Meet Mae West's Secret Italian Husband Guido Deiro August 16, 2012

• • On Thursday evening, 16 August 2012 you will learn the untold story of Guido Deiro, born in Salto Canavese, Italy, and Mae West, born in Brooklyn, NY, who became his second wife and, eventually, a star on Broadway and in Hollywood motion pictures. Come and hear the music Guido Deiro composed for Columbia Records, the Broadway show "Kismet" and some of the other pieces that delighted his vaudeville audience. Come watch clips of Guido Deiro performing in 1928 on the piano-accordion.
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• • • • WHAT ELSE: This musical event concludes with an exciting raffle, Italian wine, and light refreshments to celebrate the birthday of Mae West (17 August 1893).

• • • • WHO: The speaker on August 16th is LindaAnn Loschiavo, a dramatist, journalist, and long-time columnist for L'IDEA Magazine. LindaAnn Loschiavo's stage play "Courting Mae West" was recently seen in Melbourne, Australia in January 2012. Her writing appears in "Anti-Italianism: Essays on a Prejudice" (NY: Macmillan, 2011), in her column for L'IDEA Magazine, and elsewhere. Her new book "Flirting with the Fire Gods: Writing with an Italian Accent" will be out soon.

• • • • UPDATES: http://Maewest.blogspot.com

Official Website: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com