2015 LA FESTA DI FERRAGOSTO

Circolo Italiano
THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. NO MORE RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. SORRY!!! Ciao, Amici - Why go on vacation like most Italians do to celebrate Ferragosto? We’ve got a better way to celebrate this popular Italian summer holiday. Just join us for a great Italian Festa at the Montecito’s beautiful Lower Manning Park! It will be a FABULOUS, “FUNTASTIC” FESTA DI FERRAGOSTO! And, better still, it will benefit our local students by helping us raise much-needed money for our Scholarship Fund. All for a good cause! As promised a few weeks ago, here are the details about this year's Ferragosto... Read more [...]

THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE – INTRODUCTION

Circolo Italiano, eventi-cultura
This post is the first in a (non-consecutive) series on art inspired by an exhibition at theSanta Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) and by my Italian teacher and SBMA docent, Gabriella Schooley.  Entitled “Botticelli, Titian, and Beyond: Masterpieces of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums,” this exhibition explores Italian painting over six centuries from late Medieval works of the 14th century to neo-classical paintings of the 19th.  This first post focuses on the Renaissance and the defining Read more [...]