Since the publication of La Bella Lingua, Dianne Hales has been giving talks on Italy and Italian throughout the United States and Canada. Here is a brief clip of one of her presentations:
Sponsors of Dianne's talks include:
Italian Consulates and Italian Cultural Institutes in New York City, San Francisco and Toronto
Società Dante Alighieri, Firenze
Italian Cultural Centers in Sacramento and Westchester County, N.Y.
Italian Community Center, San Diego
Italian American Committee on Education (IACE), New York City
Amici della Lingua Italiana, New Jersey
Italian-American museums, including the Museo Italo-Americano of San Francisco and the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum on Staten Island
Branches of the American Association of Teachers of Italian
Columbia University / Barnard College
California State University, Chico
Rutgers University
Italy-America Society of Philadelphia
ItaLingua Institute of San Francisco
Chapters of OSIA, UNICO and Rotary International
Italian food and fashion retailers
Independent bookstores
Local libraries
Italy and Italian MeetUp groups
Among possible topics are:
My Love Affair with Italy and the World's Most Enchanting Language My Italian Brain and How It Grew: The Joys of Learning Italian Romance, Italian Style: La Bella Lingua in Love La Bella Lingua at the Table: The Language of Italian Food La Bella Lingua in Italy: Touring Italian La Bella Lingua at the Opera La Bella Lingua at the Movies Fashion Speaks Italian
My Love Affair with Italy and the World's Most Enchanting Language