The Dante Society of Westerly, RI

2025 Italian Snacking with Anna Francese Gass
2025-10-19 16:00 (America/New_York) | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
As part of the UNITED Table series, the UNITED and The Dante Society present a special talk, screening, and book-signing with Westerly native Anna Francese Gass celebrating her 2024 cookbook, “Italian Snacking: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Every Hour of the Day,” and her new television series “Instant Italian with Anna Gass” which launched in March on FYI.

The UNITED Table series is a culinary entertainment series presented to celebrate the food we eat and the creative, hardworking people who take the care and thought in preparing and presenting that food, preserving its history, and filling our lives with the tastes, smells, and experiences that bring people together. Through conversations, tastings, book talks, food fests, and screenings from the culinary cineverse, The UNITED Table invites you to pull up a chair. Bon appetite!.
More information and tickets are available online at
https://unitedtheatre.org/

2025 Fall Italian Classes
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-30 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The Dante Society of Westerly is sponsoring a new series of Italian lessons this fall.

The courses will be taught by Gayle Restivo, certified Italian language teacher and Dante Society Member.
All classes will be held at the Westerly Senior Center, State Street.
Each class meets once per week beginning the week of October 27th, 2025.

Beginner 1 – Thu 5:30-7pm
Beginner 2 – Thu 7-8:30pm
Intermediate – Mon 6:30-8pm
Advanced Intermediate – Tue 6:30-8pm

Classes are open to the public.
Prior registration is required.
Five student minimum per class is necessary.

To register please contact Gayle Restivo at
gaylerestivo@yahoo.it

Cost for 6 week session:
$150 per student
($120 for current Dante members)
(Payment due at the first class: cash or check)

2025 An evening with Consul General Arnaldo Minuti
2025-11-07 18:30 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
An evening with Consul General Arnaldo Minuti of the Italian Consulate in Boston
As part of the Dante Society of Westerly’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, we welcome Consul General Minuti who will discuss the Italian American relations and the importance of Italian Immigration to the US, especially in the early and mid 20th century.

Consul General Minuti is a career diplomat who has previously served as the Head of the Office for International Cooperation against Global Threats and Counterterrorism of the Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA). He has served at the Embassy of Italy in Ethiopia and was Consul of Italy in Canada for the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Italy in Mexico City and was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO in Paris. In 2017, he was promoted to the rank of Counselor of Embassy. He is Lieutenant of the Carabinieri Corps (of the reserve) and is Knight of the Italian Republic.

There will be a public reception following Consul General Minuti’s remarks.
The talk and reception afterwards are free and open to the public but prior registration is required.
Please register by November 1. Register (free) at the United Theatre’s web site using the button “TICKETS” near the bottom of this link: UnitedTheatre

General Membership Meeting November 2025
2025-11-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
This is the Fourth and final of the four members’ business meeting for 2025.
The general agenda is:

Call Meeting to Order
Opening Statement by the President of the Society
Approval of Minutes of the September meeting – (see link to the index near the bottom of this page)
New member Introduction
Committee Reports
Upcoming Events & Programs
Other new items

The full agenda can be found in the Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
This meeting will be held at the Senior Center.

Members are reminded that the bylaws require attendance at a minimum of 50% of membership meetings as well as participation and support in society activities.
The remaining meetings this year are scheduled for June 12, September 11, and November 13.

Please review the minutes from the previous meeting (June 2025) prior to attending the meeting.
The minutes from the previous meeting and, when available, the agenda for this meeting may be found using this link: Index of Agendas & Minutes

2025 Lecture: The Story of Del's
2025-11-22 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891

2025 Event: Italian Bred
2025-12-10 15:00 - 19:00 | The Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
>> SOLD OUT <<

Candice Guardino will be presenting the show Italian Bred on Dec 10 at the Granite Theatre. There are two showings: an early one at 3:00 PM and a later one at 7:00 PM

Italian Bred, is an hilarious and heartwarming theatrical comedy that is based on true life events and told through the eyes of a girl growing up Italian on Staten Island. Having written down everything her bawdy grandmother ever uttered, Candice slips in and out of multiple family characters, story-tells hilarious childhood moments and sings songs that all makes this woman an incredible talent of our time.

Additional information and ticket availability can be found on the Granite Theatre’s web site.

2026: Celebrate La Befana with the Dante Society and Westerly Library & Wilcox Park
2026-01-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Westerly Library, 44 Broad St, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The Dante Society of Westerly and Westerly Library & Wilcox Park presents an opportunity to learn about the Italian tradition of La Befana in the Terrace room at the library.
Children and families are invited to join us for a morning celebration of the Italian folklore tradition of La Befana. The Legend of Old La Befana will be read at 10:15 am followed by the Disney short film “La Luna”. Kids will enjoy a themed craft to work on with help from Westerly High School Italian language students. Cookies will be provided from Fresh Cup Cafe.
Please see the Library’s calendar for additional details.

Information on La Befana and the Italian tradition can be found here on Wikipedia.

Movie: Divorce Italian Style
2026-01-20 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The United Theatre and the Dante Society of Westerly present a screening of Pietro Germi’s “Divorce Italian Style”.
The movie was released in Rome in 1961, followed by a release in the US in 1962. The movie is listed in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian Films to be saved.

Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (Daniela Rocca). His solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure his spouse into the arms of another and then murder her in a justifiable effort to save his honor. This hilarious and cutting satire of Sicilian male-chauvinist culture was nominated for 21 awards, winning 12 including the 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Length 1 hr 45 min; B&W; not rated
Filmed in Sicily
Film is in Italian with English captions

Nominated for 3 Oscars (Best Actor; Best Director; won Best Writing, Story, and Screenplay)
Winner of 3 Golden Globe Awards (USA: Best Actor; USA: Best Foreign Film; Italy: Best Film)
A trailer and additional information is available from IMDb
The plot synopsis and other information on the film can be found on WikipediA

Tickets may be purchased at the theater at time of the show or online. For online purchases, see the United Theatre web site for the movie.

2026 Winter Gathering
2026-02-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Hilltop Café, 23 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891
It’s time for the Society’s annual winter gathering!
— Open to members of the Dante Society of Westerly and one guest (spouse, significant other, friend, …). —
>>> SOLD OUT! <<<

Cost is $20/per person; tickets will not be available at the door.

On Jan 2 an email was sent to members with details and a link to purchase tickets online.
As of Jan 15, all tickets have been sold!

This year more seating will be available, but seating is still limited.
It was sold out last year; please buy your tickets early so you do not miss out.

Menu
Drinks may be purchased; a buffet luncheon will be provided.
The buffet will include: Salad, Pizza, Pasta, Chicken Cutlets, Meatballs, and Sausage and Potatoes.

Lecture: A Journey Along the Ancient Appian Way
2026-02-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891
Dr. Gary Robbins: A Journey Along the Ancient Appian Way

The Appian Way (often called Regina Viarum or “Queen of the Long Roads”) was constructed starting in 312 BC and eventually extended some 360 miles from Rome to Brundisium (now the city of Brindisi in the heel of Italy). The mostly paved road, originally built for warfare, became an economic, social, and religious thoroughfare opening southern Italy and creating a gateway for Roman expansion throughout the Mediterranean. From ancient Rome through the Middle Ages and even up to World War II, the road played a pivotal role in shaping European history. In this presentation, Dr. Robbins will share with you the wondrous sites he explored on a trip he took in March 2025 from Rome to Brindisi along the Appian Way.

Dr. Gary Robbins is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Natural Resources and the Environment and Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He taught at the university for 37 years before retiring. While there, he taught a study abroad course in Rome Italy for some 10 years and conducted research with the University of Roma Tre. He has a keen interest in the history of Rome and ancient Roman architecture and technology.

Note: Unless specifically noted as being streamed or recorded, the lectures in the lecture series hosted by the Dante Society of Westerly are live events only and are not recorded. They are neither streamed online nor available afterwards as recordings.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

This event is presented in partnership with the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park.

It's Gelato, not Ice Cream! (rescheduled)
2026-03-07 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891
It’s Gelato, not Ice Cream!
>>> NEW DATE: RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER! <<<

Is there a difference between gelato and ice cream? Absolutely! Join Melanie Wolf as she shares her journey to master the art and science of making this delicious treat. Wolf began by traveling with her husband, Denis St. Amand, to Bologna, Italy to attend Gelato University. She returned to take more advanced courses on the chemistry and science behind it so she could create her own flavors.

Wolf’s story continues beyond her highly acclaimed gelateria in downtown Westerly. She has also competed in the Carpigiani Challenge, World Masters Gelato Festival, and was one of three finalists from New York to compete in the North American Finals (Los Angeles, 2025).

Note: Unless specifically noted as being streamed or recorded, the lectures in the lecture series hosted by the Dante Society of Westerly are live events only and are not recorded. They are neither streamed online nor available afterwards as recordings.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

This event is presented in partnership with the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park.

Cin Cin 2026: An Exploration of Classic Italian Cocktails
2026-03-08 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
As part of the 2026 SoupyFest series of events, the UNITED in partnership with the Dante Society of Westerly presents Anthony Caporale for a tasting and deep-dive into the evolution, ingredient history, and cultural significance of Italian cocktails.
Anthony Caporale is an award-winning mixology author and star of “The Imbible” series of long-running Off-Broadway musicals about the history of cocktails and spirits. Known throughout the beverage industry for his dynamic and entertaining talks, this veteran of the New York stage will guide you through the history of classic Italian drinks, including live demonstrations of how to craft them perfectly at home. You won’t want to miss this unique evening of fun, facts, and fables, all viewed through a liquid lens!

Doors open at 3:30 with the lecture starting at 4:00. A tasting is included, which begins at 5:30. The event ends at 6:15.
Total cost per person is $25 per ticket, which includes the lecture, tasting, and the processing fee.
Last year sold out!
For the most current information and/or to purchase tickets, visit the United Theatre’s web page for the event:
Click here to go to their web listing and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the button to purchase tickets.

General Membership Meeting March 2026
2026-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
This is the First of the four members’ business meeting for 2026.
(the next meeting is scheduled for June 11)
The general agenda is:

Call Meeting to Order
Opening Statement by the President of the Society
Approval of the previous Minutes (Minutes from November are now available – see the page Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes)
New member Introduction
Committee Reports
Upcoming Events & Programs
Other new items

When available, the full agenda can be found in the Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
This meeting will be held at the Senior Center.

Members are reminded that the bylaws require attendance at a minimum of 50% of membership meetings as well as participation and support in society activities.
The remaining meetings this year are scheduled for June 11, September 10, and November 12.

Please review the minutes from the previous meeting (November 2025) prior to attending the meeting.
The minutes from the previous meeting, when available, may be found using this link: Index of Agendas & Minutes

2026 Wine Tasting - SOLD OUT
2026-03-18 17:00 - 19:00 | The Café, 3 Canal St, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The Dante Society of Westerly Presents a Wine Tasting, featuring 4 Wines with food pairings.

The wines will be discussed by guest sommelier Lindsay Colucci, a Certified Sommelier and the Dining Room Manager for the Watch Hill Yacht Club.
Co-sponsored by The Wine Store, the event is being held at The Café (near the fireplace).

The event is open to the public. Cost is $50/person, inclusive of gratuity. Seating is limited, and advanced purchase of tickets is required, available only online.
There are a limited number of NO tickets remaining for sale; tickets will not be available at the door.
Tickets may be purchased using this link: PURCHASE TICKETS SOLD OUT!

Seating is limited. Please buy your tickets early.

Movie: Malena
2026-03-24 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The United Theatre and the Dante Society of Westerly present a screening of Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Malena”.
The movie was released in Italy in 2000, followed by a release in the US in 2001.

Giuseppe Tornatore also directed “Cinema Paradiso“, which was presented earlier as part of the Italian Movie Series. The movie, released as “Malèna” in Italy, was cut by 16 minutes to produce the US release as “Malena”. The two releases were nominated for a total of 28 awards, winning 7.
The story is of a boy coming of age: as Italy enters WWII, a teenage boy in a small, narrow-minded Sicilian town becomes obsessed with a young woman. Wikipedia’s write up on the movie notes that Rotten Tomatoes gives the movie an average rating of 5.4/10, with a critics consensus stating the movie “ends up objectifying the character of the movie’s title.” David Roony of Variety wrote that the film combines “… a coming-of-age story with the sad odyssey of a woman punished for her beauty, the film ultimately has too little depth, subtlety, …” (from Wikipedia)

Length 1 hr 31 min; “R” rated
Filmed in Sicily
Film is in Italian with English captions
Filmed in Sicily (Noto and Syracuse)

Nominated for 2 Oscars (Best Cinematography; Best Music, Original Score)
Nominated for 2 (US) Golden Globe Awards (USA: Best Foreign Language Film; USA: Best Original Score – Motion Picture )
A trailer and additional information is available from IMDb
The plot synopsis and other information on the film can be found on WikipediA

Tickets may be purchased at the theater at time of the show or online. For online purchases, see the United Theatre web site for the movie.

Italian American Writers
2026-03-29 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
As part of the UNITED Soupy Fest series, the UNITED and The Dante Society present an author talk, selected readings, and book-signing with four members of the Italian American Writers Association.

LAURETTE FOLK
Laurette Folk’as fiction, essays, and poems have been published in Waxwing, Gravel, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Boston Globe Magazine, and Best Small Fictions. Her first novel, A Portal to Vibrancy won the Independent Press Award for New Adult Fiction. Her second novel, The End of Aphrodite, won the Eric Hoffer Award for General Fiction and is described by Kirkus Reviews as “[A] haunting and poignant reflection on grief, spirituality, and the loving bonds that provide guidance and sustenance.” Her third novel, Eleison, is now out from Bordighera Press and was listed as a quarter finalist for the Booklife Prize. Laurette is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing program.

DANIELLE JONES
Danielle Jones is a poet and educator, with over a decade of experience in arts administration. She holds an MFA from UMass Boston. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Best New Poets, Consequence Magazine, Memorious, Southern Poetry Review, Rattle, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, a St. Botolph’s Club Emerging Artist Award, and a Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. She teaches writing at the University of New Hampshire, where she directs the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival and manages YAS Press.

JULIA LISELLA
Julia Lisella’s latest collection of poems, Our Lively Kingdom (Bordighera Press), was named a finalist in the 2023 Paterson Book Prize and Grand Prize Finalist and Poetry Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. Her other collections include Always, Terrain, and the chapbook, Love Song Hiroshima. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Alaska Quarterly, The Common, Nimrod, Pangyrus and many others. She has received writing residencies at MacDowell, Millay and the Vermont Center for the Arts. She teaches at Regis College and co-curates the Italian-American Writers Association Literary Reading Series in Boston.

CARLA PANCIERA
Carla Panciera’s collection of short stories, Bewildered, received the Grace Paley Short Fiction Award from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Her short story, “The Kind of People Who Look at Art” was indexed by Junot Diaz as a distinguished story in Best American Short Stories for 2017. She was the James E. Kilgore scholar in Nonfiction at Bread Loaf Writers Conference and is the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant in Creative Nonfiction from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir, was released in the spring of 2023 by Loom Press, Amesbury, MA. She has also published three collections of poetry: One of the Cimalores (Cider Press) and No Day, No Dusk, No Love and One Trail of Longing, Another of String(Bordighera).

Ticket information will be available on the United Theatre’s web site. A link to their page will be provided here once it is available.

Lecture: The Innocents of Florence
2026-04-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891
Professor Joseph Luzzi will join us to give a talk on his latest book: The Innocents of Florence, The renaissance Discovery of Childhood.

How a Florentine orphanage rescued thousands of children and revolutionized childhood education amid the splendor of Renaissance art. (Additional details will be provided closer to the presentation date)

Note: Unless specifically noted as being streamed or recorded, the lectures in the lecture series hosted by the Dante Society of Westerly are live events only and are not recorded. They are neither streamed online nor available afterwards as recordings.
Lectures are free and open to the public.

This event is presented in partnership with the Westerly Library and Wilcox Park.

2026 Annual Fried Dough Breakfast
2026-05-09 09:00 - 12:00 | St. Pius X, 45 Elm St., Westerly, RI, 02891
Dante Society of Westerly is hosting a Fried Dough Breakfast and Bake Sale.
Proceeds from the event help support educational grants and scholarships in keeping with the mission of the Dante Society.
Cost is $10 for 12 and older, $5 for under 12 yrs.
Tickets may be purchased in advance from members of the Dante Society of Westerly, or at the door.

Society members are encouraged to volunteer to assist with the event.

Movie: The Leopard
2026-05-19 16:00 - 19:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The United Theatre and the Dante Society of Westerly present a screening of the epic historical drama “The Leopard”.
The movie was released in Italy in 1963.

Adapted from the 1958 novel of the same name written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, who never saw it published as he died the year before it was published. “Set against Garibaldi’s 1860s campaign to unify Italy, the film follows the aristocratic Salina family as they reluctantly confront sweeping social change. Proud yet pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina consents to his nephew Tancredi’s marriage to Angelica, the beautiful daughter of the bourgeois Don Calogero, hoping the union will preserve the family’s comfort and political influence.”

Much of this movie was filmed in Sicily, but most interior shots were done in Rome. The movie was originally shot partly in English and partly in Italian. Scenes with Burt Lancaster, who stars as Don Fabrizio Corbera, were shot in English, and later dubbed into Italian for the Italian release. The other scenes were shot in Italian and later dubbed into English. The movie was 191 minutes long when presented at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, wining the Palm d’Or. It was cut to 185 minutes for the official Italian release. The film is included in the Italian Ministry of Culture Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved.
The 1963 English release, for England and the US, did not fair well as it had been cut from the Italian release of 185 minutes to 171 minutes, and the English dubbing was considered extremely poor both in the translation and the synchronization.
The movie has circulated in 5 versions, with the lengths ranging from the original 205 minutes to the initial foreign release of 171 minutes. In 1983 the Italian version was approved for foreign release with the Italian language restored. Fox released a restored version in 2004 with English subtitles.

Length 3 hr 5 min; “PG” rated
Filmed in Sicily and Rome
Film is in Italian with English captions

Nominated for 1 Oscar (Best Costume Design, Color)
Cannes Film Festival: 1963 winner of the Palme d’Or award (the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival)
Additional information is available from IMDb
The plot synopsis and other information on the film can be found on WikipediA

Tickets may be purchased at the theater at time of the show or online. For online purchases, see the United Theatre web site for the movie.

General Membership Meeting June 2026
2026-06-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
This is the Second of the four members’ business meeting for 2026.
(the next meeting is scheduled for September 1)
The general agenda is:

Call Meeting to Order
Opening Statement by the President of the Society
Approval of the previous Minutes (Minutes from November are now available – see the page Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes)
New member Introduction
Committee Reports
Upcoming Events & Programs
Other new items

When available, the full agenda can be found in the Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
This meeting will be held at the Senior Center.

Members are reminded that the bylaws require attendance at a minimum of 50% of membership meetings as well as participation and support in society activities.
The remaining meetings this year are scheduled for September 10 and November 12.

Please review the minutes from the previous meeting (March 2026) prior to attending the meeting.
The minutes from the previous meeting, when available, may be found using this link: Index of Agendas & Minutes

2026 Annual Summer Gathering
2026-06-24 18:00 - 20:00 | RI
This is the annual membership gathering for the end of the 2025/2026 season. The Pat Sposato Award is presented at the event.
This is a members-only event. Members must sign up if they plan on attending, and indicate if they will be bringing a guest.
The society will provide provide pizza. A link will be provide a few months before the event for members to sign up. There is no charge, but a head count is required to determine how many pizzas will be required.
Further details will be posted when the link is listed.

2026 Johnny V's Meatball Challenge and Pasta Dinner
2026-08-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Calabrese Club, 28 Pleasant Street, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The Dante Society of Westerly hosts the 2nd Annual Johnny V’s Meatball Challenge and Pasta Dinner, where diners vote in a blind taste test for their favorite meatball.

Last year was a sellout; this is a preliminary save-the-date posting.
Details will be posted as they become available.

Three sponsoring contestants are participating in the challenge. Details on the sponsors will be added here.
The contestant will be assigned one of 3 colors (green, white, and red) on the day of the contest, and each of their meatballs will have a small flag with that color to identify it.
Each ticket has a stub which is the ballot to vote for your favorite of the 3
It is a buffet style dinner, served from a service table, with open seating. Details on the timing and seating.
You do not need to wait for the results as we will publish on our web site and Facebook page later that evening as to who was selected as the peoples’ choice for favorite meatball.
Details on ticket pricing and availability will be added here.

Sponsoring Contestants
Sponsors will be listed in Early to Mid June
After the event:

The winner will be listed here
The color associated with each sponsor will be listed here

Ticket Information

Each ticket contains 2 parts: one part for the dinner and a second part that is the ballot for voting for your favorite meatball.

If you bought tickets from the Chamber, be sure to bring them with you.
If you ordered tickets online, when you arrive for dinner stop by the desk at the door to pick them up.
It is expected that ticket pricing and availability will be posted mid to late June

Menu
Salad
Bread
Pasta with sauce
(3) meatballs, one from each sponsor
Dessert

Note: Each meatball will have a small green, white, or red colored flag. The ballot half of your ticket contains a list of the 3 colors. Be sure to select your favorite meatball by circling the color of the flag it came with, and submitting your vote at the ballot box before you leave.

General Membership Meeting September 2026
2026-09-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
This is the Third of the four members’ business meeting for 2026.
(the next meeting is scheduled for November 12)
The general agenda is:

Call Meeting to Order
Opening Statement by the President of the Society
Approval of the previous Minutes (Minutes from November are now available – see the page Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes)
New member Introduction
Committee Reports
Upcoming Events & Programs
Other new items

When available, the full agenda can be found in the Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
This meeting will be held at the Senior Center.

Members are reminded that the bylaws require attendance at a minimum of 50% of membership meetings as well as participation and support in society activities.
The last meeting this year is scheduled for November 12.

Please review the minutes from the previous meeting (June 11, 2026) prior to attending the meeting.
The minutes from the previous meeting, when available, may be found using this link: Index of Agendas & Minutes

Movie: Sept 22 - Title TBD
2026-09-22 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The United Theatre and the Dante Society of Westerly present a screening of {TBD}.
The movie title and associated details will be listed closer to the date.

2026 Annual Anna Turrisi Cooking Demonstration
2026-10-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Calabrese Club, 28 Pleasant Street, Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
The Dante Society of Westerly continues the tradition of hosting the annual Anna Turrisi Cooking Demonstration.
SAVE THE DATE
Tickets are required for attendance. There is a 160 seat limit.
Details will be posted as they are finalized.

A History of the Unification of Italy
2026-10-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891
(details pending)

General Membership Meeting November 2026
2026-11-12 08:00 - 17:00 | Westerly Senior Center, 39 State St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States
This is the Fourth of the four members’ business meeting for 2026.
(the next meeting will be scheduled for March 2027)
The general agenda is:

Call Meeting to Order
Opening Statement by the President of the Society
Approval of the previous Minutes (Minutes from November are now available – see the page Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes)
New member Introduction
Committee Reports
Upcoming Events & Programs
Other new items

When available, the full agenda can be found in the Index of Meeting Agendas and Minutes.
This meeting will be held at the Senior Center.

Members are reminded that the bylaws require attendance at a minimum of 50% of membership meetings as well as participation and support in society activities.

Please review the minutes from the previous meeting (September 10, 2026) prior to attending the meeting.
The minutes from the previous meeting, when available, may be found using this link: Index of Agendas & Minutes

Movie: Nov 17 - Title TBD
2026-11-17 16:00 - 18:00 | The United Theater, 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, 02891, United States

2026 Holiday Concert
2026-12-09 08:00 - 20:00 | RI
>> Save the Date <<

A holiday concert (or 2) are in the works for this date. Updates will be posted as they become available.

Italian Opera
2027-02-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Westerly Library Auditorium, 44 Broad St, Westerly, 02891
