Event Calendar 2011 - 2012
October 10Monday 11:00 a.m. | Columbus Day LunchMolino's Restaurant | VERDI: The Music of the Italian "Risorgimento" Tom Turicchi | Full Description | |||
November 1Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "Ciao Professore" 7:00 showing | ||||
November 13Sunday 11:00 a.m. | Welcome Back LunchThe Plantation Club; Dunes | The Normans in Sicily: Ken Pedini The Greeks in Sicily: Ron Diorio | Full Description | |||
December 4Sunday 6:00 p.m. | Christmas DinnerKensington Country Club | Dinner music by Jason DeSimone | Full Description | |||
December 6Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "Io Non Ho Paura" 7:00 showing | ||||
January 3Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "Malena" 7:00 showing | ||||
January 10Tuesday 3:00 p.m. | Opera in the AfternoonFirst Congregational Church of Naples | Italian Arias: Bellini to Puccini Southwest Florida Opera Society | Full Description | |||
January 15Sunday 1:00 p.m. | LectureStonebridge Country Club | UNESCO Heritage Sites in Sicily: Edith Coleman | Full Description | |||
January 17Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "Night of Shooting Stars" 7:00 showing | ||||
January 25Wednesday 11:00 a.m. | Luncheon LectureCountry Club of Naples | Mosaic Art in Sicily: Carol Jonson Art Consultant and freelance writer | Full Description | |||
February 2Thursday 11:00 a.m. | Luncheon LectureTiburon Golf and C.C. | Sicily - The Arabs' Paradise: Gaetano Cipolla, Professor, St. John's University | Full Description | |||
February 7Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "The Sicilian Girl" 7:00 showing | ||||
February 10Friday 6:00 p.m. | Sicilian DinnerThe Club at Pelican Bay | Cena Siciliana: An evening of Sicilian food, wine and Music | Full Description | |||
February 21Tuesday 6:40 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "Baaria" 6:45 showing |
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February 22Wednesday 1:00 p.m. | LectureStonebridge Country Club | The Role of the Chorus in Italian Opera Gordon Green: Music professor/cultural historian | Full Description | |||
March 6Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "La Scorta" 7:00 showing | ||||
March 8Thursday 11:00 a.m. | Luncheon LectureKensington Country Club | Godfather Films, Game Theory and The Mafia, John Alcorn, Italian Program Director, Trinity College | Full Description | |||
March 21Wednesday 11:00 a.m. | Luncheon LectureNaples Botanical Garden | "Spring" from the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, Tom Turicchi: Musicologist/Consultant | Full Description | |||
April 3Tuesday 6:45 p.m. intro | Italian Film SeriesNorris Center | "The Big Night" 7:00 showing | ||||
April 5Thursday 11:00 a.m. | Annual Meeting/LuncheonPelican Isle Yacht Club | Annual Business Meeting and introduction to the Veneto | Full Description | |||
April 12Thursday 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Wine TastingTotal Wine and More | Tasting the wines of the Vento | Full Description | |||