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If you would like to get involved... Please
contact FIERI Boston Italian-American Heritage Month Events Chairperson
Ralph D'Angelo at ihm We welcome all those who are interested in helping to plan events for Italian-American Heritage month. |
fieri-boston.org|
FIERI
Boston's 2007 |2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
October is Italian-American Heritage Month in Massachusetts! Each October, FIERI Boston partners with other Italian organizations in the Boston area to hold cultural events for the general public. Below you will find information and pictures from FIERI Boston's recent Italian-American Heritage Month events. FIERI Boston will held its 3rd Annual Wine Tasting for Italian Heritage Month at Vinalia on October 4, 2007. More info to be posted here soon. In 2006, FIERI Boston invited Dr. Bill Marchione to give a presentation on Italian Immigration to Boston up to 1910. The event, which was held at the East Boston YMCA, was informative and enjoyed thoroughly by all in attendance. During the event, local vendors Tom Russo (of Al Russo Imports), Donna Bottari (of Il Cocco di Mamma baby gifts), and Maria Di Stefano (of Noddle Island Events) sold various kinds of specialty items at our FIERI Boston "Mercatino". Thanks to all of our vendors for helping make our event so successful!
FIERI Boston would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of our 2006 Italian Heritage Month Event:
In October 2005, FIERI Boston hosted a wine tasting at Vinalia Restaurant and Wine Bar in Downtown Crossing, Boston.
The event was very well received and raised nearly $500 for the FIERI Boston Scholarship Fund.
For more information about this event, please visit FIERI Boston's Wine Page. In October 2004, FIERI Boston partnered with the All Things Sicilian store in Peabody MA. A cooking demonstration and information session about the Meditterranean diet was held at the store. Also, attendees had the opportunity to purchase items at the store for a discount. See the pictures below:
In October 2003, FIERI Boston and the Chelsea Creek Action Group co-hosted a tour of the public sculpture Chelsea Creek Clipper at the Condor St. Urban Wild in East Boston MA. East Boston, one of Boston's predominantly Italian neighborhoods, was once a site where many clipper ships were built in the 1850's and the sculpture celebrates this historical heritage. The sculptor B. Amore, who grew up in East Boston, was on hand to anwer questions and to explain more about the process of creating Chelsea Creek Clipper. Please visit FIERI Boston's Art Page to view all of the photos from this event! In October 2002, FIERI Boston traveled to Washington DC with members of the Mass. Italian-American Heritage Month Committee to to take part in a tour of the US Capitol building. The tour was arranged by the staff of Congressman Michael Capuano. Dr. Barbara Wolanin, Curator of the US Capitol, explained how Constantino Brumidi came from Italy to paint frescoes on the Capitol walls and ceilings during its renovation and expansion in the 1850's. After the tour of the US Capitol, the group then visited the Italian Embassy in Washington DC and presented a plaque to the Deputy Ambassador from Italy.
Also in October 2002, FIERI Boston, along with the Pirandello Lyceum and Dante Alighieri Society, sponsored a showing of the documentary Martin Scorsese: My Voyage to Italy. This documentary was a retrospective of Italian Cinema from the postwar period to the present. Several Italian directors (e.g. Fellini, Rosselini, etc) were featured in this documentary. (For more information, please visit FIERI Boston's Italian Cinema page.) In October 2001, FIERI Boston and sculptor B. Amore held a reception at the Dreams of Freedom Immigration Museum in Boston. The reception featured B. Amore's Lifeline sculpture. A film created by FIERI Boston was also shown at this reception. In the film several members of the FIERI Boston family shared their feelings on being Italian-American, and how it has shaped their lives.
In
October 2000, FIERI Boston, in collaboration with the Pirandello
Lyceum, held an Italian Food and Wine Tasting to celebrate Italian-American
Heritage Month. Here you may view the original program as well
as pictures from the event.
In October 1999, FIERI Boston hosted FIERI Live, a panel discussion show which was taped at the Dante Alighieri Cultural Center in Cambridge, MA. The show later aired on local access cable TV networks in several suburban Boston communities. Panelists included Joey Crugnale (founder of Bertucci's and the Naked Fish restaurant chains), Dr. Flavia Lavorosa (Visiting Professor of Italian Studies at Wellesley College), Patrick Guerrero (local politician), and Joe Ciota (filmmaker). The show's moderator was FIERI Boston member Catherine Iannino. The discussion focused on how being an Italian-American has shaped the lives and careers of each of the panelists.
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