Italian Culture
Name of group: Italian Culture
Purpose of the group:To explore all things Italian e.g. places, food, language, music, art
When we meet: During this period of Lock-down there is a small weekly magazine about aspects of Italian Culture. Recent topics - 28th June 2020 - Giovanni Falcone & Paolo Borsellino and their fight against the Mafia. 5th July: Siracusa - Jewel in Sicily's Crown; Giorgio Vasari: Painter, Architect and Art Historian; the Minor Basilica of San Clemente, Rome; Alessandro Manzoni - inventor of modern Italian Literature(?)
Registering and subs: £1 each meeting which includes tea, coffee and biscuits
What we do: All things Italian
Contact: If you would like to come along for the first time, please contact the Group Leader or phone or email the Pink Lane office.
If you wish to receive a copy of the Newsletter please send your name and e-mail address to gwilliams1942@btinternet.com. Issues are sent 'blind copy'.
Future talks:
Later 2020 "Sicily & 'La Nostra Terra' movement against the Mafia."; "Garibaldi - His Life & Times"; "The Rise and Fall of Mussolini"; "I Crimini": Crime Writing in Italy"; "The British & Italy" - a love affair in literature"; "Bringing Ice Cream to Britain - Italy, the land of Gelato"; "The White War" Italy's heroic contribution to WWI.
We call the magazine "The Newsletter" but our "news" is not current.