Events
April 2006
April 4, 2006
Coccia Institute’s Annual Student Symposium
Montclair, NJ
This half-day symposium will cultivate a space in which students learn through a morning session of interactive workshops and discussion followed by an academic competition. College students also will participate at the symposium as mentors and guides for their younger colleagues. In addition, the symposium will provide instruction and assessment in cultural understanding as well as in language proficiency and Italian American history. We will conclude the symposium with a presentation entitled “The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Interment During World War II” by a special guest speaker, Mr. Anthony Martignetti. For more information please contact Gina Miele at 973-655-4050 or email coccia.institute@montclair.edu.
StudentCenter – Ballroom A
MontclairStateUniversity
1 Normal Ave.
Montclair, NJ07043
April 4, 2006
The New Jersey Guitar & Mandolin Society April meeting
6:00 pm -7:30 pm
Hackensack, NJ07601
Free for members- $8.00 for all other attendees.
At this meeting, guest artist John La Barbera will present a lecture/recital about the Chitarra Battente. It is the first 5 course metal string guitar, is an original Italian instrument and ancestor of the first steel string guitar. Created in the 16th Century, it was played as a strumming guitar to accompany song and dance. Its distinct percussive and tonal quality can be heard in the tarantellas and laments of Puglia and Calabria, where it has survived for over 500 years and is still in great demand today. John La Barbera will demonstrate the sounds and songs from the regions where it is popular and present ways to adapt its technique to a regular acoustic guitar. The "battente" technique combines original 16th century "rasqueado" strumming patterns, which coincide with the frame drum to give the correct accents.
New Jersey Guitar & Mandolin Society
Bergen County Academies
200 Hackensack Ave.
Hackensack, NJ07601
(201) 343-6000 x2313
http://www.bergen.org/njgms
April 6, 2006
Second Annual Italian Poetry Contest
Sponsored by ITANJ – Italian Teachers Association of NJ
9:30 am to 1:30 pm
South Orange, NJ
Rules:
For further information & poems contact Maria Santilli at: msantilli@westfieldnjk12.org
Cost: $20.00/school.
Casa Italiana
133 Fairview Avenue
South Orange, NJ
April 7, 2006
Casino Night 2006
Sponsored by Young Adults Auxiliary of the Columbus Citizens Foundation
7:00 pm
New York, NY
Join us for an exciting evening of gaming, dancing, dinner and prizes. Take your chances on some of our spectacular prizes: an Apple I-pod, poker set, dinner at some of Manhattan’s most prestigious restaurants and many more fabulous prizes … Casino night supports the mission of the Columbus Citizens Foundation; last year, we raised over $20,000 for the annual scholarship fund. With your participation, we hope to make this event a success once again! Please join us in what promises to be a most memorable evening! Tickets are $100/pp and include dinner, drinks and $25 in Playing Chips. See invitation for details: www.ersvp.com/reply/casinonight2006
Columbus Foundation Townhouse
8 East 69th Street
New York, NY10021
April 20, 2006
Una Sera Elegante
Sponsored by the Coccia Foundation
Cocktail hour begins at 7 pm
River Vale, NJ
You are cordially invited to attend “A Night of Italian Culture and Celebration” at the Florentine Gardens, sponsored by the Coccia Foundation. Price is $50/pp and includes Full Cocktail Hour, Ala Carte Dinner, Live Entertainment, with special guest star Angelo Venuto, and Open Bar All Night with proper ID. Cocktail hour begins at 7 pm. For more information or to purchase tickets contact Anthony at marottan983@yahoo.com or Nadia at nadiam@eden.rutgers.edu.
Florentine Gardens
97 Rivervale Road
River Vale, NJ 07675
www.florentinegardens.com
Tickets: $50 pp
April 20, 2006
MONTHLY DINNER MEETING
COALITION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS, INC.
Guest Speaker
BERARDO PARADISO
PRESIDENT, ITALY-AMERICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
6:30 p.m. networking reception
7:30 p.m. dinner
Columbus Citizens Foundation
8 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021
$85 per person
RSVP (212) 541-1021
April 28, 2006
Gala & Awards Ceremony
Sponsored by the ItalianAmericanMuseum
Cocktail reception 7:00pm, dinner and dancing 8:00 pm
New York City, NY
The Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend this Gala & Awards Ceremony. The 2006 Honorees include Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D., Bishop of Brooklyn; Toni J. Elliot, Exec. VP, Smith Barney and Joseph Volpe, General Manager of The Metropolitan Opera. Black Tie & Decorations. Cocktail reception 7:00pm, dinner and dancing 8:00 pm. For additional information call (212) 541-1031/1021, fax (212) 541-0180 or email info@italianamericanmuseum.org or visit
www.italianamericanmuseum.org.
Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street
New York City, NY
