Evening Class (novel) Evening Class (novel) Evening Class is a novel by Maeve Binchy. It was adapted as the award-winning film "Italian for Beginners" (2000) by writer-director Lone Scherfig, who failed to formally acknowledge the source, although at the very end of the closing credits is the line 'with thanks to Maeve Binchy'. A story of many Irish men and women from various backgrounds and how a teacher, Nora O'Donoghue (known as "Signora"), and an Italian evening class changes their lives over the course of a year. Each chapter deals with the life story of one or more students in the class. In
The Evening Call optimism for the future, and an appreciation of the humor in life..." "PopMatters" named the album as one of the Best Folk albums of 2006. In his review of "The Evening Call", Steve Horowitz wrote "Brown’s songwriting has never been more creative. His voice never sounded more demonstrative. And as an added bonus, the backing instrumentation has never been more sensitive to the nuances of Brown’s many moods." All songs by Greg Brown. The Evening Call The Evening Call is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 2006. It was his first album of all new material