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Assistance available in obtaining
student visas
and citizenship for Italy.
Maria Scordo-Allen, former Honorary Vice Consul for Italy, announces the continuation of services to assist American citizens obtain student visas to attend school in Italy or to obtain dual citizenship with Italy.
Contact Maria or visit her website for details about her services.
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Colorado Italian American Heritage
This website is dedicated to the celebration of all things Italian in Colorado. The website was created in 2008 to support the first "official" observance of October as Colorado Italian American Heritage Month. This website collects and disseminates information about events and organizations with ties to the Italian American community.
Donne - Rekindle your joy of living!
Explore your inner artist!
Learn to celebrate your vibrant self, the Italian way!
Join us this September for a
women's retreat on the Sicilian island of Favignana.
Contact Chandi Wyant of Italy Retreats by July 8th to receive a special discount of $200 off the cost of the retreat.
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Maria Scordo-Allen in New Role
After twelve years of dedicated service to the Italian American communities in Colorado and Wyoming, Maria Scordo-Allen has ended her affiliation with the Italian government as the Honorary Vice Consul of Italy. Maria announced her departure at the Italian American Forum she hosted on March 27th. Like her mother, Caterina Noya Scordo, Maria served in this official capacity, devoting untold hours assisting people as a representative of the Italian government. Colorado Italian American Heritage Month, this website, and subsequent activities associated with recognition of Italian Americans in Colorado during the month of October were all initiated by Maria's office in 2008.
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Maria will continue to offer many of the same services she has been providing through a new company she is in the process of creating. She will still be available to assist with Italian citizens in Colorado and Wyoming and indicates she will continue to be very involved with the Italian community and Italian American communities. Her new website, www.italianvisas.com, outlines services to be provided on a fee basis.
Maria will maintain an office at 7325 South Jackson Street; Centennial, CO 80122. For appointments, please contact her by phone at 303.224.9927, by fax at 303.224.9930 or by e-mail. Maria will still respond to her previous e-mail at
italyconsulcolo@msn.com, but the preferred business e-mail address is maria@italianvisas.com.
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New Features
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Articles and Excerpts
Excerpt from Mile High City by Thomas J. Noel (a.k.a. Dr. Colorado). Posted with permission.
www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/history_narrative_4.asp
Chapter 4: Immigrants
Italians
Only a sprinkling of Italians settled in Denver before 1880, when the census taker found a scant 86. In the following decades the railroads, mining companies and other industries recruited Italian labor and the 1890 census listed an Italian population of 999. By 1920, their population had climbed to over 3,000 and the North Denver neighborhood of Highland became known as "Little Italy."
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Anecdotes
Submit short narratives of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident involving your Italian ancestors. Click here for how to submit your anecdotes for posting on this website. Contact Dan the webmaster if you have any questions.
New Publications
If you are an Italian American author from Colorado and have recently published a book, we would like to let everyone know about it. Click here for how to let us know about your book. Contact Dan the webmaster if you have any questions.
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History on the Road
The Painted Carts of Sicily
by Marcella Croce and Moira F. Harris
Publisher: Pogo Press, 2006
Paperbound, 120 pages
Illustrations: 95
Price: $19.95
A perfect book for your coffee table. A colorful way to learn more about Sicily and its culture. An engaging read, it describes today's artisans, the ones who have a part in creating these beautiful carreti: the illustrators and painters who envision the marvelous historical and religious scenes and the sculptures who work the wood into wonderful reflections of Sicilian beliefs and stories. It describes and illustrates through photographs the uses that have been made of the carreti through the generations and those who have used them. There is even information about where you can buy them and which museums hold examples of them today.
Marcella Croce, one of the book's authors, is a lecturer, Italian language teacher, and Elderhostel coordinator. She has written many articles and books on Italian culture and Italian folklore.
Review by Joyce L. Miller, Integrated Writer Services, LLC
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Colorado Italian American License Plates
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Our continued thanks go to Sammy "Gallo" Johnson for making the Italian American license plate a reality. Begun back in 2004, Sammy has worked on this project through every step. Currently, about 1,500 have been sold. Sammy has asked that we remind everyone that Colorado Motor Vehicle has set a quota of 3,000 plates to be sold by July 1, 2011, in order for printing of the plate to continue.
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If 3,000 are sold, the plates will be printed on a regular basis. If not, once the original 3,000 are sold, the plate will be discontinued and those who already have them will be the only ones to get them. You do not have to wait for your current plates to expire as the new plate can be prorated. Anyone can purchase the plate for about $50 dollars, in addition to the usual costs, at all Motor Vehicle locations.
Source: Columbus Day Parade Committee April Newsletter. Used with permission.
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