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the Italian-American Heritage Month Committee

2008 - 10th Anniversary

Newsletter Calendar 2008

Italian Heritage Month Web Site Rhode Island

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

The Annual Kick-off event this year will be held at the State House in Boston from 10:30 am until 1:00 pm, Grand Staircase. Please come and attend with family and friends and demonstrate your support for October Italian Heritage Month! A proclamation by Governor Deval Patrick will be read. Honored Guest, Consul General of Italy, Dr. Liborio Stellino. A wonderful and enjoyable program has been planned. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Friday, October 3, 2008

October Italian Heritage Month Committee 10th Anniversary Dinner Dance, The Logan Hilton, Logan International Airport, East Boston, Massachusetts.

Social Hour 6:30 pm - Dinner 7:30 pm.

$75.00 per person. Black Tie Optional. Music by Frank Zarba Orchestra.

Honored Guest Speaker, Congressman Michael E. Capuano, 8th Congressional District.

For Tickets: Contact Hon. Judge Joseph V. Ferrino (Ret.) (617) 569-2110

Whole Month of October, 2008

Participate in the October Italian Heritage Month Committee’s Essay Contest! Middle School and High School 300 word student essay on Contributions Made by Italians or Italian Americans to World Civilization. Prizes, cash awards and certificate of participation. For more information and to participate, please contact Dr. John Christoforo. Email: Beagsley@rcn.com

Congratulations! 2007 Student Essay Contest Winners

First Prize Winners: Rosemary Scavotto - Marco Santoro

Eddie Donovan   Alexander Morella
Chad Farazza   Willie Norris
Julie Keenor   Sabrina Parisi
Kayla Lemieux   Christopher Peritore
Justin Maio   Ashley Turner
Nicholas Maio    Nicole Vasapoli

2007 Calendar/Newsletter PDF

2007 Kickoff Event Photos

The Italian-American Experience: a Bibliography
from the Boston Metro Library Network

Commissioned by: Italian-American Heritage Committee of Massachusetts

Bibliography Project Contributors:

Cecile Bianco, Chief Bibliographer
Lucia Clark, Assistant Bibliographer
Ralph D'Angelo, Assistant Bibliographer

Salvatore Bramante, Distribution
Lois Bronnenkant, Distribution
Robert Camuso, Webmaster

Adult Fiction

Adult Non Fiction

Children's

Calendar of Events. Don't forget to look at our Calendar of Events for October 2008 to be announced.

Mission. Our Mission is to promote events and activities throughout the month of October, and to act as a clearinghouse of information about Italy, and the contributions of Italians and Italian Americans.

Discover Italy on the World Wide Web. We maintain an extensive list of links to all things Italian. Click on the categories that appear on the left side of this page to tour our collection of links.

This Web Site. This web site is a work in progress. We have not
completed building all of the pages, and have not activated all of the
features. Work on this site will continue throughout the year. We
welcome your suggestions and ideas about this site or any of its
contents. Please direct your correspondence to our Web Master.

Notable Italians and Italian-Americans. There are many good sources of information about Italian-Americans who have achieved great success in the arts, sciences and other endeavors, but one excellent source is the compilation by the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc. They also have included a list of the Italians and Italian-Americans who have won the Pritzker Prize, a Nobel Prize, or the Fields Medal, three of the most prestigious international awards in existence. Two other major national Italian-American organizations also maintain comprehensive web sites containing useful information on the
achievements of Italians and Italian-Americans. Readers are encouraged
to consult the web page of the Order of Sons of Italy in America and the National Italian-AmericanFoundation.