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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB of ROME

THE SOCIAL YEAR 2015-2016 …. in 10 pages

_____________________________________________________OCTOBER

MONTHLY MEETING Thursday October 22nd at Casa dell’Aviatore- Viale dell’Università 20

PROGRAMME - Enrollment in the Club and Presentation of the Groups In the photo: Membership ladies...at work! Welcome and Greeting Speech by the New President Santina Bruni Cuoco, centred on the Programme of the Social Year 2015-2016

_________________________________________________________NOVEMBER

MONTHLY MEETING Wednesday November 18th 2015 at Hotel Polo (Piazza Gastaldi) - 11,30

Programme: Lecture on Holistic Wellness: Harmony between Body and Spirit.

Speakers: Nancy Myladoor, Ayurveda Medical Anna Maria Landoni, Naturopathist Daniela Mihu, Medical Doctor, expert in PNEI: Psycho-Neuro-Endocrinal Immunology Carlo Fuiani, Nordic Walking Instructor

THE GROUPS The Decoration Group meets at Maria Manfredi's home in order to prepare decorations and small Xmas presents for members. The Literature Group meets at the home of Maria Letizia Bald, who presents a novel by Antonio Pennacchi, "Canale Mussolini", winner of 2010 Strega Prize. The Groups of English, French and Spanish Conversation meet at their usual meeting places, as they will keep doing in the following months, in order to investigate literary pages or hold conversations on current events. First meeting of the Cooking In & Out group at the Mexican Restaurant "La Cucaracha".

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_______________________________________________________DECEMBER_ Monthly meeting: Christmas Dinner Sunday December 13th 2015 at 12.00 hrs - Hotel Parco dei Principi PROGRAMME: Exhibition of the Choir "Cantores Musicae Mundi.

THE GROUPS EXCURSION to Tivoli - Friday December 4th 2015

Guided tour of Villa Gregoriana and then tour of the chocolate factory "Chocolate World" owned by our member Luisa Proietti. Lunch and tasting of Ancient Rome Cookery at Hotel Ristorante Adriano.

LITERATURE The Group meetis at Renate Roth's home on Decembre 16th. Our member Tatiana Baiankina entertains the guests about Michael Bulgakov's novel "Being dog-hearted". __________________________________________________________JANUARY

MONTHLY MEETING Wednesday January 20th at Casa dell'Aviatore at 17,30 hrs. PROGRAMME: Lecture organized by our member Katia Congedo. The lecturer was Prof. Massimo Doria on the theme: "The passing of generations and the legal tutelage of family property and assets".

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THE GROUPS Cooking In&Out - January 27th at the Indian Restaurant "Il Guru". The hostess was Nancy Myladoor who introduced us to the magic world of spices. The lunch was a delicious, delicate synthesis of the flavours, the scents, the tradition and the culture of Indian cookery. MUSIC On January 28th the Group met at the home of Marisa Marengo in order to listen to a live performance of musical passages by Giuseppe Torelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Vivaldi, interpreted by Fontebranda Quintet of wh our member Renata Furlan is a member.

________________________________________________________FEBRUARY

MONTHLY MEETING Wednesday February 17th at Hotel Polo, N. 4 Piazza Gastaldi PROGRAMME: Yearly Assembly for the approval of the final balance of the year 2014-2015 and the budget of the year 2015-16.

SPECIAL MEETING February 19th 2016 - Lecture organized with the Indian Embassy Cultural Office on "Yoga and Meditation for Holistic Living".

The official thanks to the speakers: H.E. the Ambassador of India Kamar Gupta and Adrian Navigante (Istituto Orientale in Naples). Official presentation of the International Women's Club of Rome by the IWC President Santina Bruni Cuoco

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THE GROUPS LITERATURE. The Group met on February 10 at Maria Letizia Baldi's home. Renate Roth entertained the Group on the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) and his famous short story "The Chess Match".

ART

The Art Group met on February 4 at Chiostro del Bramante to visit the exhibition by James Tissot (1836-1902).

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MONTHLY MEETING Wednesday March 16th at Hotel Beverly Hills

PROGRAMME: Lecture on F.A.I. (Italian Environment Fund): its Purposes, Projects, Activities, also with reference to "The place of my heart" Competition. Speaker: Dr. Irene Mearelli, Head of F.A.I. Development Office.

SPECIAL WEDNESDAY SPECIAL WEDNESDAY March 20th. Meeting the Italian State Police in its official premises on Via Depretis and on Via San Vitale. Lectures on Personal Security and on Digital Security by various Police Officials.

The Chief of the Italian State Police greets Police Headquarters Operational Room on Via members of the IWC of Rome San Vitale

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THE GROUPS

ART Our mrmber Sylvia Diebner held a lecture on March 3rd on "Antiquity in modern attire: Palazzo Venezia, the Globe Hall and its mosaic" in the lecture Room of the Istituto nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte in Palazzo Venezia, to which Art Group members were invited. LITERATURE MUSIC The Group met at Marisa Marengo's home on Monday March 9th to attend the live performance of G.B. Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" by the Fontebranda String Quintet. CONVERSATION GROUPS There were also meetings of the Conversation Groups respectively in Spanish and in French.

_____________________________________________________________APRIL

MONTHLY MEETING Tuesday April 20 at Hotel Beverly Hills – 12 hrs

PROGRAMME: Meet my country: Indonesia

A trip both virtual and non virtual to the "Country of the Thousand Islands". There were greetings by Ambassadress Sonya Parengkuan followed by an introductory address and a video provided by the Indonesian Embassy Cultural Office along with an Indonesian Fashion Show of models belonging to tradition as well as to to-day's daily life.

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SPECIAL WEDNESDAY devoted to LITERATURE On Wednesday April 27th an interclub activity organized by both the International Women's Club of Rome and Inner Wheel Roma Tevere took place at Casa dell'Aviatore at 17 hrs. The meeting had as its aim the presentation of the book "Linguet e i philosophes",G.Giappichelli Editore, Torino 2015, pp. 287, a historical research accomplished by Prof. Ginevra Conti Odorisio, which was awarded the Fiuggi Prize recently. The book was presented by the author, with contributions by Maria Letizia Baldi and by Prof. Fiorenza Taricone

THE GROUPS ART A small group of members met at Chiostro del Bramante on April 28th in order to visit the "Macchiaioli" exhibition: over 110 works representing the most important pictorial movement of the Italian 19th century. Amongst the most significant of them "La Ciociara" by Giovanni Fattori, "The Red Skirts seamstress" by Orlando Borrani, " The 'Ponte Vecchio' in Florence' " by Telemaco Signorini.

COOKING in&out The meeting of April 4th was organized by Erika Fodrè at Babington's Tea-Room. Chiara Bedini, the great- granddaughter of one of the two women who founded this Roman institution in 1893, told its story. A charming Victorian atmosphere surrounded our members who tasted the various types of tea served by the House as well as both the sweet and the savoury delicacies rigorously required by the Victorian tradition. And there was not wanting a sound-track, created by the notes of a harp played in a live performance by a very clever musician.

MUSIC

On Sunday April 17th Nella Cirinnà as both director and guide to the listening organized a performance of G.Bizet's "Carmen" in concert form at Circolo Canottieri Aniene. By inviting their members and friends The Intenational Women's Club of Rome as well as the Inner Wheel, "Maria Cristina of Savoy" Cultural Conventions and Arcadia Association contributed to an event that saw a full house.

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___________________________________________________________MAY Meeting the International Women's Club of The Hague on May 17th,18th,19th. The detailed Programme of the three-day visit on page 3 of May Newsletter.

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THE GROUPS

COOKING in&out Wednesday May 25th- A Hungarian lunch at Erika Fodrè's home

"Iste hozott beneteket: this is the special welcome phrase for guests with which Erika received us at the Hungarian cooking session in her home. On May Newsletter a typical Magyar recipe that Erika prepared for us.

DECORATION

On may 23rd members of the Decoration Group met at Maria Manfredi's home. Beside the enjoyment of meeting they also had the opportunity to get acquainted with KUMIHIMO technique, an ancient Japanese art of twisting. The bracelets featuring in the photo are going to be part of the coming year's programme.

LITERATURE The Literature Group meeting, which was delayed till June 20th, took place at Antonella Rossi Battioni's place according to the final plan. The hostess entertained a substantial group of interested members on an autobiographic essay originally written in French by an Iranian journalist and director, Abnousse Shalmani, whose title is "Khomeiny de Sade and I", Milano Rizzoli 2014, pp.317 The authoress was born in Teheran in 1977 and emigrated to Paris with her family after the advent of the Islamic Khomeinist republic. The book is a testimony of the authoress's individual rebellion against customs imposed on women in Iran, which has lasted till to-day.

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_______________________________________________________JUNE______

MONTHLY MEETING Monday June 13th 2016 - End of Social Year - Dinner at Hotel Parco dei Principi

Programme: Musical Show by singer Maria Letizia Gorga who sang songs from her national and international repertory to the accompaniment of pianist Stefano De Meo. "A sober and elegant dinner": such was the comment that, more closely than all the other comments, put in evidence the key feature that we had been guided by in the organization of the evening.

Maria Letizia Gorga is an actress and singer. Her show develops along a theatrical itinerary that is not only musical. Songs alternate with prose passages and verse that are recited with the passion and mastery of a person who has trodden the boards by the side of the gratest Italian actors and directors.

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THE COMMITTEE

wishes you all

serene and enjoyable holidays.

Good bye until October

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