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        <title>Marin County Italian News</title>
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            <title>Pajama Night at Girotondo</title>
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You drop off your kids, go out and relax, while they have fun and learn Italian! Then pick them up.
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The fee is $ 20, and $10 for each additional Family member. The fee for Girotondo Students and <b>"Cuccioli/Marin Italians Members" is $15</b> and $5 for each additional Family member.
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RSVP to our site supervisor <a href="mailto:jparas@girotondoschool.org" target="_self">Jacqueline Paras</a> by this coming Thursday, June 11th.&nbsp; Spots fill up quickly.<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Girotondo Italian School<br />
1055 Las Ovejas San Rafael CA 94903<br />
T: 415 385 6775 F: 415 877 4399
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>June Wine Tasting at Ristornate Fornaio</title>
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Meet and network with local Italian expats and culture lovers at our monthly social meetup.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Ristorante Il Fornaio -&nbsp; Corte Madera<br />
Wednesday, June 10, 2009</b></span><br />
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Schedule<br />
5:30pm - meet in bar area for drinks to mingle and get to know each other<br />
6:30pm - we will move to the dining room area for the Italian Wine Tasting<br />
For those who wish to stay on for drinks only you are welcome to do so.<br />
<br />
Pricing<br />
We will have a fixed Italian Wine tasting at $35.00 per person Inclusive of tax and gratuity. We will taste 4 wines and we'll have food from the region of Lombardia!<br />
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Please note: Parleremo italiano all'evento!<br />
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Grazie e ci vediamo presto!
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>North Beach Festival</title>
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<a href="http://www.spazioitaliano.com/sito_web/Benvenuti.html" target="_self">Spazio Italiano</a> ,</b> the Italian Language Center in San Francisco has a booth which will be located on Vallejo Street, in front of Caffe Trieste.&nbsp; There will be fun arts and crafts activities for the children at the booth from 10AM to 3PM each day not to mention the special decorations that will make you feel you are TRULY sailing on the San Francisco Bay.&nbsp; <br />
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Spazio Italiano booth at the North Beach Festival <br />
55th Annual Festival -- SOTTO MARE<br />
608 Vallejo St, North Beach<br />
June 13th and June 14th from 10am to 3pm<br />
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Marin Italians June Social Mixer</title>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Wednesday June, 3</b></span> we will meet at Ristorante AURORA in NOVATO.<br />
8 Commercial Blvd., Novato 94949<br />
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Schedule<br />
6:30pm - meet in the reataurant for drinks to mingle and get to know each other<br />
7:30pm - (approx) we will have dinner.<br />
Pricing :Everyone will order and pay for themselves.<br />
<br />
Please note: Parleremo italiano all'evento!<br />
Vieni ed unisciti a noi per il nostro social mixer a Novato!<br />
Ai nostri incontri conoscerai Italiani e persone che amano la nostra cultura.<br />
Grazie e ci vediamo presto!<br />
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Festa della Repubblica</title>
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All over the world Italian embassies hold celebrations with Heads of State of the host country. Heads of State from all over the world send congratulations to the President of the Republic. Special official ceremonies take place in Italy.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Italian Movie &amp;quot;Il Divo&amp;quot; at San Rafael Film Center</title>
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Winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Italian filmmaker <b>Paolo Sorrentino's</b> stylish and raucously controversial drama stars <b>Toni Servillo</b> (<i>Gomorrah</i>) in a tour-de-force performance as <b>Giulio Andreotti</b>, who for 50 years was Italy's most powerful and feared politician.<a href="http://www.cafilm.org/rfc/films/1063.html" target="_self"> Read more </a> 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Italian Aperitivo Mixer</title>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Ristorante Frantoio in Mill Valley</b></span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Sunday, May 24 </b></span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>6:30pm</b></span> - meet in bar area for drinks to mingle and get to know each other.
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Please note: Parleremo italiano all'evento! <br />
Vieni ed unisciti a noi per questo Italian Aperitivo Mixer! <br />
Ai nostri incontri conoscerai Italiani e persone che amano la nostra cultura.<br />
Grazie e ci vediamo presto! <br />
<br />
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            <title>La Bella Lingua</title>
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Dianne
Hales, a widely published, award-winning freelance journalist, tells
the adventurous story of Italian language and follows its evolution
through history, art, literature, manners, music, cooking, cinema and,
of course, amore. </o:p></span>
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<p>
LA BELLA LINGUA: MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITALIAN, THE WORLD'S MOST ENCHANTING LANGUAGE will be presented by the author at BookPassage on<b> Sunday, May 17 at 4 pm </b>
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BookPassage Bookstore in Corte Madera<br />
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.<br />
Corte Madera, CA 94925 (415) 927-0960
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Pajama Night at Girotondo</title>
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One Saturday a month from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm, your children will enjoy Italian Food, Games, Crafts, Face Painting, Story Time, Movie time and more.<br />
Drop off your kids, go out and relax, while they have fun and learn Italian, and then pick them up by 8:30 pm.<br />
The fee for Girotondo Students and Marin Italians Cuccioli is $15 and $ 5 for each additional Family member.<br />
PLEASE make sure you have cash (exact change) or check at the drop off, and bring a PAJAMA for your child/dren!<br />
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RSVP to our site supervisor <a href="mailto:jparas@girotondoschool.org" target="_self">Jacqueline Paras</a>  by this coming Thursday, May 7th.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Italian Wine Tasting at Il Fornaio</title>
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Meet and network with local Italian expats and culture lovers at our monthly social meetup.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Ristorante Il Fornaio at Corte Madera<br />
Wednesday, April 15</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt"> at 5:30 pm</span></b><br />
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Schedule<br />
5:30pm - meet in bar area for drinks to mingle and get to know each other<br />
6:30pm - (approx) we will move to the dining room area for the Italian Wine Tasting<br />
For those who wish to stay on for drinks only you are welcome to do so.<br />
<br />
Pricing<br />
We will have a fixed Italian Wine tasting at $35.00 per person Inclusive of tax and gratuity.<br />
We will taste 5 wines and we'll have food from the region of Emilia.<br />
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We will have a maximum of 15 people for the Italian Wine Tasting.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Italian Summer Camps in Marin</title>
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 in Central San Rafael and Mill Valley. 
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The <b>Girotondo 2009 Summer Program</b> is divided into <b>7 weeks </b>running from June 8th to July 31st. Each week, the curriculum will revolve around a particular theme, Music and Art classes are included in the weekly schedule. Children will have fun while learning Italian at the school campus in San Rafael. Families can choose the week they would like their children to attend. <b>Marin Italians' Families will receive a discount of 30% on the second week if they will enroll in minimum 2 weeks. </b><br />
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Calendar:<br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 1: </span><b>June 8 - 12 Settimana dell'Amicizia (Projects of friendship)</b><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 2:</span> <b>June 15 - 19 Cucina Italiana (Cooking projects)</b><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 3:</span> <b>June 22 - 26 Costruiamo (Let's build together)</b><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 4: </span><b>July 6 - July 10 Burattini & Teatro (Puppets & Dramatic play)</b><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 5:</span> <b>July 13 - July 17 Scopriamo la natura (Discover nature)</b><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 6: </span><b>July 20 - July 24 Musica (Sing and Dance)</b><br />
WEEK 7: <b>July 27 - July 31 Raccontiamoci una storia (Story telling)</b><br />
Age: 2 to 5.<br />
Schedules: 8am to 1pm - 8am to 2pm - 8am to 3pm<br />
For more info please email:<a href="mailto:ANDIAMO@GIROTONDOSCHOOL.ORG" target="_self">andiamo@girotondoschool.org</a>  
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The <b>Parliamo Italiano! 2009 Summer Camp Program</b> is divided into <b>7 weeks</b> running from June 15th to July 31st. Children wil have fun <span class="text">while learning Italian through project based workshops designed for children aged 2-5. </span>Families can choose the weeks they would like their children to attend (minimum of 4 weeks required).<span class="text"> The program is offered in San Rafael and Mill Valley.</span>
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Calendar:<span class="subtitle"><br />
WEEK 1: <b><b>June 15 - 19</b>: The Art of the Mosaic</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 2: <b>June 22 - 26: Italian Yoga</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 3: <b>June 29 June - 3</b>: <b>Nature Hunting in the Redwood Forest</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 4: <b>July 6 - 10: Pizza workshop</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 5: <b>July 13 - 17: Pirates and Dolls</b></span><br />
<span class="subtitle">WEEK 6: <b>July 20 - 24</b>: <b>The Ancient Romans</b></span><br />
WEEK 7: <b>July 27 - 31: Pasta workshop</b><br />
Age: 2 to 5.<br />
Schedule: 9:15am to 1:15pm<br />
Fore more info please email: <a href="mailto:parliamoitaliano@italiamore.com" target="_self"><span class="text">parliamoitaliano@italiamore.com</span></a> <br />
You can enroll on line at <a href="http://www.italiamore.com/IP/events.html" target="_self">Parliamo Italiano!</a> 
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            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Italian Easter Chocolate Eggs</title>
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The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute <span class="mw-redirect">chocolate eggs</span>, or plastic eggs filled with small chocolate eggs or a toy.
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You can find traditional chocolate Easter eggs at <b>Cafe' Oggi in Mill Valley</b> or at <b>Emporio Rulli in Larkspur.</b> 
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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You drop off your kids, go out and relax, while they have fun and learn Italian! Then pick them up.
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The fee is $ 20, and $10 for each additional Family member. The fee for Girotondo Students and <b>"Cuccioli/Marin Italians Members" is $15</b> and $5 for each additional Family member<br />
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1055 Las Ovejas San Rafael CA 94903<br />
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Sergio Caputo in Concert at Berkeley</title>
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Sergio Caputo, a renowned Italian and Bay Area recording artist, composer and guitarist will play with his quartet in a unique melange of jazz, smooth jazz and latin-jazz infused pop. 
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The concert is free and it will be on<br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Friday April 3rd at 8 PM</b></span><br />
in Berkeley<br />
155 Dwinelle Hall
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For more info<b> <a href="http://www.ciacfestival.org" target="_self">ciacfestival.org</a> </b>
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<a href="http://www.sergiocaputo.com" target="_self">sergiocaputo.com</a>  
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            <title>Serata Italiana all'Ideale</title>
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join us for this event in San Francisco. Meet and network with local
Italian expats and culture lovers at our New Social Mixer in the city.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Wednesday, April 8 at 6 pm</b></span><span><br />
We will meet at <a href="http://www.idealerestaurant.com/" target="_self">Ristorante Ideale</a> <a href="http://www.idealerestaurant.com/" target="_self"> </a>  - 1315 Grant Ave (at Vallejo St.) - San Francisco</span>
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Schedule:<br />
6 pm - meet in bar area for drinks to mingle and get to know each other<br />
7:30pm - (approx) we will move to the large dining room area for dinner.<br />
For those who wish to stay for drinks only you are welcome to do so.
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<a href="mailto:paolofraschetti@mac.com" target="_self">Please RSVP to attend this event.</a>  
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Please note: Parleremo italiano all'evento!<br />
<span>Grazie e ci vediamo presto!  </span>
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