Peninsula Italian American Social Club member Tullio Bertini is organizing an Italian film festival for the months of June, July and August. The films will be shown in our new cultural room upstairs directly above the front bar on certain Monday evenings starting at 7 PM. The films will be in Italian with English subtitles; everyone is welcome, and admission is free.

The films for June are:

Monday, June 2^nd: Everybody's Fine ****

Giuseppe Tornatore, director of Cinema Paradiso, follows up with this more complex film starring Marcello Mastroianni . His role is that of an elderly widower who decides to travel about Italy seeing his grown children. 1991 movie, 108 minutes.

Monday, June 16^th: The Monster **

A small time nobody is mistaken for a sex-crazed serial killer and stumbles into trouble with the police, Roberto Benigni. 1996, 110 minutes. Not rated, contains sexual humor.

Monday, June 30^th: Generale Della Rovere ****

Vittorio DeSica gives a first rate performance as a small time swindler who is arrested by the occupying German army and blackmailed into impersonating an executed Italian General. 103 minutes, 1957 black/white.

Films start at 7 PM. Entrance will be from the small door located to the right of the main entrance. Door will close at 7:30 PM. After the movie, if people are interested in discussing the film, in either in Italian or English, they may stay a while.

On Sunday, June 22^nd, come join us at San Mateo's Central Park for a great day and for a good cause! The San Giuseppe Committee has purchased a brand new LIGHTER statue of San Giuseppe for our church procession and we need your help to afford this. The price of the picnic will be $15 for adults and $5 for children if they want hot dogs and $10 if they want meat. Children under 5 are free. If you have any questions, call Sal/Maria Russo at 650.347.7461 or Emanuelle/Marianna Mazza at 650.348.0369. The festivities start at 10 AM with a special mass at noon with Father Efrem, followed with lunch and maybe even bingo.

Please send money for tickets to Sal and Maria Russo, 1709 Shoreview Ave., San Mateo 94401 or Emanuelle and Marianna Mazza, 230 N. Quebec St., San Mateo, 94401.

Make checks payable to San Giuseppe.