FEILE-FESTA
The new online and print journal of the Mediterranean Celtic Cultural Association.

Read the Spring 2007 issue.

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Upcoming Events

MCCA 2006 - 2007 Season

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

II - Film - Wagner College (10/01/06)
          Open City - Roberto Rossellini
          Dinner / Discussion at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria

III - Reading - Wagner College (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

VI - Film - Angelika Film Center (2/03/07)
          Mafioso - Alberto Lattuada
          Dinner / Discussion at Teresa's (Polish)

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

IX - Film - Angelika Film Center (5/27/07)
          Golden Door (Nuovomondo) - Emanuele Crialese
          Dinner at Joe's Ginger

X - Launch of Journal - KGB Bar (6/16//07)
            Feile-Festa ~ spring 2007 - Frank Polizzi,Editor
           Dinner at Bianca Restaurant

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

II - Film - Wagner College (10/23/05)
           La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini
           Dinner / Discussion at Joe & Pat's Pizzeria

III - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (12/11/05)
           Dances with Luigi - Paul Paolicelli
           Appetizers, buffet, desserts

IV - Opera - Regina Opera Company (3/4/06)
           L'Elisir d'Amor - Gaetano Donizetti
           After dinner drinks - Tony & Barbar'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 - Bowery Poetry Club (4/23/06)
           Feile-Festa ~ spring 2006 - Frank Polizzi, Editor
           Dinner at Bianca restaurant / 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

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 - American (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 - 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 (3/01/05)
           Calvelleria Rusticana - Pietro Mascagni
           Dinner at Chianti Restaurant - Southern Italian (Bay Ridge)

VII - Book discussion - Rose Ann's house (4/03/05)
           Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi
           Buffet - American & Italian

VIII - 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 - Reading - Cornelia Street Cafe (8/9/03)
           Featured reader, Frank Polizzi - "Spirit of Dublin" (Mediterranean & Celtic Isles)
           Dinner at Bel Villagio restaurantI

II - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie 's house (11/7/03)
           The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
           Richard's antipasto tableI

III - Opera - Amato Opera (11/16/03)
           Il Travatore - Giuseppe Verdi
           Dinner at Lombardi's Pizzeria

IV - Play - Samuel Beckett Theater (12/7/03)
           Our Fathers - Luigi Lunari
           Dinner at Becco restaurant

V - Semi-Annual Meeting - Frank & Peg's house (1/18/04)
           Party
           Italian heroes & French/Italian cheese

VI - Robert Burns poetry - St. Andrew's restaurant (1/25/04)
           Robert Burns Night - Frank Polizzi read "Highland Mary"
           Dinner of Hagus & Scotch malt whiskey

VII - Book discussion - Ernie & Ruby's house (2/8/04)
           Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
           Deli food, Irish soda bread * Scottish shortbread

VIII - Film - Wagner College (3/7/04)
           Cinema Paradiso (uncut version) - Giuseppe Tornatore
           Dinner / Discussionat Joe & Pat's pizzeria

IX - Opera - New York City Opera (4/20/04)
           Ermione - Gioacchino Rossini
           Dinner at Celeste restaurant

X - Book discussion - Richard & Rosemarie's house (5/2/04)
           Sicilian Odyssey - Francine Prose
           Antipasti & grilled meats

XI - Opera - MET in the Parks - St. George (6/26/45)
           Nabucco - Giuseppe Verdi
           Picnic food from Paneantico

XII - Annual Meeting - Frank & Peg's house (6/27/04)
           Party
           Barbecue on terrace & Greek salad

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