February 2014 issue

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Cafe La Scala to be open Monday through Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner with new menu and specials

By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Starting the week of Jan. 27, Cafe La Scala, the Italian Community Center’s public restaurant, returns to a Monday through Saturday operation and – for the first time ever – will have breakfast available from 6 to 11 a.m.

Business Manager Patrick Morgan also announced a lunch buffet with a different daily theme – for just $8.50 per person – on Monday through Friday, and an exciting, new lunch and dinner menu with great daily specials.

ICC members are invited to take advantage of one of the Saturday night specials: members can buy one dinner and get the second for 50% off.

This offer is valid every Saturday night except when there is a concert in the building or a show in the Courtyard.

Other member specials or discounts are being worked on, Morgan said.

What’s cooking for breakfast?

How about a frittata? That’s an Italian omelette with asparagus, Romano cheese and smoked ham for $6.95.

On the breakfast menu also are a variety of breakfast sandwiches including one in a tomato basil wrap with scrambled eggs, cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, mushrooms and peppers. Another is served on a toasted English muffin with ham, egg and cheese. Try bacon, egg and cheese on a warm buttery croissant.

Among the other items on the breakfast menu are buttermilk pancakes; a three-egg omelette; two eggs, any style; and French toast. For lighter breakfast fare, Cafe La Scala offers Greek yogurt with granola, hot oatmeal and fresh berries, cereal with sliced bananas, jumbo muffins, whole fruit and cinnamon buns.

Of course, there will be piping hot coffee, espresso and cappuccino, hot tea and your

favorite cold juices and iced beverages.

“We’re really excited about having breakfast available six days a week,” Morgan said. “It’s something we’ve been discussing for awhile and believe now is the right time to launch it.

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Celebrate Il Grande Carnevale on Saturday, Mar. 1 at the ICC

By Thomas Hemman Times Editor General Chairpersons Joanne Czubek and Rosemary DeRubertis invite you to be part of the celebration of Il Grande Carnevale, the Italian Community Center’s social event of the year, on Saturday, Mar. 1.

The 35th annual Carnevale will

get underway at 5:11 p.m. with a social hour (cash bar and free hors d’oeuvres) in the galleria. Shortly after 6 p.m., attendees will be called into the Pompeii Grand Ballroom where all the ingredients that make Carnevale so special will be brought forth. These include great food, royal pageantry, costumes and masks, dancing and gen-

La Befana pays a visit to ICC to the delight of children

For the 12th consecutive year, the Italian Community Center hosted a post-Christmas party for the youngest children and grandchildren of ICC members that celebrates the legend of La Befana. Here, La Befana is seen telling the children her story. The gift-bearing witch told the youngsters that she dismissed chances to travel with the Three Wise Men and a shepherd to Bethlehem to see the Baby Jesus. Then, realizing her error, she set out on an unfruitful journey to find the Holy Child’s birthplace. In an attempt to make amends, she has been delivering gifts to good children on Epiphany Eve for many centuries. As you might guess, she had gifts for all of the youngsters attending the ICC’s party on Saturday, Jan. 4. The event was organized by the Avanti Committee. Several more photos from the celebration appear inside this edition. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)

eral merrymaking.

Czubek and DeRubertis report that they intentionally have not selected a specific theme for this year’s event. “People who know the long history of the Italian Carnevale, particularly the Carnival of Venice, are aware that it is a free-style, fun-filled event, where participants, decked out in colorful costumes and decorative masks of their own design or selec-

tion, celebrate without pretenses or set guidelines. Essentially, participants can be whatever they want to be,” they said.

“We’re hoping that many of our attendees come adorned in their own costume and mask creations.

Groups of attendees might want to select their own theme for costume or mask wear,” they added. Prizes will be awarded for the best.

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Regularly printed, delivered Italian Times edition returns to members this month

By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Beginning with this issue (February 2014), The Italian Times is returning as a regularly printed newspaper for members of the Italian Community Center.

There will be 10 monthly issues and the combined July/August Festa Italiana issue, all in print and mailed to the residences of members.

Every issue will continue to be available online at the ICC’s website – www.iccmilwaukee.com.

In a cost-saving effort a year ago, five of the 11 printed issues were suspended in favor of online only issues. “While our viewership of the online editions has been truly remarkable, producing numbers much higher than we originally estimated, we also found out that we had alienated many of the older members of the ICC who either don’t have internet access

or simply don’t enjoy reading a newspaper on a computer or tabloid device,” Editor Tom Hemman said.

The proposal to bring back the regularly printed issue for the members was prepared by Hemman and recommended for approval by the Newspaper Committee. Both the Finance Committee and the ICC Board voted in favor of the proposal during the week of Jan. 13.

This move is expected to help the ICC increase its membership numbers. “While 2,000 to 4,000 people were viewing the onlineonly issues, we had several hundred people who had little or no opportunity to read the online editions, which created a degree of unfairness that we wanted to end,” said Hemman. “A copy of the newspaper is one of the benefits of ICC membership.”

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A message from Gina Spang, Italian Community Center President Happy New Year and welcome to 2014! I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday and survived the recent arctic vortex.

A very big thank you to the Members’ Christmas Party planning committee. The event was spectacular. From the room set up, the photo station, the delicious meal, the raffle for Bucks tickets and other prizes and the dancing – a very good time was had by all who attended.

MSOE students’ presentation The students at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) are working hard to complete the final details of their senior design project and they are preparing for the presentation which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15 on the 3rd floor of the Campus Center, located at 1025 N. Broadway on the MSOE Campus. There are three teams

that will present projects focused on the Italian Community Center.

The viewing area will be open at 8 a.m. with the formal student presentations taking place at 9. 10 and 11 a.m., respectively. Please plan to attend and see what creative ideas the students have designed.

Carnevale Joanne Czubek, Rosie DeReburtis and their committee are putting the final touches on Il Grande Carnevale. This is one of the signature events of the Italian Community Center and I invite our members and friends to attend.

More information on the event can be found in a separate article in The Italian Times.

Committee Chairs Committee Chairs for this year have been selected and they are: By-Laws: Tony Piacentini Finance & Personnel: Sam

Purpero and Joe Jannazzo Membership: Bill and Karen Dickinson Culture: Christina Ziino Newspaper: Rosie DeReburtis Long Range Planning: Gina Spang and Joe Vella Avanti: Liz Ceraso Fundraising: Rose Spang Have any suggestions?

If you have ideas, suggestions or would like to contact any of the committee chairs, please call Constance in the office (414/2232808).

I am optimistic about 2014 and I hope you are too.

– Gina M. Spang ICC President

Deadline set for Times’ March issue All advertising copy, news stories and photos for publication in the March 2014 issue of The Italian

Times must be submitted to the editor no later than Friday, Feb. 8.

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.

February weather in Italy While January tends to be colder overall than February, the two months are fairly interchangeable weatherwise. The northern part of Italy and other mountainous regions are often snow-covered, and rain usually dominates the forecast in other areas.

Still, February is when some parts of Italy, especially southern regions, are beginning to shake off the winter cold.

Here’s the average temperature range in the northern, central and southern parts of Italy: • Northern Italy: 25º-45º Fahrenheit.

• Central Italy: 40º-55º Fahrenheit.

• Southern Italy (including Sicily): 50º-60º Fahrenheit.

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American Christmas Pompeii Women’s Club makes holiday village displayed at ICC, courtesy of Enzo Brusca donation to ICC

The Pompeii Women’s Club continued to show its support for the Italian Community Center with a $500 donation, which was presented at the ICC membership’s Christmas dinner and dance on Dec. 5. Joined by all of the Pompeii Women in attendance that night, Pompeii President Pat Consolazione presented the check to ICC President Gina Spang. Spang thanked the Pompeii Women for their ongoing support of the ICC. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)

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.

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

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the site).

2. By e-mail: susie@iccmilwaukee.com.

3. Call Constance Jones at the ICC – 414-223-2808.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Seen here is Enzo Brusca, of Chicago, with a portion of an American Christmas village that he brought to the Italian Community Center for display during the holiday season. Several hundred people took up the invitation, published in the last two issues of The Italian Times, to come and view the exhibit. This picture was taken on Jan. 4 when Brusca and his family came to pack it up and return it home. The display consisted of more than 300 pieces and structures, many with moving parts and lights.

Brusca, who is a friend of ICC members Ann and Joe Zambito and a member of the Society of San Biaggio Plantani, has been collecting the pieces for many years and has amassed quite a collection of unique pieces. ICC President Gina Spang and Culture Committee Chair Christina Ziino thanked Brusca for the opportunity to display this wonderful exhibit during the holiday season. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)

Harder Funeral Home JAMES T. GUARDALABENE ASSOCIATE 18700 W. Capitol Drive “Three generations of my family serving yours.” www.Guardalabene.com Phone: (262) 781-8350 Cell: (414) 588-0836 “As dictated by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, all pre-paid funeral trusts are allowed to be transferred to another funeral home at any time. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to discuss transferring your trust to me from Schmidt & Bartelt or any other funeral home. I would, of course, honor all the terms and wishes as originally agreed upon. It is a very simple process that only requires your signature on a transfer form which I would provide. In addition, there likely could be a savings to you because of Harder’s more reasonable charges.”

• NO LONGER ASSOCIATED WITH SCHMIDT & BARTELT/ GUARDALABENE & AMATO. • Personally providing the services you have come to expect at your church, chapel or at the Harder Funeral Home.

• Funeral planning & pre-planning at your residence or at the funeral home.

• Pre-planning and Title 19 expertise.

• Longtime member of the Italian Community Center.

• Proud sponsor of the Festa Italiana Mass since 2002.

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Oldies But Goodies Spectacular with special guests to perform at ICC on Saturday, Feb. 1 Advance tickets available now for this show reuniting Milwaukee’s early rock performers The Oldies But Goodies Spectacular, joined by special guest performers, will bring back Milwaukee’s ‘50s and ‘60s rock-androll scene in a concert at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, on Saturday, Feb. 1.

Doors of the Festa Ballroom open at 6:30 p.m. The show begins at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are now available at the ICC for $20. Stop in or call 414/223-2180 to purchase

your tickets. Tickets are also available from members of the Oldies But Goodies Spectacular. Should tickets still be available the night of the show, admission will be $25.

Cafe La Scala, the ICC’s public restaurant, will be open at 5 p.m. that Saturday night. The staff will be on hand to take food and drink orders in both the restaurant and Festa Ballroom throughout the evening.

Kim Marie, the founder and one of the three lead vocalists of the Oldies But Goodies Spectacular, said, “Several very special guest performers will be joining us for this show, which is a reunion of Milwaukee’s best rock-and-roll artists from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.”

The special artists and the groups they played with back in the day include: Bob Barian of The

Comic Books, Warren Wiegratz of The Freeloaders, Larry Lynne of The Skunks, Jim Rosetti of The Midnighters (appearing with Antonio Wigley), Bob Hirschi of The Van Tels, Big Louie of The Renagades and Johnny B., formerly of The Oldies But Goodies Spectacular. Kim Marie added that baritone sax player Yogi, formerly of The Soul Entertainers and The Oldies But Goodies Spectacular, is returning to play with the band for this show.

People who have followed the Oldies But Goodies Spectacular through the years know that the band is comprised of several artists who also performed in popular Milwaukee bands from the late ‘50s into the ‘70s. Kim Marie was a member of Denny and The Darnells. Vocalist/guitarist Chuck Travis was the leader of The Do Wa Wa’s. Drummer Bruce Cole played with The Vantels. Trumpeter Mike Betts was with The Free Loaders.

Lead guitar Tom Sorce still plays with the Tom Anthony Group and his own group, the Tom Sorce Band. Bass guitarist Jeff Burhardt was with The Do Wa Wa’s.

Keyboardist Bob Sanderson played with The Citations. Saxophonist Mike Miller was with Junior and The Classics. The group’s third vocalist, Tony Clementi, is the only exception. He did not perform with any of Milwaukee’s early rock bands.

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22nd annual St. Joseph’s Day luncheon set for Mar. 19 at the ICC -----By Thomas Hemman Times Editor Chairperson Mary (Mineo) Winard has announced that planning is well under way for the Italian Community Center’s 22nd annual St. Joseph’s Day luncheon.

This year, the celebration will be held on Wednesday, Mar. 19, the

actual day set aside by the Catholic Church to honor the foster father of Jesus Christ. The event begins at noon.

A pre-paid reservation policy has been established. The cost has been set at $17 for an ICC member and $25 for a non-member. The reservation deadline is Wednesday,

Planning well under way for ICC’s ‘A Taste of Italy’ on Sunday, Apr. 6 Ann Romano, general chairperson, said plans are already being made for the Italian Community Center’s 19th annual “A Taste of Italy” on Sunday, Apr. 6. She advises everyone who loves Italian food to keep the date open.

This celebration of Italian food, which serves as an essential fundraiser for the nonprofit ICC, will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

As always, there will be free admission and free parking, and, best of all, everything you choose to eat or drink will be available at an incredibly low cost. Romano said food and beverage tickets will cost the same as last year – $1.50 each or seven tickets for $10.

Just like the past 18 Taste of Italy events, there will be a large selection of entrée items, desserts and beverages. The entire building will be utilized for the event.

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Romano, who has been actively involved in all but one of the previous “Taste of Italy” fund-raisers, said Ann (D’Amico) Skoczynski is returning as vice chairperson and volunteer food ticket chair.

There will also be live entertainment and a giant raffle, Romano added. Marie and Jim Schwindt are returning to serve as chairpersons of this year’s raffle.

Last year’s “Taste of Italy” brought in more than $20,000 for the ICC. Romano noted that this profit would not have been possible without the generous support of numerous Italian societies, food and product vendors and members of the ICC. The 2011 Taste of Italy brought in a record net profit of $23,000 which, Romano said, “We would certainly like to top that in 2014. With everyone’s help we can do it.”

Mar. 12. Reservations can be made by completing the form accompanying this article and mailing it with your payment to the ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202, or by calling the Center at 414/2232180 and paying with a credit card.

The St. Joseph’s Day tradition includes a meatless meal. Winard and vice chairperson Ann (D’Amico) Skoczynski report that the ICC menu for the observance will

include pasta con sarde e finocchio (pasta with sardines and fennel), eggplant artichokes, tossed salad with grapefruit, Italian bread and coffee, tea or milk. There will be a special dessert.

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The ICC presents the St. Josephʼs Day Luncheon Wednesday, Mar. 19 • Reservation Form Name(s): ___________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ City: _________________________________ State: ________________ Zip: ____________________ Phone: ____________________________ Number of ICC members attending: ___ @ $17.00 per person = $ Number of non-members attending: ___ @ $25.00 per person = $ Pre-paid reservations must be received by Wednesday, Mar. 12th.

Tables of 10 available. Please list the people at your table: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Weʼre attending and wish to make an additional donation to the event. contribution.

Besides my payment for reservations, Iʼm sending a $ We are unable to attend, but wish to contribute $ tradition in the high standard of the past.

to continue this

Checks payable to: St. Josephʼs Luncheon. (One check preferable for all at same table.) MAIL TO: Italian Community Center, Attn.: St. Josephʼs Day Luncheon, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

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ICC’s free ‘Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series’ starts Mar. 4 Shows on Tuesday and Thursday nights. La Scala staff ready to serve attendees

By Thomas Hemman Times Editor The third season of the Italian Community Center’s “Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series” will begin on Tuesday, Mar. 4, according to Joe Campagna, Jr., series coordinator, and Tom Sorce, music director.

The series will feature jazz or blues acts on Tuesday nights and good-time rock-and-roll bands on Thursday nights. These shows will again be offered with no cover charge or drink minimum. They will take place in the Festa Ballroom, starting at 6:30 p.m.

The staff of Cafe La Scala, the ICC’s public restaurant, will be on

hand to take food and drink orders from 5 p.m. in both the restaurant and the ballroom.

Who’s performing?

Campagna and Sorce announced the acts that been signed to perform shortly before presstime.

The complete lineup follows.

Please note: There will be no shows Mar. 13 and Apr. 10 as the Italian Conference Center has large events booked that will prevent the presentation of the series.

• Tuesday, Mar. 4 – Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys. One of the most popular blues acts to play at the ICC the last few years is Reverend Raven &

The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys (www.reverendraven.com).

Specializing in classic Chicago blues, Reverend Raven and company won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award for best blues band in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2010.

• Thursday, Mar. 6 – The Ricochettes. Formed initially in 1963, The Ricochettes were dubbed “Milwaukee’s Beatles” in 1964 and released a number of singles including “Come in My Love,” which sold over 10,000 copies in the area. The British beat continues to be one of the ingredients to The Ricochettes’ success and longevity.

• Tuesday, Mar. 11 – Pete

Sorce with Jeff Labarge Swing Explosion. Featuring the smooth vocals of Pete Sorce and the classic arrangements of Jeff Labarge with the finest musicians from southeast Wisconsin, the 18-piece ensemble of Swing Explosion brings excitement, prestige and sophistication to any stage – and they don’t just do big band music. Their unique and eclectic style is guaranteed to have you tapping your toes.

• Tuesday, Mar. 18 –Leroy Airmaster with David Wake. Since the 1980s, Leroy Airmaster has been one of the dominant blues bands in southeastern Wisconsin.

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Calendar of Events January 27 – March 31, 2014 Week of Jan. 27 • Cafe La Scala returns to Monday through Saturday operation and will be open for breakfast. Details in this issue.

Tuesday, Jan. 28 • Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 29 • Pompeii Women’s Club general meeting, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1 • Oldies But Goodies Spectacular reunion show, doors open at 6:30 p.m., showtime 8 p.m. Details in this issue.

Monday, Feb. 3 • Solomon Juneau Social Club, 11:30 a.m.

• Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4 • Pompeii Men’s Club Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6 • Italian Community Center membership dinner, 5:30 p.m.

• Italian Community Center general membership meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8 • Festa Italiana Steering Committee meeting, 10 a.m.

• Abruzzese Society dinner, 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 10 • Pompeii Women’s Club Board, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 11 • Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 17 • Italian Community Center Finance Committee meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18 • Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO membership meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 19 • Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America membership meeting, spuntino at 6 p.m., meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20 • Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 25 • Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 • Pompeii Women’s Club general meeting, 6 p.m. Tentative.

• Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Rock and Roll with The Ricochettes, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 10 • Italian Commmunity Center Winter Bocce Championship Play-offs, 7 p.m. Details in this issue.

• Pompeii Women’s Club Board meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 8 • Spring semester of ICC’s free Children’s Italian class begins, 2 p.m.

Details in this issue.

Tuesday, Mar. 11 • Pompeii Men’s Club general meeting, 6 p.m.

• Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Jazz featuring Pete Sorce with Jeff Labarge and Swing Explosion, 6:30 p.m.

• Abruzzese Society meeting and spuntino, 7 p.m.

• Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 13 • No Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series show. Private party.

Monday, Mar. 17 • Italian Community Center Finance Committee meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 18 • Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Blues with Leroy Airmaster and David Wake, 6:30 p.m.

• Società Maschile M.S.S. Del Lume meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Mar. 20 • Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.

• Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Rock and Roll with Tom Anthony Group, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Mar. 25 • Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Jazz with Vivo featuring Pam Duronio, Tim Stemper and Warren Wiegratz, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Mar. 26 • Pompeii Women’s Club general meeting, 6 p.m. Tentative Week of Mar. 27 • Italian Community Center’s Spring Bocce League Season begins, Seniors’ leagues on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Mixed couples leagues on Monday and Wednesday nights.

Thursday, Mar. 27 • Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series. Rock and Roll with Bob Hirschi & Groove Therapy, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 1 • Il Grande Carnevale, 6:11 p.m. Details in this issue.

Daily and weekly classes and activities • Bocce leagues. The winter bocce leagues season continues through the week of Mar. 4 with the championship play-offs on Monday, Mar. 10.

Monday, Mar. 3 • Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6 p.m.

• Free Children’s Italian class. Begins on Saturday, Mar. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. Meets for eight consecutive Saturdays. Details in this issue.

Tuesday, Mar. 4 • Spring semester of ICC’s Beginneer’s Italian class begins, 5:30 p.m.

Details in this issue.• Pompeii Men’s Club Board meeting, 6 p.m.

• Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series opener. Blues with Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys, 6:30 p.m. Details on the entire series in this issue.

• Spring semester of ICC’s Italian II class begins, 7:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

• Italian classes for teens and adults. Both Beginneer’s Italian and Italian II are being offered. The spring semester begins on Tuesday, Mar. 4.

Beginneer’s Italian at 5:30 p.m. Italian II at 7:30 p.m. Each class meets for 10 consecutive Tuesday nights. Details in this issue.

Thursday, Mar. 6 • Italian Community Center general membership meeting, 6:30 p.m.

• 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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• 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!

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Acts announced for ICC’s free ‘Cure for Cabin Fever Music Series’ from page 5 vocals), Bill Stone (guitar and vocals), Dave Kasik (basss) and Vodie Rhinehart (drums), the group relies heavily on a jazz approach but never loses the gutsy blues framework that made the band so popular. Joining them for this show will be keyboardist Dave Wake.

• Thursday, Mar. 20 – Tom Anthony Group. Whether it’s the summer Courtyard Music Series or the winter Cabin Fever Series, the Tom Anthony Group (www.tomanthony.com) performs before a packed house. Vocalist Tom Anthony has long been a fixture on the Milwaukee area music scene. With his group – Tom Sorce (guitar), Joel Freisinger (keyboards) and Brian Ford (drums), Anthony presents the best of the rock, pop and rhythm and blues era with a bit of today’s country.

• Tuesday, Mar. 25 – Vivo.

Warren Wiegratz, Pam Duronio and Tim Stemper are the creative forces behind this contemporary jazz, pop bossa and samba music ensemble. Saxophonist Wiegratz is one of themost recognized and awarded musicians in Wisconsin.

Vocalist Duronio and guitarist Stemper have been performing and

recording together for over two decades.

• Thursday, Mar. 27 – Bob Hirschi & Groove Therapy. This group is one of southeast Wisconsin’s hottest horn bands.

The band covers the best in rock, soul, R&B, pop, and more in the style of the classic horn bands.

Hirschi ws one of the original vocalists with the Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.

• Tuesday, Apr. 1 – Altered Five. A rockin’ rhythm and blues band from Milwaukee that has been performing around the Midwest to high acclaim since 2002. The group is fronted by Jeff Taylor, whose vocals have been described as “gloriously gritty.”

• Thursday, Apr. 3 – Rick D’Amore’s Rockin’ Dance Party.

Joining D’Amore will be Rob Chalifaux on bass; Tim Sardina on drums; and Pete D’Amore on lead guitar. Expect to hear the best of Elvis Presley, Dion Meucci, Dion & The Belmonts, Roy Orbison and many of the other hitmakers of the rock and roll era.

• Tuesday, Apr. 8 – Frank DeMiles Combo. Jazz legend Frank DeMiles, who was the vocal music instructor for the Greenfield School

District for 35 years and winner of the 2010 Civic Music Association “Lifetime Achievement in Music” award, will perform with his combo.

• Tuesday, Apr. 15 – Jim Liban’s Third Coast Blues Collective with Joel Patterson. This band, formerly known as the Jim Liban Band, features legendary Milwaukee-based blues artists Jim and Matt Liban, Greg Koch and Kurt Koenig. They will be joined by Chicago blues and jazz guitarist Joel Patterson for this show.

• Thursday, Apr. 17 – Larry Lynne Band.

Milwaukee’s “Godfather of Rock and Roll,” Larry Lynne and his band present a unique variety show that consists of rock, country-rock, blues and classic favorites from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s to today’s hits and novelty music with a touch of comedy.

• Tuesday, Apr. 22 – Chris Hanson Band. This group features perennial Wisconsin Area Music Industry award winner Robin Pleur on vocals, 30-year veteran violinist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Glenn Asch, bassist Mike Britz and John Parrott and Chris Hanson on guitar and vocals.

The band performs regularly around the Milwaukee area.

• Thursday, Apr. 24 – Tom Anthony Group. See above.

• Tuesday, Apr. 29 – The Jimmys. Named the “2012 Best Swing/Big Band Ensemble“ by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry, the band continued wracking up honors in 2013, winning five Madison Area Music Awards including 2013 Artist of the Year and Blues Performer of the Year.

The group consists of Jimmy Voegeli (keyboardist), Darren Sterud (brass intrumentalist) and Peterson Ross (woodwind intrumentalist) who have been honored individually.

Thinking summer?

For the large group of our readers who enjoy the summertime Courtyard Music Series at the ICC, you can mark down Monday, June 2 as the starting date. This freeadmission series will run continuously Monday through Thursday nights through Aug. 28 with the exception of June 25-July 6, when Summerfest is held at nearby Maier Festival Park. In September, the series cuts back to Tuesday and Thursday nights only.

The Ricochettes Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Gang

Music Director Tom Sorce Rick D’Amore Steve Cohen of Leroy Airmaster

Tom Anthony

Left: Vivo Rio – Warren Wiegratz, Pam Duronio and Tim Stemper Right: Frank DeMiles

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Free children’s Italian class to begin Saturday, Mar. 8 at ICC The spring semester of a free weekly series of Italian classes for children between the ages of 6 and 12 will begin Saturday, Mar. 8, at the Italian Community Center. The class, which runs from 2 to 4 p.m., will continue for eight weeks, with the final session on Apr. 26.

The course is intended to pro-

vide children with an introduction to the Italian language and the culture of Italy. Besides learning some basic words and the Italian alphabet, the children also make drawings for holiday and special occasions and receive a snack during each Saturday session.

The instructor is Enrica

ICC Historian Carini wants your high school yearbooks and 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.

Tarantino Woytal, who also leads the ICC’s Italian classes for teens and adults. She was honored by WisItalia as Wisconsin’s 2009 “Italian Teacher of the Year.”

Tarantino Woytal has been leading the children’s class at ICC since the early 1980s. Over the years, several hundred youngsters have participated in the free class.

To register for the spring semester, please complete the form accompanying this article and mail

it to: Children’s Italian Course, c/o ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916.

Since there is no enrollment fee, parents can also register their children in person any time during the semester.

For further information, contact the ICC office at 414/223-2180, or Enrica Tarantino Woytal or Pietro Tarantino at 414/481-0170, or via email at enrica@aol.com.

Free Children's Italian Course Registration Form (For children ages 6-12) at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee Parent(s) Name ________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________ City _______________________ State _______ Zip ___________ Phone No.: _____________ Email__________________________ Children's Names & Ages: _______________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Send this form to: Children's Italian Course, c/o ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916.

Rock and Roll Winter Blast featuring Oldies But Goodies Spectacular and other ‘60s Milwaukee Rock and Roll legends Saturday, Feb. 1 – 6:30 p.m., Doors open 8:00 p.m., Show Il Grande Carnevale Hosted by: Italian Community Center Saturday, March 1, 2014 – 6:11 p.m.

Italian classes being offered for adults and teens starting Mar. 4 at ICC This spring, the Italian Community Center will offer an introductory class (Italian I) as well as an Italian II class, both starting Tuesday, Mar. 4.

Both courses will be held on 10 consecutive Tuesday nights, with the final classes on May 6.

A Taste of Italy Hosted by: Italian Community Center Sunday, April 6, 2014 – 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Instructor Enrica Tarantino Woytal described Italian I as being for those who want an introduction to the language and the culture of Italy. The introductory course will run from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.

The Italian II course will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, and end at 9:15 p.m. “Italian II is ideal for those who have completed our introductory course and are ready to learn more about the language and culture of Italy,” Tarantino Woytal said.

Children’s Easter Party Hosted by: Avanti Committee Saturday, April 12, 2014 – Noon

Enrollment is open to ICC members and the general public. There is a limit of 25 students per class.

The fee for each course is $100 for an ICC member and $110 for a

Cabin Fever Music Series Hosted by: Italian Conference Center Tuesday and Thursdays night, March 4 – April 29, except March 13 and April 10 St. Joseph’s Day Luncheon Hosted by Italian Community Center Wednesday, March 19 – Noon

ICC’s Easter Brunch Hosted by: Italian Conference Center Sunday, April 20, 2014 ICC’s Mother’s Day Brunch Hosted by: Italian Conference Center Sunday, May 11, 2014

non-member. The fee does not include the course textbook.

The Italian III course, which was available this past fall, is not being offered in the spring semester.

To register, complete the form accompanying this article. Checks or money orders are payable to the Italian Community Center.

Registration will be accepted up to the start of the Mar. 4 classes if the enrollment limit has not been reached.

Tarantino Woytal began teaching children’s Italian classes at the ICC more than 30 years ago. She has been offering classes for adults and teens for more than 25 years.

She is also the editor of La Pagina Italiana, a regular Italian language news feature of The Italian Times.

WisItalia, the statewide organization promoting the instruction of Italian in schools, colleges and universities, honored Tarantino Woytal as its 2009 “Italian Teacher of the Year.”

Registration form for Italian I course & Italian II course Name(s) ___________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _____________________________________________________

Courtyard Music Series Hosted by: Italian Conference Center Monday through Thursday nights, June 2 – September 30, 2014 except during Summerfest June 25 – July 6 Festa Italiana Hosted by: Italian Community Center July 18 –20, 2014 at Maier Festival Park Summerfest Grounds

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Phone No. ___________________Email _________________________________ I am (we are) enrolling in:

Italian I course Number of persons enrolling.

Italian II course Number of persons enrolling.

Course fee: ICC Member - $100.00; Non-Member - $110.00 Make payment to: Italian Community Center, and send to: ICC, c/o Italian Class, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916. Enrollment in each class is limited to the first 25 students who send in this registration form with full payment.

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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 414/223-2808 or visit www.ICCMilwaukee.com.

The following donations were received between Nov. 6, 2013 and Jan. 8, 2014.

In memory of Joseph Glorioso Ines Spinelli Anne Marie Costrini Betty Hermann In memory of Dr. Coleman Gertler Jane Gertler In memory of Peter Orlando Robert Gensler Filippo Mazzei Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy

In memory of Mary Sanfilippo-Pritchard Jimmy & Linda Spataro

in America In memory of Sadie Machi Jane Gertler In memory of Rosemary Crivello August J. Amoroso

In memory of Aino Catalano Jim Accounting

In memory of Sam Catalano Joe Catalano

In memory of Joe Ardellini Sal Mussomeli & Sally Mullins Ron & Joanne Czubek Mario A. Carini Margaret M. Carini Tony Machi

In memory of Vera Boehme William and Rita Jennaro

In memory of Bernardo Vitale Vern & Mary Wilczyk

In memory of Frank M. Vitucci Vitucci Family ($1,000 donation for Pieta displayed at Festa Italiana)

In memory of Anthony J. Purpero of San Bernardino, Calif.

Ray and Caroline Besasie

In memory of Phillip J. Busalacchi Jimmy & Linda Spataro

Birthday wish to Louie Migliaccio Tony Machi

In memory of Theresa Jesion Nancy Castrovinci Oberleitner

For breakfast, lunch buffet, new menu, try Cafe La Scala, Monday-Saturday from page 1 ment in the Historic Third Ward, a restaurant that serves a good, wholesome breakfast is needed.

“We also know that a lot of our members get together at various places around the Milwaukee area for breakfast. We invite them to come to Cafe La Scala and make our restaurant their breakfast meeting place.”

Lunch buffet As mentioned above, Cafe La Scala is offering a lunch buffet with a different theme Monday through Friday.

On Monday, it’s a Tex Mex buffet featuring black bean salad, soft flour tortillas, crispy corn tortillas, ground beef, grilled chicken, shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, shredded cheese, sour cream, chicken enchiladas, rice and beans.

“Pasta Abbondanza” is the theme for Tuesday’s lunch buffet. It includes Caesar salad, Italian

pasta salad, lasagna, eggplant parmesan, penne pasta, meatballs, tomato basil sauce and Alfredo sauce.

Enjoy a “Southern Barbeque” on Wednesday afternoon with Cobb salad, cole slaw, pulled pork shoulder, Mississippi roast beef, macaroni and cheese, fried potato wedges and corn bread.

Italian food lovers, Thursday’s lunch buffet is for you. The Italian buffet features antipasto, arancini (rice balls), pasta alla eggplant (a light eggplant and pasta casserole), chicken Florentine, minestrone soup and sautéed cauliflower.

On Friday, it’s a traditional style fish fry buffet with tossed salad, tuna pasta salad, baked cod, fried cod, French fries, potato pancakes and parsley boiled potatoes.

“We’re anticipated that our lunch buffet will be a big hit,” Morgan said. “Our buffets are always well-received on Easter

Regularly printed, delivered Italian Times edition returns to members this month from page 1 He added that “between the online readership and the membership who get the newspaper via subscriptions, The Italian Times is reaching more people than ever, which advertisers should find very beneficial.”

As a trade-off for returning to

the regularly printed issue for members 11 times a year, the Finance Committee and ICC Board approved ending the free distribution to locations outside of the ICC. A limited number of free issues will be made available for individuals and businesses in the galleria of the ICC.

Sunday, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and on the general membership meeting nights. Now, we have a buffet available five times a week.

“For our older members, who don’t like to drive at night, here’s a chance to enjoy a great lunchtime buffet, at an affordable price at a place they love and trust.”

New menu The regular lunch and dinner features many new items such as an Italian sub, chicken bacon Harvarti melt, Caprese panini, meatball torpedo, a chicken Marsala dinner, ribeye Delmonico, a grilled salmon dinner, eggplant parmesan and much more.

New hours Cafe La Scala is now open Monday through Saturday from 6 to 11 a.m. for breakfast; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch; 5 to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday night, 4:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday night; and from 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday night.

Reservations are always welcome. Call 414/223-2185. Cafe La Scala still fills carry-out orders.

Free parking is available in the lot south of the building.

Make reservations now for ICC’s St. Joseph’s Day luncheon from page 4 clergy, who will also deliver the invocation at the beginning of the luncheon.

At the conclusion of the luncheon, attendees will be given gift bags containing apples, oranges and a small loaf of blessed bread to take home.

ICC member/pianist John Puchner will perform music appropriate for the event. As of presstime, Winard was awaiting confirmation by a member of clergy and a guest speaker for the luncheon. She anticipates an announcement of these individuals to appear in a follow-up article in the next issue of The Italian Times.

St. Joseph’s Day tradition St. Joseph’s Day is marked with celebrations across Italy. ICC Historian Mario A. Carini said Sicilian immigrants, who followed the observance in their hometowns, brought the tradition with them when they settled in Milwaukee starting in the late 1880s.

The subject has also been written about by Professor/Cavaliere Philip J. DiNovo, president of the American Italian Heritage Association of Albany, N.Y. In an article on the organization’s website (www.aiha-albany.org), DiNovo wrote: “In the Middle Ages, according to tradition, there was a severe drought that destroyed most vege-

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Rest assured, Cafe La Scala still has its famous pizza, made fresh daily and very reasonably priced.

Enjoy the food with your favorite wine, beer or cocktail.

tation and left many people in western Sicily dying of starvation.

People began to pray to St. Joseph asking him to ask the Lord for rain.

They promised if the rains came that they would honor St. Joseph for his intercession and perpetually honor him on March 19.

“At the stroke of midnight, the Lord sent the rain; it was on this day the prayers were heard. The people had water, the vegetation turned green, and there were fish for the fishermen. The St. Joseph altars are based on this traditional legend, which has been handed down from one generation to the next.”

Today in Italy, St. Joseph’s Day is also known as Father’s Day. The day, which used to be a national holiday, is traditionally celebrated with bonfires and sometimes pageants with scenes from the life of St. Joseph. Children give gifts to their fathers on San Giuseppe Day. Zeppole (or zeppoli in southern Italian dialects) are traditionally eaten on St. Joseph’s Day. Zeppole are deep-fried dough balls that are usually topped with powdered sugar and may be filled with custard, jelly, cannoli-style pastry cream or a butter and honey mixture. In Rome, Naples and the region of Sicily, these little pastries are sold on many streets and are sometimes given as gifts.

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Gratitude extended to all who donated to Thanksgiving dinner for less fortunate On behalf of the Ragione Club and the volunteers from the Italian Community Center, general chairman Tony Lupo extended a “heartfelt thank you” to all who donated product, money or time and talent to the 38th annual Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate.

The dinner was served on Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Open Door Cafe, a meal site on the campus of St. John’s Cathedral in Milwaukee.

“Your input, be it product, monetary or onsite volunteering made the serving of a Thanksgiving feast to the less fortunate a success,” Lupo said. “We served hundreds of people a full complimentary dinner.”

Lupo noted that every donation – no matter how large or small –

was greatly appreciated. “From the largest donations of $500 from Jane Gertler and Ted Glorioso and to the one dollar donations, every one helped us to provide a dinner that many of the less fortunate might not otherwise have a chance to enjoy,” he said.

Lupo added that Gertler, who was not mentioned in earlier reports in The Italian Times, made her donation in memory of her husband, Dr. Gertler, and the late Sadie Machi, wife of past ICC president Tony Machi.

In all, $3,116 was raised for the dinner, which was prepared and delivered to the meal site by the Italian Conference Center staff.

In addition to Gertler and

Glorioso, other donors included John Pellmann, Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO, Carmello J. Sanfelippo, Anne Marie Costrini, John Fiorenza, Sam Purpero, Pompeii Men’s Club, Pompeii Women’s Club, Sal Quarino, Rose PurperoSpang, William and Rita Jennaro, Phillip and Geraldine Purpero, David Spano, Tony and Barbara Lupo, Anthony and Kathleen Carlson, David and Lonnette Richards, Gina Spang, Thomas and Barbara Balistreri, Theresa Accetta, Tom and Pat Consolazione, Steven M. Taylor and Marissa Gatti-Taylor, Aggie and George Collura, George and Gina Manning, Societå Maria Santissima, Anthony and Adeline Zingale, Ray and Carol Martinez, Grace Gazzana, Mike

Palmisano, Anna Rose San Felippo, Sal and Antonette LoCoco, Queenie and Rosalie Olivia, Anna Pitzo, Joseph Lembo, Joe and Ann Zambito, Frank and Nina Galioto, Sophia Michalovitz, Isidore and Mary Pecoraro, Mary Winard, Christina Ziino, Joseph Dentice, Faye Ann Kessler, Lucy Raimondo and the Italian Conference Center.

Another $119 was collected in anonymous cash donors.

Lupo also extended thanks to the students of St. Dominic School in Brookfield who volunteered as servers the day of the event.

“Thank you to everyone for your generosity. We look forward to your participation in 2014, which will be our 39th year of service,” he said.

Times photos by Joe Spasiano

Here are many of the volunteers who served the Thanksgiving dinner to less fortunate guests at the Open Door Cafe on Nov. 17. Front row, kneeling: John Pellmann, Linda Mohr, Jane Kline, George Collura, Judy Sandvick and Peggy Rooney. Middle row: Aggie Collura, Theresa Accetta,

Mary Foti, Lena Zingale and Barbara Lupo. Back row: Ray Martinez, Carol Martinez, Mary Carlson, Tony Carlson, Francesca Busalacchi, Mike Cardo, Mike Toffler, Tony Lupo, Charlie Zingale, Tony Zingale and Tyler Hromadka.

Ray Martinez, Francesca Busalacchi and Tony Zingale worked on the Thanksgiving feast serving line. Behind Martinez is Charlie Zingale, who served as a runner between the kitchen and the serving line.

George Collura, Tyler Hromadka and general chairman Tony Lupo are seen here with the delicious cupcakes that were served to guests.

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Be part of Il Grande Carnevale, the ICC’s social event of the year from page 1 Costs to attend Carnevale have been set at $60 per person, with a discounted price of $50 for ICC members. A reservation form accompanies this article.

Reservations may also be made by calling the ICC office at 414/2232180 and making payment with a credit card. Regardless of the method you choose, reservations are due Friday, Feb. 21. There will be no payments accepted at the door the night of the event.

What’s in store The Carnevale Committee has asked the Italian Conference Center culinary staff to prepare a sumptuous dinner. The menu features an Italian salad, petite filet mignon and chicken piccata, double baked potato, chef’s choice of vegetables, Italian bread and butter, coffee, tea or milk and dessert.

There will be wine at each table during dinner.

Dance music, appropriate for all ages, will be performed throughout the evening by the Bill Sargent Big Band. Drummer and bandleader Bill Sargent will bring his very best musicians and vocalists for this performance. The band has long been recognized as one of the premier dance bands in southeastern Wisconsin.

There will also be performances

by Tradizione Vivente: The Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee, I Bei

Bambini: The Children’s Italian Dance Group and the Children of Carnevale.

The pageantry kicks into high gear with the Royal Procession and Coronation. The following individuals have been selected as members of the ICC’s 2014 Royalty: • Re and Regina (King and Queen) – Dan and Chris Conley.

• Nonno and Nonna (Royal Grandparents) – Charles and Doris Evans.

• Principe (Prince) and Principessa (Prince and Princess) – Frank Purpora and Benedetta Cannestra.

• Piccolo Principe and Piccola Principessa (Junior Prince and Princess) – Jack Elliott and Marie Vella.

Traditionally someone is selected to be Il Gran Maresciallo (The Grand Marshal) to keep the evening’s activities on schedule.

The role this year will be shared by the duo of Dean Cannestra and Marie Lieber. Both have assumed the roles in the past.

Returning to perform the evening’s duties of Il Vescovo (The Bishop) will be Frank D’Amato.

Short bios and photos of the Royalty appear in a separate story.

I Grandi Marescialli Cannestra and Lieber will lead a parade of all the costumed and masked attendees later in the evening, after which a spectacular sweet table will be available. The sweet table is

Carnevale 2014 Reservation Form Name(s) ____________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _______________________________________________ Phone: _________________ Email: ______________________________ Please list the names of persons in your party on a separate sheet of paper. Tables of 10 are available.

Number of ICC members attending: ______ x $50.00 = $ Number of non-members attending: ______ x $60.00 = $ Total amount of your check or money order: $ Please make your check or money order payable to: Italian Community Center. Send payment and this form with the list of those in your party to: Carnevale, c/o ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916.

Reservation deadline: Feb. 21, 2014. coming to Carnevale courtesy of Piccolo Principessa Maria Vella, her family and Sciortino’s Bakery.

“So you know it will be outstanding,” Czubek and DeRubertis said.

During the parade, an esteemed panel of judges will make their final selections of the winners in costume and masks.

As this newspaper went to press, the Carnevale Committee was busy working to finalize other details of the event.

Raffle and program book The committee announced that a cash raffle will be part of the

Carnevale activities. Tickets, priced at $2 each or seven for $10, will be on sale soon and will be mailed to all ICC members. They will be sold the night of the event.

Prizes are as follows: 1st prize – $500; 2nd prize – $300, 3rd prize – $100.

Anna Pitzo has volunteered to sell advertising for the Carnevale program book. Any individual or business interested in advertising in the book should call the ICC office and leave your contact information.

Carnevale serves as a fund-raiser for the ICC.

Meet the 2014 Carnevale Royalty Re e Regina Given the honor of being the Re e Regina (King and Queen) of Carnevale 2014 are Dan and Christine Conley, members of the ICC since the inception of the organization.

Dan and Christine celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this past December. They have two daughters, Tina Conley and Tracy Balistreri, and five grandchildren, Adam, Jenna, Maya and Amira Hamdam and a newborn Sebastiana Balistreri.

They have worked at Festa Italiana as volunteers or in their

Christine and Dan Conley

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own food booth since the festival’s first year, which was in 1978. For many years, they worked at Festa in the family-operated food, Puccio’s Pastabilities Galore. They started as volunteers when asked to fill and sell cannoli and went on to be in charge of various areas organizing and recruiting their own volunteers. These included the food booth, a wine booth, the bocce courts and the Festa Piazza.

Most recently, Dan has been the co-manager of Festa bocce and the bocce tournament. Christine has been the co-manager of the nightly Italian Idol Contest.

Dan is also the Monday night bocce league coordinator at the ICC. Both have volunteered to be bocce instructors for the ICC’s Student Culture Day. Christine is a member and past president of the Christian Women Society of Three Holy Women Parish and is a member of two book clubs.

Both Dan and Christine are easing into retirement. Christine was a teacher for 39 years, 37 of which were with the Elmbrook School District as a middle and high school instructor. She retired in 2010 as a reading specialist at Wisconsin Hills Middle School. She enjoys substitute teaching and regularly returns to Wisconsin Hills to help out where there is a need.

In retirement, Dan makes fresh pasta a few days a week for daughter Tina and brother-in-law Dean Cannestra for their restaurant Divino Wine and Dine. On a much smaller scale, he is utilizing his pasta-making skills from his years at Puccio’s Pastabilities Galore. He has also worked for Empire Fish, Supreme Lobster, NanSea and Froedtert Hospital.

Nonno and Nonna Longtime ICC members Charles “Charlie” and Doris Evans have been selected to reign as the Nonno e Nonna (Royal Grandfather and Grandmother) of the 2014 Carnevale.

The couple is looking forward to celebrating its 60th wedding anniversary on July 3, 2014. They have a daughter, Rev. Barbara Jo Piercy, and two sons, Charles Joseph (Chip) and Jon Howard Evans and three grandchildren, Joelle, Adriana and Violetta.

Charlie worked as an electrical engineer for 20 years and was an electronics instructor at the Milwaukee Area Technical College

for around 20 years. Doris is a retired teacher. She worked in the St. Francis School District and taught learning disability students.

In the past, Charlie and Doris have enjoyed attending Carnevale.

They won first prize for masks on three occasions.

Charlie sang in the talent search program on the Miller Stage at Festa Italiana 2002. He has marched in the Festa parade adorned as Geppetto, the fictional character and main protagonist of the children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi.

He has also volunteered to sing Continued on page 11

Doris and Charlie Evans

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from page 10 the last three years in the Festa Ballroom during the “Taste of Italy” fund-raiser at the ICC. Doris has displayed her extensive Pinocchio collection in the cultural exhibit at Festa several times.

She also has read parts of the story to children and sang songs from the Pinocchio movie.

She has had her Pinocchio exhibit on display at Holiday Folk Fair with a large puppet and printed story.

Over the years, she has volunteered in other areas of Festa as well, including the opera tent, volunteer food tent and volunteer ticket services.

She has offered her time and talent to make cookies for “A Taste of Italy.”

For the 2013 “Taste of Italy,” Doris staffed a table to enroll new members. She has also attended Italian classes at the ICC. * * * La Principessa This year’s Princess (La Principessa) is Benedetta Cannestra. Twenty-two year old Benedetta is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she is studying chemical engineering.

She is an avid traveler and has visited Italy several times. She spent her last semester studying abroad in Valencia, Spain.

Upon graduation from the University of Wisconsin, Benedetta will assume a full-time position with Abbott Laboratories in their Leadership Program.

Her parents are longtime Italian Community Center members and Festa Italiana volunteers Dean and Mary Cannestra. Her brother is Joe Cannestra, who assumed the role of one of the Grandi Maresciali (Grand Marshals) for Carnevale 2010.

Benedetta is the granddaughter of Pauline and the late Joe Cannestra and Shirley and the late Robert Howard. She is named after her great aunt Betty Puccio, a past president of the ICC. Since the age of 10, Benedetta has joined family members volunteering in various areas of Festa Italiana.

Public Finance at Robert W. Baird, while also assisting his father in his businesses S&P Equipment and Papa Luigi’s.

Francesco is the son of Salvatore and Maria Purpora, members of the ICC. “I have been involved both in the ICC and Festa Italiana with my family’s booth, Papa Luigi’s, for a number of years now. I am proud of my Italian heritage, my culture and my family and honored to be selected as the Prince of the Carnevale,” he said.

Piccolo Principe Jack Elliott, a fifth grader at Holy Family School in Whitefish Bay, will be the Piccolo Principe (Junior Prince). The 10-year old is the son of John and Rosanne Elliott and the grandson of Frank and the late Catherine D’Amato. Frank D’Amato will be returning as Il Vescovo (the Bishop) for Carnevale 2014.

Jack also has two older sisters, Cassie and Claire, who attend Whitefish Bay High School.

He is active in sports, including playing baseball, but his passion is soccer. He also plays the trumpet.

Jack Elliott Francesco Purpura

Piccola Principessa Maria Vella, the daughter of Giuseppe and Rhiana Vella, will be the Piccola Principessa (Junior Princess) of Il Grande Carnevale.

Maria is 8 years old and is a second grader at Lake Bluff School in Shorewood. She has a 10-year old brother, Salvatore, and a 6-year old sister, Isabella.

She regularly works with her Nonna at the family’s bakery, Sciortino’s Bakery.

In recent years, Maria has helped out at the Sciortino’s Bakery booth at Festa Italiana and the ICC’s “A Taste of Italy.” She has also appeared and performed with the Children of Carnevale the past few years.

Her parents were the Re e Regina of Carnevale in 2010.

Salvatore was the Piccolo Principe for Carnevale 2012. She loves to swim. is on the Shorewood Swim Team and competes quite often.

I Grandi Marescialli The duties of keeping the evening’s activities on schedule fall on Marie Lieber and Dean Cannestra, who have been selected as I Grandi Marescialli (the Grand Marshals). Both have prior experience serving in this capacity. Marie was the solo La Gran Marescialla in 2005 and 2013. Dean did it on a solo basis in 1997 and 2012 and teamed up with his son, Joseph, in 2010.

Marie has been a member of the ICC and a volunteer for Festa Italiana since the inception of both in 1978. For the last 10 years, she has served as the manager of Festa’s popular Cucina Showcase, where select local chefs join international culinary experts in presenting cooking demonstrations.

She has also volunteered regularly for “A Taste of Italy,” the ICC’s big annual fund-raiser, has served on the Carnevale decorating committee, volunteered for ICC activities at the Holiday Folk Fair, filled the role of Pinocchio, dressed as Topo Gigio while marching in the Festa parade, and played the

Easter Bunny for the Christian Mothers’ Easter Brunch.

Marie and her husband, Craig, have been married for 42 years.

They have a son, C.J., and three grandchildren, Ryan, Ally and Dominic. Ryan was the Piccolo Principe at Carnevale 2009 and Ally has been a court page for the event.

Professionally, Marie is a paralegel at Terschan, Steinle, Hodan & Ganzer, Ltd. and is a small animal massage therapist.

Dean Cannestra and his family are the owners and operators of Divino – Wine & Dine, 2315 N. Murray Ave., Milwaukee, and Nessun Dorma, 2778 N. Weil St., Milwaukee.

Dean has been a member of the ICC since its inception in 1978. He is in the middle of his second consecutive two-year term as a member of the ICC Board of Directors.

He has served previously as chairperson of the ICC’s Membership Committee.

Since the first Festa in 1978, he has been both a volunteer and a food vendor. For many years, he was the volunteer manager of Festa bocce operations and the ICC’s Monday night bocce league before turning the reigns over to his brother-in-law, Dan Conley. In recent years, Dean and his family have operated the Divino – Wine & Dine booth at Festa. Dean has also been involved in the Roman Terrace Cocktail Lounge at the festival. During that same period, he has served on the Festa Food Committee. He has been an active volunteer for Festa’s Cucina Contest since its inception in 2006.

Dean and his wife, Mary, were honored as the Re e Regina of Carnevale in 2008. Dean, Mary and the Cannestra family have been longtime supporters of the ICC’s “A Taste of Italy,” providing sfinciuni for the Italian food extravaganza, which serves as a fund-raiser for the organization. Dean and his family also worked in the ICC kitchen to get the sfinciuni ready to be served and staff the booth where it is sold during the event.

Dean Cannestra

Benedetta Cannestra

Il Principe Francesco Anthony Purpora, 21, has been selected to be Il Principe (the Prince) of Carnevale. He is currently a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee working on a double major in Finance and Marketing. He is interning in Maria Vella

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Marie Lieber

Il Vescovo The role of Il Vescovo (The Bishop) will be filled for the fourth consecutive year by Frank D’Amato. Like many of this year’s royalty, Frank is no stranger to the Carnevale court – he and his late wife, Catherine, were selected as the Re and Regina in 1997.

Frank, a retired lithographer, resides in Brown Deer. He is the proud father of six children (three boys, three girls), the grandfather of 12 and great-grandfather of 3.

His wife of 52 years Catherine (nee Dentice) passed away in 2008. He Please turn to page 12

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OSIA Mazzei Lodge to present ‘Tribute to Sinatra’ at ICC on Mar. 22 The Filippo Mazzei Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) will present “A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” with Chicagoland crooner Jim Bulanda on Saturday, Mar. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee.

This event, which will be held in the Festa Ballroom, is a fund-raiser for the organization. The staff of Cafe La Scala, the ICC’s public restaurant, will be on hand to take food and beverage orders throughout the evening, beginning at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 per person. They are available at the ICC during regular business hours or by contacting either Ralph Busalacchi at 414/483-1562, Joe Emanuele at 414/705-4295 or Joe Palmisano at 414/281-5556.

About Bulanda Bulanda can easily step into the shoes of any major Las Vegas entertainer. He is a vocalist who is most appreciated and famous for

his impressions of Dean Martin and. of course, the “Chairman of the Board,” Frank Sinatra.

He started singing at the age of seven to entertain his large Italian family. Throughout his 20s, he regularly sang in church as a cantor. Parishioners soon took notice of Jim’s beautiful, velvety smooth voice, and he was often asked to sing at weddings.

In the early 1990s, Bulanda ventured into the nightlife. He could frequently be seen singing and dabbling in comedy at Chicago’s local comedy clubs. Patrons at these clubs soon remarked on his remarkable singing voice and encouraged him to develop his vocal talent. For the next three years, Jim polished his Sinatra classic songs and developed a nightclub act that includes a repertoire of 70 classic songs. He began his professional singing career in 1994, performing in numerous nightclubs in Chicago and northwest Indiana. He has

performed in places such as Chicago’s East Bank Club, The Merchandise Mart, Salvatore’s and Chicago’s famous Omni Ambassador East and The Pump Room. He has entertained audiences as large as 3,000 and has traveled as far as Nevada and Arizona to perform. In the spring of 2001, Bulanda was sent to Las Vegas by Chicago’s WXRT radio station to perform in the Fremont Street Experience Talent Showcase.

Bulanda has entertained audiences at numerous casinos, and at other events such as outdoor festivals including the American Heart Association’s “Taste of Northwest Indiana,” Merrillville’s 2001 Town Ball, USA Fest in Crete, the annual “Main Streets Night” in Park Forest, WBBM Channel 2 Chicago on Ed Curran’s Morning Show and the Star Plaza Theatre with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.

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Meet the Royalty from page 11 is the brother-in-law of ICC member Joe Dentice. His grandson, Jack Elliott, is the Piccolo Principe at this year’s Carnevale.

Frank can remember being involved in the ICC when it was located on Hackett Avenue. Since then he has served on several committees. Most notably, he has been a member of the Festa Mass and Procession Committee since its inception and has served both as the chairman and co-chairman. He has been on the Carnevale Committee for the past several years.

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Italian Conference Center staff complimented Dear Italian Conference Center Staff: Thank you so much for executing such exception service at the annual Abruzzese Society annual holiday dinner and dance on Dec. 7. Our organization would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation for all of your efforts in making sure our evening was wonderful. Thank you again for providing yet another year of dependable services.

– Vince Vitale President Abruzzese Galileo Galilei Society

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Milwaukee UNICO organizations will award scholarships to students of Italian descent for the 78th consecutive year Continuing a program started 78 years ago, the Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National and the Ladies of UNICO will award several scholarships this spring to high school seniors of Italian descent.

The exact number of scholarships to be presented had not been determined as of press time.

To be eligible, applicants must attend a public or private school in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, Kenosha, or Walworth counties. Additionally, the student must hold an academic

standing in the top 20% of the graduating class and/or a relative standing in the upper 20% on a college aptitude test (ACT or SAT).

The spirit of this scholarship is to help help Italian American seniors with financial needs.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee comprised of non-Italian dignitaries from the Milwaukee area. Financial need, scholarship, community/school involvement and personal character are the criteria by which the applicants will be judged.

Obtaining a scholarship application Applications will be available on the Milwaukee UNICO website, www.unicomilwaukee.com. Click on the documents link found on the sidebar.

Application deadline Candidates must submit their applications by Tuesday, Apr. 1 to: Scholarship Director of UNICO Milwaukee, 10625 W. North Ave. Suite 300, Wauwatosa, WI 53226.

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UNICO National offers scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate studies to students with Italian ancestry Students from across the nation with an Italian ancestry and an interest in pursuing either an undergraduate or post-graduate education may apply for UNICO National scholarships. Literary and travel abroad scholarships are also available. Please visit the UNICO National website – www.unico.org – for complete details.

The application deadline is Tuesday, April 1.

The criteria that UNICO National uses in selecting its recipients are quite similar to those used

by the Milwaukee Chapter in choosing local awardees.

The four National undergraduate scholarships are designated as the Theodore Mazza Scholarship, the Major Don S. Gentile Scholarship, the William C. Davini Scholarship, and the Alphonse A. Miele Scholarship. These awards do not require the applicant to specify a collegiate major. The Mazza scholarship was established to commemorate the contributions of the late Theodore Mazza of Milwaukee to both the national

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Application forms for all National scholarships must be acquired from and submitted through the Milwaukee Chapter.

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Saint Biagio Day celebrated in Italy Saint Biagio Day, on Feb. 3, is a minor celebration all over Italy. Saint Biagio is the saint of the throat. It is tradition to eat leftover panettone with a glass of wine to bless your throat.

In some places, Saint Biagio Day is celebrated with parades, music, a special mass or bonfires. In Mugnano di Napoli (Campania region), there is a huge fireworks display as it is the home of one of the biggest pyrotechnics companies in Italy.

attend a personal interview at the Italian Community Center during school hours on Friday, Apr. 11.

Awards banquet The scholarships will be presented at a scholarship and awards banquet on the evening of Tuesday, May 20 at the ICC. The recipient or a representative must be present to accept the scholarship award.

The Milwaukee UNICO scholarship program has awarded over one million dollars in scholarships over the past 77 years.

The Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National is celebrating 83 years in existence in 2014. The Ladies of UNICO celebrated their 50th anniversary as an independent civic and service organization in 2013.

Pietro Tarantino offers help to Italian citizens 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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ICC member Peter Orlando remembered as a musician and restaurateur Peter A. Orlando, who performed with The Jolly Polkats and The Sicilian Serenaders and owned a restaurant and cocktail lounge, died Oct. 29 at his home in Franklin. The longtime member of the Italian Community Center was 85 years old.

Born on Aug. 11, 1928 in Milwaukee, Peter was the first of two sons of Antonino and Antonina Orlando. Antonino was an immigrant from Porticello, Sicily.

Antonina’s parents had emigrated from Porticello just before she was born.

Peter’s family lived on Van Buren Street, next door to St. Rita Catholic Church. He and his brother, Baldassaro “Ace” Orlando, attended Cass Street School. Peter graduated from Lincoln High School. He played football and boxed in the Golden Gloves Novice Division.

For 62 years, he was married to the former Patricia A. “Patsy” Koszewski. She preceded him in death on Aug. 15, 2012.

At the age of 8, Peter began playing the accordion at LoDuca Brothers Accordion School. In 1945, he joined “Pizza” Frank Balistrieri, Nick Tripi, Jimmy D’Amato and Joe Balistreri in forming The Jolly Polkats band. The Jolly Polkats played at clubs throughout the Midwest and Canada and recorded their music on Capitol Records.

They also had a prime time live radio show each weeknight on

WEXT, a radio station in Milwaukee.

Peter and “Pizza” Frank Balistrieri went on to open their own Jolly Polkats Club at 1207 S. 16th St., Milwaukee.

Later, Peter joined “Pizza” Frank Balistrieri and Joe Pappalardo to form The Sicilian Serenaders. They played at weddings, parties and were a fixture at Milwaukee’s Festa Italiana from its beginning in 1978. Peter and Frank continued to perform together long after Joe’s death. Throughout the years, they played at numerous events at the ICC. The Sicilian Serenaders continue today as Peter Balistrieri, the son of the late Frank Balistrieri, and Tom and Ted Pappalardo, Joe’s sons, have taken the helm.

In addition to being a musician, Peter owned and operated Orlando’s Restaurant on 47th and Vliet Streets in Milwaukee and the Islander Lounge, a cocktail lounge on Brown Deer Rd. in Brown Deer.

His son, Michael, bought the restaurant after Peter retired.

From 1978 to 2009, Peter and his son Tom, along with “Pizza” Frank Balistrieri and Bobby Cefalu, hosted tours of Italy and Sicily as Adventure Sicily.

Travelers would be treated to music, food, personalized tours and cooking schools while attending festas in Sicily. A tribute to Peter, Frank and Bobby is posted at www.adventuresicily.com. Peter,

Accordionist Peter Orlando is seen here performing with his longtime partner and guitarist, the late Frank Balistrieri, as The Sicilian Serenaders. This picture was taken at one of the many times they played at Festa Italiana, the annual Italian festival organized and hosted by the Italian Community Center. (Times file photo)

Frank and Bobby have large extended families in Porticello, Sant’Elia and Aspra, Sicily.

In 1987, Peter and Patsy retired to their lake home in Wautoma, Wis. and remained there until 2010, when they returned to the Milwaukee area due to declining health.

Peter is survived by four chil-

dren: Michael (Karen), Gina Momich, Anthony (Connie), and Tom; four grandchildren: Angela (Greg) Jones, Peter (Renee) Orlando, Alex and Marc Momich; five great-grandchildren: Christina, Anna and Sophia Jones and Michael and Samuel Orlando. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Nick Contorno, former Festa music coordinator, receives three honors In recognition of his distinguished career in music – spanning more than 50 years – Nicholas “Nick” Contorno was recently recognized by three different organizations.

Contorno, a past music coordinator for Festa Italiana, was given the 2013 Lifetime Achievement in

Music Award by the Civic Music Association in October, the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Nov. 8, and was recognized on Nov. 12 by the St. Paul Band, an ensemble he co-founded after he retired in 2007

as Marquette University’s Director of Music Programs.

After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degree from UWMilwaukee, Contorno went on to earn a doctorate of musical arts in composition from UW-Madison. In 1961, he began teaching instru-

Granddaughter of Paul and Rose Iannelli playing varsity basketball at Wichita State Valerierose Agnello, the granddaughter of longtime Italian Community Center members Paul and Rose Iannelli, is helping the Wichita State University women’s varsity basketball team to get off to a winning start in the 2013-14 season.

Agnello, a junior, is a 5 ft. 10 in. guard/forward on the Wichita State Shockers, which plays in the Missouri Valley Conference and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever last season. Her coach is Jody Adams, who was a starting point guard on the Tennessee Lady Vols’ 1991 NCAA national championship team, coached by the legendary Pat Summitt.

Agnello came to Wichita State after attending Kishwaukee College in Malta, Ill. Serving as captain of the Kishwaukee Kougars last year, she led a team that finished #6 in the NCAA Division II final poll. She started all 33 games while averaging 12.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.8 blocked shots and was named All-American Honorable Mention.

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The Kougars finished with a 26-7 record overall and 12-0 in the Arrowhead Conference.

While attending Brookfield Central High School, Agnello earned three letters in basketball.

She was named first team allMetro Conference, first team allsuburban and second team allcounty as a senior.

Her parents are Paul and Nancy Agnello.

mental music in the Glendale Public Schools and directing the bands at Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay. In 1968, he was hired by Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, where he built the band, which grew dramatically in numbers and garnered recognition through appearances in major national events across the nation. Ten years later, he founded the high school orchestra.

In 1983, Contorno was appointed to Marquette University, where he founded and directed the university orchestra.

As a professional musician, Contorno’s bands played every year Continued on page 15

Nick Contorno

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Contorno received three honors from psge 14 in Milwaukee’s Great Circus Parade. He served for more than a decade as the music coordinator for Festa Italiana, the annual festival hosted by the Italian Community Center on the Summerfest grounds. He was the musical director/coordinator of the First Brigade Civil War Band in Wisconsin and conducted the Milwaukee Concert Band, formerly the Civic Music Association’s Civic Symphonic Band, for six years.

Contorno has performed with numerous bands and orchestras, including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He played with artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis, Manhattan Transfer, Mel Torme, Johnny Desmond and Sonny and Cher.

After a devastating earthquake

in Haiti in 2010, a former student of Contorno’s at Kettle Moraine High School established a charity, which allowed for the establishment of the Nick Contorno School of Music in Gonaives, Haiti.

Contorno uses his international music connections to secure donations, including instruments and sheet music in French, for the school.

Today, Contino and his wife, Lucille, are retired. Nick, however, is still active in music, including volunteering to work with the St. Paul Band, a school- based ensemble in Genesee Depot, teaching the students leadership and responsibility through music.

Nick’s parents, the late Nicholas, Sr. and Mary Contorno, were longtime members of the ICC and Festa volunteers.

Welcome new Italian Community Center members!

The following people became members of the Italian Community Center between November 6, 2013 and January 8, 2014. Benvenuti!

(Welcome!)

Dale Samuel of Waukesha Andrew Ferber of Elm Grove Jack Elwell of Brookfield Barbara Muraco Lentz of Greenfield Charles R. Milne of Waukesha Tom Reuteman of Brookfield Ronald Narlock of Elm Grove Nicholas Alioto of Milwaukee Robert Mazzone of Wauwatosa James Valerine of Pewaukee

John Sanfilippo retires from MGIC John Sanfilippo, a charter member of the Italian Community Center, retired on Dec. 29 from MGIC, where he worked as a security guard for exactly 21 years. He began working for the Milwaukeebased mortgage insurance company on Dec. 29, 1992 after retiring from a 35-year career in the grocery business.

Sanfilippo has been a volunteer for Festa Italiana since the very first one was held in 1978. He has worked in the festival’s corn roast operations, sausage and beer sales and the volunteer food tent. Over the last decade, he has served as manager of the volunteer food tent, having replaced the late Joe Collura.

For the last several years, he has been among a group of ICC members who play cards at least twice a week at the Center. Now that he is fully retired, Sanfilippo said, he will “probably play cards more often.”

In 1996, John and his sister, Joanne Czubek, were honored by the ICC as the Re and Regina (King and Queen) of Il Grande Carnevale. They were and remain the only brother and sister to serve in these prestigious positions.

John and his wife, Antoinette, have been married for 54 years.

They have two married daughters, Annamarie Wollenberg (husband Jay) and Julieann Smith (husband Les), and four grandchildren, Melissa and Nick Smith, Austin Stanwick and Jaden Wollenberg.

John Sanfilippo

Saint Agatha feast day celebrated in Catania, Sicily One of the largest religious festivals in the world takes place the first week of February in the Sicilian city of Catania when it honors its patron saint, Sant’Agata.

Some estimate that up to a million people line the streets to honor this martyred young woman with Sicilian roots.

The Festa di Sant’Agata starts with a Mass at dawn on Feb. 5,

after which a statue of Saint Agatha holding her relics is placed on a 40,000 pound silver fercolo (carriage) which is pulled up Monte Sangiuliano by 5,000 men. The religious procession, said to be the second largest in the world, is repeated the next day.

The festival features plenty of local delicacies, music and a huge fireworks show at the end.

Bradley Valerine of Greenfield Jessica Valerine of Pewaukee

Having dinner for up to 300 guests?

Cathy Faust of Elm Grove Jack & Margaret Tagliavia of Milwaukee Alexander M Jacobs of Milwaukee Drisella M Cagnoni of Milwaukee Risa Cagnoni-Jacobs of Milwaukee Andrew & Christina Torcivia of Wauwatosa Annemarie Donahue of Overland Park, KS Raimondo Albarelli of Helenville, WI Nancy De Vita of Milwaukee Sandra L Lococo of Harbor City. CA Stephanie Guttuso and daughter Danielle Koceja of Milwaukee

Members: Please notify ICC of address change; noncompliance is costly Any Italian Community Center member 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 (50¢) for each newspaper that is returned to the ICC and deemed undeliverable due to an incorrect address.

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 50¢ for each failed attempt to deliver the publi-

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cation to your permanent residence.

“We’ve had a number of members who have gone to Florida or another warm weather location for the winter and these people did not supply us with their temporary change of address; hence their newspaper was returned to the ICC with the 50¢ service fee due for each newspaper,” 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.

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 Michelle at 414/ 223-2800 to reserve your party or meeting space at the ICC. Visit: www.ItalianConference.com FEBRUARY 2014 – PAGE 15

Spotlight on Cultural Arts 64th San Remo Music Festival set for Feb. 18-22 RAI, Italy’s national broadcaster, has announced that the 64th San Remo Music Festival will be staged Tuesday, Feb. 18 through Saturday, Feb. 22 at the historic Ariston Theater in the northwestern Italian city (Liguria region).

The show, which is wildly popular across Italy, has been used to choose the Italian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest since Italy’s triumphant return to the event in 2011. While RAI has thus far made no indication as to whether they will follow the

process of sending a representative to Eurovision 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, from May 6-10, Italian media has spectulated it would be fair to assume that one of the acts will likely be chosen.

Last year, 39 countries sent representatives to compete at Eurovision.

Fabio Fazio, a longtime Italian television star, will host the San Remo shows throughout the week.

He was part of a panel that selected the Italian participants for this year’s festival. Joining him on

the committee were Claudio Fasulo, Pietro Galeotti, Massimo Martelli, Francesco Piccolo, Stefano Senardi, Michele Serra and Mauro Pagani.

The artists selected to perform in the champions category include: Arisa, Noemi, Raphael Gualazzi & The Bloody Beetroots, Perturbazione, Cristiano De Andrè, Benzo Rubino, Frankie HI-NRG, Giuliano Palma, Riccardo Sinigallia, Antonella Ruggiero, Giusy Ferreri, Francesco Renga, Francesco Sarcina and Ron. Gualazzi was the

runner-up at Eurovision 2011.

These artists were selected to perform in the newcomers category: Bianca, Diodato, Filippo Graziani, Rocco Hunt, The Niro, Vadim, Veronica Di Simone and Zibba.

Each artist will perform two songs.

The San Remo Music Festival has launched the careers of many very famous Italian singers including Andrea Bocelli, Paola e Chiara, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti, Gigliola Cinquetti, Raphael Gualazzi, Nina Zilli and Marco Mengoni.

L’Angolo del Poeta Prepared by Barbara Collignon and Roberto Ciampi Amor Ti Vieta L’Amor ti vieta di non amar.

La man tua lieve che mi respinge, cerca la stretta della mia man; la tua pupilla esprime: “T’amo” se il labbro dice: “Non t’amerò!”

Love forbids you not to love your soft hand that rejects me seeks the grasp of my hand; your eyes say : “I love you” while your lips say : “I will not love you!”

In February, thanks to St. Valentine, our theme can only be of love. We are compelled by nature to love. The novelty of intense feeling and emotion in young love, combined with mystery and a notion of its being forbidden or premature

only intensifies the feeling.

The aria that opened this column, “L’Amor Ti Vieta” (“Love Forbids You”) by Arturo Colautti, is a very famous tenor aria and encore piece from the opera “Fedora” by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948). It is sung by Count Loris when he declares his love to Fedora in Act II. You can hear it sung by Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Pavarotti and others on YouTube.

Librettists like Colautti are often true poets. One could argue that the fame of an aria is due to the beauty of the music or, on the other hand, one could say the music is memorable because it’s enhanced by the beauty of the poem. What is also interesting is that for some poets, writing poetry is just one of their talents.

Arturo Colautti (1851–1914),

Opera topics

by Angelo Castronovo A baritone and a tenor are this month’s topic, both of whom lived and sang at approximately the same time. There was Mattia Battistini (1856-1928), the baritone, and Victor Capoul (18391924), the tenor. Both had some notable qualities, although Battistini was probably the better known of the two.

Battistini is the subject of a book, Battistini: King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings, by French author Jacques Chuilon. A prominent singer and favorite of fans of vintage recordings, the subject is viewed in a mostly subjective, sometimes analytical and discerning fashion and describes Battistini as “. . . subjective and unique.”

Another writer describes him as having “a high baritone quality, verging on the range of a tenor.”

Shawn Taylor in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera goes on to call his voice, “. . . Noble, clear, strong, vibrant . . . capable of sounding deliberately ‘villainous’ when required, and melting into the extreme tenderness and delicacy when required.”

Battistini himself said, “I try to achieve a kind of naturalism, but a beautiful kind of naturalism.” And while singing in the verismo mode, he would still follow the bel canto style.

Tenor Vincent Capoul was a French opera singer, performing with a voice described as “. . . A lyric voice and a graceful singing

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librettist of Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea and Fedora by Umberto Giordano, was primarily a journalist and founded several newspapers including, in Milan, “L’Italia“ and in Naples, the Corriere del Mattino (1885), then the Corriere di Napoli.

Residing in Naples, he wrote hundreds of articles, but also poems, novels and plays, and gained an excellent literary reputation.

Another tender declaration of love is to be found in a favorite canzone napolitane, “Musica proibita”

by Stanislao Gastaldon. In this song, a girl tells how a young man sings beneath her balcony every evening and makes her heart beat strongly, despite the objections of her mother, who would forbid the serenade. He sings a sensual song of wanting to kiss her raven colored hair and her lips and calls her a heavenly angel.

Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone Sento cantar una canzon d’amore.

Più volte la ripete un bel garzone E battere mi sento forte il core.

Oh quanto è dolche quella melodia!

Oh, com’è bella, quanto m’è gradita!

Ch’io la canti non vuol la mamma mia.

Vorrei saper perchè me l’ha proibita?

Ella non c’è ed io la vo’cantare La frase che m’ha fatto palpitare.

Vorrei baciare i tuoi capelli neri, Le labbra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi.

Vorrei morir con te, angel di Dio, O bella innamorata, tesor mio.

Qui sotto il vidi ieri a passeggiare, E lo sentiva al solito cantar.

Vorrei baciare i tuoi capelli neri, Le labra tue e gli occhi tuoi severi!

Stringimi, o cara, stringimi al tuo core, Fammi provar l’ebbrezza dell’amor.

– By Stanislao Gastaldon

style.” He sang an extensive list of roles in works by a diverse group of composers including Adam, Donizetti, Guonod, Offenbach, Poise and Godard. Capoul, while starring in Godard’s Jocelyn, also helped write the libretto of that work in which he sang the famous “Berceuse.” It was his only known recording.

Capoul lost his hearing later in his career and interestingly still managed to be named to the post of artistic director of the Paris Opera. * * * Quotable quote: Great dramatic singing is almost by definition, singing that is disliked by as many people as passionately admire it.

The quality that strikes one man to the soul, grates on another man’s nerves.” – English critic David Cairns.

let me feel love’s euphoria.

– Translation by Roberto Ciampi Gastaldon’s family history proves the power of love. His mother, a Roman noblewoman, married a wealthy landowner when she was only 16. However, when she was 23, she met Luigi Gastaldon and shortly thereafter, abandoned her husband and 4 children to live with him.

“Musica proibita”, Gastaldon’s most enduring work, was written when he was only 20. Its popularity secured his success as a composer and gave him an easy entry into the most important salons in Italy, where many of his early songs were first performed.

Lisa Vihos, an accomplished Milwaukee poet says, “Poetry is the deepest longing of your heart given sound and form.” Here follows a little poem I wrote combining the themes of love and poetry.

Our Love You and I are the love sonnet Petrarch never wrote.

I —the rhythm.

You —the rhyme.

You —my simile.

I – -your metaphor.

Our love —the inspiration.

– By Barbara Collignon Il nostro Amore Tu e io siamo il sonetto d’amore che mai Petrarca scrisse.

Io, il ritmo.

Tu, la rima.

Tu, il mio sorriso.

Io, la tua metafora.

Il nostro amore, l’ispirazione.

– Translated by Roberto Ciampi

‘Neath my balcony every night I hear them sing a love song.

A handsome young man repeats it many times and I feel my heart beat strong.

Oh how sweet that melody is!

Oh, how beautiful, how welcome to me!

My mom doesn’t want me to sing it.

I really wonder why she forbade me She is not there and I want to sing the line that made my heart leap up.

I’d like to kiss your black hair, Your lips and your solemn eyes.

I’d like to die with you, angel of God, O beautiful beloved, my darling.

I saw him walking here below yesterday, and heard him in his usual singing I’d like to kiss your black hair, Your lips and your solemn eyes.

Hold me tightly, darling, hold me in your heart,

Barbara Collignon

Roberto Ciampi

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Italians married in Milwaukee: 1897-1925 Addendum – Part 2 Compiled by Mario A. Carini, Italian Community Center Historian Introductory Notes The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1897-1925 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 is being featured in The Italian Times. The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1941-1955 was previously published in The Italian Times.

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 1897-1925 and that relative’s name does not appear in these listings, please contact the Milwaukee County Historical Society.

Surname of bridegrooms appears in parenthesis after bride’s name.

This addendum relates to Italians listed in the Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1897 – 1925, but were not included in the main corpus of this particular research project.

NOTE: Surname of bridegroom appears in parenthesis after bride’s name.

Name Married Juliano, Angeline (Daddato) Oct-1922 Jennaro, Ann (Vitucci) Apr-1920 Jendusa, Frank Sep-1921 Jermanotta, Anthony Oct-1924 Jiaimo, Concetta (Geracie) Sep-1919 LaDomita, Cologerus Aug-1909 Lama, Ignazio Apr-1918 Lamacchia, Maria (Giuli) Apr-1925 Lamalfa, Madeline (Ruvolo) Jun-1923 Lagorio, Frank May-1913 LaManna, Jack Apr-1916 Lamoglia, Angelina (Leceina) Dec-1910 Lamia, Sebastiano Mar-1907 Lanza, Marie (Berton) Aug-1905 LaPalma, Jennie (Klein) Jul-1906 LaPatti, Domatrio Jun-1917 Lattanzio, Giuseppe Dec-1913 Lavinio, Peter Oct-1923 Legnini, Nicola Nov-1911 LeMonte, Vincent Jul-1914 Lembo, Carmela (Sileno) Mar-1923 Lembo, Joe Feb-1916 Lenarduzzi, Gisberto Jul-1923 Leoni, Mario A. Sep-1925 Leoni, Paul Aug-1897 Letizia, Dominic Aug-1920 Letizia, Gaetano Jul-1919 Letizia, Joseph Oct-1917 Letizia, Mary (Valenza) Oct-1912 Letizia, Salvatore Aug-1923 Letizia, Sebastiano Sep-1921 Levigne, Giuseppe Nov-1920 Liberace, Salvatore Dec-1910 Liborio, Sgarlata Sep-1907 Librizze, Natale Feb-1920 Librizzi, Giuseppina (Librizzi) Sep-1917 Librizzi, Salvatore Sep-1917 Librizzi, Tecla (Aveni) Jul-1915 Librzzi, Sara (Ignazzitto) Jun-1922 Librizzi, Frank Jun-1920 Ligo, Rosaria (Pizzoni) Nov-1914 Livieri, Dan Jan-1923 Leto, Salvatore Aug-1924 Leto, Samuel Feb-1924 Loffredo, Vincent Dec-1922 Logascio, Francesca (Spennato)Jan-1910 Lojacono, Harry May-1922 Lombarto, Mary (Turdo) Apr-1922 Loquercio, Antonio May-1924 Lorenzetti, Alfred Apr-1921 LoSchiavo, Concetta (Latonne) Nov-1915 Louicono, Macano Apr-1910 Lupo, Josephine (Hauk) Feb-1909 Machie, Antonia (Geracie) Feb-1920 Maci, Valentine Nov-1907 Maddalena, John Sep-1920 Madonia, Josephine (Di Giorgio) Jun-1908 Magnarini, Franca (Adimero) Dec-1916 Magnarini, Louis Oct-1920 Majarello, Francesco Sep-1916 Mandella, Natalie (Alioto) Sep-1925 Manfre, Santo Jan-1911 Manenti, Antonio Nov-1918 Manera, Salvatore Aug-1915 Mangano, Tom Apr-1920 Maniaci, Jennie (Pipia) Oct-1922 Maniaci, Nunzio Jun-1906 Maniaci, Rosa (Corrago) Dec-1899 Maniaci, Rosilie (Santora) Oct-1911 Maniaci, Rose (Adornado) Oct-1924 Maniage, Angelina (Farina) Sep-1915 Maniscolo, John Apr-1914 Manna, Domenico Oct-1914 Manna, Mary (Colavita) Dec-1910 Marcucci, Lina (Bondi) Oct-1916

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Name Married Mariani, Albert Jul-1910 Marlo, Logia (Santolino) Sep-1916 Maro, Giovanni Feb-1910 Marzullo, Nicolata (Caravello) Sep-1914 Martegani, Clotilda (Allen) Oct-1910 Martorano, Onofrio May-1923 Mascari, Charles Dec-1922 Mascari, Filipo Apr-1903 Mascari, Matteo May-1919 Megliacio, Fannie (Menescalco)Dec-1914 Megna, John Sep-1921 Megna, Tony Dec-1920 Melchiorre, Loreto Jan-1910 Mele, Domeno Feb-1918 Mele, Serafina (Ercole) Jun-1921 Menescalco, John Dec-1914 Merenda, Filippo May-1910 Merenda, Frances (Fazio) Aug-1902 Merlo, Luciano Jul-1916 Merlo, Sarah (Matacio) Apr-1921 Micheli, Mary (Vicenzi) Jan-1921 Micheli, Salvatore Oct-1905 Michette, Katherine (Boggio) Dec-1923 Michetti, Lucille (Martinetti) Dec-1924 Migliaccia, Pasquale Sep-1917 Milaccio, George Nov-1923 Milano, Alice (Brignadello) Jun-1897 Milano, Lucca Sep-1921 Milazzo, Benedetta (Asti) Apr-1917 Miletta, Leonardo Apr-1918 Millelo, Damenico Mar-1911 Millunzi, Franco Jan-1910 Milone, Francesco Jul-1920 Minardl, Josephina (Zeperelli) Jun-1919 Mineo, Joseph Apr-1924 Mirenda, Costantin Oct-1910 Mirenda, Peter Sep-1924 Moccilli, Tony Dec-1918 Moglia, Florence (Marino) Dec-1918 Monfeli, August Jun-1923 Morana, Thomas Dec-1920 Morano, Guiseppi Apr-1913 Mosso, Josephine (Margesia) Jan-1910 Motto, Joseph Apr-1914 Mozarlo, Ancella (Ancelosi) Dec-1910 Mozzo, Maria (Caro) Jul-1906 Mozzo, Maria (Caro) Sep-1907 Muccio, Giovanna (Alioto) Jun-1923 Muzia, Saldina (Greco) Jan-1921 Nardellia, Conzettia (Tolfia) Aug-1907 Nardellia, Valentina (Cristifo) Jun-1899 Naronda, Roberto Oct-1917 Naspini, Angelo Oct-1906 Naspini, Antonio Apr-1917 Natali, James Feb-1920 Nazzarini, Leonora (Romigio) Aug-1907 Nigro, Rocco Jan-1905 Noldin, Gisella (Marzari) Dec-1923 Noldin, Max Nov-1925 Nunzio, Giamo Jan-1910 Obraco, Mary (Motto) Apr-1914 Oneto, Grazia (Quartana) Jun-1901 Paccagnella, Antonio Jun-1921 Palaimo, Walter Jul-1914 Pantaleo, Amoroso Mar-1917 Paparoni, Maria (Damiano) Jul-1914 Papi, Armida (De Marino) Feb-1913 Papia, Salvatore Oct-1912 Pardi, Joseph Oct-1904 Partipilo, Annette (Markin) Jun-1922 Pasquale De, William Nov-1914 Pasqua, Martha (Thayer) Sep-1919 Pecaro, Frank Jul-1918 Pellittieri, Vincenza (Citrano) Sep-1902 Perina, Joseph Oct-1914

Name Married Pesaro, Emma (Toussaint) Aug-1916 Pestalozzi, Carla (Jordens) Jul-1922 Pestalozzi, Hasso Aug-1925 Petrizzo, Nick Jul-1916 Piacentine, Angeline (Sliker) Oct-1924 Piacentine, Anton Feb-1923 Piacentine, John Jun-1919 Piatino, John Apr-1918 Piazza, Alice (Collin) Oct-1921 Piazzo, Frank Jun-1924 Pieraccini, Frank Apr-1913 Pieri, Anna (Gram) Sep-1912 Pieri, Anthony Jun-1925 Pieri, Rose (Luchini) Dec-1910 Pilletteri, Frances (Balistreri) Nov-1909 Pintavo, Basil Dec-1916 Pinto, Carlo Dec-1913 Pirozzali, Rose (Flamingo) Jan-1911 Podovano, Joseph Apr-1913 Poleo, Petrina (?)

Dec-1910 Polizza, Josephine (Rotolo) Aug-1916 Pontarelli, Dianizio Aug-1901 Prato, Andrew Aug-1898 Presselli, Rudolph Apr-1914 Prestifilippo, Frank Feb-1914 Purabon, Giovanna (Guerino) Apr-1906 Puzanca, Josephine Feb 1913 Raccuglia, Frank Dec-1911 Racuglia, Sara (Zichichi) Jun-1923 Radasso. Marco Jan-1916 Ramando, Joe Mar-1912 Rampolla, Liberia (Dovi) Nov-1909 Ray (Re), Angie (Triscari) Feb-1922 Rebori, Carlotta (Ginocchio) Feb-1913 Reccobuono, Giuseppi Sep-1914 Recica, Michael Nov-1909 Regghianti, Jessie (Tralongo) Mar-1920 Regghianti, Julius Jul-1924 Rei, Augustina (Ceraolo) Oct-1916 Ricupo, Antonia (Sammario) Sep-1914 Ristifo, Mary (Marchese Jr.) May-1925 Rocco, Louis Dec-1923 Romeo, Vincent Jul-1898 Romolo, August Mar-1905 Ronelli, Fred Oct-1916 Rosalia, Maglio (Salvatore) Jan-1906 Rospanto, Nicolina (Levigne) Nov-1920 Rotolo, Michael Aug-1916 Ruopoco, Antonia (Sammario) Sep-1914 Saggio, Calogero Oct-1906 Saggio, Rosie (Spasaro) Jun-1912 Salamone, Anton Dec-1916 Salerno, John Mar-1924 Sandretto, Mary (Ambrogio) Jun-1925 Scalish (Scalisci), Phyllis (Crupi) Jul-1920 Scalish (Scalisci), Salvatore Jul-1922 Scamardi, Angela (Valenza) Sep-1907 Scanatio, Mary Anna (Catanazio) Aug-1906 Scatena, Millie (Tempera) Jul-1921 Scoffidi, Sara (Zello) Sep-1919 Scutro, Joseph May-1916 Seaturro, Rocco Aug-1919 Seidita, Joseph Jan-1910 Silva, Benedicta (Miragliotta) Sep-1911 Silva, Lulu (Moore) Jan-1904 Silva, Marie (Librizze) Feb-1920 Silvestri, Arthur Aug-1910 Silvia, Jinseppe Jul-1915 Silvia, Sam Jun-1924 Sonzoni, James May-1922 Sorgi, Elvita (Santacroce) Sep-1925 Sorgio, Michael Jan-1905 Spagnola, Mary (Esser) Dec-1920 Sparaci, Giacoma (Maro) Feb-1910 To be continued in our March 2014 issue.

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LA PAGINA ITALIANA a cura di Enrica Tarantino-Woytal

Buon Anno 2014!

L’Epifania tutte le feste porta via!

Con la l’augurio che avete trascorso ottime feste, vi auguro un Felice Prospero 2014!

Informo tutti I lettori che le lezioni per adulti inizieranno

il martedi 4 marzo, e periI bambini l’8 marzo alle ore 14:00.

Per maggiori info telefonate l’ICC 414-223-2180.

A Presto!

– Enrica

Riunione Societa’ Femminile Maria SS del Lume Sabato 22 Febbraio Ore 12:30 Luogo: ICC Vi prego essere presenti a presto – La Presidente Enrica Tarantino Woytal

Ranieri, 50 anni carriera e torno in tv Tre appuntamenti in 1a serata su Rai1 con show Sogno e son desto “Quest’anno festeggio i 50 anni di carriera. E’ un successo già il solo fatto di poterlo dire”. Massimo Ranieri, che debuttò a soli 13 anni, non ha in programma nessuna celebrazione, ma intanto torna in tv, dopo 7 anni, con lo spettacolo teatrale Sogno e son desto.

Tre appuntamenti in prima serata il sabato su Rai1, in onda l’11, il 18 e il 25 gennaio, tra canzoni, racconti di vita, poesia e teatro.

“Filo conduttore dello show spiega l’artista - sono tre parole: coraggio, dignità e sogno”.

Topolino ispira Damien Hirst Dipinto all’asta benefica a Londra il 13 febbraio Topolino, icona culturale del nostro tempo, ha ispirato nel tempo molti artisti di fama mondiale come Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein e Claes Oldenburg. L’artista inglese Damien Hirst è stato contattato da Disney per creare un’opera d’arte: prendendo ispirazione dalle forme

arrotondate di Topolino ha creato Mickey, vernice su tela.

Il dipinto sarà venduto all’interno dell’asta Post-War and Contemporary Art, che si terrà a Londra da Christie’s il 13 febbraio.

I proventi andranno in beneficenza.

Trieste, successo ‘Un ballo in maschera’ Ottimo il cast, sfarzose e colorate le scenografie tradizionali Grande successo per ‘Un ballo in maschera’, opera che ha aperto la stagione lirica e di balletto 2014 del teatro Verdi di Trieste. L’opera verdiana, per la regia di Massimo Gasparon e la direzione di Gianluigi Gelmetti, ha convinto

soprattutto per il cast, tutto di altissimo livello, e per i costumi e le scene, coloratissime e sfarzose, che hanno ben contribuito a ricostruire la Boston di fine Seicento dove si svolge il dramma. Repliche l’11, 12, 14, 16 e 18 gennaio.

Hit parade, Ligabue resta in vetta Poche variazioni in classifica, tra i singoli primi i Klingande Poche variazioni nell’hit parade settimanale, che vede ancora Ligabue in vetta con il suo Mondovisione. La principale novità è l’ingresso nella top ten al settimo posto di Marco Mengoni con #Prontoacorrereilviaggio. Sul podio resta al secondo posto Laura

Pausini con il suo 20 The Greatest Hits, mentre guadagnano una posizione gli One Direction con Midnight Memories, seguiti da Mika con Song book. Tra i singoli più scaricati, in vetta c’è il duo elettronico francese Klingande con Jubel.

Albano, nessun tour con Romina L’artista, “Per ora no. Il futuro?

Non ho sfera di cristallo” “Nessun tour in programma con Romina Power”. Lo dice Albano Carrisi che conferma che dopo l’esibizione di Mosca in cui è tornato, per la prima volta dopo la separazione, a cantare con l’ex moglie, vi sono state numerose richieste per una serie di concerti

in tutto il mondo: “Nessuna decisione è stata presa né da parte mia, né da alcun’altra parte.

Per il momento è un no con tre punti esclamativi’’, spiega Albano, che però aggiunge che prima di Mosca “i punti esclamativi erano molti di più”.

Sapore di te dei Vanzina parla anni ‘80 Trenta anni dopo Sapore di mare, in sala da domani in 400 copie A trenta anni da Sapore di mare, film cult dei e per i fratelli Vanzina, arriva in sala da domani distribuito da Medusa in 400 copie Sapore di te, una rivisitazione ambientata, non a caso, negli anni Ottanta, anni chiave per i fratelli della commedia e gli ultimi in cui

‘’esistevano ancora ottimismo e romanticismo’’. Nel cast Serena Autieri, Nancy Brilli, Eugenio Franceschini, Matteo Leoni, Virginie Marsan, Maurizio Mattioli, Giorgio Pasotti, Katy Saunders, Martina Stella e Vincenzo Salemme.

Jolie verso interpretazione chef Nigella Attrice colpita da recenti problemi ‘dea del focolare’ Angelina Jolie potrebbe interpretare Nigella Lawson in un film sulla vita turbolenta della star britannica dei fornelli, che di recente ha ammesso durante un processo per frode alle sue due ex segretarie italiane di aver fatto uso di cocaina e che ha da poco

divorziato dal collezionista Charles Saatchi.

E’ quanto si legge sul tabloid Sun, che cita alcuni produttori di Hollywood che vogliono la 38enne attrice americana nei panni della ‘dea del focolare’.

Elisa, L’anima vola è disco di platino Si aggiunge nuova data a Milano, anche il 25 marzo L’anima vola, l’ultimo album di inediti di Elisa, il primo composto da brani interamente scritti in italiano, è disco di platino per le oltre 60.000 copie vendute (certificazioni Fimi/GFK Retail and Technology Italia, con dati di vendita fino al 22 dicembre).

L’anima vola (Sugar) è da 11 settimane ai vertici della classifica.

E si aggiunge la seconda data a Milano per il nuovo tour di Elisa: dopo il 24 marzo, sono aperte le prevendite per il 25 (sempre al Mediolanum Forum di Assago).

Etna: degassazione e emissione cenere Valori tremori medio-bassi, aeroporto di Catania resta operativo Un’attività di degassazione e l’emissione di cenere lavica, non intensa, è presente sull’Etna.

I crateri interessati sono il Nord-Est, la ‘Bocca nuova’ e la ‘Voragine’. Il materiale piroclastico è sospinto a ovest dal vento in alta quota. Secondo i rilievi dell’Ingv di

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Catania, i tremori registrati nei condotti magmatici interni del vulcano sono su livelli medio-bassi.

I fenomeni in corso, al momento, non influiscono sull’operatività dell’aeroporto internazionale di Catania.

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Victory School’s Italian Immersion Program report Maestra Jana Horntvedt’s K4 class just finished a unit on the days of the week. They have started a unit on colors and an Italian book about the colors!

Ben ritornati a scuola from Maestro Tom Bruno’s K5 class!

Bruno reports, “We are reviewing our conversational sequence and will start to add new vocabulary in our daily Italian lessons.”

Maestra Elizabeth Zizzo’s first graders have been working with their 4th grade reading buddies in Maestra Cathy Laurenzi’s class.

Maestra Zizzo and Maestra Laurenzi enjoy collaboration to expand reading opportunities for

our 1st and 4th grade Italian students. The amazing opportunity of having reading buddies in two languages is something the Italian program offers at Victory School.

According to a fourth grade student, Mia Monte, “I enjoy reading to the younger kids. It’s fun! They are so cute when they try to read in English or Italian, but I love helping.”

Maestra Annette Robertson’s second graders had a visit from La Befana on Jan. 8! Excitedly, the students are putting on a puppet play in Italian with a theme focusing on un Mago, un Drago e una Principessa. The students are also learning to differentiate fact and opinion through an in depth study of jellyfish. The second grade students are looking forward to a field trip to the Milwaukee Public Museum in February.

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During November the third grade students wrote essays on the topic “Nonviolence: The Most Potent Weapon” and their essays were entered into the 31st annual Doctor Martin Luther King Writing Contest. Last month the news arrived that a third grade student at Victory won first prize in his age group. Alexander G’s essay was chosen over all other second and

third grade entries in the entire city of Milwaukee! Alexander and all the third grade students did a phenomenal job creating essays for their first writing contest.

Mrs. Diane Wilcox’s fifth graders are learning about holiday traditions. They studied about Natale, Capodanno and, of course, the tradition of the visit by La Befana.

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 four 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 contact the MCHS at 414/273-7487 or 414/273-8288.

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Legend of La Befana passed on at ICC’s Children’s party on Jan. 4

Lucy Schick, 5, Spencer Van Peursen, 8, and Andy Grac, 8, are seen here decorating their Christmas cookies. This is always one of the most popular activities at the party before the arrival of La Befana.

Times photos by Tom Hemman

Children and adults in attendance had a chance to make their own ice cream sundae. A variety of toppings and syrups were put out on a table by the Italian Conference Center staff. Here’s Julia Bongert, 9, making her sundae.

Pianist John Puchner led a Christmas carole sing-a-long before La Befana arrived at the ICC.

Children attending the party had a chance to meet La Befana before getting the gifts she left for them. In addition to gifts, all the children received some candy to take home.

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This is Henry Van Peursen, who’s nearly 11, decorating his own Christmas cookie. Looks like he was having fun!

The Avanti Committee organized the Jan. 4 party. Surrounding La Befana are the volunteers who made it possible. From the left: Mary Anne Alioto, pianist John Puchner, Rose Anne Ceraso-Fritchie, Liz Ceraso and Sammy Alioto. The appearance of La Befana was made possible by another volunteer, Anna Pitzo.

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