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ICC members elect Dean Cannestra as vice president in the only contested officer’s race
Mario Carini, Joe Campagna, Henry Piano and Ted Catalano take directors’ seats
By Thomas Hemman Times Editor In an election that saw 772 members cast ballots – nearly 200 more than last year – Dean Cannestra was elected vice president, defeating Pietro Tarantino, in the lone contested race among officers.
Giuseppe Vella captured the Italian Community Center’s presidency. Dave Spano, a past president, was elected treasurer and incumbents Rose Anne (Ceraso) Fritchie and Joanne (Sanfilippo) Czubek, were returned to their respective posts as secretary and
University School students given guided tour of ICC
sergeant-at-arms. Members also elected three past presidents Mario A. Carini, Joe Campagna, Jr., Henry G. Piano and a first-time candidate Ted Catalano as directors-at-large.
There were 10 candidates running for the four open positions. The other candidates were: Anthony Zingale, Joe Jannazzo, Ralph Busalacchi, Chuck Lazzaro, George Menos and Edward Ciano.
All welcome to ICC’s 2nd Festival di Danza e Cultura
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ICC asking its members to become part of “Annual Donor Society”
It has been 25 years since the members of the Italian Community Center have participated in a members’ donor campaign.
Anna Pitzo (far right) gave 63 fourth-grade students from the University School, Fox Point, a guided tour of the Italian Community Center on Friday, Oct. 10. The students were on a one-day walking tour of several locations in Milwaukee with historical and cultural relevance. Pitzo spoke to the students about the paintings, sculptures and pictures throughout the building and the impact that Italians and Italian Americans have had in Milwaukee and the United States. The students were accompanied by their teachers and adult chaperones. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)
Election results were announced at the ICC’s general membership meeting on Oct. 2. Vella will officially succeed Gina M. Spang as president on Nov. 1 in compliance with the organization’s bylaws. Vella has served the last two years as vice president and was previously a director-at-large (2010-12). Spang has held the presidency
During the period of 19851990, it was an appeal to raise funds for the construction of the organization’s current building at 631 E. Chicago St., in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, the home of many of the city’s early Italian immigrants. Today – 25 years later – the ICC is asking its members to contribute for the continuation and growth of the organization which they cherish and love and all that it has come to stand for since its inception in 1978.
By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Several ethnic dance and music groups will come together for performances at the Italian Community Center’s second annual Festival di Danza e Cultura on Thursday, Oct. 30. This multi-cultural program,
which is part of the ICC’s celebration of National Italian American Heritage Month in October, will be presented in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom starting at 7 p.m. A pasta and meatballs dinner buffet will be available at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a reception (cash bar). Please turn to page 8
Like many nonprofit organizations, ICC wants to make this an annual appeal to its members to ensure that the organization can prosper for years to come. The ICC is asking its members to become part of an “Annual Donor Society.”
Dear members: I cannot believe how fast these past two years have gone by. It seems as if it was just last month that I was being installed by my Uncle Sam and my Uncle Phil with my hand all bandaged up from my run in with my water heater! Well, my hand has healed and I am ready to move on. I am happy with what we have accomplished, and I am optimistic that our new President, Mr. Joe Vella, will continue to move the organization in the right direction. Thank you and a job well done to our outgoing board members, and congratulations to our incom-
ing officers and board members. Thank you to the Board of Directors, all committee chairs and committee members. You did very important and beneficial work these past two years. To those who regularly attended the general membership meetings – thank you for your dedication to the organization. You are truly the heart and soul of the ICC. And finally a big thank you to my friends and family for putting up with my being unavailable due to events or meetings at the ICC. I am looking forward to having more free time and being someone who attends the general membership
meetings instead of facilitating them J I am also looking forward to the leadership of our new President, Joe Vella. I know that Joe is genuine in his commitment to the Community Center and he is serious about making positive changes. He will keep us focused and moving in the right direction. He has a vision, and he is passionate about his Italian heritage.
In a two-page letter mailed recently to members, President Gina Spang and Vice President Joe Vella state that the ICC has become a “dependable, friendly, welcoming place where Milwaukee’s Italian American community meets to enjoy friends, wonderful food and celebrate its rich heritage. More than bricks and mortar, the ICC is a testament to our ancestors who were unwavering in their quest to pave the way to a more prosperous life for themselves and generations to follow.” The entire letter is reprinted in this issue and appears on page 10. Rose Purpero Spang, the ICC’s 2014 Fund-Raising Committee Chairperson, said she hopes all members will give this donor appeal serious consideration and do the best they can to support the ICC. “Many organizations have annual appeals to their members and donors to sustain themselves Please turn to page 10
A message from Gina Spang, Italian Community Center President
It has been a privilege to serve as your President these past two years. Thank you.
– Gina M. Spang ICC President
Bronx Wanderers to perform in Nov. 9 benefit concert at ICC
Perennial Festa Italiana favorite, The Bronx Wanderers, will perform in a benefit concert for an Oak Creek missionary group, at the Italian Community Center on Sunday, Nov. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. The ICC is a sponsor of this concert, which will take place in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom, with doors opening at 4 p.m. Advance tickets are now available for $25 and can be ordered by visiting https://tix.extremetix.com/online/?siteID=928. Tickets purchased at the door will be $30. As those who have seen them at Festa know, The Bronx Wanderers are “one part oldies, two parts rock and roll, making the perfect musical storm” and who “effortlessly create the perfect level of synergy between generations and the music.” The group features the dynamics of a father – “Yo Vinny” – and his two sons – “Vinny The Kid” and “Nicky Stix” – generating a show that is enjoyable for all music fans regardless of age. Their Milwaukee concert is presented by Onesti Entertainment. The group will have completed a two-night concert in Aiken, S.C. (Nov. 6 and 7) and one night in St. Charles, Ill. (Nov. 8) before journeying to Milwaukee for the ICC show. As mentioned, the concert is a benefit for a missionary group, Team Kenya 2015 of Parkway Church in Oak Creek. According to information supplied to The Italian Times by Maria Salvo, “Team Kenya is a group of 20 young people from Oak Creek. We will be working with an organization called Ripples International who serve about 10,000 people in Meru and surrounding villages (in Kenya, Africa). The purpose of the trip is to assist in medical camps, children’s ministry and adult Christian education. The average cost per person is $3.500.” For further information, people may contact Salvo at Salvobella79@gmail.com.
Casino Night hits the jackpot
With 100 people attending and the numerous individual and business donations that were received, the Italian Community Center’s Casino Night on Sept. 12 was a grand success. Membership Committee chairs Karen and Bill Dickinson, who organized the
event, said it made a $4,125 profit. “We want to thank all of our sponsors, donors and everyone who attended,” said Karen Dickinson. “It was a fun night.” As a result of the outcome, the Membership Committee will plan another Casino Night in 2015.
ICC installation dinner is Nov. 1
Reservations accepted through Oct. 27
The installation of the Italian Community Center’s new officers and directors will occur at a dinner ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 1. President-Elect Giuseppe Vella said the evening’s activities will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. in the galleria with a cash bar and the serving of hors d’oeuvres. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom. The menu includes an Italian salad, pasta al forno (using chef Peter Carini’s special recipe), chicken Sarah with double baked potato, vegetables medley, Italian bread and butter, coffee, tea or milk and a
special dessert. There will be carafes of wine on each table. Pianist John Puchner, a longtime member, will play piano music during the evening. The installation ceremony will occur after dinner. Later in the evening, a sweet table will be made available, courtesy of the Vella family and Sciortino’s Bakery. The cost for this evening is $30 per person. Reservations will be accepted for tables of eight to 10. All other seating will be open. Reservations are required by Please turn to page 12
Karen and Bill Dickinson, chairpersons of the Membership Committee, announced that the Italian Community Center’s event, “Dinner with Nonno and Nonna,” has been cancelled. It had been scheduled to take place on Saturday, Nov. 8. Concern that there just might be too many events going on for members and friends of the ICC in October, November and December led to the decision, Karen Dickinson said. “With so much on going – the multi-ethnic dance festival, the installation dinner on Nov. 1, the Holiday Folk Fair, and the ICC Christmas party on December 11th
and other programs – we were concerned that we wouldn’t get the attendance that this kind of event would require to be a successful fund-raiser,” she said at the Oct. 2 general meeting. The Membership Committee is consider re-scheduling the event at another time.
Dinner with Nonno and Nonna cancelled
Rock and roll lives on with the Bronx Wanderers. Here’s Yo Vinny (left) performing with his son, Vinny The Kid. Vinny The Kid’s brother, Nicky Stix, plays the drums. The group will perform in a benefit concert at the Italian Community Center on Sunday, Nov. 9.
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Italian culture to be well-represented at Holiday Folk Fair by ICC volunteers, Tradizione Vivente and I Bei Bambini and others Multi-ethnic event is set for Nov. 21-23 at State Fair Park
By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Getting ready to serve as representatives of Italian culture at the 71st anniversary Holiday Folk Fair International are volunteers from the Italian Community Center, members of Tradizione Vivente, the Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee and I Bei Bambini, the Children’s Italian Dance Group. The Folk Fair will take place Friday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Nov. 23 in the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park, 8200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis. ICC volunteers will operate a culture booth under the guidance of Culture Committee Chair Christina Ziino. Tradizione Vivente and I Bei Bambini will perform and staff an Italian café. ICC President-Elect Giuseppe Vella and Sciortino’s Bakery will be providing the majority of the food. Sabrina Lupoli, a teacher from Victory School’s Italian Immersion Program, and Gina Jorgensen, who is also a Milwaukee Public Schools teacher and a member of the ICC Culture Committee, will lead informative classes for grade school students. Advance tickets for the event, priced at $10, are available at the
ICC. Tickets will be sold at the ICC’s second annual Festival di Danza e Cultura on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 30. (See separate story starting on page 1.) Family four-packs are available in advance for $36 and can be purchased online at www.folkfair.org. Admission during the fair will be $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 and older) and $8 for children (6-12). Children, five and younger, and military personnel with a military ID card will be admitted for free. Folk Fair hours are 2 –10 p.m., Nov. 21; 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., Nov. 22; and 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Nov. 23.
Folk Fair details A program of the International Institute of Wisconsin, Holiday Folk Fair International celebrates the cultural heritage of people living in southeastern Wisconsin. This year’s theme, “Celebrate the Culture of the Artisans,” will allow fair-goers the opportunity to learn the ways in which artisans use manual and artistic skills to share the stories of their backgrounds, along with how music, food, dance and art bring together people from different life experiences. The three-day event features the All Nations Theater with tradition-
al music and dance, the World Café offering traditional dishes, the International Stage where young people perform their ethnic dances, the Music Pavilion, with a variety of musical styles, Heritage Lane with unique traditions and customs through interactive exhibits, the International Bazaar where cultural artifacts create a unique shopping experience and the Chef Demonstration Stage featuring local chefs preparing traditional cuisine.
ICC culture booth Keeping with the theme, the ICC culture booth will feature a manikin dressed as a glass blower with posters and information about this art. “We are talking to a jewelry maker to have him demonstrate his work using Murano glass,” Ziino said. “Also, Eugene Orlandini, a descendant of famous sculptors, will be a featured artisan. He will be demonstrating his skills in decorative plaster. His works will also be prominently displayed in our
exhibit.” Orlandini has long been a participant in the artisans exhibit at Festa Italiana. Italian cafè Jorgensen, who is also the vice president of Tradizione Vivente, reported that the Italian café will feature pizza, pasta with meatballs,meatball sandwich, arancini (rice balls), an artisan plate with artisan bread and a trio of tapenades, spreads and cheeses, and Italian wedding soup with breadstick. For dessert, the cafè will offer assorted Italian cookies, cannoli (regular and chocolate), tiramisu, Sciortino’s Bakery’s artisan pizza cookie and pizzelle. “Tradizione Vivente would like to thank Joe Vella and Sciortino’s Bakery for always providing quality products to our group to highlight Italian cuisine,” Jorgensen said. Dance performances Tradizione Vivente will be performing each day of the Folk Fair. I Please turn to page 20
Here’s an example of the pasta that Victory School teacher Sabrina Lupoli will be making for visiting students at the Folk Fair’s Education Day on Nov. 21. (Photo provided by Gina Jorgensen)
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Ring in the New Year at the ICC Doo-Wop Daddies to play after fabulous dinner at this reservations-only event
By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Don’t wait to make your reservations for the spectacular New Year’s Eve party planned at the Italian Community Center. The celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 7 p.m., will include lots of delicious food, plenty of party favors and dancing to the ‘50s-‘60s sounds of the legendary Doo-Wop Daddies. General Manager Patrick Morgan said, “The Doo-Wop Daddies have always drawn large crowds every time we’ve booked them. So, I want to advise everyone to get their reservations made early.” The cost for the evening is $80 per person. Reservations are required can be made either by calling 414/223-2180 and using a credit card or by completing in the form accompanying this story. Be sure to make your check payable to the Italian Conference Center and submit it along with the reser-
St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. If you wish to be seated at a table with specific persons, please list the names of those people on a separate sheet of paper. Don’t forget to include your own name. The ICC will not be allowing walk-ins the night of the event. At 7 p.m., guests will be able to enjoy a variety of the Italian Conference Center’s famous hot and cold hors d’oeuvres in the galleria. There will be a cash bar. An hour later, guests will be called into the Pompeii Grand Ballroom for a sumptuous dinner. It will begin with an Italian salad with Romaine lettuce topped with mozzarella cheese, salami, prosciutto, tomatoes, black olives, artichoke hearts and pepperoncini. The main course will feature a combination entrée – center cut beef tenderloin topped with wild mushroom Bordelaise sauce and jumbo shrimp scampi – served over angel hair pasta, steamed vegetable medley, Italian bread, and coffee, tea,
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The Doo-Wop Daddies are returning for the fourth consecutive year to perform at the Italian Community Center’s New Year’s Eve party.
For dessert, guests will be served tiramisu (ladyfinger cookies, soaked in espresso and coffee liqueur, layered with mascarpone, dusted with cocoa powder and chocolate shavings). Following a midnight champagne toast welcoming the New Year, a buffet station will be made available. The buffet will feature assorted cold cuts, cheese and relish trays, fresh rolls, pasta salad and assorted cookies. The Doo-Wop Daddies will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
and made it their own 21st century doo-wop. The group’s live shows attain that ideal unity of masterful performance and entertainment. Combining elements of vintage and cutting edge musical technologies, the Daddies produce an exciting theatrical show that remains faithful to the doo-wop style.
Doo-Wop Daddies Based in Milwaukee, the DooWop Daddies capture the demanding vocal styles of doo-wop music with unsurpassed excellence. That’s only the beginning. The Daddies don’t merely recreate this classic genre, but have redefined it
The Doo-Wop Daddies’ lineup includes Mike Sturino, Mike Welch, Ryan Clark, Mark Lansing, Tom Riepenhoff, Lee Stephens, Lee Wanek and Terry Casey. More than 500 people came to see the Doo-Wop Daddies perform during their last appearance at the ICC. The group played in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom on Sept. 18. It was the largest crowd for any of the summer 2014 Courtyard Music Series shows.
The Italian Community Center invites members and non-member guests to celebrate the holiday season together as friends on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the annual Members’ Christmas party. This festival evening will include “a sit down dinner, dancing, a bake sale, raffle and a photo booth area with props and so much more,” said Susie (DeSanctis) Christiansen, ICC director-at-large and Christmas party chairperson. Advance reservations are necessary and must be made either in
person, by using the accompanying reservation form, or by calling the ICC at 414-223-2180 with your credit card handy. The costs have been set at $20 per member and $35 for a non-member. This cost difference reflects one of the many advantages of becoming a member or renewing a membership in the ICC. Complete details on the Members’ Christmas party were being worked on as this issue went to press. Of course, they will be published in the next issue.
Members’ Christmas party planned for Dec. 11
ICC General Membership Christmas Party Reservation Form
Name(s) ____________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________
City, State, Zip ________________________________________________ Phone No. ________________ Email _____________________________
Number of ICC members attending ________ x $20.00 = $_____________
Number of non-members attending ________ x $35.00 + $_____________
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Make check or money order payable to: Italian Community Center. Send this form and your payment to: ICC, Attn.: Membership Christmas Dinner & Dance. 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916. Reservation deadline: Monday, Dec. 8, 2014.
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ICC’s fall bocce playoffs set for Monday, Nov. 10
Teams participating in the Italian Community Center’s fall bocce leagues are entering the home stretch of their regular season schedule with the championship playoffs coming up on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. This season there are four leagues: two senior leagues on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and two adult leagues on Monday
and Wednesday nights. The first and second place teams from each league will qualify for the playoffs, said Anthony Gazzana, the ICC’s bocce coordinator. The winter 2015 bocce season will begin in January. Look for details in the December issue of The Italian Times on how to get your team involved.
Get this date on your calendar now: The Italian Community Center’s 20th annual “A Taste of Italy” will be Sunday, Apr. 19. This Italian food extravaganza is an essential fund-raising activity for the nonprofit organization and has always been successful. Chairperson Ann Romano said
that April 19 was chosen because it is two Sundays after Easter and the Milwaukee Brewers will be playing out-of-town (in Pittsburgh). Romano has chaired 19 of the 20 Taste of Italy events. Look for a lot more information on “A Taste of Italy” in upcoming issues of The Italian Times.
All advertising copy, news stories and photos for publication in the December 2014 issue of The Italian Times must be submitted to the editor no later than Friday, Nov. 7.
All materials can be emailed to editor Tom Hemman at themman@italiancc.org, sent to The Italian Times, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. For further information, call 414-223-2801.
Mark this one on your 2015 calendar: “A Taste of Italy” is Sunday, Apr. 19
Deadline set for December issue of The Italian Times
2015 schedules sought from societies and organizations that regularly use the ICC
The 2015 meeting and social event schedules of all societies, clubs and organizations that regularly use the Italian Community Center for their activities are needed by the Italian Conference Center’s Sales and Catering Department and The Italian Times. David Stachowiak, Director of Sales, Catering & Special Events, and Gina Manning, Catering Sales Representative, need these schedules to guarantee dates and hall/room availability. Tom Hemman, Times editor, needs the information to provide an accurate reporting of events in the calendar published in this newspaper. All groups are asked to submit their schedules including the starting time of all events as soon as possible. The goal is to have the schedules from all societies, clubs and organizations by the end of November. Please submit schedules by using any one of these methods: • Send an email to Tom Hemman at themman@italiancc.org or to David Stachowiak at dstachowiak@italianconference.com or Gina Manning at gmanning@italianconference.com. • Fax the information to either The Italian Times or the Italian Conference Center Sales and Catering Department at 414/223-2187. • Drop off the schedules in person at the ICC. Groups that don’t comply with this request may find it more difficult at a later time to get the accommodations they most desire. “We always try our best to accommodate all requests, but if we can reserve dates and rooms early, it’s to everyone’s advantage,” Stachowiak said. Added Hemman, “If we don’t have your schedule of events and the starting time of each event, it becomes very difficult and a bit frustrating to prepare an accurate calendar listing for the newspaper. We do hear about it when an event is not listed in the calendar. This is why we have to depend on the presidents or the designated representatives of the many organizations to supply that information to us.”
Nov. 1 and 2 are special religious days in Italy
November 1 has long been a standing holiday on the Italian calendar for the observance of All Saints Day (“Tutti i Santi Ognissnati”). It is a national holiday. Some towns across Italy have public celebrations, but, in
most places, the day is designed for families. All Souls Day, which is not a national holiday, is observed on Nov. 2. Italians bring flowers to cemeteries to honor deceased relatives.
Calendar of Events October 28 – November 30, 2014
Tuesday, Oct. 28 • Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO Board meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 29 • Pompeii Women’s Club general membership meeting, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 30 • ICC Culture Committee presents the 2nd annual Festival di Danza e Cultura, 5:30 p.m., social and dinner, 7 p.m., program. Details in this issue.
Saturday, Nov. 1 • Italian Community Center installation dinner, 6 p.m. Details in this issue. Monday, Nov. 3 • Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6 p.m.
America Council meeting, 6 p.m. • Pompeii Women’s Club Christmas party, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 20 • Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m. • Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge/Order Sons of Italy in America reception for Italian engineering students, 6 p.m. Details in this issue. Friday, Nov. 21 • Italian Community Center participates in the Holiday Folk Fair Intnerational at State Fair Park, 2 – 10 p.m. Details in this issue.
Saturday, Nov. 22 • Italian Community Center participates in the Holiday Folk Fair Intnerational at State Fair Park, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 5 • Pompeii Women’s Club Board meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 23 • Italian Community Center participates in the Holiday Folk Fair Intnerational at State Fair Park, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 8 • Italian Family History Club meeting, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 28 • Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National fund-raising bocce and pizza party, 6 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 6 • ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE ATTEND THE MEMBERSHIP CHRISTMAS PARTY AND GENERAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, DEC. 11TH. Sunday, Nov. 9 • Bronx Wanderers benefit concert, 5-7 p.m. Details in this issue.
Monday, Nov. 10 • Italian Community Center fall bocce championship playoffs, 7 p.m. Details in this issue.
Tuesday, Nov. 11 • Pompeii Men’s Club membership dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m. • Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 13 • Società Maschile M.S.S. Del Lume meeting, 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14 • Abruzzese Galileo Galilei Society social, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18 • Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO general meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 19 • Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge/Order Sons of Italy in
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Thursday, Nov. 27 • Thanksgiving Day. The offices of the Italian Community Center, Italian Conference Center, Festa Italiana and The Italian Times as well as Cafe La Scala will be closed.
Daily and weekly classes and activities • Bocce leagues. The fall league season is winding with couples’ leagues on Monday and Wednesday nights and seniors’ leagues on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The championship playoffs will be on Monday, Nov. 10. • Free Children’s Italian class. The fall semester of this free class for children, ages 6-12, is underway on Saturday afternoons, 2 – 4 p.m. through Nov. 8. Children can register on any Saturday. • Italian classes for teens and adults. The fall semester of Italian classes for teens and adults is underway on Tuesday nights through Nov. 11. No new registrations accepted.
• Tradizione Vivente, The Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee. This folk dance group practices weekly on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the ICC. Visit www.tradizionevivente.com for details. Ballate con noi! Dance with us!
• Members Room. Open to Italian Community Center members and their guests, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., Monday - Thursday and 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Vella, Cannestra, Spano, Fritchie and Czubek elected as officers while Carini, Campagna, Piano and Catalano win directors’ seats
from page 1 the last two years. She will move into the non-elective position of immediate past president. Cannestra has served the last four years as a director-at-large and has been a member since the late 1980s. He has been a volunteer for and donor to many events sponsored by the ICC. Spano is not a newcomer to the treasurer’s position. He previously served the organization in that capacity from the 2002-2003 term through the 2007-2008 term. In the fall 2009 election, he was elected to the vice presidency. A year later, he captured his first of two terms as president of the ICC (20102012). Spano is replacing Sam Purpero, who held the treasurer’s post the past six years. Purpero, who served as the organization’s president during the 1982-1983 term and has served as either an officer or director on the Board for all but two of the 36 years of the ICC’s existence, opted not to seek re-election. Two incumbent officers – Rose Anne (Ceraso) Fritchie and Joanne (Sanfilippo) Czubek – were also returned to their positions without opposition. Fritchie was re-elected for her 11th consecutive term as secretary and Czubek was returned for her fifth straight term as sergeant-at-arms. Joining the newly-elected officers in leading the organization during the 2014-2015 term will be directors Elizabeth Anne Ceraso, Susan (DeSanctis) Christiansen, Tony Piacentini and Pietro Tarantino. Although he lost the race for vice president, Tarantino is able to complete the final year of his two-year term as a director-atlarge. Ceraso, Christiansen and Piacentini also have a year remaining on their terms. As previously mentioned three of the newly elected directors have led the organization as president. Carini served in the role for two consecutive terms in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. Campagna also held the presidency for two consecutive terms, 1999-2000 and 20002001. Piano’s presidency years included the 1986-1987 term, from Jan. 28, 2008 through Oct. 31, 2008 (when he automatically ascended from the vice presidency to the presidency upon the death of Dominic Frinzi), the 2008-2009 term and the 2009-2010 term. Carini, Campagna and Piano have also held other positions on the ICC Board, including each having past service as directors-atlarge. Many know Catalano from his many years as manager of ushers for the Festa Italiana Mass. He is a longtime member of the ICC and is a descendant of one of the earliest Italian/Sicilian immigrant families in Milwaukee. His ancestors established a successful produce business in the 1880s. Ted Catalano excelled in the produce business before changing his vocation. He became a teacher. He currently instructs math classes at the Milwaukee Public Schools’ South Division High School. All the newly elected officers earned a one-year term. The four elected as directors serve for two years. Overseeing this year’s counting
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President Giuseppe Vella
Vice President Dean Cannestra
Treasurer Dave Spano
Secretary Rose Anne Fritchie
Sergeant-At-Arms Joanne Czubek
Director Mario A. Carini
Director Joe Campagna, Jr.
of ballots was the Election Committee, which included Rosemary DeRubertis as chairperson, and Bill Dickinson, Sal Lo Coco, Ambrose Ciano and Stephanie Guttuso as members. Numerous volunteers helped to count the votes the night of the Oct. 2 general meeting. On behalf of the committee, DeRubertis announced the results as the last order of business on the general meeting agenda. “I want to express my appreciation to all the volunteers who helped out with the counting,” DeRubertis said. A dinner ceremony to install the newly elected officers and directors is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1. Look for a separate story on the installation dinner in this issue. Registrations are needed to attend.
November general meeting cancelled Director Henry G. Piano
President-Elect Giuseppe Vella announced that there will be no general membership meeting in November. The meeting would have been on Thursday, Nov. 6. However, the entire building has been booked for a two-day and night event by the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants. This event was booked more than a year ago. Vella said that due to the many activities going on in
Director Joe Campagna, Jr.
November, the general meeting is not being re-scheduled.
Vella encourages all members to attend the December membership Christmas party and general meeting. That event will take place on Thursday, Dec. 11. Look for a separate story on that event in this issue. Pre-paid reservations are required. The The Nov. 15 ICC Board meeting will go on as regularly scheduled.
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Thanks for your donations to the Italian Community Center building fund
The officers and directors of the Italian Community Center wish to thank and acknowledge all those who pledged, fulfilled a pledge or contributed to the building fund. To obtain information on how to make a donation, please call 414223-2808. The following donations were
received between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8, 2014. In memory of Thomas Nardelli Mary Ann Maglio Mary Winard Jean R. Diorio Gino A. Dentice Jimmy & Linda Spataro Rosario & Josephine Spella
Request from ICC for cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses
By Susie Christiansen Social networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as e-mail and cell phone texting, are currently the most common methods of communicating for people. Using those avenues, we want to develop a way to reach out to our membership to inform you about upcoming events organized by the Italian Community Center, such as Il Grande Carnevale, A Taste of Italy and Festa Italiana. We can even email you a copy of The Italian Times. When the ICC hosts wine tastings, musical events and cooking classes, it would be helpful to everyone involved to be able to send an e-mail blast or a cell phone text blast to ICC members and as many non-members as possible. Right now, committee chairs and event planners here don’t always know what advertising options are available to them and how to reach out to you. Without spending a ton of money, we just aren’t sure how to let the people out there know about upcoming events at the ICC. ICC members can be placed on an e-mail list and a cell phone list when they sign up for or renew their membership. Our application includes a place for your e-mail address and cell phone number. Our membership contact list is extremely private, and we will continue to keep it that way. We do not distribute our address, phone or e-mail lists to anyone. Rest assured your contact information will be retained by the ICC and only the ICC, and you will only be sent messages on a limited basis. We simply want to inform you. We want to tell you about the fantastic events, activities and ethnic experiences that the Italian Community Center has to offer.
Sicilian town hosts hot-air balloon event
What is considered one of the most prestigious and beautiful hot-air balloon events in all of Europe is taking place in the Sicilian town of Caltagirone (Catania) from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5. The sponsoring organization, PrenotaOra, invites guests to “observe the maneuvers of the drivers, hear the noise and the heat of the burners and see the fascinating means of getting up in the air. It is an unforgettable sight.” Guests are welcome to board the inflatable balloons. The flight time is approximately 30 minutes. The cost is about $130 per person (in U.S. dollars).
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These are the other options available for submitting your cell phone number and e-mail address: 1. Our website: www.iccmilwaukee.com – use the Contact Us Form (the last tab on the site). 2. By e-mail: susie@iccmilwaukee.com. 3. Call Constance Jones at the ICC – 414-223-2808.
Dan & Christine Conley
In memory of Felix Fantin Mary Ann Maglio
In memory of Lucille Purpero David & Shannon Zenobi Salvatore & Gayle Dragotta Vincent J. Lo Duca Jeffrey & Jacqueline Guttuso Rosario & Josephine Spella In memory of Philip S. D’Amore, Jr. Tony Machi
Gino A. Dentice
In memory of Jennie M. Miller Mary Ann Maglio Frances Firle In memory of Andrea Louise Busateri Tony Machi In memory of Darlene Russo Sam Purpero
In memory of Frederich M. Migliaccio Tony Machi
Cafe La Scala ends breakfast service
Just before this newspaper went to print, The Italian Times learned that a decision had been made to end breakfast service at Cafe La Scala, the Italian Community Center’s public
restaurant. Cafe La Scala will continue to have both lunch and dinner service, Monday through Saturday. Breakfast service officially ended Saturday, Oct. 18.
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ICC hosting 2nd annual Festival di Danza e Cultura on Thursday, Oct. 30
Reservations for this multi-cultural dance and music dance must be in by Oct. 27
from page 1 The dinner and program prices have been set at $15 for adults and $9 for children (12 and younger). The cost for performance-only admission is $5. Reservations can be made using a credit or debit card and by calling the ICC office at 414223-2180 or by completing the form at the conclusion of this article and sending it in with a payment. The reservation deadline is rapidly approaching. It’s Monday, Oct. 27. Festival di Danza e Cultura is a presentation of the ICC Culture Committee and Tradizione Vivente: the Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee, in conjunction with the International Institute of Wisconsin. It will serve as a preview to the 2014 Holiday Folk Fair International, which is Nov. 21-23 at State Fair Park in West Allis. Gina Jorgensen, Culture Committee member, said that these groups had confirmed their participation in the Oct. 30 program: The Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes & Drums, Caledonia Scottish Dancers, Tatra Slovak Dancers of Milwaukee, Dnipro Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, The Dance Academy of Mexico, The Indian Community School Drummers, Dancers and Singers and Tradizione Vivente. The dinner buffet will include pasta with meatballs, salad, Italian bread, dessert and coffee, tea or milk. It will be available until the start of the program, said Christina Ziino, Culture Committee chair. “We had such great feedback about last year’s event that we are now planning on having this celebration every year,” Jorgensen said. “We are so excited to introduce several new visiting groups this year. This is truly a mini-Folk Fair that gives people a solid glance at what they can expect at the Holiday Folk Fair in November. We truly appreciate the visiting ethnic groups that are generously giving their time and talents to our event.” She added that there will be a raffle for some interesting prizes and that tickets for the Folk Fair will be available for purchase. (Look for a separate story on the Folk Fair in this issue.) Presented here is information that was made available to The Italian Times on some of the groups that are participating in the Oct. 30 program.
Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes & Drum Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes & Drum is Milwaukee’s oldest pipe band. The band can trace its links back for almost another 20 years. The band was named in remembrance of General William Mitchell, grandson of the Scottish emigrant Alexander Mitchell. The band wears the ancient Mitchell tartan (which is also the ancient Galbraith, the ancient hunter, and the ancient rose). This tartan is unique in being the only one claimed by four families. It is unknown if it is so popular because of its attractiveness, or whether a decided lack of creativity exists. The ancient Mitchell tartan was proclaimed the “Official Tartan” of Milwaukee County by the lateCounty Executive William O’
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The Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipes & Drums
The Caledonian Scottish Dancers
Donnell, and duly entered into the Tartan Registry in Scotland. Any citizen of Milwaukee County is entitled to wear it. The band has appeared throughout the Midwest and Canada at highland games, parades, corporate and private events, folk festivals, various athletic matches, and in concert with brass bands and symphonies. Members of the band were part of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s 75th “Jubilee” Celebration in Glasgow, Scotland, and represented the State of Wisconsin on a cultural exchange tour to Japan. It has played for Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and as an opener for rock star Rod Stewart several times.
The Tatre Slovak Dancers
Caledonian Scottish Dancers The Caledonian Scottish Dancers was formed in 1966 with the purpose of high quality presentation and preservation of Scottish music and dance. They perform Highland and National as well as some of the “lesser known” dances. Their traditional costumes are imported from Scotland and feature a colorful array of authentic tartans. The group has appeared at numerous festivals, conventions and cultural events throughout the Midwest United States. Local performances include Irish Fest, the Holiday Folk Fair, and a variety of Scottish events including those honoring the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Performances abroad include
the 1987 Edinburgh Festival, the 1990 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, and a 1999 tour of Western Scotland and The Isles of Mull and Iona. The dancers represented Wisconsin at the 1993 Cultural Festival in Chiba, Japan and in June 1996 represented the United States at the International Folklore Festival in Montreal, Canada. In 2006, the dancers again traveled to Scotland and the Isle of Arran. They performed at the Robert Burns Cottage and Heritage Center near Ayr and at The Isle of Arran Distillers, Ltd., Arran. In addition to performing in shows, many of the dancers successfully compete in dance competitions held as part of Highland Continued on page 9
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Tatra Slovak Dancers The Tatra Slovak Dancers of Milwaukee has been in existence since May of 1972 and is a nonprofit organization comprised of Slovak and non-Slovak people of various backgrounds from the Milwaukee area. Tatra members celebrate the
culture of Slovakia through folk song and dance. The group performs locally throughout the state of Wisconsin, the Midwest, and in previous years, has participated in several folk dance festivals in Slovakia. The group is very excited that through hard work and the generosity of others it has been able to purchase and receive beautiful new
costumes from Slovakia this year. The Tatra Slovak Dancers of Milwaukee have had a very successful summer performing throughout Wisconsin and are looking forward to performing some new dances for the Italian Community Center’s Festival di Danza e Cultura in October and the 2014 International Holiday Folk Fair at State Fair Park in
The Dance Academy of Mexico
November.
Dnipro Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble The Dnipro Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble was formed in 1964 under the direction of Nicholas Prasko. Since then, Dnipro has had the privilege to provide the excitement of Ukrainian Dance with both public and private performances across the state, the country, and even the world. They have performed in Ukraine, Japan, Walt Disney World – Epcot Center, Holiday Folk Fair, Summerfest and Wisconsin State Fair. The ensemble was also fortunate to perform on the “Today Show.” Dnipro continues to entertain audiences under the direction of Ruslan Bachmaga, Viktoriia Senych, Casey Stefanowski, and Sara Zawicki. With fast and intricate footwork, strong rhythmic steps, acrobatic skills, fascinating spins, bright costuming and showmanship, Dnipro currently represents four styles of Ukrainian ethnic folk dancing: Poltavian, Bukovynian, Zakarpathian, and Hutzulian.
Dance Academy of Mexico The Dance Academy of Mexico was established by Marina Croft in 2010 with the purposed of preserving the traditional dances of Mexico, promoting the arts and having fun with friends while performing and traveling to performances. Since its creation, the Dance Academy has performed in such places such as Disney World in Orlando (2012 and 2013), Mexican Fiesta in Milwaukee (2010-2014), Summerfest (2013), Rock and Sole Marathon with Summerfest (2013), the Milwaukee Art Museum (2013).
Indian Community School Drummers, Dancers and Singers The Indian Community School develops lifelong community leaders who inspire others throughout the Circle of Life. With excellence and commitment, ICS serves urban American Indian students and their families, so that each student develops the skills and knowledge to sustain a healthy balance of American Indian culture, academic achievement and a sense of identity through indigenous teachings and ways of learning, One of the ways ICS celebrates American Indian culture is through music, drumming and dance.
The Dance Academy of Mexico
The Indian Community School Drummers, Dancers and Singers
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Tradizione Vivente Tradizione Vivente, which means “living tradition” in Italian, has been in existence for over 65 years. The original members of the group have since departed, only to leave behind a treasured legacy – Italian folk dancing. The members of Tradizione Vivente preserve the Italian heritage through what they love most – the music, dancing and costumes of Italy. Their performances are vibrant and entertaining and transport audiences to another place. It has been their honor to travel throughout the United States performing for various events, such as festivals, weddings, benefits, anniversaries, religious functions, Italian conferences and all other types of events both near and far. In Milwaukee, they are proud to participate in local events, such as International Holiday Folk Fair and, of course, Festa Italiana, where they have performed since its inception over 35 years ago. This year has provided some really memorable experiences and also promises some exciting opporPlease turn to page 12
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Become part of ICC’s “Annual Donor Society” from page 1
and to grow,” Purpero Spang said. “We believe an annual appeal is something that is long overdue here at the ICC. We trust that all of our members will read the literature that was sent to them, think it over carefully, and do whatever they can to support our annual appeal. “We hope that our members who can afford it will make the largest gifts, in our gold category of $5,000 or our silver category of $2,500,” she said. Other categories of support are: $1,000, $750, $500, $250, $150 or other amount. All donations are welcomed and appreciated. All donors will be recognized in The Italian Times and the Carnevale program book that will be published for the pre-Lenten costume and mask ball on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Contributions can be made by check or credit card. As an option, donors can contact the ICC office at 414-223-2180 to set up a payment plan.
ICC Historian Carini seeks your high school yearbooks, other memorabilia
Don’t throw away your old high school yearbooks or other memorabilia. If you attended a high school in Milwaukee County or surrounding counties, Italian Community Center Historian Mario A. Carini is interested in using the yearbooks and other high school memorabilia for furthering his research on local Italian Americans. Carini will deposit the yearbooks and memorabilia at the Milwaukee County Historical Society after he completes his research. “These can be yearbooks and memorabilia from public, Catholic or private high schools,” Carini said. Yearbooks and memorabilia can be dropped off at the reception desk in the main office of the ICC. Please include a note with your name and phone number so Carini knows who made the donation.
Have something to sell this holiday season? Let the readers of The Italian Times know about it by placing an ad in our December issue. It’s easy and inexpensive. For details, please call 414-223-2801 or send an email to Editor Tom Hemman at themman@italiancc.org. PAGE 10 – NOVEMBER 2014
CafeLa Scala wants to makelunch your favoritemeal of theday!
Now available a different lunch buffet Monday through Friday, 11am - 2pm for just $8.50 per person! Monday – Tex Mex: Black bean salad, soft flour torillas, crispy corn torillas, ground beef, grilled chicken, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, shredded cheese, sour cream, chicken enchiladas, rice and beans. Tuesday – Pasta Abbondanza: Caesar salad, Italian pasta salad, lasagna, eggplant parmesan, penna pasta, meatballs, tomato basil sauce, Alfredo sauce. Wednesday – Southern BBQ: Cobb salad, cole slaw, pulled pork shoulder, Mississippi roast beef, mac and cheese, fried potato wedges, corn bread. Thursday – Italian: Antipasto, rice balls, pasta alla eggplant, chicken Florentine, minestrone soup, sautèed cauliflower. Friday – Fish Fry: Tossed salad, tuna pasta salad, baked cod, fried cod, French fries, parsley boiled potatoes, potato pancakes. Also try CafeLa Scala’s new lunch and dinner menu, includingour famous pizza, with your favoritebeverage!
Cafe La Scala • 631 E. Chicago St. • Milwaukee 414-223-2185 • Opwn Monday - Saturday Lunch - 11am-2pm • Dinner from 5 pm, Friday at 4:30pm
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Truffle festivals abound in Italy in November
If you like to eat truffles (any of various fruiting fungus known for its aphrodisiac qualities), then Italy is the place to be in November. Truffle festivals abound during the month. Two of the most popular are the Alba International White Truffle Festival in Alba (Piedmont) and the San Miniato Truffle Fair (in the Pisa Province of Tuscany). The Alba festival, which starts
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on weekends in mid October, goes on through the weekend of Nov. 910. The Piedmont region, where Alba is located, is considered to have the best white truffles in the world. As such, visitors come from all over the world to take part in the festival in Alba’s central square. The festival features not only the truffles themselves, but also arts and cultural events and spec-
tacles that revolve around the celebration. Chefs and food experts come from afar for the festival, where the world’s largest truffle auction and market takes place. “La Sagra del Tartufo Bianco” is the official name of the annual truffle fair in the medieval Tuscan hill town of San Miniato. This year, the fair is set for the weekends of Nov. 2-3, 9-10 and 16-17.
Twenty-five percent of Italy’s white truffles are produced in this territory and November is the heart of truffle gathering season. The fair features lots of food and craft stands and live entertainment. Restaurant owners offer truffle specials on their menus. Other truffle celebrations take place in the Italian regions of Umbria, Le Marche and EmiliaRomagna.
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ICC hosting 2nd annual Festival di Danza e Cultura on Thursday, Oct. 30
from page 9 tunities to come. One of the group’s favorite performances was at “A Taste of Italy” at the Italian Community Center, with the smells from the delicious food and the upbeat sound of the Italian music. In October 2015, the members of Tradizione Vivente look forward to attending and performing at the Italian Folk Art Federation of America (IFAFA) conference in Philadelphia, Pa. The IFAFA conference is educational and enriching as it brings together those who love the Italian culture. Offered are workshops and classes in every aspect of the Italian culture – Italian dance and song, Italian costumes and instruments, Italian history, art and traditions and, of course Italian food and cooking. It is a gathering that brings together people with a common cause – to keep alive the Italian folk heritage in America. Tradizione Vivente has been attending these conferences since 1990 and has hosted three conferences in Milwaukee.
Reservation form for Festival di Danza e Cultura
Here are some of the members of Tradizione Vivente performing at “A Taste of Italy” 2014.
Name(s): ___________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip: ______________________________________________________
Contact information (home or cell phone number and/or email address:
__________________________________________________________________
No. of adults attending dinner & program _____ x $15.00/person = $____________
Children (0-12 years) attending dinner & program ____ x $9.00 per child = $______
No. of adults & children attending program only ____ x $5.00 per person = $______
Total amound enclosed: $______________________________________________ Please make your check payable to: Italian Community Center, and mail with this form to: ICC, Attn.: Festival, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
ICC installation dinner is Nov. 1
from page 2 Monday, Oct. 27. Either call the will be asked to provide the names ICC office at 414-223-2180 with of all those in your party. A list of your credit card handy or complete the people in your party must be the form accompanying the article included with any reservations that to make your reservations. When are sent in. No reservations will be making phone reservations, you accepted without full payment.
ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER INSTALLATION DINNER RESERVATION FORM
Names _____________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _______________________________________________
ICC volunteers seeking donations for Thanksgiving dinner for less fortunate
Tony Lupo, chairman of the annual Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate that is organized and staffed by Italian Community Center volunteers, announced that donations are being collected for the 2014 meal.
The dinner will once again be held at the Open Door Cafe, a meal site at St. John’s Cathedral Catholic Church in downtown Milwaukee on Sunday, Nov. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Anyone wishing to make a donation for the food purchased for this complete Thanksgivingstyle feast is asked to submit a check, payable to the ICC. Donations can be mailed to the ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. Please list on the memo line of your check that this donation is for the “Thanksgiving Meal.” This will ensure that your donation is properly credited for the dinner.
Envelopes should be directed to the attention of Salina Castro. Salina will also be taking donations at the ICC reception desk.
If you don’t want to mail in your donations, Lupo and fellow volunteers will be on hand to accept contributions at the ICC’s general membership meeting on Nov. 6. Vice chairman Tony Zingale told members attending the September general meeting that many people imagine that those fed by this dinner are primarily homeless or jobless men, but that would be wrong. Many of the dinner attendees in recent years are women and children. “We’re seeing many more families each year that are desparately in need of everything many of us take for granted,” he said. Persons interested in volunteering to help out at the event should contact Lupo or Zingale.
This annual Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate has been going on since the late 1970s. It was started by a group called the Ragione Club.
The Italian Conference Center culinary staff prepares the meal, then delivers it to the meal site for the volunteers to serve.
Phone _________________ Email _______________________________
Number of people who are in my party: (Tables will be reserved for parties of 8-10. All other seating is open.) Total of payment enclosed:
____________________
x $ 30.00 per person =$
Please send this form with your check (payable to the Italian Community Center) to ICC, c/o Installation Dinner & Dance, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202.
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Jimmy Spataro to be featured on MPTV deer hunting program He holds crossbow world-record for world’s largest buck deer
Jimmy Spataro, a past president of the Italian Community Center and a crossbow record setter, will be featured in the Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV) “Outdoor Wisconsin” special report titled, “Deer Hunt 2014.” The program will air on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. (Channel 10 or Wisconsin Digital Channel 21.2) and repeat Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m. (Channel 10 only). Jimmy has earned many awards and recognitions for his Nov. 15, 2010 world-record setting crossbow kill of a whitetail deer. Among the organizations, hunting groups and publications that have recognized him and his crossbow accomplishment, are the Safari Club International (SCI), Deer and Deer Hunting Television and Magazine, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream magazine and the Wisconsin Buck and Deer Club, which is the official record-keeper for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The Italian Times published a story on Jimmy
and his world record in its January 2011 issue. Jimmy’s buck was officially scored at 213-1/8 by SCI, making it the largest crossbow kill ever recorded for a northeastern whitetail typical buck. After the telecast of “Deer Hunt 2014,” the show and entire interview that program host Dan Small conducted with Jimmy will be posted online at www.mptv.org. Jimmy said Dan spent three hours with him doing the interview. They also filmed a reenactment of the recordsetting kill based on Jimmy’s recall of the event. By the way, this was the first and only buck Jimmy has ever shot! Jimmy, who served as ICC President during the 1985-1986 term, has long been suffering from a worsening disease, fibromyalgia, that is making it more and more difficult for him to get around and enjoy his active lifestyle. Crossbow hunting is an activity that he can still participate and enjoy
Porticello, Rome and Dublin visited by ICC members
Here is Jimmy Spataro with his record-setting buck.
Members: Please notify ICC of a change of address; noncompliance can be costly for ICC
Any member of the Italian Community Center who has a change of address is asked to notify the ICC promptly so that mailings from the Center are sent to the correct address. Since the ICC uses nonprofit bulk rates to mail The Italian Times, the United States Postal Service is entitled to charge a fee (57¢) for each newspaper that is returned to the ICC and deemed undeliverable due to an incorrect address.
During late September and early October, longtime Italian Community Center members Joe and Kathy Campagna and Tony and Barbara Lupo visited Porticello, Sicily, Rome, Italy and Dublin, Ireland. Joe, Barbara and Tony are seen here standing in front of the Parocchia Maria S.S. Del Lume in Porticello, Sicily. The church held its annual Feast of the Madonna del Lume during the first week of October. Joe Campagna, a past president of the ICC, was recently elected to the organization’s Board of Directors. Tony Lupo is the chairman of the ICC’s Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate which is taking place Nov. 16. Separate stories on election and the dinner appear in this issue. (Photo by Kathy Campagna)
Welcome new Italian Community Center members! The following people became members of the Italian Community Center between Sept. 8 through Oct. 8, 2014. Benvenuti! (Welcome!) Carrie O’Malley and children Macy & Logano of Delafield
Patrick D. Nora and children: Kristina & Claire of Franklin Frank Scicero of Oak Creek
David M. Counard of Cudahy
Anthony Zaffiro of Wauwatosa
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Even if you are temporarily away from your permanent residence and are not receiving mail at that address, you need to notify the ICC of your temporary address so that your newspaper can be delivered to that address and so that the ICC is not charged 57¢ for each failed attempt to deliver the publication to your permanent residence.
“We’ve had a number of members who have gone to Florida or another warm weather location for the winter months and these people did not supply us with their temporary change of address; hence their newspaper was returned to the ICC with the service fee due for each newspaper deemed undeliverable,” Editor Tom Hemman said. Nonprofit bulk rate mail is not forwarded to a new address, which means those members who neglect to inform the ICC of their change of address will not receive the newspaper.
Please send change of address information to: Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916 or email Constance Jones at cjones@italianconference.com or call her at 414/223-2808.
Apply conventional wisdom when planning your next business convention. Hold it at the
Italian Conference Center
The Italian Conference Center offers . . . • More than 22,000 sq. ft. of convention space. • Professional planning & catering services • Handicap access. • Ample, free parking. • 7 day a week availability. • Easy access to freeway and downtown.
To coordinate your convention plans, call David or Gina at (414) 223-2800 or visit www.ItalianConference.com
Italian Conference Center at the Italian Community Center 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee A block west of Summerfest
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Italian Society and Club News
OSIA Mazzei Lodge to hold public reception for Italian engineering students at ICC
The Order Sons of Italy in America/Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge #2763 will host a community reception for 13 Italian engineering students and faculty from the Istituto Galileo Galilei of Arezzo (Tuscany), Italy, on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Italian Community Center. Joseph Emanuele, OSIA/Mazzei Lodge President, invites the public to greet the students, who will be participating in academic programs with Gateway Technical College students and faculty during their
visit. The Italian students will be attending classes in manufacturing and biomedical engineering.
Gateway Technical College engineering students will visit the Istituto Galileo Galilei from Mar. 7 to Mar. 21, 2015. For more information on the Nov. 20 reception, please contact Adjunct Instructor Ralph Annina at 414-350-0730 or anninar@gtc.edu or Rose Marie De Michele at 815-219-5505 or rosedelavan@yahoo.com.
Pompeii Men’s Club to make meatballs for SJA spaghetti dinner
The Pompeii Men’s Club will continue its long-running tradition of volunteering to make the meatballs for the St. Joan Antida (SJA) High School Spaghetti Dinner and Fall Fest on Sunday, Nov. 2. The event serves as a fundraiser for SJA. (See separate story.) Anyone interested in volunteer-
ing to help members of the Pompeii Men’s Club in making the meatballs is asked to call Tony Zingale at 414-444-4689. Zingale is serving as the chair of the activity. Participating in the SJA Spaghetti Dinner is just one of the annual community charitable activities done by the Pompeii Men’s Club, Zingale said.
Writing to Italy for records By George Koleas
If you have ever watched “Who Do You Think You Are?” on television, you will have seen celebrities start their search for their family on the internet. On this show, they use Ancestry, a paid service. You could also use FamilySearch.org, a free service. Once they find some information online, they soon find out that not all records are online. They find themselves headed to a library or archive here in the United States. Soon after that, they are headed overseas. Travel overseas is expensive and so is hiring a professional genealogist. You can write to Italy for records yourself. First, you should start by learning about Italian records. FamilySearch.org is a wonderful resource to learn about Italian genealogy and Italian records. Information can be found at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Italy. If you do not have a computer, you can order a book through interlibrary loan called: Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical & Other Records in Family History research by Trafford R. Cole, published by Ancestry, 1995, ISBN 0916489582, 9780916489588. At the last meeting of our Italian Family History Club, we discussed writing letters to Italy for records. Here are three templates for letters requesting a certificato-matrimonio, certificato-morte and certificato-nascita. I helped a new member write to obtain a record with one of these letters and the letter worked. They are very easy to use. They can be found at: photos.state.gov/libraries/italy/217417/pdf/certificato-matrimonio.pdf, photos.state.gov/libraries/italy/217417/pdf/certificato-morte.pdf and photos.state.gov/libraries/italy/217417/pdf/certificato-nascita.pdf. FamilySearch.org also explains how to write a letter at: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Italy_Letter_Writing_Guide and how to obtain Italian military records at: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Italy_Military_Records. More resources such as additional sources for other record formats and information about how and where to write is at: http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/italian-form-letters.html#letters01. There is an ongoing debate about whether to send money with the letter. The consensus of the members at the meeting was not to send money. Our last meeting in 2014 will be on Saturday, Nov, 8, at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, starting at 10:30 a.m. and ending at noon. Our preliminary meeting dates for 2015 are on Jan. 17, Apr. 25, Sept. 19 and Nov. 14. Anyone with an interest in Italian family history is welcome to attend. If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact me by e-mail at GeorgeJK676@wi.rr.com or by calling 262251-7216 after 7 p.m.
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Pompeii Women’s Club presents scholarships and makes donations for various endeavors
The Pompeii Women’s Club held its annual scholarship dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the Italian Community Center. The six recipients were from the following schools: St. Colletta, St. Matthias and Mary Queen of Saints Catholic Academy. School representations were in attendance along with parents of students. These scholarships are presented to school administrators who are allowed to decide how to distribute the awards. School supplies, donated by members, were packed in boxes and were delivered to Catholic East Side by member Suzanne Wypijewski that week. The club’s Oct. 29th Halloweenthemed dinner meeting will be hosted by Marie Schwindt and
Sharon Best. Members are asked to dress in a costume and also bring non-perishable food items which will be brought to the Riverwest Food Pantry. At its Christmas dinner meeting on Nov. 19th, members will be asked to donate toiletries that will be delivered to the St. John’s Cathedral Open Door Cafe. The club has been making this donation for the past five years. The Pompeii Women’s Club has also sent a check to Tony Lupo, the Italian Community Center’s chair, for the annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the less fortunate. The Pompeii Women are pleased to participate in this worthy endeavor.
St. Joan Antida High School (SJA) will be hosting its 59th annual Spaghetti Dinner and Fall Festival Marketplace fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 2 to benefit the young women of SJA.
and cannoli from Sciortino’s Bakery. Prices for dinners are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $9 for college students with ID, $7 for children aged 4-12 and free for children under 3. Adult meals include spaghetti, two meatballs, salad, bread, and choice of milk or coffee. Children’s meals include spaghetti, one meatball, salad, bread, and a beverage. Carry-out will be available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
– Mary Winard Public Relations Chair Pompeii Women’s Club
St. Joan Anitda High School to host Spaghetti Dinner & Fall Fest on Sunday, Nov. 2
The dinner will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at St. Joan Antida High School, 1341 N. Cass St. Milwaukee. Highlights include: meatballs handmade by the Pompeii Men’s Club, a bake sale, opportunity baskets, seasonal homemade crafts
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Entertain them at the Italian Conference Center’s FESTA BALLROOM. A gorgeous setting in which to enjoy great food! The Italian Conference Center in the Italian Community Center 631 E. Chicago St. (a block west of Summerfest) Call David or Gina at 414/ 223-2800 to reserve your party or meeting space at the ICC. Visit: www.ItalianConference.com
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Spotlight on Cultural Arts
View Italian masterworks at Milwaukee Art Museum through Jan. 4
An exhibit on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum features some of the biggest names in European art. Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glaglow Museums is showing through Jan. 4.
Displayed in five chronological sections, the exhibition includes paintings originated from the principal artistic centers of Italy – Rome, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Siena, Naples and Venice – and presents the works of such artists as Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Domenichino, Francesco Guardi, Salvatore Rosa and Titian, alongside those of lesser-known names. This exhibition “examines the thematic and stylistic developments in Italian art – from the religious paintings of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance to the secular neoclassical and genre paintings of the 19th century,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “The remarkable regional and historical
breadth of the exhibition will also showcase the outstanding quality of Glasgow Museums’ collection.” “This sumptuous exhibition presents the works of famous artists that even some art historians wait a lifetime to see,” said Tanya Paul, the Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art at
Prepared by Barbara Collignon and Roberto Ciampi
How many synonyms for the Italian noun amore (love) can you think of? Perhaps you’ll come up with affezione, passione and amicizia, but Niccolò Tommaseo (18021874) would have taken the lead with several more: affetto, amorevolezza, benevolenza, inclinazione, and ardore. That is still a few less than those that appear in his monumental Dizionario dei sinonimi della lingua italiana, (Dictionary of Synonyms), published in 1830.
by Angelo Castronovo
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Opera Topics
Verismo (realistic) operatic works popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the death of one of the great tenors of our time and a prophetic oratorio are subjects of this month’s Opera Topics. Giordano, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini and Cilea are among the most prominent exponents of the form, and one of my favorite operas by Giordano is based on a real life character who lived during the French Revolution. Andrea Chenier is the title character in the work, one of several by that composer and Fedora is another, with both featuring a number of thrilling arias by the lead tenor, soprano and baritone. Mascagni’s best known opera is the powerful music/drama Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo’s is Pagliacci and Cilea’s is Adriana Lecouvreur. Leoncavallo also wrote a version of La Bohème, which unfortunately is rarely performed. Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Tosca are two of his well-known verismo examples, although his lyrical style is the most prominent quality in many of his works such as La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Suor Angelica. Earlier this year, we received word of the passing of the great tenor Carlo Bergonzi, notable for his Verdi roles and who came to the opera world’s attention beginning in the late 1940s. His career spanned a period that included the likes of Benianino Gigli, Mario Del Monaco, Jussi Bjorling, Giuseppe di Stefano and Luciano Pavarotti, among others, and his singing can best be described as “elegant” in his transit through the works of not only Verdi, but many others including Puccini, Donizetti, Flotow and Rossini. Bergonzi started as a baritone
the Milwaukee Art Museum. “Most of the paintings have never traveled to America before and many have been conserved specifically for this presentation.” Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Paintings is organized by the American Federation of Arts and Glasgow Museum.
in 1947 and sang such familiar roles as Figaro and Belcore, and although he made many recordings, there are none available to illustrate his prowess as a baritone. He debuted as a tenor in Andrea Chenier in 1951 after discovering one evening that he could hit a high C. And speaking of Verdi, as were a short time ago, it is appropriate to mention that the tenor operated a restaurantinn in the composer’s hometown of Buseto. The establishment was called I Due Foscari, after one of the composer’s early works. Bergonzi was 90 at the time of his death. Franz Schmidt, the composer of orchestral, piano and operatic works also wrote an oratorio called The Book With Seven Seals, based on the Book of Revelation. It has a prophetic aspect appearing to foretell the disasters that befell Europe during the Second World War. It is also viewed as a horrible warning and a plea for salvation. Among his operatic works are Notre Dame and Fredigundis. Quotable quote: “Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far.” – Theodore Roosevelt
This work secured his reputation as a linguist but, as a philologist enamored of words, Tommaseo didn’t stop there. In 1835, he was contacted by a publisher to create an even more important lexicographical work. In collaboration with Bernardo Bellini, he compiled the seven volume Dizionario della lingua italiana which was published in 1874. They worked on it for 20 years. When Tommaseo died in 1874, Joseph Meini was obliged to complete the last two volumes. Often called the TommaseoBellini, it is recognized as the most important dictionary produced during the Risorgimento italiano. The dictionary was important because it contained not only scientific and technical words but also those from the every day language of ordinary people. It included examples of word usage and quotations from various authors and, at the time when Italy was emerging as a new united country, it gave Italians an exceedingly rich common lingua franca. Tommaseo was a wordsmith par excellence, a poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, journalist and also political figure. He was obliged to seek voluntary exile in Paris after having offended the Austrian government with an article that defended the Greek revolution. During this time, he published the political work Dell’Italia (1835), the volume of verses, Confessioni (1836) and a commentary on the Divine Comedy. From Paris, he moved to Corsica, where he collected Italian oral traditions of the island and published Canti populari: Canti Corsi. There’s much more to be said of his career but we’ll save it for another column. Here is an example of his poetry, a poem inspired by autumn, by a leaf whose fall and fate symbolize the path the universe has destined us all to follow.
E io, che viva in me stesso ti sento, Cadrò tra breve, e darò del mio frale Al fiore, all’onda, all’elettrico, al vento. Ma te, de’ cieli nell’alto, sull’ale Recherà grato lo spirito mio; E, pura idea, di sorriso immortale Sorriderai nel sorriso di Dio. To a Leaf By Niccolo Tommasseo
Weightless leaf that fell in the breeze beneath my feet, with gentle protest you might complain I am trampling on you. While you were living on your green branch, I often passed and didn’t think about you; now you are dead and I feel that I love you.
You, despite the breezes, the shadows, the rays, came to my soul as a friend; with them, with indistinct love, I loved you.
Changed into mud and dust, oh little love, toward new lives, perpetual concert, you will continue the first harmony. And I, who live within myself, I understand you; I soon will fall, and I will give my remains to flowers, waves, energy, wind.
But my grateful spirit will take you to the highest heaven on wings; and, pure idea, with immortal smile you will smile in the smile of God. – Translated by Barbara Collignon & Roberto Ciampi
Barbara Collignon
A una foglia di Niccolò Tommaseo
Foglia, che lieve a la brezza cadesti Sotto i miei piedi, con mite richiamo Forse ti lagni perch’io ti calpesti. Mentr’eri viva sul verde tuo ramo, Passai sovente, e di te non pensai; Morta ti penso, e mi sento che t’amo.
Tu pur coll’aure, coll’ombre, co’ rai Venivi amica nell’anima mia; Con lor d’amore indistinto t’amai. Conversa in loto ed in polvere, o pia, Per vite nuove il perpetuo concento Sequiterai della prima armonia.
Roberto Ciampi
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LA PAGINA ITALIANA a cura di Enrica Tarantino-Woytal
Vanessa Parisi è Miss Italy, la nuova “Photomodel of the Universe,” nella finale in turchia consegnatale anche la fascia di “Miss Elegance of the Globe”
Catania - La bellezza italiana trionfa in Turchia nella finale mondiale di “Miss Princess of the Globe & Photomodel of the Universe”. Vanessa Parisi, modella e fotomodella catanese, è la nuova “Photomodel of The Universe”. Il titolo è stato conquistato nella finale mondiale che si è tenuta a Bodrum in Turchia. La fotomodella italiana era stata selezionata dai talent scout della manifestazione mondiale per rappresentare l’Italia e, giorno dopo giorno, ha conquistato la giuria internazionale che gli ha assegnato anche la fascia di “Miss Elegance of The Globe.” “E’ stata un’esperienza indimenticabile – ha commentato Vanessa - che ricorderò per sempre. Rappresentare l’Italia, per me, era già un traguardo importante ed il mio obiettivo in Turchia era quello di far bene. Il titolo di “Photomodel of The Universe” e la fascia di “Miss Elegance of The Globe” mi riempiono d’orgoglio e saranno una base importante per la mia vita professionale e personale”. La vittoria di Vanessa è stata accompagnata da innumerevoli messaggi di auguri arrivati sulla sua pagina Facebook ufficiale (www.facebook.com/vanessaparisimodel) e sui social a lei dedicati. Nonostante la giovane età, Vanessa, ha già in carnet diverse esperienze da modella e da fotomodella ed ha partecipato alla ripresa di alcuni videoclip
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musicali. Alta un metro e settantatre centimetri parla tre lingue (inglese, francese e spagnolo) e studia al C.A.M.S., College Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo, che ha sede al Palasport di Acireale. Proprio il C.A.M.S. gli affiderà la direzione della nascente Accademia della Moda. “Sono contentissima - ha commentato Fioretta Mari, colonna portante dell’Art Academy Carrara e del C.A.M.S. -. Vanessa mi ha colpito sin dal primo incontro per la sua semplicità e per la sua classe. La bellezza italiana trionfa nel mondo e la Sicilia è una protagonista assoluta, grazie alle sue figlie dotate di grande fascino e professionalità. Nei miei sette anni di Miss Italia ho contribuito a far eleggere ben tre siciliane che ora sono protagoniste nel mondo della tv e dello spettacolo. Sono sicura che Vanessa ben presto farà parlare di se.” Intanto a Valverde, cittadina in provincia di Catania, in cui Vanessa è cresciuta si prepara una grande festa che accoglierà la nuova “Photomodel of The Universe” al suo rientro in Italia, previsto per il 6 ottobre.
Domani a Marina Di Ragusa i “tiempu persu” presenteranno il cd “c’e’ ‘mpuostu chiamatu sicilia”, un omaggio in musica all’isola del sole
Marina Di Ragusa – Sarà il concerto dei “Tiempu Persu”, giovane band emergente siciliana, lo spettacolo a sorpresa della festa di Addio all’Estate che si svolgerà sabato sera a Marina di Ragusa. Presenteranno il cd “C’è ‘mpuostu chiamatu Sicilia”, il disco che racchiude sei inediti. Brani pieni di ritmi che si richiamano alla tradizione della musica siciliana ma con una fusione di suoni etnici, folk, mediterranei e popolari. Dopo essere stati ospiti alla serata di anteprima del premio “Ragusani nel Mondo”, l’assessore comunale alla Cultura del Comune di Ragusa, Stefania Campo, li ha fortemente voluti coinvolgere per questo appuntamento di festa, consapevole della qualità e degli arrangiamenti dei brani proposti e dell’esecuzione sempre allegra, frizzante e briosa, adatta dunque
all’appuntamento di piazza Duca degli Abruzzi in programma sabato 13 settembre, alle ore 22, prima dei fuochi d’artificio. Un progetto culturale a cui si è recentemente aggiunto anche il musicista Nicola Catinaccio, componente della band di Zucchero nella “Sesion cubana tour”. Musica siciliana e musica popolare (ci saranno anche brani di Rosa Balistreri) ed ancora omaggi immancabili alla pizzica e alla taranta del Salento. Una scaletta ricca di canzoni che faranno ballare il pubblico in piazza. Il nuovo cd contiene gli inediti “Donna Rita”, “Sugnu sulu iu e lu mari”, “Dammillu ‘n vasunieddu”, “C’è ‘mpuostu chiamatu Sicilia”, “Mulici”, “Ciniri e duluri”. Dei veri e propri inni alla Sicilia, terra ricca di sole, di mare e d’amore che i “Tiempu Persu” raccontano.
Scuola: corteo studenti a Palermo Traffico paralizzato, protesta contro riforma governo
(ANSA) - Palermo - Sono già tanti gli studenti che dalle scuole di Palermo sono partiti in cortei che stanno paralizzando il traffico cittadino verso il concentramento di Piazza Politeama. “Anche quest’anno torniamo così a parlare di una rivoluzione (così viene
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definita dal capo del governo) che già ad una prima lettura delle linee guida - affermano i promotori della protesta - si mostra in totale continuità con le ultime riforme realizzate dei vari governi ed in particolare con quella targataGelmini.”
Qual è la differenza tra le vecchie province e le nuove aree metropolitane?
Roma - Hanno la stessa delimitazione territoriale delle Province e le stesse funzioni. Sono le Aree Metropolitane per la quali si sono svolte o si svolgeranno le elezioni indirette degli organismi rappresentativi. Qual è la differenza tra le vecchie Province e le nuove Aree metropolitane? Nessuna, o meglio c’è un deficit di rappresentanza, perchè gli organismi non vengono eletti dai cittadini ma dai consiglieri comunali facenti parte dell’Area Metropolitana. Inoltre, si è proceduto alle elezioni indirette degli organismi rappresentativi delle Province. Ma non si dovevano abolire le Province? Si, secondo una favola che ci hanno raccontato in questi mesi. “Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga come è, bisogna che tutto cambi”, scrive Tomasi di Lampedusa nel famoso romanzo “Il Gattopardo”. Così è per la istituzione delle Aree Metropolitane. – Primo Mastrantoni, segretario Aduc
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Happy Halloween dai piccoli del corso d’italiano
Pietro Tarantino offers help to Italian citizens
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Pietro Tarantino, a longtime member and past board member of the Italian Community Center, is offering free assistance to members of Wisconsin’s Italian community on matters involving the Italian government. Tarantino will be at the ICC on the first Saturday of the month from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Tarantino is a member of Comites (Comitato degli Italiani
all’estero) and a liaison to the Italian General Consulate of Chicago. Among the matters for which Tarantino can provide assistance are visas and passports, power of attorney, verification of signatures, documents relating to death certificates and declarations dealing with citizenship, civil status and pensions.
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Italians married in Milwaukee: 1926-1940 Part VII Compiled by Mario A. Carini, Italian Community Center Historian
Introductory Notes The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1926-1940 includes the name of the individual married and the month and year the marriage took place. Information contained in the Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1926-1940 was compiled by this researcher in January of 1993 and will be featured in The Italian Times the next several months. Reporting of the volume Milwaukee Marriage Index was obtained from the Milwaukee County Historical Society and copies at the City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau. These works are all copyrighted and an original copy is at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for all time. Please keep in mind that these marriages were actualized only in the City of Milwaukee. Accordingly, if you were married outside the city limits (e.g., Shorewood, West Allis, Cudahy), your name won’t appear in this listing. Names appearing here are listed and spelled exactly as found in the marriage volumes. If you know of a relative who was married in Milwaukee during the time period 1926-1941 and that relative’s name does not appear in these listings, please contact the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Parts I and VI of this series were published in past issues of The Italian Times.
Name Leone, George Jr Leone, Lucille (Kress) Letizia, John Letizia, Josephine (Magro) Letto, George Liberato, Angelo Liberatore, Joseph Librera, Frances (Sansone) Librera, John Librizzi, Lorenzo Ligorio, Robert Lilla, Joseph Limoni, Frank Liparota, Pasquale Lo Bue, Concetta (Stancampiano) Lo Bue, Concettta (Stancampiano) Lo Bue, Tom Lo Bue, Tom Lobraco, Joseph Lobraco, Rose (Swiatowy) LoCascio, Joseph LoCicero, Clara (Balistreri) LoCicero, Elena (Loiacono) LoCicero, Frances (Tomasello) LoCicero, Joseph LoCicero, Mary (Maglic) LoCicero, Rosaria (Nigrelli) Lococo, Andrew Lococo, Anna (Sardina) Lococo, Antoinette (Stiehl) Lococo, Grace (Biagio) Lococo, Jennie (Jakoblich) Lococo, John Lococo, Salvatore Loffredo, Marie (Bucci) Loffredo, Phyllis (D'Alexander) Lomanto, Joseph Lombardo, Frances (Loskill) Lombardo, George Lombardo, John J Lombardo, Julia (McLay) Lombardo, Mary (Brookman) Lombardo, Mary (Palmisano) Lombardo, Sara (Frittito) Lombardo, Thomas Lombardo, Victor Lomedico, Peter LoMenzo, Andrew F LoMenzo, Dominic J Lomenzo, Rosario Longo, Joseph Loremo, Rose M (Balistreri) Lorenzi, Angelo Lorio, Dorothy (Baronofsky) Lovisa, Romano Lovora, Carmello Lucca, Julia (Rock Angiolo) Lucca, Justina (Lucchesi) Lucca, Quinta (Roventini) Lucca, Rose (Scolini) Luccarini, Mary (Wagner) Lucchesi, Arthur Lucchesi, Clarence Lucchesi, Elmore Lucchesi, Joseph Lucchesi, Lathe (Danning) Lucchesi, Orlando Lucchesi, William Luchini, Louis Lupini, Gino Lupini, Lena (Zanchetti) Lupini, Olivia (Marchi) Lupini, Vera (Danelewicz) Lupo, Caroline (LaBue) Lupo, Frank Lupo, George Lupo, Pauline (Russo) Lupo, Providence (Puccio) Machi, Mary (Sorgi) Maddalena, Ignatius Maddalena, Josephine (Goetz) Maddalena, Mary Jane (Spicuzza) Maddalozzo, Lena (Smaniatto) Maddenti, Mary (Sorrenti Jr) Maddenti, Salvatore Madenti, Joseph
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Married Apr-1936 Oct-1940 Sep-1936 Jul-1938 Jul-1936 Aug-1935 Sep-1939 Apr-1929 Sep-1938 Oct-1936 Oct-1936 May-1933 Feb-1936 Oct-1934 Nov-1939 Nov-1939 Sep-1932 Sep-1932 Sep-1939 Dec-1937 Dec-1934 Dec-1926 Jul-1939 Nov-1931 Jan-1929 Jul-1939 Feb-1932 Jul-1938 Nov-1926 Jan-1931 Mar-1926 Oct-1934 Nov-1935 Dec-1927 Jun-1933 Apr-1930 May-1933 Sep-1934 Mar-1930 Feb-1934 Apr-1938 Oct-1940 Nov-1928 Oct-1940 Sep-1926 Aug-1939 Jan-1939 Jun-1940 Nov-1940 Aug-1926 Feb-1935 Apr-1940 Dec-1936 Dec-1940 Oct-1933 Mar-1927 May-1931 Sep-1928 Dec-1929 Dec-1927 Sep-1935 Aug-1938 Jun-1934 Aug-1940 Sep-1928 Apr-1928 May-1935 Nov-1934 Oct-1936 Mar-1935 Feb-1930 Jun-1938 Apr-1937 Sep-1932 Apr-1931 May-1937 Sep-1931 Oct-1928 Oct-1936 May-1940 Nov-1926 Jun-1932 Mar-1928 Apr-1938 May-1932 Jun-1928
Name Maffioli, June (Martin) Magestro, Anthony Magestro, Ben Magestro, Costantino Magglio, James Maglio, Antoinena (Busalacki) Maglio, Antonio Maglio, Antonio Maglio, Barney D Maglio, Charles Maglio, Charles Maglio, Charles S Maglio, Grace (Nicosia) Maglio, Ignatius J Maglio, James Maglio, John Maglio, Joseph Maglio, Josephine (Settergren) Maglio, Laura (Gompf) Maglio, Lucy (Mayzik) Maglio, Maria (Reina) Maglio, Sam Maglio, Sylvester Maglio, Tina (Maglio) Magna, Anna (Dunst) Magna, Catherine (Gumina) Magna, Concetta (Seitz) Magna, Salvatore Mainella, Theodore Maio, Peter Maisano, Joseph Malazzo, Phillip Malvinni, Rocco Malvinni, Rocco Manafo, Beatrice (Nicgorski) Manafo, Theresa (Marino) Manci, Augusta (Thate) Mancini, Louis Mancuso, Carmella (Circirello) Mancuso, Michael Mancuso, William Mandella, Dominick J Mandella, Jerome Mandella, Rose (Palmisano) Mandella, Tony Maneage, Carmilla (Babboni) Maneage, Grace (Dicrispino) Maneage, Jacob Maneage, Joseph Mangino, Lucy (Wineke) Mangino, Philip Maniaci, Anthony Maniaci, Cono Maniaci, Rose (Fucarino) Maniaci, Theodore Maniaci, Tina (Bonfiglio) Maniscalco, Sam Mansano, Richard Manto, Nicolena (Monfre) Marasco, Ernest Marasco, Katherine (Mollan) Marasco, Michael Marchese, Anna (Lupo) Marchese, Anton Marchese, Carlo Marchese, Mary (Alongo Jr) Marchese, Nina (Rosso) Marchese, Tom Marchese, Vincent Marchetto, Erminio Marchi, Daniel J Marchi, Dorothy (Moglia) Marchiando, Michael Jr Marconi, Vito Mareno, Daniel Maretti, Angelo Maretti, Carmela (Spella) Marigliano, Anna (Marchetto) Marinelle, Michael Marinelli, Adeline (Zanoni) Marinelli, Bruno Marinello, Angelo Marinello, Frank Marinello, Joseph Marinello, Mary (Tylenda) Marinello, Norma (Gramm)
Married Feb-1929 May-1940 Jul-1939 Jul-1937 Sep-1927 Jul-1929 Nov-1936 Mar-1940 May-1939 Oct-1929 Jul-1939 Sep-1940 Feb-1927 Apr-1936 Sep-1931 Aug-1935 Feb-1927 Apr-1935 Jun-1937 Jan-1937 Apr-1934 Jun-1938 Jul-1927 Oct-1929 Jun-1927 Jun-1936 Dec-1937 Jul-1936 Jun-1938 May-1927 Oct-1934 May-1932 Nov-1931 Nov-1931 Aug-1940 Jun-1935 Jun-1936 Jun-1929 Sep-1934 Sep-1930 Jul-1936 Nov-1938 Aug-1939 Jan-1939 Nov-1934 Nov-1927 Jun-1933 Sep-1936 Sep-1928 Nov-1926 Sep-1932 Jun-1937 Jun-1940 Sep-1929 Jul-1939 Dec-1928 Sep-1927 Dec-1927 Oct-1940 Jun-1926 Jan-1940 Sep-1940 Apr-1931 Jul-1937 Apr-1931 Apr-1929 Aug-1934 Jul-1932 Dec-1940 May-1928 Jun-1938 Sep-1937 Dec-1933 Feb-1929 Aug-1932 Nov-1937 Sep-1938 May-1928 Aug-1926 Apr-1926 Jul-1928 Nov-1940 Nov-1937 Apr-1930 Mar-1935 Jun-1929
Name Married Marinello, Perena (Giovanaz) Jun-1926 Marino, Charles Jun-1935 Jan-1936 Marino, Charlotte (Schuh) Marino, Eleanor (DeAndre) Feb-1935 Marino, Fern (Edwards) Aug-1931 Marino, Frances (Busalacchi) Sep-1938 Marino, Genevieve (Buompensiero) Oct-1926 Marino, Laura (Ferrara) Jul-1929 Marino, Michael Oct-1927 Marino, Peter Jul-1928 Marino, Rosie (Crisci) May-1937 Mar-1928 Marmanta, Elva (Marcoe) Maro, Marianna (Minervino) Jul-1936 Marola, Joseph Sep-1936 Marsala, Gregory Jul-1934 Martello, John Dec-1934 Martinelle, Phillip Feb-1930 Martini, Gertrude (Jaeger) Sep-1929 Martini, Harriet (Leszczynski) Aug-1935 Martini, Lillian (Stoddard) Jul-1929 Martino, Jacob Nov-1934 Martino, Joseph Mar-1938 Martino, Josephine (Maneage) Sep-1928 Mascani, Augustine Mar-1926 Mascani, Catherine (Romano) Jun-1934 Mascani, Frances (D'Agostino) Mar-1926 Mascani, Jeanette (D'Amore) Sep-1940 Oct-1940 Mascani, Joseph Mascani, Salvatore Sep-1929 Mascani, Salvatore Aug-1940 Mascipinto, Mary (Covataio) Jun-1931 Masconi, Celso Feb-1928 Maselli, Concetta (Biuso) Dec-1936 Massino, Arthur Jun-1938 Massino, Fred Jun-1929 Mastaglio, Carl Jul-1939 Mastricola, John Aug-1935 Mastropietro, Dorothy (Seso) Oct-1940 Mattaino, Josephine (Newby) Aug-1940 Mattaino, Sam Sep-1940 Mattano, Castanzio Feb-1938 Mattano, Castanzio Sep-1937 Mattano, Joseph Aug-1938 Mattioli, Marcus Jun-1935 Maurina, John Aug-1935 Mazza, Josephine (Zello) Jun-1940 Mazza, Rose (Lanze) Jan-1926 Mazza, Rozzario May-1929 Mazza, Sarah (Beno) Sep-1940 Mazza, Theodore Oct-1926 Mazza, Theodore Oct-1934 Mazzara, Mayme (Diliberti) Sep-1940 Mazzara, Paul Jun-1938 Mazzone, Charles Jun-1936 Mazzone, Rose (Medower) May-1939 Mazzoni, Edward Jun-1927 Melchiorre, Sam Oct-1929 Mendini, Eugene Feb-1934 Mendini, Frank Apr-1932 Mendini, Henry Nov-1937 Mendini, Wylma (Bedalov) Jul-1939 Mendola, Jean (Schultz) Jan-1936 Mendola, Kathryn (Scalici) Jun-1934 Mendola, Marion (Jendusa) Jun-1930 Mendola, Rose (Blazek) Jun-1937 Mendola, Salvatore Jun-1937 Mercurio, David Jun-1936 Mercurio, Marianna (Sciano) Sep-1938 Mercurio, Vincent Nov-1927 Merlo, Lucy (Russcutti) Dec-1926 Meucci, Josephine (Cianciola) Aug-1936 Micale, Anthony Nov-1939 Micale, Tissie (Giuffre) Apr-1929 Miceli, Alex Sep-1933 Miceli, Anna (Miceli) Apr-1929 Miceli, Bigio Apr-1929 Micelli, Biagio Aug-1931 Micelli, Biagio Nov-1939 Micelli, Govanina (Sabatino) Jul-1937 Michelli, Charles Jul-1938 Milazzo, Anthony Jr Mar-1940 Millela, Margaret (LaRosa) Nov-1940 Millonzi, Francis Jun-1939 Millonzi, Joseph May-1936 Millunzi, Paul Oct-1934 Continued in the next issue of The Italian Times.
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Report from Milwaukee’s Victory School Italian Enrichment Program
This school year, Victory School K8 welcomes five new teachers to the Italian Enrichment Program. Interviews of these new teachers were conducted by three fifth graders who are the official Victory news reporters for this school year. Four of the five teachers arrived from Italy between Aug. 25 and Sept. 6. The K4 teacher, Alex, has dual citizenship in Italy and the United States. Alex Filippo Kaftan was born in Milwaukee and spent much of his youth returning to the
regions of Lazio and Toscana, where his grandparents live full time. He has just returned to Milwaukee to find sustainable work after spending three years in Rome. While his parents live in Milwaukee, all of his father’s family lives in Rome. Alex learned of the teaching job at Victory through his mother. His interests are: history, cities, population and demographics. His hobbies include: dogs, wolves and hiking. He has an Italian dog named Mars. One of his goals is to have his students learn a
Sabrina Lupoli, K5 Co-Teacher
lot and he hopes to learn a lot himself. He plans to stay at Victory School as long as possible.
The K5 co-teacher is Sabrina Lupoli from Taranto, Italia, in the region of Puglia. Sabrina arrived in Milwaukee on Aug. 30 and is staying with a school community host family. Sabrina decided to move here to have an exchange of cultures and to learn about a different school system. All of her family is in Italia, where Sabrina spent eight years teaching before coming to the United States. Sabrina found out about Victory K8 on Facebook. Her interests are listening to music, reading and cooking. She enjoys going to the gym. Two of Sabrina’s goals are to improve her English and learn the school system. Ms. Lupoli plans to stay at Victory one to three years and is currently coteaching with Mrs. Brunnelli.
The First Grade co-teacher is Emanuela La Grutta. Emanuela arrived in Milwaukee on Aug. 30 from Rovereto, the “City of Peace”. Emanuela came to try a new opportunity and for the experience of living in the United States for one to three years. Emanuela has family in Italy and is very close to her brothers and sisters. She hopes to return to Italy at Christmas. Emanuela has been teaching for 14 years in Italia, since 2000. She read about the opportunity to teach at Victory K8 on Facebook and then went through the informational and interview process in late spring. Her interests are sports and practicing sports. She enjoys music, going to the theater and walking. Emanuela’s goal is to share the Italian language and culture. She wishes to improve her English lan-
guage skills. Ms. La Grutta currently teaches with Ms. Zizzo.
The Second Grade co-teacher is Angela Margerita Bozano, from Ferrara, Italia, though she grew up in the area of Genoa. Angela arrived in Milwaukee on Sept. 6, and is sharing a house with Emanuela within walking distance of Victory School. Angela’s husband and two high-school age children are thriving in Ferrara. She also has a sister who lives in northern California. Angela has had 15 years teaching experience in Italy and found out about the opportunity at Victory School last spring. She moved here for the experience and to help Victory’s Italian program grow. Ms. Bozano co-teaches with Ms. Robertson and plans to stay between one and three years.
The Fourth Grade teacher is Enrica Fracchia, who comes from the region of Liguria, Italia. She had been living in Philadelphia for 2-1/2 years prior to her arrival in Milwaukee on Aug. 11. She decided to move here to study English and to assist the Italian program. She has a brother and uncle who live in Liguria, Italia. She has been teaching for 22 years in Italy. Enrica found out about the opportunity at Victory School online. Her interests include: power walking, reading, yoga, and hanging out. One of her hobbies is traveling. Her goals are to become a good teacher and to finish her master’s degree. Ms. Fracchia plans to stay at Victory School for three years. Benvenuto a tutto! – Compiled by Annette Robertson Second Grade teacher
Emanuela La Grutta, First Grade Co-Teacher
Enrica Fracchia, Fourth Grade Teacher
Venice’s Festa della Madonna della Salute celebrated Nov. 21
Angela Margerita Bozano, Second Grade Co-Teacher
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Each year on Nov. 21, the Festival della Salute is celebrated in Venice (Veneto). The feast commemorates the end of the terrible plague that spread across Venice, which quickly decimated the city’s population. When all medical attempts failed, the Senate of the Republic and Duke Nicolò Contarini decided to ask the Virgin Mary for help, voting to erect a temple in her name as soon as the scourge ended. The plague finally came to an end in November 1631, and the government decided to begin the construction of the temple. The temple was consecrated on
Nov. 21, 1687, and since then the day has been known as “Madonna della Salute” for all Venetians. This impressive Baroque church, which contains beautiful works by Tiziano and Tintoretto, is located on the eastern point of Dorsoduro and is visible from the banks of St. Mark’s Square. On Nov. 21, a guided procession begins in the Patriaca part of St. Mark’s, crosses the bridge of the Grand Canal and solemnly concludes in the Church of the Salute. A wooden bridge is temporarily erected across the canal, and thousands of pilgrims cross to the church.
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Italian culture to be well-represented at the 71st International Holiday Folk Fair
from page 3 Bei Bambini will dance on Sunday only. The dance schedule was not available when this issue went to press. Pick up a brochure when you enter to find the complete schedule. Education Day Each year, before the Folk Fair opens to the public, there is an Education Day program for area school children. This year, two teachers will be presenting classes and demonstrations. Sabrina Lupoli will be teaching Italian language on Education Day. She will be teaching the student visitors how to say hello, good bye, please, thank you and simple counting. She will be demonstrating how to make four types of pasta including linguini and tortellini.
Jorgensen will be giving a demonstration of the making of Italian mosaics. She is looking for simple objects for the students to work with. If you have any items hidden away or items you would like to donate, please contact her at 414-380-0808 or send an email to: gina.jorgensen@yahoo.com. Donations of materials such as plastic spoons, paper plates, tile adhesive or any other related items are also welcomed, appreciated and needed. Jorgensen added that for the 2015 Folk Fair, “We have hopes to have an Italian cart, featuring items such as olive oils, nuts, seeds, candy and pasta. We would like to give fair-goers a feel of what it is like to visit a stand in Italy or in
Copies of vintage photos displayed at ICC or Festa available through Milwaukee County Historical Society
Persons interested in acquiring a copy of any of the vintage Italian American photographs that are displayed throughout the year at the Italian Community Center or during the three days of Festa Italiana must contact the Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) to obtain the photo, ICC Historian Mario A. Carini announced. “The Historical Society is the keeper of all of the negatives,” Carini said, who donated a massive collection of artifacts, photos and other memorabilia to the society on behalf of the ICC and the early Italian immigrants in 2010. Please call the MCHS at
414/273-8288. The MCHS is located at 910 N. Old World Third St. in downtown Milwaukee.
the early days of the Italian immigrants who sold these items on the streets of old Milwaukee.”
tional opportunities to help children take pride in their own cultures while developing respect and tolerance for other cultures through the International Institute of Wisconsin.
Nov. 23 run/walk The 14th Around the World 5K Run/Walk, benefiting The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 9 a.m. Starting and finishing near the Wisconsin Exposition Center, a portion of the race proceeds will support the Salvation Army’s Homeless Children Program, while the balance will be used to provide educa-
Run/walk pre-registration is $18 (received before Nov. 14) or $25 day of the race. The registration package includes a long-sleeve T-shirt, light refreshments and free Folk Fair admission. Online registration is at www.folkfair.org or call the Holiday Folk Fair International at 414-225-6225.
from page 14 St. Joan Antida High School was founded by the Sisters of Charity of St. Joan Antida in 1954 to offer a values-based Catholic education to young women of diverse ethnic,
religious and socio-economic backgrounds. The school’s 230 students represent more than 70 feeder schools throughout the greater Milwaukee area.
St. Joan Anitda High School to host Spaghetti Dinner & Fall Fest on Sunday, Nov. 2
Visitors can take part in olive harvest in Tuscany
If you are visiting the Tuscany region of Italy in November, you might be able to participate in a very special occasion, the annual olive harvest. Families get together to pick the crop of olives that have ripened and press them for extra virgin olive oil. Tours are available in the areas around San Gimignano, Siena, San Miniato and Chianti allowing visitors to join Italian families in the harvest. Many of the tours include meetings with local producers of Tuscan cheese and wine and balsamic vinegar, opportunities to learn how to make autumn Tuscan dishes and celebrate the gastronomically precious white truffles at a festival in San Miniato.
Have something to sell this holiday season? Let the readers of The Italian Times know about it by placing an ad in our December issue. It’s easy and inexpensive. For details, please call 414-223-2801 or send an email to Editor Tom Hemman at themman@italiancc.org. PAGE 20 – NOVEMBER 2014
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