 Siete cortesemente invitati a celebrare l’estate e il FERRAGOSTO a St. Louis, all’esclusivo Enterprise Pavilion nel Shaw Park di Clayton, sabato 15 agosto, dalle 16,00 alle 22,00. Gli adiacenti campi di pallavolo e giochi per bambini sono a nostra disposizione. Ci sarà cibo a volontà, antipasti, grigliata di pollo e salsiccia; serviremo vino, birra, cocktails, bibite analcoliche e siete tutti invitati a portare e condividere un piatto a vostra scelta o bevande alternative; portate quello che volete e quello che vi viene meglio.
You are invited to the 4th Annual FERRAGOSTO in St. Louis, at the Enterprise Pavilion at Shaw Park in Clayton, Saturday August 15, 2020, from 4PM to 11PM. All are welcome. The nearby sand volleyball courts and playground are ours to use. We will serve plenty of food, from antipasto to grilled chicken and salsiccia, wine, beer, cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages will also be served, and we ask that everyone please bring a dish and/or beverage of their choice to share. We have a DJ throughout the event and karaoke later in the evening.
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 You are cordially invited to ST LOUIS' 3RD ANNUAL CARNEVALE VENEZIANO - the Premier Venetian Masquerade Gala in St Louis . Last year, we brought this timeless Italian tradition to Soulard's eclectic Mad Art Gallery. We're thrilled to do the same on Saturday, February 22, 2020. This year we're proud to feature the art of Evelyn Astegno, and her series of 10 masterpieces entitled MASQUERADE, rococò inspired paintings of Venice and its famed Carnevale, which will be on display. Astegno was born and raised in Vicenza, a town outside Venice in northeastern Italy. After graduating from the University of Venice, she moved to St Louis where she has been a resident artist and curator at Third Floor Gallery on Washington Avenue. She has had numerous works on display at art galleries in the U.S. and Italy. Venetian style masquerade masks are strongly encouraged. Prizes will be awarded for the three best masks. Colorful cocktails and a photo booth will be provided by PURUS VODKA, (a Made in Italy and local STL owned organic vodka). An exquisite dinner served buffet-style will be prepared by culinary artist Ron Buechele followed by music and entertainment. Wine and beer are included in the purchase of an adult ticket and an open bar will be provided. This event is made possible by a joint collaboration of the Italian Community of St Louis, the St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities, and CLUB Italiano Per Piacere. We thank the generosity of our sponsors: Presenting Sponsors FRANK LETA AUTO GROUP ARTECO GLOBAL Supporting Sponsors Magnifico Foods ItalgraniUSA Purus Vodka Birra Peroni Volpi Foods Vicini Pastaria Glass Elephant Photography Patrimonio Italiano TV Italy in Style Bar Italia American Mallard Nooter/Eriksen ItaliaUSA.com Maggiore Risk Acero Ristorante Az. Agr. Raineri Gianmatteo Agostino's Ristorante Cerutti Graphic Design St Louis Magazine and Blacktie Missouri for photographing this event. We thank the following individuals who have financially supported this event: Cav. Franco and Nerina Giannotti, Hon. Fucsia Nissoli, Hon. Francesca La Marca, Mr. Piero Scapini, Mr. Frank Leta, and Mr. Giorgio Bucci. We also thank our friends at the World Trade Center - St. Louis, the World Affairs Council of St. Louis, and the St Louis Mosaic Project for their support. There are more surprises in store for you and some very special guests and sponsors will be announced as the Carnevale gets closer. This is a family-friendly environment and children under the age of 5 are welcome free of charge. For additional questions, please send us an email at: stlouisitalians@gmail.com Get your tickets now as we fully expect a sold-out event! A presto! To purchase tickets, please click the link below: https://carnevale2020.eventbrite.com  Sponsors for the St Louis Carnevale  Sabato 7 dicembre dalle 12,00 alle 13,30 si fa FESTA con BABBO NATALE (direttamente dal polo nord con la sua slitta). Tanti giochi con Babbo e per finire regalino a tutti! Tutte le famiglie sono invitate, i più piccini potranno approfittarne per consegnare al celebre barbuto vestito di rosso le proprie letterine!
#FATTIUNSELFIECONBABBONATALE sarà la parola d'ordine di questo Natale! Vi aspettiamo numerosi :-) (English below) Babbo Natale (Italy's version of Santa Claus) is making his debut in St Louis! Join us for fun, gift giving, yummy treats, holiday music, and pictures with Babbo! All are welcome! Very special thanks to Dr. Antonio Gaetano Di-Tucci and Gateway Science Academy for hosting this event. Gateway also hosts the St Louis Italian Language Program and will be the first public highschool in Missouri to offer Italian classes to its studen next year. Per maggiori informazioni, non esitate a rivolgervi a Giovanna Leopardi: stlouisitalians@gmail.com  Ciao a tutti,
È il nostro piacere invitare tutti i nostri soci al nostro evento di Dicembre che accadrà il 4 Dicembre alle 18:30. Vorremmo festeggiare Natale e la stagione delle feste con tutti voi. Avremo buona compagnia, buon cibo e divertimento. Giocheremo a tombola e competerremo per i regali migliori che saranno forniti dal club. Questo evento è ufficialmente risevarto per i soci del club. Per chi non è ancora socio, questo è un ottimo momento per assocciarti. Fai in un modo che Babbo Natale arrivi presto e comprati il regalo di associazione che durerà tutto l'anno! http://italiausa.com/ipp/index.htm Come il solito ci incontreremo nella nostra sede, il ristorante Pan d’Olive sulla McCausland alle ore 18:30. Prenotate al più presto rispondendo a questo invito. Si può anche contattare Scott Hoff al 314-304-5972 con un SMS o una chiamata. Infine, si può anche prenotare via un'email a scottmhoff@gmail.com. Non vediamo l'ora di vedere tutti voi!  The St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities and Grace UMC Church invite you to the SECOND ANNUAL ITALIAN CHRISTMAS CONCERT featuring internationally acclaimed mezzosoprano BENEDETTA ORSI who hails directly from our sister city BOLOGNA!
The concert will also feature international guests: Soprano, STELLA MARKOU Pianist, ALLA VOSKOBOYNIKOVA Tickets available on Eventbrite @Concerto di Natale https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concerto-di-natale-tickets-72549051165?aff=eac2# Don't miss this heartwarming holiday concert in the inspiring UMC Grace Church located in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood at 6199 Waterman Blvd. St Louis, 63112 (at Skinker Blvd near Washington University). Tickets range from $5 to $20. The concert begins at 7PM with a reception and opportunity to meet the performers directly following the performance. The Italian Community of St Louis will provide a selection of traditional Italian holiday desserts for all to enjoy. HEC-TV will film the concert which will air on Christmas Day. _____________________ Italian mezzo-soprano Benedetta Orsi has been praised by Teresa Berganza as “perfect voice for belcanto.” She is one of the 2018 nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Opera by St. Louis Theater Circle for her Carmen, reviewed by Broadway Opera World: “Benedetta Orsi has a quite breathtakingly beautiful voice, full and rich, with such easily accessed resources of power. She gives us a simply perfect “Habanera". Orsi is one of only a few contemporary mezzo-sopranos to have performed all three of Donizetti's Tudor Operas: Jane Seymour in Anna Bolena, Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda and Sara in Roberto Devereux with Royal Opera Theater in Manchester, UK. Recent performances also include Adalgisa in Norma with Winter Opera St. Louis, the title role of Carmen with Winter Opera St. Louis, Boulder Symphony Orchestra in Colorado, and Amore Opera in New York, Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Miami Lyric Opera, and Maddalena in Rigoletto with Amore Opera in New York. Her first album Christmas Around the World won the Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards in Los Angeles as Best Album and Best Female Vocalist. Her new album La Voix de l’amour, a collection of French operatic arias and art songs, will be released this Winter for the International label Limen Music. Along with concert appearances at Carnegie Hall in NYC and throughout Italy, England, United States and Spain, Orsi’s performance credits include roles in Verdi's Rigoletto, Trovatore, Bellini's Norma, La Sonnambula, and Romeo and Juliet, Rossini's L’Italiana in Algeri and Il Turco in Italia and Massenet's Werther. Benedetta is a first prize winner of the Barry Alexander International Voice Competition (IVC), First Prize and Star Performer Award in the American Protégé IVC; Third Prize Winner of the Roschel IVC, and Audience & Orchestra Award in the Boulder Music Institute IVC. In her homeland, she received the Audience Award and Special Prize of the Italian Music Federation during the 28th International Piero Boni International Singing Competition. Orsi received her bachelor degree in Music and Voice from Modena’s Istituto Musicale Pareggiato Orazio Vecchi, pairing her studies with numerous master classes and stage workshops taught by opera luminaries such as Marilyn Horne, Luciana Serra, Teresa Berganza, and stage director Chuck Hudson. Later, she received her Master in Voice at the Regia Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna.  Ciao a tutti!
Questo Novembre, vorremmo invitarvi a un evento speciale. Facciamo un "Friendsgiving" all'Italiana. Il nostro consigliere, Franco Sicuro, ha generosamente offerto il suo spazio che si chiama "The Millenium Center" per avere questa festa di Thanksgiving. Con questo evento, potremo festeggiare questa tradizione americana con la nostra "famiglia italiana" a Saint Louis. Tutti sono invitati. L'evento sarà un "potlock" a cui ognuno porterà qualcosa da mangiare o da bere. Il CLUB Italiano Per Piacere fornirà i piatti, i bicchieri, e le posate per la cena. Poi, ognuno conviderà il cibo e le bevande portati dagli ospiti. (English below) You are cordially invited to "Friendsgiving all'italiana"! Come and join us on Sunday, November 24th for a celebration of Thanksgiving "Italian style". All are invited to bring a dish or share a bottle of your favorite wine, beer, or spirit. Franco Sicuro has been generous enough to host us at the Millenium Center. The address is: 10199 Woodfield Ln, St. Louis, MO 63132 Scott Hoff will be sending out invites via e-vite and everyone will be able to RSVP and also put down the dish/beverage you are bringing. If you have further questions, please email Scott Hoff at scottmhoff@gmail.com  The Basilica of St Louis, known as the Old Cathedral, will celebrate Mass in Italian on Sunday, November 3 at 2PM for the Italian Catholic community and all those who wish to attend. Fr. Mirco Sosio A.V.I., an Italian priest and spiritual director at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary will be the main celebrant and homilist. The Mass will honor Bishop Giuseppe Rosati, the first bishop of St Louis who built the Old Cathedral.
We thank the Rector of the Old Cathedral and Director of the Office of Sacred Worship, Fr. Nicholas Smith for opening the doors of the oldest cathedral west of the Mississippi River for Italian Catholics in the region. After the Mass, a verified relic of Padre Pio will be on display for veneration. Tenor Scott Kennebeck, Director of the St Louis Cathedral Concerts as well as lead soloist for the New Cathedral along with soprano Stella Markou, professor of music and vocal performance at UMSL, will be the lead cantors. Mr. Daniel Vizer will be principal organist. Italian Catholics thank the Archdiocese of Saint Louis for their blessing as well as Bishop Mark Rivituso for his support for the new apostolate. Giuseppe Rosati was a missionary to St Louis' first inhabitants who came directly from Sora in Lazio, in central Italy. Rosati built the Old Cathedral in 1834 and is buried in the crypt of the cathedral. The crypt and cathedral museum will be open to all after the Mass. The parking lot across from the cathedral will be reserved specifically for those attending.  Prof. Simone Bregni, Saint Louis University Ciao a tutti!
Spero che tutti si siano divertiti quest’estate. Alcuni di noi hanno avuto il piacere di vedere alcuni di voi a vari eventi come la festa di Ferragosto e The Festival of Nations mentre per altri la riunione di Ottobre rappresenterà la prima opportunità di riunirsi con altri appassionati della lingua e cultura italiana da mesi. Per la nostra riunione di Italiano per Piacere a Ottobre, avremo un’opportunità speciale. Sebbene spesso ascoltiamo discorsi che parlano di un tema storico, con il nostro prossimo incontro, avremo la possibilità di ascoltare un tema all’avanguardia. Lo stimato Simone Bregni della Saint Louis University verrà a parlarci di un nuovo sistema didattico sviluppato da lui stesso. Il Professore Bregni ci ricorda che orma la metà degli adulti e 70% degli studenti universitari ammettono di giocare ogni tanto a videogiochi. Il Professore Bregni, un vero appassionato dei videogiochi, ha trovato che i videogiochi funzionano benissimo per rafforzare la grammatica e il vocabolario che viene insegnato già con i metodi tradizionali. Inoltre, i videogiochi vanno oltre l'esperienza offerta nelle lezioni tradizionali e possono esporre agli studenti importanti dati storici e culturali. Il Professore Bregni ha messo queste idee in pratica con il corso in cui insegna la storia del rinascimento medioevale. Con l’aiuto della piattaforma Playstation, il Professore Bregni trasporta i suoi studenti con la sua macchina del tempo nella Firenze del 1476 nel videogioco Assassin’s Creed. Gli studenti possono apprezzare l’architettura, vedere come sono progettate le città italiane e interagire con un altro mondo e un altro tempo. Lo scopo di ogni attività è sempre di rafforzare obiettivi didattici. Il Professor Bregni, con la sua perizia del mondo dei videogiochi, riesce a selezionare il videogioco ideale per ogni scopo. Gli studenti possono imparare da varie esperienze virtuali. Queste esperienze variano dal lavorare come un detective, al lavorare come assassino medioevale al vivere una semplice mattinata in famiglia in cui bisogna fare la colazione insieme e fare i lavori di casa. È palese che il Professore Bregni è bravo a insegnare l’italiano. Tuttavia, il Professore Bregni si distingue per la sua passione. Non si ferma solo ad essere un appassionato dei videogiochi. Non si accontenta solo di essere un bravo professore. Invece, lui ha guardato dentro di se per trovare un modo di creare qualcosa di nuovo e bello. Ha disegnato un approccio nuovo per rendere l’apprendimento delle lingue più efficace e divertente. Cosi, è riuscito a motivare e ispirare non soli i suoi alunni ma anche alunni e studenti in tutto il mondo. Dopo essere stato invitato a parlare in vari paesi europei, il Professor Bregni ha anche accettato il nostro invito di parlare a Italiano per Piacere. Spero che tutti colgano l’occasione di sentire il Professore Bregni e di ringraziarlo per il lavoro che ha fatto e continua a fare per promuovere la lingua e cultura italiana. QUANDO: Mercoledì, 2 ottobre dalle 18,30 alle 21,30 DOVE: Pan D'Olive 1603 McCausland Avenue St. Louis, 63117 Scott Hoff Presidente, Club Italiano Per Piacere  Simone Valentino, Emil Antonacci, Vittorio Sasso, and Massimiliano Simonazzi are Italian soccer stars playing at the university level in the St Louis region. All four champs are straight from Italy. Simone plays for TRUMAN STATE. Emil, Vittorio, and Massimiliano play for MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY.
JOIN US on Sunday, October 20 at 2:30PM as we watch the Truman State vs Maryville University match at the brand new Maryville Stadium located at 650 Maryville University Drive, St Louis Mo 63104 General Admission is $5 and can be paid upon arrival. Children under 6 are admitted free AFTER THE GAME THERE WILL BE AN APPERITIVO. ALL ARE WELCOME. MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN! ABOUT THE PLAYERS: Massimiliano Simonazzi comes from Castelnovo di Sotto, Reggio Emilia, and is the goalkeeper for the Maryville team. Vittorio Sasso comes from Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, and plays midfield for the Maryville team. Vittorio played for C.S. Sant’ Agnostino in the Eccellenza last season and also played for Bassano Virtus 55, a member of the Serie C level, for 12 years. Emil Antonacci comes from Torino, Piemonte, and plays defense for the Maryville team. Simone Valentino comes from Genova, Liguria, and plays midfield for Truman State. Simo played for four seasons at Ladue Horton Watkins and was a member of three district championship teams.  Join us at our OPEN HOUSE as we celebrate the beginning of the St Louis Italian Language Program on Thursday, September 12 from 6:00PM to 8:30PM at Gateway Science Academy.
Meet the director of the program, Giovanna Leopardi and our teachers Concetta Lo Iacono Gabriele and Federica Bertolini. Light refreshments will be provided. Special thanks go to Prof. Antonio DiTucci and Mr. Elgin Blackstone of Gateway Science Academy for allowing us to use their school for our program. The St Louis Italian Language Program is a joint initiative of the Italian Community of St Louis and the St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities. Our program is the only one of its kind in the St Louis area. All our classes are taught using the language immersion method. Our teachers are directly from Italy and have obtained advanced degrees in the Italian language. Gateway Science Academy Middle & High is ranked Missouri's NO. 1 public charter school. It is located near The Hill neighborhood, an historic Italian-American neighborhood. Address: 5049 Fyler Avenue St. Louis, MO 63139 |
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