= The Italian-Canadian Newspaper of the Ottawa Area =
Concerto di beneficenza per Villa Marconi di ZELJKA GASPAR Mormorio di voci, canto di uccelli, suono di violino. Poi, palpintanti ombre di foglie verdi verdi, vino rosso, gialle e rosse ombre che giocano sui muri color caffè latte. In questo…
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The Bytown Museum is located at the mouth of the Rideau Canal, just below the Parliament buildings, in the rustic, pine-scented Commissariat of Lt. Col. John By, Royal Engineers. Built in 1827, the commissariat is Ottawa’s oldest stone building. It…
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by GENEVIEVE FORTE Among the bounty of summer entertainments Ottawa enjoyed this season was the exciting production of The Raven (Il Corvo). This classic commedia dell’arte play celebrated the Odyssey Theatre’s 15th anniversary of outdoor theatre. Staged in the gorgeous…
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by ANGELO FILOSO In October, staff and students at St. Patrick’s High School, located at Alta Vista and Heron Road in Ottawa, will open a newly refurbished conference room that will house memorabilia of the past. The Eastern Ontario Italian…
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An angel from the ‘Italian Village’ by Zeljka Gaspar I met Mrs. Mary Ierullo one Friday morning when the harsh sound of an ongoing construction machine was drowned out by the voices of children who were playing on Willow St….
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“No One Covers the Fig Tree” by Giacomo Moscatelli I was well into adulthood before I realized that I was a Cana dian. Of course, I had been born in Canada and had lived here all my life, but somehow…
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Il Postino è la persona che ci porta le notizie da tutte le parti del globo. (Sì, ci porta anche i conti, ma quelli lasciamoli stare per adesso.) Il titolo del nostro giornale si rifà al film di Michael Radford…
Read MoreQui d’entre nous n’a jamais entendu de question du genre « Vous êtes italien? Alors vous devez vous y connaître en maçonnerie! »? Il n’y a pas si longtemps encore, les idées reçues voulaient qu’une authentique personne d’origine italienne sache…
Read MoreThis is the first issue of Il Postino. Other issues will follow every month. As the name of our paper suggests, the focus will be the Italian-Canadian community of the Ottawa area, its past, its present and its prospects for…
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