OLLI101494 - Matera and Carlo Levy: The Shame of Italy [Hybrid at Ambler]

Course Description

Matera and Carlo Levy: The Shame of Italy

Instructor: Steven Pollack
Dates: Thursdays, Sep 28-Nov 2
Time: 9:30 AM-11:00 AM
Location: Hybrid at Ambler (TUA)
 

Matera is famous for its “Sassi” - ancient caves housing the city’s population since the birth of civilization. In the 1950’s, the entire impoverished population of the Sassi was relocated from their dismal cave homes to a modern development. This entire ill-conceived urban project was largely a reaction the work of Carlo Levy - a Jewish doctor, writer and painter, whose book, “Christ Stopped at Eboli,” focused on the abject poverty of Southern Italy, when he was banished to Matera by Mussolini. Today, the Matera’s Sassi are one of the wonders of Italy, capturing the entire process of the development of mankind.
Maximum online registrants: 150
Maximum in-person registrants: 40

Instructor’s Bio:

Steve Pollack is a performer, director, lecturer and actor who has appeared in venues ranging from Grand Opera to Blues and Pop; an actor and director of stage plays; and as a lecturer and teacher in schools, community organizations, and private associations. He has performed in many local and regional theaters in opera, concert, and musical theater and was one of the original members of Peter Nero’s Voices of the Pops in Philadelphia. He lectures often on subjects of culture, art, history, music, and social change with specific focus on the critical, ironic, or trivial connections between historical events. He was educated at Franklin & Marshall College and Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.

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