CCR Wine Tasting: Great Italian Summer Wines - May 16, 2026

Refreshing! Light-bodied! Crisp! Discover the joy and versatility of a chilled Italian white, rose, sparkling and red wine. Sample the best wines for your meals and to share with friends on a hot summer day.

Where: Private residence (Corso Trieste area). Exact details will be sent to registered participants.

When: Saturday, May 16, 2026

Time: 7 p.m.

Cost: €35 for members (€45 for non-members). Advance payment required to confirm your place. A light dinner will follow the wine tasting.

RSVP to Linda at canadarome@gmail.com.Payment by Monday, May 11th  Please note that you are financially responsible for your reservation.

We are pleased to have Marco Lori, Italian sommelier and wine master, lead this CCR wine tasting. Marco’s sommelier training in 1995 sparked his passion for wine and set in motion years of study. In 2014 he earned the “Italian Sommelier Executive Wine Master” status, recognized by the Worldwide Sommelier Association. He is the founder of “Off the Vine,” a gastro-tourism venture in Italy.

CCR Book Club - May 26, 2026

The May book choice is "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by American author Shelby Van Pelt. According to Good Reads, this 2003 novel is "An exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus… Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible."

When: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Time: 7 p.m.

Where: Private residence of CCR member. Exact address sent to confirmed participants by email. Open only to current members of the CCR. 

Potluck: Please let Lucy know what food you'll be bringing.

Further info & RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Lucy. As space is limited, reservation is compulsory.

CCR Book Club - April 19, 2026

For their April meeting, the CCR Book Club is reading the French blockbuster "Watching over Her" ("Veiller sur elle") by Jean-Baptiste Andrea. The New York Times review argues that this novel, which is set in a monastery in Piedmont and "traces the personal and political entanglements of a sculptor whose swagger belies his physical stature," poses the question of whether art can compromise with fascism.

When: Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026

Time: 1 p.m.

Where: Private residence of CCR member. Exact address sent to confirmed participants by email. Open only to current members of the CCR. 

Potluck: Please let Lucy know what food you'll be bringing.

Further info & RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Lucy. As space is limited, reservation is compulsory.

Summer Season Reception - June 17, 2026

Join us for our traditional garden reception as the 2025-2026 club season draws to a close and we catch up before people start leaving on their summer travels and other plans. Our heartfelt thanks to Canada's Ambassador to the Holy See, Joyce Napier, for graciously hosting our cocktail party at her beautiful Official Residence.

Menu -- waiter service

assorted canapés

mini meatballs with honey and walnuts

savoury pastry cups with gratin vegetables 

vegetarian couscous

smoked salmon pockets

assorted brochettes

fresh fruit skewers

dessert cups

prosecco, red and white wines

juices, water, tea and coffee

When: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Where: The Official Residence of Canada's Ambassador to the Holy See, Via di Porta San Sebastiano. Exact address and advice on parking will be sent to confirmed participants.

Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Price: €35 for current CCR members, €45 non-members; payment in advance.

N.B. This event is open to non-member guests only if accompanied by fully paid and registered CCR members.

Security: Mandatory registration of all participants. Please note that due to security requirements we will need the full name of each person attending at the time of booking. Also, you are required to have photo ID on the evening of the event. Anyone not on the guest list will be denied admission.

RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Marielle by June 14th, 2026

Élisabeth Pion: Private Piano Recital - March 29, 2026

We are pleased to offer a special private piano recital by 29-year-old French-Canadian pianist Élisabeth Pion, the Gold Laureate and Audience Choice Award winner of the prestigious 2025 Honens International Piano Competition. Élisabeth appears on international stages as a recitalist, chamber musician, and guest artist and has performed at esteemed venues such as Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, and Sala Cecília Meireles. She is a regular guest artist with distinguished ensembles and has collaborated with conductors such as Gerard Schwarz, Elias Grandy, Nathalie Marin, Kensho Watanabe, and Nicolas Ellis, to name a few. In 2024-25 she was a Radio-Canada Breakthrough Artist.

Élisabeth performs a broad range of concerto repertoire, adding her own perspective to known masterworks and bringing rarely performed works to new audiences. She has released two albums, both of which were finalists for the Prix Opus.

The recital will be followed by a light aperitivo.

When: Sunday, March 29, 2026

Time: 6 p.m.

Cost: €10

Where: Residence of CCR members – Villa Patrizi area -- details will be sent to registered participants.

Note: open only to current members of the CCR.

RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com by Thursday, March 26, ATTN Marielle. Please note that space is limited so reserve early.

CCR Book Club - March 22, 2026

The March novel pick is going to be "Bear" by the late Marian Engel. The Canadian Encyclopedia calls this 1976 book "the most controversial novel ever written in Canada."

When: Sunday, Mar. 22, 2026

Time: 1 p.m.

Where: Private residence of CCR member. Exact address sent to confirmed participants by email. Open only to current members of the CCR. 

Potluck: Please let Lucy know what food you'll be bringing.

Further info & RSVP: canadarome@gmail.com ATTN Lucy. As space is limited, reservation is compulsory.