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2024 URI Italian Heritage and Cultural Month<\/h2>\n

Saturday October 12
\n<\/strong>Extramural Activity – Local Community Outreach:
\n<\/em>Dante Society of Westerly
\nDante Society Lecture with Italian Artist Franco Azzinari | “Eyes in Color”
\nPresentation by Professor Michelangelo La Luna 
\n1:00 PM\u201303:00 pm – <\/strong>Auditorium of the Westerly Public Library
\nwww.dantesocietywesterly.org<\/p>\n

Tuesday October 15
\n<\/strong>\u201cWhat is Italian Opera? From Greek Origins to UNESCO Recognition\u201d
\nTalk & Conversation by Italian musicologist Danilo Prefumo
\n12:00-1:00pm – Hoffman room, Swan Hall 154<\/p>\n

Wednesday October 16
\n<\/strong>\u201cItalian Jazz Concert\u201d
\nPrelude: The Mandolin ensemble
\n<\/span>Italian Artist Pasquale Grasso, Jazz Guitar
\n-Intermission-
\nEliot Fisk
\n7:30pm – Courthouse Center for the Performing Arts<\/p>\n

Thursday October 17
\n<\/strong>\u201cImprovisation for Classical and Jazz Guitarists\u201d
\nLecture by Italian Jazz Guitarist, Pasquale Grasso
\n10:30am\u201312:00pm – URI Fine Arts Center, C100<\/p>\n

Extramural Activity – Local Community Outreach:
\n<\/em>\u201cEyes in Color\u201d Art Talk by Italian Artist Franco Azzinari
\nPresentation by Professor Michelangelo La Luna
\n5:30-6:30 pm \u2013 South County Art Association
\nFor registration:
\nhttps:\/\/southcountyart.app.neoncrm.com\/eventReg.jsp?event=589&<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday October 18
\n<\/strong>\u201cL\u2019italiano e il libro: portiamo in scena il mondo fra le righe\u201d (Italian and the Books: Let\u2019s bring to the Scene the World between the Lines)
\nA performance by students of Italian 305 (texts by Dacia Maraini and Gianni Rodari).
\nWith Arnaldo Minuti, Honorable Consul General of Italy in Boston, and Ivana Marroncelli, Director Education Office of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston
\n2:00-3:00pm – Great Room in Green Hall<\/p>\n

\u201cItalian Dinner\u201d (URI International Guitar & Mandolin Festival) *By invitation only* 
\nPrepared by chef Michelangelo La Luna
\nWith Arnaldo Minuti, Honorable Consul General of Italy in Boston, and Ivana Marroncelli, Director Education Office of the Consulate General of Italy in Boston
\n5:00-7:00pm – The URI Catholic Center<\/p>\n

\u201cClassical Guitar Italian Concert\u201d (URI International Guitar & Mandolin Festival)
\n7:00 \u201cEyes in Color; Calabria Landscapes, Cuban Guitarist and Fishermen\u201d
\nDisplay of \u201cretouch\u00e9\u201d paintings by the \u201cPainter of the Wind\u201d, Franco Azzinari
\n7:15pm Pre-Concert Talk by Italian musicologist Danilo Prefumo
\nPrelude: The Mandolin Ensemble
\nClassical Guitar Duo, Lorenzo Micheli and Matteo Mela
\n-Intermission-
\nSharon Isbin, Classical Guitarist
\n7:30pm – URI Edwards Hall<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 19
\n<\/strong>\u201cEyes in Color\u201d (URI International Guitar and Mandolin Festival)
\nExhibition\/Presentation by Italian painter Franco Azzinari
\nModerator: Professor Michelangelo La Luna 
\n“Eyes in color” is a project about the children of Amazonia that intends to focus on the importance of the rainforest as a critical place for fighting climate change.
\n6:30-7:30pm – URI, Edwards Hall
\nLight refreshments will be served<\/p>\n