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‘Tis the season for giving

Join Jimmy and Linda Spataroin donating stock to the ICC

By Thomas HemmanTimes Editor

Late last year, Jimmy Spataro, apast president of the ItalianCommunity Center (1985-86), andhis wife, Linda, were fondly dis-cussing the organization, its historyand how proud they were to becharter members. Jimmy recalledhow much his late parents, Jim andAnne, loved the Center and FestaItaliana.

Jimmy and Linda also knewthat the ICC, a nonprofit organiza-tion, had had its share of rockytimes in recent years resultingfrom the worldwide economic turn-down.

“We brought up a meeting thattook place in the latter part of 1984at the old Italian CommunityCenter on Hackett Avenue when astanding room only crowd was on

hand to vote on whether the organi-zation should pursue a proposalwith Milwaukee County for thepurchase of the ‘Coachyards’ prop-erty (the former railroad propertywhere the current ICC stands),”Jimmy said.

“An overwhelming majority ofthe people who attended that meet-ing supported the proposal,” hesaid. “My parents were in favor.Everyone said, ‘We want to go backto our home’ in the (Historic) ThirdWard” where the vast majority ofthe Italian immigrants settledwhen they first came to Milwaukeestarting in the late 1800s. Many ofthe people in attendance that nightgrew up in the Third Ward.

Jimmy, who was the ICC’s presi-dent-elect then, said members werepresented with financial projections

Linda and Jimmy SpataroPlease turn to page 11

ICC members elect Susie Christiansen,Pietro Tarantino, Tony Piacentini and

Liz Ceraso to Board of DirectorsBy Thomas Hemman

Times EditorSusan (DeSanctis) Christiansen,

Pietro Tarantino, Tony Piacentiniand Elizabeth Anne Ceraso cap-tured the four open director-at-large seats in the ItalianCommunity Center’s annual elec-tion. Results were announced atthe Oct. 3 general membershipmeeting.

All of the incumbent officers –President Gina M. Spang, VicePresident Giuseppe Vella, Trea-surer Sam Purpero, Secretary Rose

Ann Ceraso-Fritchie and Sergeant-At-Arms Joanne (Sanfilippo)Czubek – were unopposed.

Election Committee ChairpersonRosemary DeRubertis announcedthat 581 ballots were countedbefore the start of the Oct. 3 meet-ing. Ballots were mailed to 1,167members.

The term for the newly electedofficers and directors officiallybegan on Nov. 1. They were cere-monially sworn-in at the generalmembership meeting on Nov. 7.

The first official meeting of the

new Board is this Thursday, Nov.21 at 6 p.m.

The newly elected officers servea one-year term and the four direc-tors who were elected will serve fortwo years.

Seven candidates ran for thefour open director-at-large seats.The other candidates were JosephJannazzo, Jr., Paul F. Iannelli andBruno Giacomantonio.

The officersSpang is the second woman in

Italians readyfor Folk Fairthis weekend

Please turn to page 10

By Thomas Hemman andSusie DeSanctis Christiansen

Getting ready to serve as repre-sentatives of Italian culture at the70th anniversary Holiday FolkFair are volunteers from theItalian Community Center andmembers of Tradizione Vivente,the Italian Dance Group ofMilwaukee and I Bei Bambini, theChildren’s Italian Dance Group.

The Folk Fair will take placeFriday, Nov. 22 through Sunday,Nov. 24 in the Wisconsin Expo-sition Center at State Fair Park in


Festival di Danza e Cultura, a multi-cultural cel-ebration, was presented on Tuesday, Oct. 15before a large, enthusiastic audience in thePompeii Grand Ballroom of the ItalianCommunity Center as a commemoration ofItalian Heritage Month. This photo shows mem-bers of all the performing groups that evening.Among them was the visiting Yabana-kai of

Narita City, Japan. Performing groups andartists from Wisconsin included: West AfricanDrums, Tradizione Vivente: The Italian DanceGroup of Milwaukee, a gospel group MovingForward, Spanish Iberian Flamenco Dancers,Nefertari African Dance Company, the GermanPommersche Tandeel Freistadt, Turam TurkishFolk Dance Group and Lac du Flambeau flutist

Darren Thompson representing the AmericanIndian. The two-hour program was organized byGina Jorgensen, who is a member of bothTradizione Vivente and the ICC’s CultureCommittee. The program was preceded by aspaghetti-and-meatballs dinner. Approximately250 people attended the event. (Times photo byTom Hemman)

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Thank you to Mr. Peter Gustinand Mr. Ralph Busalacchi for theirrecent service as Directors on theICC Board. I appreciate the timeand dedication that you gave to theorganization. A warm welcome tonew and returning board membersfor this upcoming year; we have abusy year ahead of us and I amanxious to get started!

Students of the MilwaukeeSchool Of Engineering (MSOE) pre-sented the first draft of their ideasfor the improvements and modifica-tions to the ICC. We have a class ofseniors working with the ICC basedon the following criteria: reorgan-ize space to create designated spacefor the community center and moreclearly separate the banquet facili-ties, identify deferred maintenanceand create a major maintenanceplan for future capital improve-ments, retain area for parking andlook at expansion for a hotel or sim-ilar future opportunity. This is asenior design project and involveseach design team developing a solu-tion for the “client”. It was veryinteresting to hear their questions

and ideas. There will be a fewmore updates prior to their formalpresentation which is scheduled forSaturday, Feb. 15th. The presenta-tion will be at MSOE and everyoneis invited. We will provide moredetails as we get closer to the dateof the presentation.

Vice President Joe Vella and Irecently met with representativesfrom many of the Italian Societies.It was a very good meeting! We allhave common challenges and weidentified good ideas for ways towork together. One idea that wewant to develop is an all societyevent to celebrate Columbus Day in2014. We will keep you updated aswe continue these discussions.

I’m asking that all presidents orheads of the societies contactConstance Jones in the ICC officeand give her your contact informa-tion. When we were scheduling ourmeeting, we found that much of our

information was outdated. Soplease provide us with your contactinformation so that all societies canbe invited to participate in futuremeetings.

The Italian Community Centeris teaming up with the HistoricThird Ward Association for the“Christmas in the Ward” whichtakes place on Friday, Dec. 6th. Itwill be a fun event with hot choco-late, lighting of the Christmas tree,roasting chestnuts and fireworks!Plan to come and represent the ICCat this event.

Finally, I encourage our mem-bers to attend our monthly generalmembership meetings. The meet-ings are a great opportunity to seeyour board members, talk withthem and hear first hand what isgoing on with the CommunityCenter. It is also a great time toget together with your friends andfamily. Our next meeting is

Thursday, Dec. 5th, which is ourChristmas dinner and dance. Ournext general meeting in 2014 willbe on Thursday Jan. 9th.

Happy and safe holidays to youand your family.

– Gina M. SpangICC President

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Ted Glorioso, Ladies of UNICO andPompeii Men’s Club make large donations

for Thanksgiving dinner for the poorThe annual Thanksgiving din-

ner for the poor that the ItalianCommunity Center sponsorsreceived sizable donations from TedGlorioso of Glorioso’s Enterprises,

the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO,and the Pompeii Men’s Club.

Glorioso, a longtime memberand supporter of the ICC and theMilwaukee Chapter UNICO

National, presented a $500 check.The Ladies of UNICO, through itsCommunity Projects Committee,made a $200 contribution and thePompeii Men’s Club donated $100.

In addition to those three largedonations, numerous individualsmade smaller contributions for themeal, said Tony Lupo, who servedas chairman of the event. “There isno middle man. All of the funds

that are raised for the dinner go forthe food that is served,” he added.

The dinner was held Sunday,Nov. 17 at the Open Door Cafe atSt. John’s Cathedral in downtownMilwaukee.

Lupo enlisted the volunteerswho served the meal. The culinarystaff of the Italian ConferenceCenter prepared the feast anddelivered it to the meal site.

Ted Glorioso (left), of Glorioso’s Enterprises, presented a $500 check toTony Lupo for the Thanksgiving dinner for the poor at his jewelry store,Glorioso’s Gold Imports and Diamond Center, on Oct. 4.

Charles Lazzaro (right), Pompeii Men’s Club President, presented a $100donation for the Thanksgiving dinner on behalf of his organization at theICC’s general meeting on Nov. 7. The check was given to Tony Lupo, din-ner chairman.

The Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO donated $200 for the Thanksgiving din-ner. The check was presented at the ICC’s general meeting on Oct. 3 toICC President Gina Spang and dinner chairman Tony Lupo by AnnRomano, chairperson of the UNICO Ladies’ Community ProjectsCommittee. Spang, Lupo and Romano are seen in the center of the picture.On each side of them are the members of the Ladies of UNICO who werein attendance that night.

Times photos by Tom Hemman


Joe Glorioso, acclaimed Italian food marketowner and one of the founding fathers ofMilwaukee’s Festa Italiana, dies at age 91By Thomas Hemman

Times EditorAs a testimony to how much

Joseph T. Glorioso was loved andrespected, all one needed to see wasthe extremely large attendance forhis visitation on Sunday, Oct. 20and his funeral service and burialthe next day.

Joe, as many knew and calledhim, died Tuesday, Oct. 15 at theage of 91. He had been hospitalizedfor two weeks prior to his deathafter collapsing at the grave of hislate wife, Mary, who was struck bya car and killed while crossingBrady St. on May 10, 2004.

Joe was born on Apr. 20, 1922.He was the oldest of seven children– six boys and a girl – born toFelice and Theresa Glorioso. Theywere raised in Milwaukee’s oldThird Ward, the heart ofMilwaukee’s Italian communityand the location of the Sicilianimmigrant-built Our Lady ofPompeii Catholic Church. Joe’sfather had been a peddler and fish-erman in Sicily. He worked onCommission Row after settling inMilwaukee and bought and soldproduce and fresh fruit from apushcart, traveling to Bay Viewand St. Francis.

After graduating from LincolnHigh School, Joe served in theUnited States Army for 42 monthsduring World War II. He was sta-tioned in the European front, see-ing action in France. He earned therank of Technical Sergeant andattained a Bronze Star for servingin a war zone.

With the help of a $1,000 loanthat Joe’s father secured from hisboss, Joe and his brothers Eddieand Teddy opened Glorioso’s ItalianFood Center at 1020 E. Brady St.,on Milwaukee’s Lower East Side,on Valentine’s Day in 1946. It wasreported in the Milwaukee JournalSentinel that Felice wanted Joe toopen the store with his brothersEddie and Ted to keep them busyand out of trouble.

In the beginning, Joe did theordering, Eddie handled deliveriesand Teddy did just about every-thing else that needed to be done.Joe and his brothers worked hard,sometimes spending the night toget the tasks done. Their laborspaid off and the market becameWisconsin’s largest Italian foodcenter.

The store established a loyal fol-lowing of shoppers who valuedimported Italian oils, pastas, cook-

ies, canned goods, fresh cannoli andbread from nearby Sciortino’sBakery, freshly made sausage, andan extensive line of Italian cheesesas well as the intimate feel of aneighborhood shop. It quicklybecame the cornerstone of theBrady St. business community.

In 1950, Joe married MaryFrinzi, whose family also operateda grocery store on Water St. andBroadway. The couple went on towork together for more than 50years.

Joe and his brothers added sidebusinesses in and around the store.There was Trio’s Pizza andGlorioso’s Villa. Today, Ted ownsand operates Glorioso’s GoldImports & Diamond Center at 1018E. Brady St., upstairs from theoriginal market.

In late 2010, the Glorioso familymoved its business to a more spa-cious location at 1011 E. Brady St.,a building that was once the AstorTheater and the Brady St.Pharmacy.

More than 70 members of theGlorioso family have worked at thebusiness. Today, Joe’s son Feliceand Teddy’s son Michael are thegeneral managers of Glorioso’sItalian Market. Eddie and Teddyare still very active in the business.Joe was working at the store on asemi-retired basis right up to hishospitalization. Semi-retired meantmaybe he took off a day or two.

Joe always spoke with prideabout the quality of the productssold at his store, “Quality isremembered long after price is for-gotten,” he said.

The Glorioso family was honoredwith the Wisconsin Small Businessof the Year Award in 2007 and hasbeen recognized as “Milwaukee’sBest Deli” by OnMilwaukee.com onnumerous occasions.

When Glorioso’s celebrated 60years in business on Brady St. in2006, the Glorioso brothersreceived a plaque from then-Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. Theplaque cited Glorioso’s as “one ofMilwaukee’s best-known resourcesfor Italian foods, including dozensof antipasti possibilities and tourde force of olives. Glorioso’s alsocarries a wide selection of cheeses,cured meats and marinated vegeta-bles.”

The citation further read:“Glorioso’s remained an anchor onBrady Street even during thestreet’s declining days and played amajor role in the rejuvenation duein large part to their support andallegiance to the area which ledother property owners to realize thehidden value of Milwaukee’s lowerEast Side.”

The governor’s citation evenmentions something that everyonewho shopped at the market proba-bly overheard at one time or anoth-er: “The brothers’ success in work-ing together for the last 60 years,despite disagreements and discus-sions in English and Sicilian – withthe latter adding undeniable flairto the debates – has been based ontheir ability to forgive and get backto work.”

Festa and the ICCIn the 1970s, a movement began

in Milwaukee to re-establish anItalian festival similar to the reli-gious festivals that were held yearsago in the city’s old Third Ward,

but only on a grander scale. Joewas one of the Italian movers andshakers who made it happen.Meetings to organize what wouldbecome “Festa Italiana” were heldin the lower level of Glorioso’sVilla.

When the decision to proceedwas made and the legal documentswere signed with the City ofMilwaukee to hold the first FestaItaliana on the weekend of Aug. 4-6, 1978 on the Summerfestgrounds, Joe was in charge of foodoperations and ordering all therelated food supplies. Back then,and in fact for the first six years ofFesta, all the food booths werestaffed entirely by volunteers.Professional restaurateurs, bakersand deli operators weren’t broughtinto the fold until 1984.

From the first Festa until themid 1990s, Joe was in charge of thedistribution area of the festival,where vendors could get all of thesupplies they needed to accompanythe food they sold.

For more than a dozen years,Joe served on the Festa FoodCommittee, reviewing the contractsand food menus of all the vendorsand offering his expertise on howthey could make their operationsrun more smoothly or more success-fully.

Glorioso’s has always been oneof the sponsors of Festa Italianaand their store has always been theplace that sells the most advanceadmission tickets for the festival.Glorioso’s Gold Imports has fre-quently donated a jewelry prize forthe festival’s raffle.

After the first Festa, the ItalianCommunity Center was estab-lished. Joe and his wife, Mary, wereamong the charter members. Joewas elected to the original Board ofDirectors in 1978 and was re-elect-ed three more times, ending hisservice after the 1981-82 term.

Joe and Mary were given thehonor of being the Re and Regina(King and Queen) for the ICC’s sec-ond celebration of “Il GrandeCarnevale,” a pre-Lenten costumeand mask ball, in 1981.

Financial contributions by Joe,his brothers and their familieshelped to build the current ItalianCommunity Center. For manyyears, Joe and Mary provided fundseach spring for the flower plantingand landscaping on the grounds.That support continues in the formof a memorial after Mary’s untime-ly death.

On behalf of the organization,ICC President Gina Spang stated,“We are deeply saddened by thepassing of Joe Glorioso. Joe was ahighly respected member of theCity of Milwaukee’s Italian commu-nity, a lifetime member of theItalian Community Center and oneof the driving forces behind FestaItaliana. As an early pioneer onMilwaukee’s East Side, Joe and hisfamily established a family busi-ness that served as a hub for ‘allthings Italian.’ It was the placewhere people gathered, ideas weredeveloped and decisions weremade. Joe’s legacy will live onthrough his many contributions toboth the Italian Community Centerand Festa Italiana.”

Other organizationsJoe was also a co-founder of the

Holy Crucifix Society, a member of

UNICO National, a member andpast president of the MilwaukeeChapter of UNICO (1973-74), mem-ber of the Madonna del LumeSociety, Pompeii Men’s Club,National Italian AmericanFoundation, Sons of Sicily, andAmerican Legion Post 418.

The Pompeii Men’s Club hon-ored Joe as its “Man of the Year” in1986. The award recognized his“continuous and generous service tothe community.”

When Joe found some sparetime. he enjoyed fishing and doingdrawings in pen and pencil, his sonFelice said.

Survivors and memorialsJoe is survived by his son Felice

(Margaret) and daughter Rena; hisgrandchildren Maria, the lateTheresa, Joseph and FrancescaGlorioso and Giana, Adrianna andBenny Tralongo; his great-grand-child Zora Tralongo; his brothersEddie (Joann), the late Nick(Dorothy), Ted (Rosemary),Anthony (Lois) and Charles (Rita)his sister Rosalie; and many otherrelatives, friends and employees.

The family suggests memorialsto the Milwaukee Chapter ofUNICO Scholarship Fund.

When Joe Glorioso turned 90 inApril 2012, the family throw him abirthday party at Glorioso’s ItalianMarket. Times Editor TomHemman was invited to come andtook this picture.

Joe Glorioso and his late wife,Mary. The couple was wed in 1950.Mary was tragically killed whenshe was struck by a vehicle acrossBrady St. in 2004.

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Don’t wait to make your reserva-tions for the spectacular NewYear’s Eve party planned at theItalian Community Center. Thecelebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31,beginning at 7 p.m., will includelots of delicious food, plenty ofparty favors and dancing to the‘50s-‘60s sounds of the legendaryDoo-Wop Daddies.

General Manager PatrickMorgan said, “The Doo-WopDaddies have always drawn large

crowds every time we’ve bookedthem. So, I want to advise everyoneto get their reservations madeearly.”

The cost for the evening is $75per person. Reservations arerequired and can be made using acredit card and calling 414/223-2180, or by mailing in the formaccompanying this story. Be sureto make your check payable to theItalian Conference Center andsubmit it along with the reserva-tion form to ICC, 631 E. ChicagoSt., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

If you wish to be seated at atable with specific persons, pleaselist the names of those people on aseparate sheet of paper. Don’t for-get to include your own name.

The ICC will not be allowingwalk-ins the night of the event.

At 7 p.m., guests will be able toenjoy a variety of the ItalianConference Center’s famous hotand cold hors d’oeuvres in the galle-ria. There will be a cash bar.

An hour later, guests will becalled into the Pompeii GrandBallroom for a sumptuous dinner.It will begin with an Italian saladwith Romaine lettuce topped withmozzarella cheese, salami, pro-sciutto, tomatoes, black olives, arti-choke hearts and pepperoncini.The main course will feature a com-bination entrée – center cut beeftenderloin topped with wild mush-room Bordelaise sauce and jumboshrimp scampi – served over angelhair pasta, steamed vegetable med-ley, Italian bread, and coffee, tea,iced tea or milk.

For dessert, guests will beserved tiramisu (ladyfinger cookies,soaked in espresso and coffeeliqueur, layered with mascarpone,dusted with cocoa powder and

chocolate shavings).Following a midnight cham-

pagne toast welcoming the NewYear, a buffet station will be madeavailable. The buffet will featureassorted cold cuts, cheese and rel-ish trays, fresh rolls, pasta saladand assorted cookies.

The Doo-Wop Daddies will playfrom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Doo-Wop DaddiesBased in Milwaukee, the Doo-

Wop Daddies capture the demand-ing vocal styles of doo-wop musicwith unsurpassed excellence.That’s only the beginning. TheDaddies don’t merely recreate thisclassic genre, but have redefined itand made it their own 21st centurydoo-wop.

The group’s live shows attainthat ideal unity of masterful per-formance and entertainment.Combining elements of vintage andcutting edge musical technologies,the Daddies produce an excitingtheatrical show that remains faith-ful to the doo-wop style.

The Doo-Wop Daddies’ lineupincludes Mike Sturino, Mike Welch,Ryan Clark, Mark Lansing, TomRiepenhoff, Lee Stephens, LeeWanek and Terry Casey.


There’s no need to spend mostof your Thanksgiving Day in thekitchen preparing your familyfeast. Let the Italian ConferenceCenter staff do the cooking onThursday, Nov. 28. For the secondconsecutive year, the ICC is offer-ing a Thanksgiving Day buffet.

Pre-paid reservations are neces-sary for this bountiful feast, whichwill begin with the first seatings at11 a.m. Reservations will be takenon the half-hour from that time on,with the last seating scheduled for4 p.m.

Business Manager PatrickMorgan has kept the prices at$24.95 for adults, $15.95 for chil-dren, ages 5-12, and free for chil-dren, 4 and younger.

Make your prepaid reservationsin person at the reception desk atthe Italian Community Center onweekdays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., or bycalling 414/223-2180 and pay witha credit card.

The Thanksgiving menuThe following array of sumptu-

ous buffet choices awaits those

who come to the ICC for theirThanksgiving dinner.

• Salads: Garden salad withassorted dressings; Caesar salad;Caprese salad; seafood tortellinisalad; and Waldorf salad.

• Appetizers: Fresh fruit;assorted cheese and crackers;antipasto, vegetables and dill dip;and cranberry relish.

• Sides: Garlic mashed pota-toes; sweet potato casserole; roast-ed yams; sweet corn; fresh greenbeans almondine; and penne pastamarinara.

• Meats: Oven-roasted turkeyand gravy; honey glazed ham;carved prime rib au jus; Italiansausage sauté; baked cod withlemon dill butter; and meatballs insauce.

• Desserts: Tiramisu; cannoli;pumpkin pie; apple pie; wild berrypie; and many other assortedtortes.

• Add-ons: Italian bread; but-ter; coffee; tea; and milk.

Free parking will be availablein the lot south of the building.

Make your Thanksgiving Day dining plans at the ICCPre-paid reservations required for this bountiful feast

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Doo-Wop Daddies to play after fabulous dinner at this reservations-only event

ICC New Year's Eve Party Reservation FormTuesday, Dec. 31, 2013

Name(s) _________________________________________________________

Address __________________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ______ Zip _____________

Phone ___________________ Email __________________________________

Please list the names of persons in your party on a separate sheet of paper. Tablesof 10 are available. Singles and couples: If you wish to be seated at a table with

specific persons, please list their names on a separate sheet of paper.

Total number of people attending _________ x $75.00 = $

Please make your check/money order payable to: Italian Conference Center, andmail to: ICC, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916.

All payments are non-refundable and must accompany this reservation form.

The Doo-Wop Daddies are returning for a third consecutive year to per-form at the Italian Community Center’s New Year’s Eve party.


Members’ Christmas dinner anddance set for Thursday, Dec. 5

By Susie DeSanctisChristiansen

Christmas Party ChairpersonItalian Community Center mem-

bers, as well as non-memberguests, are invited to start off theholiday season with a splendid cele-bration. The ICC’s annualMembers’ Christmas Party, on theevening of the general membershipmeeting, Thursday, Dec. 5, featuresa sit down dinner, dancing, a bakesale and lots of fun. The celebrationbegins at 6 p.m. with a half-hourcocktail reception (cash bar).

DinnerA sumptuous dinner is being

planned. It begins with an Italiansalad with fresh greens and toppedwith meats and cheeses. Guestswill then enjoy an entrée of tenderSicilian steak, side of pasta, vegeta-bles medley and fresh Italianbread. Assorted Italian cookies andgelato will be served for dessert,courtesy of the Vella family, ownersof Sciortino’s Bakery, and theReina family of Gelateria Italianafame.

DancingProviding the entertainment for

the evening will be the popular dee-jay service, Music on the Move

Plus. The deejay for our party willplay danceable music for all ages –whether it’s swing, polka, disco,rock and roll or today’s best music –everyone will be able to get out onthe floor.

Bake saleA vast array of fresh-baked

cakes, cookies, cupcakes and pas-tries will be on sale. Made with ten-der loving care by fellow ICC mem-bers and the culinary staff of theItalian Conference Center, you’ll beable to find something to satisfyyour sweet tooth.

Reservations requiredAdvance reservations are

required. The cost for the festiveevening is $20 per member and $35per non-member. Please use theform accompanying this story tomake your reservations. Checks arepayable to the Italian CommunityCenter. You may also call 414/223-2180 and make your payment witha credit card. The reservation dead-line is Wednesday, Nov. 27.

The dinner and dance arereplacing the regular general mem-bership dinner and meeting; how-ever, after dinner and before theentertainment begins, there will bea brief business meeting.

The Italian CommunityCenter’s Members’ ChristmasParty is all set for Thursday, Dec.5. As in the past, one of the bigattractions of the evening is thefabulous bake sale featuring allthe delicious holiday baked goodsdonated by ICC members.

Bake Sale Coordinators JoanneCzubek, Gina Manning andRosemary DeRubertis are askingmembers to “bring out the potsand pans, nonna’s favorite recipesand your baking skills” to helpmake this year’s holiday bake saletruly successful.

“Anything goes – cakes, cook-ies, candy, whatever your favoriteholiday treats might be – we wel-come your donation,” Czubek said.

If you are unable to bake, bringsomething from your bake shop.

Baked items can be dropped off atthe ICC office the day before orthe morning of the party. “If youare unable to package your items,we will do that for you,” Manningsaid. “We will also do the pricing.”

“If you prefer to bring youritems the night of the party,please have them packaged nicelyso they are ready to be priced andsold,” DeRubertis noted.

Everyone who is interested indonating to this fund-raisingevent is asked to call Czubek at414/529-0183 so the committeecan get a handle on what toexpect.

“Please come and join us for anight of fun, friendship, holidaycheer and delicious holiday treats.Hope to see you there,” the coordi-nators added.

ICC General Membership Christmas Dinner & DanceReservation Form

Name(s) ____________________________________________________

Address ___________ __________________________________________

City, State, Zip________________________________________________

Phone No. ________________ Email _____________________________

Number of ICC members attending ________ x $20.00 = $_____________

Number of non-members attending ________ x $35.00 + $_____________

Make check or money order payable to: Italian Community Center. Send this formand your payment to: ICC, Attn.: Membership Christmas Dinner & Dance. 631 E.Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916. Reservation deadline: Thursday, Nov. 25 .

Calling all holiday bakers ICC looking for volunteers

to donate baked goods for Dec. 5Christmas party fund-raiser

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Born: November 30, 1925Married to Philip Balistrerion November 22, 1944.Passed away on November 7, 2003.Beloved wife and mother.Beloved daughter of the late Joseph& Franchesca Storniolo.Beloved sister of the late Joseph, Jr.(Ruth), the late Rose, the late Mary,Tony (Peggy) and Dorothy (Lionel)LoCroix.We will always love you!Salvatore, Joseph, Donna,Jack, Philip, Jr., Alexand Philip Balistreri, Sr.Sadly missed. Rest in Peace!

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American Christmas Villagedisplay coming to ICC

Christmas at the ItalianCommunity Center will be evenmore festive than usual, thanks tothe generosity of a gentleman fromChicago. Enzo Brusca, a member ofthe Society of San Biaggio Plataniand friend of ICC members Annand Joe Zambito, has offered tobring his extensive ChristmasVillage to the ICC to display for theentire holiday season.

The Village contains around 300pieces. There are moving figuresand structures such as a ferriswheel. Enzo has been collecting thepieces for many years and hasamassed quite a collection ofunique pieces. He estimates it will

take him two days to put togetherthe display.

It will be available for viewingin the Board Room starting Dec.1and will run through the first weekof January during normal ICChours. Groups and families are wel-come to come have lunch or dinnerand see this amazing display. ICCCulture Committee ChairChristina Ziino said, “It is sure toput anyone in the holiday spirit!”

Large groups should notify ICCreceptionist Salina Castro in theoffice when they are coming so thata volunteer can be available toanswer questions. Admission isfree.


ICC members: Make sure your childrenor grandchildren attend the Befana

party on Saturday, Jan. 4By Thomas Hemman

Times EditorFor the 12th consecutive year,

the Italian Community Center willhost a post-Christmas party for theyoungest children and grandchil-dren of ICC members. This partycelebrates the legend of La Befana.

The gift-bearing witch of Italianfolklore will greet and provide giftsto youngsters on Saturday, Jan. 4at a party that begins with a noonlunch in the Pompeii GrandBallroom.

“Since the mission of the ICC isto promote Italian culture, wethink it’s important that our chil-dren and grandchildren learn aboutLa Befana,” said Liz Ceraso, chair-person of the Avanti Committee,which is organizing the event.

Having the party after the busyChristmas season has also provenquite popular with the parents andgrandparents, added Rose AnneCeraso-Fritchie and Mary AnneCeraso-Alioto, Avanti Committeemembers, who are co-chairing thechildren’s party.

Party detailsChildren are encouraged to wear

socks that day because, after theyeat lunch, the children will beasked to take off their shoes andleave them behind a curtain. ICCofficials have heard that Befanahas expressed an interest in leav-ing special treats in the children’sshoes.

The lunch will feature a buffetwith food to please both the chil-dren and the adults in attendance.

The menu will include barbecuebeef sandwiches, chicken nuggets,french fried potatoes, macaroni and

cheese, fruit, chocolate or whitemilk for the kids and coffee foradults.

For dessert, everyone will beable to make their own ice creamsundae.

The cost to attend is $15 perperson. Pre-paid reservations are

required by Tuesday, Dec. 31.Please use the form accompanyingthis article to make your reserva-tions.

Please include on the form thename and age of each child so thatgifts appropriate for each age groupare given out. Walk-ins on the dayof the event will not be permitted.

Anna Pitzo, a director on theICC Board, is making the arrange-ments for Befana’s visit.

La Befana: The Yuletide WitchIn Italy, there still remains a

tradition involving the beneficentwitch named Befana. On the nightof the Feast of Epiphany (the 12thand final day of the Christmas holi-day observance), Befana leavespresents in children’s stockings,hung upon a hearth or a stairwayrailing (a tradition quite similar tothe American Santa Claus story).

Legend has it that when Christwas born, the Three Wise Men (I remagi) stopped at Befana’s hut fordirections on their way toBethlehem and, in the conversa-tion, asked her to join them.Befana said no, she was too busy.

Later, a shepherd asked her to

join him in paying respects to theBaby Jesus. Again, Befanadeclined.

When it became dark, Befananoticed a great star illuminatingthe sky just as the Wise Men hadtold her earlier in the day. Shethen realized that perhaps sheshould have gone with them. So,she gathered some toys that hadbelonged to her own baby, who haddied as an infant, and boarded hermagic broom to find the kings andthe stable where the Christ Childlay.

The legend states that, regret-fully, Befana was unable to locateeither the Three Wise Men or theplace where Jesus was born. Sincethen, each year at this time, Befanacontinues her search for the ChristChild and, leaves gifts along theway for good children and pieces ofcharcoal for bad ones.

Here’s an amazing fact aboutBefana’s visits to the ICC’sannual party: Not once in thepast 11 years has Befana left char-coal in the shoes or gift bags of anyof the children attending. Couldthat possibly mean that all the chil-dren have been good?

CHILDREN'S LA BEFANA PARTY & LUNCH RESERVATION FORM

Names of male adult members attending: ____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Names of female adult members attending: ___________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cost: $15.00 per person. Total Amount Enclosed: $ . Make your check payable to: Italian CommunityCenter. Mail this form with your payment to: Italian Community Center, Attn.: Befana party, 631 E. Chicago St.,Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916. Reservation form with payment due Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013. No walk-ins permitted.

NAMES OF BOYS ATTENDING AGE__________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ____

NAMES OF GIRLS ATTENDING AGE__________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ____

La Befana

Members of the ItalianCommunity Center’s CultureCommittee have been invited todecorate the historic DousmanStagecoach Inn for “An ItalianChristmas” the weekend of Dec. 7-8. Anna Pitzo, Fran Sorrenti-Tollefson, Christina Ziino andSanta Mazza comprise the decorat-ing committee.

The inn is located at 1075Pilgrim Parkway in Brookfield. Thehours are Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.Admission is $5 for adults and $2for children 6-12.

“We will be decorating the draw-ing room, the dining room, severalbedrooms and the third floor com-munity gathering room,” Ziino,committee chair, said. “Anna Pitzowill play the part of La Befana (theEpiphany witch of Italian folklore)and have story time on Saturday,

from 11 a.m.-noon and from 2 to 3p.m. and Sunday, from 1 to 2 p.m.There will be ornament decoratingfor the children. The ElmbrookHistorical Society will also havetheir bake sale and will be sellinghot soup from the recipe of theInn’s one time owner, Mrs. Brown.There will be silent auction items.”

There will be a display of prese-pios, a shepherd bagpiper, tradi-tional foods, music, linens andother holiday décor.

This stately Greek Revival Innonce stood at the corner ofBluemound and Watertown PlankRoads. It was built in 1842 byTalbot Dousman, whose brother’sson Hercules, later built the VillaLouis in Prairie du Chien.

In 1857, Daniel Brown pur-chased the property and ran it as astagecoach inn to accommodatetravelers using the plank road that

ran from Milwaukee to Watertown.After 1875, railroads supplanted

stagecoach travel and the innbecame a farm owned by FrederickZimdars. From 1887 to 1980, itsowners were Charles Dunkel andhis descendent, John Behling. JohnBehling donated the inn to the Cityof Brookfield who leased it to theElmbrook Historical Society.

In 1981, the inn was moved bythe Elmbrook Historical Society toits current location at 1075 PilgrimParkway in Brookfield.

For more info go towww.elmbrookhistoricalsociety.orgor call 262/782-4057.

ICC Culture Committee membersparticipating in decorating Dousman

Stagecoach Inn in Brookfield for holidays

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USA Today’s 10best.com post-ed on Nov. 5 a slideshow of thebest places to “Discover ItalianHeritage in America’s Neighbor-hoods.” And on that list isMilwaukee’s Festa Italiana.

Festa Italiana in Milwaukee,hosted by the Italian CommunityCenter, has been celebratedevery year at Henry MaierFestival Park (Summerfestgrounds) since 1978.

Alongside a photo of the Festaprocession, 10best.com writes:

“Milwaukee hosts the famousFesta Italiana, which was thevery first ethnic festival celebrat-ed in 1978 on the grounds thatonce housed the Third Ward, thehistoric Italian neighborhoodthat fell prey to urban renewal.Since then, this site hasembraced ethnic festivals of allkinds, resulting in Milwaukeebeing known as the City ofFestivals. Milwaukee’s BradyStreet neighborhood also reflectsthe city’s Italian past, withauthentic delis, bakeries andrestaurants.”

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Tuesday, Nov. 19• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 20• Società Maschile M.S.S. Del Lume election meeting, 6 p.m.• Pompeii Women’s Club general meeting, 6 p.m.• Filippo Mazzei Lodge of Order Sons of Italy in America Council meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 21• Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 22 – Sunday, Nov. 24• Italian Community Center and Tradizione Vivente participate in theHoliday Folk Fair in the Wisconsin Exposition Building at State FairPark. Details in this issue.

Thursday, Nov. 28• Happy Thanksgiving. The offices of the Italian Community Center,Italian Conference, Festa Italiana and The Italian Times will be closed.Cafe La Scala will also be closed.• Italian Community Center’s Thanksgiving Day Buffet, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.Details in this issue.

Monday, Dec. 2• Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 3• Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO membership installation and Christmasdinner, 6 p.m.• Pompeii Men’s Club Board meeting, 6 p.m.• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 5• Italian Community Center membership Christmas dinner and dance, 6p.m. Details in this issue.

Saturday, Dec. 7• Abruzzese Society annual holiday dinner and dance, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 10• Abruzzese Society election meeting, 7 p.m.• Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 13• Charles Purpero book signing, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Saturday, Dec. 14• Holy Crucifix Society Christmas party, noon.

Tuesday, Dec. 17• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 18• Filippo Mazzei Lodge of Order Sons of Italy in America membershipmeeting, 6 p.m. spuntino, 6:30 p.m. meeting.

Thursday, Dec. 19• Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 24• Christmas Eve. The offices of the Italian Community Center, ItalianConference, Festa Italiana and The Italian Times will be closed. Cafe LaScala will also be closed.

Wednesday, Dec. 25• Buon Natale! Christmas Day. The offices of the Italian Community

Center, Italian Conference, Festa Italiana and The Italian Times will beclosed. Cafe La Scala will also be closed.

Tuesday, Dec. 31• Italian Community Center New Year’s Eve party, 7 p.m. Details inthis issue.

Wednesday, Jan. 1• Felice Anno Nuovo! Happy New Year! The offices of the ItalianCommunity Center, Italian Conference, Festa Italiana and The ItalianTimes will be closed. Cafe La Scala will also be closed.

Saturday, Jan. 4• Children’s La Befana party, noon. Details in this issue.

Week of Jan. 6• Italian Community Center’s winter bocce season begins with couples’leagues on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights and seniors’ leagueson Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Details in this issue.

Monday, Jan. 6• Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 7• Pompeii Men’s Club Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 9• Italian Community Center general membership meeting, 6:30 p.m. Cakeand coffee served after meeting.

Monday, Jan. 13• Italian Community Center Finance Committee meeting, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 14• Abruzzese Society meeting and spuntino, 7 p.m.• Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 15• Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge of the Order Sons of Italyin America Council meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 16• Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 18• Italian Family History Club meeting, 10:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

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

Daily and weekly classes and activities• Bocce leagues. The winter bocce leagues season will begin the week ofJan. 6. Look for more information in this issue.

• Free Children’s Italian class. Look for information on the spring semes-ter in our next issue..

• Italian classes teens and adults. Look for information on the springsemester in our next issue.

• Tradizione Vivente, The Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee. This folkdance group practices weekly on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the ICC. Visitwww.tradizionevivente.com for details. Ballate con noi! Dance with us!

• Members Room. Open to Italian Community Center members and theirguests, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., Monday - Thursday and 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fridayand Saturday.

Calendar of EventsNovember 19, 2013 – January 28, 2014

2014 schedules sought from Italian societiesand groups that regularly use the ICC

The 2014 meeting and socialevent schedules of all societies,clubs and organizations that regu-larly use the Italian CommunityCenter for their activities are need-ed by the Italian ConferenceCenter’s Sales and CateringDepartment and The Italian Times.

David Stachowiak, Director ofSales, Catering & Special Events,and Michelle LeFebvre, CateringSales Representative, need theseschedules to guarantee dates andhall/room availability.

Tom Hemman, Times editor,needs the information to provide anaccurate reporting of events in thecalendar published in this newspa-per.

All groups are asked to submittheir schedules including thestarting time of all events assoon as possible. The goal is to

have the schedules from all soci-eties, clubs and organizations bythe end of November.

Please submit schedules byusing any one of these methods:

• Send an email to TomHemman at [email protected] to David Stachowiak at [email protected] orMichelle LeFebvre at [email protected].

• Fax the information to eitherThe Italian Times or the ItalianConference Center Sales andCatering Department at 414/223-2187.

• Drop off the schedules in per-son at the ICC.

Groups that don’t comply withthis request may find it more diffi-cult at a later time to get theaccommodations they most desire.“We always try our best to accom-

modate all requests, but if we canreserve dates and rooms early, it’sto everyone’s advantage,”Stachowiak said.

Added Hemman, “If we don’thave your schedule of events andthe starting time of each event,it becomes very difficult and a bit

frustrating to prepare an accuratecalendar listing for the newspaper.We do hear about it when an eventis not listed in the calendar. This iswhy we have to depend on the pres-idents or the designated represen-tatives of the many organizationsto supply that information to us.”

Italian Community CenterPresident Gina Spang hasannounced that the January gen-eral membership meeting will notbe held on the day after NewYear’s Day but rather onThursday, Jan. 9 starting at 6:30p.m.

General meetings are normally

held on the first Thursday of themonth, but with holiday celebra-tions and travel, Spang said shethought it would be best to movethe January meeting to the 9th.

Cake and coffee will be servedat the conclusion of the meeting.

All other ICC meeting datesremain as normally scheduled.

January general meetingmoved from 2nd to 9th


ICC members elected Christiansen,Tarantino, Piacentini and Ceraso to Board;

all officers re-elected without oppositionthe 35-year history of the organiza-tion to serve as president and willbecome the first female to serve twoconsecutive terms. Betty Puccioserved the ICC as its president dur-ing the 1989-90 term.

Spang had previously held thevice presidency on two differentoccasions and served as a director-at-large. A longtime, third genera-tion member of the ICC, Spang hasserved on numerous ICC and FestaItaliana committees over the years.She was the general chairperson ofthe 2013 Festa Italiana and willcontinue in that capacity for the2014 celebration next July.

She is employed as the Directorof Facilities and Maintenance forMilwaukee Public Schools. She is acivil engineer with emphasis onfacilities and construction manage-ment.

Vella, who is completing his firstterm as vice president, previouslyserved as a director-at-large. The17-year owner of Peter Sciortino’sBakery, Vella is a longtime memberof the ICC and a past president ofthe Madonna Del Lume Society. Hehas been active in Festa Italianathe last several years, serving onthe Management Committee, theAdvisory Committee and FoodCommittee.

He and his wife, Rhiana, werehonored as Re and Regina (Kingand Queen) of the ICC’s Il GrandeCarnevale in 2010. Carnevale is theorganization’s pre-Lenten costumeand mask ball.

Since the inception of the ICC in1978, Purpero has served on theBoard for all but two years, holdingthe positions of president (1982-83),president-elect, first vice president,treasurer and director-at-large.This election marks his fifth con-secutive term as treasurer. He hasbeen heavily involved in each of the36 Festa Italiana celebrationsorganized by the ICC.

Ceraso-Fritchie, a longtimemember of the organization, hasheld the office of secretary for thelast nine years. She has long beenan active volunteer in FestaItaliana. In the most recent years,she has served as manager of golfcarts. She is currently the presi-dent of the Milwaukee ChapterUNICO National. She is chairper-son of the ICC’s Avanti Committeeand has been on the committee thatis responsible for orchestratingCarnevale.

Czubek first won the sergeant-at-arms post in the 2010 election,making her the first woman to holdthe position in the history of theICC. She previously served on theBoard as a director-at-large (1997-2002). She has a long history of vol-unteer involvement in the ICC andwith Festa. She has been co-chair-person of Carnevale the last sixyears and has chaired theMembership Committee and theElection Committee. She has volun-teered for many events and hasbeen co-manager of Festa Signagethe last several years. For the last18 years, she served as Festa’s vol-unteer coordinator.

The newly-elected directorsChristiansen returns to the

Board as a director after a one-yearhiatus. She was first appointed tofill a vacancy during the 2005-06term and was elected in the fall of2008 and 2010 to two-year terms.The term limit stipulation in theICC Bylaws prevented her fromseeking re-election last fall. Nodirector can serve more than twoconsecutive, two-year terms with-out taking a one-year hiatus.

Tarantino last served on theBoard as a director during the2009-10 term. He had previouslyserved in the same position fromthe fall of 1999 through the fall of2005 and re-elected to two-yearterms in 2006 and 2008.

Piacentini and Ceraso wereelected to their first two-year termin 2012.

Each of the newly-elected direc-tors has a long history of volunteerservice to the organization.

Others serving on the BoardDave Spano continues to serve

on the Board in the non-electiveposition as immediate past presi-dent. Also continuing their serviceare directors Dean Cannestra,Henry Piano, Anna Pitzo andAnthony Zingale, who are in themiddle of their two-year terms.

Departures from the Board ofthe 2012-13 term are RalphBusalacchi and Peter Gustin.Busalacchi was ineligible to runbecause of the organization’s termlimit stipulation. Gustin, who com-

pleted his first, two-year term asdirector, opted not to seek re-elec-tion.

Busalacchi was initially appoint-ed to the Board five years ago to filla vacancy. He was elect for the firsttime in 2009 and re-elected in 2011.

During the installation ceremo-ny at the Nov. 7 general meeting,President Gina Spang thankedboth Buslacchi and Gustin for theirservice on the Board and encour-aged them to remain active in theorganization.

The Election Committee wascomprised of Rosemary DeRubertisas chairperson, Mary Ann Maglio,Frank D’Amato, Bill Dickinson andSal Lo Coco.

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President Gina Spang Vice President Giuseppe Vella

Treasurer Sam Purpero

Director Pietro Tarantino Director Tony Piacentini

SecretaryRoseAnne Ceraso-Fritchie

DirectorSusan (DeSanctis) Christiansen

DirectorElizabeth Ceraso

Sergeant-At-ArmsJoanne (Sanfilippo) Czubek


Join Jimmy and Linda Spataro in donating stock to the ICC this holiday seasonon what it would cost to obtain a20-year mortgage on the propertyat $1.3 million and to build a $3million to $4 million facility. “Wealso explained that it would taketremendous effort on everyone’spart to make it happen,” he said.“Everyone enthusiastically express-ed support, and they said that theywould do whatever it would take.”

With the full-fledged backing ofthe late Milwaukee CountyExecutive William O’Donnell, theCounty Board approved the sale ofthe Coachyards property to the ICCon Mar. 20, 1986.

The ICC’s fund-raising efforts

hit a fever pitch from that point for-ward, recalled Jimmy, who was theorganization’s president by then.

Just as ICC members needed tocommit to a major fund-raisingeffort back then, Jimmy said, thechildren and grandchildren of thosemembers need to resolve their com-mitment to the organization todayto insure that the ICC can carry onfor generations to come.

The Spataros commitmentAfter making a $1,000 donation

to the ICC in October 2012, Jimmyand Linda decided, on ChristmasEve, it was time to do more andmake a donation that might stimu-late others to contribute. They

decided to get the ball rolling bymaking a donation of $18,435.81 instock to the ICC. The couple pre-sented it as a Christmas gift inmemory of Jimmy’s parents. Hesaid he specified that the donationgo towards reducing the mortgageon the building.

The couple was aware that acharitable contribution of this sortwould not only benefit the ICC, butwould significantly lessen theircapital gains tax burden. An accom-panying article addresses the legal-ities of making a stock donation toa charitable/nonprofit organizationand the tax benefits.

“The stock market has had a

good year,” Jimmy noted. “Peoplehave experienced capital gains. Ifthey want to get the tax benefit ofdonating stock, it must be donebefore the end of the year. Now isthe time to do it. Reduce your taxon capital gains and make a holi-day donation of stock to the ICC.

“It’s time for everyone to step upand financially support the ICC sothat the dream that our parentsand grandparents had back in themid 1980s of an Italian CommunityCenter in the Historic Third Wardcan be carried on for future genera-tions. Look over your financial situ-ation, talk to your advisor and con-tact the ICC to make your dona-tion.”

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Annex Wealth Management assisted withthe donation of stock from Jimmy and LindaSpataro and offers the following information foranyone thinking about donating stock.

If you are considering making a contributionto a qualified charitable organization, such as achurch, school, charity or the ItalianCommunity Center, then consider donatingappreciated stock. The gifting of stock has sev-eral advantages over cash donations generatedby the sale of stock. The benefit to the donorcan be in the form of a bigger tax deduction.The benefit to the charitable organization isgenerally a bigger donation.

A gift of appreciated stock provides twopotential tax advantages to the donor. First,the donor receives the fair market value of thestock as a tax deduction. Secondly, the donoravoids any capital gains from the sale of theappreciated stock.

Let’s look at an example: Dan and Mark bothwant to make charitable contributions to theirfavorite charity. Both purchased $5,000 worthof ABC stock 20 years ago, and now theirinvestments have a fair market value of

$25,000 each. Dan chooses to sell his shares in ABC stock

to make his charitable contribution. He realizesa gain of $20,000 on the shares. Dan now hasto pay $4,000 in tax on this $20,000 gain (20%capital gains rate). He then takes the remain-ing funds that total $21,000 and donates this tothe charity. Assuming that Dan is in the 28%tax bracket, he will realize a tax savings of$5,880 (28% x $21,000) on the charitable contri-bution deduction of $21,000.

Mark makes arrangements with his charityto donate his shares of ABC stock directly to thecharity. After the donation, Mark will not real-ize any taxable gain or pay any tax on the$25,000 transfer of stock. Plus, he will receive acharitable deduction for the full $25,000 fairmarket value of ABC stock. Assuming thatMark is also in the 28% tax bracket, the$25,000 charitable contribution deduction willgenerate a tax savings of $7,000 (28% x$25,000) to him.

In Mark’s case, the charity received $25,000AND he did not incur any tax on the transfer ofstock. In Dan’s case, the charity received only

$21,000 because he had to pay $4,000 in capitalgains on the sale of the stock. Official charita-ble organizations are not taxed when they sellappreciated stock, so in Mark’s case no one paystaxes.

There are a few issues to consider beforemaking the contribution: The appreciated stockmust have been held for at least one year, andconfirm that the donor qualifies for the “quali-fied appreciated stock” deduction. If the shareswere held for a year or less, the shares would betreated as “ordinary income” for these purposes,and the charitable deduction would be limitedto the stock’s cost basis.

There are also some benefits to selectingstocks that have gone down in value for charita-ble purposes. First, sell the stock and thendonate the proceeds. The donor can then usethe realized loss from the sale as a deduction ontheir taxes and a charitable contribution for theproceeds. When devalued stock is donated, theloss cannot be deducted.

For further information, people may contactDave Spano or Mark Beck at Annex WealthManagement at 262/786-6363.

Charitable donations of stockbenefit everyone

The officers and directors of theItalian Community Center wish tothank and acknowledge all thosewho pledged, fulfilled a pledge orcontributed to the building fund.

To obtain information on how tomake a donation, please call414/223-2808 or visitwww.ICCMilwaukee.com.

The following donations werereceived between Aug. 16 and Nov.5, 2013.

This donations report is appear-ing in The Italian Times only dur-ing the times there is a print issue.It is not appearing in online-onlyissues. This was a decision of theNewspaper Committee.

In memory of Joseph T.GloriosoSally RondinelliTony MachiPaul & Rose IannelliJohn CoffaroGeorge & Judy MenosRon & Joanne CzubekTom & Rose ZingaleNoel & Minnie SchusterSal Mussomeli & Sally MullinsGino A. DenticeAugust J. AmorosoTom & Marcia NardelliBill & Rita Jennaro

Jimmy & Linda SpataroMary Ann MaglioFrances FirleNina CariniFrank & Nina GaliotoMary WinardNunzio J., Margaret and AnthonyManiaciMary CostaMelody & Sonny GenslerSam & Lucille PurperoAnna Pitzo

In memory of Mike CariniMario A. CariniMargaret M. CariniTony MachiGeorge & Gina ManningMary Ann MaglioFrances FirleInes SpinelliBetty PuccioJimmy & Linda SpataroSonny & Melody GenslerBill & Rita Jennaro

In memory of Jean RosePalmisanoBetty PuccioSam & Lucille Purpero

In memory of Bernardo VitaleJohn & Antoinette SanfilippoRosalie GloriosoJoyce Damico

Colleen SchumannJ.M. WilczykIsidore & Mary PecoraroFrank & Nina Galioto

In memory of Roy CorteseSons of Sicily

In memory of Joseph C.Dimiceli, Jr.Tony Machi

In memory of Joseph “Joe”Saggio Jr.Gordon & Bernice BoucherTony MachiSal Mussomeli & Sally Mullins

In memory of Santo DenticeAngela ProchazkaTony Machi

In memory of James RappisTony Machi

In memory of Clarence BlendRon & Joanne CzubekSam & Lucille Purpero

In memory of AntoninaStornioloSalvatore J. & Antonette M. Lococo

In memory of Maria CariniSalvatore J. & Antonette M. LococoFrank & Nina GaliotoFrancis Firle

Mary Ann Maglio

In memory of MadelineRoccapalumbaFrancis FirleMary Ann MaglioMary WinardBill & Rita JennaroFrank & Nina Galioto

In memory of James LeeSchneiderTony Machi

In memory of Antonio CarmeloPattiTony MachiGino Dentice

In memory of Peter A. OrlandoSam & Lucille PurperoSal Mussomeli & Sally MullinsEddie & Joann GloriosoJohn CoffaroJimmy & Linda Spataro

In memory of Eugene ScgallerScgaller Family

In memory of Tommy GuminaTony Machi

In memory of Richard “Dick”BartmanJimmy & Linda Spataro

Thanks for your donations to the ItalianCommunity Center building fund


Italian culture to be well-represented thisweekend at Holiday Folk Fair by ICC,Tradizione Vivente and I Bei Bambini

West Allis.ICC volunteers will operate a

culture booth under the guidance ofPhyllis and Geralyn Travia.Tradizione Vivente and I BeiBambini will perform and staff anItalian food booth. This year, theICC will not operate a booth in theinternational marketplace.

Advance admission tickets,priced at $10, can be purchased atthe ICC or by ordering themthrough the Folk Fair’s website,www.folkfair.org. Admission duringthe three-day event will be $12.Senior citizens and children, ages6-12, are admitted for $10 and mili-tary personnel with identificationand children, 5 and under, areadmitted for free at all times. Afamily four-pack is available inadvance for $36 through the web-site listed above or by calling414/225-6225 and purchasing witha credit card.

Folk Fair hours are: Friday from2 to 10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to10 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7p.m.

Tradizione Vivente will performdaily at both the All NationsTheater and the Music Pavilioninside the Expo Center.

At the All Nations Theater, thegroup will perform TarantellaFantasia. “This vivacious dancecomes to us from the province ofAgrigento, Sicily,” said longtimegroup member Susan DeSanctisChristiansen. “The steps and move-ments of this dance and the musiccreate the effect of a fantasy, sothey have bestowed upon thisdance the appropriate name of

Tarantella Fantasia, or FantasyTarantella.”

At the Music Pavilion,Tradizione Vivente will perform thehighly energetic and charismaticdance, San Rocco, which “we werefortunate enough to have receivedfrom Ru Maccature, a performinggroup in Carpinone, Molise, Italy,”DeSanctis Christiansen said. “Thisdance celebrates the protector of allillnesses, Saint Rocco. Six centuriesafter his death, San Rocco is stillhonored in Patrica, Italy andrevered as the citizens’ PatronSaint.”

On Sunday, I Bei Bambini willcharm the audience with theirdance, Tarantella Siciliana(Sicilian Tarantella). “The childrenhave been working very hard tolearn this dance, and they areexcited to perform on the bigstage,” said DeSanctisChristiansen, who serves as one ofthe instructors with Marie Mattia.

The Italian food booth, operatedby Tradizione Vivente and its vol-unteers will be selling pizza, meat-ball sandwiches, bruschetta, chick-en pastina soup with Italian bread,and arancini (rice balls) along withtraditional Italian pastries anddesserts, such as cookies, tiramisu,cannoli and cassata cake.Sciortino’s Bakery and Palermo’sPizza are supplying all the foodthat will be available at the booth.

The Italian culture booth willfeature displays that capture theFolk Fair’s 2013 theme,“Celebrating the Culture ofCommunity.” According to GeralynTravia, “The culture exhibit willfeature three topics which pertain

to the theme: sports of Italy (bocceand soccer), arts and crafts handeddown from our Italian ancestors(knitting and crocheting) and reli-gious traditions celebrated by theItalian community. We will give thehistory of the topics, have currentevents related to the topics, anddemonstrate how community playsa role in all three of these topics.”

According to a news releaseissued by the InternationalInstitute, the Folk Fair’s organizingbody, the theme commemorates “acommunity of people who arebound together by common ties,such as language, customs andbeliefs. They are also connected bywhat they think, how they behave,what they value and what theypass on to the next generation. Thecommunity gives them an identityand a sense of belonging. It helpsus discover who and why we are.The culture of community, some-times called ‘folklore’ or ‘folklife,’ is

the living expression of culturewoven into everyday life – anyone’sculture – learned and passed oninformally from person to person. Itmust be alive and current to befolklife, even though it may haveexisted over long stretches of time.This intangible cultural heritagerefers to traditions or living oraltraditions, performing arts, socialpractices, rituals, festive events,knowledge and practices concern-ing nature and the universe, andthe knowledge and skills to producetraditional crafts.”

The Holiday Folk Fair is thelargest indoor multicultural festivalin the United States. The first FolkFair was held on Dec. 10, 1944.Despite a violent snowstorm, 3,500people braved the weather and tookpart in the event. In 1947, the fairbecame a two-day event, andFriday was added in 1964. Morethan 40 ethnic groups traditionallyparticipate in the fair.

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The visiting Yabana-kai of Norita City, Japan are seen here. The groupwas in Milwaukee as part of a sister state partnership between the Stateof Wisconsin and the Prefecture of Chiba, Japan.

Turam Turkish Folk Dance Group performed two folk dances, Dellio, aline dance from central Turkey (seen here), and Shakerolan, a dance per-formed at weddings and harvest celebrations.

The Spanish Iberian Flamenco Dancers, under the direction of VirginiaTopetiz, performed the Malaguena, a Spanish and Flamenco dance, andthe Sevillanas, a dance originating in Seville, Spain.

The gospel group Moving Forward is seen performing here. The singersare under the direction of Marilynn Douglas.

Tradizione Vivente: The Italian Dance Group ofMilwaukee performed, in rapid succession, three folkdances – San Rocco, Tarantella Fantasia and La

Peppinella – during its performance at the multi-cul-tural event. The group is performing this weekend atthe Holiday Folk Fair at State Fair Park.

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Pommersche Tanzdeel Freistadt, a local group organ-ized in 1977 to preserve the folk culture of their forefa-thers by performing songs and dances from the formerPomeranian region of what we now know as Germany.

The performers exhibited athleticism and physicalstrength in the performance of this dance namedPommersche. The dance unites both German andSlavic dance elements.

Keba Diabate and the West African Drums opened Festive di Danza eCultura. Diabate (fourth from right) is a master of drums and the 21-stringKora (African harp).

Nefertari African Dance Company performed Funga, which means wel-come in Swahili and originated in West Africa. This dance of welcome isperformed at happy occasions.

A solo performance by a memberof the visiting Yabana-kai ofNorita City, Japan


Shorewood students participate inICC’s Italian culture day program

About 50 third and fourth grade students from Lake Bluff ElementarySchool in Shorewood came to the Italian Community Center on Monday,Oct. 21 to learn and experience Italian culture. The program, known as“Student Culture Day,” is organized by the ICC’s Culture Committee andstaffed by volunteers. Here, Culture Committee Chair Christina Ziino (farright) explains to students what they can expect when they participate inthe Ellis Island immigrant experience. Ziino, who played the role of anurse, told these students that they would be filling the roles of Italianimmigrants arriving at Ellis Island in the early 1900s. Student CultureDay is part of the ICC’s October celebration of Italian Heritage Month.

Students were given an opportunity to cut dough into various pastashapes on an authentic Italian chitarra during the pasta-making lesson.Instructing this activity was Kathy O’Farrell.

ICC volunteer Dan Conley gave these students some instructions beforethey began a game of bocce.

Joe Dentice, filling the role of an Ellis Island doctor, pretended he wasputting drops in the eyes of a recently arrived Italian immigrant.

Volunteer Valorie (Sanfilippo) Schleicher taught a class on early Italianimmigrants to Milwaukee. Here, she is showing and explaining some ofthe vintage photos of Milwaukee’s early Italians to Lake Bluff students.

Enrica Tarantino-Woytal, who has been the instructor of Italian languageclasses at the ICC for nearly 30 years, taught Lake Bluff students somevery basic Italian words and phrases during their visit. Among the stu-dents in this group was Salvatore Vella, who is sitting next to his mother,Rhiana (far right), who was one of the parent volunteers. Salvatore’sfather and Rhiana’s husband is ICC Vice President Giuseppe Vella.

Times photos by Tom Hemman


While one student kneaded fresh dough, another rolled the dough formaking pasta. Rosalia Ferrante instructed this activity.

A student turned the handle on a pasta shaping and cutting machineunder the guidance of Anna Pitzo.

Nurse Fran (Sorrenti) Tollefsonchecked an immigrant for headlice during the Ellis Island experi-ence in the Festa Ballroom.

Mary Castrovinci, playing an Ellis Island doctor, gave a basic examinationto the Lake Bluff students who filled the roles of early 1900s Italian immi-grants. Nancy Oberleitner checked over the paperwork of each immigrant to

make sure everything was in order and that they hadn’t come to theUnited States illegally.

Student Culture Day ended with apasta-and-meatballs lunch in thePompeii Grand Ballroom. Thelunch, prepared and served by theItalian Conference Center staff, isalways one of the highlights of theday.

This activity normally occurs when immigrantsbecome naturalized American citizens. Volunteer

Santa Mazza led these immigrants in pledging theirallegiance to the United States.

After attending the Culture Dayprogram put on at the ItalianCommunity Center on Oct. 21, thethird and fourth grade studentsfrom Lake Bluff Elementary Schoolwrote letters about their experienceand thanked the volunteers whopresented the program. These let-ters were sent to Anna Pitzo, whoorganized the activity on behalf ofthe ICC Culture Committee.

Several of their letters appearhere (as written by the students).

In some instances, however, weedited the letter for brevity.

* * *Dear ICC,

Thank you for inviting our classto join you for a fun day full ofItalian history.

I really enjoyed making pasta. Ienjoyed rolling out the dough themost.

Bocce ball was fun, too. I don’tusually play bocce ball, but it was


Lake Bluff students thankICC volunteers for Italian

cultural experience


Oldies But Goodies Spectacular with specialguests to perform at ICC on Saturday, Feb. 1

Advance tickets available now for this showreuniting Milwaukee’s early rock performers

The Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, joined by special guestperformers, will bring backMilwaukee’s ‘50s and ‘60s rock-and-roll scene in a concert at the ItalianCommunity Center, 631 E. ChicagoSt., Milwaukee, on Saturday, Feb.1.

Doors of the Festa Ballroomopen at 6:30 p.m. The show begins

at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are nowavailable at the ICC for $20. Stopin or call 414/223-2180 to purchaseyour tickets. Tickets are also avail-able from members of the OldiesBut Goodies Spectacular. Shouldtickets still be available the nightof the show, admission will be $25.

Cafe La Scala, the ICC’s publicrestaurant, will be open at 5 p.m.

that Saturday night. The staff willbe on hand to take food and drinkorders in both the restaurant andFesta Ballroom throughout theevening.

Kim Marie, the founder and oneof the three lead vocalists of theOldies But Goodies Spectacular,said, “Several very special guestperformers will be joining us for

this show, which is a reunion ofMilwaukee’s best rock-and-rollartists from the late ‘50s and early‘60s.”

The special artists and thegroups they played with back in theday include: Bob Barian of TheComic Books, Warren Wiegratz ofThe Freeloaders, Larry Lynne ofThe Skunks, Jim Rosetti of TheMidnighters (appearing withAntonio Wigley), Bob Hirschi ofThe Van Tels, Big Louie of TheRenagades and Johnny B., formerlyof The Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular. Kim Marie added thatbaritone sax player Yogi, formerlyof The Soul Entertainers and TheOldies But Goodies Spectacular, isreturning to play with the band forthis show.

People who have followed theOldies But Goodies Spectacularthrough the years know that theband is comprised of several artistswho also performed in popularMilwaukee bands from the late ‘50sinto the ‘70s. Kim Marie was amember of Denny and TheDarnells. Vocalist/guitarist ChuckTravis was the leader of The Do WaWa’s. Drummer Bruce Cole playedwith The Vantels. Trumpeter MikeBetts was with The Free Loaders.Lead guitar Tom Sorce still playswith the Tom Anthony Group andhis own group, the Tom SorceBand. Bass guitarist Jeff Burhardtwas with The Do Wa Wa’s.Keyboardist Bob Sanderson playedwith The Citations. SaxophonistMike Miller was with Junior andThe Classics. The group’s thirdvocalist, Tony Clementi, is the onlyexception. He did not perform withany of Milwaukee’s early rockbands.

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friendsDear Festa Mass Committee c/oDr. Marisa Gatti-Taylor:

What a perfect way to start outFesta Italiana on Sunday (July 22)by attending the beautiful Mass inthe Marcus Amphitheater, followedby the colorful, traditionalProcession. The Celebrant, BishopDonald Hying, made us all feel athome and proud of being Italian.The choir sounded like a host ofheavenly angels under MaestroMichael Kamenski, singing tradi-tional, melodious hymns that goback to the old Third Ward erawhen Sister Irene directed thePompeii Church adult choir, whereseveral of my mother’s family werechorus members. Sister Irene, oneof the first Sisters of St. JoanAntida to arrive in Milwaukee, wasa native of Rome, Italy, andbrought with her a repertoire ofpontifical music from the Vatican.Soprano Rebecca Carvalho’s rendi-tion of “Ave Maria” was very touch-ing; she has such a rich smoothvoice and lovely presence, a truetalent from our own Milwaukee’sItalian community.

The whole Mass operation wasvery well organized, including theushers, distribution of HolyCommunion and the children’s par-ticipation. I truly look forward tothe Festa Mass in 2014.

Mary GilardiICC Member

To President Gina Spang andthe ICC Board,

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, our mem-bers were offered the opportunityto attend a multi-cultural danceprogram featuring dancers visitingour city from Chiba, Japan. Thoseof us who attended were treated toa wonderful evening of food, fellow-ship and entertainment. OurTradizione Vivente and theJapanese dancers were joined byFlamenco dancers, the NefertariAfrican Dance Company,Pomeranian dancers, Turkishdancers, Gospel singers and anAmerican Indian flute player.

Many thanks to everyone whomade this evening so special!

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Items from Columbus Museum displayed at ICC

A select set of items that commemorate the life and accomplishments of theItalian explorer Christopher Columbus were on display at the ItalianCommunity Center, Oct. 14-21. The items were provided by Dan Amato, theowner of the Columbus Antique Mall & Museum, 239 Whitney St.,Columbus, Wis. The exhibit included scale models of Columbus’s threeships built by Duane B. Anderson, a replica of the sword used to knightColumbus by the Spanish Queen Isabella, maps, books, porcelain and othermemorabilia. Sophia Michalovitz (far left) and ICC Culture CommitteeChair Christina Ziino set up the exhibit in the Board Room. The replica of

the sword used at the knighting ceremony is seen in the photo below thiscaption. The inscription on the sword reads “Remember me, Mother ofGod.” Amato, who is a member of the ICC, invites fellow members and thepublic to visit the Columbus Antique Mall & Museum, which is open dailyfrom 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Michalovitz, a member of the Culture Committee,made the arrangements with Amato to bring the exhibit to the ICC. (Timesphotos by Tom Hemman)

Maddy Sherman, an award-winning local acrylic artist, displayed and soldher works at the Italian Community Center the weekend of Oct. 19-20 asthe organization participated in the quarterly Gallery Night & Day pro-gram. The program is coordinated by the Historic Third Ward Associationand the East Towne Association. The lCC has long been a program partici-pant. Sherman’s specialty is landscapes of Italy. Critics have said her real-istic style and attention to detail pull viewers in and make them feel likethey are part of the scene. (Photo provided by Liz Ceraso)

Maddy Sherman displays worksat ICC during Gallery weekend

In a caption on the front page ofthe September/October issue withthe photo of the drum troupe fromAspra (Sicily), Italy, we incorrectlyidentified the sponsor for the drum-mers.

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Planning Committee, the budgethad been established and there wasno additional funding for this. Wereached out to Palermo’s and theydid not hesitate to support oureffort through a direct sponsorship.Because of their quick response toour request, we were able to bringthese authentic performers toFesta 2013.

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Report from Victory School’sItalian Immersion Program

In four-year old kindergarten,we are working on learning theItalian alphabet. The students havejournals called, “Il Mio LibroAlfabetico,” in which they practicewriting their Italian alphabet. Eachday we also do “calendario” andspend time learning the days of theweek and Italian numbers. The stu-dents have been working on thesongs “ABC” and “La Settimana”.

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ground during recess. At the end ofeach day, Maestro bids his studentsfarewell with “A domani!” as theyget on their bus. Last Friday hesaid to one student: “Ciao! See youon Monday.” To which she replied(without skipping a beat): “Youmean tomorrow is Sabato?”

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researched “Il Sistema Solare” dur-ing their science lessons this fall.They learned about the connectionbetween the names of the planetsand the days of the week in Italian.For example, the word forThursday (Giovedi) comes from thename Jupiter (Giove) and the wordfor Tuesday (Martedi) comes fromthe name Mars (Marte). By tracingtheir shadows on the concrete atdifferent times of the day, the thirdgraders observed the earth’s rota-tion and how the sun appears to bemoving throughout the day.

Maestra Laurenzi’s fourthgraders and Maestra Wilcox’s fifthgraders took a field trip to the zoo.While they were at the zoo, theysaw some giraffes, tigers, monkeys,lions, cheetahs and rhinos. Whenthey visited the animals, theyobserved some of their adaptationsTo learn more about their habits.They explored the autumn (l’autun-no) change in animal habitats.They enjoyed the animals and thefall leaves while learning aboutanimals, habitats and seasons.

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Italian Society and Club News

The Filippo Mazzei GreaterMilwaukee Lodge #2763 of theOrder Sons of Italy in America hasestablished a website –www.sonsofitalymilwaukee.org – thatwent live in early October.

According to Mazzei LodgePresident Joe Emanuele, yhe web-site, which is still somewhat underconstruction, features pages suchas membership, “Italian Businessesin Milwaukee” and “ItalianRecipes.” It will also have a “PhotoGallery,” a “Contact Us” page andmore.

“The site will be linked to theItalian Community Center’s web-site– www.iccmilwaukee.com – insupport of the Center’s activitiesand to promote future growth forits organization,” Emanuele said.

“As a means of reaching our

youth, the website will also belinked to social media sites such asFacebook and Twitter,” he said.“My intentions are to not only buildour membership, but bring moreyouth and more activities to theItalian Community Center as well.All societies should begin to focuson promoting the ICC in the bestinterest of our children, as it hasbeen the home to everyone from thestart.”

OSIA has also established itsown email address and a Visa andMasterCard account for renewingand recruiting new members.“These are a few of the new ideasthat have been implemented since Istarted the presidency in Februaryof 2013. OSIA is bringing new ener-gy to the Filippo Mazzei Lodge andis very excited about its future,”Emanuele said.

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Pompeii Women presentthree $1,000 scholarships

During its meeting on Sept. 25at the Italian Community Center,the Pompeii Women’s Club award-ed three $1,000 scholarships tobenefit students attendingDominican High School, St.Anthony High School and Pius XIHigh School.

The scholarships were presentedto each school’s administrators,who were allowed to decide how todistribute the awards.

Emily Curley, DominicanDirector of Advancement, present-ed the $1,000 scholarship to sopho-more Michael Jackels. The awardwas given to Michael’s parents ashe was unable to attend.

Pius High School President, Dr.Melinda Skrade, presented two$500 scholarships – one to fresh-man Markia Silverman-Rodriguezand to sophomore GabrielleStockwell.

St. Anthony Principal JuliaD’Amato also split the scholarship,awarding $500 each to senior ErikaBaca and senior Sinai Mendoza-Zarate.

The Pompeii Women’s Clubplans to continue awarding three$1,000 scholarships annually.

Guests in attendance theevening of the scholarship presen-tations included Antoinette andRosalie Sanfilippo and Joe andJane Palmisano. Jane joined theclub that night. Welcome, Jane.Member Jeannie Doern and herhusband, Dave, were also present.

The hostesses for the scholar-ship dinner meeting were clubmembers Patti Bennetts and LucySorce with assistance from JanetCorona.

The club held another member-ship meeting on Wednesday, Oct.30. It was hosted by membersMarie Schwindt and Sharon Best.Father Mike Hammer was theguest of honor and showered bless-ings on the club and its memberson its 35th anniversary.

The club’s next membershipmeeting will be its Christmas partyon Wednesday, Nov. 20, also at theICC.

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UNICO Ladies electnew officers

Catherine Kelly succeedsSophia Michalovitz as president

The Milwaukee Ladies ofUNICO recently elected new offi-cers for the next two years.Longtime active member CatherineKelly succeeds Sophia Michalovitzas president. Kelly served in thelast term as vice president

Michalovitz has led the civicorganization the last four years.She continues to serve as immedi-ate past president.

Others elected included: CarlaPellin as vice president, KatherineClancy as recording secretary,Prudence Camuy as corresponding

secretary, Maria LoRicco as treas-urer, Rosalia Ferrante asfinance/membership officer, EdithBrown and Rosalinda Schaapveldas co-historians, Nancy Oberleitneras sergeant-at-arms, and AnnaPitzo as parliamentarian.

Camuy, LoRicco, Ferrante,Brown and Schaapveld are return-ing to the same offices they held inthe last term.

The newly-elected officers willbe installed at the organization’sannual Christmas dinner meetingon Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.

Several members of the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO helped one of theirown, Marian Romberger, celebrate her 100th birthday. The celebrationtook place on Sunday, Sept. 15 at the River Club of Mequon. The blessingwas given by The Very Rev. Timothy Kitzke of Three Holy Women Parishand Old St. Mary’s Church. “We have been fortunate to celebrate Marian’s90th, then 95th and, most importantly, 100th birthday,” said SophiaMichalovitz, Ladies of UNICO President. “As a member of the MilwaukeeLadies of UNICO, Marian has held many positions on the Executive Boardand, at age 90, was still preparing the audit for the organization and help-ing in creating the budgets. Marian is still practicing our motto ‘ServiceAbove Self’, which was evident at her birthday celebration. In lieu of gifts,she requested contributions to the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICOScholarship program. We look forward to Marian presenting the MarianRomberger Scholarship in May of 2014. She has been an inspiration andbeloved member of the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO for over 68 years.”Romberger officially turned 100 on Sept. 13. Front row (l-r): Frances Firle,Ann Romano, Marian Romberger, Carmen Schlotthauer, Mary Ann Gannyand Mary Castrovinci. Back row: Nancy Oberleitner, Rosalia Ferrante,Mary Ann Maglio, Anna Pitzo, Marie LoRicco, Rosalinda Schaapveld andUNICO Ladies’ President Sophia Michalovitz. (Photo provided by AnnaPitzo)

UNICO Ladies joinMarian Romberger for

her 100th birthday

Pompeii Men’s Club invitesall to its Christmas party

The Pompeii Men’s Club wel-comes the public to join them in aChristmas celebration on Tuesday,Dec. 10 at Papa Luigi’s II, 191912th Ave., South Milwaukee.

There will be a social hour start-ing at 5 p.m. with a buffet-styledinner served at 6 p.m. The buffetwill include: meat mostaccioli,baked chicken, Italian sausage,green beans, parsley buttered pota-toes, relish tray, shrimp salad,

tossed garden salad, and rolls andbutter.

The cost has been set at $20 perperson. Reservations are requiredby Tuesday, Nov. 26 and can bemade by calling President ChuckLazzaro at 414/421-7359 or bysending a check (payable toPompeii Men’s Club) to Lazzaro at6213 Mansfield Dr., Greendale, WI53129. Please include a list of thenames of attendees.

The Abruzzese Society is hostingits annual Christmas holiday din-ner and dance at the ItalianCommunity Center on Saturday,Dec. 7. “We invite you to join us forthis special holiday event featuringmusic and dancing, a buffet dinnerand door prizes,” said Vince Vitale,Abruzzese Society President.

The dinner buffet will be avail-able at 7 p.m.

Admission is $30 per person.Make checks payable to Abruzzese

Society and mail to: Vince Vitale,5758 W. Kinnickinnic Pkwy, WestAllis, WI 53219. Reservations mustbe made by Monday, Nov. 25.

For more information, pleasecontact Vitale at 414/545-5659.

Abruzzese Societywelcomes all to annual

holiday dinner and dance

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• ALL ARE WELCOME. Membership is open to any person of Italian heritage or other public-spiritedindividuals supporting the purposes and objectives of the Italian Community Center.

• A MEMBERSHIP IN THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER IS A PERFECT GIFT for friendsand relatives, holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, weddings and other special occasions.

BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL OR SENIOR MEMBERSHIP• Home delivery of The Italian Times* • Complimentary ticket to Festa Italiana • Voting privileges** • Free international

television in Members Room for sports and cultural programs • Special events discounts • Social, recreational, cultural andeducational opportunities • Discount on advertising in The Italian Times. *Online edition of The Italian Times available for

everyone. Visit www.ICCMilwaukee.com. **Persons, 18-25, who purchase individual membership, will have voting privileges.

Italian Community Center MembershipJoin us today! What’s not to love?

TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP� Individual Membership (64 or younger) @ $35.00/year. � Senior Membership (65 or older) @ $30.00/year.FREE Junior Membership, available for children, teens and adults under the age of 25 with a paid individual membership.Please complete the following information and mail this application form with your payment to: Italian CommunityCenter, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916. If you have any questions or want further information, please call(414) 223-2180. If there are more than two persons in each category, please list the additional persons on a separate sheetof paper. All memberships are valid for one full year.

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Milwaukee UNICO holds bocce party to benefit scholarship programThe Milwaukee Chapter UNICO

National hosted a bocce party tobenefit its 2014 scholarship pro-gram on Friday, Oct. 25 at theItalian Community Center. Thefund-raiser was the second of thistype in 2013.

This past May, the MilwaukeeChapter, joined by the MilwaukeeLadies of UNICO, presented

$18,000 in scholarships to 16 areastudents of Italian descent.

A team comprised of Ed Sciano,Bill Dickinson, Stefanie Guttusoand her daughter Danielle, won theOct. 25 bocce tournament.

Here are some photos from theevent, provided to The ItalianTimes by Liz Ceraso.

UNICO District Governor BeaCeraso (left) and Karen Dickinsonenjoyed the bocce party.

Dan Conley, who is the manager ofbocce operations at Festa Italianaand coordinator of the ICC’sMonday night league, served asthe referee.

Ed Sciano, a member of the team that won the bocce tournament, is seenhere in action.

Here’s Milwaukee Chapter UNICONational President Rose AnneCeraso-Fritchie (left) and MaryWinard.


Tony and BerniceSparacino celebrate

65th anniversary

Rolandi family acquiresdual Italian-U.S. citizenship

Longtime Italian CommunityCenter members Tony and Bernice(Holtz) Sparacino celebrated their65th wedding anniversary on May1.

Tony told The Italian Times thathe met Bernice when they wereteenagers working at the oldParadise Theater in West Allis.“She was 16 and was the popcorngirl. I was 17 and was the usher,”he said. “I knew right away, shewas one for me.”

The couple was married atWhitnall Park Lutheran Church inHales Corners on May 1, 1948.

The Sparacinos’ sons, Terry,Michael and Mark and their fami-lies hosted a surprise anniversaryparty for them at Bravo! CucinaItaliana in Brookfield. Tony andBernice have 10 grandchildren.

Tony has been a volunteer for 35of the 36 Festa Italiana celebra-tions, organized by the ICC. Formany years, he was a member of

Festa’s famed “911 crew,” a groupof elderly male volunteers whoworked diligently on set-up andtake-down of the festival decora-tions, signs, lighting and muchmore. When Tony was 70, he saidhe was the youngest member of thecrew.

Tony is a longstanding volun-teer for the Festa Patrol and hasbeen involved in assigning andkeeping charge of the radios usedby members of the patrol and otherFesta officials.

Tony has also volunteered at theICC. In the early years of the pres-ent ICC facility, he was among thecrew, headed by Carmen Zingara,that painted rooms and did tilingwork. He also contributed finan-cially to the organization’s buildingfund and has a plaque on the ICC’sWall of Honor. His plaque is inhonor of his wife Bernice and hismother, the late LucretiaSparacino.

Bernice (Holtz) and Tony Sparacino

Italian Community Centermember Alan Rolandi reports thateach member of his family hasacquired Italian citizenship to goalong with their United States citi-zenship. The nationality law ofItaly bestows citizenship jure san-guinis (by right of blood).

Rolandi told The Italian Timesthat he requested recognition fromItaly of the citizenship that alreadyexisted per the Italian law. Joininghim in acquiring dual citizenshipare his wife, Karen, and their twodaughters, Allie and Maggie.“When my daughters marry, theirhusbands are eligible,” he said. “Ifthey have children, their childrenwill be 100% Italian at birth.”

Rolandi cited these reasons forwanting dual citizenship: “We areItalian and wanted to be officiallyItalian citizens. I’m so proud, butmore so for my children. No visa isrequired when traveling in Europe,which is an advantage for employ-

ers, too. Italian citizens are alsoEuropean citizens so we are actual-ly citizens of all European Unioncountries (28 in all). My grandchil-dren will be 100% Italian.”

Rolandi was one of the foundersof WisItalia and he served as itsexecutive administrator for eightyears and remained on its execu-tive committee. He currently servesas the President of WisItalia.

WisItalia is a non-profit, 501 (c)3 voluntary organization created inDecember 2000 to promote theteaching of the Italian language inWisconsin schools. It was foundedby Italian-American clubs inWisconsin, as well as UW-Madison,and UW-Milwaukee. To date,WisItalia has been successful increating new Italian programs andpromoting existing Italian schoolsand programs. This continues togrow and provides a valuable serv-ice to the community.

Al Rolandi and his daughter Maggie are seen here. The entire Rolandifamily has dual citizenship and Al and Maggie have passports.

The following people became members of the Italian CommunityCenter between August 15 and November 5, 2013. Benvenuti!(Welcome!)

Jeffrey Sardina, Germantown

Deborah Mikush, Waukesha

Jamie Mikush, Waukesha

Mary Spinella, Whitefish Bay

Kathy Holat, Wauwatosa

Michael and Kate Sorge, Milwaukee

William Gainey, South San Francisco, CA

Brian Neal, Greenfield

Jane K. Gertler, Milwaukee

Claire Jarosz, Milwaukee

Mary Caravello and child Nicolo Caravello, Milwaukee

Linda Joy, Brookfield

Welcome new ItalianCommunity

Center members!

Request from ICC for cell phonenumbers and e-mail addresses

By Susie ChristiansenSocial networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as

e-mail and cell phone texting, are currently the most common methodsof communicating for people. Using those avenues, we want to develop away to reach out to our membership to inform you about upcomingevents organized by the Italian Community Center, such as Il GrandeCarnevale, 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 class-

es, it would be helpful to everyone involved to be able to send an e-mailblast or a cell phone text blast to ICC members and as many non-mem-bers as possible. Right now, committee chairs and event planners heredon’t always know what advertising options are available to them andhow to reach out to you. Without spending a ton of money, we just aren’tsure how to let the people out there know about upcoming events at theICC.

ICC members can be placed on an e-mail list and a cell phone listwhen they sign up for or renew their membership. Our applicationincludes a place for your e-mail address and cell phone number.

Our membership contact list is extremely private, and we will contin-ue to keep it that way. We do not distribute our address, phone or e-mail lists to anyone. Rest assured your contact information will beretained by the ICC and only the ICC, and you will only be sent mes-sages on a limited basis.

We simply want to inform you. We want to tell you about the fantas-tic events, activities and ethnic experiences that the Italian CommunityCenter has to offer.

These are the other options available for submitting your cell phonenumber and e-mail address:

1. Our website: www.iccmilwaukee.com – use the Contact Us Form(the last tab on the site).

2. By e-mail: [email protected]. 3. Call Constance Palmer at the ICC – 414-223-2808.

John Camp has been a memberof the Italian Community Centersince it was located on HackettAvenue on Milwaukee’s East Side.He and his wife volunteered in thepizza booth at Festa Italiana faith-fully year after year from whenPalermo’s commenced as vendoruntil the operation was taken overby Cafe La Scala. Although Johnand his family have resided in

south Florida for 25 years, theyfaithfully return to Milwaukeeevery summer to take in the festi-val season and have not missed asingle Festa since it started.

This year, while perusing thegrounds John stopped at the cultur-al village. He was particularlyintrigued by the exhibit in thegenealogy pavilion. It was featur-ing the region of Puglia, an area of

Italy on the Adriatic coast oppositefrom Naples on the opposite coast.His interest was piqued becausethe roots of his mother’s familywere there. His mother, her sisterand their widowed mother immi-grated from there to America fol-lowing World War I.

While viewing the exhibits,imagine his startled surprise to seehis mother’s family tree posted onthe wall. Even more surprisingwas a photograph of his grandfa-ther resplendent in a carabinieriuniform. He had never seen a pic-ture of his grandfather nor did heknow one existed. The exhibitbecame more intriguing when hesaw pictures of a cousin he did notknow even existed. It was a pair ofphotographs of a young man in box-ing attire in a publicity pose as agolden gloves boxer taken rightafter World War II. The youngman was the son of the sister ofJohn’s mother. Upon speakingwith staff members in the pavilionto learn the source of this display,

he was told that the young boxerwas Rocco Defilippis, who was inthe pavilion the day before and wasequally startled by the display andto see himself shown as he was over60 years ago.

One inquiry led to another andJohn was put in contact withGeorge Koleas, the coordinator ofgenealogy search at the ItalianCommunity Center, to learn thesource of this information.Through Koleas’s intercession,John was able to get in touch withRocco who now resides in PortWashington.

The two cousins hit it off welland agreed to meet for lunch at theICC. There, almost four score andseven years later, the two men metfor the first time. John is 87.Rocco is two years younger. So nowwith almost nine decades of life’sexperiences to recall these two havea lot to talk about. Their wivesjoined in this reunion and the fourlingered long at the ICC, a perfectplace for this all to occur.


ICC members visit Italy,attend Sicilian festival

Joe Campagna, Jr. and Mike Palmisano, past presidents of the ItalianCommunity Center, Joe’s wife, Kathy, and Peter and Jennie Corrao, allICC members, recently spent four days in Rome, Italy and six days inSicily, including attending the Feast of the Madonna del Lume inPorticello, Sicily. While in Rome, the group caught up with ICC Chaplain,the Very Rev. Timothy Kitzke for dinner. The top photo shows MikePalmisano (left), Fr. Tim and Kathy Campagna. The photo below showsKathy and Joe Campagna standing near the vada of the Madonna delLume. (Photos provided by Joe Campagna)

Cousins meet for the first timein 85 years at the ICC

John Camp and Rocco Defilippis are seen here in a photo taken insideCafe La Scala.

Joe Campagna, Jr., a past presi-dent of the Italian CommunityCenter, is proud of the accomplish-ments of his nephew/godson JeffFriday. Friday is amid his 16thseason as a strength coach in theNational Football League. This sea-son and the three previous, he hasserved as assistant strength andconditioning coach with theCincinnati Bengals.

In that capacity, Friday is a keyoff-the-field member of the Bengalsorganization, helping lead astrength training routine that alsoserves as a form of recovery forplayers who put their bodiesthrough enormous physical stressevery week. He not only helps theplayers in their physical develop-ment, but lends his expertise intheir mental, social and even spiri-tual foundations.

Over the course of his 16 sea-sons in the NFL, Friday has alsoserved as a strength coach with theMinnesota Vikings and theBaltimore Ravens. He was headstrength and conditioning coach forthe Ravens when they won theSuper Bowl in the 2000 season,when Friday was namedProfessional Strength and

Conditioning Coach of the Year byhis peers. He has coached sevenHall of Fame players and morethan 30 Pro Bowlers.

Friday is the son of Angela andJerry Friday. Jerry taught atMarquette University High Schoolfor 45 years.

Jeff Friday, nephew of JoeCampagna, amid 16th season

as NFL strength coach

Jeff Friday


Spotlight on Cultural ArtsCharles Purpero writes suspect novel

titled 29 HoursAuthor to conduct book signing at ICC on Friday, Dec. 13

Charles A. Purpero, who wasborn and raised in Milwaukee, haswritten a suspect thriller entitled29 Hours, which is now available inhardcover, paperback and in Kindleformat on Amazon.com.

Here’s a brief story description:“Charles Weston is a simple man. Afew beers, an occasional day at thetrack, and time with his family areall it takes to keep him happy. Butwhen Charlie goes to pay hisincome tax bill at the MilwaukeeFederal Building and comes face toface with terrorists trying to anni-hilate his Midwestern lakefrontcity, his only concern is how to keepthem from executing their diaboli-cal plan. As he is thrown into com-bat with the men who have infil-trated the government building, helearns that the attack is only asmall part of a nationwide terroristplot.

“Soon Charles is entangled in aweb of conspiracy that takes himfrom obscurity to the forefront of abattle to save the future of hiscountry, his town and his own life.

Despite overwhelming odds, hespearheads a mission with the FBIand the President that takes himfrom the Midwest to the coast ofOregon where he is compelled topenetrate the terrorists’ inner sanc-

tum, free hostages they have taken,and destroy their stranglehold onAmerica itself, but the clock is tick-ing.”

29 Hours is dedicated to his par-ents, Anthony and Shirley, his wife,Lynn, and their daughters,Stephanie and Christy.

The book is available in hardcov-er for $24.95 (plus shipping andhandling) and paperback for $14.95(plus shipping and handling). Toorder, visitwww.HenschelHAUSbooks.com. It isalso available in Kindle format atAmazon.com.

Purpero told The Italian Timesthat people can also contact himdirectly at 414-350-0234 for anautographed copy and he will workout arrangements for delivery ofthe book.

You can also get an autographedcopy of 29 Hours when Purperoconducts a book signing at theItalian Community Center onFriday, Dec. 13 from 5:30 to 8:30p.m.

Purpero said he will donate $2

to the ICC for every hardcover copyof the book that is sold that eveningand $1 from every paperback ver-sion.

About the authorPurpero started out in the fami-

ly construction business, but evenfrom a young age, knew that hewasn’t someone who wanted towork for someone else. He wantedto make his own way. After a cou-ple of moderately successful busi-ness ventures, Purpero got involvedwith a cable television collectionscompany. Running his own busi-ness has allowed him to pursuesome of his passions, and story-telling has always been one ofthem. 29 Hours is his first story tobe put into writing, and he plans todevelop other stories and charac-ters he has been building for thebetter part of a decade.

In an interview with The ItalianTimes, Purpero said he has “alwayshad an interest in writing and hasbeen a good storyteller.” He addedthat he started to develop the storyfor 29 Hours after a terrorist attackin 1995 at the Alfred P. MurrahFederal Building in OklahomaCity.

Before self-publishing the book,he had several people read thestory and earned high marks fromthe reviewers.

Purpero added that he has “sev-eral other books in the works,including a sequel to 29 Hours.”

People familiar with the ICCknow the Purpero name quite well.Phillip and Sam Purpero, pastpresidents of the ICC, are Charles’uncles. Rose Purpero Spang, acharter member, is his aunt. GinaSpang, the current president of theICC, is his cousin.

Charles A. Purpero (Photo bySarah Stevens, I Do Photography)

For 30 years, Edward Bernardiinterviewed family members andold neighbors from Italy in hopesof unveiling the history of his rela-tives from the rise of Mussolini in1922 to the end of World War II.He planned to share these noteswith his children. He never imag-ined it would lead to the publish-ing of a novel.

Bernardi’s The ReluctantPatriot is based of the true storiesof his relatives and their friends.It has been described as “a signifi-cant, historical novel about asmall community of poor, hard-working mountain people whobecame involved in the turmoilbrought about during the rise andfall of Mussolini’s regime” and “aheartwarming tale of illicit loveunder the eyes of the enemy, col-laboration, revenge and the excru-ciating pain of a family, and com-munity torn apart by the actionsof politicians and the war they cre-ated.”

Bernardi‚ a NorthwesternUniversity graduate and an EvansScholar recipient, is a retired

investment banker. This is hisfirst novel.

Pauline Spicuzza Mohr, in areview of Bernardi’s book, wrote:“I had the pleasure of reading TheReluctant Patriot when it was firstwritten. The story was totally

absorbing, and I couldn’t put itdown until I reached the conclu-sion. I found the historical aspectsparticularly interesting. Almost allof the incidents actually took placeas told by those who experiencedthem. Any one whose ancestorsemigrated from Italy will becaught up in the story, perhapshearing echoes of the stories theirgrandparents or great-grandpar-ents told of time of in the ‘oldcountry.’ The story is beautifullywritten and authentically ren-dered – a good read for anyone.”Spicuzza Mohr is the niece of thelate Francesco Spicuzza, theacclaimed Italian immigrant whosettled in Milwaukee and who’sartistic talents made him one ofthe most acclaimed in Wisconsin’shistory.

The Reluctant Patriot is avail-able in hardcover edition for $28($25 plus $3 shipping). For moreinformation or to order the book,visit the author’s website:bernardipatriot.com or email bookorder to: [email protected].

The Reluctant Patriot by EdwardBernardi presents personal

accounts of Italians who livedthrough Mussolini’s Fascist regime

A biography of Italian fascist Gabriele D’Annunziohas won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. “ThePike,” by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, was awarded the$32,000 Samuel Johnson Prize.

The book describes how D’Annunzio (1863-1938),became a national hero. He was a writer, poet, play-wright, journalist and soldier during World War I.D’Annunzio occupied a prominent place in Italian liter-

ature from 1889 to 1910 and was a fascist politicianfrom 1914 to 1924.

Hughes-Hallett bested three other finalists for theprize which recognizes English language books fromany country in the areas of current affairs, history, pol-itics, science, sports, travel, biography, autobiographyand the arts. Hughes-Hallett is a cultural cultural his-torian and authored several award-winning books.

Biography of Italian fascist GabrieleD’Annunzio earns British prize

Saint Stephen’s Day is anational holiday in Italy

December 26th is the day to honorSan Stefano (Saint Stephen) in Italyand many other countries. The Feast ofSan Stefano is a national holiday inItaly.

San Stefano was one of the earlydisciples who joined the Church ofJerusalem when it was in its infancyfollowing the Ascension of Jesus intoHeaven. He is said to be the firstChristian martyr.


new to me and it was super fun.One of my favorite stations was

the immigration. I really liked act-ing out someone else and it wasvery interesting going through thesame process people back thenwent through.

When we learned about theMilwaukee Italian community itreally made me think about myheritage. It was even more interest-ing looking at the photos.

It was very interesting learningthe Italian language. It was funand cool relating it to Spanish.

I really enjoyed the trip andlunch was amazing. Thank youagain!

Becca C.* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you for volunteering your

time to set up this huge thing with-out us paying you. We really appre-ciate it. We learned so much.

I really liked when you gave usnames and checked us for lice andeye problems. It made me feel solucky that we didn’t have to gothrough the same process. It wasreally awesome learning the lan-guage because it was a lot likeSpanish and I know a lot ofSpanish.

I loved bocce ball because it wasa new experience. I would also liketo thank you for lunch.

I know you put a lot of time andeffort into this trip and I reallyappreciated it.

Oskar* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you so much for all the

amazing activities. I loved pastamaking and hearing the storyabout the boy who made the instru-

ment and his mom used it for cut-ting pasta. I also loved immigra-tion, getting the name tags andgoing through the lice check, eyecheck and asking all the questionsand last of all, the oath.

I also loved Italian language,watching people having a conversa-tion in Italian and hearing how tocount, Milwaukee’s Italian commu-nity and learning about the peopleand the ship and how everybodystayed at the top to stay away fromthe smell and from the dark andlooking at all the pictures of peoplewho were boarding the ship.

I also loved bocce ball. Dan isreally good. I liked watching theball because you don’t know wherethe ball was going to end up.

And last but not least, lunchwas delicious. I loved the pasta andbrownies.

Thank you so much for sharingyour time!

Ruby* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you so much for every-

thing. Thanks for giving us yourtime and letting our class come. Itwas amazing. I had so much funthat I can’t even pick a favoritething.

I loved bocce ball and learninghow to speak Italian and every-thing else. I can’t wait to tell myparents about it. I think that theywill be jealous.

Thank you to everyone. I can’twait to go back.

Ava* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you for your time with

my class. I loved the Italian lan-guage. I thought it was a little chal-lenging because the words were

hard to say, but it is good to learnanother language.

My favorite activity was seeinghow pasta was made. My favoritepart was when we got to roll it upand mix it.

The history thing I loved thatthe most of all because I was 17,married to Rosario and I was preg-nant. I thought that was veryfunny. I also thought that was veryinteresting to know what happenedwhen you were on the boat toAmerica.

As for the lunch, WOW, thatwas probably the best I ever had.The meatballs were very good(yummy in my tummy). The brown-ies were my favorite of all.

Thank you for the free lunchand thank you for your time withour class.

Eleanor* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you so much for inviting

us to your center. I had so muchfun.

In bocce ball, I had a lot of learn-ing how to play the game, even if Ilost.

It was fun getting the Italiannames and doing the fake trip toEllis Island.

It was cool learning how tospeak Italian. I liked thinkingabout where our family came from.

I also liked making the pasta.The lunch was very delicious. Thespaghetti was the best. I loved thebread. The brownie was delicious.

Jonah* * *

Dear ICC,Thank you for inviting us to

your community center. I reallyliked it when we did the acting. Itwas really fun. My name was Rita

Alberti. I had two kids and a hus-band.

The other thing that was veryfun was pasta making. I want youto know that my pasta is ravioli.

I also liked bocce ball. I was onthe green team and the other teamwas red. I won the first round.Then the red team won the otherone. But my team still won thewhole thing.

Thank you again and ciao.Kamryn

* * *Dear ICC,

Thank you for teaching us somuch about how it was for immi-grants to come to Milwaukee. Iliked that we learned how to makepasta and that I got a turn usingthe pasta machine. Thank you fortaking time to show me all the pic-tures of people that immigratedhere to Milwaukee.

Theo* * *

Dear Ms. Pitzo,Many thanks to you and to all of

the wonderful volunteers at theItalian Community Center. Weenjoyed our visit to the Centerimmensely. Our students havebeen talking about it all week!

They had a great time whilelearning so much about Italian cul-ture. The pasta making, the bocceball, and the immigrant experiencesimulation were particularfavorites.

We appreciate all of your time,your effort, and your enthusiasm inproviding such a wonderfullyenriching day for our students. Wehope to visit the Italian CommunityCenter again soon.

Marita GruberTeacher

Lake Bluff students thank ICC volunteers forItalian cultural experience and best-ever lunch!

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Roberta Lipparini, our featuredItalian poet for December, is amember of a group of poets whomeet at number 77 via S. Stefano, aplace that hosted Portici Poetici,the exhibition in Bologna createdby Alessandro Dall’Olio (poet,writer and journalist), an eventthat offered those who love poetrythe opportunity to share andinspire each other (Lipparini usedthe word contaminarsi!) throughliterary form in verse. It was atPortici Poetici that she read herpoems aloud to others for the firsttime.

Lipparini writes, “Scrivo dasempre: poesie per adulti e filastroc-che per bambini. All’inizio più rara-mente (a parte la fecondissima par-entesi adolescenziale); da qualcheanno in un fluire ininterrotto.” (I’vealways written: poetry for adultsand nursery rhymes for children. Inthe beginning rarely (apart fromthe fertile adolescent parenthesis);for some years in continuous flow.”A diciotto anni ho lasciato gli studie ho iniziato a lavorare. Il curricu-lum inviato era scritto in rima. (At18, I left school and began to work.The resume I sent was written inrhyme.) For two years, she workedbehind the scenes in the lyricopera of il Teatro Comunale diBologna.

She writes, “Ho pubblicato ununico libro…”C’è un posto accanto ame. Poesie per una scuola senzabarriere”, nel 2013, con la casaeditrice Mondadori. E’ un libro per

bambini dai 7 anni, sulla sensibil-ità, la leggerezza, la profondità e ildisagio dell’infanzia. Un libro dipoesie in rima. Un altro librouscirà, sempre con la Mondadorinel gennaio 2014, un libro sullaspiritualità nei bambini” (I’ve pub-lished a single book. …It’s a bookfor children aged 7 and up aboutthe sensitivity, lightness, depth anddiscomfort of childhood. A book ofpoetry that rhymes. Another bookwill come out, again withMondadori, in January of 2014, abook about the spirituality of chil-dren).

Lipparini has gifted us with anexquisite poem about Christmasgifts for our December column.

DONI DI NATALEIn questa notte freddad’un freddo che fa male

sto incartando per tei miei doni di Natale

Il ritmo quietodi una marea infinita

un tratto leggerolieve, a matita

Il perdonoper ogni tuo erroreconforto dal buioriparo dal dolore

La certezzache ti verrò a cercare

anche se mi sfuggise ti perderai nel mare

La fiduciache nel tuo volonon ti fermerà

la paura di esser solo

Incarterò i tuoi doniquesta nottemio amore

poi verrò da tee te li poserò nel cuoreBy Roberta Lipparini

CHRISTMAS PRESENTSOn this cold night

in a cold that hurts,I’m wrapping for you

my Christmas presents.The silent rhythmof an endless tide,a thin and light

pencil line.Forgiveness

for your every mistake,comfort from darkness,

shelter from sorrow.Certainty

that I will go and search for youthough you may elude me

though you may get lost at seaTrust

that in your flightthe fear of being alone

won’t stop youI will wrap your presents

tonightmy love

then I will come to youand I will lay them on your heart– Translation by Roberto Ciampi

L’Angolo del PoetaPrepared by Barbara Collignon and Roberto Ciampi


Opera’s favorite characters areusually played by tenors, but notalways. Sopranos run a close sec-ond, and with some opera lovers,they can be first in the affections ofaudiences.

Tenors such as Franco Corelli,Placido Domingo, Jose Carrerasand others who have passed onincluding Richard Tucker, LucianoPavarotti and Giuseppe Di Stefanohad their foibles to be sure.

Let’s take Corelli as a primeexample. He and other tenors arereviewed in an interesting volumeedited by concert manager andauthor Herbert Breslin in whichfive prominent writers view andassess the merits and careers of thelikes of Pavarotti, Tucker, Corelli,Domingo and Jon Vickers.

All of them had specific views ontheir art and performance capabili-ties, but I cite Corelli, in particular,

because he was in some waysobsessed and extremely nervousabout going onstage and often evenwhile onstage. He thrilled audi-ences regardless of these foibles.Corelli, among all the tenors I’velisted, had the least formal train-ing. being largely self-taughtthrough listening to the recordingsof great singers of the past and byrecording and listening to his ownperformances.

He was quoted as saying “. . .Iam a man who likes to do danger-ous things; I like adventure. I liketo do things with the voice thatmay be too difficult for it.”

Tucker, on the other hand, hadthe view that just singing, evensinging a lot won’t hurt the voice,it’s the rest of it, he said.

Vickers was a singer whobelieved in being less centered inhis art and said, “. . .A person’s tal-

ent must serve art; art must not bemade to serve the person . . .”

Pavarotti believed there was nobetter job than being a singer. “. . .It’s a profession because it givesyou money and it’s art because itgives you satisfaction. . .”

In 1974, when the book wasreleased, Domingo believed NewYork was a soprano town and saidit means that people aren’t listen-ing to the whole opera.

And then there was “America’sFavorite Tenor,” James Melton, socalled by millions from the 1920sthrough the 1950s. He had a multi-media career that included con-certs, recordings, movies and theMetropolitan Opera radio and tele-vision. He was also a noted antiquecar collector.

Quotable quote: “Dignity consistsnot in possessing honors, but in theconsciousness that we deservethem.” – Aristotle

Opera Topics by Angelo Castronovo

Serafina Purpero Krupp, thedaughter of Carl Purpero of theMilwaukee Purperos, has authoredher #1 selling book, Create Spacewith Your Higher Self, publishedby Balboa Press. Now available atBoswell Bookstore in Milwaukeeand online at Barnes and Nobleand Balboa Press, her book is abouttapping into your higher self andco-creating with it.

In her book, she shares the prac-tice of Interior Design and AngelicFeng Shui. She lays down the foun-dation and explains Angelic FengShui and goes over the Bagua (theFeng Shui map). Each chaptertakes the reader through nine dif-ferent areas of one’s life and offersmethods to make desired changesin a person’s life. Each chapter con-tains a guided meditation connect-ing the reader with angelic helpand inner guidance.

The message thread of the bookis to empower and give the readerthe tools to create the spaces to live

within and work for an abundantlife. The deeper message of thebook is to let the reader know thatthey are the main character intheir life, and that their worldrevolves around them. They will beshown how to call upon the angelicrealm for help and it explains howthe angels will guide them towardsmaking choices that bring in joy. Ifone resists and is unable to surren-der to the ability to manifest whatthey want through Angelic FengShui the book offers guidance onhow to re-script their lives in theirinner and outer worlds. AngelicFeng Shui is about being one tothat place of inner peace.

The book brings togetherInterior Design and the practice ofAngelic Feng Shui at an under-standable and user-friendly levelwith the teachings, passion andsacredness of the cultures of thepast and the sophistication, maturi-ty, and needs of people in today'smodern world.

“My wish is for the readers toopen their hearts and bring in morelove, light, joy and abundance intotheir world,” Serafina offered at therecent membership meeting of theItalian Community Center.

Serafina is a renowned MasterTeacher, Interior Designer, andpractitioner in Angelic Feng Shuiand has been exploring the art andscience of Feng Shui since she dis-covered it while she was studyingfor a master’s degree in InteriorDesign. Her mission is to empowermen and women to create the

spaces they want to live and workin and to create enlightenedchanges in their lives. Through thepractice and teachings of AngelicFeng Shui, Serafina brings balanceto the mind, body and spirit withinthe interior spaces of the worldaround us. She also shows us howto use and call upon angelic help.Today, Serafina lives in SouthernCalifornia, regularly teaching class-es, giving retreats for women, pri-vate consultations, angel readingsand healings, Reyad Sekh EmEgyptian healings, Feng Shuihouse parties, and de cluttering.

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Serafina Purpero Krupp writes abouttapping into higher self in her bookCreate Space with Your Higher Self

Serafina Purpero Krupp

The Italian Community Center’s Avanti Committee hosted a “ghost tour”of Shaker’s Cigar Bar on Oct. 12. Shaker’s, at 422 S. 2nd St., Milwaukee, isin a classic Victorian bar and restaurant that is believed to be haunted.The people who joined the Avanti Committee for the event toured all fourlevels of the building hoping to see or feel the presence of a ghost.Unfortunately, it was not to be this time, reports Liz Ceraso, AvantiCommittee Chair. “But everyone who attended had a great time.” (Photoprovided by Liz Ceraso)

Avanti Committee hosts‘ghost tour’

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Name MarriedAlessi, Antonino Jun-1920Alessi, Goseppe Oct-1909Alessi, Peter Aug-1910Alessi, Nick Oct-1919Alexandro, George Apr-1917Alfredi, Frank Mar-1923Altamore, Santina May-1917Amadio, Guido Feb-1924Ambrogio, Frank Jun-1925Ambrojio, Emma (Tomasso) Dec-1920Andrenccetti, Joseph Dec-1906Andreotti, Tessie (Fuggiti) May-1924Andreuccetti, Anita (Del Bianco) Apr-1910Andreuccetti, Fabby (Sbragia) Dec-1907Anichini, Arthur Nov-1907Anselmino, Margaret (Jianetto) Mar-1918Aregi, Frank R. Apr-1919Armenia, Marianna (Bruno) Apr-1915Armenio, Mary (Ballato) Sep-1912Armigo Leonardo Sep-1899Asti, Josephine (Marchi) Jun-1922Avanzato, Charles Apr-1910Aveni, Domenico Jul-1915Babbini, Louise Raggio (Testa) Sep-1918Baccini, John Apr-1911Bacigalupe, Stephen Aug-1916Bacigalupe, Anthony Sep-1911Bacigalupe, Julia (Law) Oct-1916Badini, Caroline (Chiaverotti) Jan-1925Baglio, Laura (Plumery) Oct-1909Balbi, Frank Jun-1923Balasteria, Frances (Balasteria) Sep-1909Balasteria, Gaetano Sep-1909Balasterie, Lawrence Dec-1909Balastreri, Francisco Jun-1902Ballo, Frank Dec-1920Baratto, Nicholas Feb-1908Barbieri, Francis Apr-1901Baroni, Christina (Cappo) Aug-1916Basquinelli, George May-1912Bellucci, Emma (Brocca) Jul-1913Bellucci, Rosa (Feduzzi) Nov-1912Berardinuci, Carolina (Fraternali) Oct-1909Bernardi, Maurice Jun-1922Bernasconi, Pasquale Sep-1919Bernero, Louisa (Arado) Oct-1906Berni, Semira (Celoni) Jun-1902Bertani, Henry Jun-1911Bianco, Mary A (Simeone) Sep-1912Bieri, John Dec-1924Bollongino, Mary (Barth) Jul-1920Bonavita, Elifania (Piscitello) Oct-1906Bonci,Gemimano Oct-1916Bondi, Phillippi (Truplano) Dec-1919Bonni, Bruna (Puccinelli) Jun-1914Boscia, Bartolomew Feb-1916Brignadello, T. J. Jun-1897Buffa, Salvatore Feb-1919Bulgarino, Emanuel Jan-1911Burgarino, Emanuel Apr-1906Burgarino, Felicia (Torretta) Jan-1900Burgarino, Jennie (Migliaccia) Sep-1917Buslaccki (Busalacchi), George May-1923Buslaccki (Busalacchi), Rosa

(Buslaccki) May-1923Buzzanco, Mary (Costarella) Feb-1917Buzzanco, Teodore Dec-1910Canconera, Francesca (Gaetano) Jan-1908Canino, Joseph Jan-1910Cannizzaro, Mary (Damato) Dec-1922Cannizzo, Mario Apr-1919Callova, Joe Nov-1917Cannata, Florence (Doria) Sep-1920Cappo, Joseph Jul-1897Carmella, Josie (Sciano) Oct-1920

Name MarriedCarmelo, Caputa Aug-1906Cauzani, Robert Dec-1907Cavaiani, Jennie (Wilke) Jun-1919Cavalieri, Benedetto Aug-1910Cavolla, Mary (Diciaula) Aug-1923Centretto, Vittorio (Nunzio) Jan-1910Cicerelli, Sarah (Collura) Jun-1923Cicero, Andrew Oct-1912Cicero, Concettina (Greco) Nov-1914Cirrincione, Carmelo (Lasura) Apr-1913Chimino, Salvatore Apr-1905Chiaraluci, Adele (Brutti) Oct-1922Chiaramonte, Nicolo (Amore) Nov-1902Colangeli, Anthony Dec-1920Colavita, Mathew Dec-1910Conoscente, Jacob Jan-1907Conzaro, Gaetano Oct-1906Conzaro, Gaetano Sep-1907Copezza, Salvatore Sep-1914Coraggio, Diomira (Dalessandris) May-1921Coraio, Mary (Balesterei) Aug-1917Corine, Guiseppe Nov-1907Corrieri, Rocco Sep-1915Corrago, Calogero Jul-1899Corrago, Salvatore Dec-1899Cosmano Rose (Clement) Aug-1913Costa, Josephine (Kauck) Apr-1913Costa, Philip Apr-1914Costa, Rosey (Buscaglia) Apr-1905Crescimagna, Paula (Callio) Mar-1919Cucinalla, Pietro Jun-1919Dall’Ozzo, John Aug-1920DeBella, Joseph Jan-1921De Bella, Mary (Colluro) Dec-1913DeBona, Andrew Sep-1919DeBona, Angela (Norrie) Jun-1904DeBona, Edward Feb-1920DeBona, Stella (Gestner) Oct-1905DeGeorgi, Frank Jan-1914Del Bianco, Carlo Apr-1910Del Chicca, Alegra (Delgenovese) Jun-1910Del Conte, Louis Sep-1906Delgenovese, Torello Jun-1910Dequisto, Steve Feb-1913Dequodone, Libera (Capello) Jul-1900DeSalvo, Cesimo May-1925DeSalvo, Frances (Salerno) Mar-1924DeSalvo, Frank Sep-1919Desandre, Frank Jun-1919DeSantis, Louis Dec-1914Domato, Joseph Jun-1915Domato, Rosoria (Coronia) Oct-1909Doncelli, Harriet (Righi) Jul-1921Donzelli, Thomas Dec-1920Doria, Charles Jr. Nov-1923Doria, Sam Sep-1920Dovi, Salvatore May-1925Dovi, Santo Nov-1909Emanuele, Rose (Purpero) Oct-1920Enea, Vicenzina (Sciurba) Feb-1912Ercole, Luigi Jun-1921Faletti, Grace (Lasleck) Aug-1921Fellini, Mary (Zanotelli) Dec-1924Filippi, Mary (Hauer) Dec-1908Filippi, Rose (Walder) Sep-1922Fillo, Theresa (Holba) Feb-1924Flingelli, Bena (Stelzer) Feb-1909Foro, Peter May-1912Fortino, Liboria (Giordina) Oct-1925Franceschette, Louis Aug-1923Franceschi, Carolina (Piacentino) Jul-1912Franceschina, Caterina (Leonarduzzi) Jul-1923Francesco, Pileggi Sep-1913Franceschi, John Apr-1921Franchino, Samuel Jan-1922

Name MarriedFranchino, Theresa (Catrini) Sep-1925Franco, Guiseppe Oct-1916Franco, Joseph Oct-1914Francolina, Nicolina (Leone) Dec-1910Francolino, Nicolina (Togneri) Oct-1914Francaidia, Felici Dec-1898Francinlia, Stefano Jul-1917Fricano, Isado Jul-1920Fricano, Isadoro Nov-1912Fricano, Nunzio Apr-1919Frititto, Nancy (Sorce) Nov-1925Frinzi, Joseph Oct-1920Fucili, Enrico Apr-1918Fucili, Ericol Sep-1913Fucili, Nazzareno Aug-1910Fugarino, Joseph Sep-1920Fuggiti, Ray May-1924Fumai (Funai), Angela (Paccagnella) Jun-1921Fumai, Francesca (Pellegrino) Jun-1921Fumaio, Rachael (Loquercio) May-1924Funai, Amelia (Lucchini) Feb-1906Funai, Rociel (Doepke) May-1923Fusso, John Jun-1921Fusso, Joseph Jan-1922Fusso, Steve Nov-1919Galineti, Constanso Aug-1920Gallino, Anglia (Shono) Jun-1906Galluzzo, Antonio Oct-1910Gayliano, William Nov-1914Gebbia, Rosario May-1920Gentile, August Mar-1913Gentile, Engi (Dimmaggio) Jan-1916Gentile, Giuseppe Oct-1900Gentile, Maria (Gaglione) Nov-1901Gentile, Matteo Oct-1905Gentile, Nunziata (Machi) May-1903Gentilli, Joseph May-1917Gentilli, Mary (D’Amico) Oct-1923Gervasi, Giacomo Nov-1917Gigante, Antonia (Geraci) Feb-1913Gigante, Joseph Aug-1910Gigante, Serafina (Alioto) Aug-1920Gigante, Serafina (Ciauri) Mar-1923Gifre, Fancesco Dec-1901Gindusa, Rosalia (Capra) Feb-1904Glaettli, Anna (Pastillo) Dec-1911Gramona, Catterina (Tomassini) Oct-1915Grasso, Nunzia (Padovano) Jul-1917Grippa, Guiseppe Sep-1907Grippo, Salvatore Nov-1912Guaci, Nunctia (Natoli) Dec-1910Guardalabene G. B. Sep-1907Guardalabene, Josephine (Bellant) Aug-1906Guerino, Francesco Apr-1906Guglielmino, Joe May-1917Guidotti, Rhea (Olsen) Jul-1912Guiliani, Rose (Graff) May-1925Guilioni, Christina (Pedrotti Jr.) Dec-1924Guzzetta, Josephine (Kretlow Jr.) Jul-1924Gazzano, Carmello Nov-1920Iadermaro, Victoria (Mastropito) Apr-1912Iannelli, Michael Aug-1923Ignazzitto, Rocco Jun-1922Ignina, Edward May-1918Ingelli, Ernest Mar-1916Ingrilli, Rosaria (Giuffre) May-1925Iraci, Peter May-1924Iraci, Viola (Romano) Mar-1924Italiano, Josephine (Crise) Aug-1923Iversetti, Fred Mar-1913Jacapetti, Frederico Oct-1914Jaccobucci, Mary (Roux) Mar-1898Jacomini, Sabatino Jan-1905Jamio, Rose (Valenti) Jul-1913

To be continued in our next issue.

Italians married in Milwaukee: 1897-1925Addendum – Part 1

Compiled by Mario A. Carini, Italian Community Center HistorianIntroductory Notes

The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1897-1925 includes the name of the individual married and the month and year the mar-riage took place. Information contained in the Milwaukee Marriage Index:1926-1940 was compiled by this researcher in Januaryof 1993 and is being featured in The Italian Times. The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1941-1955 was previously published in TheItalian Times.

Reporting of the volume Milwaukee Marriage Index was obtained from the Milwaukee County Historical Society and copiesat the City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau. These works are all copyrighted and an original copy is at the Library ofCongress 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 marriedoutside the city limits (e.g., Shorewood, West Allis, Cudahy), your name won’t appear in this listing. Names appearing here arelisted and spelled exactly as found in the marriage volumes. If you know of a relative who was married in Milwaukee during thetime period 1897-1925 and that relative’s name does not appear in these listings, please contact the Milwaukee County HistoricalSociety.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 includedin the main corpus of this particular research project.

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

In virtù di un 2-1 conquistareRepubblica Ceca a settembre 10,l’Italia ha qualificato per la Coppadel Mondo nel 2014. La squadranazionale Italiana, soprannominatoAzzurri per un’inconfondibileuniforme blu, sarà a capo per ilBrasiliano la prossima estate allericerca della loro quinta titolimondiali contro altri 31 paesi.

Oltre che in Italia, le squadreche rappresentano gli altri novepaesi già qualificato per la Coppadel Mondo. Queste squadre

rappresentano l’Argentina,Australia, Brasile, Costa Rica, Iran,Giappone, Paesi Bassi, Corea delSud e Stati Uniti.

Il team Italiano è attualmenteclassificato quarto nella classificaFIFA dietro Spagna, Argentina eGermania.

La Nazionale di calcio dell’Italiaè la selezione maggiore maschile dicalcio della Federazione ItalianaGiuoco Calcio, il cui nome ufficialeè Nazionale A, che rappresental’Italia nelle varie competizioni

ufficiali o amichevoli riservate asquadre nazionali.

È una delle Nazionali di calciopiù titolate del mondo: annoveranel suo palmarès quattrocampionati mondiali (1934, 1938,1982 e 2006, record europeo eseconda al mondo dopo il Brasile)ed un campionato europeo (1968). Èinoltre una delle cinque nazionalimaggiori (assieme a quelle diBelgio, Svezia, Uruguay e RegnoUnito) a potersi fregiare del titolodi “olimpionica”, essendosiaggiudicata il torneo a cinquecerchi del 1936 (uno dei setteriservati alle nazionali maggiori edisputati dal 1908 al 1948), mentrenella Confederations Cup, ultimotrofeo internazionale riconosciutodalla FIFA, vanta un terzo postocome miglior risultato, nel 2013.

In bacheca, infine, annoveraanche due Coppe Internazionali,competizione continentaleantesignana dell’attualecampionato d’Europa. Al mondialeè arrivata tra le prime quattroclassificate in otto edizioni (sei lefinali) e cinque volte all’europeo(tre le finali); dopo la Germania, èla Nazionale europea con il maggiornumero di piazzamenti nei primiquattro posti nelle duecompetizioni.

Nella graduatoria FIFA invigore da agosto 1993 ha occupatopiù volte il 1º posto, la prima voltaa novembre dello stesso anno,mentre il peggior posizionamento èstato il 16º posto raggiunto aottobre 2010. Al momento occupa il4º posto della graduatoria.

THE ITALIAN TIMESPAGINA 30 – DICEMBRE 2013

Da domani sarà in rotazioneradiofonica il nuovo singolo diGianni Morandi “Bisogna vivere”,stesso titolo dell’ultimo album diinediti del cantante (Sony Music)che fin dalla sua uscita, l’1 ottobre,è entrato ai primi posti della

classifica Fimi. Scritto da Pacifico,che in questa occasione ha affidatoa Morandi un pezzo diverso dalprecedente “Stringimi le mani”, ilbrano è, nelle parole e nellamelodia ritmica, un invito afronteggiare le difficoltà della vita.

Morandi, arriva il nuovo singoloScritto da Pacifico “Bisogna vivere”,

stesso titolo ultimo album

“Notti di Lune storte”, nuovosingolo di Gigi D’Alessio cheprecede l’uscita dell’album “Ora”,atteso il 19 novembre, da domanisarà in rotazione radiofonica edisponibile su tutte le piattaformedigitali. Notti di Lune storte (SonyMusic) racconta le difficoltà e le

cadute del percorso di vita di unuomo. Tante porte chiuse in facciae tante notti di lune storte, ma perogni battuta d’arresto occorretrovare il coraggio di rialzarsi eproseguire il proprio cammino divita.

D’Alessio, nuovo singolo in radio“Notti di Lune storte” precede

uscita dell’album “Ora”

LA PAGINA ITALIANAa cura di Enrica Tarantino-Woytal

Nazionale di calcio dell’Italia

Sono dieci i ristoranti sicilianiche sono stati premiati con leprestigiose ‘’stelle’’ assegnate dallaguida Michelin 2014. Quattroristoranti hanno ottenuto le duestelle: la Locanda di Don Serafino,a Ragusa Ibla, La Madia di Licata(Agrigento), Principe Cerami a

Taormina e il Duomo di RagusaIbla. Sei i locali premiati con unastella: Coria a Caltagirone(Catania), Bellevue e La Capineraa Taormina (Messina), il Bye ByeBlues a Palermo, La Gazza Ladra aModica e La Fenice a Ragusa.

In Sicilia 10 ristoranti ‘stellati’L’elenco dei locali premiati

dalla Guida Michelin

Una nuova serie di esplosioniaccompagnata da una “discontinuae impulsiva” emissione di cenere,dispersa subito dal vento, hainteressato il nuovo cratere di Sud-Est dell’Etna. Una analoga attività

era stata registrata anche ieridall’Istituto nazionale di geofisica evulcanologia di Catania, chemonitora il vulcano. Nessunproblema per l’aeroporto, i cuisettori aerei sono rimasti aperti.

Etna: ancora esplosioni e cenereNessun problema per aeroporto,

settori aerei aperti

Il Ministero dello SviluppoEconomico ha autorizzatol’emissione, per 9 novembre di unfrancobollo ordinario appartenentealla serie tematica “il Patrimonioartistico e culturale italiano”dedicato al Teatro “La Fenice” diVenezia, nel decimo anniversario

della riapertura, nel valore di 0,70euro. La vignetta raffigura l’internodel Teatro La Fenice di Venezia,distrutto completamente da unincendio nel 1996 esuccessivamente riedificato eriaperto il 14 dicembre 2003.

Francobollo per riapertura La FeniceRaffigura l’interno del teatro

andato in fumo nel 2003

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What you can learn about your familyBy George Koleas

I attended the Sicilian FamilyReunion on Sept. 27 at the ItalianCommunity Center, organized byone of our members, MichaelAliota, with the help of Antonina“Nina” Crivello Gusho and VirginiaAlioto Bonini. It was wonderful tomeet people whose families camefrom Sicily. The event was specialbecause many of the people inattendance are also part of myextended Alioto family.

People came for various reasons.I came to honor the memories of myAlioto and Costa families from mymother’s side of my family. MyAlioto family was from SantaFlavia and Sant’ Elia, PalermoProvince. My Costa family wasfrom Palazzo Adriano, PalermoProvince and Lucca Sicula,Agrigento Province.

Why research your family histo-ry? There is an American IndianTuscarora Tribe saying, whichstates “They are not dead who livein the hearts they leave behind.”What can you learn after so manyyears have passed and your rela-tives are no longer with you? Thisis what I was able to learn studyinghistory, verifying family stories,and finding records.

My Nonna, Concetta Alioto, wasthe daughter of Francesco Aliotoand Maria Aiello. With her parents,her brother Anthony and her twosisters Nunziatta and Antonina,she lived at Via Montalbo 14A inPalermo, Palermo Province, Sicily.

Francesco Alioto was born inSanta Flavia. His father, Giuseppe,was born in Sant’ Elia. Francescohad been a seaman in the ItalianMerchant Marine. During one ofhis travels, he visited Milwaukee.He liked Milwaukee and decided tomake it his home. He entered thecountry on Sept. 20, 1900, in thePort of New York. Francesco sentthe correct fare to bring his wifeand all of the children at one time.

An eye infection prevented myNonna, Concetta, from making thetrip. The family knew that animmigrant with an eye infectionwould not pass the Ellis Island eyeand medical examination. Hermother, Maria Aiello Alioto, andher brother, Anthony, made thevoyage to New York. Concetta andNunziatta were left behind in thecare of their older sister, Antonina.Concetta was issued an Italianpassport on August 19, 1911.Concetta and Nunziatta leftPalermo on Aug. 25, 1911 aboardthe Italian steamer S.S. Mendozawith an adult Italian, CaterinaPuleo. S.S. Mendoza passed the Statue of

Liberty on its way to an anchoringpoint on Sept. 9, 1911. A bargewould have taken Concetta andNunziatta from their anchored shipto Ellis Island however the childrenbecame separated from CaterinaPuleo.

A paper with information fromthe ship’s registry was pinned onConcetta’s and Nunziatta’s cloth-ing. They stood in long lines ofadults for the eye and medicalexamination. After their eye andmedical examinations, Concettaand Nunziatta would have beenquestioned in the legal admissionprocess. Because they were sepa-rated from Caterina Puleo, theywere considered traveling alone,therefore Concetta and Nunziattawere held for Special Inquiry in asmall detention cell.

A Board of Special Inquiry washeld the same day to determine thechildren’s risk of becoming a“Public Charge.” A vote was takenand the children were admitted andreleased at 10:10 a.m.. An EllisIsland staff member purchasedtickets for them to travel by trainto Milwaukee. Concetta andNunziatta would have been takento the barge to New Jersey to therailroad station and put in the careof a conductor. The conductorwould have put Concetta andNunziatta on the train and pinneda note on their clothing with theirfinal destination. Alone on thetrain, the children would have theirhopes raised at each stop, strainingto see their father or mother, onlyto be disappointed.

As the train finally arrived inMilwaukee, the children pressedtheir faces to the window.Suddenly, they saw their father,Francesco, standing on the plat-form, smiling and waving. Theywere waving, jumping up and downwith excitement in their seats,pounding on the windows and call-ing out, half-laughing , half-crying“Papa!, Papa!”. They were reunitedwith their father and he took themto their new home at 149 DetroitStreet.

My Nonna is not gone. She livesin my heart and in the family histo-ry that I will pass on to my childrenand grandchildren, through whichshe will continue to be remem-bered.

You can learn how to do what Ihave done and how to preserve thememories of your family. Our mem-bers are people just like you whoare working on their own familyhistories. Some have just started,while others are very experienced.We learn from one another and wewill share our experience with you.You are welcome to attend the nextmeeting of Pursuing Our Italian

Names Together, Chapter 22, theItalian Family History Club, onSaturday, Jan. 18 at the ItalianCommunity Center, 631 E. ChicagoSt., Milwaukee, starting at 10:30a.m. and concluding at noon. Youare welcome to attend any of ourother meetings in 2014 on Apr. 26,Sept. 20 and Nov. 8.

Please feel free to bring guests.We welcome anyone with an inter-est in Italian family history

If you have any questions orneed additional information, pleasefeel free to contact me, GeorgeKoleas by e-mail [email protected] or by call-ing 262/251-7216 after 7 p.m.

Immigrant and refugee storiesare important parts of Milwaukeehistory. Marquette Universityand the International Institute ofWisconsin are looking for immi-grants and refugees to participatein oral history interviews withundergraduate students duringlate November.

Cultures around the worldhave long used oral histories topass on knowledge from one gen-eration to the next. Oral historiesprovide insight and deeper under-standing of everyday life.

These interviews can takeplace at a time and location decid-ed upon by the participant andstudents.

Interviews can take place dur-ing the Holiday Folk FairInternational, Friday, Nov. 22through Sunday, Nov. 24 at theWisconsin Exposition Center atState Fair Park in West Allis. Afree fair admission ticket isoffered to each participant.

Interviews will be recordedconfidentially via an audio

recorder. Names will not be used.The questions that are asked

will be related to: pre-migration(questions about homeland),immigration journey, family, lan-guage, culture, life in the UnitedStates, school, religion, gender,work and health. Here’s a sampleof questions that might be asked:In what country were you born?What do you remember mostabout this place? Why did youcome to the U.S.? What did youhear about life in America prior toarriving here? Can you tell mewhat you remember about leavingyour home and coming to theU.S.? What are the main differ-ences between here and fromwhere you came? What are someof the biggest changes you’ve hadto make? What from your culturedo you wish to pass on to yourchildren?

Persons interested in partici-pating in this oral history studyare asked to contact ClaireReuning by calling 414/225-6220or emailing [email protected].

Immigrant andrefugee stories soughtfor oral history study

ORDER YOUR COPY OF THEITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTERʼS

COOKBOOK, “LIBRO DELLE RICETTE,”VOLUME 2.

Looking for some delicious, home-tested recipes? Youʼll findthem in this cookbook. Use this form to order the book. Thecost is $12. Volume 1 is now out of print.

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*You can save the shipping and handling cost by picking up yourorder at the Italian Community Center, Monday through Friday from8 a.m to 5 p.m.

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Send this form to: Italian Community Center, c/o Cookbook, 631 E.Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916.

Don’t throw away your oldhigh school yearbooks or othermemorabilia. If you attended ahigh school in Milwaukee Countyor surrounding counties, ItalianCommunity Center HistorianMario A. Carini is interested inusing the yearbooks and otherhigh school memorabilia for fur-thering his research on localItalian Americans.

Carini will deposit the year-books and memorabilia at the

Milwaukee County HistoricalSociety after he completes hisresearch.

“These can be yearbooks andmemorabilia from public, Catholicor private high schools,” he said.

Yearbooks and memorabiliacan be dropped off at the recep-tion desk in the main office of theICC. Please include a note withyour name and phone number soCarini knows who made the dona-tion.

ICC Historian Carini wantsyour high school yearbooks

and other memorabilia


Amici’s rolls to ICC’s fall boccechampionship in grand fashionAfter dispensing with two earli-

er opponents, Amici’s, the firstplace finisher from the Mondaynight league, steamrolled past theHappy Rollers, 12-0, to win theItalian Community Center’s fallbocce championship on Nov. 11.

This marked the first time in 32-year history of ICC’s championshipplayoffs that a team won the titlematch without allowing the oppo-nent to score a single point.

The players on Amici’s are:Frank Cannestra, Rich Cannestra,Rich Beri and Mike Lange. Eachplayer received a $15 Cafe La Scalagift certificate. Cafe La Scala is theICC’s public restaurant.

The players on the HappyRollers team were given $5 restau-rant certificates.

Amici’s seemed to gain moremomentum with each game itplayed in the tournament. The

squad opened with a 12-9 win overTrizzano, the second place wildcardfrom the Wednesday night league,then defeated It’s All Good, the sec-ond place wildcard from theMonday night league by a 12-7score.

The Happy Rollers, the firstplace team from the Tuesday after-noon seniors’ league, advanced tothe title match against Amici’s bynotching earlier victories overPaesani, the second place wildcardfrom the Thursday afternoonseniors’ league (12-9 score) andComo Si Chiama, Thursday after-noon’s first place finisher (12-6).

It’s All Good won its openinground match, 12-6, over ClubGaribaldi, the first place finisher inthe Wednesday night league.

Como Si Chiama defeated FeliceAmici, 12-8, in its opening match.Felice Amici was the second placewildcard from the Tuesday after-noon seniors’ league.

Here are the fall 2013 bocce tournament champions: Frank Cannestra,Rich Cannestra, Rich Beri and Mike Lange from Amici’s, the first placeteam from the Monday night league. (Times photo by Jim Schultz)

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Attention.Whether you're planning significant family functions -- reunions, christenings,quinceañera, bridal or baby showers, or you're faced with organizing a last-minute event,such as a funeral luncheon . . .

Or you want the perfect setting for a wedding reception or engagement or weddingrehearsal dinner, or your company is looking for an ideal location for a business or socialgathering . . .

the Italian Conference Center is your answer.Our Catering Director will work closely with you to make sure that every detail that goesinto a successful event is planned. And the food at the ICC! Ah, the food. Your guests willshower you with compliments after they've eaten the delicious meals prepared by our out-standing chefs and served by our friendly and efficient wait staff.

Everything you need for a successful event is ready and waiting at the Italian ConferenceCenter. For assistance in scheduling and planning your event, call David or Michelle at . . .

414-223-2800 or visit: www.ItalianConference.com

In the Italian Community Center631 E. Chicago St., MilwaukeeFree parking • Handicapped accessibleMinutes from downtown and freeway access

in the Historic Third Ward

Winter bocceseason to

start week ofJan. 6

Since it’s too cold, wet, andsnowy to play bocce outdoors inWisconsin in the winter time,why not play the Italian lawnbowling indoors at the ItalianCommunity Center? Winterleagues are now forming.

The winter bocce season getsunder way the week of Jan. 6.

Teams in the senior citizenleagues play on Tuesday andThursday afternoons. Teams inthe mixed couples’ leagues com-pete on Monday, Wednesday andThursday nights. Teams in eachleague play once a week.

The regular season lastseight weeks.

If you’re interested in regis-tering a team to play in a winterleague, here are a few thingsyou need to know. There are twosets of registration fees – one forthose who are not members ofthe ICC and one for those whoare ICC members. The non-member registration fee is $40per person per league season. Adiscounted registration fee of$30 per person per league sea-son is offered to an ICC member.Each team must consist of atleast four players, with one play-er designated as the team cap-tain. Each league is interestedin having eight teams.

Team registration forms areavailable from the league coordi-nators: Dan Conley (Mondaynight), Anthony Gazzana(Tuesday afternoon), TonyTarantino (Wednesday night),Anna Pitzo (Thursday after-noon) and David Alioto(Thursday night). The formsalso can be obtained by callingConstance Jones at 414/223-2808.

The championship playoffs,featuring each league winnerand four teams with the nextbest record, will be played thenight of Monday, Mar. 10. Prizeswill be awarded to the champi-onship team and the runner-upin the tournament.

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