Membership Meeting
Westerly Senior Center 39 State St., Westerly, RI, United StatesDante Society of Westerly: Membership Meeting Westerly Senior Center 39 State Street, Westerly
ACRI FAMILY TREES: Connecting your family roots
Westerly Library Auditorium 44 Broad St, WesterlyHave you ever been told, “You are related; He/she is your cousin” but you were never told how? Have you ever wanted to know more about your Italian roots? These are the questions “Acri Family Trees” seeks to answer.
2022 Annual Banquet & Person of the Year Award
The Haversham House 336 Post Rd., Westerly, RITickets Required --- Click for Details
Annual Grey Sail Gathering
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Canceled Dante Bus Day Trip To Boston’s North End – CANCELLED
Westerly Senior Center 39 State St., Westerly, RI, United StatesThis trip has been cancelled as not enough reservations were received by the cut-off date.
Membership Meeting
Westerly Senior Center 39 State St., Westerly, RI, United StatesDante Society of Westerly: Membership Meeting Westerly Senior Center 39 State Street, Westerly Agenda
2022 Annual Anna Turrisi Cooking Demonstration
Calabrese Club 28 Pleasant Street, Westerly, RI, United StatesAfter a two-year pandemic interruption, The Dante Society of Westerly, RI will resume our tradition of hosting the annual Anna Turrisi Food Demonstration. The event will feature the culinary students from the Westerly High School demonstrating their cooking and serving skills.
Professor Michael Siefert: Lecture on Enrico Fermi, Physicist
Westerly Library Auditorium 44 Broad St, WesterlyEnrico Fermi was one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century. In this talk, Prof. Seifert will trace Fermi’s life from his youth as a mathematical prodigy in Rome, through his influential research and receipt of the Nobel Prize in Physics, to his emigration to the United States and his pivotal work on the Manhattan Project.
Membership Meeting
Westerly Senior Center 39 State St., Westerly, RI, United StatesDante Society of Westerly: Membership Meeting
Prof. Joseph Luzzi: “Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance”
Westerly Library Auditorium 44 Broad St, WesterlySome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, was commissioned to illustrate all one hundred cantos of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
Ashley Turney: “Rome”
Westerly Library Auditorium 44 Broad St, WesterlyWe will dig into what makes Rome so unique through tales of its illustrious past and learn about the importance of an ancient city in a modern world.