Ralph Alfonso will be performing/reading at the 2009 Italian Week / Settimana Italiana /Semaine Italienne, Montreal, on Aug 14-15-16. Accompanied on guitar by Kevin Komoda (Rational Youth, Plunt, and other cool bands), Ralph will be involved in 4 events over 3 days; reading/performing material in Italian/English/French from two of his cds (Coffee Jazz and Poetry; Sophisticated Boom Boom) and the books "Coffee Jazz and Poetry" and "Writing Beyond History" (an out of print anthology of Italian/Canadian writings with three Italian poems by Ralph).

All events are FREE. 

And Ralph's books and CDs will be on sale at the merchandise table all three days, all day long.

Here is the schedule:

Readings in the piazzetta:

Authors reading in Italian dialect (Ralph is reading in morronese - don't worry, he'll explain it)

In order:

 Corrado Mastropasqua, Isabella Colalillo-Katz, Emilio Francescucci, Connie Guzzo-McParland, Ralph Alfonso, Lidia Russo, Umberto Di Genova, 

Readings Under The Tent (corner of St-Laurent and Mozart) 

Below is a breakdown of the order for each reading:

Ilona Martonfi, Albino Matano, Maria R. Spina, Ralph Alfonso

Ralph Alfonso, Emilio Francescucci, Isabella Colalillo-Katz, Michael Mirolla, Maria R. Spina

Maria Caltabiano, Ralph Alfonso, Ilona Martonfi, Antonio D’Alfonso, Carole David, Francis Catalano.

Here is the festival site but we're not mentioned at all (very Italian)

so don't let my relatives be the only ones there; come on down!