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Fieri Providence's first movie night
was Sunday, November 19




La Vita È Bella (Life Is Beautiful)
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards® -- winning 3 Oscars,
including Best Actor Robert Benigni,
Best Original Dramatic Score,
and Best Foreign Language Film
was presented in Italian with English subtitles

special guest speaker
Professor Felice Beneduce
spoke about the uproar that the film created in Italy,
and how Italians hid tens of thousands of Jews
and helped them emigrate to other countries
to escape certain death.

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October is Italian Heritage Month
in Rhode Island


Governor Carcieri signs Italian Heritage Month into law, October 2, 2006

Italy's Embassador to US with Fieri members

Governor Carcieri with Sam & Armando

 

Fieri Providence entered their replica of the Santa Maria  in three parades in two days on October 8 and 9, 2006. Members dressed as Italian historical figures on the float.