Earlier this semester, Marybelle and Paul Musco graciously invited Chapman students working on an Italian Studies degree, the Italian faculty, and Chancellor Struppa out to dinner at the famed restaurant Il Barone. Chef Franco Barone, who is originally from Sicily and is considered one of the great chefs of Orange County, prepared a magnificent full course dinner for all to enjoy. Paul Musco felt that students needed to experience what “real Italian cuisine looks like,” and certainly they did! Sara Delucchi, president of the Italian Club, described the dinner as “the best meal of her college career.” Below are a few pictures from this splendid evening.
Luca Vullo will offer an entertaining and instructive workshop on the peculiar code of non-verbal communication that distinguishes Sicilians (and Italians at large) throughout the world. Artist in residence at Middlebury College Italian School at Mills College, in Oakland, Luca Vullo has worked on commercials, music videos, documentaries and educational material. Currently living in London, the Sicilian filmmaker has also worked as body language coach for theater and held workshops on Italian non-verbal communication in different UK universities.
