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IL CENACOLO ITALIAN CULTURAL CLUB Founded in 1928 IL CENACOLO ITALIAN CULTURAL CLUB Founded in 1928 Regular Thursday Meetings, Noon to 2:00 P.M. San Francisco Italian Athletic Club 1630 Stockton Street (3rd floor), San Francisco, CA 94133 www.ilcenacolosf.org “Il Cenacolo is an organization that preserves, enhances and encourages all aspects of Italian arts, language and culture and recognizes the unique contribution of Italian heritage that is intertwined in the history and life of the San Francisco Bay Area.” DECEMBER 2020 Thursday, December 3, 2020 “Venice: The Most Improbable of Cities” (Part I) Carla Gambescia (ZOOM Meeting)* Thursday, December 10, 2020 “Venice: The Most Improbable of Cities” (Part II) Carla Gambescia (ZOOM Meeting)* Thursday, December 17, 2020 The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers (ZOOM Meeting)* Thursday, December 24, 2020 No meeting in deference to Christmas This month’s programs arranged by Ron Fenolio. (* ZOOM link and instructions by David Cobb will be emailed the week of each meeting.) PROGRAM PROFILES ZOOM Thursdays, December 3 & 10, 2020 Venice, the Most Improbable of Cities (2-part series) Carla Gambescia Venezia is Queen of the Adriatic, La Serenissima, standing for triumph of human will over Nature, once a beehive of espionage, luxury, the pleasure capital of Europe, a mecca of extraordinary artists and personalities and the zenith of all Grand Tours…yet even today, Venice remains an enigma. Come explore Venice’s complexities and seeming contradictions as we discover some of its many secrets and celebrate the city of myth, mystery, majesty and might. Part I: From its inauspicious beginnings at the end of the Roman empire to its apex as a commercial, naval and financial juggernaut, a Xanadu of architecture and a nexus of cultural cross-currents. Part II: From its cultural high-water mark, through its slow, opulent, sybaritic decline and ultimately to its reinvention as a real-life fantasy destination—the world’s most enchanting open-air museum. Carla’s passion for Italy began early with her mother’s love of the Renaissance masters and her father’s discourses on Italian geniuses of every calling. This set her on her life’s pursuit. She has written about and toured every region of Italy on foot or by bicycle. Carla was a former partner in the Ciao Bella Gelato Company, conceived and co-led the Giro del Gelato bicycle tour which won OUTSIDE Magazine’s “Best Trip in Western Europe,” and for a decade owned and operated Via Vanti! Restaurant & Gelateria, in Mount Kisco, New York. Via Vanti! received a “Very Good” from the New York Times and numerous plaudits for its innovative Italian cuisine and gelato (named “Best Gelato Shop in NY.”) Carla is the author of the award-winning book: La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z. (Won “Best Travel Book of 2019.) She also regularly lectures on topics of Italian cultural interest and curates the popular photoblog Postcards from the Boot. — PAGE 2 — The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers Thursday, December 17, 2020 The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers have been entertaining and amusing audiences in the Bay area for over 40 years, and have appeared on local television and radio programs. A truly unique caroling group, the Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers are professional singers, members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and featured artists from other opera and theatre companies throughout the greater Bay Area. Costumed in Dickensian attire, the Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers is the only group in the Bay Area presenting new arrangements of carols and songs, as well as the beloved and familiar traditional carols. The quartet is accompanied by the merry sounds of cymbals, tambourines and kazoos. Any cel- ebration featuring this outstanding group of performers will be spirited, festive and fun. FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT DECEMBER 2020 Cenacolisti— These days I’m finding our Thursday Zoom meetings one of the happier events of the long week. Attendance is holding at around twice that of the regular lunches so others must feel the same. The chatting among us after the presentation itself is growing as well, likely a result of feeling more comfortable with this new way of communicating —I certainly am. Thanks again to Peter Sherwood, as last month’s program chair, who brought us his own presentation on the Fiat Cinquecento (rollicking, good fun!) and Susanna Lombardi’s presentation of some truly exquisite and amazing artwork from three different locations in Sicily. Finally, the big event was last month’s opening website demonstration. It revealed the many months of imagining and organizing by the web team of Chuck Stagliano, Peter Sherwood and Susi Segal, and the professional website design skills of consultants Jess Poulin and Georgia Gibbs. Thanks are also due to other Cenacolisti who have contributed time and ideas, including Jim Boitano, Ron Fenolio, Len Bargellini, Mike Prior and Pietro Bonanno. (Check out the Guided Tour of the new website following this President’s Letter). In this bulletin Jim Boitano writes about Pope Pius VI, an important pope who ruled the Papal States during the French Revolution and early Napoleonic period. In our Speaker Series this month we will have a chance to go in-depth with a two-part set of lectures by a Cenacolo favorite, Carla Gambescia, called “Venice, the Most Improbable of Cities.” Our final meeting of the year will be our traditional offering (via Zoom) by the Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers. (Bring your own figgy pudding!) We are missing our Christmas Gala this year, but will look forward to celebrating together in 2021! Our food blog, formerly “La Cucina Cenacolista” has moved to the website under Ron Fenolio’s new feature “Vino e Cibo.” For this holiday season, he reminisces about Christmas fare, and offers suggestions for designing your own “Grand Cenone di Vigilia.” He also riffs off Peter Sherwood’s offering last month with more about eggplant and involtini under “Family Recipes.” And Len Bargellini has a word for this season in his new Lingua Italiana. And, this just in...two new videos on the Merola page! On a somber note, we were saddened to hear of the passing of longtime member Jim Brown on November 11. Il Cenacolo will make a contribution of $100 to Merola in his name, as suggested by his widow, Niz. — PAGE 4 — FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT DECEMBER 2020 A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE WEBSITE The impetus for investing in a new website was the need to respond to the rapidly changing world which is affecting every aspect of our lives, most immediately, our social interactions. The initial planning and concept stages of this project included some deep diving into the essence of our club, plus some crystal ball-gazing—re-imagining our beloved club in the new environment in which we find ourselves. The nuts and bolts were the responsibility of the website team and the consultants. The first thing to know is that “This is NOT your father’s website!” It is NOT just a gussied-up brochure, glossy and static. The idea of the modern website is that it is a dynamic, interactive mechanism, and as such, has much more to offer. There are many layers of moving parts: the architecture, the content, and all the levers and pulleys that make everything work together behind the scenes. This dynamism is evident on the active homepage, where the most recent events, articles and blogs rise to the fore, so you are always up to date on the latest. From the homepage excerpts you can launch to the full articles, and you will come upon many delightful surprises. The many interactive features, we hope, will be enjoyable and encourage engagement with your fellow Cenacolisti. Of course, interacting with websites and Zoom meetings will never replace in-person experience, but there are advantages, such as the ability to include many more of us than can attend meetings in person. We now have a fine new tool to share the beauty and excitement of Italian culture—both among members and with new Italophiles. The website is just one of the tools in the toolbox of the Board members. We are also busy planning upcoming virtual events for the year ahead which will include everything from classic Italian movies, opera and symphony performances, wine tasting, museum and garden tours I hope you will find these pleasant and engaging ways to get your mind off other more stressful distractions of the day. I encourage you all to visit and engage with the new and exciting ilcenacolosf.org. Changes ongoing—feedback welcome! A presto, David Cobb, President Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo — PAGE 5 — ilcenacolosf.org A guided tour Technically, each feature of the completely new website is strategically designed to meet our goals of engaging current members and enticing new ones. During the launch Jess Poulin, our marketing and analytics pro, discussed SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the practice of setting up our website behind the scenes to have not only more visitors, but also visitors with a pointed interest in what we have to offer. Ongoing analytics will measure how we are doing, and point to where improvements and adjustments can be made over time. This feedback loop will be a valuable tool going forward. (Please note that it will take some time for the SEO tags to bear fruit. They will build up our web presence over the next 3-6 months. Stay posted!) Georgia Gibbs, our website designer specializing in branding and user experience, presented the beautiful, clean, upbeat, dynamic website she created from scratch, and it is full of surprises. Strategies to interest new people in our Club include showing off our Speaker Series front and center; highlighting our involvement in the community (i.e.
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