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There are several picnics planned in August for the Italian and Italian-American community. Sunday, August 14th, 1.30-5.30pm – Annual Polenta picnic with the Seattle Trentino Club.Location: Des Moines beach park, FOunder's Lodge 22030 Cliff Ave South, Des MoinesIf you want to know more about this group (and maybe join the club) please email the pr...

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by Rita Cipalla   A degree in petroleum engineering is not the usual training ground for a museum administrator. But then, Stefano Catalani, director of art, craft and design at Bellevue Arts Museum, located outside Seattle, Wash., is not your usual arts administrator.   A native of Genazzano, south of Rome, Catalani seamlessly blends...

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The Calozzi family has moved in on First Hill. Last week, Italian Family Pizza opened in its new home in a space formerly occupied by a check cashing business at the intersection of the neighborhood's two main arteries at Madison and Boren.   Steve and Jennifer Calozzi moved their popular restaurant from 1st Ave to First Hill to make way for...

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All of a sudden, at the beginning of October 2014 Seattle has turned into the center of the communications in and about the Italian American community. What happened in the north western city that was so important to cause this? The Seattle city council voted to transform Columbus Day in Indigenous Day. We are glad to be able to talk about this, a...

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by Sue Kidd   Once, when Jerry Rosi was making his family's famous Bimbo's Italian meat sauce at Stadium Thriftway, he noticed prying eyes watching his every move as he cooked in the store's open kitchen. For two days. That guy watched. Did the stranger crack Rosi's family's decades-old meat sauce recipe?   "He probably figu...

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Sunday, Sep 7 10:00a to 6:00pMascio's Italian Specialty Foods - 1225 S. Angelo St. - Seattle, WA 98108   Join us for three days of amazing authentic Italian food, wonderful entertainment, and fun exhibits. Our festival takes place on a street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. The San Gennaro Festival celebrates the Patron...

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Dear Friends, it is my pleasure to announce that an Italian Cultural Center has been founded in Seattle. The name chosen is "Il Punto!" (the Point) because it is envisioned that the center will be "il punto d'incontro" (the meeting point) for all Italians, Italian-Americans and people passionate about Italy from around our region.   The miss...

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By Karlene Ponti   Be Italian for a day! The annual Italian Heritage Association Festa dinner will take place Oct. 10 at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. This year's dinner marks the group's 30th anniversary of celebrating local Italian heritage.   #The purpose of both the IHA and the Festa is the same: to preserve Italian heritage...

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by Ronald Holden Taking over the space on Broadway currently occupied by Corretto is a new pizza venture from Karim Bonjrada, whose tiny Sicilian café in Magnolia, Mondello, has just celebrated its 13th anniversary. The name, Pizzeria 88, is a tribute to a nightclub that Bonjrada's mother, "Mamma" Enza Sorrentino, ran in Palermo, Sicily, befo...

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Ha solo 31 anni, ma talento da vendere. Giacomo Sagripanti è uno dei più giovani direttori d'orchestra a essere mai saliti sul podio della Seattle Opera: ha debuttato con la "Cenerentola" di Rossini e ha raccolto critiche per lo più favorevoli, grazie a "una performance espressiva, accompagnata da uno stile energico". A Seattle è stato ospite per s...

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