 Join the Missouri History Museum and Italian Community of St. Louis for Italian American STL. The event takes place Wednesday, June 12, 2024 from 10am-1pm and is geared towards families and children 12 and under. It is free and open to the public. Activities include Italian Storytime with Italian teachers Giovanna Leopardi and Cettina Gabriele of the St Louis Italian Language Program, touch table items invented by Italians and Italian-Americans, an arts and crafts table, a pretend Italian restaurant, opportunities for children to make pasta and pizza (with playdough), as well as a St Louis - Bologna Sister Cities table headed by Elizabeth Bernhardt, a professor of Italian at Washington University who has lived in Bologna for 20 years. The Hill neighborhood will be represented by the Italia-America Bocce Club, which will be present at the event with volunteer members teaching children how to play this historic game which has its origins in Northern Italy. Kids will be able to meet and play soccer with Simone Valentino, star forward for the Truman State Bulldogs. Simone is the son of Alessandro & Tiziana Valentino, longtime residents of St Louis who came from Italy in the early 2000s. The Valentino family has been very active in the Italian community since it was founded in 2017. The event has Italian moms and dads from the St Louis area volunteering to help organize the event. Thanks to the following volunteers: Federica Bertolini Francesca Fontana Carlo Sanfilippo Giovanna Leopardi Paolo & Concetta Gabriele Elizabeth Bernhardt Maria Clea Annecchiarico Michael Cross Adriana Hermida Dan Drago Tom Bottini Simone Valentino For more information on the event or to assist in volunteering, please send an inquiry to Michael Cross: [email protected]   
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