Article Contributed on: 9/18/2007 6:17:01 PM
If you have an appreciation for things Italian . . . or a puzzled admiration for the stylish ways this small nation "clicks" even in the midst of political turmoil, allowing its citizens to achieve one of Europe's highest standards of living . . . this is for you. Five lectures, with lively question-and-answer sessions and a roundtable discussion to let you see "The Changing Faces of Italy."
WHEN: Saturday, September 29, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver
COST: Tickets are $50 general public, $30 for CHS members, $15 students. Ticket price includes lunch and admission to
The Italians of Denver exhibit. Reservations required.
Presented by The Dante Alighieri Society and The Amici of the University of Denver in Collaboration with Colorado Historical Society.
INFO: For more information call: 303-866-4686.
ABOUT
THE ITALIANS OF DENVER EXHIBIT
Experience this new and innovative community exhibition at the Colorado History Museum. In the mid 1800s, the first documented Italian immigrants in Colorado were drawn to the claim of wealth and land ownership in the West. Becoming miners, business owners, farmers and railroad workers, by 1910, Italians represented nearly 14 percent of Colorado's total population. After the 1940s, economic and social prosperity resulted in many being absorbed into the greater American culture. Yet, the cultural ties remain.
The museum and members of Colorado's Italian American community have collaborated together to collect family and business artifacts, photographs and oral histories. The result of these efforts now culminates in
The Italians of Denver exhibition and companion publication, along with new research archives and artifacts, now a part of the Colorado Historical Society's collections. Don't miss your chance to see the
Italians of Denver.