Italian movie, Gasparilla International Film Festival, Cinebistro

USF Italian Program & Gasparilla International Film Festival cordially
invite you to attend the Florida première of Italian film IL
CACCIATORE DI ANATRE [THE DUCK HUNTER] (2010) by Edigio Veronesi at
Cinébistro Hyde Park!

http://gasparilla.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/ilcacciatoredianatretheduckhunter_egidioveronesi_gasparilla2012

WHEN: Saturday, March 31 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Cinébistro in Hyde Park, 1621 W. Snow Circle, Tampa, Tampa, FL
33606

Introduction and Q&A with USF Professor Patrizia LaTrecchia

Wine and Food Pairing Event, Fiorelli Vineyard, Bradenton

I received an email below about an interesting event taking place this upcoming weekend. If it were not for my Italian classes that I am teaching, I would be very interested in attending the event. Here is the email I received from the winery:

Hello Larry,

I am contacting you from Rosa Fiorelli Vineyard and Winery in Bradenton, FL (www.fiorelliwinery.com)

I'm not sure how you choose which events to announce to your group, but we have a wine and food pairing event coming up that I thought would be great for your group.

The event will take place on Sat. March 31 from 4-8pm at our winery and people can sign up on our website. There will be a four course meal paired with 5 different wines.

Feel free to contact me for any other information/details.

We also offer daily lunch tours of the vineyard that includes your wine tasting.

Thanks in advance for considering our winery for your group,
Antonio"

-- Antonio Fiorelli

A cool little widget from daily mile

One of my favorite new sites is DailyMile.com, it is a social media type site, where you can track your workouts, like running, jogging, skating, walking, gym-workouts, etc.

Here is a cool little widget, while I'll put on the right side of this site underneath the facebook image which shows the number of miles I logged in the dailymile site for this year. I actually started around February 1.




I also like this one below, but it won't fit in the sidebar of my site, so I'll just put it on this post for now

More reviews on my Italian class

Here is an image of more reviews from my Italian class in Tampa that I started this past weekend.  I'll have 3 more sessions with this group.

I will be having more in the future.  If you are interested in finding when these occur, just join my meetup group.

Empowering our youth gathering on March 24th, Cephas' Ybor City

If you've been a regular reader of my blog, you know that I am involved with the Florida Institute for Community Studies.

A colleague of mine just passed along some information about another group that is involved in helping the youth of Tampa Bay.

They are having a gathering on March 24th.

The gist of this gathering is centered around community empowerment through ecological education and awareness that is geared toward our youths. Collaboration with each other will inspire the environment.

Find out more about the event and New Skool Fresh.

Salsa Cruise 2012, Aventura Dance Cruise Update

Here is an update regarding the Aventura Salsa / Bachata Dance Cruise

November 8-12

52 Cabins left at $326 Total!

Its Official! We are on ADC 2012 November 8-12th!
What's new? We are proud to say we implemented almost all the comments/ideas we received in our survey! Here are some (more online):

BETTER RATES! $123 less the last year.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

More social dancing space for more hours. 3 locations each night
Salsa, Bachata, and pool party after
Pool party every night till 4am!

You are now allowed to bring one bottle of wine and/or champagne per person on board!

More workshops, all will start at 10am and after.
Afternoon social dancing and practice space.
Many mexico party improvements, including more bars for a faster service.
more more more... Gotta keep something as a surprise :)

​Lets Go!

20% OFF DANCE PASS BEFORE APRIL!

Some testimonials for my Italian class in Tampa

Here is a facebook post from one of my prior students in regard to my Italian class in Tampa that I'll be teaching later in March.