JANUARY 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Speaker: Richard Wahlberg
Title: Cenacolista and Music Master
Topic: The Music Loved by the late William Barnsdale, Cenacolista
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Speaker: Sebastian Fichera
Title: Author, Italy on the Pacific: San Francisco’s Italian Americans
Topic: Recent History of San Francisco's North Beach
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Speaker: Ian W. Toll
Title: Historian, Author, Pacific Crucible: The War at Sea in the Pacific
Topic: “The Fortunes of War”
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Speaker: Ruth Nott
Title: Director of Education at the San Francisco Opera
Speaker: Caroline Altman
Title: Director of Education at the San Francisco Opera Guild and
Founder of the San Francisco Opera Guild Youth Conservatory
Topic: “Opera for Everyone”
January programs arranged by David T. Giannini.
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DECEMBER 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
No meeting in deference to the Holiday Dinner.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
il Cenacolo holiday Dinner and Person of the Year Presentation
St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Speaker: Dr. Lynn Federle orr
Title: Curator, European Art; Legion of honor
Topic: "Masters of Venice: renaissance painters of passion and power"
(Exhibition at the de Young Museum, October 29-February 12)
Thursday, December 15, 2011
speaker: John pitcairn
Title: Cenacolista, Cpa and expert Witness
Topic: “My 37 Years of Remarkable Interface with the Legal System”
Thursday, December 22, 2011
No meeting in deference to Christmas.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
No meeting in deference to New Year's Day.
December programs arranged by Peter Sherwood.
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OCTOBER 2011 Thursday, October 6, 2011
Speaker: Keith
Hedley
Title: Docent USS Hornet Museum
Topic: The Future of the
Hornet Museum: A Double-Edged Sword?Thursday, October 13, 2011
Speaker: Susanna
Lombardi
Title: Art Historian, Educator and Author
Topic:
Impressionism: What, how, why?Thursday, October 20, 2011
Speaker: Larry
Rothe
Title: Publications Editor & Special Projects, San
Francisco Symphony
Speaker: Joe Evans
Title: Archivist, San
Francisco Symphony
Topic: Music for a City, Music for the World: A
History of the
San Francisco Symphony
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Speaker: Michael
Prior
Title: Physicist and Cenacolista
Topic: Orson Welles says
"Boo" October 30, 1938October programs arranged by
Michael Prior.
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"OPERA MONTH"THIS MONTH'S SPEAKERS All Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason St, San FranciscoThursday, September 1, 2011No meeting in deference to Labor Day.Thursday, September 8, 2011Speaker: Title: Topic: Thursday, September 15, 2011No meeting in deference to the Opera Outing.Sunday, September 18, 2011The 58th Annual Opera Outing at Seghesio Family Winery. Thursday, September 22, 2011Speaker: Two Adler Fellows Title: Opera Singers Topic: "Highlights of the Opera Life" Thursday, September 29, 2011
Speaker: Kip Cranna
Title: Cenacolista; Director of Musical Administration, San Francisco Opera
Topic: "This Year's Offerings from the San Francisco Opera"September programs arranged by John Lavorgna.
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JULY 2011
All Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237
Mason St, San Francisco
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Speaker: Francine
Brevetti
Title: Journalist and Author
Topic: "Forever Remembered"Thursday, July 14, 2011
Speaker: David
Lynch
Title: Beverage Director, Quince / Cotogna Restaurants
Topic:
"On Italian Wines"Thursday, July 21,
2011Speaker: Admiral
Doug Moore
Title: Admiral, Judge, Fellow Cenacolista
Topic:
"Submarine Technology and Nuclear Weapons"
Thursday, July 28,
2011
Speaker: Ron
Derenzi
Title: Cenacolista, Retired Banker
July programs arranged by Doug
Von Qualen.
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JUNE 2011All
Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason St, San FranciscoThursday, June 2, 2011
Speaker: Richard Keith
Title: Commander of the
Commandery of St. Francis
Topic: The Mission of the Commandery:
Support of California Wounded Veterans
Thursday, June
9, 2011
Speaker: Barry Goodfield, PhD, DA
Title: Fellow
Cenacolista, Founder & Director of the Goodfield Institute
Topic:
Arab Spring: What will Middle Eastern leaders do?
Will democracy
bloom or die on the vine?
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Speaker: Peter Sherwood
Title: Fellow Cenacolista,
Circuit Mediator, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic: TBA
Thursday,
June 23, 2011
ANNUAL MEETING
(Held at
regular luncheon at Fior d'Italia.)
Thursday, June
30, 2011
Speaker: Anna Maria Pierini
Title:Executive Director,
Italian American Community Services Agency
Topic: The Past, Present
and Future of the Agency
June programs
arranged by Ron Derenzi and Don Lewis.
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JUNE 2011Thursday, June 2, 2011
Speaker: Richard Keith
Title: Commander of the Commandery of St. Francis
Topic: The Mission of the Commandery: Support of California Wounded VeteransThursday, June 9, 2011 Speaker: Barry Goodfield, PhD, DA
Title: Fellow Cenacolista, Founder & Director of the Goodfield Institute
Topic: Arab Spring: What will Middle Eastern leaders do?
Will democracy bloom or die on the vine?Thursday, June 16, 2011
Speaker: Peter Sherwood
Title: Fellow Cenacolista, Circuit Mediator, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic: TBAThursday, June 23, 2011: Annual Meeting (Held at regular luncheon at Fior d’Italia.) Thursday, June 30, 2011
Speaker: Anna Maria Pierini
Title: Executive Director, Italian American Community Services Agency
Topic: The Past, Present and Future of the AgencyJune programs arranged by Ron Derenzi and Don Lewis.
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MAY 2011
All
Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, May 5, 2011Speaker:
Daniel Lazzareschi Title: Recipient, Renzo Turco Award Topic:
Annual Renzo Turco Presentation Thursday,
May 12, 2011Speaker: James
T. FousekisTitle:
Retired San Francisco attorney, and memoir author, Spiro and MarieTopic:
Jim's story of growing up in San Francisco, of his life and career
here, and of the family who came from the Old Country and made it
all possible.Thursday, May 19, 2011Speaker:
Joseph SiminiTitle: Fellow
Cenacolista, retired CPA, retired
Assistant Professor at USF, and current author of several books.Topic:
My Grand Love Affair with Il Cenacolo.Thursday,
May 26, 2011Speaker: Dave
PetersonTitle: ApiaristTopic:
The World of BeesMay Programs
arranged by John Blackman.
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APRIL 2011
All Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason St, San Francisco
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Speaker: Dick Wahlberg
Title: Music Archivist and Cenacolista
Topic: Recorded in Italy, 1905-1915, Neapolitan Songs and Music of the Streets Thursday, April 14, 2011
Speaker: James J. Sheehan
Title: Emeritus Professor of History, Stanford University
Topic: Where Have All The Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe Thursday, April 21, 2011
Speaker: Nickolas Marinelli
Title: Cemeterian, Genealogist, Columnist for L'Italo-Americano and Cenacolista
Topic: Italian Genealogy And Dual Citizenship Thursday, April 28, 2011
Speakers: Carrie Brewster and Heidi Donner
Titles: St. Mary's College of California
Director, Hearst Art Gallery (Brewster);
Public Information and Education Manager, Hearst Art Gallery (Donner)
Topic: The Hearst Art Gallery and William Keith April Programs arranged by George L. Marchand
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MARCH 2011
All
Meetings at Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason St, San Francisco
(Double-click
on each entry to see full description)
Thursday March 3, 2011
Speaker: Ken Ruta
Title:
A Living Theatrical Treasure . . . Reveals?
Topic: "Highlights
from
Ken's lifetime in theatre": The Lyric Opera and Maria Callas, Minnesota
Theatre Company and Tyrone Guthrie, SF's ACT and Bill Ball; including
solo, leading and character stage performances vignetted.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Speaker: Bill Yenne
Title:
Historian and author of over 75 non-fiction books
Topic: "Sitting
Bull," named as Number 14 in Amazon's Top 100 Best Books of the Year.
Bill Yenne's fascinatingly researched biography cuts through long-held
legends to uncover the Lakota leader's true persona and historic
relevance.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Speaker: Raheela
Ghafur
Title: University
of California SD, Cambridge University and
Fulbright Scholar
Topic: "Pakistan: A
Personal Perspective"
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Speaker: Jacquie
Proctor
Title: Public
Administration Management Executive
Topic:
"Bay Area Beauty: The Artistry of Harold G Stoner, Architect." This
book's slide presentation includes the interiors of rarely viewed San
Francisco and California homes from among the 400 commissioned
photographs and archival images in this comprehensive historical survey
of Stoner's career.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Speaker: Donna
Smith
Title:
Major Motion Picture Producer
Topic: "The
Romance and Business of
Movies" . . . a short version. Donna's supervision of about 200 movies
is an anthology of movie producing. All the names you'll recognize,
movies, directors, actors from a reality point of view without a lot of
hype.
March programs arranged by Bill Nuerge.
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February 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Speaker: Carlos
Camargo, MD
Title: Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford
University Medical Center
Topic: "Art & Anatomy During the
Italian Renaissance"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street,
San Francisco
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Speaker: Lise
Lindstrom
Title: International Opera Star
Topic: "Life of an Opera
Singer"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Speaker: Robert
Yahng
Title: Chairman, American Bridge Company
Topic: "Building
the New Bay Bridge"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street,
San Francisco
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Speaker: Joe
Calderaro
Title: Recently Retired IRS Technical Director for Northern
California
Topic: "What Really Happens at the IRS"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
February
programs arranged by John Benson.
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JANUARY 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Speaker: Anthony P.
Anderson
Title: Director of Audio Phenomena, San Francisco Ghost
Society
Topic: "A Brief History of the San Remo Hotel and Restaurant"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Speaker: Major
Thomas V. Giannini
Title: US Army Officer, Corps of Engineers
Topic:
"Engineering Freedom"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Speaker: William
Issel
Title: Author, Professor of History Emeritus, San Francisco
State University
Topic: "Anti-Catholic Politics in San Francisco
During the 1930s and 1940s"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Speaker: Leslie
Iacopi
Title: Director, Medical Staff Survey Program
Topic: "How
the Golden Gate Yacht Club Won the Americas Cup in Valencia"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
January programs arranged by David Giannini.
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JANUARY 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Speaker: Anthony P.
Anderson
Title: Director of Audio Phenomena, San Francisco Ghost
Society
Topic: "A Brief History of the San Remo Hotel and Restaurant"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Speaker: Major
Thomas V. Giannini
Title: US Army Officer, Corps of Engineers
Topic:
"Engineering Freedom"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Speaker: William
Issel
Title: Author, Professor of History Emeritus, San Francisco
State University
Topic: "Anti-Catholic Politics in San Francisco
During the 1930s and 1940s"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Speaker: Leslie
Iacopi
Title: Director, Medical Staff Survey Program
Topic: "How
the Golden Gate Yacht Club Won the Americas Cup in Valencia"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
January programs arranged by David Giannini.
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DECEMBER 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
No meeting in deference to the Holiday Dinner on December 4.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Speaker: Rosetta Costantino
Title: Cookbook Author, Teacher and Chemical Engineer
Topic: "Calabria and Calabrese Cuisine" featuring her newly published My Calabria
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Speaker: Bo Links
Title: Author, Attorney, Golf Historian and Activist and Raconteur
Topic: "The Battle to Save Sharp Park...One of the Greatest Municipal Golf Courses Ever Built"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, December 23, 2010
No meeting in deference to Christmas.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
No meeting in deference to New Year's Eve.
December programs arranged by Peter Sherwood.
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NOVEMBER 2010
Thursday,
November 4, 2010
Speaker: Chuck Stagliano
Title:
Cenacolista. Aviator
Topic: "PanAm 'Round the World and the China
Clipper"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday,
November 11, 2010
Speaker: Ephraim Hirsch
Title:
Cenacolista, Structural Engineer
Topic: "The New East Spans of the
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Why, How, What"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday,
November 18, 2010
Speaker: Michael Painter
Title: Owner
and President of MPA Design
Topic: "The Doyle Drive Project, San
Francisco"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday, November 28,
2010
No meeting in deference to Thanksgiving.
November programs arranged by Ephraim Hirsch.
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OCTOBER 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Speaker: Rick
Laubscher
Title: Civic Leader, Corporate Consultant
Topic:
"History of our Historic Trollies, Their Popularity and Rivalry with
Cable Cars"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237
Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Speaker: Lotfi
Mansouri
Title: Former Director, San Francisco Opera and Author
Topic:
"An Operatic Journey" (Books available)
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Speaker: T. J.
Stiles
Title: Educator, Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner 2010
Topic:
"General George Armstrong Custer"(Biography in progress)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Speaker: Michael
Beardsley, MBA
Title: President/Founder, Internet Securities
Topic:
"Where the Smart Money is Headed"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
October programs arranged by Virgil Caselli. Special thanks to
John Lavorgna who assisted in arranging for Lotfi Mansouri's appearance.
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SEPTEMBER 2010
OPERA MONTH
Thursday, September 2, 2010
No
meeting in deference to upcoming Labor Day.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Speaker: Ian
Robertson
Title: Chorus Director, San Francisco Opera and San
Francisco Boy's Chorus
Topic: "The Life of a Chorister" with special
guest from the SF Opera
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday,
September 16, 2010
No meeting in deference to the upcoming
Opera Outing.
Sunday, September 19,
2010
The 57th Annual Opera Outing at the Seghesio Family
Vineyards
(See Special Announcement)
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Speaker: Dr.
Clifford (Kip) Cranna
Title: Director of Musical Administration
Topic:
"This Year’s Opera Season"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday,
September 30, 2010
Speaker: Two Adler Fellows
Topic:
"Life at the San Francisco Opera"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237
Mason Street, San Francisco
September programs arranged
by Dr. John Lavorgna.
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July
2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Speaker: Doug
Von Qualen
Title: Stockbroker and Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "The
2010 Tour de France: A Preview of this Year's Race"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Speaker: Mark Lindsay
Title:
Artist, Cook, Teacher, Author
Topic: "Analysis of Five Basic Pasta
Shapes"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San
Francisco
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Speaker: Judge
Douglas Moore
Title: Rear Admiral, USN (Retired) and Fellow
Cenacolista
Topic: "Arming our Navy for Modern Warfare"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Speaker: Dan Fost
Title:
Author, "Giants Past and Present"
Topic: "The San Francisco Giants,
Their Greatest Players, Current Line-up and More"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Speaker: Adolph
Capurro, Esq.
Title: Fellow Cenacolista and Retired Attorney
Topic:
"A Slow Boat to China" (includes slideshow)
Meeting Place: Fior
d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
July programs arranged by Doug Von Qualen.
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JUNE 2010
Thursday, June
3, 2010
Speaker: Bill Davidow
Title: High-Tech Author and
Investor; Former Executive, Intel Corporation
Topic: "Overconnected:
The Miracle and Curse of the Internet"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia,
2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, June
10, 2010
Speaker: John R. Pitcairn
Title: CFO, XiO, Inc.;
Board Member, SF Opera; Retired CPA
Topic: "The Inner Workings of
the San Francisco Opera"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason
Street, San Francisco
Thursday, June
17, 2010
Speaker: Anthony Emmolo
Title: Artist
Topic:
"The Language of 15th Century Italian Painting"
Meeting Place: Fior
d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday,
June 24, 2010: ANNUAL MEETING
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237
Mason Street, San Francisco
June programs arranged by Don
Lewis.
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Speaker: Patricia
Lundberg, PhD
Title: Executive
Director, Humanities West
Topic: "History of
Humanities West and Upcoming Events"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Speaker: Ron
Derenzi
Title: Fellow
Cenacolista and Retired Banker
Topic: "San
Francisco Italian American Bankers 1945-1975"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Speaker: Don
Casper, Esq.
Title: Fellow
Cenacolista and member of the Civil Service Commission
Topic: "San
Francisco's Civil Service System"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Speaker: Adolph
Capurro, Esq.
Title: Fellow
Cenacolista and Retired Attorney
Topic: "A Slow
Boat to China"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
May
programs arranged by Ron Derenzi.
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April
2010
Thursday, April
1, 2010
Speaker: Deborah
Loft
Title: Art History
Professor, College of Marin
Topic: "De-Coding
Leonard's Last Supper"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, April
8, 2010
Speaker: Charles
Walther
Title: Marine
Engineering Consultant
Topic: "New
Ferries on San Francisco Bay: Greenest in the World"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, April 15,
2010
Speaker: Michael
Prior
Title: Senior
Scientist Emeritus, UC Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Topic: "Enrico
Fermi: Navigator to the Nuclear Age"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, April 22,
2010
Speaker: John
Harper
Title: Corporate
Historian, Chevron Corporation
Topic: "Spring
Poling into History: Chevron's Formative Years and Early
Influence on California's Development"
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, April 29,
2010: TURCO LUNCHEON
Speaker: Robert
Harrison
Title: Dean of the
French and Italian Studies Department, Stanford University
Topic: RENZO TURCO
AWARD Presentation to Beth Coggeshall
Meeting Place:
Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
April
programs arranged by John Shook.
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March 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Speaker:
Carl Nolte
Title:
Reporter and Columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle
Topic:
"Are these still the good ol' days in San Francisco?"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday,
March 11, 2010
Speaker:
Gianni Fassio
Title:
Cenacolista, retired restaurateur, retired partner of Arthur Young,
Inc.,
Knight
of Italy, and winemaker
Topic:
"Italia Today, Italian Bureaucracy and l'Art di Arrangiarsi"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Speaker:
Christian Dean, Ph.D.
Title:
Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Science and
International Studies at Dominican University of California
Topic:
"Our Souls, Our Selves"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Speaker:
David Litwin
Title:
Cenacolista, composer, writer, sound engineer and teacher
Topic: "An
Italian Adventure: Recording Organi Storici d'Italia"
Meeting
Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
March programs arranged by Jim Boitano.
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February 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Speaker: Gianrico Pierucci
Title: President, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club
Topic: "San Francisco Italian Athletic Club: Past, Present, Future"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Speaker: William Nuerge
Title: Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "Pancho Villa on the Texas Border"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Speaker: Thomas L. Snyder, M.D.
Title: Captain, Medical Corps, US Navy (Retired)
Topic: "A History of the US Naval Hospital at Mare Island"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Speaker: Alexander Kugushev
Title: Author, Professor, Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "Italian Civilization: It's the Common Man and the Common People"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
February programs arranged by Ross Adkins.
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January 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Speaker: T. J. Stiles
Title: Biographer
Topic: "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Speaker: Vincenza Scarpaci
Title: Educator, Author
Topic: "The Journey of the Italians in America"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Speaker: Hon. Quentin L. Kopp
Title:
Former San Francisco Supervisor, State Senator and Superior Court
Judge; Former Chair, California High Speed Rail Authority and Current
Board Member; Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "California's Bullet Train"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Speaker: Charles A. Fracchia
Title: Author, Professor, Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "When the Water Came Up to Montgomery Street"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
January programs arranged by David Giannini.
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December 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
No luncheon in deference to our Christmas dinner.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Speaker: Bruce Walker
Title: Former CIA Case Officer
Topic: "CIA's Support of the Tibetan Resistance, 1957-1973"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Speaker: Alex Kugushev
Title: Author, Resilient America: An immigrant Examines Our Nation's Adaptive Continuity
Topic: "America Declining? Don't Believe It!"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, December 24, 2009
No luncheon in deference to Christmas.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
No luncheon in deference to New Year's Eve.
December programs arranged by Mel Britton.
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November 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Speaker: Richard Benefield
Title: Executive Director, Walt Disney Family Museum
Topic: "The New San Francisco Walt Disney Family Museum"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Speakers: Richard L. Wahlberg
Title: Recording Studio Artist and Fellow Cenacolista
Topic: "Ottorino Respighi, 19th-20th Century Italian Composer"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Speaker: TBA (Check back here for updates.)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, November 26, 2009
No luncheon in deference to Thanksgiving.
November programs arranged by John Blackman.
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October 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Speaker: Bill Fox
Title: Sports Photographer
Topic: "Picture This: My Years Photographing the 49ers" (with photos)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Speakers: James Farragher Campbell
Title: Criminal Defense Lawyer
Topic: "Law in San Francisco"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Speaker: Lido Cantarutti
Title: Founder and Manager, Marin Italian Film Festival
Topic: "History and Present Tense"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Speaker: Timm Rolek
Title: Artistic Director and Conductor
Topic: "Conducting at Tahoe and Sacramento"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Speaker: TBA (watch your email or check back here)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
October programs arranged by Peter Sherwood with an assist from Doug Von Qualen.
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September 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Speaker: Mitzie Kay Weiner
Title: Chorus Soprano, San Francisco Opera
Topic: "The Singing Life"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Speakers: Daniela Mack and Alek Shrader
Title: Adler Fellows, San Francisco Opera
Topic: "Our Careers as Opera Singers"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, September 17, 2009
No meeting in deference to the Opera Outing on Sunday, September 20.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Clifford (Kip) Cranna
Title: Musical Administrator, San Francisco Opera
Topic: "A Preview of the Upcoming Season at the San Francisco Opera"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
September programs arranged by Mel Britton, M.D.; assisted by John Lavorgna and John Pitcairn.
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July 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Speaker: Julia Geist
Title: Chair, FAMSF Docents
Topic: "Rediscovering Tutankhaman: Amateurs, Tourists, Looters, and Archeologists"
(with PowerPoint presentation)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Speaker: Marsha Holm
Title: FAMSF Docent
Topic: "Tutankhaman and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"
(with PowerPoint presentation)
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Speaker: Joseph Marchi
Title: Cenacolista, "Regards to Broadway" Host for Pacifica Community Television
Topic: "My Life with Carol Channing"
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Speakers: Former Cenacolista Art Bloomfield and Cenacolista Dick Wahlberg
Topic: Pierre "Poppa" Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony
Meeting Place: Fior d'Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco
June programs (and quote) arranged by Doug Von Qualen.
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June 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Frank J. Macchiarola has been an educator, lawyer and public servant with a lifetime of outstanding achievements and contributions.
He is President of St. Francis College, New York City, and has served as:
-Dean of Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
-Chancellor of Schools - New York City
-President and CEO of the New York City Partnership
-Deputy Director of the New York State Emergency Financial Control Board for New York City
-Law School Site Visitation Team, American Bar Association, University of San Francisco Law School
-Chairman for San Gennaro Festival, New York City
-Mediator of the strike by Radio City Music Hall's musicians
CLICK HERE to Learn More about Frank J. Macchiarola
Thursday, June 11, 2009
As State Director with United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, Jim Molinari oversees Senate operations in the San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno and San Francisco offices in California. Prior to joining the Senator's staff, he served as Executive Director for the San Francisco Bay Area High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
He was appointed United States Marshal by President William J. Clinton for the Northern District of California. As the United States Marshal, he was responsible for the administration of federal law enforcement and business operations for the judicial district. The district serves the fifteen northern counties of California with a population of approximately twelve million people. During his tenure, he was responsible for the creation of the Fugitive Apprehension Strike Task Force in Northern California. Under his command, the Task Force has grown to thirty-nine law enforcement agencies from six bay area counties, making it the largest fugitive task force in the Nation.
Prior to his appointment the United States Marshal Services, he served 27 years with the San Francisco Police Department. He was assigned to a succession of specialized assignments that included the anti-terrorist unit, the narcotics unit and the security unit for the Office of the Mayor. He assumed ever-increasing positions of command and executive responsibilities resulting in his elevation to the rank of Captain.
He served as Commanding Officer of the Narcotics and Planning Divisions. While assigned to the Narcotics Division, he formed the Department's first Major Violators team and established the Asset Forfeiture program ensuring the control and use of confiscated property from drug dealers. While assigned to the Planning Division, his duties included responsibility for Management Information Services, Strategic Planning, and Telecommunications. He led a comprehensive effort to modernize San Francisco's emergency communication systems.
Jim Molinari is a San Francisco native who received a BA from the San Francisco State University, and completed graduate studies in Public Administration at California State University, Hayward. He attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University.
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Gary Kurutz has served as Director of the Special Collections Branch of the California State Library in Sacramento since 1980. Previously, he held positions as Head Librarian, Sutro Library; Library Director, California Historical Society; and Bibliographer of Western Americana at the Henry E. Huntington Library.
Kurutz has written extensively on the California Gold Rush including The California Gold Rush: A Descriptive Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets Covering the Years 1848-1853 (San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997); "You Have Mail: Readings and Writing During the Golden Era,"The Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter (Summer 1999); "Rooted in Barbarous Soil: Popular Culture on the Golden Shore," in a Sesquicentennial Issue of California History (Summer 2006).
A native of La Canada, California, Kurutz received an M.A. in history from the University of San Diego and a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Southern California. Currently, he serves as Executive Director of the California State Library Foundation and has been in charge of the publication program of the Book Club of California since 1987.
Gary's talk will center on the incredible descriptions written by the gold seekers. Many of the Argonauts were highly educated, literate men and they penned some unbelievable accounts of life in the mines and the roaring, rambunctious town of San Francisco. Gary has spoken at Il Cenacolo luncheons in the past and is on our list of favorite speakers.
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May 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Gene Mullin has been a friend of our member Ron Derenzi for some 35 years. Gene is a 1960 graduate of the University of San Francisco, and spent 32 years as a high school teacher. Gene's political career started out as South San Francisco Planning Commissioner, to South San Francisco City Council, then to Mayor of South San Francisco, and finally elected to the State of California Assembly in 2002 and 2006.Gene has been selected for many public and private committees and recently appointed to a task force by U. S. Representative Jackie Speier. Gene will explain the State Budget process and the reason for the May 19 Special Election.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Christine Tarver, the daughter of our Member Ron Derenzi, holds a BSN and MSN from San Jose State University. She also is a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Christine has been a registered nurse at El Camino Hospital for nearly 20 years and will inform us how hospitals and health care teams are being utilized to help improve the quality of care for stroke and heart attack patients. Her insight will be helpful in informing the Club how we can survive a stroke or heart attack.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Chuck Stagliano, a member of Il Cenacolo, is a native of Tarrytown, New York. He graduated from Roanoke College in Virginia and joined the U. S. Navy as a Naval Aviator, and served aboard two aircraft carriers during the Vietnam War. Afterwards, Chuck joined Pan Am and then Atlas Air; he flew commercial aircraft including 707, 727, A-300 and 747. Chuck retired as a 747 Captain and instructor. Chuck will tell the story of the Pan Am Boeing 314 Clipper flight on December 7, 1941 and its round-the-world flight to safety.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Introduced by Dr. John Lavorgna, Anita Weissberg and Susan Wheeler will give us a complete history of the dogs and cats of Roma. Friends of Roman Cats was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco. Their primary goal is to raise money to help these cats get spayed and neutered. Italy has been a No-Kill nation for companion animals. We will be informed of the Volponis purebred dogs from outside Siena. A guest, Luciano Moroni, will give us a brief history of the Volponi in Italy.
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April 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
This year's recipient of the Renzo Turco Scholarship Award is Ismini Ioannou, a San Francisco State University graduate student in the Italian Master of Arts Program. Ms. Ioannou has been nominated by Professor Elisabetta Nelsen, Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. Ms. Ioannou completed her B.A. at San Francisco State with a Major in Italian in the Fall of 2007 and was admitted to the Master's Program in the Spring of 2008. She is extremely motivated to complete her Master's degree in Italian. With her Greek background, she is fluent in modern Greek, Italian and, of course, English. She is very active in the Michelangelo Club and organizes many events to promote the study of Italian language to students on campus. She is also one of the Graduate Teaching Assistants and has taught both the First and Second Semesters of undergraduate Italian. Our recipient excels in her courses, maintaining a high grade point average. By this spring she will have completed half of the courses necessary for the written and oral Master's exam, leading to the Master's Degree. Therefore, Il Cenacolo's scholarship will be extremely helpful for her as well as truly deserved. Ms. Ioannou has also expressed her intent to apply for a Ph.D Program in Italian Studies.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Our member, Richard L. Wahlberg, is a native San Franciscan and graduate of USF. From a childhood hobby of collecting records of classical and jazz music, Richard has become the principal owner of the best recording studio in San Francisco. With his collection of over 30,000 recordings, Richard has selected recordings of "the other Italian Tenors." Rather than focusing on either Caruso or Pavarotti, we will be listening to historic recordings by Italian tenors who have been guests of Il Cenacolo in the past, namely: Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, Mario Del Monaco, Tito Schipa and Giuseppe di Stefano.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Aaron Bastian is the senior specialist in Californian and American Paintings at Bonham and Butterfield's in San Francisco. Aaron has over 10 years experience in the auction business. Previously, as head of the Fine American Paintings sale at Christie's, Aaron was responsible for the two annual mid-season sales. Before becoming a specialist, Aaron was trained as a cataloguer in both American Paintings and European Paintings, and also worked at the Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz. Aaron also has interests and experience in painting restoration. The auction market continues to demonstrate the discerning eye of the collecting public. Rarity, subject matter and the condition of each individual work are reflected in their respective results, sometimes with surprising outcomes. Aaron's presentation (with slides) will focus on three prominent early California artists of Northern California: William Keith (1838-1911), William Alexander Coulter (1849-1936), and William Franklin Jackson (1850-1936).
Thursday, April 23 2009
John Urquhart's 52-year working career spans physiology, bioengineering, biopharmaceutics, and pharmaco-epidemiology, in each of which he attained full professorships and honors. He holds an MD (Harvard, 1959), a BA (Rice University, 1951), and was a surgical house officer at Massachusetts General Hospital (1959-61). His core scientific interests are the nonlinear dynamics of hormonal and drug actions. As Professor of Physiology at University of Pittsburgh (1963-70), he studied the nonlinear dynamics of ACTH action on adrenocortical steroid secretion, recognized in his 1969 Bowditch Lecture of the American Physiological Society. From 1970-86, he applied these principles to pharmaceutical product development at ALZA Corp, which pioneered rate-controlled drug delivery systems. As research director during ALZA's formative years, he had a central role in developing such well-known products as TRANSDERM-SCOP, the first transdermal patch; PROCARDIA-XL, the largest-ever cardiovascular product until 1995; and the ALZET osmotic minipumps, which made rate-controlled drug delivery practical in experimental pharmacology and endocrinology, used in more than 10,000 published studies. Since 1986, he has worked on the clinical and economic consequences of variable patient adherence to prescribed drug dosing regimens, pioneering the development of electronic means to compile drug dosing histories in ambulatory patients. He co-founded APREX Corp. in the U.S., and AARDEX Ltd. in Switzerland, the two leading developers and producers of electronic monitoring products. The two firms merged in 1999. Dr. Urquhart has many other accomplishments too numerous to mention. In this presentation he will continue the discussion he began in December about the pioneering work of Andreas Vesalius (the 16th century physician often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy), with the further enlightening work of William Harvey, whose treatise proving that blood circulated overturned the theory of Galen who posited that blood ebbed and flowed. Dr. Urqhart will be introduced by Cenacolista Dr. Mel Britton.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
William Hogan is Chief Ranger for the Marin Municipal Water District. Bill began his career with the district as a seasonal ranger in 1977 while attending San Jose State University. He was a field ranger and later Ranger Supervisor during the 1980s and 90s when popular growth in outdoor recreation transformed the Mount Tamalpais Watershed from the quiet backyard of Marin County to a major destination for outdoor recreation enthusiasts. Bill was directly involved in the advancement of park ranger emergency services including law enforcement, wildland firefighting, search and rescue and emergency medical services. Today, as Chief Ranger, Bill manages the Watershed Protection Services for the district's 20,000-acre watershed lands. He is also actively engaged in implementing state and federal professional standards for local agency park rangers. Bill's talk will be about protecting the Mount Tamalpais Watershed, a Marin County legacy.
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