Past EVENTS
January 2021
Part-Time Adventure or Full-Time Life in Italy
Susan Pohl
In her presentation Susan discussed:
1. Why Italy?
2. Part-time adventure or a full-time life?
3. Italy is a big country, how to choose where to live?
4. The Joys and the Challenges
5. Things I wish I knew in the beginning
DECEMber 2020 Event
A Virtual Performance!
With Pina Di Rosa & Tim Uecker
Our Holiday Event this year was extra special! We got to enjoy beautiful Italian music sung by Pina Di Rosa via Zoom. This will definitely be a highlight of December with Pina singing traditional Neapolitan songs as well as other Italian Christmas favorites.
Here is a link to the recorded presentation: Pina Di Rosa & Tim Uecker in Concert
NOVEMBER 2020 EVENT
Italian Christmas: Stories and Traditions from North to South
with
Antimo Cimino
This exceptional presentation helped us get into the Italian Christmas mood and start putting the tragedies of 2020 behind.
Thanks to Antimo Cimino who moderated this event with four of his friends directly from Italy (all excited to get up at the crack of dawn to join us live!). Igor Scomparin from Venice, Bice Della Piana from Salerno, Daniela Leopizzi from Lecce, and Agata Di Fede from Catania. They shared regional Christmas stories and traditions unique to their areas and gave us a sense of similarities and differences in the Italian Culture.
Antimo Cimino is the founder of the Experiential Travel Company VoomaGo (www.voomago.com) as well as the CEO of Cultural Global Labs (culturalgloballabs.com). These two companies are the perfect reflection of Antimo's passion for Travel, Language, Culture, Food, Experiences, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership and Wellness.
Here is a link to the recorded presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clnhb_4EWv8
OCTOBER 2020 EVENT
Italy's Many Voices: 50 Shades of Latin
by
Angela Zagerella
Angela presented a history of the Italian language and the complex linguistic landscape of regional languages, aka 'dialects'. This event was not recorded.
September 2020 Event
Celebrating Naples - A Journey Through History
by
Anita Sanseverino
Anita Sanseverino from the East Coast focused on the illustrious history of this once royal kingdom going back to her origins as Parthenope, the Greek city which was the beginning of Naples. She took us through this history, with the various rulers who occupied Naples, and why the unification of Italy might not have been the best thing to happen to the city. And she discussed why Naples should be on everyone's list to visit!
Here is a link to her recorded presentation: Celebrating Naples
For Anita's bio, click here: Anita Sanseverino Bio. Check out her web page at https://www.anitaitaliamoremio.com/
For films, art, music, and famous people resources for Naples click here. NAPLES