The colorful interpretation of tales of Charlemagne’s knights presented in Sicilian folklore will be the topic of a lecture by Princeton University Professor of Italian Pietro Frassica The medieval stories of Orlando, Charlemagne’s main knight, known for his gallantry, as well as his astute and rebellious cousin Rinaldo, became a popular subject in Sicily’s opera […]

Join us for a screening of Ma che bella sorpresa (What a lovely surprise, 2015). Directed by Alessandro Genovesi, this romantic comedy tells the story of Guido (Claudio Bisio) a romantic dreamer from Milan and a professor of literature at a High School in Naples. His life is shattered when his girlfriend with whom he […]

Join us for a screening of “Il giovane favoloso” (The Fabulous Young Man, 2014).  The film, rated "PG," tells the short life of the great Italian poet Leopardi. Giacomo is a child prodigy who grows up under the relentless gaze of his father in a palace (in the Marche region) that has an extensive library. […]

Jean Hollander, well-known poet and translator of Dante, will read from her collection of poems, “Counterpoint.” Originally written in English, the poems were translated into Italian by Nicoletta Braschi (wife of Roberto Benigni), and published in “Poesia”. Ms. Hollander will recite her poems in English, followed by Princeton University Professor Pietro Frassica, who will read […]

Join us for a screening of Salvatore Questa é la vita (Salvatore This is Life, 2006) directed by Gian Paolo Cugno. Salvatore (Allesandro Mallia) is a thirteen-year-old who has become the primary breadwinner in his family after the tragic death of his parents. Salvatore has a younger sister and a grandmother to look after, and […]