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Earthquake
in L'Aquila and the Abruzzo region - April 6 2009
Our thoughts and prayers go to those affected by the terrible earthquake
that rattled L'Aquila and the whole Abruzzo region today, April 6, 2009.
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has established a special
Abruzzo/NIAF Relief Fund to help the victims and their families.
Individuals, corporations and foundations who wish to donate to the
Abruzzo/NIAF Relief Fund can
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make their donations online at www.niaf.org/Relief
or
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send a check made payable to the NIAF/Abruzzo Relief Fund
To: NIAF/ Abruzzo Relief Fund
The National Italian American Foundation
1860 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
100% of donations are tax
deductible
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April 2009
Calendar
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here for a printer friendly version of the Calendar
Wednesday, April
8 - Fundraiser for Italy's Earthquake at
Anaheim White House
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here for a summary of the evening
Click
here for the flyer
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Wednesday, April 8 -
Fundraiser for Italy's Earthquake - 5:00 pm - 8:00pm
Venue:
Anaheim White House (www.anaheimwhitehouse.com)
887
South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92805
Tel
(714) 772-1381
Anaheim White
House Presents Bruno's Fundraiser for Italy's Earthquake Victims.
Please join The
Relief Pod International (www.reliefpod.com),
the Orange County Italian Cultural Association (OCICA), and the National
Italian American Foundation (NIAF www.niaf.org)
for an early evening with hors d'oeuvres and champagne offered by
Bruno and his staff to support the relief efforts for those in L'Aquila
and in the Abruzzo region affected by this devastating earthquake.
100% of
donations are tax deductible
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Monday, April
13 - LITERARY FORUM
at Chapman University
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here for a summary and pictures of the evening
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Monday, April 13 - Chapman
University - 7:00 pm
John
Fowles Center for Creative Writing
Venue:
Doy and Dee
Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University
Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by Istituto
Italiano di Cultura
presents
Giorgio
Pressburger was born in Budapest and has been living in Italy
since 1965. He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome as a
director and then studied biology at the University of Bologna from 1967
to 1971. From 1967 to 1988 he worked as a director in the radio and
television where he adapted the works of several hundred renowned
authors. He received several prizes for this work, including the Italy
Prize in 1972, 1975 and 1988, and was awarded a musical prize in Hungary
in 1975. He also worked extensively in prose theatre, wrote several
play-scripts and directed numerous plays throughout Italy. His several
decade-long works in the theatre was recognized in 1962 by a prize
awarded by the Italian Drama Institute, by the Pirandello Prize in 1974,
the Flaiano Prize in 1995 and the Riccione Prize for the Theatre in 2001
for staging the "Venetian Rabbi". He was awarded the Randone Prize
for his life-work in 2007. In 2007 he established the Castle Theatre
Festival in Trieste, and the programs organized by the theatre mobilized
every theatrical institution in the region and even in Slovenia. From
1968 to 1976 he taught directing and performing art at the National
Artistic Academy in Rome, gave courses on ancient drama in Lecce, then
taught dramaturgy at the University of Szeged between 2000 and 2002. He
received a honoris causa degree in humanities from the University of
Szeged in 2004 and was appointed visiting professor at the University of
Cambridge. His prose includes: the highly acclaimed, The Law of White
Spaces; Teeth and Spies; Homage to the Eighth District: Tales from
Budapest; and Snow and Guilt. At present he teaches the history of
theatrical scener y and writes radio scripts at the University of Udine.
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Thursday,
April 16
- CINEMA ITALIANO at Bowers Museum
Friday,
April 17
- From
Florence to San Diego in search of the long-lost Leonardo
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Friday,
April 17
- 6:00 pm
ICC
and UCSD present
From
Florence to San Diego in search of the long-lost Leonardo
ICC invites
you to a special evening with Prof. Maurizio Seracini to
experience the groundbreaking research that he is leading at UCSD's
state-of-the-art facilities in search of Leonardo Da Vinci's lost
masterpiece, the Battle of Anghiari mural, a study of the Palazzo
Medici Riccardi, and in support of the preservation of Italy's
invaluable cultural heritage. You will be lead through a tour of
some of their facilities to see how they use science and technology
to study our cultural artifacts.
Prof. Seracini
and his research were featured on "60 MINUTES" please
click on this link http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/17/60minutes/main4023449_page4.shtml
Reception to
follow - catering by Acqua al 2
Restaurant, San Diego
RSVP by
April 14 to info@icc-sd.org
Please
include name, contact info, number in your party, number of
cars
ICC Members
- free; non ICC Members - $10 donation (cash/check only)
please send
check to ICC - 1669 Columbia St. - San Diego 92101
Venue:
UCSD CISA3 - http://cisa3.calit2.net
Atkinson Hall,
5th Floor - 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA
Direction and
Parking: http://atkinsonhall.calit2.net/directions
Park in LOT
502, parking ticket $4 directly at the parking attendant
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Wednesday,
April 22 - Book
Club at Carlo's
Monday,
April 27 - LITERARY FORUM
at Chapman University
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Monday, April 27 - Chapman
University - 7:00 pm
John
Fowles Center for Creative Writing
Venue:
Doy and Dee
Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University
Admission is FREE and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by Istituto
Italiano di Cultura
presents
Pasquale
Verdicchio is a Canadian poet, critic and translator who has made
important contributions to the whole discourse on ethnic minority
writing and culture. Born in Naples, Italy, in 1954, he moved with his
family to Canada and grew up in Vancouver, B.C. His first degree is for
the University of Victoria, his M.A. from the University of Alberta and
his Ph.D. from the University of California. He has been teaching in
California for a number of years in the areas of Italian, film and
creative writing. Among Verdicchio’s many books his works of poetry
are significant for their originality with language and structure. They
include: Moving Landscape , Ipsissima Verba, Nomadic Trajectory,
Approaches to Absence and The House is Past. His most important critical
work is Devils in Paradise: Writing on Post-Emigrant Culture, Bound by
Distance: Rethinking Nationalism Through the Italian Diaspora, and The
Southern Question, a translation of the essay by Antonio Gramsci. He has
also translated many Italian writers into English. He Currently, he
teaches at the University of California, San Diego. |
Thursday
April 23 - Friday April 30
- Newport Beach Film Festival
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