Italian Heritage Day at Heinz History Center

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ItalianHeritageDay-PosterBy Nicky D Cooks

Please come and join me on Sunday, October 5th at the Heinz History Center. I will be at the Italian Heritage Day at Heinz History Center with the team members from Ciao Pittsburgh. Please come by and visit us. We will be the ones with some of my fresh made pizzelle on hand to share. Check out the link on Ciao Pittsburgh.

Italian Heritage Day at the Heinz History Center is a full day of interactive activities designed with K-12 students in mind. In honor of Italian Heritage Month, local community groups and museum staff will facilitate educational activities on every floor of the museum. Activities are conceived in a manner that will allow all members of the family to work together to learn about Italian American history and culture.

Intergenerational participation is encouraged, so bring tua madre, tuo padre, tua nonna, tuo nonno, tua zia, tuo zio, e tutti i tuoi fratelli, sorelle e cugini. Children 17 & under get into the museum for free on Italian Heritage Day, so this is a great way to have the kids involved in this activity.

There are many fun and exciting activities scheduled for this day; learning how to play bocce with Major League Bocce, preparing and taste traditional Italian American foods with Slow Food Pittsburgh, experience Old World Farming with the Italian Garden Project and learning basic Italian vocabulary with La Scuola d’Italia Galileo Galilei.

For a complete list check out the events page at the Heinz History Center: http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/events.aspx?EventID=441

Besides fun family activities, Italian Heritage Day will also feature an Italian American bazaar in the Mueller Center with vendors, live entertainment, and information tables about local Italian heritage groups.

Italian Heritage Day is made possible through a generous donation from Mascaro Construction. For questions regarding Italian Heritage Day or the Italian American Program, please contact Melissa Marinaro at 412-454-6426 or memarinaro@heinzhistorycenter.org.