THANK YOU FROM NJIHC’s BOARD & SUMMIT PRESENTERS!
Commission Corner: from NJIHC Chairman Robert DiBiase
Connect with Italian Summit Presenters: Sunday’s Summit was a great success, thanks to our incredible audience and presenters. If you’d like to learn more about their programs, or just tell them how much you enjoyed their presentations, please contact them via the information below:
Patti Grunther, Coordinator, Italian Immersion Summer Program
– Visit MSU’s Italian Immersion Page
– Email Patti
Andre DiMino, Communications Director, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition
– Visit Andre’s ONE VOICE Profile Page
– Email Andre
Silvio Laccetti, Communications Director, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition
– Visit Silvio Laccetti Foundation Website
– Email Silvio
Summit Invitation from NJIHC Chairman Robert DiBiase
View & Share Our Event Recap Video Slideshow: Click the picture above to see if we caught you in our recap montage (or see what you missed out on!) The link will also take you to a photo album, where you can download or share the video’s images and many more.
Come Again Soon! Please join NJIHC at our next event on November 17th honoring Assemblymen Ralph Caputo, and consider attending as many other events from our NJ Italian Events Calendar as you possibly can. Thank you to our supporters for continually strengthening our Italian Heritage, and sharing its wonders with future generations.
Grazie!
Robert DiBiase
Chair, New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission
848-445-4163
New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission Honors Assemblyman Ralph Caputo
November 17, 2018 @ 10:30 am
Chandelier (Belleville)
The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission is proud to invite you to a breakfast honoring Assemblyman Ralph Caupto for his continued and relentless efforts on behalf of Italian Americans. The cost of the breakfast is $30 per person. Please e-mail your rsvp to palongisr@firstmco.com and send a check made out to the “New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission to Paul Alongi, 29 Greenbrook Road, Apt. 4, Fairfield, NJ 07004.
Postcards From Italy
November 4, 2018 @ 3:00 pm
Alumni Theatre Caldwell University (Caldwell, NJ)
Get your reservations today for D’Italia Programs’ new show, “Postcards From Italy!” Music! Dance! Costumes! Italian style! A unique program of heritage and culture, featuring a cast of 25, Buon Divertimento!
Innovation in Language Education
November 15, 2018 @ 4:00 pm
Montclair State University (Montclair)
Take part in a participatory exchange of ideas regarding Italian Studies innovation being led by Montclair State University. The Italian Program at Montclair State University, through the support of the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, has embraced innovative approaches to teaching and professional formation in the past three years to stay in tune with the changed and ever-changing cultural and economic reality of our society in the third millennium. The event designs a space to illustrate these new programs with the contribution of a select number of the participants to this program including faculty organizers, High School students, High School teachers who recommend the course.
Meet Dunellen’s Sister City – Val Tidone, Italy
November 17, 2018 @ 2:30 pm
Dunellen Public Library (Dunellen Public Library)
Please join us for a presentation by Elaine Januszewski about Dunellen’s Sister City, Val Tidone, Italy. This family-friendly event will introduce you to the history, culture and rich heritage of the region, illustrated with photos by local Italian photographers.
They Call it Gravy; WE Call it SAUCE!
November 30, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Rosen Performing Arts Center (Wayne)
Experience an original musical written, produced and directed by Lenny Gatto, a Kearny-born, Lakewood-raised New Jerseyan will take the stage in New Jersey this season for three final performances before moving to New York. The production depicts a first-generation Sicilian-American girl disowned by her Sicilian father and embraced by her fiancé’s Jewish family. The musical was nominated for the prestigious Perry Award in the category of Outstanding Original Musical. It is a story of familial love and loss, conflict and commitment, regret and redemption.
