Final Mob Nite on Tuesday
January 24, 2011 by Da Boss
Filed under Organized Crime, People
What will probably be the most colorful of the Mob presentations, Dennis Griffin, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B Goodman and Andrew DiNonato close out Mob Month at the Las Vegas Public Library on Tuesday, January 25.
This discussions will focus on what led to living a life of crime, the decision to leave that kind of life behind, protecting family and loved ones during the transition, and moving forward.
Andrew DiDonato worked for the Genovese and Gambino crime families in New York who later became a government informant and wrote the book Surviving The Mob which was later turned into a confessional style documentary film; Dennis Griffin penned several fiction & nonfiction books about organized crime including The Battle For Las Vegas, Policing Las Vegas, and Cullotta; plus a visit with special guest Mayor Oscar Goodman as he reminisces about his legal eagle days representing Mob kingpins.
The Mob Museum is scheduled to open in 2011 and a presentation of mob related items will be donated to Mayor Goodman on behalf of the Museum in an onstage ceremony.
Information About Mob Month
The presentations are in the main theater and are free and open to the public. Everything begins at 7pm
Clark County Library Mob Month events are co-sponsored by Yelp. Free and open to the public. All program seating is first-come, first-served. Books will be available for purchase and signing after each program.
For more information, please call 507-3458. Clark County Library
Cullotta, Hill, DiDonato on Tuesday Night
Dennis Griffin’s second Mob panel is on Tuesday night at the Las Vegas Public Library.
This discussions will revolve around heavyweights from organized crime families in New York, New Jersey and Chicago who ended up in Las Vegas, what it was like turning on the Mob and working for the government, plus Hollywood memories from the Martin Scorsese movies Casino and Goodfellas.
Frank Cullotta of the Chicago Mob participated in the original Hole In The Wall Gang that pulled off the most notorious heist in Las Vegas and was mob technical advisor on the movie Casino;
Andrew DiDonato worked for the Genovese & Gambino crime families in New York who later became a government informant and produced a documentary movie about his criminal life ; Dennis Griffin penned Cullotta, a biographical expose about Frank Cullotta’s life of crime;
East Coast ex-mobster Henry Hill got the Hollywood treatment when his life story of working for the Lucchese crime family was portrayed by actor Ray Liotta in Goodfellas; and actor Craig Vincent played the cowboy who wouldn’t take his boots off the table in Casino and was also a technical advisor/stuntman for the movie.
Also, The Mob Museum is scheduled to open in 2011 and a presentation of mob related items will be donated to curator Kathleen Hickey Barrie on behalf of the Museum in an onstage ceremony.
Books and merchandise by DiDonato, Griffin & Hill will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation.
Join Us
Clark County Library Mob Month events are co-sponsored by Yelp. Free and open to the public. Starts at 7pm. All program seating is first-come, first-served. For more information, please call 507-3458.
Dennis Griffin on Vegas Unwrapped
A rather short notice – December 29 – John Ullman, Chief Administrative Officer for the Mob Museum and I (Dennis griffin) will be on Vegasunwrapped to discuss Mob Month at the library and the Mob Museum. Our segment will be from 8:15 to 8:45 p.m. PST. There will be a live video feed. It can be heard and seen at http://philkohen.vpweb.com/default.html
