Master mask maker featured at Italian Cultural Club's dinner and wine-tasting event in Meredith Tuesday, January 25

MEREDITH — The NH Lakes Region Italian Cultural Club will celebrate the tradition of mask making at a dinner and wine tasting event at Giuseppe’s Restaurant on Tuesday, January 25.

Roger A. Marrocco, Jr., a master mask maker, will be the guest presenter. Marrocco has been actively working for more than a decade in the Boston area, designing and making numerous types of masks. His creations have been used in such distinguished theatrical companies as the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage.

Marrocco was appointed as the Maskmaker and Costumer for the 1999 production of the Roman Music Festival, an annual opera presented at the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. He has presented lectures throughout New England on the history and traditions of maskmaking and has held workshops and seminars from Boston to Maryland. His masks and costumes were greeted with enthusiasm at the Carnivale of Venice (Italy), the oldest Mardi Gras Festival in the world.

Cost for this event is $49 per person. Seating is limited. Reservations are required. Contact Joe Adrignola at 496-3839 or e-mail italian@theadrignolas.com.

CAPTION: The Italian tradition of mask making will be celebrated by the NH Lakes Region Italian Cultural Club at a dinner and wine-tasting event featuring Roger A. Marrocco, Jr., a master mask maker. (Courtesy photo)