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THE NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
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Italian Fall Wines: How to Spice Up your Wine Rack for the Fall Season
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| September 25th
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| Zoom
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NIAF 50th Anniversary Gala
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October 18th
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Washington, D.C.
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NIAF 2nd Annual L.A. Golf Tournament
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November 17th
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Valencia, Calif.
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NIAF Announces Additional Distinguished Honorees for 50th Anniversary Gala
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Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone, Leonardo’s Roberto Cingolani, FS Italiane’s Stefano Donnarumma, Enel’s Flavio Cattaneo, and Gonzaga University’s Katia Passerini to Receive NIAF Dea Roma Special Achievement Awards.
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NIAF Launches Young Professionals Network
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NIAF has launched the NIAF Young Professionals Network (YPN), a national community for Italian American professionals ages 21 to 39 designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders. The network aims to unite young Italian Americans in celebrating their heritage while advancing their careers through mentorship, networking events, and professional connections. To join, individuals can review NIAF's membership options and select "Young Professionals Network" during the registration process.
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Enter to win two tickets to NIAF's 50th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C.
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NIAF is offering our audience an exclusive opportunity to win two tickets (a $2,000 value) to our upcoming gala in Washington, D.C. at the prestigious Washington Hilton.
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NIAF is Seeking Student Ambassadors!
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Attention college students! If you're an Italian American leader in your college's Italian club, apply now to become a NIAF student ambassador through the NIAF on Campus Program.
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NIAF Members Now Receive 50% off Giorgia Meloni Book
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In her memoir, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opens up for the first time about her personal journey from her childhood in Rome's Garbatella neighborhood to leading Italy's government, sharing intimate details about her family, political passion, and role as a mother. With characteristic frankness, she discusses complex topics including motherhood, identity, and faith while revealing her vision for Italy and Europe's future. NIAF members enjoy 50% off this passionate and engaging account of one of Europe's most prominent political leaders. Unlock the discount in the members-only section of the NIAF website.
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The Daily Signal: The End of Woke? Columbus Statue Could Soon Be Returning
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Comm. Thomas A. Lupo
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Congratulations to Comm. Thomas A. Lupo on his installation as the new National President of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (OSDIA)! With 41 years of service, President Lupo brings valuable experience and vision to the role. We also thank outgoing President Michael G. Polo for his outstanding leadership. NIAF looks forward to continuing our partnership with OSDIA in preserving Italian heritage and strengthening our community.
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Capitol Point Group |
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Capitol Point Group, launched in August 2018, helps clients navigate the political and public policy landscape in Washington D.C. and nationwide. With strong relationships in transportation/aviation, infrastructure, and investment technology sectors, the firm offers comprehensive public affairs counsel and strategic advice while leveraging decades of bipartisan experience engaging with the White House, Executive agencies, and Congressional leadership. The company measures success through true partnership with clients in developing and executing multi-dimensional representation and advocacy strategies. Capitol Point Group is a NIAF member at the Small Business level. Want your business to be featured next? Become a Small Business Member today!
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| Italian American Happenings & Resources
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Sips of Her-Story: A Dinner & Wine Pairing Celebrating Female Winemakers
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Sept. 3: Join NOIAW for a wine dinner at Sorellina in Hoboken celebrating the flavors of Piemonte through a curated four-course menu paired with five wines crafted by esteemed female winemaker Elisa Boschiazzo. The evening will be led by Gabi Lombardi, an accomplished Italian American restaurateur and owner of Sorellina, who will guide guests through each pairing while sharing her passion for Italian food, wine, and heritage.
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Zucchero’s North American Tour
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Zucchero’s Overdose D’Amore World Tour is coming to North America this October. Use code ITALY at checkout to save 15% on tickets. The tour opens October 17 in Monterey and continues through San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Do not miss the maestro of Italian blues live.
Get tickets now!
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The Roulades of Rossini
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Sept. 7: Step into the dazzling world of bel canto brilliance with The Roulades of Rossini, an opera concert celebrating the virtuosic sparkle and comic flair of Gioachino Rossini. Known for his lightning-fast vocal runs, soaring melodies, and infectious energy, Rossini’s music bursts with color, charm, and theatricality. This program brings together favorite arias, ensembles, and overtures from his most beloved operas—The Barber of Seville, La Cenerentola, L’Italiana in Algeri, and more—performed by a dynamic cast of rising stars.
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Italian Mass in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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Sept. 7: The 6:30 p.m. Mass will be celebrated in Italian by Father Brennan. The church is located at 1015 Baker Street in Costa Mesa. After mass enjoy food and friends in the church hall. The mass in Italian is celebrated on the first Sunday of every month.
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Opera Talk: Operatic Variations by Rossini & Verdi
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Sept. 14: Gioachino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi were celebrated composers during their lifetimes. Among those honoring them were other composers who took their Arias and created new musical compositions. In this presentation you will hear six wonderful melodies, four by Rossini and two by Giuseppe Verdi in the original sung versions and in instrumental variations, pairing the serious with some amusing and entertaining excerpts!
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Italian Heritage Celebration with the Arizona D-Backs
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September 19: Join the Arizona Diamondbacks for their Italian Heritage Celebration. Your special event ticket package includes a game ticket to the D-backs vs. Phillies game as well as an Italian inspired D-backs jersey (limited sizes available, first come first serve).
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Soulmates to Genius. Costanza D’Avalos and Leonardo da Vinci, Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo
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Join award-winning author Linda Cardillo for a virtual conversation on Monday, October 6 at 7 pm on Zoom, exploring how influential women of the Italian Renaissance like Costanza D'Avalos and Vittoria Colonna wielded power and shaped the era's greatest geniuses. Based on her books "A Thing Miraculous" and "Love That Moves the Sun," Cardillo will discuss these remarkable women's roles as diplomats, warriors, and poets who influenced figures like Michelangelo and may have even inspired the Mona Lisa.
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4th Annual Italian Legacy Lecture Series
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On October 16 at 6 pm, the Italian American Museum of Washington DC will host its fourth Annual Italian Legacy Lecture Series, featuring presentations by notable speakers on our Italian American heritage, its past and our goals for the future. This year our special guest speaker is Anthony Naccarato, longtime supporter of Italian American causes, and who was recently elected President of United Seamen’s Service. His talk is called “Reflections of an Italian American.” Previous speakers have included Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi, economist Vito Tanzi, and Anthony J. Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute.
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Creative Minds Exhibit in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Through October 2025: From the Jacuzzi and the telephone to the nuclear reactor and the Big Mac, Italian American inventors and innovators have impacted our lives in ways great and small. Creative Minds examines the achievements and personal stories of Italian American inventors and vanguards, both immigrant and native born, demonstrating that United States innovation has long reflected the diversity of its people. Featuring a range of objects, rare documents and images, and spanning technology, science, cuisine, education, and medicine, Creative Minds emphasizes the stories of the people who dared to think differently and took risks, all in the pursuit of something new. Located at the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles.
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Now on Amazon: Max Corvo for Freedom
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Max Corvo for Freedom is a documentary film tells the true story of a young Sicilian emigrant who in a few years becomes head of the American secret services (the OSS, Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA) for operations in the Mediterranean and for the military campaign of the Allied forces in Italy from 1943 to 1945.
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Edited by Gabriella Mileti
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