MARCH 19 NIAF SCREENING OF AMHS MEMBER KIRSTEN KEPPEL’S FILM

On March 19, the National Italian American Foundation will hold its annual St. Joseph’s Day event, which this year will feature a film by AMHS member Kirsten Keppel. Last year, Kirsten made a film, “Ringraziamenti: The St. Joseph’s Day Table Tradition,” which was a semifinalist in the inaugural 2017 Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum.

The event will celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph, the patron saint of home and family. It will be a great opportunity to see Kirsten’s 20-minute film, meet some of the locals who are in it, and find out the history of the Tavola di San Giuseppe tradition which stretches back to the Middle Ages. Even today the tradition is still practiced in Sicily and worldwide, especially in Italian-American communities of Sicilian descent.

This event will take place at 6 p.m. at NIAF’s headquarters at 1860 19th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Donation of a nonperishable food items is requested as part of Holy Rosary Church’s Lenten food drive. If you plan to attend, please RSVP by March 15 to Gabriella Mileti at gmileti@niaf.org. (submitted by Nancy DeSanti).