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​Festa 2021 is planned for June 25-27

Our 30th Anniversary at our new location Oaks Amusement Park.

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We are now focusing on 2021 and plan on hosting virtual presentations. Check back for more!

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save this date!

October 31st, at 7pm

Our second Virtual Event.

Italian immigration to the Pacific Northwest.

The speaker: Professor Joe Cavalli,

Professor Joe Cavalli in his 28th year of teaching has taught overseas in Rome, Florence, Zagreb and The Kingdom of Bahrain for ten years. Taught at Clark (College) for 14years and taught at the University of Maryland College Park as an adjunct for two years.   The“presentation will be no more than 35 minutes, and 20-25 minutes for questions and discussion.

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The assistance of the Oregon Historical Society has been invaluable. Because of their generosity and that of the Pacific Historical Review at Portland State University: Toll, William. "Ethnicity and Stability: The Italians and Jews of South Portland, 1900-1940" Pacific Historical Review 54:2 (May 1985), 161-189. will add additional information for Professor Cavalli’s presentation. 

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The format of this event will follow our first:

1. Live presentation with an opportunity to ask questions of the presenter;

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2. Featured restaurant is DeNicola’s (503)239-5221 3520 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR.

Donata DeNicola:

DeNicolas is a family owned restaurant that has been part of the Portland dining scene for over 42 years. The family friendly atmosphere, attention to detail, and consistency in

quality and service keep our customers coming back year after year. We are very grateful to still be here, doing what we love, even in the midst of a pandemic. THANK YOU, PORTLAND, for your love of the authentic Italian fare my

​mother brought from Italy.” For this event, they will donate 15% of the proceeds from people who mention Festa Italiana and offer a $50 gift certificate as well. There are four delivery options available aside from pick up/carry out.

3. Featured Winery:

Possessed Wine

503-991-9767, 18 El Greco St. Lake Oswego, OR. They have donated wine for our virtual events and have supported the Festa as well. They offer a line of select, small production of Oregon

wines, crafted with care using biodynamic methods. The winemaker, Carmine Campione, has over 30 years’ experience with all aspects of the wine industry in California’s Napa Valley and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. His family has produced wines in Sicily over many generations.

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4. Auction/Raffle

We have 3 Auction baskets and 4 Raffle baskets

for more information enter here

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our first live virtual event from italy was on September 19th:

Guest speaker: Mario Dodici, Co-op President, live from Italy. A former Portland resident and U.S. citizen, Mario returned to his homeland and was elected President of the local co-op. For the past seven years, they have been reclaiming abandoned olive groves giving hope to local farmers. For the past three years, their olive oil has won prizes throughout the region.  

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News:

June:

2019/2020 vintage has arrived

We are selling Olive Oil from Liguria, Italy.  Order your Award Winning Olive Oil from Northern Italian Coop FRANTOIO OLEARIO. 

This is a fundraiser for Festa Italiana.

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May:

Festa Italiana events are cancelled for 2020 but we are having virtual events most likely monthly!

Dear Friends and Supporters:

On behalf of the Festa Italiana Association, its board and committee members, it is with deep regret that I must announce that we are cancelling the 2020 Festa Italiana.

Our Festa is a labor of love requiring us to ask much of our committee members, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and vendors. After careful consideration, our committee determined that it would be wrong to ask our friends and supporters to once again make the sacrifices necessary to put on our celebration when so

 many individuals and businesses in our local community are struggling.

More importantly, we determined that we could not, in good conscience, ask you to come join in our celebration when we could not ensure that we could do so safely. At times like this, we need to look out for one another and no celebration, no matter how beloved, is worth putting health and safety in jeopardy.

But please know this, the Festa Italiana will be back! We are hard at work planning for our 30th anniversary celebration next summer!

We are looking forward to moving the Festa Italiana to its new home at Oaks Park and celebrating with you for many years to come. Our committee is encouraged by your overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic response to the move to Oaks Park and our family-oriented plans for revitalizing our celebration. Despite this temporary setback, the enthusiasm and passion of our committee is undiminished and we all look forward to making our 2021 Festa Italiana the best we’ve ever had.

 We are also exploring the possibility of a smaller festival some time later this summer or possibly in the springtime of 2021 if the circumstances allow. So please keep an eye on or Facebook page and website for more details.

As we move forward towards next summer, we can always use more folks to help on the committee. If you have a bit of time and some enthusiasm, we would love to have you come join us. We also welcome any donation you might be able to spare. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, so your gift is tax deductible.

We appreciate your continued support and we look forward to having you all come to our 30th Anniversary celebration next summer.

 Edward L. Ferrero, President.

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January:

Sponsors and donations are needed for us to offer this event. If you would like to make a donation feel free to use the donation box on this page or email us at festaitalianaportland@comcast.net or mail to:

Festa Italiana Association Inc 

12740 Boones Ferry Rd.

Lake Oswego, OR  97035

If you use Amazon they will donate part of each purchase to us.  Just go to smile.amazon.com and earmark the Festa Italiana Association to receive the donation.  Once you do this remember to sign into smile.amazon.com and it will give us credit for each purchase.

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Also the Fred Meyer rewards program can be linked to a donation to us.  You will not loose any points.

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This site will be updated when we complete our planning.  A volunteer signup page will be added as soon as possible. Other Events will be added soon.

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Thank you for your interest and support of Festa Italiana!

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