Come join us for the 8th Annual St. Joseph’s celebration! It will be Saturday, March 20th, at St. Timothy’s church during the day and the Peninsula Italian American Social Club for dinner and dancing. Both parts of the event will be lots of fun and we hope to share it all with you. To get more information, and/or tickets, please contact: Maria or Sal Russo at 650.347.7461, Emanuele or Marianna Mazza at 650.348.0369, Maria LoGuidice at 650.871.9775.

Financial cutbacks in the State of California have affected universities and colleges. Tuition at a state school such as San Jose or San Francisco alone has risen an average of $1,400 per student! The scholarship committee has decided students are going to require more funding than in the past. With the new increase in college tuition and in order to achieve equity within the amount of scholarship funds available, scholarships will be available for first time applicants only. Re-applications can no longer be accepted. Hopefully in the future, we will be able to resume this secondary funding. Applications for 2004 are now in the Peninsula Italian American Social Club office.
Deadline for return is May 1st, no exceptions. Interviews will be held on Saturday, May 12th, at the club, beginning at 9 AM. All areas of application process and form must be followed in order to secure an interview. Best of luck to all.

At this year’s crab feed on February 27th, the menu will be garlic bread, pasta con pesto, cracked crab or chicken, and dessert. The price is $35 per person. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, February 24th. There will be no dancing. Get your reservations early. It will be a great event. Please use the attached coupon for making your reservations.

Tullio Bertini has planned to show a series of operas in the upstairs cultural center of the Peninsula Italian American Social Club; the first one will be shown on Monday evening, February 2nd. Starting time is 7 PM, and the operas will run approximately 2 hours. The first of the series is the opera Rigoletto, a three act opera by Giuseppe Verdi. It is a DVD of a 1983 performance starring Luciano Pavarotti. A discussion will take place before the video is shown, highlighting the story of the opera. Entrance is through the side door to the main entrance of the Peninsula Italian American Social Club.

The Peninsula Italian American Social Club proudly announces a most extravagant evening: the Carnevale Dinner Dance. This event will be on Saturday, March 13th. Chairperson Marlene Belluomoni and her committee have arranged an elegant and entertaining evening, with music by Italica (formerly New Expresso). The menu includes hors d’oeuvres, NY strip or breast of chicken Da Vinci. Cost is $38 per member, $45 per guest. Costumes or masquerade are encouraged. To order tickets, please use the coupon on the enclosed flyer.