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| Welcome to our Club Store UNICO's store offers items of interest to Italian Americans. Our members have been involved in producing some of these items. A portion of the purchase for some items contributes to our annual scholarship fund. If you have suggestions for other items for our store, send information to UNICO Webmaster.
A boardinghouse keeper finds her kitchen in a mess after Saturday-night revelry and refuses to cook on Sunday. An iron miner pries frozen ore from a car in 40-below temperatures. A grocer makes sausage, brews wine, and forages for mushrooms and dandelion greens. In Italian Voices, Minnesota's Italian Americans share rich stories of everyday life in communities in the Iron Range, Duluth, and the Twin Cities between 1900 and 1960. Mary Ellen Mancina-Batinich, a native of the Iron Range, had unequaled access to the state's immigrant generation during the 20 years she spent documenting the lives of these Minnesotans, in their own words. The club still has a few copies of this marvelous book, and your purchase through this site does contribute to the scholarship fund. Books are $35 including shipping. For information, contact UNICO Webmaster.
Thousands of stonecutters emigrated from northern Italy to Barre, Vermont, the “Granite Capital of the World.” These scalpellini carved impressive sculptures that still grace public spaces, churches and cemeteries across America. This documentary follows the artisans and their families from quarries, workshops and schools in Italy to granite carving sheds in New England. It chronicles their life and death fight with silicosis and their struggle to define their own identities as they straddled two cultures. Club member Randy Croce created this marvelous film. Copies are available directly from Randy for $20. Contact him directly at rcroce@csom.umn.edu for details. |
Monthly Meetings Tuesday August 10, 2010 at International Institute 1694 Como Ave., St Paul Light Supper 6:30 PM. Meeting 7 PM Call if you have any questions. Bob Mannella 763-560-4290 Meetings generally at the International Institute,Plan to join us! Help Us Serve Throughout the year, UNICO partners with the Franciscan Brothers of Peace in the Twin Cities through donations to their food shelves, gathering clothing and supplies in the colder months and direct donations. We invite you to bring warm men's clothing, blankets and toiletries to the meeting. |
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