Benvenuto!
Join us inside the Tasting Room at New Clairvaux to share some time with our Bellini Brothers and Sisters. Wine Tastings: $10 for 5 Tastes
Cheese & Crackers plates to purchase:
$11/small (2 people) $19 /large (4 people)
26240 7th Street, Vina.
For more into contact Tony George (530) 519-8595
At the Annual Christmas Party the Sons and Daughters of Italy, Jeanne Smith, Mistress of Ceremonies, presented a $1700.00 check to Eric Moxon, Board President of Chico Meals on Wheels. The Sons & Daughters of Italy had a Christmas Wreath-making fundraiser in November and all proceeds were donated to Chico Meals
At the Annual Christmas Party of the Sons and Daughters of Italy, Michael Colletti Smith, Vice President, presented a $3000.00 check to Erna Friedeberg, Executive Director of the Northern Valley Catholic Social Services Adopt A Family progam. Every year, Sons & Daughters of Italy has a raffle fundraiser at their
On behalf of the Grand Lodge of California Western Foundation Sons and Daughters of Italy, Past President of the Vincenzo Bellini Lodge Michael Smith presents a 2500.00 scholarship award to Callahan Foster.
On March 17, 2022 we presented a $2000.00 check to the VECTORS, a local organization that helps veterans. Presenting the check is President, Tony George, along with Rex Miller, Robert Lewis and Roger Snoberger, officers of VECTORS. For more info visit: https://www.vectorschico.com/
Sierra Nevada Brewery, Save Mart,
Flowers By Rachelle, Dean O'Holics (Rat Pack)
Achilles the Magician, Sicilian Cafe,
Bradley & Son Grass Fed Beef,
Diamond Built Construction
Italian Cottage, Mulberry Street Brewery,
Parkside Tap House, New Clairvaux Winery,
Crush Italian Cuisine, & Gigi's Ceramics.
We have returned to in-person meetings!
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of every month excluding July and December at our new home, The ARC Pavilion, 2040 Park Avenue, Chico.
Bring a dish to share for our potluck.
Social: 6:00pm-6:30pm
Potluck: 6:30pm-7:00pm
Meeting: 7:00pm-8:00pm
*Please note, masks are required at this time until f
Donations can be made out to Sons of Italy Vincenzo Bellini Lodge and sent to PO Box 736, Chico, CA 95927.
COVID has made it incredibly hard for us to raise money to support our causes. Your support is greatly appreciated.
President Michael Smith & Festa Organizer Patti Denito present a $5000 check to Lt. Steve Collins of the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, & Joshua Jimerfield, Deputy Administrative Officer of the Butte County Office of Emergency Management, to be used for disaster alert notifications systems for rural residents.
Vincenzo Bellini, (born November 3, 1801, Catania, Sicily [Italy]—died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, near Paris, France), Italian operatic composer with a gift for creating vocal melody at once pure in style and sensuous in expression. His influence is reflected not only in later operatic compositions, including the early works of Ric
Vincenzo Bellini, (born November 3, 1801, Catania, Sicily [Italy]—died September 23, 1835, Puteaux, near Paris, France), Italian operatic composer with a gift for creating vocal melody at once pure in style and sensuous in expression. His influence is reflected not only in later operatic compositions, including the early works of Richard Wagner, but also in the instrumental music of Chopin and Liszt.
Born into a family of musicians, Bellini produced his first works while still a student at the Naples Conservatory, where he had been sent by his father, an organist. Bellini gained the patronage of an important impresario, who commissioned Bianca e Fernando for the Naples opera. The success of this early work led to other commissions. Il pirata (1827), written for La Scala, the opera house at Milan, earned him an international reputation. Bellini was fortunate in having as librettist the best Italian theatre poet of the day, Felice Romani, with whom he collaborated in his next six operas. The most important of these were I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830), based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; La sonnambula (1831; The Sleepwalker); and Norma (1831). La sonnambula, an opera semiseria (serious but with a happy ending), became very popular, even in England, where an English version appeared. Bellini’s masterpiece, Norma, a tragedy set in ancient Gaul, achieved lasting success despite an initial failure.
Bellini lived briefly in London in 1833 and then went to Paris. There, composer Gioachino Rossini’s influence secured for him a commission to write an opera for the Théâtre-Italien. The result was I puritani (1835), the last of Bellini’s nine operas; although handicapped by an inept libretto, it is in many ways his most ambitious and beautiful work.
Bellini’s fame was closely bound up with the bel canto style of the great singers of his day. He was not a reformer; his ideals were those of Haydn and Mozart, and he strove for clarity, elegance of form and melody, and a close union of words and music. Yet with perseverance he corrected some of the grosser abuses of opera then current. While he subordinated the orchestra accompaniment to the singers and placed upon their voices the responsibility for dramatic expression, his harmony was more enterprising than that of his contemporary Gaetano Donizetti, and his handling of the orchestra in introductions and interludes was far from perfunctory. It is, however, for the individual charm and elegance of his luminous vocal melody that Bellini is remembered.
Originally called “Figli d’Italia,” the Order Sons of Italy in America® was established in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City on June 22, 1905, by Vincenzo Sellaro, M.D., and five other Italian immigrants who came to the United States during the great Italian migration (1880-1923). Their aim was to create a support system
Originally called “Figli d’Italia,” the Order Sons of Italy in America® was established in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City on June 22, 1905, by Vincenzo Sellaro, M.D., and five other Italian immigrants who came to the United States during the great Italian migration (1880-1923). Their aim was to create a support system for all Italian immigrants that would assist them with becoming U.S. citizens, provide health/death benefits and educational opportunities and offer assistance with assimilation in America.
Click on the link below to learn about Italian women making their mark on history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriZSfsXdhU&list=PL77iMulGgAamYEFOGg7WOMruA5NxH481E&index=2
Who Can Join?
Regular members are those of Italian lineage, their spouses, their children and their spouses; widows, widowers, and divorced spouses of current or former members. Social members are those who, because of their national origin, do not qualify as regular members. Social members may participate in social and cultural acti
Who Can Join?
Regular members are those of Italian lineage, their spouses, their children and their spouses; widows, widowers, and divorced spouses of current or former members. Social members are those who, because of their national origin, do not qualify as regular members. Social members may participate in social and cultural activities and regular or special meetings of the Lodge.
Benefits of Joining
There are several benefits to becoming a member of our organization. Our members are close friends and we have a great time when we get together. Of course we also have a common interest.
OSIA Member Benefits
All OSIA members receive:
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