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Sunday, October 25th, 2009 - KITCAFFE'
@ the cell
The Cell Theater (338 W 23rd Street)
6:30-8:30pm
Professional readings in English followed by the Italian version of pages from masterpieces by Italian writers from the past to the present. All set in a cafe' atmosphere.
To celebrate the Italian Month, KITCAFFE' will bring you back to the 60s, to discover everything you should know about LA DOLCE VITA, and you don't yet!
Focus on Dolce Vita's authors:
Ennio Flaiano + Tullio Pinelli + Federico Fellini
Writer, essayist, playwright Ennio Flaiano will bring us in Via Venetoin the 60s. Ennio Flaiano was friend and collaborator of Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini among many others. With them he spent legendary nights in Via Veneto, and with them he co-wrote film such as La Dolce Vita, Cabiria Night's, I Vitelloni, La Strada, 8 e 1/2.
To celebrate the most famous Italian lifestyle as well as the collaboration among these three artists, we'll read pages from I Diari di Via Veneto (The Via Veneto Papers) by E. Flaiano, and from the screenplay of La Strada by Flaiano, Pinelli and Fellini.
All the readings are presented in English followed by the Italian version.
Admission: $15.00
3 KITCAFFE'@The Cell series: $ 36.00
Group 10+, please contact Kairos Italy Theater at info@kitheater.com or at 212-254 4025
More KITCAFFE'@the cell:
Tuesday, November 17th
Friday, December 11
Photos from KITCAFFE' @ the cell Oct 25, 2009
KIT is very proud to present the very first KITCAFFE' a literary
series in Italian, with some English, to discover the most
fascinated and beloved Italian writers from the past to the
present.
Centuries ago, first in Paris, and then all over Europe, Cafes'
and Salotti Letterari became meeting point for artists and
intellectuals to discuss ideas as well as every day facts.
While the Cafes' were open to the public and attended mostly
by men, the Salotti Letterari were private events, organized
by cultural refined Ladies, often aristocrats, who loved to
bring together people of different backgrounds to discuss and
exchange opinions and knowledge.
KIT is now recreating its own Salotto-Caffe' Letterario, hosted by KIT's ladies, Laura Caparrotti and Marta Mondelli, as well as other surprise guests. In a two-hour event, the guests will be introduced each time to two wonderful Italian writers from the past and the present.
Professional actors will engage in dramatic readings of short
stories, excerpts from novels or essays by the most fascinated
and beloved Italian authors from the past to the present. Following
KIT's tradition, the reading will be first in English followed
by its Italian version.
Copies of the reading material will be provided in advance to give the opportunity to follow the professional reading. After the reading, the hosts will moderate the post reading discussion, the exchange of ideas and opinions, while correcting Italian and Italian pronunciation.
Being in a Salotto/Caffe', wine, and
pastries will be served to the guests.
The pastries are kindly provided by Sora Lella NYC Restaurant (300 Spring Street @ Hudson street).
The event is presented in collaboration with The Cell.
For everyone who reads and understands Italian, and wishes to reading and understanding more about our culture!
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