Dorothea's House

Canceled - Reanimating the Dead: Bronzino’s Talent
2022-02-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States
Art historian and Rutgers University Professor Elizabeth Pilliod explains how Agnolo Bronzino created and fashioned portraits of various members of the Medici family who were deceased to complete a family portrait gallery.

Canceled - Italian Virtuoso Guitar Music
2022-01-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, 08544, United States

Cancelled - Florence in Italian Cinema
2020-05-03 18:00
Florence in Italian Cinema: Florence has served as a starring character in countless films, from horror to period dramas. The city has become an iconic symbol of Italy itself across the world. Francesco Pascuzzi, who teaches at Rutgers University, will discuss some of the foremost cinematic portrayals of Florence in Italian and foreign films.

Cancelled - Italian Virtuoso Classical Guitar Works
2020-04-05 17:00
Italian Virtuoso Classical Guitar Works: Join international concert artist Stanley Alexandrowicz for a classical guitar recital of Baroque through Romantic compositions. Works by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Luigi Legnani, and Johann Dubez will be featured on the program.

A casa tutti bene - Film in Italiano
2020-03-08 15:00
A casa tutti bene (There Is No Place Like Home), 2018; Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Film in Italiano
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CANCELLED - The Culture of Fashion in Italy—Women, Film and the Media
2020-03-01 17:00
The Culture of Fashion in Italy—Women, Film and the Media: Eugenia Paulicelli, Professor of Italian and Women’s Studies, Queens College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, will talk about the crucial role women have played and still play in shaping Italian style and fashion made in Italy.

Sono tornato - Film in Italiano
2020-02-16 15:00
Sono tornato (I Am Back), 2018; Directed by Luca Miniero
Film in Italiano
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Leonardo—Painter, Military Engineer, Inventor
2020-02-09 17:00
Leonardo—Painter, Military Engineer, Inventor: Although 500 years have passed since Leonardo da Vinci’s death, his art, studies of human anatomy and vision of future technology still astonish the world. Princeton University Professor of Aerospace and Engineering Michael Littman will focus on Leonardo’s notes, written when he was 56 years old as a guide to appreciate his many contributions in art, science, and engineering.

Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza - Film in Italiano
2020-01-19 15:00
Finché c’è prosecco c’è speranza (The Last Prosecco), 2017; Directed by Antonio Padovan
Film in Italiano
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Polenta Festa
2020-01-05 17:00
Polenta Festa: It’s our traditional feast where polenta reigns supreme. Dust off your favorite recipes— whether polenta with lentils, with sausages, with cheese or anything else you can imagine—and bring it to share. Oven space is limited, so bring your contribution piping hot.

Pompeii—Life in a Roman Town
2019-12-01 17:00
Pompeii—Life in a Roman Town: The astonishing preservation of Pompeii has captured popular imagination ever since it was rediscovered in the 1700s. Princeton University Classics Professor Caroline Cheung will uncover the urban fabric of the city by looking at its layout and buildings, and exploring cultural aspects of the inhabitants’ lives.

Ma che bella sorpresa - Film in Italiano
2019-11-17 15:00
Ma che bella sorpresa (What a Lovely Surprise), 2015; Directed by Alessandro Genovesi.
Film in Italiano
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Molise, The Last Undiscovered Region of Italy
2019-11-03 17:00
Molise, The Last Undiscovered Region of Italy: Wedged between Abruzzo and Puglia is Molise, the last undiscovered region of Italy. Jenifer Landor, who lives and works part of the year in Molise, explores this hidden region, with a focus on the Fonderia Pontificia Marinelli, the oldest family business in Europe, making bells for over 1000 years.

The Controversial Verdi
2019-10-06 17:00
The Controversial Verdi: Boheme Opera NJ Artistic Director Joseph Pucciatti will explore the background, story and music of Verdi’s Rigoletto, planned for the company’s 31st season in spring 2020. Despite initial problems with Austrian censors who controlled Northern Italian theaters, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice.

Mozzarella and Burrata Making
2019-05-05 18:00
Note the change of time…
Mozzarella and Burrata Making: Learn how these specialty Italian cheeses are made in a demonstration and hands-on class at Dorothea’s House. Olsson’s Fine Foods in Princeton will show how curds are transformed into milky mozzarella, and how luscious burrata is created with a thin skin of mozzarella stuffed with a creamy filling. Be prepared to get messy.

Only in Naples
2019-04-07 17:00
Only in Naples: The story of an American author’s journey to the heart of Neapolitan life. Through courtship, culture clashes, and most of all the preparation and consumption of food with her mother-in-law, Katherine Wilson learns to embrace the Neapolitan approach to life. Goethe said “See Naples and then die.” Katherine Wilson saw Naples and started to live.

Film - Lasciati Andare (Let Yourself Go) 2017
2019-03-10 15:00
Directed by Francesco Amato
Lasciati andare (Let yourself go) is a classic example of an Italian screwball comedy.
There’s the older, more affluent and educated Elia (Toni Servillo), and the pretty young screwball Claudia (Verónica Echegui) who challenges his masculinity, social status, and general sense of well being, leading him on a merry chase around Rome that changes his life. It is about a Jewish psychoanalyst who lives and works in the Roman ghetto. He is separated from his wife Giovanna (Carla Signoris) but they remain close and live next door to each other.
Settled into a stodgy, predictable existence, his comfort level is disrupted when his doctor tells him he’d better get in shape, or else, and so he joins a gym. As Elia struggles to get acclimated to the high-energy world of modern fitness centers, he hires young trainer Claudia to get him up to speed.
Claudia’s life is…complicated…and getting Elia in shape becomes increasingly important as they are running from young thug Ettore (Luca Marinelli), who hid some stolen property and can’t remember where.
Lasciati Andare

Palcoscenico Fragile - Italy Upends the World Stage
2019-03-03 17:00
Palcoscenico Fragile – Italy Upends the World Stage: Italian politics may be colorful at home, but since 1945 Italy has taken pains not to ruffle feathers abroad. That’s changing. International affairs analyst Jeffrey Laurenti will be our guide to current governmental shifts and where Italy stands on the world stage.

Renowned restauranteur, TV personality and author Lidia Bastianich to talk about her biography, "My American Dream."
2019-02-24 15:00
Renowned restauranteur, TV personality and author Lidia Bastianich will appear at Dorothea’s House on Feb. 24, 2019 at 3 p.m. to talk about her biography, “My American Dream.”
Tickets to the event, which include a copy of the book, are $75.00 and seats are limited. Proceeds to benefit scholarship fund. Please send a check, made out to “Dorothea’s House” to Eleanor Pinelli, 143 Mountain Ave, Princeton, NJ. 08540. Also include your name, address, email and telephone number. Tickets are limited, and are first come, first serve, and will be sold according to postmark date on envelope when received.

ABOUT MY AMERICAN DREAM
From the best-selling cookbook author, beloved and award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur–a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.
Lidia’s story begins with her upbringing in Pula, a formerly Italian city turned Yugoslavian under Tito’s communist regime. She enjoys a childhood surrounded by love and security–despite the family’s poverty–learning everything about Italian cooking from her beloved grandmother, Nonna Rosa. When the communist regime begins investigating the family, they flee to Trieste, Italy, where they spend two years in a refugee camp waiting for visas to enter the United States–an experience that will shape Lidia for the rest of her life. At age 12, Lidia starts a new life in New York. She soon begins working in restaurants as a young teenager, the first step toward the creation of her own American dream. And she tells in great, vivid detail the fulfillment of that dream: her close-knit family, her dedication and endless passion for food that ultimately leads to multiple restaurants, many cookbooks, and twenty years on public television as the host of her own cooking show. An absolute must-have for the millions of Lidia fans.

Program Cancelled due to Illness - Florence in Italian Cinema
2019-02-10 17:00
Program Cancelled due to Illness
Florence in Italian Cinema: Florence has served as a starring character in countless films, from horror to period dramas. The city has become an iconic symbol of Italy itself across the world. Francesco Pascuzzi, who teaches at Rutgers University, will discuss some of the foremost cinematic portrayals of Florence in Italian and foreign film.
