2026 Honorable Richard M. Marano Heritage & Awards Dinner (11/12/2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT

The Officers and Directors of the Connecticut Italian American Bar Association cordially invite you to our annual Honorable Richard M. Marano Heritage & Awards Dinner.

Please join us to Help Celebrate our Heritage: networking with old and new friends over drinks and antipasto, followed by a delicious four-course plated dinner, and a world class presentation by our keynote speaker, Dean Anthony Tamburri, and the Awarding of our Italian American Legal Achievement Award to our outstanding Judicial member and friend Honorable Frank A. Iannotti.

Please use the "Register" button to register for individual tickets only. If you are interested in a sponsorship, please keep in mind the fact that they include tickets. (Gold = 10 tickets, full-page ad, for $3000; Silver = 5 tickets, half-page ad, for $1500; Bronze = 2 tickets, quarter-page ad, for $750.) (Please respond to Michael J. Marafito, CIABA treasurer (mmarafito@pullcom.com) if interested in sponsoring.)

This year we are very blessed to have Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY), Anthony Julian Tamburri, also holds the title of Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. He is co-founder and co-director of Bordighera Press, with Fred Gardaphé and Paolo Giordano, now an entity of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. Tamburri also served as president of the Italian American Studies Association and of the American Association of Teachers of Italian.

We All Stand on the Shoulders of Giants, will be the keynote topic and this will be our opportunity to take a closer look and learn more about those who have come before us.

Dean Tamburri will give a lively and entertaining review of the history of Italian and Italian Americans who have made an indelible mark on the founding and continuing development of the United States. From their relationship to people such as Thomas Jefferson and to American progress through out our history. We shall hear how many of our people have broken ground and remain impactful long after they’ve been gone.

As we enter our 33rd Bar Association year we are all grateful, and give thanks for those who Lawyers and Judges who labored before us.

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2026 Honorable Richard M. Marano Heritage & Awards Dinner (11/12/2026)