The 41st Italian-American Open hosted by the Lido Civic Club of Washington D.C., will be held on June 2, 2014, at the Army Navy Country Club, in Arlington, Virginia. Last year's event raised $13,000 to benefit the Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center in Washington D.C., and the Lido Civic Club Scholarship Fund.   Read more   Source:&nb...

On June 20, 2013, the Lido Civic Club, through its charitable scholarship foundation, the Lido Civic Club Charities, Inc., will award tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships to worthy high school seniors of Italian descent bound for college. The annual Scholarship Award Recipient Reception will be held at the spectacular Italian Embassy locate...

This week, the Embassy of Italy hosted the Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC Annual Scholarship Awards Presentation. Lorry Clavelli, the Scholarship Co-Chairman, organized an elegant affair with catering provided by Oro Pomodoro and a focus on celebrating the scholarship recipients. The club's President, Philip F. Finelli, Jr., welcomed the attende...

The Lido Civic Club was honored to present a Public Service Award on July 17 to Mario Mastrangelo, a Montgomery County Police Detective, for his unselfish act of heroism in saving the life of a Montgomery County, Md. woman. On April 24, on his way to taking his children to "take your kids to work day," Detective Mastrangelo saw smoke billowing from...

HOLY ROSARY CHURCH/CASA ITALIANA, in association with The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington, DC Area, The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC, and The Lucchesi nel Mondo-Tuscany Club are sponsoring a program on the Italian legacy in the development and growth of the United States Marine Band by Marine Historian, Gunnery Sergeant K...

The Lido Civic Club will host its annual Past President's Night on Jan. 12, 2013, at the Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In addition to honoring its past presidents, this year it will be honoring Al Grasso, president and chief executive officer of the Mitre Corporation. NIAF is a proud longtime sponsor of the Lido Civic Club, an Italian Am...

The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC will hold its annual Past Presidents Night gala on November 23, 2013. At this event, the Lido Club honors its past presidents, the Lido Civic Club Man of the Year, and presents other awards to Italian-Americans of distinction. The gala will be held at the Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, DC. This year's M...

At a ceremony held at the Italian Embassy, the Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC, honored Lucia Dalla Montà , Director of the Education Office at the Italian Embassy, who was presented with the Lido Civic Club Appreciation Award in recognition of her contribution in promoting the study of the Italian language in the United States and in reinstating...

On Thursday, May 16, 2013 members of the Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC raised $1,370 during their regular monthly meeting towards the purchase of dozens of new missals containing the new Mass translation for delivery to the sole Catholic chapel, in fact the only public Christian church, located in all of Afghanistan.   Located in the Ita...

The Lido Civic Club of Washington, D.C., will be honoring the outstanding civic achievements of Italian American Mr. John D. Porcari with the Lido Civic Club Man of the Year award. The event will take place at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, November 21, 2015.   John D. Porcari is Senior Vice President and National Direct...