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Ash Wednesday by Courtney Kamm
Ash Wednesday, which is also the first day of Lent, takes place this year on Wednesday, March 2. Ash Wednesday is always 46 days before Easter and takes place immediately after the twoday celebration and overconsumption in Northern European countries called Carnival. Mainly observed by the Roman Catholic Church, the name of the day comes from a custom of churchgoers being marked on the forehead with ash representing one’s regrets for past sins. Traditionally, the ashes are created from burning the palms used in the church on Palm Sunday the previous year. During the 40 days before Easter, Roman Catholics are supposed to abstain from all bodily pleasures, including the consumption of meat. This is intended to remember the fasting of Jesus, who spent 40 days in the desert before beginning his ministry. In modern times, Catholics often give up something that is quote-on-quote, “bad for them.” This could be anything from smoking and drinking to eating dessert or another bad habit. What are you giving up for Lent this year?
Women’s History Month by Courtney Kamm
March is observed every year as Women’s History Month. A month dedicated to reflecting on and celebrating the oftenoverlooked contributions of women in U.S. history. Women’s History Month began as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California where The Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women planned a women’s history week in 1978 around March 8, International Women’s Day. The movement spread across the country as other communities began to initiate their own Women’s History week celebrations and in 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th as National Women’s History Week. This continued for many years until March 1987 when Congress passed a public law designating March as Women’s History Month. Are you looking for ways to celebrate Women’s History Month? Here are a few ideas: Support local female entrepreneurs. Read books by female authors. Get to know women in politics. Donate to a local nonprofit or national charity that contributes to the education and well-being of women and girls. Give thanks to the women in your community.
Purim
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Purim is a Jewish holiday commemorating the saving of the Jewish People from Haman, an Achaemenid
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Holi
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Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival celebrating the arrival of spring and the end of winter. It is also looked at as a festive day to gather with others, play and laugh, forgive and forget, and repair broken relationships. Taking place this year on Friday, March 18, Holi is known in India as the Festival of Colors and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Celebrations include bonfires, the throwing of a colorful powder called gulal, eating sweets, and dancing to traditional folk music. There are different celebrations going on around St. Louis, so make sure to look up what is happening in your community.
Kiss Me, I’m Irish! by Courtney Kamm
Grab your shamrocks and your favorite green clothing, because it’s almost St. Patrick’s Day! Observed on March 17 every year, St. Patricks Day is modernly packed with parades, good luck charms, and all things green. What started as a religious holiday has over time become a Continued on page 5
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Continued from page 1 celebration of Irish Culture. True or False: St. Patrick’s Day Edition 1. St. Patrick used the four-leaf clover in his teaching of Christianity which is why it is now a symbol of St. Patrick’s Day. False! St. Patrick actually used a three-leaf clover, or a shamrock, to represent the holy trinity in his teachings. 2. Legend says that St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland. This is also false! Many animals, including snakes, never actually lived on the island of Ireland because the ocean kept them away. 3. Green has always been the color to represent the Irish holiday. False! People originally associated St. Patrick’s Day with the color blue. Green was introduced in the 18th century when the shamrock became a national symbol. Which myths did you know about?
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Make sure to get to bed extra early on March 12, because the clock will “spring forward” one hour on Sunday, March 13. We will lose one hour of sleep, but our days will get one-hour longer. What do you prefer: A longer night’s sleep or a longer day? Let us know at courtney@ilpensiero.net.
Spring is Coming! by Courtney Kamm
Sunday, March 20 marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and if you are anything like us, you are counting down the days! Here is a list of our favorite spring time activities: 1.Plant a spring garden (or just a plant or two). 2.Have a picnic in Forest Park. 3.Go flower hunting at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 4.Head to your local farmer’s market.. 5.Take a trip to the Saint Louis Zoo. What are your favorite springtime activities around the city?
Giornata della Memoria, il cinema per non dimenticare
Nell’ambito delle celebrazioni internazionali della Giornata della Memoria, l’Istituto Cinematografico dell’Aquila “La Lanterna Magica” propone agli Istituti Scolastici un momento di riflessione, per non dimenticare le vittime dell’olocausto. Attraverso il prezioso contributo della settima arte, viene affrontato un tema molto doloroso e non certo facile da spiegare, ma è importante che anche i più giovani conoscano questi anni bui che hanno duramente segnato la storia del Novecento. Giovedì 27 Gennaio 2022 gli studenti della Provincia dell’Aquila avranno la possibilità di vedere in streaming il film La chiave di Sara di Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Francia, 2010). Julia è una giornalista americana che da vent’anni vive a Parigi. Indagando su uno degli episodi più ignobili della storia francese, il rastrellamento di tredicimila ebrei, incontra Sara e apprende la sua storia, quella di una bambina di pochi
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anni che riesce a sopravvivere agli orrori della guerra. La visione del film sarà seguita dall’approfondimento di Katiuscia Tomei che condurrà i giovani spettatori alla lettura del lungometraggio sotto il profilo cinematografico. L’iniziativa è stata promossa presso le sedi scolastiche provinciali grazie alla preziosa collaborazione dell’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale dell’Abruzzo.
Speaker Series: Across the Field Collections MiniSeries Part 1
This program is a continuation of the Field House Museum’s Speaker Series. On February 18, 2022, at 1 p.m., the Field House Museum kicked off part one of a new Speaker Mini-Series. This year, we invited various organizations from around the country to share their Field collections with us. The Huntington Library, located in San Marino, California, was the first guest of the series as Natalie Russell, Assistant Curator of Literary Collections, shared pieces of their collection of Field papers.The papers ranged from signed manuscripts to letters to and from the author. Although he spent most of his life in the Midwest, Eugene Field traveled to California in the 1890s to regain his failing health. Many family members later relocated to the state, including his daughter Mary French Field, nicknamed “Trotty.” This presentation primarily took place on Zoom, but the Field House Museum hosted a small watch party during the event. The program was free with a limited number of seats. About the Speaker Natalie Russell works primarily with the Library’s American literature collections, with a special focus on the papers of Octavia E. Butler and Jack London. She joined The Huntington in 2006 and holds her B.A. in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California and her M.L.I.S. from San José State University. Russell has assisted with Library exhibitions, including “The Harlem Renaissance in Los Angeles” and “Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge.” In 2017, she curated “Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories.” Russell continues to work on projects related to Butler and her papers.
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Speaker Series: The Story of the Château de Bagatelle This program is a continuation of the Field House Museum’s Speaker Series.
On Friday, February 25 at 1 p.m. a Speaker Series explored French aristocracy and architecture in connection with the Museum’s current exhibit on the game of Bagatelle. This talk brought to life the absorbing story of the Château de Bagatelle, the eighteenth-century Parisian pleasure pavilion in the Bois de Boulogne once owned by Marie-Antoinette’s brotherin-law, the Comte d’Artois. It is believed that it was here the game of Bagatelle first acquired its name, an association that links the game to the very center of the preRevolutionary French court. The château was the result of a bet between Marie-Antoinette and d’Artois, but its radical architecture and stunning interiors made it much more than a plaything. Bagatelle survived the Revolution and in the nineteenth century became the much-loved home of two more of the greatest patrons of French art, the 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. In this talk, Dr. Helen Jacobsen, Executive Director of the Attingham Trust, and former Senior Curator of the Wallace Collection in London, charted the life of the house under all three owners and investigate the changing interiors and spectacular furniture associated with it. This presentation primarily took place on Zoom, but the Field House Museum hosted a small watch party during the event. About the Speaker Dr. Helen Jacobsen is Executive Director of the Attingham Trust, a charitable trust that organizes continuing professional development for curators and other professionals in the international heritage sector. She was formerly Senior Curator and Curator of French eighteenth-century Decorative Arts at the Wallace Collection, London, one of the foremost collections of French eighteenth-century works of art, where she had responsibility for the world-class collection of furniture, clocks, porcelain, gold boxes, and gilt bronze. She has curated exhibitions and published on French eighteenth-century decorative art and interiors. Her first book, Luxury and Power, investigated the material world of diplomats, and since then her publications have covered collecting history and decorative arts. Most recently, she edited Jean-Henri Riesener: Cabinetmaker to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, a new monograph on the Franco-German cabinetmaker, and she is currently working on Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Art, an exhibition which she is curating at the Wallace Collection in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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About the Field House Museum The Field House Museum is a dynamic museum and historic site focused on the Field Family. The historic house was once the home of Roswell Field, noted St. Louis attorney, and the birthplace of his son, Eugene Field, the “Children’s Poet.” While living in the home, Roswell Field became the key attorney in the Dred & Harriet Scott Freedom Suit when he formulated the legal strategy that propelled the case to federal court. The house is designated as a National Historic Landmark and has an attached museum featuring the many collections of the Field House Museum along with traveling exhibits. Visitor Information Admission: Adults: $10.00, children 7-16: $5.00, members and children 6 & under: free Museum Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Sunday noon to 4:00 pm For general information, call 314-421-4689, email us at info@ fieldhousemuseum.org or visit our website at fieldhousemuseum.org.
Silver Dollar City Announces 2022 The Biggest Entertainment Year EVER
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Silver Dollar City is announcing 2022 as ‘the biggest entertainment year ever’ at the award-winning 1880s-style theme park, featuring 10 world-class festivals & events and an entertainment playbill of hundreds of shows and performers. Additionally, there are 40 rides & attractions, demonstrating artisans, the great Marvel Cave and much heralded, creative home-style cooking. “The City” opens March 16 with Spring Ride Days and goes full steam entertainment through December. Street Fest | April 14 –May 1: Taking the Spring festival into the streets, Silver Dollar City’s eclectic Street Fest features colorful performers, stilt-walkers, live musical performances and a unique menu of foods from around the world. Likened to a street carnival, performers showcase acrobatics, juggling, comedy skills and knife-throwing trickery. Music adds to the festive atmosphere with steel drums, percussion acts and live bands. The new Living Garden’s aerialists, statue illusionists and giant moving topiaries all come to life. (Insider Tip: Arrive early to start with the City’s all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet.) Bluegrass & BBQ Festival | May 4 – May 30: One of the nation’s most respected bluegrass gatherings, Bluegrass & BBQ is Ozark hospitality at its best, offering a combination of downhome BBQ and bluegrass music. Ten stages and hundreds of performers present traditional tunes to a much more progressive sound. Musical groups include Grammy-awarded artists such as Rhonda Vincent & The Rage and Daily & Vincent, along with family bands, Continued on page 8
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Continued from page 6 new artists and long-time downhome fiddlers. Earning top honors from The International Bluegrass Association (IBMA), Silver Dollar City excels in presenting the roots of America’s music. (Insider Tip: Come hungry as the pitmasters perfect a variety of sauces to serve with thousands of pounds of meats – smoked from 10 to 16 hours.) National Kids Fest | June 11 – July 24: Kids Fest is all things Silver Dollar City, showcasing family entertainment, recordbreaking roller coasters, a demonstrating crafts colony, music and a variety of fun foods. Summer concerts include legendary names like The Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Newsboys. Families can package other Branson-area Silver Dollar City Attractions including White Water and Showboat Branson Belle. (Insider Tip: Multi-park/ multi-day tickets allow guests flexibility; while The Silver Dollar City Campground, with cabins, RV sites & camping, offers a free guest shuttle to the front gate of the theme park.) Moonlight Madness | July 23 – August 7: It’s upside-down crazy fun with Silver Dollar City’s world-recognized roller coasters soaring into the night skies, accentuated by nighttime fireworks. A roller coaster enthusiast’s playground, guests embark into the darkness on Time Traveler, or speed travel under the twinkling Ozark stars on Outlaw Run. For the not-so-daring riders, there’s a nightly dance party, The Grand Exposition with 10 family rides and Fireman’s Landing, designed for the littles just learning to be thrill seekers. (Insider Tip: All season long, the Silver Dollar City app is the best way to plan. Trailblazer passes can be purchased for front-of-line access.) Southern Gospel Picnic | August 25 – September 5: The Ozark hills fill with joyful harmonies in late August into September with the nation’s most notable Southern Gospel groups throughout the day, plus nightly performances in Echo Hollow Amphitheater. Parkwide, stages radiate energy with sing-along, toe-tapping performances. Picnic food favorites include The City’s famous fried chicken, cinnamon breads and homemade ice cream. (Insider tip: Check the performance schedule on the Silver Dollar City app, as show schedules, concerts & activities are listed.) Country Music Days |September 8-11, 15-18:Featuring a series of country music concerts – watch silverdollarcity.com for upcoming announcements. Harvest Festival | September 21 – October 29: With a major expansion scheduled for 2022, “Pumpkins in The City” is a highlight inside The Harvest Festival. At sunset, tens of thousands of pumpkins – carved, sculpted, life-size and themed – illuminate the night sky, accentuated with a lively, blacklight dance party every night in Pumpkin Plaza. A daytime dimension includes hundreds of demonstrating crafters, plus cowboy lore and music throughout the streets and stages. Culinary experts create specialty seasonal foods with sweet and savory pumpkin flavors and hearty soups. (Insider Tip: The Tasting Passport is a great way to try the many sweet and savory pumpkin-infused foods
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created for this festival.) An Old Time Christmas | November 5 – December 30: In an unprecedented fivetime title streak, Silver Dollar City’s An Old Time Christmas is America’s Best Holiday Theme Park Event, claiming the designation from USA TODAY 10 Best Reader’s Choice Awards. The City’s “Citizens” create a dazzling parkwide wonderland with 6.5 million lights, A Holly Jolly Light Parade, an 8-story animated Christmas tree, Christmas in Midtown spectacular, Joy on Town Square light show, Broadwaystyle shows, roller coasters at night and gourmet holiday foods. This holiday event embraces, showcases and celebrates the true meaning of Christmas. (Insider Tip: A great way to jump-start holiday festivities is to visit early November, then come back through December.)
Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful directors having helmed TV sensations “Community” and “Arrested Development,” as well as global blockbusters: Cherry (2021), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Their film, Avengers: Endgame (2019) became the highest-grossing film in the history of filmmaking. Their company AGBO has been responsible for record breaking films such as Extraction with Chris Hemsworth and will be releasing the highly-anticipated The Gray Man starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans this summer. Deadline to submit grant applications is March 1, 2022, 11:59 p.m. PT. For a full timeline of all relevant dates, instructions, and the application, please visit niaf.org/filmforum.
About Silver Dollar City Silver Dollar City is an internationallyawarded 1880s-style theme park in the Ozark Mountains, Branson, Missouri, known for presenting world-class entertainment, legendary rides, homestyle foods, demonstrating artisans, 10 annual festivals & events and family fun. SilverDollarCity.com.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and protecting Italian American heritage and culture. Based in Washington, D.C., it is the major advocate for nearly 25 million Italian Americans, the nation’s fifth largest ethnic group. To learn more about the Foundation and to become a member, visit niaf.org.
The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Now Accepting Applications Now in its sixth year, the program annually awards multiple $8,000 grants to ambitious filmmakers around the world to create documentary, fiction or nonfiction narrative films that explore the Italian American experience for the benefit of future generations.
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), in conjunction with Directors Anthony and Joe Russo and their company AGBO and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), are very pleased to announce that the applications are now open for The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum. Now in its sixth year, the program annually awards multiple $8,000 grants to ambitious filmmakers around the world to create documentary, fiction or non-fiction narrative films that explore the Italian American experience for the benefit of future generations. Grants are open to people of all nationalities and backgrounds. The grants will be awarded based solely on the promise of a film’s premise, how it relates to the Italian American experience and the creative potential of the filmmakers. Anthony and Joe Russo are among
ABOUT THE ITALIAN SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA For 88 years, the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA) has kept a strong sense of community alive and thriving to become one of the largest and most financially successful Italian American organizations in the country. The ISDA unites Italian Americans across states nationwide to celebrate our culture and preserve the traditions our ancestors brought with them from Italy. To learn more about the ISDA and become a member, visit orderisda.org. ABOUT AGBO Founded by award-winning, recordbreaking directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led entertainment company focused on creating content borne of innovative story universes across film, television, and digital platforms. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, AGBO was founded in 2017. For more info, visit, agbo.com.
NIAF to Honor Jerry Colangelo at Arizona Regional Gala Colangelo will receive the inaugural Jerry Colangelo Sports Excellence Award in recognition of his career as a sports, business and philanthropic icon
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Continued from page 8 The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is set to honor NIAF Chairman Emeritus Jerry Colangelo at the Foundation’s Arizona Regional Gala in Phoenix on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the iconic Arizona Biltmore Hotel, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Colangelo will be receiving the inaugural Jerry Colangelo Sports Excellence Award in recognition of his career as a sports, business and philanthropic icon. NIAF will also honor Ralph Marchetta, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Footprint Center for the Phoenix Suns and Chris Bianco, owner of Pizzeria Bianco with the Al Carfora Italian Heritage Award. Colangelo, Marchetta and Bianco will be joined by local civic leaders, sports celebrities, NIAF board members and special guests. “We are extremely proud of Jerry’s immeasurable accomplishments in sports. We salute Jerry as a distinguished Italian American, passionate leader and a role model for all of us to follow,” said NIAF Chairman Robert E. Carlucci. Colangelo served as chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Basketball from 2009-2012 and served for 16 years as managing director of USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team program, which he re-established as one of the best in the world. He also has made an immeasurable impact on the NBA having served as the chairman of the NBA’s Board of Governors from 2001 to 2005. It was Jerry’s vision, experience and acumen that helped guide the Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series championship in 2001. During Colangelo’s 37-year tenure in Phoenix, he turned the Phoenix Suns into one of the most successful NBA teams, with the seventh best all-time winning percentage. He also brought professional women’s basketball to the United States, while serving on the founding committee for the WNBA. Born and raised in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Colangelo began his basketball career as a teenager, earned all-state recognition and was offered more than five dozen college scholarships. Colangelo was honored at NIAF’s Anniversary Awards Gala in 1996 with the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Sports/Business. Colangelo served as Chairman of the NIAF Board of
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Events Calendar Current Issue Past Issues Submit events, announcements, etc. Directors from 2009 to 2013. Colangelo will be presented with an original sculpture, created and executed by Dante Mortet, a sixth generation sculptor whose family began making chalices for the Pope 120 years ago. Mortet’s artwork is created in his studio in the heart of Rome. Collectors include Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Scorsese, and Anjelica Huston, to name a few. To commemorate this occasion, NIAF will award a $5,000 grant to the Boy Scouts of America Grand Canyon Council, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. This donation will support scholarships for Italian American children ages 5-18 to attend one of four Boy Scout summer camps located in Arizona. Individual tickets and various sponsorship packages are available, and acknowledgement of sponsorships will be included in numerous publications online and in Ambassador magazine, the Foundation’s official publication. For more information visit NIAF.org/Arizona. Continued on page 10
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Continued from page 9 The black-tie Gala will mark the Foundation’s first fundraising event in Arizona since 2014.
L’Istituto Cinematografico presenta il libro Gli Orienti di Pier Paolo Pasolini
In occasione del Centenario della nascita di Pier Paolo Pasolini, oggi 12 febbraio alle ore 18.30 l’Istituto Cinematografico dell’Aquila “La Lanterna Magica” presenta il libro Gli Orienti di Pier Paolo Pasolini, Il fiore delle mille e una notte/Viaggio fotografico di Roberto Villa nel cinema Pasoliniano, NFC edizioni Rimini, presso la Sala Ipogea del Consiglio Regionale dell’Abruzzo. Alla presenza di Corrado Camilli e Mercedes Calvisi, Presidente e Consigliere Delegato dell’Istituto Cinematografico, di Roberto Villa, autore e fotoreporter, di Stefano Masi, critico cinematografico, scrittore e giornalista, e di Jonathan Giustini, scrittore e giornalista, è stato illustrato questo libro d’arte e di vita realizzato da Roberto Villa, grande fotografo italiano, tra i maestri del fotoreportage. Roberto Villa nel 1973 trascorre oltre tre mesi e mezzo in Medio Oriente, seguendo le riprese del “Terzo film della Trilogia della Vita”, personalmente invitato dallo scrittore e regista Piero Paolo Pasolini, come semiologo dell’immagine e studioso del cinema. Ha modo così di realizzare un ampio ed analitico reportage fotografico, sul set e fuori del set, sull’aspetto antropologico e sociologico delle popolazioni delle diciotto località che sono state le “locations” del film, dalla Persia di Reza Pahlavi fino alla Yemen già allora in guerra. Un viaggio affascinante, a tratti rischioso, magico e misterioso, in luoghi ricchi di storia ma anche complessi, chiusi apparentemente allo sguardo dell’occidente, ma nello stesso momento abitato da genti curiose, interessate, coinvolgenti e che appunto si faranno naturalmente attraversare. Ne esce un libro che è l’altro film del film, come Pasolini stesso ebbe a dire a Roberto Villa quando ne vide il lavoro silenzioso, prezioso, nascosto; “tu sei stato il regista e io l’attore che non sapevo di essere”. Villa lo racconta nel libro, foto per foto, in una narrazione semplice, diretta, vera, aderente alle cose e agli uomini che l’hanno vissuta. Il volume nasce a seguito della mostra-evento L’oriente di Pasolini. Il fiore delle Mille e una notte nelle fotografie di Roberto Villa che l’Istituto Cinematografico propone fino al 15 febbraio presso la navata del Consiglio Regionale dell’Abruzzo ad ingresso libero, nel rispetto della vigente normativa Covid.
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Si conclude l’omaggio de La Lanterna Magica a Pier Paolo Pasolini
Grande successo per la mostra fotografica “L’Oriente di Pier Paolo Pasolini” che l’Istituto Cinematografico dell’Aquila ha proposto per il Centenario della nascita dell’artista italiano presso il Consiglio Regionale dell’Abruzzo dall’1 al 15 febbraio. Con questa iniziativa La Lanterna Magica ha aperto le celebrazioni che per l’intero anno nel mondo ricorderanno uno dei più grandi intellettuali del ‘900. L’esposizione ha presentato una retrospettiva del viaggio del 1973 del maestro fotoreporter Roberto Villa della durata di oltre tre mesi e mezzo nel Medio Oriente, per seguire le riprese del terzo film della Trilogia della Vita di Pier Paolo Pasolini dal titolo Il fiore delle Mille e una notte, personalmente invitato dal regista. Inoltre, sabato 12 febbraio l’Istituto Cinematografico ha presentato il libro Gli Orienti di Pier Paolo Pasolini, NFC edizioni Rimini, presso la Sala Ipogea del Consiglio Regionale dell’Abruzzo alla presenza di Roberto Villa, autore e fotoreporter, di Stefano Masi, critico cinematografico, scrittore e giornalista, e di Jonathan Giustini, scrittore e giornalista. L’Istituto Cinematografico ci tiene a ringraziare le Istituzioni per aver consentito la realizzazione dell’evento, i visitatori della mostra e gli spettatori della presentazione del libro e la Libreria Colacchi per la promozione di un evento che lascia sicuramente, in un periodo non facile, una traccia di speranza e bellezza. Il successo dell’intera iniziativa avvalora la mission de La Lanterna Magica in merito al messaggio culturale e artistico che intende perseguire per i progetti futuri: valorizzare il patrimonio conservato attraverso le nuove tecnologie digitali, nei luoghi della cultura cittadini e fuori i confini regionali, per una nuova idea di partecipazione e meditazione da cui far nascere riflessioni ed esperienze inedite.
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Bagatelle Fundraiser: The Field House Museum is raising funds to help support a crucial window restoration on the historic 1845 Field family home. When you visit the exhibit, you can make a donation at the front desk and get tokens to play a selection of games within the exhibit. Playable games include Whiffle (1931), Ballyhoo (1932), and Daisy (1932). About the Field House Museum The Field House Museum is a dynamic museum and historic site focused on the Field Family. The historic house was once the home of Roswell Field, noted St. Louis attorney, and the birthplace of his son, Eugene Field, the “Children’s Poet.” While living in the home, Roswell Field became the key attorney in the Dred & Harriet Scott Freedom Suit when he formulated the legal strategy that propelled the case to federal court. The house is designated as a National Historic Landmark and has an attached museum featuring the Field House Museum’s collections along with traveling exhibits. Visitor Information Admission: Adults: $10.00, children 7-16: $5.00, members and children 6 & under: free Museum Hours: Wednesday–Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday Noon-4 p.m. For general information, call 314.421.4689, email us at info@fieldhousemuseum.org or visit our website at fieldhousemuseum.org.
THE AMICI NEWSLETTER by Annette Graebe
The Field House Museum Presents a New Exhibition Bagatelle
Before pinball games captured people’s attention with bright lights and zany sound effects, there was Bagatelle, a game that evolved from croquet in France. But how did an outdoor yard game for the wealthy eventually make its way into arcades around the world? Discover the exciting tale that all started with a bet made between Marie Antoinette and her brotherin-law in this current exhibit featuring over 50 games from the mid-1800s through
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the early 1900s. Follow Bagatelle’s many evolutions, including the revolutionary addition of a spring-loaded plunger, and admire the boards themselves that range from simplistic to richly detailed pieces of art. Imagine the people who would have played the games to escape the harsh realities of war, poverty, and disease, much like today. You can still see the evidence left behind in the form of penciled-in numbers for scoring or replacement pieces. Then it is all fun and games as the boards in the 1900s introduce modern marketing with pop culture icons and the first coin-operated versions of pinball, which are playable for a donation! This exhibit is sponsored in part by Miniature Market.
“St. Joseph in Art” Not long ago, I discovered a wonderful video about St. Joseph – on the Belleville Cathedral website. Monsignor John Myler of the cathedral researched, compiled, and presents a fascinating collection of ancient and modern art from around the world -- depicting Saint Joseph. The 30-minute video (“St. Joseph in Art”) is available on the Cathedral website and on YouTube. (Thank you, Monsignor Myler!) cathedralbelle.org (618) 234-1166 The St. Joseph’s Table, a precious, time-honored tradition, began long ago in Sicily when residents prayed to St. Joseph to help end a severe draught. Their prayers were answered, and, from that time forward, a special banquet is held annually in His honor – giving help to the less fortunate. St. Joseph's Day is celebrated on March 19.
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