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Join art and music historian Victoria Martino on a five-week art and music lecture series to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, as she begins a five-week course in honor of the poet’s power of inspiration, ranging from medieval to modern times. Dates | Tuesdays, September 14, 21, 28, and October 5, 12, at 6:30 p.m. Full schedule: • September 14: Dante’s Florence: La Vita Nuova • September 21: Life in Exile: La Divina Commedia • September 28: La Divina Commedia - Inferno • October 5: La Divina Commedia - Purgatorio • October 12: La Divina Commedia - Paradiso Register here! Five-lecture package for members: $70 plus fees Five-lecture package for non-members: $95 plus fees Individual lecture for members: $16 plus fees Individual lecture for non-members: $21 plus feesVictoria Martino studied the "La Divina Commedia" in the original Italian at Harvard University, with legendary Dante scholar Dante Della Terza. She analyzed and wrote on the relationship between Dante’s text and William Blake’s watercolor illustrations in the collection of the Harvard Art Museums. This lecture series is lovingly dedicated to the memory of Professor Della Terza, who passed away on April 6, 2021. For more information, please visit ljathenaeum.org or contact Athenaeum Music & Arts Library at info@ljathenaeum.org or call (858) 454-5872.

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Details on the nature of the attack were not disclosed, though Scripps indicated it has notified law enforcement "and the appropriate governmental organizations."