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[gallery link="file" columns="9" ids="1394,1395,1397,1398,1399"] On Saturday, September 22, Casa Italiana di Las Vegas, in collaboration with the West Charleston library, presented guest speaker Raffaele Di Martino, of Di Martino Law Group. Di Martino’s practice is focused on corporate, immigration and real estate management. He has been...

[gallery columns="9" link="file" ids="1336,1337,1338,1339,1340,1341,1342,1343,1344,1345,1346,1347,1348,1349,1350,1351,1352,1353"] On March 22 CILV rocked Trattoria Italia restaurant with the monthly Karaoke appointment. Great and not so great singers alternated on the stage following the notes of Antonello Venditti, Lucio Dalla, and Claudio Baglioni among all others....

[gallery ids="1283,1284,1285,1291,1292,1293,1295,1296,1297,1298,1299,1300,1301,1302,1303,1304,1305"] On April 14, Casa Italiana di Las Vegas, in collaboration with the Heritage Park Seniors Facility Library, organized a fun an education cooking class. Our home chef Nicole demonstrated a delicious Ligurian Pesto Sauce that had every single guest ask for seconds!...

[gallery link="file" columns="9" ids="1211,1212,1213,1214,1215,1216,1217,1218,1219,1220,1221,1222,1223,1224,1225,1226,1227,1228,1229,1230,1231,1232,1233,1234,1235,1236,1237,1238,1239,1240,1241,1242,1243,1244,1245,1246,1247,1248,1249,1250"] On May 14th, Casa Italiana di Las Vegas in collaboration with the West Charleston Library, proudly presented the US Premiere of the Italian movie The Prince of Crime. Inspired by true events, the film is a story of Camorra, revenge and regret....

[gallery link="file" columns="9" ids="1183,1182,1186,1185,1184"] On March 19, Casa Italiana di Las Vegas in collaboration with the West Charleston Library presented “Ciao Marcello!”, a wonderful black and white silent short film which is a tribute to Federico Fellini and his favorite actor, Marcello Mastroianni. Francesco Mazzini, who plays...

[gallery columns="9" link="file" ids="1088,1089,1090,1091,1092,1093"] On February 26th, Il Salotto Italiano presented political scientist Alan Balboni, author of the book “Beyond the Mafia: Italian Americans and the Development of Las Vegas”. Balboni shared insights and inspirations behind this farsighted and thoroughly documented account of the history of one...

[gallery columns="9" link="file" ids="1064,1063,1062,1061,1060"] On January 22nd guest speaker Maurizio Di Cicco from Settebello Pizzeria delighted the audience with the history of The Neapolitan pizza. A true Neapolitan at heart, Maurizio explained the differences between the New York style pizza and a Neapolitan one. Guests also...

[gallery columns="9" link="file" ids="987,988,989,990,991,992,993,994,995,996,997,998,999,1000,1001,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008"] CILV 2nd Annual Fundraiser was an amazing white truffle dinner on December 8th at Scarpetta Restaurant. A night where the guest of honor was the Diamond of the Table, the White Truffle. Guests indulged in a four-course dinner with paired wines. A...

  [gallery link="file" columns="9" ids="978,975,973,971,967,965,956,929,926,923,920,919,918,910,913"] On December 16th Casa Italiana di Las Vegas hosted a Dear Santa Christmas Party. Children brought their Santa's letters to be mailed in the red letter box. Crafts and games for all the children, followed with Italian Christmas songs in the background!...

[gallery link="file" columns="9" ids="906,905,904,903,902,901,900,899,898,897,896"] On November 7th, our guest speaker Barbara Bird, Lead Faculty for Italian at the College of Southern Nevada, took us on a journey through her own language learning experience, highlighting key moments that lead to her language learning success. Barbara provided some basic...