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MCCA 2014- 2015 Season

 

I - Opera / Lecture - BAM (11/1/14)
          Carmen (HD film) - Georges Bizet
          Speaker - Marc A. Scorca / Dinner at First Oasis (Bay Ridge)

II - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (11/14/14)

III - Book discussion - Linda & George's house (12/18/14)
          My Two Italies - Joseph Luzzi

IV - Opera - Regina Opera Company / OLPH (3/15/15)
         Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Gioachino Rossini
         Dinner at Taci's Beyti (Coney Island Ave.)

V - Book launch - BookMark Shoppe / Bay Ridge, BK (5/29/15)
          A New Life with Bianca - Frank Polizzi
          Dinner at Bombay Grill (Bay Ridge)

VI - Launch of Journal (online) - Mulberry St, Branch Library / NYPL (6/20/15)
           Feile-Festa ~ spring 2014 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
           Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)

VI - Book discussion - Nick & Marie's house (8/20/15)
          Restaurant Man - Joe Bastianich

 

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MCCA 2013- 2014 Season

 

I - 10th Anniversary MCCA (9/11/13)
          Dinner at Taci's Beyti (Coney Island Ave.)

II - Opera / Lecture - BAM (11/9/13)
          Tosca (HD film) - Giacomo Puccini
          Speaker - Marc A. Scorca / Dinner at Queen Rest. (Bklyn Heights)

III - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (11/16/13)

IV - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (2/21/14)
          Fever - Mary Beth Keane

V - Film - Angelika Film Center (Soho) (3/15/14)
          La Grande Bellazza - Paolo Sorrentino
          Dinner at Bianca restaurant (Noho)

VI - Opera / Lecture - BAM (4/5/14)
          La Boheme (HD film) - Giacomo Puccini
          Speaker - Marc A. Scorca /  Dinner at Taci's Beyti (Coney Island Ave.)

VII - Opera - Kingsboro Community College (5/4/14)
         Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci - Pietro Mascagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo
         Dinner at Taci's Beyti (Coney Island Ave.)

VII - Launch of Journal (online) - Mulberry St, Branch Library / NYPL (7/26/14)
           Feile-Festa ~ spring 2014 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
           Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)

VIII - Book discussion - Pete & Anita's house (8/19/14)
          The Heart is the Teacher - Leonard Covello

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MCCA 2012 - 2013 Season

 

I - Concert - College of SI (10/27/12)
           Italian and American songs - Michael Amante
           Dinner at Cafe del Mondo (Staten Island)

II - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (11/17/12)

III - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (12//16/12)
          The Terracotta Dog - Andrea Camilleri

IV - Opera / Lecture - BAM (1/19/13)
          Maria Stuarda (HD film) - Gaetano Donizetti
          Speaker - Fred Plotkin / Dinner at Queen Rest. (Bklyn Heights)  

V - Opera / Lecture - BAM (3/16/13)
          Francesca da Rimini ( HD film) - Riccardo Zandonai
          Speaker - Marc A. Scorca / Dinner at Petite Crevette (Carroll Gardens)  

VI - Book discussion - Ralph & Joanne's house (4/19/13)
          A Room with a View - E. M. Forster

VII - Launch of Journal (online) - KGB Bar (6/21/13)
           Feile-Festa ~ spring 2013 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
           Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)

VIII - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (7/15/13)
           Brunelleschi's Dome - Ross King

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MCCA 2011 - 2012 Season

 

I - Reading - Cornelia Street Cafe (9/10/11)
           Featured reader, Frank Polizzi - selected poems from All Around Town
           Dinner at Numero 28 pizzeria (Greenwich Village)

II - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (10/16/11)

III - Book discussion - Ralph & Joanne's house (11/04/11)
          Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman

IV - Book discussion - Nick & Marie's house (2/04/12)
          Elizabeth Street - Laurie Fabriano

V - Concert - St. George Theatre (3/24/12)
          Ronan Tynan & Judy Collins
          Dinner at Beso restaurant (St. George, SI)

VI - Reading - Bowery Poetry Club (3/25/12)
           Featured reader, Gil Fagiani - selected poems from Chianti in Connecticut

VII - Concert - St. George Theatre (6/01/12)
          Steve Martin with The Steve Canyon Rangers (Bluegrass Band)
          Dinner at Enoteca Maria (St. George, SI)

VIII - Film - Calandra Italian American Institute (6/09/12)
          Union Square - Nancy Savoca
          Dinner at Dafini Taverna (Theater District)

IX - Book discussion - George & Linda's house (8/20/12)
          Love and Summer - William Trevor

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MCCA 2010 - 2011 Season

 

I - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (9/25/10)

II - Film / Discussion - Wagner College (10/03/10)
          Uncle Nino - Robert Shallcross
          Dinner at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria (Staten Island)

III - Opera / Lecture - BAM (10/09/10)
          Das Rheingold (HD film) - Richard Wagner
          Speaker - Fred Plotkin / Dinner at Habana Outpost (Ft. Greene)

IV - Book discussion - Linda & George's house (11/21/10)
          Fatal Embrace - Mark Braveman

V - Presentation - The Enrico Caruso Museum / Sheepshead Bay (1/02/11)
          "The Life & Times of Enrico Caruso" by Cav, Uff. Aldo Mancusi
          Dinner at La Sorrentino Ristorante (Dyker Heights)

VI - Presentation - Casa Belvedere / Grymes Hill, SI (1/11/11)
          "A Trip to Operatic Italy" by Lou Barrella
          Antipasti & wine afterwards

VII - Reading - Casa Belvedere (6/14/11)
          The Anarchist Bastard: Growing up Italian in America - Joanna Clapps Herman
          & Italian Folk: Vernacular Culture in Italian American Lives - Joseph Sciorra

VIII - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (6/25/11)
        The Anarchist Bastard: Growing up Italian in America - Joanna Clapps

IX - Launch of Journal (print & online) - KGB Bar (6/27/11)
           Feile-Festa ~ spring 2011 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
           Dinner at Bianca Restaurant (Noho)

X - Book Discussion - Pete & Anita's house (8/23/11)
          The Death and Life of the Great American School System:
         How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education - Diana Ravitch

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MCCA 2009 - 2010 Season

 

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 Gladwell

III - 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 Puzo

VI - 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 (print & online) - 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'Neill

XI - 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

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MCCA 2008 - 2009 Season

 

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 Junker 

III - 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 Plotkin - Brunch at BAM Cafe

V - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (1/24/09)
          A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

VI - Reading - Wagner College (2/03/09)
          Very Valentine - Adriana Trigiani
          Reception - office of Dr. Richard Guarasci, Pres. & discussion after reading

VII - Play - Actors' Playhouse (3/03/09)
          Blood Type: RAGU - Frank Ingrasciotta
          Dinner at Surya restaurant (Greenwich Village)

VIII - Launch of Journal (print & online) - 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 Nabb

X - Book discussion - Tony & Barbara's house (8/25/09)
          Brooklyn - Colm Toibin

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MCCA 2007 - 2008 Season

 

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 Tabucchi

IV - Concert - St. Michael's Church (12/09/07)
           Ronan Tynan

V - Opera / Lecture - BAM (1/26/08)
          Hansel & Gretel (HD film) - Richard Wagner
          Speaker - Fred Plotkin - Brunch at BAM Cafe

VI - Book discussion - Pete & Anita's house (1/27/08)
          On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan

VII - Opera - Dicapo Opera Theatre (4/12/08)
          La Faniculla del West - Giacomo Puccini

VIII - 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 (print & online) - 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

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MCCA 2006 - 2007 Season

 

I - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (9/23/06)
          Appetizers, cheese table, desserts

II - 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 afterwards

IV - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (11/11/06)
          Evening Class - Maeve Binchy
           Appetizers, buffet, desserts

V - 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 & desserts

VIII - 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 (print & online) - 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

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 MCCA 2005 - 2006 Season

 

I - Annual Meeting / Party - Frank & Peg's house (10/16/05)
           Appetizers, cheese table, desserts

II - 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, desserts

IV - Opera - Regina Opera Company (3/04/06)
           L'Elisir d'Amor - Gaetano Donizetti
           After dinner drinks - Tony & Barbara's house

V - Book discussion- Ralph & Joanne's house (3/12/06)
           Were You Always an Italian? - Marai Laurino
           Appetizers, cheese table, desserts

VI - Launch of journal (print & online) - 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 studio

VII - 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

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 MCCA 2004 - 2005 Season

 

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 cuisine

III - 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 Eastern

VI - 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 & Italian

VIII - 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

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 MCCA 2003 - 2004 Season

 

I - First Exploratory Meeting of MCCA - Frank & Peg's house (5/02/03)
           Wine & spuntini

II - 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 table

V - 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 cheese

VIII - 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 shortbread

X - 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 meats

XIII - 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

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