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2006
April – In search of Manzoni. Enchanted by the story and characters in Manzoni’s classic, I promessi sposi, five friends from the Princeton area made a literary pilgrimage to Lake Como, Bergamo, and Milan, in search of “I luoghi Manzoniani.”
Ardeth Black, Loretta Casalaina, Diane Colasanto, Gilda McCauley, and Jane Scott as they share their adventure and their love of this great Italian masterpiece.
2005
Feb. – Good afternoon panel” Metropolitan Opera Quiz
Lidia Bastianich
2004
Feb. – Dreyden Ensemble performs Italian baroque music on period instruments
April – Anne Leader talks about the Orange Cloister at the Badia Fiorentina
May – A Pirandellian evening with students from Princeton University
Tony Prospero of Prospero Winery
2003
Feb. – Fundraiser with restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich (Click here for Princeton Packet article)
April – Evening of poetry from Loretta Casalaina and Maria Fama
May – Wine tasting from Tony Prospero of Prospero Winery in Pleasantville, N.Y.
2002
Feb. – Chemist Felix Buccellato lectures on Italian citrus oils used in perfume
May – Metropolitan Opera conductor Gildo DiNunzio on backstage musical effects
Oct. – Bloomfield mandolin orchestra presents Italian music and sing-along
2001
April – Metropolitan Opera prompter Jane Klaviter on secrets below the stage
May – Local artists display paintings, sculpture
Dec. – Folkdance group from Philadelphia “Ballerini e Voci d’Italia”
2000
March – Concert by flutist Claire Durand Racamato and pianist Marianne Lauffer
May – Photographer Holly Smith Pedlosky captures intimacies in Venice
Nov. – Lecture on paper making in Fabriano by Raffaele Roncalli
1999
April – Italian author Gina Lagorio recounts her experiences as a writer
Nov. – 15th Century Florence lecture by art historian Elena Welm
Dec. – A portrait of Verdi’s Violetta by Metropolitan Opera conductor Joseph Colaneri
Philadelphia folk dance group “Ballerini e Voci d’Italia”
1998
April – Mozzarella making demonstration
Nov. – Maria LoBiondo upholds tradition of Italian story-telling
Dec. – Lecture on Leonardo Sciascia by Strathclyde University’s Professor Joseph Farrell
1997
Jan. – Sister Margherita Marchione introduces her book “Yours is a Precious Witness”
April – Facts and fiction about olives and olive oil by Clo Treves and Milena Troiano
Nov. – Lecture on Trevi Fountain history by Professor John Pinto
1996
Feb. – A Dante evening with Professor Robert Hollander
April – Robert Browning in Italy – lecture by Lillian Mariano Chance
Oct. – Inspired by Italy watercolors by Marge Chavooshian
1995
Feb. – Venice during Carnevale lecture and slides by Carla Olsen
March – Giuseppe Verdi comes to Dorothea’s House by way of Eduardo Mangella
Nov. – Gardens of Villa Lante slide show and lecture by architect Kevin Wilkes
1994
Jan. – Lecture by Professor Pietro Frassica on letters to Pirandello by Marta Abba
Feb. – Boheme Opera Company’s Sandra Pucciatti on insider’s guide to opera
Nov. – Italian baroque music by Westminster choir group and Nancy Perella
1993
March – Italian general consul and lawyer from Stark & Stark on legal issues
Oct. – Lecture on Italians in New Jersey by Professor Remigio Pane
Nov. – Lecture on Italians in Princeton by Robert Immordino and Ciro Poppiti
1992
Jan. – Architect Michael Mostoller lectures on Palladio
April – Traditional pig roast
May – Professor Lucy Nardella talks about Siena’s Palio
1991
Feb. – Operatic performance by singers of the Boheme Opera Company
March – An armchair tour of the Dolomite region
Oct. – DeFranco family and Calabrian folk music and dancing
Chris Tamasi giving a cooking demonstration in 1994
1990
Jan. – Lecture on the Etruscans by Professor Maria Teresa Moevs
April – Slide show and talk on Molise and Pettoranello by Antonio Pirone
May – Italian folkdancing with the Montclair Folk Group
1989
Oct. – Dorothea’s House 75th Anniversary Celebration
March – Renaissance Rome lecture by Professor Laurie Nussdorfer
Nov. – Lecture on operas of Mascagni by Alan Mallach
1988
Jan. – Lecture on Sicily by Professor Pietro Frassica and Dr. Frank Campo
Feb. – Carnevale celebration
Oct. – Italian Fashion show and historical lecture by Rene Battaglia
1987
Jan. – Architect Fred Travisano gives lecture on Italian hill town architecture
May – Concert by cellist Gino Treves and string quartet
Oct. – Villa Banfi wine-tasting; Bob Freda demonstrates home wine-making
1986
Oct. – Wine tasting program
Nov. – Italian movie “Tre Fratelli”
Dec. – Prosciutto making demonstration by Dominic Tamasi