people. Food, photos, video, poetry and songs will both inspire and entertain you, causing you to experience “La Festa di San Giuseppe in Sicilia Bedda”!
Program Donation:
Members/Students: $15 per person
Non-Members: $20 per person
March 31st at 7:00pm
Joanna Clapps Herman’s presents: When I am Italian: Quando sono italiana.
It is possible to be Italian if you aren’t born in Italy? “My Italian village in America was in Waterbury, Connecticut.” In this sentence, Joanna Clapps Herman raises the central question of this book: To what extent can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? The granddaughter of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, Herman takes a complicated and nuanced look at the question of to whom and to which culture she ultimately belongs.
Program Donation:
Members/Students: $15 per person
Non-Members: $20 per person
Italian Language Program • Pre-Register
Adult Weekend Immersion
Pre-Registration - No payment due at this time
2020 Dates are as follows:
February 28-March 1 | March 13-15 | May 1-3
Tuition: $250
The program will be conducted entirely in Italian as the instruction will focus on developing conversational skills.
Friday: 7PM – 9 PM
Saturday: 9AM – 6PM
The session includes a two hour lunch break at a local restaurant where students have the
opportunity to continue to engage in conversation.
Sunday, 9AM – 2 PM.
Text will be distributed to students for the duration of the program with the option to purchase it at session's end. Cost of text to be determined. Coffee and Snacks included. Students are responsible for the cost of off-site luncheons.
Course for Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Pre-Registration - No payment due at this time
The World Of Elena Ferrante In Her Neapolitan Series - MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
Course for Intermediate and Advanced levels
9 sessions • Saturdays 10am -12pm
Starting from the screening of clips of each episode of the HBO acclaimed series “My Brilliant Friend”, the course will consist of the reading and comprehension of selected parts of the first book of the tetralogy, exercises of creative writing related, and listening of the audiobooks.
9 sessions • Saturdays 10am -12pm
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