Italian Book Club: The Saint of Lost Things by Chris Castellani
Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 PM
Center for Italian Culture (4th floor)
Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library |
It is 1953 in the tight-knit Italian neighborhood in Wilmington, Delaware. In the shadow of St. Anthony's Church, named for the patron saint of lost things, lives the Grasso family. Maddalena and Antonio express the emotions of many new immigrants—longing for home, family and olive groves; dreaming about the seemingly endless opportunity in the land of the American Dream. Castellani’s book continues the discussion begun with Sogni d’Oro oral history project. Facilitated by professor Susan Williams.
Admission: free
Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College |
Film: The Golden Door (Nuovomondo)
Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 2 PM & 7 PM
Ellis White Lecture Hall (Hammond Campus Center) |
In the early 1900s, a poor Sicilian family leaves Italy in search of a better life in America. Before leaving they meet a mysterious woman named Lucy, a Brit, who wants to marry someone before the ship reaches the opposite shore. The tough—and sometimes cruel practices of Ellis Island—are also explored in this sensitive drama of immigration.
Miramax Films · D: Crialese · PG-13 · 120 min. · 2007 · in Italian and English with English subtitles
Tickets: $7/general public; $5/staff, faculty and seniors; $3/FSC students (at the door)
Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College
Park at the Wallace Civic Center and take the FSC shuttle.
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Venice, Verona and Urbino: Visual History through Architecture
Wednesday, March 24 at 3:30 PM
Kent Recital Hall (Conlon Music) |
Why is the architecture of Venice so fascinating to tourists; and what does it reveal about the time in which it was built? Other Italian towns and cities—like Urbino and Verona—have entirely different architectural forms that reveal different developmental stories: from the perfection of Renaissance form in the hill town of Urbino to the Mannerist forms of Verona. Professor Wadsworth has taught for two summers with the Fitchburg State program in Verona, traveling and shooting architectural images as much as possible. Fascinated by these varying styles, she has been inspired to research this more thoroughly. In 2009, she was the recipient of the Faculty Research and Scholarship Award.
Admission: free
Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College |
A Taste of Piedmont
Thursday, April 22 & Friday, April 23 at 6:30 PM
The Fay Club
Main Street, Fitchburg
Reservations required.
Tickets: $35/wine tasting included
Mr. Razionale’s talk is sponsored by the Sandro and Lillian Clementi Lecture Fund |
Piedmontese cheeses are amazing—an array and variety of textures, milks and styles. Cheese monger Vince Razionale from Fromaggio Kitchen can wax poetic about Piedmontese cheeses and the wines from its beautiful grapes for hours… and we have asked him to do so! This year’s Italian tasting pairs wine and cheese and the accompaniments—honey and preserves—with a little sweet ending. Don’t wait. Last year the event sold out early. |
Italian Book Club: Va' dove ti porta il cuore (Follow Your Heart) by Susanna Tamaro
Wednesday, May 5 at 6:30 PM
Center for Italian Culture (4th floor)
Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library |
One of the best-selling Italian novels of recent years, Va' dove ti porta il cuore is a bittersweet story that takes the form of a letter written by an elderly woman to her granddaughter, from whom she is estranged. As she looks back over her life, the woman explores universal questions about life and death, love, parent-child relationships, and even profound questions of the soul. The book is presented using a newly developed technique—Linguality—each page having its own translated glossary (from Italian to English) while retaining the original writing. Facilitated by Assistant Professor Rala Diakite.
Admission: free
Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College |
