

ITALIAN SOUL FESTIVAL 2022 “The Soul of Italy Shining Through Its Musical Heritage”
On Wednesday November 9th 2022 at 7pm (doors open at 6), the first edition of the Italian Soul Festival will take place at the Lowe Auditorium (869 Mass Ave, Arlington Ma 02476) to celebrate “The Soul of Italy Shining Through Its Musical Heritage”.
It will feature performances by some of the finest New England based artists, followed by a full set of music and visual presentation by Italian composer, director and pianist Mr. Vince Tempera, along with his Trio.
During the first portion of the Festival, Angela Rossi, Stefano Marchese and Spajazzy (all Italian natives and Berklee College of Music faculty) will showcase their interpretation of Italian songs while blending it within the idiom of modern American music.
The second part of the festival, will feature Italian renowned composer, conductor, composer and pianist Vince Tempera, taking the audience on a musical and visual journey through decades of popular soundtracks by famous Italian Composers.
A native and resident of Milano Italy, Mr. Tempera served as the musical conductor for the Italian Festival di Sanremo for two decades, has written music for countless movies, cartoons and worked as a producer for many Italian artist such as Claudio Baglioni, Antonello Venditti and Loredana Berte to name but a few.
Mr. Tempera will be in the USA for a series of performances and lectures in the North East to present his acclaimed show “ From Fellini to Tarantino”, after a successful run of it in Europe and the Italian Soul Festival is delighted to have him as a very special guest.
His trio, featuring also Sergio Bellotti on drums and Enrico Santarelli on Bass will perform music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone as well as some compositions by Vince Tempera himself, including Seven Notes in Black which is part of the soundtrack for Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino.
Additional musical accompaniment provided by The AHS Honors Orchestra led by award winning director Tino D’Agostino and Berklee College Piano faculty Maxim Lubasky.
Emcee for the event will be the popular Journalist and public figure Stefano Salimbeni.
Complimentary General Admission, Donations are Encouraged. First Row Premium Vip Tickets are also available
For more info visit https://linktr.ee/Italiansoulfestival
Dear PIB Members and Friends,
PIB and I AM Books teamed up to offer you 4 appointments: the first of which will be held in person at the I AM Books bookstore (124 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113) starting on November 16th from 18:30-19:30pm with a discussion over Ilaria Tuti’s book “Fiori Sopra l’Inferno”.
Kindly register using the form on this page to confirm your interest!

The Consulate General of Italy in Boston,
in collaboration with Professionisti Italiani a Boston, COM.IT.ES and the PILC – Pirandello Italian Language Center, is pleased to invite you to
a luncheon held to welcome the Italian world swimming champion
Filippo Magnini
Saturday, January 21st, 2023 | luncheon, 1pm
Ristorante Filippo
283 Causeway Street, Boston
PIB members are invited to confirm their attendance by registering using the form found on this page. If you’d like to register you can do so until January 20th at noon time.

PIB and I AM Books are excited to invite you to this second appointment of our Book Club! To kick-off 2023, the first Author to join the conversation will be journalist and author Mario Desiati The discussion will focus on the book “Spatriati” winner of the prestigious Italian Strega award.
This event will be online, log in on January 29th at 3pm at the following URL: https://bit.ly/3gNx8fJ .
Remember prior to the event to purchase and read Mario Desiati’s “Spatriati” to actively take part to the book club discussion event.
I AM Books is happy to offer a 10% discount for the purchase of this book, the code will be sent to you once you register to this event.
The event will be live-streamed, you’ll be able to connect by copying and pasting the URL “https://bit.ly/3gNx8fJ” into your browser or by clicking on the button below at the time of the event.
Looking forward to seeing you!
The PIB Team

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