Italian Society and Club News
Pompeii Women request your support for Palm Sunday Breakfast Buffet
Attention, please! Mark your calendars for this year’s Palm Sunday, Mar. 20th. That’s when you will be able to enjoy the Pompeii Women’s Club 18th annual all-you-can-eat Palm Sunday Breakfast Buffet, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Italian Community Center. The event is an essential fundraiser for the organization. Club members are pleased to announce the menu: pancakes, eggs, ham, sausage, hash browned potatoes, fresh fruit, danish, pastries, juice, milk, coffee and tea. Prices are $10.50 for adults and $5.50 for children, 4-12 years old and free for children, 3 and younger. No reservations are taken. The event will take place in
the Pompeii Grand Ballroom. As in past years, there will be a bake sale, opportunity gift baskets to bid on and various raffles. Among the prizes will be a boy’s and a girl’s bicycle. There will also be a coloring contest and face painting for the youngsters, each free of charge. A surprise visit by the Easter Bunny will delight all of the children. Don’t miss this special fun day for the little ones. Moms, don’t miss this day, all this and no work for you! Hope to see you on Sunday, Mar. 20th. – Mary (Mineo) Winard P.R. Person for Pompeii Women’s Club
Help make the Pompeii Men’s Good Friday Fish Fry a successful fundraiser
The Pompeii Men’s Club will hold its annual Good Friday Fish Fry Buffet at the Italian Community Center on Mar. 25. Your attendance is key to the success of the event. The buffet serves as the organization’s biggest fundraiser, and net proceeds benefit its extensive charitable giving in the community. This is an all-you-can-eat buffet and will be served from 4 to 7:30 p.m. The cost will be $15 for adults, $8 for children ages 4 to 10 and free for youngsters age 3 and under. Available on the buffet will be breaded and baked cod, potato pancakes, baked potatoes, French fries, popcorn shrimp, mostaccioli with red sauce, coleslaw, tossed salad with various dressings, Italian bread, watermelon wedges, coffee, tea or milk and dessert. A full range of condiments will be available to accompany the meal. Free parking will be available in the lot south of the building. As usual, the event will feature a money raffle. The prizes are: 1st - $300, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $150, 4th
- $100, 5th - $75, 6th and 7th $50 each and 8th – 10th - $25 each. Raffle tickets will be $2 each or seven for $10 and can be purchased at the ICC office reception desk or by contacting club president Tony Baudo at 414-324-6347, chairman John A. Sanfilippo at 414-282-2667 or Tony Zingale at 414-444-4689. Tickets will also be sold at the Good Friday event. There will also be opportunity gift baskets to bid on and a 50/50 cash raffle. The Pompeii Men’s Club Fish Fry is one of Milwaukee’s best attended on Good Friday. The Pompeii Men’s Club charitable outreach has benefited the Italian Community Center along with several other local organizations, among them the Sojourner Truth House, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, the Ronald McDonald House, and Special Olympics of Southeastern Wisconsin. The club also has strong ties to Three Holy Women Parish. It was founded by members of the Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church, the predecessor to St. Rita of Cascia Church on Cass Street.
Three Holy Women Parish carrying on St. Joseph’s Day tradition
The Christian Women Society of Three Holy Women Parish will present La Tavolata di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Table) on Sunday, Mar. 13 in Scalabrini Hall at St. Rita Church, 1601 N. Cass St., following the 10:30 a.m. (approximately 11:30 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m.). The annual event celebrates the Feast of St. Joseph, which take place six days later on the Roman Catholic calendar. It is open to the public. The Christian Women Society will fill the table with meatless dishes, breads and desserts, all of which will be available for purchase. Attendees will receive a free
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bread roll and a small bowl of pasta with a traditional meatless sauce (with or without sardines). A raffle will be held for the chance to win one of many prizes, including restaurant certificates. The drawing will take place at 2 p.m. Winners need to be present. Money raised through the food sale, raffle and free will offerings are donated to charitable causes. La Tavolata di San Giuseppe celebrates an event in Sicily, when the people prayed to San Giuseppe to send rain during a severe drought. When the rain came, starvation was averted and the people prepared a banquet in thanksgiving to St. Joseph.
OSIA Mazzei Lodge to present ‘Tribute to Sinatra’ at ICC on Saturday, Apr. 2
The Filippo Mazzei Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) will present “A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” starring Chicagoland crooner Jim Bulanda on Saturday night, Apr. 2, at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Opening for Bulanda will be Jayne Taylor, a talented local vocalist, who will take the stage at 5 p.m. Bulanda will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will take place in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom. Tickets, which are available for $10 per person, must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be obtained at the ICC during regular business hours or by contacting Ralph Busalacchi at 414-483-1562. Food and beverages will be available all night. The staff of Cafe La Scala, the ICC’s public restaurant, will be on hand to take orders beginning at 5 p.m. An Italian American buffet will also be available in the ballroom. About Bulanda Bulanda can easily step into the shoes of any major Las Vegas entertainer. He is a vocalist who is most appreciated and famous for his impressions of Dean Martin and, of course, the “Chairman of the Board,” Frank Sinatra. He started singing at the age of seven to entertain his large Italian family. Throughout his 20s, he regularly sang in church as a cantor. Parishioners soon took notice of Jim’s beautiful, velvety smooth voice, and he was often asked to sing at weddings. In the early 1990s, Bulanda ventured into the nightlife. He could frequently be seen singing and dab-
Jayne Taylor
Jim Bulanda
bling in comedy at Chicago’s local comedy clubs. Patrons at these clubs remarked on his remarkable singing voice and encouraged him to develop his vocal talent. For the next three years, Jim polished his Sinatra classic songs and developed a nightclub act that includes a repertoire of 70 classic songs. He began his professional singing career in 1994, performing in nightclubs in Chicago and northwest Indiana. He has performed in places such as Chicago’s East Bank Club, The Merchandise Mart, Salvatore’s and Chicago’s famous Omni Ambassador East and The Pump Room. He has entertained audiences as large as 3,000 and has traveled as far as Nevada and Arizona to perform. In the spring of 2001, Bulanda was sent to Las Vegas by Chicago’s WXRT radio station to perform in the Fremont Street Experience Talent Showcase. For more information or for bookings, Jim can be reached at 219-718-7503 or visit his website, www.tributetofrank.com.
Jayne Taylor Jayne Taylor will perform a selection of popular international songs, including some Italian favorites. Taylor, who won Festa Italiana’s 2007 “Italian Idol” contest, has received numerous awards and has hosted and produced her own local access TV show. She is also scheduled to perform at the ICC’s “A Taste of Italy” on Sunday, Apr. 17. Last summer, she headlined a country music/rockabilly program with Geoff Landon for the ICC’s Courtyard Music Series. In December, she sang at the Roma Lodge in Racine. In November, she put people in the holiday spirit at her annual Christmas program at the Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove. Vocalist Pete Sorce joined her that night.
UNICO Ladies invite newcomers to Mar. 15 meeting
The Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO will hold its first meeting of 2016 on Tuesday, Mar. 15 with dinner at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. President Carla Pellin welcomes all interested ladies to “come and join us. We will be sharing the calendar of events for the year. We will present ideas for our dinner meetings, the annual Scholarship Awards Dinner and summertime fun.” To attend this meeting and have dinner, please contact Sophia Michalovitz at 414-731-7693. Cost is $20, and ladies that includes dessert. Bring your sweet tooth and happy attitude and enjoy an evening with friends. Please notify friends and family about the UNICO scholarships. See the article in this issue of The Italian Times. The application is available at https://sites.google.com/site/uticomilwaukee/, click on “Documents.” That is where students will find the application.
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