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Current Classes and Events

JULY

Beginning/Traveler's Italian -
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGES
Tuesdays - July 27th to August 31st
7 - 9 pm
6 weeks
Lisa Gottreich
$80

This class will cover the basic construction of the present tenses. Students will feel confident asking for things, and gain a solid understanding of the structure of the Italian language. Equally important, classes will cover areas of linguistic expression not often covered in books such as idiomatic expressions, gestures, societal norms etc. Even Italian politics and a little history!

Lisa Gottreich has been teaching Italian for nearly twenty years at the college, university and community education levels. She worked as a script translator for Warner Brothers in Cinecitta, Rome and has a special fondness for initiating newcomers to the language of musica, amore, e pasta.

Class size minimum - 10

AUGUST

Italian Movie Night - FREE
Friday, August 7th
Days and Clouds
Giorni e nuvole
6:30pm dinner 7:30pm film
NOTE NEW SUMMER HOURS

Elsa is uncovering a mysterious and beautiful painting, long hidden beneath layers of grime, just as she is revealing or rediscovering truths about her relationship with her husband Michele. Her intuition tells her that the painting, along with the time she spends uncovering it, is valuable and beautiful. Is the same true for her husband? Will she continue this way? As Elsa and Michele go through some difficult times, their relationship is put to the test. "If we pretend nothing is wrong", she exclaims, "others will pretend too!" Yet what is wrong exactly and what can be done about it? Altogether an enjoyable film about discovering and holding onto (or not, as the case might be) what is meaningful in life.

Director: Silvio Soldini - 2007
Run Time: 115 minutes

Light supper and a glass of Italian wine for sale
RSVP for dinner

Gravenstein Apple Pie Making
Thursday, August 12th
10am to 1pm
Dominique Cortara
$55

Be a part of Save The Gravenstains! In celebration of Gravenstein Apple Month here in Sebastopol, we are offering this great opportunity to learn how to make the best use of these very special, very tasty, best ever pie apples, don't miss it!

Each pie Dominique makes is handcrafted using locally produced butter for the crusts from the cows you see grazing in the field on your way home from the beach. The crust is hand mixed, rolled out, crimped and baked in a glass pie plate for a perfect flaky crust.

In this class she will teach us how to make the perfect pie - with top crusts, with lattice and with crumb topping. We will be covered in flour from our heads to our toes and grinning from ear to ear. Feel free to bring your own apples so that you can take a finished pie home.

The class will include a summer salad lunch and lots of pie sampling.