Italia Seattle

It may seem a bit early to send this announcement, but events like this tend to sell out quickly.    Details below UW Italian Studies Board has an upcoming event that should   be of interest to oenophiles everywhere.     It's a presentation on "Wines of the Venetian Empire" by Chris Zimmerman, with a tasting of six wines that he'll be presenting plus light antipasti.   Takes place on Friday, June 24th at 7pm in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall on UW campus.     Guests can rsvp to Jennifer Keene at frenital@u.washington.edu .    It's a great event for a good cause.

Just received  this morning the job opportunity and today is the deadline. If you're interested, you'll have to hurry. à presto, Summary: Searching for executive assistants   Name: Casting Team (Cable Network)   Category: Business and Finance   Email: query-17yt@helpareporter.com   Media Outlet: Cable Network   Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 23 May   Looking for an accomplished executive assistant who is accustomed   to working long hours for a high profile client. Must be extremely professional and must speak Italian and English. To be   considered, please write to execassist.project@gmail.com with   the following details: · Full name & current occupation. ·   City & state of residence. · Brief bio, including career   goals. · Description of your background with Italian   language/culture. · A few [non-returnable] photos of   yourself. · Your best contact phone number(s), e-mails,   etc. Thank yo...

The following comes from a nonprofit company called International Student Exchange. They have been working with Exchange Students since 1982. Their website is www.iseusa.com . A host family is needed for a High School Foreign Exchange students from Italy, for the 2011 fall semester. A potential host family is needed for a boy who is mature, and a great student. He enjoys skiing, bowling, sailing and boating, and loves to play basketball. He can't wait to meet his new American family.   Students come with good English skills, full health insurance and their own personal spending money, and mainly the desire to be a member of an American family. We ask our families to provide a bed (shared room is okay with similar age range) and meals eaten with the family. Host families do not need to have teenagers of their own; young families as well as empty nesters are excellent high school student hosts this year.      For more information about the students and th...

Italian Films at SIFF 2011! Dear Friends of ItaliaSeattle, The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) starts this week and features a number of new films from Italy plus the 1960 classic "La Dolce Vita." Enjoy! à presto,   Our Life May 21, 1:30pm Egyptian Theatre May 24, 6:30pm Admiral Theatre May 29, 8:30pm Everett Performing Arts Center Buy Tickets An emotionally wrenching story of a blue-collar b uilder trying to buck the odds and become a success whilst beset on all sides by corruption and compromise. A gritty slice of contemporary Roman proletarian life. Winner, Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival.   (dir. Daniele Luchetti, Italy/France 2010, 93 min)   Angel of Evil June 3, 9:30pm, SIFF Cinema June 5, 4:00pm, Egyptian Theatre Buy Tickets A stylish, warp-speed portrait of one of Italy's mos t notorious crime figures, ranging from his beginnings as a childhood shoplifter to his repeated incarcerations and daring escap...

Dear Members of the Italian Community: I'm a reporter for the Puget Sound Business Journal.  I am working on a piece about what's been happening with the 200 unsecured private investors who put money into Michael R. Mastro's "friends and family" account. It's been almost two years since Mike Mastro was forced into involuntary bankruptcy in one of the largest bankruptcies in state history. There's been a lot of attention paid to the trial but the public shouldn't lose track of the human cost of Mastro's bankruptcy. I would like to do a follow up with some of Mastro's "friends & family" investors to see what impact his bankruptcy has had on their lives. They deserve to have their stories heard. My questions include: *  When Mastro's business first collapsed, investors seemed to split into two camps - those who blamed the recession and those who attributed his failure to questionable business practices. Has their attitude towar...

Dear Friends of ItaliaSeattle This might be fun and/or interesting. Details below. a presto, Felice  My name is Ida Malone and I'm looking for bi-lingual people (Italian-English) who would like to help us out this summer. The Lions are having their International Convention in Seattle, starting in late June thru July 8th. We even have a parade on July 5th in the morning. We are all volunteer organization with 3.2 million members in over 200 countries and geographical areas. www.lionsclubs.org . We are expecting around 15. thousand members and quite a number of them from Italy. If this is something you and the members of your organizations would like to help us with, please call me: 360-710-8949 or e-mail me. Thank you for your consideration. Ida Malone

  Tidbit Bistro's second Italian Night is this Wednesday, May 4 from 6-9 p.m. at Tidbit!     This is a night where Seattleites can go to speak Italian with others in the area, have a great meal and enjoy wine, grappa, espresso and more over great conversation. Dinner menu is online and offers prix fixes for $40, $20 and $15. http://tidbitbistro.blogspot. com/2011/04/notte-italiana- mercoledi-4-maggio-2011.html  All menu levels come with complimentary glass of wine, espresso and house made bread. Italian music and a movie will also provide entertainment and ambiance.   Free 90 minute parking in Tidbit's garage. Tidbit is located at 1401 Broadway Seattle (at the corner of Broadway and Union) 98122. Call for reservations (206) 323-0840 or go online http://www.tidbitbistro.com/ Best, Lauren