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A weekend with USA Today bestselling author Pamela
Schoenewaldt
Two exclusive events presented in partnership with
Consolato d’Italia Detroit, NOIA Foundation & CWRU
The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program
Friday, June 13, 2014 from 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Writing About Family – A Workshop
Pamela Schoenewaldt uses fun, interactive prompts and
exercises to explore new ways of thinking about family history. Revisit family scenes from fresh perspectives
and generate ideas for future exploration. Bring something to write with and on, a few family pictures and the
willingness to be astonished.
Admission: $25. (Online registration available at www.wrhs.org)
Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Swimming in the Moon – A novel
Spend the afternoon in the beautifully restored Hay-McKinney Garden for an exclusive reading and
discussion of Pamela Schoenewaldt’s newly released historical novel, Swimming in the Moon, set in Italy in
1905. Fourteen-year-old Lucia and her young mother, Teresa, are servants in a magnificent villa on the Bay
of Naples, where Teresa soothes their unhappy mistress with song. But volatile tempers force them to flee,
exchanging their warm, gilded cage for the cold winds off Lake Erie and Cleveland's restless immigrant
quarters. With a voice as soaring and varied as her moods, Teresa transforms herself into the Naples
Nightingale on the vaudeville circuit. Clever and hardworking, Lucia blossoms in school until her mother's
demons return, fracturing Lucia's dreams. Yet Lucia is not alone in her struggle for a better life. All around her,
friends and neighbors, new Americans, are demanding decent wages and working conditions. Lucia joins their
battle, confronting risks and opportunities that will transform her and her world in ways she never imagined.
The WRHS Italian American Collection was used extensively to create the story, which touches on
immigration, vaudeville, mental illness and the 1911 Cleveland Garment Workers Strike.
Admission: $10 adults, $5 children 3-12, WRHS Members Free (includes admission to entire history center). For
reservations, please contact Pamela Dorazio Dean: [email protected] or 216-721-5722 ext. 1523.
Friday, June 13, 2014 at 5:15 p.m.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Cleveland Cinemateque, University Circle
11141 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106
“Miele,” or “Honey,” directed by Valeria Golino. This Italian drama film was screened at the 2013 Cannes F [B