Spend a lively afternoon enjoying the latest styles in fashion for men and women, modeled by students and members of the Italian Club. Appetizers and refreshments will be served. Reservations required. This is a fundraising event for the Westchester Community College Italian Scholarship Fund.
Book discussion. Pulitzer Prize-nominated business journalist, university lecturer, and author Justin Catanoso will discuss this part memoir, part biography, part chronicle of renewed faith.
Antoinette LaVecchia explores the classic struggles between an immigrant mother and her Americanized daughter from birth (yes, birth) onward. The universal search for understanding and identifying, blended with full doses of Italian energy and vividly hilarious growing pains, feeds a powerful performance and spirited characters sure to hit home one way or another. Directed by Ted Sod.
Stony Brook Opera and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra will present a fully staged production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s popular opera. The opera will be sung in the original Italian language, with projected titles in English.
Sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies Stony Brook University
Featuring live entertainment by Danny Vecchiano and Giglio Band; Nick Sirrano DJ Connection Live “The Best of Both Worlds”. All proceeds go towards the continuation of the long honored tradition of Dancing the Giglio di Sant’Antonio.
The parish will honor five individuals for their outstanding service to the parish and to the Belmont community: Gil Teitel, Joseph Migliucci, James Izzo, Mary Annunziata and John Meduri. Admission: $85
Guest speaker: Dr. Robert Zweig, Professor of English at Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York. Through the charming and interconnected stories of his book, Prof. Zweig will take you on a journey deep into the everyday life of Naples of the 1960s – the birthplace of his mother, the home of his extended family, and an impoverished city that American tourists avoided altogether. Reception to follow the lecture. Please RSVP.
