Category Archives: Sundays at the Center

Upcoming Events – June-August 2015

June 15 – Father’s Day Dinner at St. Rose Parish Hall 

  • Monday, June 15, 5:00 pm – Monthly Dinner at St. Rose Parish Hall Dining Room, 398 10th Street, Santa Rosa. June’s dinner is a Father’s Day celebration with a menu highlighting the Region of Le Marche located in the central area of Italy. 
  • Come for a wonderful meal of antipasti, salad, grilled meats & pasta with herbs & sundried tomatoes and dessert.  Doors open at 5:00 pm; dinner at 6:00 pm. 
  • Members are asked to bring a photo of their father or grandfather to be displayed. Everyone who brings a photo will receive one free raffle ticket. 
  • $14 for members, $16 guests; $8 teens 13-18; $5 for children 5-12; under 5 free. See current newsletter Mosaico Culturale for dinner reservation forms.

June 26 at 6:00 pm – CENA e CINEMA at the Center

  • Friday night dinner & movie at the Center. The Mangiamo Committee has teamed with Sunday at the Center’s Diane McCurdy to bring you an informal sit-down deal that includes salad, main course, dessert & wine, plus a movie.
  • We will be showing Love is All You Need with Pierce Brosnan as a widower attending his son’s wedding in Italy – a heartwarming story of acceptance & love.
  • To reserve, send your check for $20 to NBICF, 64 Brookwood, SR 95404 by June 19. Space limited to 25 so reserve early.

July 15 – 6:00-9:00 pm –  PIZZA e BIRRA e VINO

  • Third Annual PIZZA E BIRRA Night at the Center.  Join friends & family for an “all-you-can-eat” pizza night with food generously provided by Rosso’s Pizzeria and beer donated by Total Beverage Solutions.  This year, complimentary wine will be served.
  • Also showing indoors, the movie Summertime with Katharine Hepburn & Rossano Brazzi.
  • Reserve early (50 guest limit) – $25 members; $28 non-members. Send check to NBICF, 64 Broodwood, SR 95404 by July 5.

August 17 – 5:30 pm –  Winemaker Dinner at Riviera Ristorante with Wine Pairings by Trecini Winery

SAVE THIS DATE — This event is a special fundraiser dedicated to the Jeanette Mancini Mitchell SRJC Scholarship for Future Educators.  A flyer was distributed at the May Dinner with tentative menu & wine pairings. More information will be presented at the June 15 dinner and a flyer & reservation form will accompany the July Newsletter.

For more details or questions, call the NBICF Office at 707-591-9696.

 

May-June 2015 Newsletter

The Mosaico May-June Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page.  Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • May 18  – Post Mother’s Day Dinner at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • May 24  – Painting Italy Workshop
  • May 31 – Sundays at the Center Movie – Golden Door
  • Summer Language Camp for Youth (age 7-17), June 8-12 & June 15-19
  • June 15 – Father’s Day Dinner at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • June 26 – Movie e Cena at Italian Cultural Center
  • July 15 – Pizza & Birra Party at Italian Cultural Center
  • August 17 – Winemaker Dinner at Riviera Ristorante 

March-April Newsletter

The Mosaico March-April Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page.  Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • March 16  – Tavola di_San Giuseppe Dinner at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • March 29  – Sunday at the Center Movie – Sunflower with Sophia Loren & Marcello Mastroianni
  • April 20 – Buona Pasqua Dinner (Post Easter) at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • April 26 – Sunday at the Center Movie – The Talented Mr. Ripley with Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Matt Damon and Phillip Seymour Hoffman

The March 16 Dinner celebrates St. Joseph: Patron, Provider and Protector.  Janet Barocco has written an article about the history of La Festa e La Tavola di San Guiseppe. Click here for this article.  In the spirit of St. Joseph’s Day, please consider bringing a non-perishable food donation to the dinner for our donation to F.I.S.H, a local food bank. 

Risorgimento Lecture at ICC – February 15, 2:00 PM

February 15 – “RISORGIMENTO” presented by Douglas Kenning, Ph.D.

This is a special Sundays at the Center Event at the Italian Cultural Center – Doors open at 2:00 PM – presentation at 2:30 PM. Come learn about the “RISORGIMENTO” (Rising again), the 19th century movement for Italian unification that culminated in the establishment of the kingdom of Italy in 1861. Dr. Kenning received his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and has taught at universities in the U.S., Tunisia, Japan, and Italy. He is also the author of books, articles, and stage plays. 

Seating is be limited to 50. Use the reservation form in the current Mosaico Culturale. A suggested donation of $5.00 is appreciated. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Mary’s Pizza Shack at 535 Summerfield Road in Santa Rosa has generously provided NBICF with a Dine Donate Fundraiser in conjunction with this event. 20% of food purchased before or after the lecture at this location will be donated to NBICF. Obtain a Dine & Donate Coupon at the event. 

January-February Newsletter

The Mosaico January-February Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page.  Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • January 10  – Crab Feed at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • January 19  – Board Installation Dinner at St. Rose Parish Hall
  • January 25  – Sunday at the Center Movie – I’m Crazy About Iris Blond
  • February 15 – Risorgimento Lecture by Douglas Kenning, Ph.D. at the Center followed by Dine & Donate Fundraiser at Mary’s Pizza Shack
  • February 16 – Carnevale Party at St. Rose Parish Hall
  • February 22 – Sunday at the Center Movie – For Roseanna

 

November-December Newsletter

The Mosaico November-December Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page.  Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • November 17  – Thanksgiving Dinner Meeting at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • November 30 – Sunday at the Center Movie – Fernando and Carolina” 
  • December 19 –  Christmas Dinner Meeting at St. Rose Parrish Hall
  • December 6 – Travel Seminar at Italian Cultural Center
  • December 28 –  Sunday at the Center Movie – Roman Holiday
  • January 10 – Crab Feed at St. Rose Parish Hall
  • January 17 – Painting Italy Workshop at the Cultural Center

September-October Newsletter

The Mosaico September-October Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page.  Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • September 11 – Italian Class for Travelers at the Center 
  • September 15  – Monthly Dinner at St. Rose Church – Celebrating the Region of Sicily
  • September 28 – Sunday at the Center Movie – Towards Evening 
  • October 12 – Italian Rootstock Festival at Santa Rosa Vinters Square
  • October 17 – NBICF 30th Anniversary Dinner at St. Rose Church – History program, musical entertainment and a special menu celebrating the Region of Liguria.
  • October 26 –  Sunday at the Center Movie – City Island

July-August Newsletter

The Mosaico July-August Newsletter is available. Click here to review and print the current newsletter. For past newsletters and instructions on printing the newsletter, go to the Newsletter page. Upcoming events described in the Mosaico.

  • July 12 – Pittura Italia – Painting Italy Workshop at the Cultural Center
  • July 16  – Pizza e Birra Party at the Cultural Center
  • July 27 – Sunday at the Center – Movie: La Grande Bellezza
  • August 1 – Italian Heritage Night at the Oakland A’s Game
  • August 10 – Winemaker Dinner at the new Rosso’s Rosticceria
  • August 23 –  Rummage Sale at the Cultural Center
  • August 31 – Sunday at the Center – Movie: I Love You to Death

Afternoon in Italy’s Gardens

AN AFTERNOON IN ITALYʼS GARDENS – Sunday, May 18, 2-4 PM

Come be inspired and learn about classic Italian garden design, history, and ideas for your own garden with Cathy Edger, an active member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD). Sheʼll be sharing with us her extensive slide collection of these amazing gardens. Visions of large potted citrus and the limonaia, tunnels of shrubs, dramatic double staircases, sunken gardens, theatrical gardens and more have all stood the test of time.

Garden near Lake Como

Garden near Lake Como

In 2009 Cathy, a former park ranger, along with her 92 year old mother-in-law and 20 fellow members of the APLD visited various villa gardens in Italy. For two weeks they traveled from Lake Como through Tuscany stopping to see gardens from the early Renaissance in the 15th century through the Romantic period of the 19th century. Now you too can visit these gardens with a little armchair traveling with us. A $5 donation is requested for this event. We will have refreshments available for purchase. Please RSVP by calling the NBICF Center at 591-9696. Space is limited so please reserve a seat.

Sundays at the Center – April Movie

Sunday at the Center – 2:00-4:00 pm Italian Cultural Center

Activities at the Center provide interesting Italian movies, operas and lectures. The doors open at 2:00pm and the program begins at 2:30pm. 

April 27, 2014 – Movie – Enchanted April 

Two cloistered, married English women (Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson) impulsively rent an Italian villa and embark upon a vacation without their spouses. They are joined by two other ladies, the high-flown aging widow Joan Plowright, and elegant upper-crust beauty Polly Walker, whom they have never met. Under the spell of an exotic new locaion, the foursome are in for quite a few life-altering experiences, many of them amusing, and not a few very surprising. Impeccably accurate in its recreaion of European manners and mores in the 1920s. Enchanted April is sheer bliss from fade-in to fade-out. In English.

Please call 707-591-9696 to reserve your seat at no charge.