Programme
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ITALIAN QUIZ NIGHT
Join us and test your knowledge of all things Italian with our fun 60 question quiz. This meeting will be held in Room 8 of the Leigh Community Centre.
TERENZANO, MY HAPPY PLACE – Velma Thomas
Terenzano is a little village situated in Lunigiana, a region lost between valleys that open at the foot of the mountain ranges of the Apennines and the Apuane. Do you know this beautiful area? I will explain to you with photographs why this is ‘my happy place’. This meeting will [...]
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ANTONIO CANOVA, THE PRINCE OF SCULPTORS – Gosia Edwards
When I went to Venice for the first time 36 years ago and I saw the monument to Antonio Canova in the Basilica dei Frari, I couldn’t have known that so many years later I would be asked to present him to a group of English people who were passionate [...]
Further dates for 2024:
- 15th May – To be confirmed
- 19th June – Paolo Giannone
- 18th September – Claudia Daniotti
- 16th October – An evening of Italian board games
- 20th November – Gosia Edwards