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| 2012-2013 Events | |||
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| Speaker | Title | When | Details |
| Luca Bacchini, visiting scholar | "Lucio Dalla" | Monday, September 17th, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: 120 Pugh Hall, University of Florida (see map) |
| Mary Watt, University of Florida | Book reading: "The Winds of Avignon" | Monday, October 22nd, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| UF students of Prof. Balestriere | "Serata Pirandelliana" (an evening with Pirandello) | Monday, November 19th, 2012, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Dante Prize winner presentation | December 10th, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville | |
| Joshua Neumann, UF doctoral student in Musicology | "Recorded Tempi in a Puccini Aria: Colline's (Too) Long Farewell to His Coat" | January 14th, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| "Festa di San Valentino" | February 11th, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: The Wine & Cheese Gallery, 113 N. Main St., Gainesville, Fl. | |
| Ilaria Riva-Niccolini | "Baroque Painting in Lombardy from the Pinacoteca di Brera: History and intrigue behind an international art exhibition" | March 25th, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Students of the UF Opera Theatre Program, under the direction of Tony Offerle | "Excerpts from Operas" | April 8thth, 2013, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Italian movie: "Pranzo di Ferragosto" (Mid-August Lunch) | May 6th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville | |
| 2011-2012 Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Title | When | Details |
| Sarah Bushey, Doctoral student in Musicology | Revisiting Revisionism: Horrifying Elements in Jommelli and Verazi's Fetonte | March 19th, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Anna Calluori Holcombe | Majolica Pottery from Faenza, Italy | February 20th, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Margaret Butler | On the Road with the Sacred Shroud of Turin: Travels, Facts, Myths and Meanings | January 30th, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| "Mediterraneo" | Movie and pizza! | November 21st 2011, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| 2011/2012 Season Opening! | October 17th, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville | |
| "Il Postino" | Movie Night | April 18th, 2011, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Anthony Offerle, bass baritone, and Dr. Elizabeth Graham, soprano | Opera Night | March 21st, 2011, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Margaret Butler, Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Florida, School of Music | "La più bella rosa nella ghirlanda": Bellini's Norma | February 21st, 2011, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Margaret Butler, Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Florida, School of Music | Verdi the Dramatist | January 10th, 2011, 7:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| University of Florida students of Italian Studies | Excerpts from the works of Luigi Pirandello | November 15th, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm | Location: the Tower Club at The Village, NW 77thBlvd, Gainesville |
| 2009-2010 Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Title | Date | Details |
| Dr. Mary Watt, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Florida | Celebration of Columbus Day: the real Christopher Columbus. | October 12th, 2009, 7:30pm | |
| Paul Finizio, NIAF area coordinator - Florida; Partner, Finizio & Finizio | They can't take that away from me... the importance of studying abroad. | October 16th, 2009, 3:00pm | Location: 219 Dauer Hall |
| Andrea Tosolini, owner of "Fruit of the Boot" | The Regional Cuisine of Italy Food samples will be available for tasting and purchase. |
November 16th, 2009, 7:30pm | Location: Gainesville Woman's Club, 2809 W University Ave |
| Holiday Extravaganza Please R.S.V.P. to The Dante Alighieri Society at 8049 NW 27th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606 or by email to dante.alighieri.gnv@gmail.com |
An evening of dining and dancing! The cost for dinner is $20.00 per person, and reservations are required. Please mail checks by Tuesday, December 8th, to: The Dante Alighieri Society, 8049 NW 27th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606 |
December 14th, 2009, 7:00pm to 10:00 pm | Location: The Tower Club Ballroom at The Village, NW 27th Blvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Margaret Butler, Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Florida, School of Music | Putting it Together: Producing Opera in Turin, Parma, and Bologna in the Eighteenth Century. | January 11th, 2010, 7:30pm | Location: The Tower Club at The Village, NW 27th Blvd, Gainesville |
| Dr. Konrad Eisenbichler Professor Eisenbichler is a renowned Renaissance scholar in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the award winning author of The Boys of the Archangel Raphael. A Youth Confraternity in Florence, 1411-1785. |
Mating and Dating in Renaissance Florence | February 15th, 2010, 7:30pm | Location: 210 Pugh Hall, University of Florida campus |
| Salvatore Alabisio, tenor. | Salvatore Alabisio will sing popular Italian songs and his own composition of "pop" music. He will be accompanied on piano by Richard Di Fiore. | March 15th, 2010, 7:30pm | Location: The Tower Club at The Village, NW 27th Blvd, Gainesville |
| Nuovomondo (Golden Door), a movie written and directed by Emanuele Crialese. The film length is approximately 2 hours. See more information about this film on the Internet Movie Database. The meeting will begin early (6:00 pm instead of our usual starting time of 7:30 pm) to accomodate the length of the movie. |
Pizza will be available for $5.00 per person, which includes a non-alcoholic beverage. | April 19th, 2010, 6:00pm | Location: The Tower Club at The Village, NW 27th Blvd, Gainesville |
| 2007-2008 Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Title | Date | Details |
| Dr. Marco Salemi, Dept of Pathology, University of Florida. | "Cose di Cosa Nostra: The Rise and Fall of the Corleone Family in 20th Century Sicily" | Monday, April 14th 2008, 7pm | |
| "Io Non Ho Paura" | A movie by Italian director Gabriele Salvatores | Monday, March 24th 2008, 7pm | |
| Dr. Robert H. Westin, Professor of Art History at the University of Florida. | "The New and Improved Michelangelo: A view of the recent restorations" | Monday, February 25th 2008, 7:30 pm | |
| Holiday Dinner! Alessandro's Restaurant, Millhopper Square | December 13th 2007, 7:00pm | Event details | |
| Federico Fellini's "Roma" | Italian movie, with introduction by UF Italian Cinema professor Dr. Deborah Anderson | November 19th 2007, 7:00pm | Event details |
| Dr. Mary Watt, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Florida. | "Holy war in Rome: Constantine's battle for the soul of an empire." | October 15th 2007, 7:00pm | |
| 2006-2007 Events | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Title | Date | Details |
| Dr. Judy Shoaf, Associate Instructor, University of Florida. | "The Mary Magdalene Code: How to Tell Her Apart from St. John the Apostle." | October 16th 2006, 7:30pm | Event details |
| Dr. Mary Watt, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Florida. | "Love all'Italiana." | November 20th 2006, 7:30pm | Event details |
| Christmas Party! Alessandro's restaurant, Millhopper Square | December 13th, 2006, 7:30pm | ||
| Dr. R. Allen Shoaf, Alumni Professor of English, University of Florida. | "Vergil and child." | January 22nd 2007, 7:30pm | Event details |
| FTL Moda! | Dante Alighieri Gainesville is proud to be a sponsor of FTL Moda 2007 Fort Lauderdale Fashion Week. | Fort Lauderdale, January 25-28th 2007 | Event details |
| "Ciao Professore!" | Italian movie (English subtitles) | February 12th 2007, 7:00pm | Movie details |
| Dr. Gail Rampersaud, Assistant in Nutrition Research and Education, University of Florida. | "Slow food: how the golden arches gave birth to a snail" | March 19th, 2007 | Event Details |
| 2006 Events | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | Date | Location |
| Wine Tasting and Antipasti (see menu) | April 30th, 5:00pm | Alessandro Restaurant at Thornbrook Village |
| Ilaria Riva, Vice President, Novimary Tuscany: "Tradition and Style in Tuscan Craftsmanship" | April 17th, 7:00pm | The Village |
| Dr. Deborah Amberson, Assistant Professor of Italian: "A screen onto the world: nation, reality and Italian cinema" | March 27th, 7:30pm | The Village |
| Dr. Giuseppe Mazzotta (Yale University) | March 8th | University of Florida |
| Inaugural Meeting (see photos and background slides) | February 22nd | The Village |
