Friday Nov 7, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EST
Friday November 7, 2025
6:30 pm
United Theatre Gallery
5 Canal Street
Westerly, RI
This event is free and open to the public but prior registration is required. Go to the United Theatre website for registration: https://unitedtheatre.org/shows/a-talk-w-arnaldo-minuti-consul-general-of-italy/
Please register by November 1, 2025.
United Theatre
As part of the Dante Society of Westerly’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, we welcome Consul General Minuti
who will discuss the Italian American relations and the importance of Italian Immigration to the US, especially
in the early and mid 20th century.
Consul General Minuti is a career diplomat who has previously served as the Head of the Office for
International Cooperation against Global Threats and Counterterrorism of the Directorate General for
Political Affairs and Security at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA).
He has served at the Embassy of Italy in Ethiopia and was Consul of Italy in Canada for the Provinces of
Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Italy in Mexico City and
was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO in Paris. In 2017, he was promoted
to the rank of Counsellor of Embassy. He is Lieutenant of the Carabinieri Corps (of the reserve) and is
Knight of the Italian Republic.
There will be a public reception following Consul General Minuti’s remarks.