Monday,
September 29, 2008
“Sunshine and Struggle" Italian
American History in
The
ANNOTICO Report
Sunshine
and Struggle: The Italian Experience in
El
Pueblo’s Italian Hall, is earmarked to become a museum to house those
missing stories and artifacts.
BlogDowntown -
By
Ed Fuentes
Friday, September 26, 2008
Postcard for
Struggle and Success: The Italian Presence in
DOWNTOWN
LOS ANGELES Sitting in her cubicle office at El
Pueblo Historical Monument, historian and curator Mariann
Gatto is talking on the phone while answering emails,
surrounded by artifacts and photographs. Shes
busy with last minute preparations for an upcoming exhibit, that for many, will
be an unexpected discovery.
Sunshine and
Struggle: The Italian Experience in
The exhibit
surveys the early Italian settlers, covering the time from 1827 to 1927. The
19th century immigration from
Another purpose
of the exhibit is to tell the story of El Pueblos Italian Hall, earmarked
by the Historic Italian Hall Foundation to become a museum to house those
missing stories.
Sunshine
and Struggle: The Italian Experience in Los Angeles / Opening reception,
Saturday October 4, 2008, 7:00-10:00 p.m. at the Pico House Gallery at El
Pueblo Historical Monument / 424 North Main, Downtown Los Angeles, 90012 /
(213) 485-8432
Fast Fact: A
Profile of Todays Italian Americans reports that according to 2000
Census, the City of
The
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