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

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

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