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    01/07 • La Dolce Lettura • Book Club at Casa Belvedere

    $0.00 – $10.00
    La Dolce Lettura Book Club:  "It Happened in Italy" by Elizabeth Bettina
    Wednesday, January 7
    7 to 9:00 PM
    The Galleria
    $0 Members, $10 Non-Members
    Join us as we explore It Happened in Italy by Elizabeth Bettina, a remarkable true story sparked by the author’s unexpected discovery that her grandmother’s small village once sheltered and saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust. Bettina’s journey uncovers long-hidden acts of courage, compassion, and quiet defiance as she brings to light the extraordinary Italians who risked everything to protect their Jewish neighbors.
    This powerful read invites reflection, remembrance, and a deeper understanding of Italy’s role during one of history’s darkest chapters. This novel can be found at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the New York Public Library.
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  • 01/17 • Writing Your Memories Winter Edition

    $20.00 – $30.00
    Writing Your Memories Winter Edition: Monthly Virtual Writing Workshop with author Maria Giura
    Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 from 10 am to noon via Zoom
    $20 Members, $30 Non-Members
    No experience necessary: just notebook, pen, and a desire to record the past.
    Are there memories you want to write or (family) stories you want to record but perhaps don’t know where to begin or pick up? Join us for this supportive generative workshop during which we’ll read short, vibrant excerpts, many written by Italian American authors, and then you’ll be given prompts to write your own original piece. You’ll leave this workshop with concrete suggestions to get you closer to the truth of your own stories.
    (And don’t miss our other two Winter Writing Workshops: February 14, which is generative—you’ll write new material--and March 14 which is revision!)
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  • 01/30 • Book Launch and Reading

    $0.00 – $10.00
    Book Launch and Reading: If We Still Lived Where I Was Born by Maria Giura
    Friday, January 30, 2026  • 7:00-8:30 Snow Date: Friday, February 6, 2026
    Join us at Casa Belvedere for an engaging evening with author Maria Giura as she presents, and reads from, her newest book of memoir poems, If We Still Lived Where I Was Born. Beginning in the apartment above her parents’ Brooklyn pastry shoppe, Savarese, where she imagines them “still fighting, still making us, still together,” Giura unlocks the meaning she’s made of childhood and heritage, spirituality and lost love and draws the reader in to retrieve their own. Moving between Brooklyn and Italy, between family and “stranger,” If We Still Lived Where I Was Born brims with pathos and celebration, from her immigrant father “waiting on the corner, bread in his hand” to her sister “pulling music” from her family, “helping [them] make their own song.” Both a journey to a literal birth place and to many figurative places of self-discovery, this collection explores what lasts when all else passes away.
    Giura will share her inspiration for the book and take part in a lively discussion with attendees.
    Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the author, gain insight into her creative process, and celebrate the power of storytelling in a beautiful cultural setting. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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  • 02/14 • Writing Your Memories Winter Edition

    $20.00 – $30.00
    Writing Your Memories Winter Edition: Monthly Virtual Writing Workshop with author Maria Giura
    Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 from 10 am to noon via Zoom
    $20 Members, $30 Non-Members
    No experience necessary: just notebook, pen, and a desire to record the past.
    Are there memories you want to write or (family) stories you want to record but perhaps don’t know where to begin or pick up? Join us for this supportive generative workshop during which we’ll read short, vibrant excerpts, many written by Italian American authors, and then you’ll be given prompts to write your own original piece. You’ll leave this workshop with concrete suggestions to get you closer to the truth of your own stories.
    (And don’t miss our other two Winter Writing Workshops: January 17, which is generative—you’ll write new material--and March 14 which is revision!)
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  • 03/14 • Writing Your Memories Winter Edition

    $20.00 – $30.00
    Writing Your Memories Winter Edition: Monthly Virtual Writing Workshop with author Maria Giura
    Saturday, March. 14, 2026 from 10 am to noon via Zoom
    $20 Members, $30 Non-Members
    No experience necessary: just notebook, pen, and a desire to record the past.
    Do you have a piece of writing you’ve already started, that you’d like to pick up and receive help with/constructive feedback on? Join us for this supportive virtual workshop, which will leave you with concrete suggestions to get you closer to the truth of your own story—any genre. Once you’ve registered, you’ll be asked to email five days in advance a writing piece that is maximum 700 words. Participants need to have attended at least one Casa Belvedere Writing Workshop. Limited spots available.
    (And don’t miss our other two Winter Writing Workshops: January 17 and February 14, both of are generative—you’ll write new material!)
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    12/16 • Tombola

    $0.00 – $10.00
    Tombola Game Night
    Tuesday, December 16 from 6:30 to 8;30 PM in the Galleria
    Free for members, $10 donation for non-members. Tombola cards must be purchased for each round at $3 each.
    Beatrice Alecci returns to lead another fun evening of Tombola at Casa Belvedere! Snacks, drinks will be available for purchase – cash preferred. Tombola is a game that originated in Southern Italy. Similar to bingo, the game is fun to play, easy to learn, and appropriate for all ages. The game begins when the person holding the cartellone (big board) takes numbers out of the sack one at a time, calling them loudly, placing them on their box in the cartellone, and leaving time for players to mark the number on their card/s. In order to win, players must have one of the following:
    AMBO - 2 numbers on the same row
    TERNO - 3 numbers on the same row
    QUATERNA - 4 numbers on the same row
    CINQUINA - 5 numbers on the same row
    TOMBOLA - all numbers on the card
    Each game ends when all 90 numbers are drawn or when a Tombola winner is declared, whichever comes first.
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