Polenta Festa
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesShare your favorite polenta dish with the community for our annual feast celebrating the humble cornmeal dish beloved in Italy and around the world. Please bring your food piping hot since there is limited oven space.
Italian Choral Music from the 16 to 21 Centuries
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesMostly Motets is a small vocal ensemble founded in 1996 when several local choral singers joined together to sing Renaissance polyphony. The group numbers about a dozen singers and the repertoire has expanded to include music from the Medieval to…
Humanity and Progress: Olivetti S.p.A.
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesBefore Apple took the world by storm, there was Olivetti, founded in 1908 with a unique business model emphasizing employee welfare, redistributive earnings and a work environment offering cultural and educational opportunities. Andrea Capra, Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in Princeton University’s…
lL Sorriso di Caterina/Caterina’s Smile
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCarlo Vecce, a professor at Orientale University in Naples, and renowned scholar in the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci, recently made a surprising discovery about Leonardo’s mother Caterina. Vecce will talk about his novel “Il Sorriso di Caterina”…
A Transatlantic History of Fashion and Film in Post-War Italy
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesEugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian, Comparative Literature, Film and Women’s Studies with the City University of New York, Queens College and The Graduate Center, will present an illustrated lecture on film and fashion’s contribution to Italy’s economic reconstruction and moral…
Marcelli Formaggi Cheese Tasting
Join Andy and Tina Marcelli, the brother and sister team of Marcelli Formaggi in Clifton, NJ, to sample and learn all about the raw milk cheeses they import from their cousin’s organic farm in Anversa degli Abruzzi. Their guided discussion…
Polenta Festa
It’s our annual homage to the humble cornmeal dish beloved in Italy. Bring a polenta dish to share, whether with cheese, meat, lentils or wherever your imagination takes you. Please bring it piping hot, since oven space is limited.
Experience Sicily
An Introduction to the Magic of the Island of the Sun Join Allison Scola, owner and curator of Experience Sicily, for an interactive presentation about travel in Sicily. During the evening, you’ll garner valuable advice for navigating the region and…
Italian Piano Solos and Transcriptions from* the 18th to the 20th Centuries
Dr. David Leifer, Adjunct Professor of Piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, and independent piano teacher, will present a program on the many contributions of Italian composers to the vast keyboard literature. The program will begin with works…
Michelangelo’s Unfinished Sculptures
Michelangelo Buonarroti left over half of his marble sculptures—some 26 of his 44 works, ranging from his very first carving to his last—in various unfinished states (non-finito). Carolina Mangone of Princeton University will discuss the problem and appeal of the…