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The House of Italy (HOI) Mission:

Our mission is to offer to its members

and the public through its cultural and

social programs, an understanding and

appreciation of the history and culture

of Italy .

Our vision is that our HOI members

celebrate their Italian heritage and cul-

ture with the people of San Diego.

would start.

On a sunny Sunday in June our dear-est Luisa Nagy, on duty hosting for theHOI alerted us that the work hadstarted and the HOI was closed.

The theater appeared as follows:

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The House of Italy

From the President:

Saluti Sorelle e Fratelli,

The warm summer of San Diego

has not been favorable to our or-

ganization. In June we found out

that the City needed to do major

work at the Hall of Nations to

preserve the safety and security of

the premises and bring the struc-

ture to code . However, the City

did not inform us when the work

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N A V I G A T O R

Executive Board

President:

Roberto Ruocco

1st Vice President :

Richard Tomasello

2nd Vice President:

Rich La Rocca

Secretary: Dale Jones

VP Communications:

Victor Laruccia

V P Hospitality:

Barbara La Rocca &

Nina Crochet

Vice President Weekly

Activities:

Robert D’Amico

Treasurer:

Carol Patterson

VP, Membership

Rich La Rocca

Web Master:

Don Santamaria

HOI Hotline

858 212 3300

House of Italy

Attn: President

415 Laurel St. #301

San Diego, CA 92101

House of Italy Future Events

Cari Amici,

As most of you know, the Hall of Nations building which houses ourmonthly meeting room and the House of Italy is closed for repairs. TheCity is conducting an extensive renovation to the building’s foundationalong with upgrading the restrooms. We anticipate that the buildingwill be closed through November and possibly later.

However, the good news is that we will continue having our monthlymeetings as scheduled on the third Sunday of each month at variouslocations. Please review the “Calendar” on our HOI Website:www.houseofitalysandiego.org for more information. Further, we willdiscuss future endeavors, including participation in December Nightsat our September meeting.

Our September 21st membership meeting will be held at the ConvivoCenter in Little Italy, 2157 India St. For more information about Con-vivio, go to their Website: www.conviviosociety.org/convivio-center

This Website includes a map with the exact location of the Center.There are some commercial parking lots in the area and I will addressthem in a separate EBLAST to the membership shortly. Street parkingshould be easier on Sunday.

The dinner portion of our meeting will be catered by a local restaurantin Little Italy. Of course, there will be wine! We will also have a veryunique presentation………

The Fiat 500 (Cinquecento) is truly an Italian icon and our own AndyRenwick will be bringing his award winning, fully restored 1972 Cin-quecento to our September meeting. It will be parked right in front ofthe entrance to the Convivio Center! And, you can have your picturetaken in the seat of a car that is synonymous with Italy.

Italy’s storied “City” car (9 feet long, 4.3 feet tall, 2 cylinder engine, 13HP with a top speed of 53 mph) was produced from 1957 to 1975.

There will be a short presentation on the history of the Cinquecento in-cluding a few of the ads that captured our imagination after the Fiat500 was reintroduced at its 50th anniversary in 2007.

This will be fun! Ci vediamo!

Don Santamaria

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The June House of Italy meeting

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Status of the House of Italy and future events

(The President’s remarks continued from page 1)

Our furniture stuck to the wall

A gigantic hole in the wall

The kitchen entrance sealed.

Dust and dirt covered our beloved artifacts like the ashes covered Pompeii

in 79 AD.

As of today, we don’t know when works start and when they finish and if wewill regain possession of our territory. More details will be given to us at

the next meeting.

For the future months we will wander and vagabond like in the Nabucco ofbearded Verdi in search for a land where we can rest our ..…lasagnas and vino.

Pazienza, che dobbiamo fare. SCOCCIAMENTO!!!!!!

In September we will be hosted by Convivio in India Street. Then we will be

given some room by the Balboa Park administration.

I would like to thank Convivio where our September 21, 2014 meeting will beheld for their gracious hospitality. Non possiamo dire piu’ per il momento: Ve-nite a Casa Nostra, La Casa d’Italia.

Andy Renwick’s

prize winning

1972 Fiat 500

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HOUSE OF ITALY TEAMS UP WITH THE SD ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL

On Sunday, October 19, the San Diego Italian Film Festival will show Virzi’s newest film, Il capitaleumano, made possible through the generous support of the House of Italy. The movie will be shown at7:30 PM at the Museum of Photographic Arts.

In addition to sponsorship of the film, House members can also take advantage of a special dinner and amovie opportunity planned for this HOI meeting day. The Italian Film Festival and the House of Italyare collaborating on a program for a fun night – Italian film and food.

The House will be selling tickets that include a dinner at the October meeting and a pass for the movie.The schedule for the October meeting is being arranged to give all an opportunity to enjoy a great mealand have enough time to take a leisurely walk over to MOPA in time for the movie.

The cost of the ticket, discounted to match the standard SDIFF member discount, will be included in theevent price. The seats will be reserved in the theater until 10 minutes prior to the start of the show.

Dinner is at the Balboa Club near the HOI. The buffet-dinner begins at 5:00pm and the movie begins at7:30 pm. The movie is at the Museum of Photographic Arts, (MOPA) which is the SDIFF’s Balboa Parkvenue.

Please be on time so we may have dinner and still have time to walk to the MOPA theater.

To Make Your Reservation

To reserve your place send an email

to: houseofitalysandiego@gmail.com

indicating the number of reserva-

tions desired.

Another option is to call Rich

LaRocca at 858-523-0409

Please make your reservation by

Oct. 16.

The cost for both the dinner and a

movie is only $18.00. Dinner only is

$10.00. Payment is to be made at

the door.

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feSTIVALE 2014 IS COMING!

A year of finding the best films for you finally comes to fruition on October 16, when theSan Diego Italian Film Festival begins its eighth film festival. This is the cream of thecrop, prize-winners, thought-provoking, sensually satisfying. Make your plans now. Andsign up for the SDIFF newsletter so you don’t miss a beat atwww.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com .

2014 San Diego Italian Film Festival Special

www.houseofitalysandiego.org

HOUSE OF ITALY

ATTN : PRES IDENT

415 LAUREL ST . #301

SAN D I EGO , CA 92101

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Sunday, September 21: House of Italy

membership meeting @ 5:00 pm at the

CONVIVIO Cultural Center. Location at

2157 India St. in Little Italy.

For a map go to:

http://conviviosociety.org/convivio-center

Sunday, October 19: House of Italy Mem-

bership meeting at the Balboa Park Club

( A three minute walk south from the HOI)

Plus the SDIFF film: Il Capitale umano

after dinner! (See Page 5)

Sunday HOI Hosting

Due to the construction in the Hall of

Nations building which affects the

HOI, Sunday hosting duties are sus-

pended until further notice.

For all other club information, call

(858) 212-3300 or email:

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For information about the San Diego Italian Film Festival events,

please go to: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com

houseofitalysandiego@gmail.com