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Application for the "Italia MasterCard":

Here's how people can apply for the Italian American card that runs thru Vesdia/FundraiserRewards .
Step #1: Call 1-866-GET-MBNA, Option 3
Step 2) Ask for the "Italian American" MasterCard.
The "Map of Italy Card" and the "Italian Flag Card" will pop up on the sales rep's screen.
(Do not just ask for the "Italian" card, because there are a lot of associations that have the word Italian in the description and the rep will be confused and you'll get the wrong card.)
You must say "Italian American" Card.
Step 3) Verify your request by asking for the card with the application source code
Ask for source code 3DT9 a feature offering "WorldPoints" MasterCard "map of Italy card" pops up.

Special Discount Ticket Offer to Washington National Opera for Fieri DC Members

The Fieri DC Cultural Committee is proud to announce that the Washington National Opera has extended a special ticket offer to members of Fieri DC for select performance dates of three classical Italian Operas at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Fieri members will be eligible for a discount on Premium Orchestra, Prime Orchestra and Orchestra seating for select performances of L’Elisir d’Amore in April, La Clemenza di Tito in May, and L’Italiana in Algeri in May and June.

If you are already a Fieri DC member, look for a special email announcement with further information to reserve your discounted ticket(s).

Not a member? Please contact our Membership Chair to join Fieri DC or to renew your membership to receive further info to take advantage of this special offer.

For more info these three operas and on the Washington National Opera, please visit their website at: www.dc-opera.org.

Washington DC Area Italian Meet-up Groups

Meet and mingle with local Italian language and culture lovers! Come to an Italian Language Meetup and make new amici as you practice speaking, build your vocabulary and finally figure out those verb conjugations! All ages and levels welcome. Ciao!
For more information on the group, visit their web site at: http://italian.meetup.com/38/ (DC)
http://italian.meetup.com/157/ (Northern Virginia)
http://italian.meetup.com/158/ (Montgomery County, MD)

Reading of Falling Palace, A Romance of Naples by Dan Hofstadter

Dan Hofstadter, author of Falling Palace, A Romance of Naples, will be doing a reading of his newly-published book at Chapters Literary Bookstore in Washington DC, on Saturday February 11 from 5:00 - 6:00 pm. The store is located at 445 - 11th Street, near 11 and E. Hofstadter is entertaining, knowledgable, and totally loves Italy.

A quote from a recent review: “Beautiful…Outstanding…Hofstadter’s book—free of knowingness, charged with experience—is written with the ease of affection and discovery… It is a story of love—for an arcane city and for a girl, Benedetta, who embodies the Neapolitan enigma. The city prevails on every page…Hofstadter has penetrated the extended labyrinth, and his account of his explorations, literally breathtaking, is lyrical in the Neapolitan tradition.” —Shirley Hazzard, The New York Times Book Review

More information about the book can be found at the Harvard Book Store site.