Sep 6 2010

Cooking Class

Friday September 10 – 2010

Italian cuisine  sections are offered by Pieve International School, you can apply to one morning class that will end with the final lunch. Participant will study with Sicilian Aristocrat Bibi, a charming Lady that will share with you the secrets of the renowned  Sicilian cuisine!

During the 3-hour cooking class program participants will learn the following  recipes:

Antipasti (starters)

  • Caponata (eggplant appetizer)
  • Peperoni in agro/dolce (sweet and sour red peppers)
  • Fritto misto all’Italiana (fried vegetable with “pastella”, a special dough)

Primi (Main courses)

  • Pasta alla Norma ( most popular Sicilian sweet sauce with eggpant)
  • Carbonara (most popular Italian sauce with Italian bacon “pancetta” and eggs)

Secondi (Second course)

  • Cotoletta alla Siciliana (Sicilian cutlet veal meat in bread crumbs and “Pecorino” cheese)

Contorno (side dish)

  • Gateau di patate (sweet and sour potatoes)

Dessert

  • Pesche al vino (peaches with wine)


Jul 4 2010

Renaissance Dinner

On July 5th Villa Pieve will host this event in its beautiful setting for our guests. The event will feature a ball in Renaissance costumes and antique musical instruments. Click on Caterina de Medici painting to take a look at the delicious recipes, our expert chef has cooked for our guests!!


Jun 30 2010

Events at Pieve June – July 2010

June 29th

The Mind and The Vision

Introduced and translated by Rossella Vasta

Lecture has focused on the differences between the normal production of images and their perception and the visionary attitude of the artist. Neurologist Brustenghi addressed the traditional Cliché “Art/Foolishness” raising the question: what is the difference between the vision of the “altered” mind and the visions produced by the creative mind?

The Italian artist and director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, Giuman, talked about his vision in his work.


July 1st

Introduction to Signorelli and Giotto

Rossella Vasta is going to give a lecture on the life of Saint Francis frescoed by Giotto in the Basilica of Saint Francis and also the representation of the Last Judgement by Luca Signorelli, whose magnificent frescoes are inside the cathedral in Orvieto

July 2nd

Opera and Intuitive Music

21.00

Music Event sponsored by Italian Opera singer and entrepreneur Lamberto Losani

And intuitive music by Italian Flautist Andrea Ceccomori

July 4th

Art and Photography

The Venice Biennial see through the eyes of photographer Sergio Coppi.

With an introduction of Italian Art Critic Francesco Santaniello

July 6

The Mind and the Vision

3.30 p.m.

Art Historian Francesca Abbozzo will show and comment images of works by artists she has selected for her lecture on the Mind and the Vision.


May 5 2010

Coro femminile ACDMAE

Coro femminile ACDMAE (Italian Spouses Association of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

(download the leaflet)

Villa Pieve has hosted the ACDMAE Choir directed by Mrs Nancy Romano. Here are some pictures of the event






Apr 1 2010

IL POTERE DI FARE LA DIFFERENZA Le nuove frontiere della Leadership

The conference was hosted by Pieve International School on March 28  2010 with the special participation of the national President of FIDAPA Ms Giuseppina Seidita.

Conference Leaflet (Italian)

by Professor Kristine Kiefer Hipp (FACULTY OF THE CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP CENTER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, US)
Professor Kristine Kiefer Hipp