November 30, 2022 – Brilliant lecture by orchestra conductor Wojciech Milewski about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Italy: the amazing journey that launched a 13-years-old prodigy. It was 1769 when the young composer and his father Leopold started an extensive voyage in Italy trough Duchies, Republics, and States. Those years were profoundly influential on Mozart musical future. […]
GREENVILLE CIRCLE We invite you to join us for a Summer Salon, presenting “Divine Dante,” with Dante Scholar Natalina Ferlauto. Dante’s continuing influence engages the novice to the expert, as there is always something to discover and a new way to increase your understanding of the way that Italian literature presents us with themes still […]
A summer night inspired by Sicily and Puglia. A lovely opportunity of embarking on a sensory journey through PUGLIA and SICILIA, two of the most fascinating Southern Italian regions with superb local wines. We tasted and learned about four hand-picked wines by Alessandro Guarino, an Italian wine expert while Stefano Paris, an Italian former National […]
May 12, 2022 – The Spring event is dedicated to Jyl Bonaguro, the only female sculptor carving Italian marble by hand like at the age of Michelangelo. The event will start with the screening of Lifted, a very charming documentary made in Carrara, Tuscany, about Jyl. To follow an Opera performance by Soprano Saundra DeAthos […]
April 21, 2022 – VIP Event Conversation with Andrea di Robilant Six o’clock in the afternoon Interview by Thomas Bradford, former CBS News executive in New York Carolina Yacht Club – 50 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401 Writer Andrea di Robilant is the speaking guest traveling from Rome to Charleston for our members. Before his […]
March 18, 2022 – Lecture and live sketches by artist Forrest Spears with a focus on the Lunigiana area. The Lunigiana is the far northern tip of Tuscany and its landscape is dominated by the upper (northern) section of Italy’s backbone, the Appenines. It’s not a touristic spot at all and there are over 160 […]
February 17, 2022 – A whole event dedicated to Venice. The guest speaker from Italy is Melissa Conn, Director of the Venice office of Save Venice, the American non- profit organization dedicated to preserving the artistic heritage of Venice. It’s an incredible opportunity to learn about Venice from a different point of view. As Melissa Conn says […]
December 16, 2021 – VIP event of the year all about wines and Italian geography. We had a fabulous journey from Alto Adige to Sicily, tasting six wines and learning about the Belpaese. We embarked on a sensory journey through some of the most diverse and fascinating Italian regions and their wines. We tasted and learning […]
The Dante Alighieri Society of Charleston, introduced the Society to a new audience in Greenville, SC. The evening was very special thanks to the amazing hospitality of Lauren and Phil Hughes. Their gorgeous Italian-inspired home was the perfect venue for the mini Opera concert by Charleston Opera Theater. Phil Hughes and Donatella della […]
September 30, 2021 – So proud to have presented at the Davies Auditorium (Ashley Hall) the first survey of Venus in the art, culture, and governance of Florence from 1300 to 1600. Dr. Rebekah Compton talked about her book VENUS AND THE ART OF LOVE that investigates on one of the goddess’s alluring attributes – her golden […]
