The St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities proudly invites you to its
6th Annual Italian Christmas Concert Benedetta Orsi & Friends on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM. The concert will be held at the magnificent Basilica of St Louis, King of France (The Old Cathedral) in Downtown St Louis near The Gateway Arch Free and secured parking available on site. Listen to the magnificent repertoire of Christmas and Holiday classics with internationally renowned mezzo-soprano and Bologna native BENEDETTA ORSI and our special guest and Grammy Award-winning American soprano CHRISTINE BREWER Featuring: IMI CHAMBER PLAYERS CRESCENDO YOUTH CHOIRS & ALLA VOSKOBOYNIKOVA, piano Adult Tickets: $25 Discount Tickets: $20 * Student Tickets: $15 Ages 10 and younger: FREE * Discount for members of St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities, Italian Community of St Louis, St Louis Italian Language Program, Club Italiano Per Piacere, Young Italian Professionals in St Louis, Italia-America Bocce Club, and Italian Business Association of St Louis. For the code, please email [email protected] Tickets available on EVENTBRITE Click **HERE** to purchase your ticket. Online ticket sales will end at 1pm on December 13th. After that time, concert tickets will be available at the door of the Old Cathedral. All sales are final. The concert is brought to you by the following generous sponsors and individual donors Presenting Sponsor World Trade Center-St. Louis Concert Sponsors Dr. Richard & Mary Ann Shaw Dr. Marco & Beth Castañeda Dr. Mitchell B. Rotman with Ortho Missouri Mr. Giorgio Bucci with Arteco Global Mr. Piero Scapini with Nooter/Eriksen Individual Sponsors Dr. Kenneth & Marjorie Smith Mr. Wilhelm & Ingrid Neuefeind Supporting Sponsors Jackson Pianos Onyx Printing Concert Partners Italian Community of St Louis St Louis Italian Language Program Italian Business Association of St Louis Club Italiano Per Piacere Young Italian Professionals in St Louis Italia - America Bocce Club Media Partners The Radio Arts Foundation - 107.3 FM Saint Louis Magazine The Ladue News FOX2 St Louis & STL-TV St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities Board of Directors Michael Cross - President Elizabeth Bernhardt - Vice-President Giovanna Leopardi - Secretary Kristine Galati - Treasurer Franco Giannotti - Director Benedetta Orsi - Director Concetta Gabriele - Director
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The Chamber Music Society of St Louis presents: Musica Italiana, the Works of Italian Composers in partnership with the St Louis-Bologna Sister Cities.
The Di Martini Family, Concert Sponsors with Benedetta Orsi, Mezzo-Soprano native of Bologna, Italy Nino Rota "Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Violoncello and Harp" Respighi "Il tramonto" Ennio Morricone "Gabriel’s Oboe" Vivaldi "Concerto Rustica in G Major RV 151" Salieri "La Fuga for String Quartet" Puccini "Three Minuets" Rossini "Flute Quartet # 3 B flat Major" Concert Date: Monday, Oct 14, 2024 Time: 07:30 pm Artists: Jennifer Nitchman, Philip Ross, Megan Stout Jessie Chen, Kyle Lombard, Andrew François Susan Gordon, Alvin McCall, Yin Xiong Venue Location: Washington University's Pillsbury Theatre 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA Cash Bar with Italian Cocktails by STL Barkeep Appetizers by Volpi Foods Cabaret Style Seating Click HERE to purchase tickets Traveling to Italy soon? Want to brush up on your Italian conversation skills? Michael Cross, Adjunct Professor of Italian at St Louis Community College is offering two classes for the Fall Semester 2024 that you don't want to miss: Italian for Travelers class and Italian Conversation class.
Italian for Travelers teaches the basics of the Italian language including pronunciation, greetings, numbers, and useful key phrases that allow you to handle most typical travel situations with confidence. The focus is on valuable travel tips and practical information. Travelers learn important Italian culture, history, art and customs to enrich the travel experience. This is a must-have course if you're planning to visit Italy. The Italian Conversation class is geared towards those who want to increase their conversational abilities. This is an intermediate level course (B1). Students should have already taken Beginning Italian 1 & 2 to attend this class and have a basic knowledge of Italian grammar and vocabulary. The instructor provides students with an opportunity to markedly improve their speaking and listening skills. This class gives you a chance to listen more to the Italian language and practice speaking it. Students read beginner stories and dialogues and converse about relevant topics. These classes are part of the St Louis Italian Language Program. Students are welcome to bring a bottle of wine, snacks, or a beverage. For more information or to enroll in one of the classes, send an email to: [email protected] or [email protected] On Saturday, August 10, 2024, the Italian Community of St Louis is excited to host the 7TH ANNUAL FERRAGOSTO from 5pm to 11PM. TICKETS: $10 PER ADULT Children 12 and under are FREE How to pay: You can pay in cash at the event or send payment via Venmo to Giovanna Leopardi, Treasurer of the Italian Community: @Giovanna-Leopardi or call: (314) 566-3873 Besides music and entertainment, Italian wines, and beer will be provided as well as traditional pastas and meats made by Chef Alessandro Valentino. Our DJ has a wonderful array of classical Italian and modern music. Our venue, the Grand Enterprise Pavilion at Shaw Park is located at: 27 S Brentwood Blvd, Clayton, Missouri 63105. Ferragosto is an ancient tradition going back over 2,000 years. It is the largest Italian summer festival of the year. Today, we invite you to taste and experience contemporary Italian cuisine and culture. Make sure to stay for Italian style karaoke later in the evening so prepare yourself with a few of your favorite songs. Sarebbe meglio se potete cantare in italiano! We ask that everyone bring a dish and/or beverage of their choice to share. The nearby sand volleyball courts and playgrounds are available for our use. Siete tutti invitati a portare e condividere un piatto a vostra scelta o bevande alternative; portate quello che volete e quello che vi viene meglio. If you are interested in sponsoring the event, or for additional information, please reply to: [email protected] Special thanks to our volunteers: Food: Alessandro Valentino, Scott Hoff, Umberto Gradinetti Decor & Setup: Giovanna Leopardi, Helga Komen, Tiziana Orsini, Vito Alu Marketing: Michael Cross, Adriana Hermida, Carlo Pietro Sanfilippo We thank our major sponsors for the event. Arteco Global, provider of Video Management Software, headquartered in Faenza, Italy and with its North American headquarters in St Louis. Arteco’s CEO is Italian entrepreneur Giorgio Bucci, who lives in Town & Country with his family and has been a major donor of the Italian Community for the past seven years. Nooter/Eriksen, a thermal engineering company and the world's leading specialist in Sustainable Energy Management with offices in Milan, Italy and headquartered in St Louis. The company’s CEO, Piero Scapini is a major donor of the Italian Community of St Louis. Renewal by Andersen of St. Louis is an independently owned and operated Renewal by Andersen retailer specializing in top quality replacement windows and patio doors. Owner Paul Birner is an avid supporter of small non-profits in St Louis and his company is proud to be a new donor of the Italian community. We also thank our partners and all those who supported us with in-kind donations.
Enjoy an Italian apericena and visit with Michael Cross, CEO of Vacanze Italiane - Italian Holidays, LLC at Vicini Pastaria in Lafayette Square, St Louis You are welcome to a typical Italian apericena at Vicini Pastaria in Lafayette Square on Wednesday, July 10 at 7pm.
$30/person (+ tax & gratuity) Includes: 2-hour antipasti buffet (includes a bountiful spread of assorted local and imported Italian cured meats and cheeses and "fantasia della chef" - small bites from the chef's imagination) Sparkling and still water will be provided/included. Additional alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase during the event. Guests will enjoy a 10% discount off purchases made the night of the event, excluding beverages consumed on-site. Discount will apply to retail bottles of wine to take home and all purchases from the pastaria, Italian/local specialty food market, and home decor shop. There is a 20-person maximum for this event. Advance tickets are required. We cannot accept walk-ins. RSVP as soon as possible by clicking this LINK Vicini Pastaria has been named best new Italian restaurant in St Louis by Sauce Magazine. Thanks Chef Dawn Wilson for making this authentic Italian experience possible! Vicini Pastaria 1916 Park Avenue St. Louis, MO 63104 Join the Missouri History Museum and Italian Community of St. Louis for Italian American STL. The event takes place Wednesday, June 12, 2024 from 10am-1pm and is geared towards families and children 12 and under. It is free and open to the public.
Activities include Italian Storytime with Italian teachers Giovanna Leopardi and Cettina Gabriele of the St Louis Italian Language Program, touch table items invented by Italians and Italian-Americans, an arts and crafts table, a pretend Italian restaurant, opportunities for children to make pasta and pizza (with playdough), as well as a St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities table headed by Elizabeth Bernhardt, a professor of Italian at Washington University who has lived in Bologna for 20 years. The Hill neighborhood will be represented by the Italia-America Bocce Club, which will be present at the event with volunteer members teaching children how to play this historic game which has its origins in Northern Italy. Kids will be able to meet and play soccer with Simone Valentino, star forward for the Truman State Bulldogs. Simone is the son of Alessandro & Tiziana Valentino, longtime residents of St Louis who came from Italy in the early 2000s. The Valentino family has been very active in the Italian community since it was founded in 2017. The event has Italian moms and dads from the St Louis area volunteering to help organize the event. Thanks to the following volunteers: Federica Bertolini Francesca Fontana Carlo Sanfilippo Giovanna Leopardi Paolo & Concetta Gabriele Elizabeth Bernhardt Maria Clea Annecchiarico Michael Cross Adriana Hermida Dan Drago Tom Bottini Simone Valentino For more information on the event or to assist in volunteering, please send an inquiry to Michael Cross: [email protected] WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024 @ 10:30am | ITALIAN AMERICAN STL Join the St Louis Italian Language Program on Wednesday, June 12 at 10:30am for an Italian/English language Storytime for Kids at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. The Italian Community of St Louis has partnered with the museum for an event entitled Italian American STL. There will be games of soccer and bocce provided by the Italia America Bocce Club, a pretend Italian restaurant, and much more!
Italian instructors Giovanna Leopardi and Concetta Gabriele will read and act out Italian children's books in both Italian and English. Kids aged 12 and under are welcome to attend with their families. The event is FREE and open to the public and is part of the Missouri History Museum's Family Fun Event Series. For more information on this event, please contact Giovanna at: [email protected] The Italian Film Festival USA is back in St Louis from April 5 - May 10, 2024. Directed by St Louisan Barbara Klein, the festival will offer ten films-comedies, dramas and documentaries-on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. All films are all in Italian with English subtitles. Admission is free and open to the public. The venues are Washington University in St Louis, St Louis Community College-Meramec, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Click HERE for more information on the films. PERFETTI SCONOSCIUTTI 05 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.00 Washington University in St Louis, Brown Hall 100 Trama: Ognuno di noi ha tre vite: una pubblica, una privata ed una segreta. Un tempo quella segreta era ben protetta nell’archivio della nostra memoria, oggi nelle nostre sim. Cosa succederebbe se quella minuscola schedina si mettesse a parlare? Una brillante commedia sull’amicizia, sull’amore e sul tradimento, che porterà sette amici a confrontarsi e a scoprire di essere “Perfetti sconosciuti”. Cast: Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Giallini, Anna Foglietta, Edoardo Leo, Kasia Smutniak, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, Benedetta Porcaroli. Anno: 2016 Durata: 97 min. Genere: Commedia RAPITO 06 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.30 Washington University in St Louis, Brown Hall 100 Trama: Nel 1858, nel quartiere ebraico di Bologna, i soldati del Papa irrompono nella casa della famiglia Mortara. Per ordine del cardinale, sono andati a prendere Edgardo, il loro figlio di sette anni. Secondo le dichiarazioni di una domestica, ritenuto in punto di morte, a sei mesi, il bambino era stato segretamente battezzato. La legge papale è inappellabile: è cattolico deve ricevere un'educazione cattolica. I genitori di Edgardo, sconvolti, faranno di tutto per riavere il figlio. Sostenuta dall'opinione pubblica e dalla comunità ebraica internazionale, la battaglia dei Mortara assume presto una dimensione politica. Ma il Papa non accetta di restituire il bambino. Mentre Edgardo cresce nella fede cattolica, il potere temporale della Chiesa volge al tramonto. Basato sul libro Il caso Mortara di Daniele Scalise. Cast: Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Enea Sala, Barbara Ronchi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Andrea Gherpelli, Samuele Teneggi, Corrado Invernizzi, Paolo Calabresi, Leonardo Maltese, Federica Fracassi, Bruno Cariello, Giustiniano Alpi Anno: 2023. Durata: 125 min. Genere: Drammatico ZAMORA 12 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.00 Washington University in St Louis, Brown Hall 100 Trama: Walter, commercialista nell'anima e nel lavoro, è costretto a trasferirsi dalla sua piccola città e ad assumere un lavoro in un'azienda milanese. Il titolare, appassionato di calcio, fa partecipare settimanalmente i suoi dipendenti a partite di calcio. Walter, a cui non piace il calcio, si offre di fare il portiere. Ma concede troppi gol e i suoi colleghi lo ribattezzano “Zamora”, paragonandolo sarcasticamente al grande portiere spagnolo degli anni '30. Sentendosi tradito e imbarazzato di fronte a una ragazza, Walter cerca di vendicarsi! Può riuscirci? Tratta dal romanzo omonimo d’esordio di Roberto Perrone Cast: Alberto Paradossi, Marta Gastini, Neri Marcorè, Anna Ferraioli Ravel, Giovanni Storti, Walter Leonardi, Giovanni Esposito, Antonio Catania, Pia Engleberth, Giuseppe Antignati, Pia Lanciotti, Alessandro Besentini aka Ale, Francesco Villa aka Franz, Giacomo Poretti, Davide Ferrario Anno: 2023 Durata: 100 min. Genere: Commedia I LIMONI D'INVERNO 13 aprile 2024 alle ore 17.00 Washington University in St Louis, Brown Hall 100 Trama: Grazie alla vicinanza dei rispettivi terrazzi, due sconosciuti alle prese con la propria attività di giardinaggio incominciano a intessere un dialogo profondo, che li aiuta ad alleviare il dolore per qualcosa di grave, un segreto, che ognuno dei due cerca di nascondere a se stesso e gli altri. In quella sorta di limbo sospeso tra la terra e il cielo, lontano dalla velocità della città, Pietro ed Eleonora si insegnano a vicenda a seguire il proprio cuore, a credere ancora nella “possibilità di essere felici”. Cast: Christian De Sica, Teresa Saponangelo, Francesco Bruni, Luca Lionello, Max Malatesta, Agnese Nano, Anna Iodice, Sergio Basile, Annalisa D’Ambrosio, Filippo Pierangeli. Anno: 2023 Durata: 110 min. GRAZIE RAGAZZI 13 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.30 Washington University in St Louis, Brown Hall 100 Trama: Antonio è un attore appassionato ma spesso disoccupato. Di fronte alla mancanza di offerte di lavoro, accetta un lavoro come insegnante di un laboratorio teatrale all’interno di un istituto penitenziario. All’inizio titubante, scopre del talento nella improbabile compagnia di detenuti e questo riaccende in lui la passione e la voglia di fare teatro. Antonio riesce a convincere la direttrice del carcere a mettere in scena la famosa commedia di Samuel Beckett Aspettando Godot su un vero palcoscenico teatrale. Giorno dopo giorno i detenuti si lasciano andare scoprendo il potere liberatorio dell’arte e la sua capacità di dare uno scopo e una speranza oltre l’attesa. Quando arriva il definitivo via libera, inizia un tour trionfale? Cast: Antonio Albanese, Sonia Bergamasco, Vinicio Marchioni, Giacomo Ferrara, Giorgio Montanini, Andrea Lattanzi, Nicola Rignanese, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Imma Piro, Gerhard Koloneci, Liliana Bottone. Anno: 2022 Durata: 117 min. Genere: Commedia PROGRAMMA DI CORTOMETRAGGI 21 aprile 2024 alle ore 15.00 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Chemistry Lecture Hall 1136 Otto recenti cortometraggi saranno presentati in un programma di circa 110 minuti. Ogni corto in programma è preceduto da una video-presentazione del/della regista. I FRATELLI DE FILIPPO 26 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.00 Washington University in St Louis, Wrighton Hall 300 Trama: È l'inizio del Novecento, i tre fratelli Peppino, Titina ed Eduardo, vivono con la bella e giovane madre, Luisa De Filippo. In famiglia un padre non c’è, o meglio si nasconde nei panni dello “zio” Eduardo Scarpetta, il più famoso, ricco e acclamato attore e drammaturgo del suo tempo. Scarpetta, pur non riconoscendo i tre figli naturali, li ha introdotti fin da bambini nel mondo del teatro. Alla morte del grande attore, i figli legittimi si spartiscono la sua eredità, mentre a Titina, Eduardo e Peppino non spetta nulla. Ai tre giovani, però, “zio” Scarpetta ha trasmesso un dono speciale, il suo grande talento, che invece non è toccato al figlio legittimo Vincenzo, anche lui attore e drammaturgo, diventato titolare della compagnia paterna. Il riscatto dalla dolorosa storia familiare passa per la formazione del trio De Filippo, sogno accarezzato per anni da Eduardo e dai suoi fratelli e finalmente realizzato, superando difficoltà e conflitti. La storia dei De Filippo è di una ferita familiare che si trasforma in arte. E di tre giovani, che, unendo le forze, danno vita a un modo del tutto nuovo di raccontare la realtà con uno sguardo che arriva fino al futuro. Cast: Mario Autore, Domenico Pinelli, Anna Ferraioli Ravel, Biagio Izzo, Marisa Laurito,Susy Del Giudice, Marianna Fontana, Maurizio Casagrande, Giovanni Esposito, Nicola Di Pinto, Augusto Zucchi, Lucianna De Falco, Maurizio Micheli, Salemme, Giancarlo Giannini. Anno: 2021. Durata: 142 min. Genere: Drammatico BILLY 27 aprile 2024 alle ore 17.00 Washington University in St Louis, Wrighton Hall 300 Trama: Billy era un bambino prodigio, a nove anni aveva inventato e condotto un podcast musicale di successo. Ora ha 19 anni, vive con l’eccentrica madre, è segretamente innamorato di una ragazza, e non sa cosa fare della sua vita. Un incontro con il suo idolo d’infanzia, un rocker scomparso da anni, lo porterà a trovare un nuovo modo di affrontare il futuro. Ma non sempre quello che abbiamo tanto desiderato poi va come vorremmo. Cast: Matteo Oscar Giuggioli, Carla Signoris, Alessandro Gassmann, Giuseppe Battiston, Benedetta Gris, Sandra Ceccarelli, Roberto Citran, Kristina Hermin Anno: 2023. Durata: 97 min. Genere: Commedia/Drammatico ROMEO È GIULIETTA 27 aprile 2024 alle ore 19.30 Washington University in St Louis, Wrighton Hall 300 Trama: La giovane attrice Vittoria brutalmente rifiutata da un cinico regista teatrale quando fa un provino per interpretare Giulietta in “Romeo e Giulietta”, decide di trasformarsi in uomo per fare un provino per Romeo e ottiene la parte. Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Pilar Fogliati, Geppi Cucciari, Maurizio Lombardi, Serena De Ferrari, Domenico Diele, Margherita Buy, Alessandro Haber. Anno: 2024 Durata: 102 min. Genere: Commedia CATTIVA COSCIENZA
10 maggio 2024 alle ore 19.00 St Louis Community College, Meramec Theatre Trama: Filippo è il classico “bravo ragazzo”, fidanzato fedele di Luisa, un impeccabile avvocato etico e un uomo generoso. È possibile essere così perfetti? Sì, se hai Otto, la sua coscienza, che controlla ogni mossa. Un giorno, però, Otto arriva tardi alla sua postazione di lavoro nell'"Altro Mondo" e scopre che, in pochi minuti, Filippo ha stravolto tutta la sua vita. In quel breve tempo conosce Valentina, una bellissima ragazza, e rischia di buttare all'aria il suo matrimonio e la sua reputazione di bravo ragazzo. Otto è nei guai, e deve sistemare le cose! Cast: Francesco Scianna, Filippo Scicchitano, Matilde Gioli, Beatrice Grannò, Giovanni Esposito, Alessandro Benvenuti, Gianfranco Gallo, Caterina Guzzanti, Gianluca Gori, Francesco Motta. Anno: 2023. Durata: 110 min. Genere: Commedia Traveling to Italy soon? Want to brush up on your Italian conversation skills? Michael Cross, Adjunct Professor of Italian at St Louis Community College is offering two classes for the Spring Semester 2024 that you don't want to miss: Italian for Travelers class and Italian Conversation class. These classes are part of the St Louis Italian Language Program. For more information or to enroll in one of the classes, send an email to: [email protected] or [email protected]
"Between Venice and the World: Gentile Bellini's Portrait of Sultan Mehmet II and Matters of Italianità" When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Where: Washington University in St Louis. Reception will be held at 4:00 pm in Goldberg Formal Lounge. Lecture to follow at 5:00 pm in Danforth University Center (DUC) 276. Dr. Elizabeth Rodini (Ph.D., University of Chicago) most recently served as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director and Interim Director of the American Academy in Rome. Previously, she was Teaching Professor in History of Art and founding Director of the Program in Museums and Society at Johns Hopkins University, where she taught for 15 years. Dr. Rodini's art historical work centers on cross-cultural encounters in the early modern period, with a particular interest in mobility, recontextualization, and the reuse of objects between Venice and the Islamic world. Her forthcoming book, On the Street of the Hidden Shops: A Metaphoric Archaeology of Rome, tells the deep history of a single city block through the stories of those who lived and worked there across 2,000 years.
Painted in 1480 at the Ottoman court in Istanbul, Gentile Bellini's famed portrait of Sultan Mehmed II has had a rich afterlife, stretching across three continents and entangled with issues ranging from authenticity to historical memory to the formulation of national patrimony. Through a close examination of the portrait and its history, including questions of style, provenance, condition, and display, we will consider different perspectives on its italianità and the ways in which that identity shifts while remaining firm. Reception will be held at 4:00 pm in Goldberg Formal Lounge. Lecture to follow at 5:00 pm in Danforth University Center (DUC) 276. The Rava Memorial Lecture is funded by the family of Paul and Silvia Rava and sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. |
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