Amhs Notiziario
AMHS NOTIZIARIO The Official Newsletter of the Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington, DC Area MAY 2014 Website: www.abruzzomoliseheritagesociety.org CARNEVALE AND THE BIG BANG THEORY Left - Dr. John C. Mather, Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, presents on The History of the Universe at the March 30, 2014 general Society meeting. Upper Right – The adorable children of Carnevale 2014 (from left,Cristina & Annalisa Russo, granddaughters of AMHS member Elisa DiClemente; Alessandra Barsi (Geppetto), Hailey Lenhart (a Disney princess), and Matteo Brewer (Arlecchino). Lower Right – Father Ezio Marchetto with Barbara Friedman and Peter Bell (AMHS Board Member), winners of the “Best Couple” prize (dressed as Ippolita Torelli and Baldassare Castiglione) at Carnevale 2014. (photo for March 30 meeting, courtesy of Sam Yothers; photos for Carnevale, courtesy of Jon Fleming Photography). NEXT SOCIETY EVENT: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 1:00 p.m. Silent Auction. See inside for details. 1 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT public. AMHS is proud to be a co-sponsor of this event with The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC. (We are working to Dear Members and Friends/Cari Soci ed Amici, gain support of other Italian American organizations in the DC area). Additional details will follow at a later date – but please Well, I for one am very relieved mark your calendar! that the cold and snowy days might truly be behind us. In closing, I thank each of you for your continued support. Washington, DC is quite a lovely We are always open to hearing from our membership place in the springtime, with all regarding programs of interest, trips that we should consider of its splendor, tourists visiting organizing, etc.
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