
FEILE-FESTA
The new online and print journal of the Mediterranean Celtic Cultural Association.
News & Events
I - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/04/09)
Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana) - Pietro Germi
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)II - Book discussion - Ralph & Joanne's house (10/25/09)
Outliers - Malcolm GladwellIII - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (11/7/09)
IV - New York Botanical Garden (12/20/09)
Holiday Train Show (New York landmarks)
Lunch at Zero Otto Nove (Arhtur Ave. / Belmont)V - Book discussion - Rose Ann's house (1/23/10)
Fortunate Pilgrim - Mario PuzoVI - Play - Circle in the Square at the Cort Theatre (2/23/10)
A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller
Dinner at Becco Restaurant (Theatre Dist.)VII - Reading - Cornelia Street Cafe (4/10/10)
Featured reader, Maria Lisella - selected poems from Two Naked Feet and Amore on Hope St.
Dinner at Villa Mosconi restaurant (Greenwich Village)VIII - Reading - Brooklyn College Library (5/05/10)
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin & Netherland - Joseph O'Neill
Discussion afterwards led by host, Leonard Lopate
IX - Launch of Journal - KGB Bar (5/15/10)
Feile-Festa ~ spring 2010 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)X - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (5/22/10)
Netherland - Joseph O'NeillXI - Opera - Bleecker Street Opera (6/27/10)
Riogoletto - Giuseppe Verdi
Dinner at Bianca restaurant (Noho)XII - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (8/20/10)
"Girls in Their Summer Dresses" - Irwin Shaw
I - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/05/08)
Golden Door (Eng. title) Nuovomondo (Ital. title) - Emanuele Crialese
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)II - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (10/25/08)
& Book discussion
Subway Music - Reynold Joseph Paul JunkerIII - Opera - Amato Opera (12/28/08)
The Merry Widow - Franz Lehar
Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)IV - Opera / Lecture - BAM (1/10/09)
La Rondine (HD film) - Giacomo Puccini
Speaker - Fred PlotkinV - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (1/24/09)
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest HemingwayVI - Reading - Wagner College (2/03/09)
Very Valentine - Adriana Trigiani
Reception - office of Dr. Richard Guarasci, Pres. & discussion after readingVII - Play - Actors' Playhouse (3/03/09)
Blood Type: RAGU - Frank Ingrasciotta
Dinner at Surya restaurant (Greenwich Village)VIII - Launch of Journal - Mulberry St, Branch Library / NYPL (6/20//09)
Feile-Festa ~ spring 2009 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)IX - Book discussion - Linda's house (6/29/09)
Vita Nuova - Magdalen NabbX - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (8/25/09)
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
I - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (9/30/07)
Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonia all'italiana) - Vittorio de Sica
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)II - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (10/13/07)
III - Book discussion - Rose Ann's house (11/18/07)
Pereira Declares: A Testimony - Antonio TabucchiIV - Concert - St. Michaels Church (12/09/07)
Ronan TynanV - Opera / Lecture - BAM (1/26/08)
Hansel & Gretel (HD film) - Richard Wagner
Speaker - Fred PlotkinVI - Book discussion - Pete & Anita's house (1/27/08)
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwanVII - Opera - Dicapo Opera Theatre (4/12/08)
La Faniculla del West - Giacomo PucciniVIII - Film - Cinema Village (4/24/08)
Mio Fratello e Figlio Unico (My Brother is an Only Child) - Daniele Luchetti
Lunch at Gotham Bar & Grill (Greenwich Village)IX - Launch of Journal - Mulberry St, Branch Library / NYPL (4/26//08)
Feile-Festa ~ spring 2008 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)X - Reading - Cornelia Street Cafe / IAWA (5/10/08)
Featured reader (selected poems) - Frank Polizzi
Dinner at Napoli Pizza (West Village)XI - Book discussion - Ralph & Joanne's house (6/21/08)
Are You Somebody? Nuala O'Faolain
I - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (9/23/06)
Appetizers, cheese table, dessertsII - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/01/06)
Open City - Roberto Rossellini
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)III - Reading - Wagner College Library (10/05/06)
An Offer We Can't Refuse - George DiStefano
Discussion afterwardsIV - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (11/11/06)
Evening Class - Maeve Binchy
Appetizers, buffet, dessertsV - Film - Italian Academy / Columbia Univ. (1/24/07)
Giovanni Falcone - Andrea & Antonio Frazzi
Dinner at Pisticci Italian Restaurant (Morningside Heights)VI - Film - Angelika Film Center (2/03/07)
Mafioso - Alberto Lattuada
Dinner / Discussion at Teresa's (East Village)VII - Book discussion - Pete & Anita's house (2/10/07)
The Innocent - Magdalen Nabb
French & Italian buffet & dessertsVIII - Opera - Dicapo Opera Theatre (4/22/07)
Manon Lescat - Giacomo Puccini
Dinner at Parkside Restaurant (Corona)IX - Film - Angelika Film Center (5/27/07)
Golden Door (Nuovomondo) - Emanuele Crialese
Dinner at Joe's Ginger (Chinatown)X - Launch of Journal - KGB Bar (6/16//07)
Feile-Festa ~ spring 2007 - Frank Polizzi,Editor
Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)XI - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (6/24/07)
Downtown. My Manhattan - Pete Hamill
Barbecue
I - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (10/16/05)
Appetizers, cheese table, dessertsII - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/23/05)
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)III - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (12/11/05)
Dances with Luigi - Paul Paolicelli
Appetizers, buffet, dessertsIV - Opera - Regina Opera Company (3/04/06)
L'Elisir d'Amor - Gaetano Donizetti
After dinner drinks - Tony & Barbara's houseV - Book discussion- Ralph & Joanne's house (3/12/06)
Were You Always an Italian? - Marai Laurino
Appetizers, cheese table, dessertsVI - Launch of journal - Bowery Poetry Club (4/23/06)
Feile-Festa ~ spring 2006 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
Dinner at Bianca restaurant (Noho) / after dinner drinks at Frank & Peg's studioVII - Film - UA Stadium / SI (5/20/06)
Da Vinci Code - Ron Howard
Dinner / Discussion at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)VIII - Book discussion - Linda's house (6/11/06)
Teacher Man - Frank McCourt
Appetizers, buffet, desserts
I - Concert - Snug Harbor (9/12/04)
Sicilian folk songs - Michela Musolino
Dinner at Tugs (Staten Island)II - Book discussion - Ralph & Joanne's house (9/26/04)
Il Gattapardo / The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Joanne's continental cuisineIII - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/17/04)
Il Gattapardo / The Leopard - Luchino Visconti
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)IV - Presentation - St. John's University / Queens (11/06/04)
"Irish - Sicilian Links" - Enzo Farinella & Frank Polizzi
Buffet - Irish & Italian (St. John's Univ.)V - Book discussion - Linda's house (12/05/04)
Charming Billy - Alice McDermott
Buffet - Middle EasternVI - Opera - Regina Opera Company (3/13/05)
Calvelleria Rusticana - Pietro Mascagni
Dinner at Chianti Restaurant (Bay Ridge)VII - Book discussion - Rose Ann's house (4/03/05)
Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
Buffet - American & ItalianVIII - Film - Cinema Village (4/25/05)
La Meglio Gioventu (Best of Youth) - Marco Tullio Giordana
Lunch at Gotham Bar & Grill (Greenwich Village)IX - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (6/26/05)
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Barbecue - Tandoori style
I - First Exploratory Meeting of MCCA - Frank & Peg's house (5/02/03)
Wine & spuntiniII - Reading - Cornelia Street Cafe (8/09/03)
Featured reader, Frank Polizzi - "Spirit of Dublin" (A Pity Beyond All Telling)
Dinner at Bel Villagio restaurant (West Village)III - Planning Committee - Tony & Barbara's house (9/21/03)
Meeting of President & Directors
Pearl Room restaurant (Bay Ridge)IV - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie 's house (11/07/03)
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Richard's antipasto tableV - Opera - Amato Opera (11/16/03)
Il Travatore - Giuseppe Verdi
Dinner at Lombardi's Pizzeria (Nolita/Little Italy)VI - Play - Samuel Beckett Theater (12/07/03)
Our Fathers - Luigi Lunari
Dinner at Becco restaurant (Theatre Dist.)VII - Semi-Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (1/18/04)
Italian heroes & French/Italian cheeseVIII - Robert Burns poetry (1/25/04)
Robert Burns Night - Frank Polizzi read "Highland Mary"
Dinner of Hagus & Scotch malt whiskey at St. Andrew's Rest. (Theatre Dist.)IX - Book discussion - Ernie & Ruby's house (2/08/04)
Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Deli food, Irish soda bread * Scottish shortbreadX - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (3/07/04)
Cinema Paradiso (uncut version) - Giuseppe Tornatore
Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)XI - Opera - New York City Opera (4/20/04)
Ermione - Gioacchino Rossini
Dinner at Celeste restaurant (Upper West Side)XII - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (5/02/04)
Sicilian Odyssey - Francine Prose
Antipasti & grilled meatsXIII - Opera - MET in the Parks - St. George (6/26/04)
Nabucco - Giuseppe Verdi
Picnic food from Paneantico (Bay Ridge)XI V- Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (6/27/04)
Barbecue on terrace & Greek salad