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Conosci Il Tuo Onomastico? In addition to their birthday or "compleanno", Italians celebrate their "onomastico" which is the feast day of the saint after whom they were named. For example, although my birthday is May 6, my onomastico is June 2, the feast of St. Eugene (this is an easy date for me to remember because it is also the date of the Italian National Day). Our Treasurer, Barbara Klein, thoughtfully provided a little calendar which we have attached to this issue of La Rondine and which shows the various feast days throughout the year. We thought you would find it of interest. Grazie mille, stimata tesoriere. Congratulations to our Secretary, Mary Jo Bertani on passing the Patent Bar examination required of attorneys who wish to practice as patent lawyers. Mary Jo is with the firm of Haverstock, Garrett & Roberts. Congratulations also to member Gloria Sparagna Smith and her husband, Dr. Patrick Smith on the acceptance of their daughter, Cecilia (now Sister Mary Elizabeth Smith) as a cloistered contemplative nun in the Monastery of St. |
Clare in South County. Sister Mary Elizabeth is a 1994
graduate of St. John the Baptist Preparatory High and was Student Council
President and a recipient of the Archbishop May Service award.
The St. Louis Columbus Day Corporation is an organization made up of
the various Italian-American organizations in the Saint Louis community.
The primary activities of this group is to sponsor such annual activities
as the Columbus Day parade and festival in Berra Park and the Miss Columbus
pageant. Along with all other Italian-American organizations, the Italian
Club is represented on the Board of the St. Louis Columbus Day Corporation.
For the past year, the Italian Club's representative has been member Norman
Merlotti. For personal reasons, Norman has decided to step down from
this position. Angela Mazzola has graciously agreed to fill this
role. Many thanks to Norman for the important contribution which he has
made both to the Club as well as to the Italian community in general by
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Febbraio
ADDIO A GIORGIO STREHLER |
Precursore dell'idea di un'Europa
unita e aperta allo scambio intellettuale, Strehler ha percorso i palcoscenici
dell'Europa con lo sforzo continuo e coerente di una tolleranza e una giustizia
sociale senza le quali la libertà e la democrazia sono valori formali.
Ne sono testimonianza sia la scelta dei testi in repertorio (da Shakespeare
a Gozzi, da Cecov a Goldoni, da Ibsen a Toller, da Pirandello a Marivaux),
sia la continuità con la quale sin dal 1948 ha presentato sui palcoscenici
stranieri gli spettacoli del Piccolo. Oltre a spettacoli di prosa,
Giorgio Strehler allestì più di quaranta opere musicali i
cui compositori vanno da Verdi a Mozart, da Beethoven a Prokofiev. Nel
corso della sua carriera teatrale, Strehler ha ricevuto i premi più
prestigiosi d'Europa: è stato Senatore della Sinistra Indipendente
per una legislatura, Grande Ufficiale e Cavaliere di Gran Croce
della Repubblica Italiana, Comandeur de la Legion d'Honneur, Grand
Officiel de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres della Repubblica Francese,
ed è stato insignito di una lunga lista di riconoscimenti, tra cui
la Croce al Merito dell'ex Repubblica Federale Tedesca, e numerose
lauree honoris causa.
OPERE DI ITALIANI AL MUSEO DI ST. LOUIS |
Italian Community Band Concert - March 29
The Italian Community Band of St. Louis will perform the fourth annual Larry Mantese Memorial Concert on Sunday, March 29, 1998 at the Shaw VPA Community Education Center, 5329 Columbia Avenue (at Macklind). The special performance will begin at 6:30 PM with music selections by the Concert Band which will play until 7:30 PM. The dance band segment will begin at 7:45 PM and continue until approximately 9:30 PM. Tickets are five dollars per person and may be obtained from Italian Band members, by calling the Shaw VPA Community Education Center (776-4327) or from Mike Petrillo (638-7297). __________________________ Italy. There is no law or government at all; and it is wonderful how well things go on without them. Lord Byron (1788-1824) |
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