Our 2024-2025 season begins on Wednesday, October 9th! Join us most Wednesday evenings for our fabulous Pasta Socials !!!
The Coachella Valley’s favorite place for Italian-Americans and everyone who wishes they were Italian-American!!!
A Note from our President, Larry Capeloto…
Welcome to the website of the Dolly Sinatra Lodge, Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America! Feel free to take a look around, find out more about the Lodge and its activities, and perhaps learn something new about Italian-American culture, food, and history. The Lodge welcomes folks of all backgrounds (everybody is Italian when they smile!) and invites all of you to come visit us at our Wednesday Night Pasta Socials where the dinners include soup, salad, a fabulous pasta dish, garlic bread, and dessert. And that’s not all…after dinner you are treated to a top Desert Entertainer (who are also members) performing for you each week. All of this for only $18 for members and $23 for non members (guests)? Wow! And we have many other events and programs throughout the season that runs from the beginning of Fall to the end of Spring.
We’re always on the lookout for new members to join the Lodge and share in the fun, so please don’t hesitate to give me a shout if you’d like more information or just want to say hi. There’s a $95 initiation fee and memberships are $75 a year thereafter. Come and join our family and celebrate your Italian Heritage, but even if you aren’t a Son or Daughter of La Bel Paese (“the beautiful country”), come and celebrate all things Italian!. If you are interested in joining or have any questions regarding membership, please contact me at 1-760-219-3267 or chat with me at the next Pasta Social.
Ciao,
Larry Capeloto, President
Come for our famous Wednesday Night Pasta Socials!
Mangia!
Put a little BadaBing!! into your Wednesday nights and join us for our regular weekly pasta socials. Enjoy good Italian food, good company, and a good way to get past hump day. Wonderful live music (heavy on the Sinatra, of course…) almost every Wednesday (see the Calendar of Events section on the home page for the current talent line-up). The Lodge opens at 5:00pm, dinner service begins at 5:30pm. Just $18 for members, $23 for guests, and $6 for kids under 12 (due to state regulations, guests must be accompanied by a paying member). Every Wednesday from October 9, 2024 through May 21, 2025 (NOTE: Closed during some holiday weeks). Proceeds help support Lodge activities. Check the Calendar of Events section on the Lodge website’s homepage at www.dollysinatralodgeosia.org for the latest details about prices, music lineups, and holiday schedules.
So you won’t be turned away, make a reservation for the Weekly Pasta Social by texting or calling Joanne Minard at 1-760-902-0742 or emailing her at jo4840@gmail.com today!
Calendar of Events
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PASTA SOCIALS: To make a reservation for you and your guests at any of our Pasta Socials, please text or call Joanne Minard at 1-760-902-0742 or email her at jo4840@gmail.com NOW!!! We need to make sure we have enough room to accommodate all of you, so PLEASE call ahead. All Pasta Socials are $18 for members, $23 for guests, and $6 for kids under 12.
Wed., Nov. 13, 2024: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Mon., Nov. 18, 2024: OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT (Indian Canyons Golf Resort; please see flyers below for details)
Wed., Nov. 20, 2024: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony Dijerlando
Wed., Nov. 27, 2024: CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
Wed., Dec. 4, 2024: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., Dec. 11, 2024: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., Dec. 18, 2024: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Delrose
Wed., Dec. 25, 2024: CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Wed., Jan. 1, 2025: CLOSED FOR THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
Wed., Jan. 8, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., Jan. 15, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., Jan. 22, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony Dijerlando
Wed., Jan. 29, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Eve Holmes
Wed., Feb. 5, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., Feb. 12, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., Feb. 19, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony Dijerlando
Wed., Feb. 26, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Eve Holmes
Wed., Mar. 5, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., Mar. 12, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., Mar. 19, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony Dijerlando
Wed., Mar. 26, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Eve Holmes
Wed., Apr. 2, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., Apr. 9, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., Apr. 16, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony Dijerlando
Wed., Apr. 23 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Eve Holmes
Wed., Apr. 30, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Delrose
Wed., May 7, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Larry Capeloto
Wed., May 14, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Michael D’Angelo
Wed., May 21, 2025: Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer Tony – LAST PASTA SOCIAL FOR THE 2024-2025 SEASON
Wed., Oct. 8, 2025: LODGE REOPENS FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON!!! – Weekly Pasta Social with Special Guest Entertainer TBD
Announcements!
PLEASE CONTACT OUR RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR MS. JOANNE MINARD… Joanne is the person you want to talk to if you want to grab a spot at our very, very popular Pasta Socials as well as any other event the Lodge is putting on. Please give her a text or a call at 1-760-902-0742 or email her at jo4840@gmail.com to reserve your seats and try to do so in advance as far as possible.
OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS ON!!! Help us build for future years of service to the community and fun for our members! The annual renewal rate for members is $75 and the initiation fee for new members is $95. We really appreciate your support and your renewal will ensure that the Lodge is as strong as always going forward. Also, please tell your friends, neighbors, family, and co-workers about our fabulous Wednesday Night Pasta Socials and invite them to become members.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We need help in the kitchen. Please call 1-760-219-9171 if you are interested.
SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM! Our Scholarship Fund depends on your donations throughout the year and the generous gratuities you kindly place in the bar’s Tip Jar each Wednesday night. For an incredible example of one Lodge member’s thoughtfulness, please see the photo of Mr. Ron Latteri below! Please talk to Larry Capeloto about how you can help.
CONGRATS TO OUR LATEST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, JUSTIN LAPORTA AND ELEEN RENEE D’ELIA! Justin will be off to Chattanooga State Community College and Eleen will be attending College of the Desert right here.
KNOW A GOOD KID WHO DESERVES HELP TO GO TO COLLEGE? High school students planning to attend college after graduation can apply to our Scholarship Committee for one of the Lodge’s annual scholarships. The student should be related to a Lodge Member and be of at least partial Italian decent. The applicants’ top three preferred college or university choices should be submitted in writing as soon as possible along with contact information and a short biography. In addition, a transcript of their high school grades should be submitted by the end of April 2025 via U.S. mail to: Sons and Daughters of Italy, c\o Joe LaPorta, P.O. Box 637, Palm Springs, CA 92263
Hawaiian Night at the Western Convention
Ron Latteri is The Man!!!!
Yep, this is a classy guy who keeps on giving! Mr. Ron Latteri clearly knows how important it is to give the next generation a solid education so that they can have a prosperous and fulfilling life, take care of their children, fix the world, solve all of our problems, and learn to be courteous to us old folks. Last year he added $2,500 on top of the $3,000 he’s already donated to the Dolly Sinatra Lodge’s scholarship fund! Wow… Take a page from Ron’s book and dig into your wallet today with a contribution of any size (even a few bucks would be greatly appreciated!) so that additional deserving youngsters can go to college and make us all proud. Talk to Joe La Porta to see how you can help in this very worthy cause. Thanks!
Who we are…
The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America is a national organization of men and women who represent the estimated 17 million Americans of Italian heritage, dedicated to promoting our culture, our traditions, our language, the legacy of our ancestors, and our contributions to the U.S. and the world. We are sons and daughters, grandmothers and grandfathers. We are corporate executives and we are union members…young students and retirees…teachers and attorneys…doctors and firefighters…bakers and Wall Street brokers…and everything in between. We are philanthropists and we are model global citizens with purpose beyond ourselves. And we are proud and patriotic Americans of Italian heritage. We exemplify the very best of what it is to be Italian American.
Photos from Our 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament!
November 2022
A Typical Night at the Dolly Sinatra Lodge!
Snapshots from the 2024-2025 Season…
We’re Rebuilding Our Website and We Need Your Help!
As you may have noticed, the design of our website has changed considerably from the format used from 2010 through the fall of 2020. Our website hosting company required us to update the site due to a compatibility issue, so we’ve been taking the opportunity to rethink about how best to present Lodge information to our Members. The new version displays much better on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, but there’s a lot more we can do. Your help is really needed here because right now we desperately need “content”, which is tech-speak for interesting stuff to read and view, such as favorite Italian recipes, photos from the last Weekly Pasta Social you attended, photos from your last trip to Italy, newspaper articles about the Italian-American experience, the goofy watercolor your darling granddaughter painted in kindergarten last week, whatever. Please send anything and everything you believe ought to be on the site to the webmaster at info@dollysinatralodgeosia.org . Thanks!