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AWAR - Making Connections in Rome Italy
The American Women's Association of Rome is a club in Rome, Italy for American and English-speaking women of other nationalities. Founded in 1955, AWAR now has more than 300 members. Some of us are new to Italy while others have lived here all their lives. Ranging in ages from 20 to 100 and coming from a variety of backgrounds, we're united by a common language, shared interests and friendship. Our volunteers keep the Association operating and the opportunities for involvement abound. In fact, many of us find that participating and volunteering in AWAR strengthens our connections to the community. An annually elected Executive Board manages AWAR according to its Constitution and Bylaws. The wife of the current U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic or the Ambassador herself traditionally serves as the Honorary President. Promoting friendship among its members and understanding between Italy and the United States, the American Women's Association of Rome is a non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit organization. AWAR is a member club of the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas www.fawco.org representing some 18,000 American women residing in 37 countries worldwide. Whether you're new to Rome, planning a move to Rome or have been here for years, we encourage you to join the AWAR community. Please join.us@awar.org |
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June Wine & Cheese evening
AWAR members and friends will gather in a garden setting for the last Wine & Cheese of this club season. For AWAR members - all the details of the evening are on the inside calendar.
Mary Handley
Membership Chair
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Posted by admina on Monday, June 15 @ 02:37:43 MDT (27 reads)
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The Ballad of Budweiser Bill
By Elizabeth Wahn Goletti
“Budweiser Bill” is a parody of “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert W. Service.
Set in the Yukon during the Gold Rush, Service’s well-loved, comic ballad “Sam McGee” has become a traditional favorite, popular with adults and children alike since its publication in 1907. Noteworthy fans range from American Poet Laureate Billy Collins to U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who claimed it was his favorite poem. “Sam McGee” is easily available on Internet, and you might enjoy reading it before "Bud Bill" - hope both poems give you a good chuckle. EWG .........
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Posted by admina on Tuesday, June 09 @ 02:54:01 MDT (46 reads)
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Women connecting worldwide
by Elizabeth Abbot
FAWCO Representative
When you join AWAR, you not only connect with other women in Rome, but also with English-speaking women worldwide through the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO). Take a moment to browse their website: www.fawco.org to discover the amazing variety of important ways that FAWCO supports you as an expat woman.
Children of FAWCO members (and members themselves) are eligible for scholarships offered through the FAWCO foundation. Worthwhile development projects around that world that are supported by FAWCO members can also receive grants. Come September, I will be letting you know more about how to apply. AWAR has a reputation for always providing an array of qualified candidates, and even winners!
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Posted by admina on Sunday, June 07 @ 10:49:37 MDT (43 reads)
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Giotto e il Trecento (Giotto and the 1300s)
An Art Exhibition Review by Elizabeth Wahn Goletti
[from the May 2009 AWAR Forum, the newsletter of the association]
Giotto e il Trecento (Giotto and the 1300s)
Vittoriano Complex, Via di S. Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia)
Open through June 29 –Fri & Sat 9:30-23:30 and Sun 9:30-20:30
Info -- Tel: 06-678.0064 (9:30-19:30)
Price 15 Euros – 10 Euros & 7.50 Euros (reduced)
The father of Italian painting at the mother of all art shows, Giotto e il Trecento is literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, seventy-two years having passed since Italy last staged a comparable exhibit. Talk about ambitious, here you find gathered under one roof one-hundred-and-fifty magnificent fourteenth century works, twenty by Giotto di Bondone, the rest by contemporaries and followers, major artists such as Cimabue, Taddeo Gaddi,and Simone Martini. To produce this extravaganza meant pulling in priceless works from America and Europe as well as raiding museums all over Italy—Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Padua, L’Aquila, Naples, Gubbio, Siena, so many that I gave up counting.
The theme of this exhibit is Giotto’s influence, how he sparked the transition from the medieval to the humanistic or, as the organizers put it, how he created a new “voice” which paralleled that of his admirer and fellow Florentine Dante Alighieri. Just as Dante revolutionized poetry by rejecting Latin in favor of the vulgate, Giotto introduced new techniques, launching a “dolce stil nuovo” in pictorial language. Hailed by popes and public alike, he inspired schools of copycats who achieved lasting fame by carrying his innovative style all over the peninsula, a surge of creativity that marked the turning point from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance..........
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