The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon on March 23 at Catello’s. The selected book is Vita a Novel by Melania G. Mazzucco. Synopsis: After arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy--Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine--struggle to survive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime […]
Naples Declared, a Walk Around the Bay by Benjamin Taylor is the April Book Club selection. A personal tour through the beauty and squalor of Naples profiles the city's natural and human-made characteristics around its bay while sharing passionate, lighthearted insights into the ancient city and its culture. Presents a tour through the beauty and […]
The IHSI Book Club will meet at noon on May 25 at Catello’s. The selected book is: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold By Italo Calvino; Translated By George Martin Part 1 will cover the Introduction through page 352 , The Little Geese. The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon in June at Catello’s […]
The selected book is: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold By Italo Calvino; Translated By George Martin Part 2. Part 2 will cover page 353, The Water in the Basket, through page 715.
Hopefully, everyone is looking forward to this month's selection that will be a quick read compared to the last 3 months! Book Selection: Francesca's Kitchen by Peter Pezzelli RSVP to Marilyn Rowlett
May's reading selection will be A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon.
June's reading selection will be Last Letters of Jacopo Ortiz by Ugo Foscolo. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon. UPDATE: The June meeting of the IHSI Book Club will take place at IHSI Corporate Member's - Iozzo's Garden of Italy Restaurant
July's reading selection will be The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon. PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED LOCATION BELOW
August's reading selection will be Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon.
