CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Part 1 of a two-part lecture series on the many portraits of Italy conveyed through cinema, television, literature, and other media.

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

Anthony Sestito from Pastaio will lead a beginner class on how to make fresh pasta - Egg dough, shapes of central/northern Italy.  

Part 2 of a two-part lecture series on the many portraits of Italy conveyed through cinema, television, literature, and other media.

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

Live Virtual Workshops with Sam Paonessa. With a focus on edge quality, values and chromatic colour, students will learn the techniques of rendering trees, painting layered foliage and the reflective qualities of water.

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

You can have a virtual meeting with Marco DeVuono, President and CEO of Villa Charities Inc., for a one-on-one conversation to answer any questions or to share your thoughts on our programs and services. These informal chats will be held on the 2nd Friday of every month, from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Appointments are 20 minutes […]

Beatrice Carpino (singer) and Adolfo De Santis (pianist) present a selection of popular Italian and English songs, Neapolitan songs, and Broadway songs.

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

The new monumental mosaic series by master artist Lilian Broca, made of 67-foot-high mosaics constructed from Venetian glass, explores the figure of Mary Magdalene and the stories which have painted her as a woman in desperate need of salvation.  

Under the direction of Italian theatre director and pedagogue Gianluca Barbadori, we present “Stories, Strange Stories” (“Storie, strane storie”) an experimental performance aimed at bringing people together through theatre. After a 5-week intensive theatre course, our students and non-professional actors will bring to the stage the world of famous Italian writer and dramatist Dino Buzzati. […]

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

In "Sustenance", Sicilian-born Mimmo Baronello explores the morphing of nature in a polluted environment, mirroring our own struggle to adapt to constant and pervasive technological changes. His art blends the mannerist and baroque styles present in Sicilian culture and architecture, with contemporary iconography and Canadian natural imagery. Light refreshments will be served. Exhibition continues until […]

Join international opera singer, Sara Papini, esteemed tenor, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Romulo Delgado, with accompaniment by pianist Ivan Jovanovic for a memorable musical performance.

Anthony Sestito from Pastaio will lead a beginner/intermediate class on how to make fresh pasta - Eggless, shapes of southern Italy.  

Join singer-songwriter, dancer and actor Andrea Ramolo for a lecture that explores the ancestral music of the “Tarantella” and “Pizzica”.

Villa Charities, with funding by the Government of Canada’s New Horizon’s for Seniors Program, continues our popular Ballo Liscio social dancing nights. Join us Wednesday nights as we dance the night away. These weekly events are open to everyone and feature live musical performances.

We invite you to join us for our next Virtual Town Hall with Marco DeVuono, President and CEO of Villa Charities. At this meeting we will be sharing information and answering questions about the Villa Charities Italian Canadian Immigrant Tribute project, honouring Italian immigrants and their families.