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IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 2 p.m.
Location: 5025 Deepdale Place
Little Neck, New York
Speaker: Giovanna Talamo
Topic: Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca, the "Heroine of the Neapolitan Revolution"
$5 per person. Refreshments served.
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
LA FESTA DI NATALE ALL'ITALIANA
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ITALIAN STYLE
Saturday, December 9, 2006 from 12 - 5 P.M.
Location: Port Washington Yacht Club
One Yacht Club Drive
Port Washington NY 11050
$45 per person includes dinner & gratuities - cash bar
$20 per child
Please RSVP by December 7th
Email us or call (718) 380-8380
Enjoy a delicious Italian dinner and desserts, music and song, and guest performers. Learn traditional Italian Christmas carols and holiday recipes. You don't have to be Italian to enjoy this entertaining event and feel the warmth of friendship and the holiday spirit. Bring your family, children and friends to "La Festa Di Natale All'Italiana."
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
January Book Club Selected Reading
"WindShift" by Andrea DeCarlo
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
"Ballo In Maschera"
First Annual Italian American Women's Center, Inc. Fund Raiser
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Verdi's Restaurant
680 Old Country Road
Westbury, Long Island
Formal Dress Ball, Costumes Are Optional, But Masks Are Encouraged
$85 per person includes cocktail hour beginning at 6:30 P.M.
Dinner/ Dance with Italian Entertainment
ANNOUNCING THE SIXTH ANNUAL IAWC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are high school seniors at the time of application and have at least one parent of Italian heritage. The awards will be announced at our Annual Garden Tea Party in June.
Please tell your high school guidance counselors, family, friends and neighbors about the program.
CLICK HERE
♥ Scholarship Application>>>>
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 2 p.m.
Location: 5025 Deepdale Place
Little Neck, New York
Speaker: Giovanna Talamo
Topic: Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca, the "Heroine of the Neapolitan Revolution"
$5 per person. Refreshments served.
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
LA FESTA DI NATALE ALL'ITALIANA
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ITALIAN STYLE
Little Neck, New York
Speaker: Giovanna Talamo
Topic: Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca, the "Heroine of the Neapolitan Revolution"
$5 per person. Refreshments served.
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ITALIAN STYLE
Location: Port Washington Yacht Club
One Yacht Club Drive
Port Washington NY 11050
$45 per person includes dinner & gratuities - cash bar
$20 per child
Please RSVP by December 7th
Email us or call (718) 380-8380
Enjoy a delicious Italian dinner and desserts, music and song, and guest performers. Learn traditional Italian Christmas carols and holiday recipes. You don't have to be Italian to enjoy this entertaining event and feel the warmth of friendship and the holiday spirit. Bring your family, children and friends to "La Festa Di Natale All'Italiana."
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
January Book Club Selected Reading
"WindShift" by Andrea DeCarlo
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
"Ballo In Maschera"
First Annual Italian American Women's Center, Inc. Fund Raiser
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Verdi's Restaurant
680 Old Country Road
Westbury, Long Island
Formal Dress Ball, Costumes Are Optional, But Masks Are Encouraged
$85 per person includes cocktail hour beginning at 6:30 P.M.
Dinner/ Dance with Italian Entertainment
ANNOUNCING THE SIXTH ANNUAL IAWC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are high school seniors at the time of application and have at least one parent of Italian heritage. The awards will be announced at our Annual Garden Tea Party in June.
Please tell your high school guidance counselors, family, friends and neighbors about the program.
CLICK HERE
♥ Scholarship Application>>>>
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
January Book Club Selected Reading
"WindShift" by Andrea DeCarlo
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
"Ballo In Maschera"
First Annual Italian American Women's Center, Inc. Fund Raiser
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Verdi's Restaurant
680 Old Country Road
Westbury, Long Island
Formal Dress Ball, Costumes Are Optional, But Masks Are Encouraged
$85 per person includes cocktail hour beginning at 6:30 P.M.
Dinner/ Dance with Italian Entertainment
ANNOUNCING THE SIXTH ANNUAL IAWC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are high school seniors at the time of application and have at least one parent of Italian heritage. The awards will be announced at our Annual Garden Tea Party in June.
Please tell your high school guidance counselors, family, friends and neighbors about the program.
CLICK HERE
♥ Scholarship Application>>>>
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
January Book Club Selected Reading
"WindShift" by Andrea DeCarlo
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
"Ballo In Maschera"
First Annual Italian American Women's Center, Inc. Fund Raiser
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
January Book Club Selected Reading
"WindShift" by Andrea DeCarlo
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
"Ballo In Maschera"
Andrea DeCarlo is one of Italy's most successful contemporary novelist. He has published twelve novels in Italy and his books have been translated in twenty-one countries.
{Four friends - a weekend in Umbria, an adventure that is going to change their lives.}
"Ballo In Maschera"
First Annual Italian American Women's Center, Inc. Fund Raiser
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Verdi's Restaurant
680 Old Country Road
Westbury, Long Island
Formal Dress Ball, Costumes Are Optional, But Masks Are Encouraged
$85 per person includes cocktail hour beginning at 6:30 P.M.
Dinner/ Dance with Italian Entertainment
ANNOUNCING THE SIXTH ANNUAL IAWC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are high school seniors at the time of application and have at least one parent of Italian heritage. The awards will be announced at our Annual Garden Tea Party in June.
Please tell your high school guidance counselors, family, friends and neighbors about the program.
CLICK HERE
♥ Scholarship Application>>>>
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Scholarships are awarded annually to deserving students who are high school seniors at the time of application and have at least one parent of Italian heritage. The awards will be announced at our Annual Garden Tea Party in June.
CLICK HERE
♥ Scholarship Application>>>>
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
March Book Club Selected Reading
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
I�ll Steal You Away by Niccoll� Ammaniti.
Niccoll� is the author of the best selling novel I�m Not Scared, which has been made into a prize winning hit movie. The author was born in Rome in 1966 and is considered by many to be the youngest new luminary in Italian literature.
Niccoll� is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories.
Both his prior best selling book and his latest novel tell the story of young adolescents and relate their experiences in small quiet Italian villages, dispelling the myths and stereotypes. His books have been translated in 22 languages. I�ll Steal You Away can be found at some of your local libraries, though you might need to wait awhile since the book is very popular, or you can order it from Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.com. This book will really grip you with its honesty and spell binding suspense.
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY � THURSDAY, MARCH 8th
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC International Women's Day
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant
249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E.
East near Marathon Pkwy
The occasion marks the IAWC�s 9th annual celebration of la Festa della Donna, a holiday celebrated worldwide, connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential. IWD celebrates the collective power of women: past, present and future. The observance began in the early 1900�s with the suffragette movement, in response to the inequality experienced by women. The first celebration took place in 1911, after the tragic Triangle Fire in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. The disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labor law legislation in the United States and in many parts of the western world and became a focus of subsequent IWD events. Women�s campaign for 'Bread and Roses' was also inaugurated at the time.
Since 1975, the United Nations has held an annual IWD conference to honor the contributions of women around the world, and March 8th has been designated by many women�s organizations and governments as International Women�s Day. Although many countries hold large scale events that honor women�s advancement to ensure that women�s equality is respected as a natural aspect of human dignity, these advancements as we are well aware, are not global. Many women suffer under extreme conditions both in the workplace and within their society. Let�s unite to celebrate IWD together, to remember the past, and to look forward to the future. Our hope is that the voices that resonate with the poem �Bread and Roses� by James Oppenheim, recited annually at our celebration, will be heard in every corner of the world.
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Thursday, March 8th
Altadonna Restaurant 249-30 Horace Harding Expressway Little Neck, NY 11362 off of the L.I.E. East near Marathon Pkwy
While we commemorate, the evening will provide us with another splendid opportunity to socialize, sing Italian songs, laugh and have fun. Who knows better than Italian American women that caring for family requires an occasional timeout to enjoy an evening of relaxation and enjoyment with friends!
A presto! C� vediamo all� Altadonna la sera dell�otto marzo!
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
♥ Aurora IWD
♥ United Nations IWD
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, April 21st begins at 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City
(two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard)
Light refreshments will be served.
Speaker: Ida Corvino Miletich
�Ida�s Friuli: Un Piccolo Compendio dell�Universo�
Italy's northeastern corner is barely mentioned in most guidebooks and rarely visited even by Italians, which makes it a great place for travelers seeking to leave the beaten path. Whether you like snow-capped mountains, warm sandy beaches, lagoons teeming with water birds, remote alpine hamlets, Roman ruins, palatial country villas, rocky coastal cliffs, bustling international seaports or picturesque fishing villages, your tastes will be thoroughly satisfied in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, one of Italy's most versatile regions.
♥ In Italy OnLine
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
For more information call: Ida Corvino Miletich at 516 708-1537
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
RIVIERA GRILL
274 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$28 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
April Book Club Selected Reading
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
THE VALCANO LOVER by Susan Sontag
Set in 18th century Naples, the novel is based on the famous love triangle of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and is peopled with many of the great figures of the day. This unconventional historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector�s obsessions, and, above all, loves. �
Publishers review
♥BOOKS AND WRITERS>>>>
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
♥LONGITUDE BOOKS>>>>>
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
On the bohemian New York scene of the early sixties, Sontag swiftly acquired a reputation as the radical-liberal American woman, who had not only deep knowledge of ancient and modern European culture, but could also reinterpret it from the American point of view.
A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set primarily in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. It's all a bit much, but the history, and Naples, are very nicely evoked. (The title refers to the Ambassador's explorations of Mount Vesuvius.) (ITL143, $14.00)
ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN�S CENTER
Invites you to join us for a trip to the
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON D.C.
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
♥The National Museum of Women in the Arts>>>>
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
Saturday, May 19 from 2 � 4 P.M.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Light refreshments will be served. $5 donation requested to cover expenses.
Garden City Community Church
Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard in Garden City - two blocks east of Nassau Boulevard
Guest Speaker:
Annalisa Guerrieri of VivinLinea Health & Slimming Spa
Introducing SYNTHESIS: �The Program Created Around You�
The Spa is located at 200 Middle Neck Road, in Great Neck
Tel: (516) 466-3636 Email: [email protected]
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Saturday, June 16th from 1 � 4 p.m.
JOIN US FOR
AFTERNOON TEA
NYIT De Severesky Culinary Arts Center
�Scholarship Award Presentation�
Northern Blvd, Old Westbury, New York
Five course royal tea service
Appetizer Course � Mixed Green Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Second Course � Assorted Tea Sandwiches
Third Course � Scones with Devonshire Clotted Cream & Preserves
Dessert Course � Cake with Seasonal Fresh Berries
Fifth Course � Assorted Cookies
*Champagne Available by the glass $6 per glass
$35 per person � open to members, guests and nonmembers
�Red Hat, Blue Hat, Pink Hat, Any hat will do!�
A prize will be given for the best hat worn to the tea party.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
The Italian Experience has grown to be a popular Long Island tradition, celebrating Italy's gifts of culture, education and commerce to America. The festival features food, vendors, handmade crafts, and exhibits by cultural organizations, music, dance, poetry and much more for the entire family to enjoy!
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, July 21 from 12:30 � 3 P.M. at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
Book Club Selection:
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
�Marconi My Beloved� by Maria Cristina Marconi
Dante University Press, ISBN 0937832-36-7
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: �The Holocaust and the Italian Community�
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
Professor of European History, Hofstra University
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
FALL 2007
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, September 15th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Speaker: Stanislao G. Pugliese
A specialist on the Italian anti-fascist Resistance and Italian Jews, he is the author of Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard University Press, 1999) which won the 2000 International �Ignazio Silone� Prize as well as the Lawrence Stessin Prize for Outstanding Faculty Publication at Hofstra University. Professor Pugliese is also the editor of Italian Fascism and Antifascism: A Critical Anthology as well as The Most Ancient of Minorities: The Jews of Italy. His essays on Italian and Italian-American history and culture regularly appear in academic and popular journals. He is the translator of Andrea Bocelli�s autobiography, The Music of Silence and editor of the Italian and Italian-American Studies series published by Palgrave. At Hofstra University, Professor Pugliese directs the Italian-American Lecture Series and has edited a volume Frank Sinatra: History, Identity and Italian-American Culture. He has organized several international conferences at Hofstra and has been named curator for the next Presidential conference, on Bill Clinton, scheduled for 2005. His essay, �The Books of the Roman Ghetto under the Nazi Occupation� was presented as the 17th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1999 and was awarded the Peter E. Herman Literary Award at Hofstra University. A frequent book reviewer, he is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his film reviews regularly appear in The American Historical Review. His most recent books are Desperate Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison in Rome, 1943-1944 and an anthology, Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the Resistance in Italy. A volume of collected essays, The Legacy of Primo Levi appears in early 2005. He is presently editing a new edition of Carlo Levi�s Fear of Freedom and writing a biography of the Italian anti-fascist writer Ignazio Silone to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
Hofstra Celebrates 15th Annual Italian Festival � Sunday, September 16
Hofstra South Campus Outdoors
Each year Hofstra presents an Italian festival, drawing thousands of people from the tri-state area. Unlike any other Italian festival, the Hofstra celebration emphasizes the many Italian contributions to American culture. The festival includes concerts, dancers, singers, native food, wine tasting and craft exhibitions. For general information on the festival, please call the Hofstra Festival Hotline at (516) 463-6504.
Meet us at the Italian American Women's Center Table
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON � SEPTEMBER 29TH 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant: 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove New York
$26 per person includes a full dinner, soda, coffee, tea & tip.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
RSVP is requested please Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited whether you have read the current selection or not, or would like to learn more about the book and the author.
Book Club Selection:
�BOSTON, A Documentary Novel�
by Upton Sinclair (b. Sept. 20, 1878 � d. Nov. 25, 1968)
Published in 1928, only one year in the aftermath of the turmoil of the Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti case, this book is considered by literary historians, the most comprehensive illustration of the political climate and the society which governed Boston at the time of the trial. It is a must read by all Italian Americans who want to learn more about the conditions and dissension their Italian immigrant grandparents lived through. Upton Sinclair was an investigative journalist and author of over 90 books. He was an advocate of socialism, and supported anarchist causes. His book �Boston� stirred tremendous controversy when he proclaimed Sacco and Vanzetti as innocent of the crime in which they were committed, and for which they were unjustly executed.
He explains in detail the trial, the sentiments of the upper class and their fear of socialism and the climate of anarchy, the disenchantment and the dream of the labor class for better working conditions and a fair share of company profits.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC joins in the �Communities for a Cure March�
Sunday, September 30 � 10 a.m. South Nassau Communities Hospital
5k Run/Walk and Free Multicultural Health Fair, Food, Entertainment, Screenings.
To join IAWC in participating in this event, contact Rita Monte at [email protected]
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, October 20th � 2 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace Center, 29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic:
�Il Risorgimento: Italian History in the 1800s with a focus on Italy�s struggle for unity and independence.�
Speaker: Maria Miscella
Maria Miscella has been an IAWC Board Member since the groups inception in 1997, Retired teacher of Harrison High School and St. John�s University Evening Adult Education, Italian language translator and lecturer on Italian culture, history, and literature; Maria Miscella has been cited in Who�s Who in American Women and Who�s Who in American Educators.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7 p.m.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
St. John's University Italian Heritage and Culture Month in Queens
Registration: Marillac Hall Auditorium 6:30 - 7 P.M.
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Entertainment - "An Evening of Tribute to Giuseppe Garibaldi"
International Performer Giada Valenti
♥Italian Culture Month Organization>>>>>
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Click here to go to the Italian Culture Month Organization website
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Restaurant
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
284 Glen Street
Glen Cove, Long Island
$26 per person includes a delicious dinner with dessert and coffee
To RSVP: Call Connie DeCaro 516 759-2199 or email us at [email protected]
November Book Club Selected Reading
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
�THEIR OTHER SIDE, SIX AMERICAN WOMEN & THE LURE OF ITALY� by Helen Barolini
Author, essayist, critic and poet, Helen Barolini profiles six gifted American women who were lured by the �mythical appeal of Italy.� She takes us along on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
Among these notables, Helen Barolini embarks on the first journey with author, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who traveled to Europe as a foreign correspondent for the Tribune in 1846. When she arrived in Italy in 1847, she became involved with �Il Risorgimento,� fell in love with the Marchese Giovanni Angelo d�Ossoli, and gave birth to their child �Angelo.� Disaster strikes Margaret and her family on their trip back to America in May 1850 when the family drowned off the coast of Fire Island, New York after the ship ran aground.
Helen Barolini�s second essay studies the lure felt by the �Belle of Amherst� Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who unlike Margaret Fuller never left Amherst, Massachusetts, except for an occasional trip within the New England states. Despite her seclusion in her last years, Emily traveled to Italy through her mind�s eye, and wrote about the warmth and beauty of the Italian country side. Like her �invisible lover,� which in her poetry poses the mysteries of love, her exploration to far away �Italy� adds a mystical dimension of nature and pilgrimage to the power of the poetry composed by an American girl who has become now immortalized and adored through her poems.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
IAWC GENERAL MEETING
C�� un mondo di possibilita!
Inspire Community. Join us!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 � 2 p.m.
Garden City Community Church Corner of Stewart Ave and Whitehall Blvd in Garden City, NY 11530
Topic: �Celebrating the Life of Garibaldi via the Music of Verdi.�
Speaker: Louis M. Barrella, M.A.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Lou Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 35 years. He has conducted Symphonic Bands and Choruses; taught Music and Opera Appreciation; and collaborated with many Cultural Organizations. Since 1998 he has conducted workshops and made presentations for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
He is a master teacher who knows how to intrigue and motivate one�s curiosity and has taught hundreds of students of all ages from Kindergarteners to Senior Citizens. His teaching style goes beyond mere lecturing as he shares his appreciation, experiences, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and humanities, especially Music, with his listeners. He is truly an Inter-Curricular Humanities Educator.
Lou�s commitment to sharing with others is evidenced by the coordination of Opera Trips for Schools and Cultural Organizations, giving pre-performance lectures to enhance the upcoming experiences. Since 1993 he has been a Guest Lecturer for many cultural organizations; and in addition, has lectured at Brooklyn College and Fordham, Hofstra and St. John�s Universities.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.
29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
FALL 2008
IAWC GENERAL MEETING AND SOCIAL
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our Lady of Grace Center � Program begins at 2 p.m.29 Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset, New York
Topic: Andrea Palladio
Architect for the Ages 1508 � 1580
The New York Italian American Heritage Committee has chosen to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Palladio�s birth for the October 2008 Italian Heritage and Culture Month. To join in this celebration, the Italian American Women�s Center will present a discussion on his numerous contributions as an architect and an author of architectural treaties. His influence was far reaching from European architecture to American architecture. Please join us to celebrate your Italian heritage and to learn more about this brilliant innovator, of his interesting biography and his remarkable contributions to architecture. Light Refreshments will be served. IAWC welcomes non-members to join us, all are invited.
IAWC BOOK CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.
Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 12:30 � 3:30 P.M.
Epiphany Restaurant, 284 Glen Street in Glen Cove NY
$26 per person includes a full dinner, tax & tip
RSVP is requested, please call Connie at (516) 759-2199
Email us at [email protected] for further information.
Members and friends are invited.
The Book Club will discuss the life of Maria Montessori
The following books are recommended reading.
Book Club Selections:
A Biography of Maria Montessori by Rita Kramer
Maria Montessori (1870�1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E.M. Standing.
The first woman to win a degree as a Doctor of Medicine in Italy in 1896, Maria Montessori's mission to improve children's education began in the slums of Rome in 1907, and continued throughout her lifetime. Her insights into the minds of children led her to develop prepared environments and other tools and devices that have come to characterize Montessori education today. Her influence in other countries has been profound and many of her teaching methods have been adopted by educators generally. Part biography and part exposition of her ideas, this engaging book reveals through her letters and personal diaries Maria Montessori's humility and delight in the success of her educational experiments and is an ideal introduction to the principals and practices of the greatest educational pioneer of the 20th century.
Mammolina: A Story about Maria Montessori by Barbara O'Connor
(For ages 8 � 11 years)
This children�s book describes the life and achievements of the Italian woman doctor who developed a revolutionary method of educating children. The author portrays Mammolina as being independent and dedicated to her work, but not as being strong-willed and dictatorial, as other biographers have suggested. Appended with a schedule of a typical Montessori school day and a bibliography, this will be a welcome addition to the biography shelf and useful for units on notable women.