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Norman Sicily: - G N I Y L I K C I N S a F M O Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PO Box 546 PAID San Francisco San Francisco, CA Permit No. 11882 2017–2018 SEASO N California 94104 AUniqueLecture & Performance Series I I r e g o R Norman Sicily: - g n i y l i K c i n S a f m o Art&Power r I I o r N e f g o o t R s e g h in Palermo n i e K b e n a h t m t r a o t l N i e u h NOVEMBER b 3–4, 2017 t , f ù l o a t f r e u C o f c o e h n t w t o a t s d Marines’ Memorial Theatre n n a i a c i s o 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco u m m o u m D i Tickets: 415.392.4400 l s e u h T or Cityboxoffice.com M For more information, visit humanitieswest.org Norman Sicily: Art&PowerinPalermo O T Exploring History. Celebrating the Arts. O H P FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 20177:30–9:30 PM D N U Tickets for MMT and Rex: cityboxoffice.com or 415.392.4400. E R F ■ Sicily as a Site of Encounter /Teofilo Ruiz (History, UCLA) Blues, Jazz, and Rock ’n’ Roll; Ancient Greeks: The Age of T T E L Expansion; and The Borgia Dynasty. R ■ A Performance / Lecture / Sicily at the Opera: Sicilian Life on the Operatic Stage / San C S © Francisco Opera’s Dramaturg Clifford (Kip) Cranna examines the ways in which operatic Are you 25 years old or younger? Attend programs FREE! art has mirrored the island’s colorful past.Video examples and live performances by Marie [email protected] Plette (soprano), Philip Skinner (bass-baritone), and Bryndon Hassman (piano). Donate online at humanitieswest.org TEOFILO RUIZ PHILIP SKINNER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 10:00 AM–Noon & 1:30–4:00 PM The Sicilian Vespers, a popular uprising of the Sicilians against N E S their French-born king, Charles I d’Anjou, broke out on I H T Easter 1282. Within six weeks, 3,000 French men and A M ■ Before the Normans / Fred Astren (Jewish Studies, SFSU) women were slain by the rebels and King Charles E V A lost control of the island. D Y ■ B Manifesting Connections:The Art and Architecture of the Kingdom of Sicily / Sharon The momentous O T rebellion inspired O H Gerstel (Art and Archeology, UCLA) P Giuseppe Verdi’s ■ The Courtly Love Poetry of Syracuse in Sicily /Beverly Allen (Italian, Syracuse University) opera, I vespri siciliani. ■ A Troubadour Performance: Music from the Court of Frederick II /Tim Rayborn ■ Panel Discussion: Q&A with the Presenters, moderated by George Hammond SHARON GERSTEL BEVERLY ALLEN DINE WITH PRESENTERS! PRESENTERS DINNER, NOV. 3 ■ FRIENDS LUNCHEON, NOV. 4 Dinner open to HW Donors of $250+. Luncheon open to all Donors.Tix: cityboxoffice.com or 415.392.4400 by October 19. October 18 6:30 pm HW Book Discussion Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History by John Julius Norwich. S T Commonwealth Club,110 Embarcadero,San Francisco. Tix: 415.597.6700 or N m commonwealthclub.org o c . E l l o r r V October 24 6:30 pm Sicily Fireside Chat with George Hammond. Orinda Library. Free. a c h E n October 26 6:30 pm HW Salon: The Macabre in Music and Theatre featuring Tim Rayborn. Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter . w w D Street, San Francisco. Tix: 415.392.4400 or cityboxoffice.com. w | Detail from Sicilian Vespers (Vespri siciliani) by Michele Rapisardi,1865 l E l o r November15 6:30 pm HW Book Discussion The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy by Jacqueline Alio and r T Norman Sicily is presented with support from San Francisco Grants for the Arts, a C George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation, Bank of theWest, Italian Cultural A Louis Mendola. Commonwealth Club,110 Embarcadero, San Francisco. Tix: 415.597.6700 or y c n Institute, James Irvine Foundation, Stanford Humanities Center; Center for L a commonwealthclub.org N Middle East Studies and the Institute of European Studies and ORIAS atUC E y b Berkeley; Hauben Charitable Fund; NWR Foundation; CBT Charitable Trust; n R Ongoing Events at Mechanics’ Institute. 57 Post Street, San Francisco. Tix: milibrary.org g i s the Weezie Mott Cooking School; Magic Theatre; Marines’ Memorial Theatre; e D Mechanics’ Institute; RushTix; and individual donors..
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