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Free Courtyard Music Series starts June 4International Autos Group sponsoring 13th season of outdoor concertsBy Thomas Hemman,

Times Editor,and Kalah M. Krogmann

For the 13th consecutive sum-mer, the Italian CommunityCenter’s spacious and beautifulcourtyard will be the setting for avariety of free live music perform-ances four nights a week throughAugust, then consolidating into twoweeknights in September.

The 2013 Courtyard Music

Series, sponsored by theInternational Autos Group, official-ly begins on Monday, June 3 andconcludes on Thursday, Sept. 26.

Coordinators Joe Campagna, Jr.and Sal Quarino expressed theirgratitude to International AutosGroup. “The generosity of thisItalian family-run business allowsus to continue to offer this excep-tional music series with neither acover charge nor drink minimum,”

Campagna said.“We’re honored to have the

Ralph Mauro family andInternational Autos Group joiningus this summer,” Quarino said. “Weinvite everyone to come to enjoy themusic in our courtyard and, thenext time you’re in the market for anew or used car, we encourage youto visit International Autos Groupwhich has 11 dealerships in theMilwaukee and Chicagoland area.”

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

Fans of today’s hit country andpop/rock music mark your calen-dars now. Some of your favoriteartists will be playing on theSpiked Island Adult LemonadeStage at Festa Italiana, Friday,July 19 through Sunday, July 21 onthe Summerfest grounds.

Country superstar Colt Ford,who is touring on his Billboardchart-topping album, “Declarationof Independence,” is among theheadliners July 19.

The twice Grammy-nominatedband Plain White T’s, which justreleased the smash hit single,“Should’ve Gone to Bed,” and plat-inum-selling song/songwriter MattNathanson are co-headliners onJuly 20.

On Sunday, July 21, anothercountry superstar (and Midwestfan favorite) will take the SpikedIsland Stage. Look for an officialannouncement on this act on

Monday, July 1.

Colt Ford and other Friday actsTaking cues from country and

hip hop, Colt Ford has chartedhits and collaborated with some ofcountry music’s biggest starsincluding Jason Aldean, Jake Owenand Darius Rucker. Having chartedsix times on the Hot Country Songschart, sold over one-million albumsand over three-million digitaldownloads, the songwriter ishonest, groundbreaking andrefreshingly unique. Whetherlongtime fans or new to his music,audiences will quickly realize thatFord doesn’t just write aboutcountry music, he lives countrymusic.

His fourth album, “Declarationof Independence,” became his firstnumber one album on Top CountryAlbums and its first single, “Back,”a duet with Jake Owen, climbed

the Hot Country Songs chart in2012. In releasing his fifth studioalbum this month titled, “Every

Chance I Get,” Ford is poised toadd to his collection of hits, with

Plain White T’s

Something special brewing on Festa’s Spiked Island Adult Lemonade Stage

Plain White T’s, Colt Ford, MattNathanson and country superstar tobe revealed July 1 among headliners

Can’t wait for Festa Italiana?Then, get your advance admissiontickets now. Festa officials havekept the price for an advanceadmission ticket for the 2013 festi-val the same as last year – $10.That’s a $3 saving over the gateadmission price. The 36th annualFesta is Friday, July 19 throughSunday, July 21 at Henry W. MaierFestival Park (Summerfestgrounds).

New this year, attendees canpurchase a three-day pass for just$25. The pass is available onlyonline at www.FestaItaliana.com.

In fact, the easiest way to order

advance tickets – good for admis-sion any of the three days – or thethree-day pass is to go online towww.FestaItaliana.com and purchasethem with a credit card. Once onthe website, click on “Get Your2013 Festa Tickets,” follow theinstructions and print your order.These ticket-purchasing opportuni-ties will be available through July1 only.

You may also buy advance tick-ets in person at the ItalianCommunity Center, 631 E. ChicagoSt., Milwaukee, or call the ICC at414-223-2180 and have your credit

Get your advanceFesta tickets now

3-day pass available online onlyDick Contino, the Louis Prima,Jr. Band, The Bronx Wanderersand Ricci Martin (yes, Dean’s son)are among the fan favorites withreturn engagements at the 36thannual Festa Italiana, Friday,July 19 through Sunday, July 21on the Summerfest grounds.

Joining them are singersMichèal Castaldo, MorenoFruzzetti, Tony Spavone, JohnCiotta and Filippo Voltaggio, all ofwhom have established a faithfulfollowing from previous shows atFesta.

Performing nightly at the festi-val will be singers from theFlorentine Opera Company,

Wisconsin’s oldest fully profes-sional performing arts organiza-

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Dick Contino

Festa’s bringingback fan favoriteswith top local acts

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Attention all St. Joan AntidaHigh School alumnae: Come toFesta Italiana to celebrate the 55thanniversary of the first graduatingclass. All alumnae are welcome forthis two-day event, which will cele-

brate all SJA alumnae as well asthe nuns who supported themthroughout the years.

The dates set for the reunion areSaturday, July 20 and Sunday,July 21. The alumnae meeting loca-

tion is set for the pavilion above theVenice Club food booth.

There will be a dinner, winetoast and short program onSaturday. Sunday’s activities willstart with a breakfast, attendanceat the Festa Mass in a speciallydesignated section and participa-tion in the religious procession.Class gatherings are welcomed.

There will be assigned areas forthese activities both days.

Planning has begun on a possi-ble bocce tournament with the nunsand faculty and an alumna of theyear award.

For further information on thisreunion, please contact MarilynVenturi (Class of 1960) at 414/762-4744 or [email protected].

Look for full details in the nextissue of The Italian Times(July/August Festa Italiana edi-tion) as well as online atwww.festaitaliana.com.

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Festalaunchingmobile appGina Spang, president of the

Italian Community Center andFesta Italiana, issued this impor-tant announcement to The ItalianTimes just before presstime.

“We are very excited this year tolaunch our first Festa Italianamobile app. From our knowledge,we believe Festa will be the firstethnic festival in Milwaukee tohave a mobile app. In conjunctionwith local design firm Thiel Designand developer, Xorbix TechnologiesInc., the mobile app will be avail-able for iPhone and Android. Thename of the app is FestaMKE andwe hope to launch it in the appstore around June 1.

“The app will feature an interac-tive map of the grounds, entertain-er information and performancetimes, food vendor locations,attractions, links to engage withFesta social media and a photogallery. Look forward to thelaunch of our first mobile app bychecking back to the Festa Italianawebsite – www.festaitaliana.com.”

card ready. You can also use theform that accompanies this articleto order your advance admissiontickets.

Persons using the advance tick-et order form must have their enve-lope postmarked by July 5.

As always, children 12 andyounger are admitted to Festa forfree when accompanied by anadult.

Festa Italiana will be open from11:30 a.m. to midnight Frday andSaturday and closing after the fire-works on Sunday.

ORDER YOUR MONEY-SAVING ADVANCE TICKETSTO FESTA ITALIANA 2013

Name(s) ____________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________

City, State, Zip _______________________________________________

Phone ________________ Email _________________________________

I/we want to order _____ advance tickets @ $10.00 each.

Total amount enclosed: $________________________________________

Payment by check, money order and credit card accepted.

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Mail this form with your payment to Festa Italiana, 631 E. Chicago St.,Milwaukee, WI 53202. Checks or money orders are payable to FestaItaliana. Your advance tickets will be mailed to you. Requests for advancetickets must be received no later than July 8, 2013.

Get your Festa advance tickets nowPlease turn to page 1

St. Joan Antida High School reunionplaned for Festa Italiana

A message fromICC President

Gina SpangEach day is a precious gift

and life can change quickly so aswe celebrate Mother’s Day,Father’s Day, Holy Communionand graduation, enjoy themoment, enjoy each other andmake new memories.

– Gina M. SpangItalian Community Center

President

THE ITALIAN TIMES JUNE 2013 – PAGE 3

Bishop Hying to beMain Celebrant of

Festa Mass The Festa Italiana Mass andProcession Committee has issuedits annual plea for donations tooffset the cost of the religious cele-bration on Sunday, July 21.

“We’re extremely grateful forand appreciative of the supportwe to have received from thesponsors of the Mass and proces-sion over the last several years,”said committee co-chairs VivianBalistreri and Sal Lo Coco. “It isa very costly undertaking to con-vert the Marcus Amphitheaterfrom a concert venue into a placeof worship.

“For the last several years, anumber of people have steppedforward with individual donationsto help defray those costs, and wehope that people will be similarlymoved this year,” the co-chairssaid.

Every year, the overnighttransformation of theAmphitheater is accomplishedsuccessfully by the MassCommittee, as evidenced by com-

ments received on a regular basisfrom people – including visitingclergy – who attend the Mass forthe first time.

The Mass and the traditionalprocession that follows have, sincethe beginning, been an essentialcomponent of Festa Italiana.Festa itself is an outgrowth of thestreet festivals held at Our Ladyof Pompeii Catholic Church tohonor patron saints.

Persons interested in makingdonations for the Mass and pro-cession are advised to send checksmade out to the ItalianCommunity Center with “FestaMass” written on the memo line.Mail those checks to the ICC at631 E. Chicago St.,. Milwaukee53202-5916.

Donations by credit card can bemade by calling ConstancePalmer at 414/223-2808.

Persons with questions areinvited to call Lo Coco at 414/961-9823 or 262/617-8727 or Balistreriat 414/690-1299.

Festa Mass Committeeseeking donations to helpdefray costs of celebration

Most Reverend Donald J. Hying,Vicar General/Auxiliary Bishop ofthe Archdiocese of Milwaukee, hasaccepted an invitation from theFesta Italiana Mass & ProcessionCommittee to serve as the MainCelebrant of the 2013 Festa Masson Sunday, July 21.

Hying was ordained to thepriesthood for the Archdiocese ofMilwaukee on May 20, 1989. Hewas ordained the seventh auxiliarybishop for the Archdiocese ofMilwaukee on July 20, 2011.

Prior to being named auxiliarybishop, Hying served as rector ofSaint Francis de Sales Seminaryfrom 2007 to 2011 under appoint-ment by then-Archbishop TimothyM. Dolan. Hying was the tempo-rary administrator at St. AugustineParish, Milwaukee, in 2006. Healso filled the post of the dean ofFormation at Saint Francis deSales Seminary from 2005 to 2007.

Hying was pastor at Our Lady ofGood Hope Parish, Milwaukee,from 1999 to 2005, and St. AnthonyParish, Milwaukee, from 1998 to1999. He also served as temporaryadministrator at St. Peter Parish,East Troy, 1998, and as a teammember for La Sagrada FamiliaParroquia, Dominican Republic,from 1994 to 1997. His first priestlyassignment was as associate pastorfor St. Anthony Parish,Menomonee Falls, from 1989 to1994.

Hying, a native of West Allis,was born to Albert and CatherineHying (both deceased) on Aug. 18,1963 as the youngest of their sixsons. After attending St. Aloysiusand Immaculate Heart of Marygrade schools, he graduated fromBrookfield Central High School andMarquette University. He earned

his Master of Divinity from SaintFrancis de Sales Seminary and iscurrently pursuing a Doctor ofMinistry degree from theUniversity of St. Mary of theLake/Mundelein Seminary. He isalso the spiritual advisor for theSaint Vincent de Paul Society.

The Festa Italiana Mass is setfor 11 a.m. on July 21 in theMarcus Amphitheater followed by areligious procession.

Bishop Donald J. Hying

Singers wishing to join their voices to this year’s Festa Choir will berehearsing at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, 5400 W. Washington Blvd.,Milwaukee. Rehearsals will last 90 minutes and music will be provided.Some of the hymns will be sung in Italian and Latin but no previousknowledge of either language is necessary as Dr. Marisa Gatti-Taylorwill provide language coaching.

The mixed chorus is open to all voice parts (soprano, alto, tenor,bass). No auditions are necessary; however, Maestro Michael Kamenskirequests that you have had some experience singing in a choir. Choirmembers must attend at least three of the following choir rehearsals:July 9, 11 and 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and July 13 from 9 to 10:30 a.m.The final rehearsal on Thursday, July 18, from 7 to 9 p.m., is mandatoryfor everyone.

The Mass, which is the heart of Festa Italiana, will be held on July 21at 11 a.m. in the Marcus Amphitheater.

Anyone interested in registering for the Festa Choir or wishing to askquestions is cordially invited to contact the director, Michael Kamenskiat 414/453-1928 or by e-mail at [email protected] (please use“FESTA CHOIR” in the subject line).

The Festa Mass and ProcessionCommittee is enlisting the supportand participation of priests, dea-cons, brothers and eucharistic min-isters in one of Milwaukee’sfavorite festival Masses on SundayJuly 21 at 11 a.m.

Bishop Donald Hying will be the

main celebrant this year. The com-mittee invites everyone to help uscarry on this wonderful tradition.Please contact Therese Ciofani at414/303-9772 or e-mail her [email protected] if you areinterested in participating in theFesta Mass.

Ted Catalano, Mass &Procession Committee member andusher recruiter, has issued a callfor at least 15 new ushers to stepup and volunteer for this year’sFesta Italiana Mass on Sunday,July 21.

To be an usher, you must be atleast 16 years old. The only otherrequirement is that you attend abrief instructional meeting at theItalian Community Center onMonday, July 15 at 7 p.m. At thattime, information on the duties ofan usher during the Mass and the

procession, which follows the Mass,will be discussed.

Catalano requests that new ush-ers sign up with him early andthen follow through on their com-mitment. To volunteer as an usheror for more information, callCatalano at 414/305-9769.

At least 55 ushers are neededevery year for the Mass, which hasdrawn up to 15,000 people.Catalano said he has about 40 dedi-cated ushers who show up auto-matically each year.

Sing in Italian this summer!

Festa Choir forming

Festa Committee seeks priests,deacons, brothers and eucharistic

ministers to take part in Mass

Having up to 300 dinner guests?

Entertain them at the ItalianConference Center’sFESTA BALLROOM.

A gorgeous setting in which to enjoy great food!The Italian Conference Center

in the Italian Community Center631 E. Chicago St. (a block west of Summerfest)

Call David or Michelle at 414/223-2800 toreserve your party or meeting space at the ICC.

Visit: www.ItalianConference.com

Call put out forFesta Mass ushers

2013 Festa Parade: Calling all children forfun opportunities, seeking parade floats

By Susie DeSanctisChristiansen

Festa Parade ManagerNot only do we invite all chil-

dren to march in Festa Italiana’sGrand Parade wearing either anItalian costume or a clown costume,but we also present a new, reallyfun opportunity for children to par-ticipate. You provide the children,we provide the masks. We are look-ing for 20 children to walk in theparade, wearing feathered

Carnevale masks.Festa is just a few months away,

so there is no better time to getready than now. Search online for acolorful clown costume or Italiancostume. Search the shops. Havenonna make an Italian costume – alabor of love that will surely resultin an amazing costume.

You may also allow us to featureyour children in beautifulCarnevale masks supplied by theItalian Community Center.

We would love to have as manychildren as possible march in theparade. Imagine how happy andfestive and touching our paradewill be with the sweet faces of chil-dren throughout.

That is our dream. Help us real-ize it.

Searching for floatsDo you have access to a parade

float that we might be able to bor-row or rent in July 2013 for our

parade? Do you know of an organi-zation or person who has a floatavailable? We hope to add beautifulfloats each year that will make ourparade really special.

Please consider lending us afloat for our parade. We will treat itwith the utmost respect and takemeticulous care of it.

If you have a float available orhave any questions about theparade, please contact me, SusieChristiansen, at 414/217-0174.

By Thomas HemmanTimes Editor

Could you be Festa Italiana’snext “Italian Idol” winner?

For the seventh consecutiveyear, Festa Italiana is conductingits Italian Idol karaoke competitionfor amateur singers, 14 years andolder. This year, the nightly eventwill be presented on the CucinaShowcase stage, starting at 8 p.m.

Sponsoring the Italian Idol con-

test for the second consecutive yearis WFA – Asset Management, NickEnea, President.

The 36th annual Festa takesplace Friday, July 19 throughSunday, July 21 on the Summerfestgrounds.

To register to compete in ItalianIdol, persons who believe they havesome degree of vocal ability areasked to come to the CucinaShowcase starting at 6 p.m. on the

Friday or Saturday of Festa to signup. Idol managers Christine Conleyand Sandy Winard said they arelooking for 16 contestants eachnight.

At the time of registration, con-testants will be asked to decidewhat song they wish to perform.They are allowed to choose any titlefrom the extensive karaoke reper-toire brought to Festa by KimMarie, the founder and one of the

vocalists of the Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, a rock and roll bandthat is slated to perform nightly atFesta.

Four of the 16 contestants willbe selected by a panel of judges onboth Friday and Saturday night tomove on to the championship roundon Sunday, July 21. The eight final-ists will sing for a chance to wincash prizes on Sunday night. Thisyear, the prize money is: $500 forfirst prize, $300 for second prizeand $200 for third prize.

In the finals, the contestantswill not only sing the song of theirchoice, but will be asked to choose anumber from Kim Marie’s Italiantunes selection.

Last year, Anastasia Lee ofGreen Bay captured the first prize.Gregory Rogalinski won secondprize and Steven Mattox ofKenosha took third prize.

Winard will be serving as theemcee each night.

Singers wanted for Festa’s ‘Italian Idol’ contest

ICC announcespostponement ofgolf tournament

Italian Community Centerofficials have announced that agolf tournament, initially sched-uled as a fund-raising activity forthe nonprofit organization onJune 10, has been postponed.

Look for any word on the re-scheduling of the event in afuture edition of The ItalianTimes.

Deadline set forour July/August

Festa issueAll advertising copy for publi-

cation in the July/August FestaItaliana 2013 issue of The ItalianTimes must be submitted to theeditor no later than Monday,June 10. This will be both a print-ed and online edition.

Stories and photos for thisissue must be turned in bySaturday, June 8.

Advertising, stories and photoscan be emailed to editor TomHemman at [email protected],sent to The Italian Times, 631 E.Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

There’s no better time to advertisein The Italian Times than in our

July/August Festa Italiana issue.It’s our biggest and most read

issue of the year. If you’re interest-ed in advertising call 414-22-2180or send an email to Tom Hemman

at [email protected].

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ICC Election Committee chosenBy Thomas Hemman

Times EditorIn compliance with the Italian

Community Center’s Constitution& By-Laws, an Election Committeewas chosen at the May 2 generalmembership meeting. The commit-tee is charged with the duty ofpreparing a slate of candidates forthe upcoming ICC election.

According to Article V, Section 3of the ICC By-Laws, “An ElectionCommittee consisting of two mem-bers in good standing appointed bythe President and three membersin good standing nominated andelected from the floor at the Maygeneral membership meeting shalldevelop a slate of candidates for thefive officer positions and four direc-tor-at-large positions on the Boardof Directors. The President shallhave the authority to name thechairperson from among the fivemembers of the ElectionCommittee.” (A member in goodstanding is someone who holds acurrent paid membership.)

With that stated, Gina M. Spangused her presidential authority toappoint Rosemary DeRubertis andFrank D’Amato to the committee.She named DeRubertis as chairper-son.

Members attending the May 2general meeting elected BillDickinson, Sal Lo Coco and MaryAnn Maglio to complete the com-mittee.

What happens next?The Election Committee has

until the August general meeting(set for Thursday, Aug. 1 at 6:30p.m.) to ready a slate of candidates.Persons interested in running forpresident, vice president, treasurer,secretary or sergeant-at-arms orone of the four open director-at-large seats are asked to inform anymember of the Election Committeeof their intentions.

According to Article V, Section 1of the ICC By-Laws: “To be eligibleas an officer or board member ofthe Italian Community Center, apotential candidate:

“a. Must be a member in good

standing;“b. Must have been a member of

the Italian Community Center forat least 12 months prior to his/hernomination;

“c. Must have served on at leastone Italian Community Center orFesta Italiana committee withinthe past five years or attended atleast 50% of the regularly-sched-uled general membership meetingsin the preceding year as confirmedby the record.”

Once the committee presents itsproposed slate at the Aug. 1 gener-al meeting, additional nominationscan and will be taken from thefloor.

The next responsibility of theElection Committee is stipulated inArticle V, Section 1.d., whichstates, “Nominations for an officeror board member to be made fromthe floor will be validated by theElection Committee prior to placingthe names on the ballot.”

Election ballotNext, the Election Committee

will conduct a drawing to deter-mine placement of names on theelection ballot. The committee willgo on to oversee the mailing of bal-lots to all members in good stand-ing.

The mailing takes place withineight days of the September gener-al meeting, which is scheduled forThursday, Sept. 5.

Members must make sure thattheir ballots are postmarked nolater than the Thursday precedingthe October general meeting to beeligible to be counted. The Octobergeneral meeting is Thursday, Oct.3, which means ballots need to bepostmarked no later than Sept. 26.

Ballots that are not postmarkedor are postmarked after Sept. 26will not be opened or counted.

The Election Committee willselect volunteers to help them tabu-late the votes on the qualifying bal-lots on the day of the October gen-eral meeting. The results will beannounced during the meeting.

Newly-elected officers and direc-tors will officially begin their serv-

ice on Thursday, Nov. 1.All nomination and election pro-

cedures are spelled out in Article Vof the ICC By-Laws.

Terms of officeThe term of officers is one year.

The current officers are: PresidentGina M. Spang, Vice PresidentGiuseppe Vella, Treasurer SamPurpero, Secretary Rose AnneCeraso-Fritchie and Sergeant-at-Arms Joanne (Sanfilippo) Czubek.

Under the term limit stipulationset forth in Article IV, Section 8.c.,“A President shall be allowed tosucceed himself/herself for oneterm and one term only. All otherofficers shall be eligible for re-elec-tion to said offices without limita-tions.” Since Spang was first elect-ed last fall, she is eligible for re-election. All other officers are eligi-ble to seek another term of office, ifthey so desire.

The term for directors-at-large istwo years. Current directors whowill be completing their service areRalph Busalacchi, ElizabethCeraso, Peter Gustin and TonyPiacentini.

The term limit stipulation for

directors-at-large is set forth inArticle V, Section 8.b., whichstates, “The term of office forDirectors-At-Large shall be twoyears, with four Directors electedeach year. No Director-At-Largemay serve more than two consecu-tive terms (four consecutive years).After two such consecutive terms,he/she must either run for a higheroffice or remain on a hiatus fromthe Board of Directors as aDirector-At-Large for at least aone-year period prior to running forDirector-At-Large again.” Busalac-chi is nearing the completion of twoconsecutive terms and will not beeligible for re-election as a director-at-large. He was appointed to thethe Board initially in February2009 to fill a vacancy, was electedin that fall and re-elected in 2011.

Ceraso, Gustin and Piacentiniwere elected to their first two-yearterm in 2011 and are, therefore, eli-gible to run for a second term.

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Tuesday, May 21• Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National and Milwaukee Ladies of UNICOannual “Scholarship & Awards Banquet,” 6 p.m.• Società Maschile M.S.S. Del Lume meeting, 6:30 p.m.• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, May 27• Memorial Day. The offices of the Italian Community Center, ItalianConference Center, Festa Italiana and The Italian Times Newspaper aswell as Cafe La Scala will be closed.

Tuesday, May 28• Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO Board meeting, 6 p.m.• Italian Community Center spring bocce championship playoffs, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 29• Pompeii Women’s Club May Crowning event, 6 p.m. Details in this issue.

Monday, June 3• Solomon Juneau Club meeting, 1 p.m.• Italian Community Center Culture Committee meeting, 6 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series Season Opener: Hot Jazz with Joe ZarconeBand, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.• Pompeii Women’s Club Board meeting, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 4• Pompeii Men’s Club Board meeting, 6 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Tuesday Bluesday with Jim Liban Combo, 6:30p.m. Details in this issue.• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 5• Courtyard Music Series: Opera & Classical with Kay SparlingTheatrical Productions, Inc., 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Thursday, June 6• Italian Community Center membership dinner, 5:30 p.m.• Italian Community Center general membership meeting, 6:30 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Rock & Roll with the Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Monday, June 10• Italian Community Center golf outing at Brown Deer Golf Course, 11a.m. Details in this issue.• Italian Community Center golf outing awards hospitaly reception anddinner at ICC, 5:30 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Hot Jazz with Chris Hanson Band, 6:30 p.m.Details in this issue.

Tuesday, June 11• Courtyard Music Series: Tuesday Bluesday with Reverend Raven & TheChain Smokin’ Altar Boys, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.• Abruzzese Society meeting, 7 p.m.• Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National meeting, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12• Courtyard Music Series: Opera & Classical with Milwaukee Mandolin

Orchestra, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Thursday, June 13• Courtyard Music Series: Rock & Roll with the Tom Anthony Group, 6:30p.m. Details in this issue.

Monday, June 17• Italian Community Center Finance Committee meeting, 6 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Hot Jazz with Chanel Le Meaux & The DapperCads, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Tuesday, June 18• Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO membership summer picnic, 6 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Tuesday Bluesday with the Bryan Lee & TheBlues Power Band, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.• Abruzzese Society singers rehearsal, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 19• Courtyard Music Series: Opera & Classical with Siempre Flamenco, 6:30p.m. Details in this issue.• Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Area Lodge of the Order Sons of Italyin America membership meeting, 6 p.m.• Pompeii Women’s Club membership meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 20• Italian Community Center Board meeting, 6 p.m.• Courtyard Music Series: Rock & Roll with the Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Friday, June 21• Abruzzese Society social, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 24• Courtyard Music Series: Hot Jazz with the MC Swingtet (formerlyMilwaukee Connection), 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Tuesday, June 25• Courtyard Music Series: Tuesday Bluesday with Steven Cohen Bandwith Greg Koch, 6:30 p.m. Details in this issue.

Wednesday, June 26• Summerfest begins its 11-day run. All programs in the ICC’s CourtyardMusic Series program suspended until Monday, July 8.

Daily and weekly classes and activities• Spring bocce leagues. The spring season ends with the championshipplayoffs on Tuesday, May 28. The fall season will begin the week of Sept.9. Look for details in the next issue of The Italian Times.

• 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 EventsMay 21 – June 26, 2013

Sarah Hopley, archivist with the Milwaukee County Historical Society, satdown with Mario A. Carini, Italian Community Center’s historian, on May1 to review digital copies and produce identification information for manyof the thousands of vintage Italian American photos that Carini has donat-ed to the Historical Society on behalf of the ICC membership. These arethe photos that members and friends of the ICC have donated to theorganization over the course of the years, Carini said. Since he made themassive donation, MCHS staff has scanned the photos and stored themdigitally on disks. Eventually, the photos will be posted on the MCHS web-site. The original photos are safely stored at the Historical Society, 910 N.Old World Third St. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)

Donated ICC vintage photos beingcatalogued by Historical Society

ICC Historian Carini wantsyour high school yearbooks

and other memorabiliaDon’t throw away your old high

school yearbooks or other memora-bilia. If you attended a high schoolin Milwaukee County or surround-ing counties, Italian CommunityCenter Historian Mario A. Carini isinterested in using the yearbooksand other high school memorabiliafor furthering his research on localItalian Americans.

Carini will deposit the year-books and memorabilia at theMilwaukee County Historical

Society after he completes hisresearch.

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

Yearbooks and memorabilia canbe dropped off at the reception deskin the main office of the ICC.Please include a note with yourname and phone number so Cariniknows who made the donation.

Persons interested in acquiringa copy of any of the vintage ItalianAmerican photographs that are dis-played throughout the year at theItalian Community Center or dur-ing the four days of Festa Italianamust contact the MilwaukeeCounty Historical Society (MCHS)to obtain the photo, ICC HistorianMario A. Carini announced.

“The Historical Society is the

keeper of all of the negatives,”Carini said, who donated a massivecollection of artifacts, photos andother memorabilia to the society onbehalf of the ICC and the earlyItalian immigrants in 2010.

Please contact either SteveDaily or Amanda Koehler at theMCHS. They can be reached at414/273-7487 or 414/273-8288.

Copies of vintage photos displayed atICC or Festa available through

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

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The following donations werereceived between April 4 and May7, 2013.

In memory of Judith TorciviaCaravellaGeorge & Judy Menos

In memory of Theresa “Terry”ProvinzanoAnthony T. MachiJosephine G. Crosariol

In memory of Salvatore “Sam”SchieraAnthony T. MachiJimmy & Linda SpataroEddie & Joanne GloriosoMichael I. TarnoffSam PurperoRon & Joanne Czubek

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Something special brewing on Festa’s Spiked Island Adult Lemonade Stage

Plain White T’s, Colt Ford, MattNathanson and country superstar tobe revealed July 1 among headliners

tracks such as “Ride Through theCountry,” “Cold Beer,” “Chicken &Biscuits,” and “Country Thang.”

Ford takes the Spiked IslandStage at 9 p.m., July 19.

Opening for him at 6 p.m. isBella Cain, a newly-formed,young, high-energy six piece Top 40country group that delivers a non-stop and explosive performance.Based in Kenosha, the group hasexperienced success playing at localvenues and is quickly gaining afollowing across the Midwest. Witha “big” guitar sound, they alsobring five-part harmonies, fiddle,steel guitar, piano, banjo, a solidrhythm section and bothmale/female vocals to provide a fulland dramatic sound. Festaattendees seeing Bella Cain canexpect the hottest new countrymusic, along with a few age-oldfavorites.

Keeping the crowd entertainedand on their feet after Bella Cainand before Colt Ford and afterFesta fabulous fireworks show willbe top-touring DJ/remixer/producerDee Jay Silver. Playing atpremiere venues in major marketsaround the world, his unique brandof “party-rock” country style ofmusic has landed him on showpackages with the likes of JasonAldean, Luke Bryant and RascalFlatts.

Other Friday acts on the SpikedIsland Adult Lemonade Stageinclude the Milwaukee-basedrockin’ rhythm and blues band TheNoyz Boyz & Gyrls at noon, theItalian-harmony group Tre Bella(“Three Beauties, One Voice”) at1:30 p.m., The A-Sides,performing the quintessential hitsof favorites Motown & R&B artistsat 3 p.m., and the eight-piece 52ndStreet – Playing the Music ofBilly Joel at 4 p.m. Both The A-Sides and 52nd Street are based inMilwaukee.

Plain White T’s, Nathansonand other July 20 acts

One of the summer’s hottesttouring acts, the Plain White T’s,having released the single and EP

bearing the same name –“Should’ve Gone to Bed” – on Apr. 9and having appeared on “TheTonight Show with Jay Leno” onApr. 23, perform at 9 p.m. on theSpiked Island Adult LemonadeStage.

Did you catch band member TimLopez on Eva Longoria’s NBCdating show “Ready for Love” thisspring? Lopez was one of thehandsome bachelors.

As their many fans know, thePlain White T’s have alreadyexperienced much success withplatinum-selling hits including“Hey There Delilah” (which reached#1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 andtopped 13 international charts),“Hate (I Really Don’t Like You),”“1,2,3,4” and “Rhythm of Love.” Thegroup was nominated for two 2008Grammy Awards for “Song of theYear” and “Best Pop Performancefor a Duo or Group with Vocals.”The mega-hit “Hey There Delilah,”which became the fourth song inhistory to sell over three-milliondigital downloads, also earned thegroup an MTV Video and AmericanMusic Awards and Teen Choice andPeople’s Choice nominations.

Known for singing songs aboutlove, heartbreak and everything inbetween, the Chicago-based pop-rock band draws inspiration fromthe likes of The Beatles, Tom Petty,Bruce Springsteen and JohnMellencamp, but their care-freevibes and unique sound are alltheir own.

“Should’ve Gone to Bed” is thegroup’s seventh studio album.

The co-headliner on Saturdaynight is Matt Nathanson, takingthe stage at 7 p.m. Nathansontreats audiences to acoustic andelectric guitar during hiscaptivating live performances. Fansof his work – including the chart-topping hits “Come on Get Higher,”“Faster” and “Run” – knowNathanson as a storyteller, joyful,complex and bold. His latest single,“Mission Bells,” off his upcomingninth studio album (due out thissummer), finds him singing about agirl who got away. His songs have

made appearances on notable TVshows such as “NCIS,” “PrivatePractice,” “Vampire Diaries” and“90210,” helping in some instancesto shape the plot lines, have beenheard on “Good Morning America”and sung by aspiring artists on“American Idol” and “X Factor.”

The Saturday lineup alsofeatures The Noyz Boyz & Girlz atnoon, rising country star, 17-yearold Charissa Mrowka at 1:30p.m., Tre Bella at 3 p.m., theMilwaukee-based rock band 76Juliet at 4:30 p.m. and Greg KochQuartet with John Sieger at10:30 p.m. Koch is aninternationally recognized bluesguitarist. Sieger is the former leadvocalist of Semi Twang.

Sunday showsSorry, folks, but we can’t give

you any more clues on who’s theSunday night’s headliner (in the 9p.m. slot). Be sure to checkwww.FestaItaliana.com on July 1 forthe official announcement.

Opening for the the mysterycountry star at 7 p.m. is OldDominion, a band based inNashville and comprised of fourVirginians, one Michigander andone bearded keyboard player whoseplace of origin remains a mystery.On the busy country music scene,Old Dominion has managed tocarve its own territory with originalsongs as well as to play songs oftoday’s top artists including SteveHoly, Chris Young, Taylor Swiftand others.

Completing the Sunday, July 21lineup on the Spiked Island Stageare: The Noyz Boyz & Gyrlz atnoon, Charissa Mrowka at 2 p.m.,and teen-age country singer, 15-year old Carley Wilemon withChasin’ Mason, the popularWisconsin-based country band at 4p.m. Chasin’ Mason has been per-forming country music with a rock-in’ edge since 2003.

Please check our next issue formore details on these acts.

Spiked Island Adult LemonadeGina Spang, president of the

Italian Community Center, whichproduces Festa Italiana, thankedSpiked Island Adult Lemonade forreturning a second consecutive yearto be a major sponsor of the festi-val.

“We’re extremely grateful toSpiked Island Adult Lemonade forits sponsorship,” said Spang, who isalso the general chair of Festa2013. “With the well-known actsperforming on the Spiked IslandStage, we’re expecting largeturnouts each of the three days. Myadvice to everyone is get youradvance tickets now.”

“We are excited to partner withFesta Italiana again this summer,”said Tim Kezman, president ofCalypso Brands, the maker ofSpiked Island Adult Lemonade.“We believe the entertainment onthe Spiked Island Stage enhancesand broadens the festival’s alreadyoutstanding entertainment offer-ings.”

Spiked Island Adult Lemonade,which will be available at Festa, isproduced by Milwaukee’s own KingJuice Company. Unlike other com-panies that take their product andflavor it like lemons, King Juiceuses the same flavor systems andmethodology that is used in its cat-egory leading Calypso Lemonades.These processes use the finestingredients to create the highestquality lemonade before alcohol isadded. This method createsrefreshing adult lemonade withoutthe excessive sweetness and beertaste. Spiked Island AdultLemonade is available whereverthe finest alcoholic beverages aresold. For more information, visitwww.spikedisland.com orwww.calypsobeverages.com. Followthe company on Facebook orTwitter @Calypso_Brands.

The entertainment schedule issubject to change.

* * *This article was written by

Times Editor Thomas Hemmanwith significant collaboration fromJessica Vollrath and Julie Caan ofVollrath Associates.

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Matt Nathanson

Colt Ford


Festa’s bringing back fan favoriteswith top local acts

tion and the sixth-oldest opera company in the United States. Expect anItalian opera program.

Also scheduled to appear are: the Doo-Wop Daddies, Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, Tradizione Vivente, Tom Anthony Group, Jayne Taylor andAccompany of Kids.

All of these performances will take place on either the Miller Lite Stage,the Giuffre Brothers Cranes Stage or the Festa Stage.

Dick Contino (www.dickcontino.com), “legendary virtuoso of the accor-dion,” returns for his 34th appearance in the 36-year history of FestaItaliana in Milwaukee.

Famous for his musical stylings of such classics as “Lady of Spain” and“Tico Tico,” Contino, who turned 83 earlier this year, resides in Las Vegaswith his wife, Tonia, and still performs regularly across the nation.

Louis Prima, Jr. (www.louisprimajr.com) is a Las Vegas-based enter-tainer best known for carrying on the legacy of his late father, Louis Prima,the original “King of Swing.” Born on Father’s Day in 1965, he is theyoungest of Louis and Gia (Maione) Prima’s children and their only son. Heis a trumpeter, singer and bandleader. He and his band made a rousingdebut at Milwaukee’s Festa last year.

Here’s what one reviewer had to say about Prima and his band after anAtlantic City show this past February: “This was a very entertaining show.Louis, Jr. makes every effort to tell you about his dad and how he createdhis famous persona. The songs brought back memories of growing up inthat music era. The whole ensemble is very talented.”

Traveling extensively across the country and playing in front of sold-outcrowds, The Bronx Wanderers (www.thebronxwanderers.com) are making atriumphant return to Festa. Playing the music of doo-wop, rock and rolland rhythm and blues, the band’s performance has heart, soul, purity andplenty of sound.

Dubbed as “The Ultimate Tribute Band,” The Bronx Wanderers aremaking their fifth straight appearance at Festa, which should delight theirmany fans.

.Ricci Martin (www.riccimartin,com)is the sixth of Dean’s eight children.Performing “His Son Remembers: Dean Martin’s Music and More,” Ricci’sperformances are filled with music, personal photos and true-life stories.Ricci’s vocals truly make each one of Dean’s classic hits come alive and hisperformance sure to be one that’s remembered.

This will be Ricci’s first return visit to Festa Italiana since 2010.Born in the Calabria region of Italy, Michèal Castaldo

(www.michealcastaldo.com) shares his love for his Italian heritage throughmusic and song. A songwriter, producer, remixer, arranger and singer,Castaldo is classified as a classicalcrossover pop artist and has pro-duced five full length albums.

Castaldo, now resides in NewYork City, made his Festa debutlast year, and has earned highacclaim for his CD titled “Olive You– Classical Italian Songs to Feedthe Heart and Soul.”

Singer Moreno Fruzzetti(www.morenofruzzetti.com), whojust released a new CD titled“Pensando,” is back in the Festalineup after a year away. “ His newCD, featuring 14 tracks, wasrecorded in his hometown of Pisa,Italy. Awarded with the prestigioushonor of “Ambassador of ItalianMusic in America,” Fruzzetti has

entertained throughout the world.Restaurateur and singer – that, in a nutshell, describes Tony Spavone

(www.tonyspavone.com). A native of Naples (Campania), Italy, Spavone emi-grated to the United States in 1965 and worked at his father’s restaurantin Chicago. But singing was, and continues to be, one of his great loves.He received classical training in voice at the Conservatory in Chicago andlater returned to Italy for additional training to perfect his Neapolitan styleof singing. On occasion, he entertains diners at Tony Spavone’s, his restau-rant in Bloomingdale, Ill.

John Ciotta (www.johnciotta.com) has been enthralling audiences world-wide for years as an entertainer, singer and percussionist. From AtlanticCity to Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Singapore to Europe and Scandinavia,Ciotta has managed to find his way into the hearts of every nationality andculture, no matter how diverse. Whether he’s performing in English,Italian, Spanish or German, Ciotta’s emotion-charged deliveries and broadappeal move the hearts of his audience.

Modern-day crooner Filippo Voltaggio (www.filippovoltaggio.com), theson of Italian immigrants, was raised in Southern California in the lan-guage, food, and music of Italy – especially opera. Always encouraged byhis parents to perform for guests, Voltaggio was a singer from a young age.Though he pursued and was successful in a career at IBM, he stayed trueto his artistic roots by performing in community theater, operas and hisown concerts.

Voltaggio is a nine-time winner of the Sergio Franchi VocalCompetition, a three-time National Italian-American Foundation grantrecipient, a Eugene O’Neill Cabaret Symposium Fellow, and a two-timenominee for Entertainer of the Year by the Southern California MotionPicture Council.

Vocalists representing The Florentine Opera Company(www.florentineopera.org) will perform a selection of classic Italian arias andart songs from the company’s 80th anniversary season (2013-14).Audiences can expect to hear selections from Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata,George Frideric Handel’s Baroque classic Julius Caesar, a romantic sere-nade from the Italian countryside Festa Florentina and Giacomo Puccini’sLa Bohème.

Look for full information on Doo-Wop Daddies, Oldies But GoodiesSpectacular, Tradizione Vivente, Tom Anthony Group, Jayne Taylor andAccompany of Kids in our July/August Festa Italiana preview issue, comingout the week of June 24.

The entertainment schedule is subject to change.* * *

This article was written by Times Editor Thomas Hemman with collabo-ration from Jessica Vollrath and Julie Caan of Vollrath Associates.

By Thomas HemmanThe Italian Community Center

welcomes all persons with disabili-ties to attend the 33rd annual VIPDay at Festa Italiana on Friday,July 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There will be free admission forall those with physical challengesand their caregivers. Read thedetails on ordering admission tick-ets three paragraphs down.

Participating food vendors willoffer two menu items and softdrink at half the regularly postedprice during the three-hour period,said Bill Jennaro, VIP Day chair-man.

An anonymous area fruitwholesaler is again making adonation which will allow Festa

volunteers to hand out two piecesof fruit to each VIP guest, Jennarosaid. This distribution will takeplace from the fruit stand in theMiller Oasis Area (the same loca-tion as past years).

To obtain VIP Day tickets, any-one with a disability is asked tosend a stamped, self-addressedenvelope to:.

VIP Day, c/o Festa Italiana631 E. Chicago St.Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916Each ticket admits one VIP and

one guest. Please include thename of the VIP and guest (anymore than one guest per VIP isstrictly prohibited) and indicatethe type of disability as well asany special needs. This informa-

tion is important to festival plan-ners to ensure that all guests’needs are met and that suitableaccommodations are present onthe grounds during VIP Day.

For large group VIP Dayticket orders, please contact GinaManning in the Festa Italiana at414/223-2805 or [email protected] since mail-ing of tickets may not be possible.

The deadline for orderingVIP Day admission tickets isFriday, July 5.

Returning as a VIP Day spon-sor is Goodwill Industries.

“We’re looking forward to it andwe hope we’re going to have a niceturnout and good weather,” saidJennaro.

People with disabilities will beFesta’s special guests on July 19

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Moreno FruzzettiRicci MartinPietro

Tarantinooffers help to

Italian citizensPietro Tarantino, a longtime

member and past board memberof the Italian CommunityCenter, is offering free assis-tance to members of Wisconsin’sItalian community on mattersinvolving the Italian govern-ment. Tarantino will be at theICC on the first Saturday of themonth from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

Tarantino is a member ofComites (Comitato degli Italianiall’estero) and a liaison to theItalian General Consulate ofChicago.

Among the matters for whichTarantino can provide assis-tance are visas and passports,power of attorney, verification ofsignatures, documents relatingto death certificates and declara-tions dealing with citizenship,civil status and pensions.

The Italian Community Center’s18th annual “A Taste of Italy” onSunday, Apr. 14 proved to be anenjoyable and successful event. Allof this is due to the magnificenteffort put forth by so many individ-uals, societies, clubs, donors andthe ICC staff.

With so many people, groupsand businesses participating, it’simpossible to thank everyone indi-vidually. But I can assure you thatthis fund-raising event could nothave been done with such successwithout you. All of your efforts aregreatly appreciated.

I want to extend a big thank youto ICC Business Manager PatrickMorgan, Assistant BusinessManager/Maintenance ManagerLaurie Bisesi, Executive Chef JackMcNeir and their staffs; TomHemman and Constance Palmer.

Jack McNeir is excellent to workwith, and Tom Hemman does awonderful job promoting the eventin our newspaper and other publi-cations and in getting the word outto television stations.

Many thanks also to those whoentertained our Taste of Italyguests: the Sicilian Serenaders II(Peter Balistrieri and Tom and TedPappalardo); Tradizione Vivente,the Italian Dance Group ofMilwaukee; and vocalist CharlesEvans and his accompanist GalinaGerakosov.

I want to acknowledge morningnews anchorwoman Kim Murphyand WITI- TV Fox 6 Milwaukee formaking time available for us to pro-mote our event. My thanks also goto ICC Chaplain, The Very Rev,Timothy Kitzke, for allowing us toput the Taste of Italy flyers in the

bulletins of Three Holy WomenParish and Old St. Mary’s Church.

My heartfelt thanks to the soci-eties and clubs that made dona-tions or ran a booth. Those includedthe Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO,Pompeii Women’s Club, PompeiiMen’s Club, Holy Crucifix Society,Addolorata Society, AbruzzeseSociety, Milazzese Social Club,Società Femminile Maria S.S. delLume, Società Maschile Maria S.S.del Lume, Società Santa Rosalia,Società di San Giuseppe, theFilippo Mazzei Lodge of the OrderSons of Italy in America, the St.Theresa Society, the Maria AssuntaSociety and the Milwaukee ChapterUNICO National.

My sincere thanks to these indi-viduals and vendors who donatedmoney or products: PaulineCannestra; Joe Reina and Gelateria

Italiana (gelato); Miller Beer (sodaand beer); Premium Waters, Inc.(bottled water); Patrick Cudahyand its Pavone Italian Deli (alllunch meat for subs); Glorioso’sItalian Market (olive salad); theGiacomo Fallucca family andPalermo’s Pizza (“Dat’s da Best”pizza); Joe Vella and Sciortino’sBakery (all the rolls); ItalianConference Center (wine);Milazzese Social Club (peaches);Grande Cheese Company (cheese);Mille’s Italian Sausage and VeniceClub (Italian sausage); Bella Caffè(espresso); Ted Glorioso andGlorioso’s Gold Imports & DiamondCenter (ring for raffle); SuminskiFamily Funeral Homes ($500 dona-tion for raffle ticket printing): andseveral individuals who madeanonymous cash donations for theraffle prizes.

I want to acknowledge andextend my gratitude to AnnZambito who took over chairing thepasta booth in place of the SolomonJuneau Club, which has disbanded.Special thanks also to Maria Lieberfor providing extra volunteerswhere they were needed, 12-yearold volunteer Gregory Frijia, whodid an excellent job helping outeverywhere he could.

My sincerest thanks to my won-derful committee co-chair Ann(D’Amico) Skoczynski for the han-dling of food and beverage ticketsand raffle chairpersons Marie andJim Schwindt, who did a terrificjob.

A hearty thank you goes out toAnna Pitzo and Sophia Michalovitzfor making and donating all themanicotti as they have done formany years now; Rosalia Ferrantefor chairing the pizzelle booth anddoing the pizzelle-making demon-strations; Isidore Pecoraro and hiscrew Frank Galioto and GiovanniFrijia for making Milwaukee’s bestcalamari; and John Sanfilippo forchairing the beer and soda.

– Ann RomanoChairperson

“A Taste of Italy”


18th annual ‘Taste of Italy’ was a wonderfulsuccess thanks to donors, volunteers and ICC

staff, Chairperson Ann Romano reports

Peggy Salamone and Vivian Balistreri were among the volunteers whostaffed the booth where breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches were sold.

Ann Romano (center), general chairperson for the 18th annual “A Taste ofItaly,” is seen here with her assistants, Ann Skoczynski (left), vice chairand volunteer meal ticket chair, and Marie Schwindt, raffle chairperson.

Italian food lovers came in great number to the ItalianCommunity Center on Sunday, Apr. 14 to indulge in “ATaste of Italy,” the organization’s 18th annual fund-raising event. Seen here are members of the Randaand Viscuso families who found a table inside Cafe LaScala to feast on the wide variety of the food they pur-chased for just a $1.50 a serving ticket (or seven tickets

for $10). Numerous entrée items, beer, wine and coffeewere sold in the Pompeii Grand Ballroom. Dessertsand coffee were available in the Festa Ballroom.Guests found places to sit and enjoy the food and bev-erages throughout the building. Look for many morephotos inside the issue and a complete report on theevent in the next issue. (Times photo by Tom Hemman)

Scenes from the 18th annual ‘A Taste of Italy’

Dean Cannestra sprinkled some cheese on top of trays of sfinguine beforethey went onto the pizza oven before the start of “A Taste of Italy.”Cannestra and his restaurants, Divino Wine and Dine and Nessun Dorma,donated the sfinguine.

Kathy Balistreri (left) and Concetta Sanfilippo helped to serve the cala-mari (deep-fried squid) sold at a booth operated by members of thePompeii Women’s Club.

These volunteers from La Società di San Giuseppe were working with aheavy heart after the sudden death of their president, Sam Schiera, thenight before (Apr. 13). In spite of their grief, the society had volunteerssuch as (l to r) Nick Germano, Judge John DiMotto and Tom Spera servingat the stand where Italian wedding soup, lentil soup and chicken pastinisoup was sold to guests. Schiera, a longtime member of the ICC and volun-teer for Festa Italiana, was one month away from his 71st birthday whenhe passed away.

In the ICC’s kitchen, young volun-teers Michelle and Angelo (Jr),Vasta helped to prepare friedItalian bread dough. And theylooked like they were having agood time.

Taste of Italy guest Joe Frahm hadhis tray full with two rice balls andfour breaded pork tenderloinsandwiches when our photogra-pher snapped this picture.

Christy and Katie Librizzi sold theItalian olive salad that was donat-ed for this fund-raiser byGlorioso’s Italian Market, a long-time contributor to “A Taste ofItaly.”

Judy Lemminger and Lena Zingalehanded out trays to guests as theyentered the Pompeii GrandBallroom.

Times photos byTom Hemman

Joe Reina had a some of his Italian-manufactured Vespa scooters on dis-play in the galleria at “A Taste of Italy.” He is seen here with his daughterAnnaMela.


Members of the Pompeii Men’s Club sold Italian sausage sandwiches onceagain at “A Taste of Italy.” Seen in the forefront are (l to r): Joe Libertoand Peter Russo. Next to Russo is the club’s president Chuck Lazzaro.

Pasta with red sauce was available at this booth staffed by (l to r) BradleyKugler, Ann Zambito, Lu LoCoco and Christina Ziino. Bradley Kugler wasprobably happy he decided to volunteer for “A Taste of Italy” as he wasable to hear his name announced as the winner of the second prize in theraffle held in connection with the event. His prize: $500 cash.

Here’s the booth where homemade manicotti was available. The volun-teers seen here include Fran Tollefson, Robert Michalovitz, SophiaMichalovitz and Anna Pitzo. Pitzo and Sophia Michalovita donated themanicotti. Robert Michalovitz won the first prize, a 55-inch LCD HD tele-vision, in the Taste of Italy raffle.

Fabio Tarantino (left) pitched in with volunteers from the Madonna delLume Society Women to sell eggplant parmesan at “A Taste of Italy.” Theother volunteers are (from the left): Ann D’Acquisto, Joanne Stocker, NinaCarini and the society’s president, Enrica Tarantino Woytal, who was alsocelebrating her birthday that day.

Rebeka Lee Schwindt, Rosemary Joecks and AudriAnn Schwindt workedat the booth where chocolate covered éclairs were sold.

Volunteers from the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO staffed the booth wherearancini (rice balls) were available. From the left: Carmen Schlotthauer,Nancy Oberleitner, Mary Medo, Mary Castrovinci and RosalindaSchaapveld.

For a sweet treat, Taste of Italy attendees bought fried Italian breaddough from these volunteers Gina Jenkins and Louise Au.

Members of the Abruzzese Society operated the pizza booth where vari-eties of Palermo’s Pizza was sold. From the left: Tom Canzonieri, AlfonsoMarchillo, Tony Corrao, Vince Azzolina and the society’s president VinceVitale. Giacomo Fallucca, his family and Palermo’s Pizza have long beenproduct contributors to “A Taste of Italy.”


Tradizione Vivente, the Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee, gave two performances in the Festa Ballroom.

ICC member Charles Evans and accompanist Galina Gerakosov performedin the Festa Ballroom. Like all those who entertained, the two donatedtheir services.

The Sicilian Serenaders II (Ted and Tom Pappalardo and Peter Balistreri)are seen here performing in the galleria. Their appearance was courtesyof La Società di San Giuseppe, which also made a monetary donation to “ATaste of Italy.”

Joanne Czubek, John L. Sanfilippo and John A. Sanfilippo sold beer onthe east end of the Pompeii Grand Ballroom.

More photos from the successsful 18th annual “A Taste

of Italy” on Sunday, Apr. 14

ICC Business Manager Patrick Morgan with the assistance of MichelleLeFebvre tabbed the monetary receipts for the 18th annual “A Taste ofItaly.” LeFebvre works with Catering Director David Stachowiak in theItalian Conference Center’s Catering Department.

Times photosby Tom Hemman


Volunteers packaged several thousand freshly madeItalian cookies from Sciortino’s Bakery on Wednesday,

Apr. 10 for “A Taste of Italy,” which took place the fol-lowing Sunday.

From the left: C.J. Lieber and hisfather, Craig Lieber, scooped outdishes of spumoni to attendees.

Volunteers on behalf of the Addolorata Society operated the cannolibooth. Unfortunately, the names of the volunteers weren’t given to ourphotographer in the order they appear, but they included Mary Brusky,Prudy Camuy, Frank D’Amato, Catherine Kelly, Kathy Clancy, MeganClancy, Daniel Clancy, Zach Sowle and Joe Dentice.

Joe Cardinale and Alfonzo Canzoneri helped to make the panini andItalian sub sandwiches at one of the two booths staffed by members of theSanta Rosalia Society.

Mary Ann Maglio (center) and her sister, Frances Firle, were among thevolunteers who sold food and beverage tickets to the thousands whoattended the 18th annual “A Taste of Italy.”

Becky Bauer helped to sell Italian salads at a booth operated by the SantaRosalia Society.

Winning tickets in the raffleheld in conjunction with “A Taste ofItaly” were drawn Sunday, Apr. 14at the conclusion of the event at theItalian Community Center. Thewinners and the their prizes arelisted here.

• 1st prize – a 55-inch LCD-HDtelevision, to Robert Michalovitz.

• 2nd prize – $500 cash to BradKugler.

• 3rd prize – an Apple iPadGen4 with 16 gig., to Rita Jennaro.

• 4th prize – a 42-inch LCD-HDtelevision, to George and AggieCollura.

• 5th prize – a pearl ring with20-diamond chips, donated by Ted

Glorioso and Glorioso’s GoldImports & Diamond Center, toBetty Puccio.

• 6th prize – a large woodenbench made from recycled urbanlumber, donated by Peter Gustinand Green Man Wood & LandscapeServices, to Salvatore Natoli.

• 7th prize – a small woodenbench made from recycled urbanlumber, donated by Peter Gustinand Green Man Wood & LandscapeServices, to Grace Lucretia Machi.

The raffle serves as a key fund-raising ingredient for “A Taste ofItaly.” The raffle chairpersons wereMarie and Jim Schwindt.

Taste of Italyraffle winners selected

Members of the Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Lodge of the OrderSons of Italy in America manned a booth where bottled water was sold.Seen here (l to r ) are the organization’s president Joe Emanuele withFrank Schiro and Mike Palmisano.


hand each night of the series to take food anddrink orders. Due to the popularity of the series,reservations are highly recommended and can bemade by calling Cafe La Scala at 414/223-2185.

Through August, the series will showcase jazzartists on Monday nights, blues groups onTuesday nights, opera and classical artists onWednesday nights and good-time rock and rollbands on Thursday nights. In September, theseries continues with jazz and blues performanc-es on Tuesday nights and rock and roll onThursday nights. The shows are presented rainor shine. When the weather becomes inclement,the shows are brought indoors to the FestaBallroom, adjacent to Cafe La Scala.

The series will be suspended duringSummerfest at nearby Maier Festival Park(June 26 – July 7) and on the opening night ofHarley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary celebra-tion, Thursday, Aug. 29.

Tom Sorce, a legendary local guitarist andproducer of quality music for over 40 years, puttogether the entertainment lineup for Monday,Tuesday and Thursday nights. Kay Sparling, aMetropolitan Opera soprano and owner of aJefferson, Wisconsin conservatory for young per-forming artists, enlisted the talent for theWednesday night series.

“I think we have possibly our best lineupsever – from jazz legends Janet Planet andSuzanne Grzanna, Midwest blues favorites TheBel-Airs, outstanding opera and classical artists,an acclaimed Flamenco group and great rockand rollers including the Doo-Wop Daddies,”Campagna said.

“We brought back some of our longtime fanfavorites and added several new acts to the line-up, which we know have faithful followings. Sowe’re anticipating a full house nearly everynight,” Quarino said.

The complete schedule appears below and canbe found online at www.iccmilwaukee.com. Briefdescriptions of the acts performing in June arealso presented. Information on artists appearingin July, August and September will appear inour July/August Festa Italiana preview issue

coming out in late June.The entertainment schedule is subject to

change. Free parking for the series is available in the

lot south of the building. The ICC does not allowpeople to carry in their own food and beverages.

Monday Night Jazz• June 3 – Joe Zarcone Band.• June 10 – Chris Hanson Band with Robin

Pluer and Glenn Asch.• June 17 – Chanel Le Meaux and The

Dapper Cads.• June 24 – The MC Swingtet (formerly The

Milwaukee Connection).• July 8 – Jack and Jill Jazz – Jack Grassel,

Jill Jensen, John Babbit and Johnny Padilla.• July 15 – Sandra Mandella with the Tom

Sorce Band.• July 22 – Vivo – Pamela Duronio, Tim

Stemper and Warren Wiegratz.• July 29 – Anita Stemper with the Tom

Sorce Band.• Aug. 5 – Chris Mariani Band.• Aug. 12 – Frank DeMiles and Friends.• Aug. 19 – Janet Planet• Aug. 26 – Suzanne Grzanna.

Tuesday Bluesday• June 4 – Jim Liban Combo.• June 11 – Reverend Raven & The Chain

Smokin’ Altar Boys.• June 18 – Bryan Lee and The Blues Power

Band.

• June 25 – Steve Cohen Band with GregKoch.

• July 9 – Cash Box Kings.• July 16 – Robert Allen, Jr. Band.• July 23 – Reverend Raven & The Chain

Smokin’ Altar Boys.• July 30 – Leroy Airmaster with Denny

Geyer.• Aug. 6 – Billy Flynn Blues.• Aug. 13 – Bryan Lee Band.• Aug. 20 – Alex Wilson Band.• Aug. 27 – Bel Airs.

September Tuesday NightJazz or Blues

• Sept. 3 – Pete Sorce with Jeff Lebarge andJazz Explosion.

• Sept. 10 – Como No.• Sept. 17 – The Jimmys.• Sept. 24 – La Chazz.

Wednesday NightOpera or Classical

• June 5 – Kay Sparling TheatricalProductions.

• June 12 – Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra.• June 19 – Siempre Flamenco (flamenco and

Spanish musical/dance group)• July 10 – Kay Sparling Theatrical

Productions.• July 17 – Vivace – Jill Bruss and Friends.• July 24 – Kerry Hart & Friends.• July 31 – South Shore Youth Opera Ensemble.


Free Courtyard Music Series starts June 4from page 1

International Auto Group proudto sponsor music series

“The International Autos Group is proud to sponsor the Italian Community Center’s CourtyardMusic Series. We sell some of the most luxurious European automobiles, including Maserati, sothis partnership is the perfect union,” said Crystal A. Mirr, the dealership’s Internet SalesManager. “Our owner, Ralph Mauro, understands and appreciates how important it is to preserveand honor Italian customs. Southeast Wisconsin is rich in Italian traditions and many local busi-nesses have deep Italian roots. So we are proud to support the Italian Community Center and theirmission to educate, promote and celebrate all that their heritage has to offer.”

Chanel Le Meaux Simpre Flamenco Jack Grassel and Jill Jensen

The Oldies But Goodies Spectacular

Continued on page 19


• Aug. 7 – Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra.• Aug. 14 – Kay Sparling Theatrical

Productions.• Aug. 21 – Vivace – Jill Bruss and Friends.• Aug. 28 – Metropolitan Opera National

Council Singers.

Thursday Night Rock and Roll• June 6 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• June 13 – Tom Anthony Group.• June 20 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• July 11 – The Ricochettes.• July 18 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• July 25 – Bob Hirschi & Groove Therapy.• Aug. 1 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• Aug. 8 – Rick D’Amore’s Rockin’ Dance

Party.• Aug. 15 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• Aug. 22 – Bob Hirschi & Groove Therapy.• Aug. 29 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• Sept. 5 – Doo-Wop Daddies.• Sept. 12 – Oldies But Goodies Spectacular.• Sept. 19 – Tom Anthony Group.• Sept, 26 – Larry Lynne Band.

Jazz acts in JuneThe Joe Zarcone Band – June 3.

Legendary drummer Joe Zarcone is joined byvocalist Sharon Schmidt, saxophonist WayneZimmerman and keyboardist Jeff Stoll. VocalistSchmidt has garnered several awards for herjazz performances, including a Wisconsin AreaMusic Industry Award for her CD “Dancing inthe Kitchen” and a 2006 nomination for theShepherd Express’ “Best of Milwaukee JazzArtist.” Zimmerman plays both alto and tenorsaxophone. Stoll lends his vocals to the group’sarrangements. Besides playing at the ICC,Zarcone and company can often be found per-forming at the Red Mill Inn in Brookfield or thePacking House in Milwaukee.

Chris Hanson Band with Robin Pluerand Glenn Asch – June 10. This group fea-tures perennial Wisconsin Area Music Industryaward winner Robin Pleur on vocals, 30-yearveteran violinist of the Milwaukee SymphonyOrchestra Glenn Asch, bassist Mike Britz andJohn Parrott and Chris Hanson on guitar andvocals. The band performs regularly around theMilwaukee area.

Chanel Le Meaux and The Dapper Cads –June 17. A 2013 Wisconsin Area Music Industryaward winner, Chanel le Meaux’s repertoirespans from sultry standards to soulful, old schoolR&B and Motown, to contemporary wailersincluding Adele and Imelda May. The band fea-tures players from the Berkelee College of Musicand Wisconsin Conservatory of Music on sax,keys, drums and percussion.

The MC Swingtet – June 24. The MCSwingtet, formerly known as the MilwaukeeConnection, paying tribute to the music andspirit of the late Chuck Hedges, is under theleadership of jazz guitarist Steve Lewandowski.Featuring some of the Midwest’s best jazz musi-cians, the MC Swingtet is known for its harddriving rhythm section and tight ensemblemelodic lines. The MC Swingtet’s level of musi-cianship is high, utilizing some of the upperMidwest’s best jazz musicians including vibra-phonist Bob Maynard, clarinetist Kim Cusack,pianist Gary Meisner, bassist George Wellandand drummer Jack Carr.

June’s blues actsJim Liban Combo – June 4. Singer, song-

writer and stellar harmonica player Jim Libanwas known throughout the Midwest in the 1970sas the leader of Short Stuff, the innovativeMilwaukee-based ensemble that pioneered theblues and rock sound later identified with bandslike the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie RayVaughn & Double Trouble. Over the years,Liban has achieved an international cult statusas one of the foremost post-war blues harmonicastylists and many of his original songs have beenrecorded by national blues artists like JohnnyWinter and Lonnie Brooks. Joining Liban for theJune 4 show will be Roger Brotherhood on gui-tar, Kurt Koenig on bass and Jimi Schutte ondrums.

Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’Altar Boys – June 11. One of the most popularblues acts to play at the ICC the last few years isReverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ AltarBoys (www.reverendraven.com). Specializing inclassic Chicago blues, Reverend Raven and com-pany won the Wisconsin Area Music IndustryAward for best blues band in 1999, 2000, 2001,2005, 2008 and 2010. The band performed sever-al shows in Saskatoon, Edmonton and Alberta,Canada in May. Joining guitarist and vocalistReverend Raven are P.T. Pedersen (bass), BobbyLee Sellers (drums and vocals), Danny Moore(piano and organ) and Big Al Groth (saxophone).

Bryan Lee and The Blues Power Band –June 18. Known as the “Braille Blues Daddy,”Bryan Lee completely lost his sight by the age of8, but that didn’t stop him from learning how toplay rhythm guitar. Lee went on to become ablues institution on Bourbon Street in NewOrleans’ French Quarter for 14 years. He and hisband have released 13 CDs and one DVD. A 14thCD is expected to be released around the timethe band plays at the ICC. Lee was a 2010Grammy Award nominee and a Blues MusicAwards recipient in 2011. He and his band per-formed at the New Orleans Jazz & HeritageFestival on Apr. 26. Since then, they have touredup and down the East Coast. Lee’s band includesBrent Johnson (guitar), John Perkins (drums)and Nick Hern (bass). Lee is a native of TwoRivers, Wis.

Steve Cohen Band with Greg Koch –June 25. Cohen (www.stevecohenblues.com) hasplayed his harmonica with some of the world’stop blues players. He was a finalist in theInternational Blues Challenge in Memphis as asolo performer in 2010 and has received over adozen awards. Cohen, who performs with severalof his own ensembles, averages more than 100appearances a year. Koch (gregkoch.com) is aworld recognized guitar clinician and has per-formed alongside some of the biggest artists inblues, rock and funk. He is currently theWisconsin Conservatory of Music’s Artist-in-Residence. Tom Wheeler from Guitar Playermagazine hailed Koch as “fiendishly talented”while other critics have called him everythingfrom “a twisted guitar genius to “the best keptsecret in the guitar firmament.”

Opera and classical in JuneKay Sparling Theatrical Productions –

June 5. Kay Sparling, international Verdi andPuccini soprano, will bring a troop of 25 award-winning singers from the region to perform

Italian opera, Neapolitan song and scenes fromBroadway musicals. Sparling TheatricalProductions is a branch of SparlingConservatory, Jefferson, Wis. The company pres-ents opera and musical theatre concerts, plays,operas and lectures.

Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra – June12. The Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra(www.milmando.org) is the oldest fretted instru-ment music organization in the United States. Itwas organized in Milwaukee in 1900 and hasbeen in continuous operation in the city eversince. The MMO is led by music director LindaBinder. Its repertoire centers on the best in tra-ditional American mandolin orchestra music(waltzes, marches and polkas) plus light classi-cal, modern, Italian and Latin numbers. Twice,the MMO was honored to have appeared live onGarrison Keillor’s international broadcast radioshow, “A Prairie Home Companion.”

Siempre Flamenco – June 19. Milwaukee-based Siempre Flamenco (www.siempreflamenco.org)made its Courtyard Music Series debut to ravereviews last summer. The group, whose missionis “to study, interpret and perform traditionalFlamenco music and dance” was formed in 2009.Eric Wruck heads this dance/singing/instrumen-tal performing troop. Flamenco is described asan artistic expression fusing song, dance andmusicianship. It originated in and is stronglyidentified with Andalusia in southern Spain.

June’s rock and roll bandsOldies But Goodies Spectacular (June 6

and June 19). You can be sure that fans of ‘50sand ‘60s rock and roll will be on-hand each timethe Oldies But Goodies Spectacular (oldiesbut-goodiesspectacular.net) plays at the ICC. Theband was formed by vocalist Kim Marie after shecompleted seven years in Las Vegas and a gig forChevrolet at New York City’s Lincoln Centerand several other cities across the country. KimMarie said her goal in forming the band was togather the most talented Milwaukee area musi-cians from bands popular in the 1960s andregenerate the nostalgic feel of the ‘60s rock androll era in Milwaukee.

Joining Kim Marie today are vocalists TonyClementi and Chuck Travis, keyboardist BruceLorde, drummer Bruce Cole, lead guitarist TomSorce, bass guitarist Bob Sanders, saxophonistMike Miller, trombonist Jay Allison and trum-peter Mike Betts.

Tom Anthony Group (June 13) – Whetherit’s the summer Courtyard Music Series or thewinter Cabin Fever Series, the Tom AnthonyGroup (www.tomanthony.com) performs before apacked house. Vocalist Tom Anthony has longbeen a fixture on the Milwaukee area musicscene. With his group – Tom Sorce (guitar), JoelFreisinger (keyboards) and Brian Ford (drums),Anthony presents the best of the rock, pop andrhythm and blues era with a bit of today’s coun-try. Anthony is famous for his Las Vegas-styleshow, singing the hits of Elvis, Buddy Holly,Bobby Darin, Everly Brothers, Frankie Valli,Roy Orbison and even some of today’s biggesthit-makers such as Marc Anthony, Brooks &Dunn and Dwight Yoakam.

The latest CD by the Tom Anthony Group is“Just For You.” The group already has severalbig-time engagements in 2013 including theWisconsin State Fair, Aug. 2-11.

from page 18

“The Braille Blues Daddy” Bryan LeeInternational jazz recording artist Janet Planet

ICC presenting top acts all summer long

Salvatore “Sam” Schiera, thepresident of La Società di SanGiuseppe, a longtime member ofthe Italian Community Center andFesta Italiana volunteer, diedSaturday, Apr. 13 at the age of 70.He would have turned 71 on May13.

Schiera had come to the ICCwith his fiancé, Patricia Holzhauer,joined by several longtime friendsthe evening of Apr. 13 for a per-formance by the Doo-Wop Daddiesin the Festa Ballroom. Schiera, afan and acquaintance of the group,had just completed a guest appear-ance, singing the 1950s classic“Blue Moon” when he was stricken.Bystanders and paramedics workedunsuccessfully to revive him.

His daughter, Sally Mayhugh,said her father, who had been astreet corner singer since his youth,“was doing exactly what he loved todo, and he was surrounded by thepeople who he loved and who lovedhim.”

Schiera was one of the individu-als involved in reforming LaSocietà di San Giuseppe in the late1990s. The society had been inac-tive since 1956. The original organ-ization was one of the first ItalianAmerican mutual aid societies inMilwaukee, incorporating on Nov.7, 1909, according to Mario A.Carini, ICC Historian.

Schiera became president of LaSocietà di San Giuseppe succeedingJoseph Balistrieri, who died on Oct.25, 2010.

John Balistrieri, Joseph’s broth-er, said Schiera was “the ideal can-didate to replace my brother. Samwas old enough to remember thetraditions of the past and youngenough to have an eye to thefuture.”

Balistrieri said Schiera was well

aware of the customs of the societybecause of his father, Giuseppe,who was a longtime, dedicatedmember. Balistrieri cited Schierafor recreating an authentic versionof the mourning ribbon worn by theoriginal society members for publicdisplays of grief and remembranceof their forefathers.

Balistrieri added that Schierawas instrumental in bringing innew, young members ensuring thefuture of the society.

“Sam always had his heart inthe right place and did an out-standing job as president. He wasan excellent choice to succeed mybrother Joe,” Balistrieri said.

Mayhugh said her father wasinvolved as a member of the ICCand a volunteer for the organiza-tion’s summer festival, FestaItaliana, since the beginning ofboth in 1978. For many years,Schiera served as bar manager, incharge of the Miller Oasis andbocce court bars and worked in beerdistribution.

Each year, he marched inFesta’s Sunday religious processionwith La Società di San Giuseppeand he took pride in doing so, hisdaughter said. It brought back thejoy of his childhood in Milwaukee’sold Third Ward when early Sicilianimmigrants had processions tohonor patron saints of their home-towns.

The son of immigrants from theSicilian town of Aspra, Schieragraduated as salutatorian ofMilwaukee’s Lincoln High School in1959 with several academic andathletic prospects. He lettered inseveral sports, played the trumpetand sang in an a cappella choirwhile at Lincoln.

Schiera suspended thoughts ofcollege when his father, Giuseppe,

became ill and died soon after highschool graduation. He went to workto support his family, taking jobs asa bank teller and later a plumber’sapprentice. He worked for about 15years for a plumbing companywhere he did electrical and con-struction jobs as well as plumbingwork.

For about the next 25 years,Schiera worked for MilwaukeeCounty, first in hospital groundsmaintenance before taking the jobas the Director of Grounds andMaintenance at the MilwaukeeCounty Zoo. He oversaw the con-struction of the penguins exhibit.His job often entailed leaving hisFranklin home in the middle of thenight to handle maintenance prob-lems that arose and had the poten-tial to impact the well-being of theanimals.

Schiera also oversaw an upgradeto the zoo’s electrical distributionsystem, which occurred over athree-year period. The new systemallowed sidewalk lighting and

power upgrades to handle summerevening events.

Zoo director Chuck Wikenhausersaid, “Sam really took this place toheart. He was always a championfor the zoo.”

Schiera married his late wife,Judy (Shaw) on Oct. 30, 1971. Judyalso worked for Milwaukee Countyfor more than 20 years and was theDeputy Chief of Staff to the CountyExecutive prior to her retirement in2001. Judy died on Dec. 13, 2005 atthe age of 64.

“My dad was one of extraordi-nary character,” Mayhugh said.“We’ve been blessed because of thefoundation he’s provided.”

Besides his daughter, Sally(Kyle) Mayhugh, and his fiancé,Patricia Holzhauer, Schiera is sur-vived by his brother, John (Liz), hissisters, Joan Ohn, Josephine (Carl)Marlega and Antoinette (Joe)Block, his grandchildren Giuseppe,Sal, Sofia and Aniela and manyother relatives and friends.


Sam Schiera, president of Società di SanGiuseppe, suffers fatal heart attack after guestappearance with Doo-Wop Daddies at ICC show

Salvatore “Sam” Schiera

The following people became members of the Italian CommunityCenter between Apr. 4 and May 7, 2013. Benvenuti! (Welcome!)

Andrew & Laura Brusky and child, Olivia Milwaukee

Larry Cardassi West Allis

Rosemary Barraco George Chicago, IL

Maria DeMaio and childrenn Geena and Mikayla Glendale

Jan Cascio-Sanchez Waukesha

Lana Ebesole Milwaukee

Margot Cordes Shorewood

Kelly Scott Milwaukee

Cynthia Gosinski Greenfield

Bob & Mari Ann Larsen Saukville

Coey Brown Milwaukee

Lee & Carol Loveall South Milwaukee

Lena Baracco Musso Oak Lawn, IL

Mark & Diana Metz Wauwatosa

Welcome new ItalianCommunity

Center members!

Valerierose Agnello, the grand-daughter of Italian CommunityCenter members Paul and RoseIannelli, is transferring to WichitaState University after two stellarseasons at Kishwaukee College inMalta, Ill.

At Kishwaukee, Agnello was aWomen’s Basketball CollegeAssociation/State Farm All-American this past season. She

averaged 14 points, 3.5 reboundsand 2.1 steals per game for theKougars, who finished fourth in thenational junior college Division IItournament.

Agnello is a longtime member ofthe Festa Regional and Renais-sance Dancers, a group that per-forms regularly at Festa Italiana.She was a high school basketballstandout at Brookfield Central.

Granddaughter of Paul and RoseIannelli is a collegiate hoops star

Valerierose Agnello (top right, third from left) is seen here with othermembers of the Festa Regional and Renaissance Dancers in a photo takenat Festa Italiana a couple of years ago.

New members correctionThe name of Clare Ostroski was

incorrectly published as “Clara”Ostroski in the listing of new mem-

bers in the April 2013 issue.Our apologies to Phil Ostroski

and his daughter Clare.


Harrison Balistrerireceives SIF scholarship

Harrison Balistreri will receivethe Frank J. DeSantis Scholarshipfrom the Sons of Italy Foundationat its 25th anniversary NationalEducation and Leadership Awardsgala in Washington, D.C. on May23, report his grandparents Tomand Barbara Balistreri, ItalianCommunity Center members.

Harrison is an honors graduatefrom Marquette University HighSchool. He was class president bothhis junior and senior years and wasa member of the Italian AmericanClub, Latin Club and several oth-ers, was co-captain of the varsitygolf team and was featured recent-ly in an article in the MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel on high schoolathletes. He is also an Eagle Scout.

The SIF event is the Order Sonsof Italy in America signature schol-arship and awards event. Thisyear, actor Joe Montegna is servingas host. Among the award honoreesare General Colin L. Powell, 65thU.S. Secretary of State; and SergioMarchione, chairman and chiefexecutive officer of Chrysler Group.

Harrison was accepted atGeorgetown University and Yale

University. He hopes to pursue acareer in the financial sector andwork abroad.

His parents are Thomas andDebra Balistreri of Hartland. Hismaternal grandparents are LucilleFelker, the late Harry Felker andMarie Balistreri.

Harrison Balistreri

Jacob Fischer, grandson of ICCmember, speaks at Kiwanis

event about charitable club hepresides over at his school

Jacob Fischer, a seventh graderat Washington School in westernRacine County, had the privilege ofspeaking at the 50th annualKiwanis Wisconin-Upper MichiganDistrict Convention on Feb. 23about a charitable club at hisschool.

Fischer spoke about theBuilders Club which he helped toestablish last fall and over whichhe presides. He said, “BuildersClub allowed our middle school stu-dents to make a huge impact in ourschool community, our local com-munity of Tichigan, and ournation.”

He noted that the club has con-ducted a food drive to stock theshelves of the Caldwell FoodPantry, collected nonperishable

food items, games and books formembers of the active military,conducted programs to improve theschool environment and otheractivities.

Fischer told the conventionattendees that the club is helpingan organization called Fire Bellswhich delivers food and other itemsto EMTs, firefighters and the vic-tims during big fires in Racine andWalworth counties. The club isdoing a relay event for theAmerican Cancer Society.

School officials and a Kiwanisrepresentative were also involvedin establishing the club.

Jacob is the son of Scott andJodi Fischer and the grandson ofItalian Community Center memberGino Dentice.

Here is Jacob Fischer speaker at the Kiwanis event.

Carnevale princessesparticipate in ballet

dance recitalThe weekend of Apr. 27-28 was

a big one for two members of theItalian Community Center’s 2013Carnevale Royalty. CarnevalePrincipessa Gina Loeffelholz andPiccola Principessa Ella RoseVollbracht performed a dancetogether at Anita’s Dance Center’sclassical ballet recitals at NewBerlin West High School.

Gina is a dance instructor atAnita’s and senior member of thestudio’s dance company. Ellaattends ballet, tap and jazz classesat Anita’s and is part of the HippityHopper dance group.

The two performed a balletnumber, choreographed by Gina, tothe song, “These Moments WeShare” from the Disney PrincessTea Party album. The performance

has cemented a long term friend-ship between the two.

Gina is the daughter of ICCmember Rosa Giannotto Loeffel-holz and a senior at Muskego HighSchool. Ella is the daughter of ICCmembers Jeannine and JamesVollbracht and granddaughter ofICC members Joanne and RonCzubek. She is a first grader atTess Corners Elementary School.

Gina will be giving a final per-formance at The Pabst Theater onJune 7 and 9. She also will be per-forming at Festa Italiana as amember of Tradizione Vivente, theItalian Dance Group of Milwaukee.

You can also catch Ella at Festaperforming with her HippityHoppers dance group on theChildren’s Stage.

Here are Ella Vollbracht (left) and Gina Loeffelholz performing at the clas-sical ballet recital

The Italian Community Center welcomed Elise (Ceraso) Fritchie as its fea-tured artist for the Apr. 19-20 presentation of Gallery Night & Day, a quar-terly program coordinated by the Historic Third Ward Association and theEast Towne Association. Fritchie, a lifelong ICC member who received abachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from the Illinois Institute ofArt-Chicago, displayed a variety of her works, many reflecting her influ-ences from Bernini to pop culture to tattoos. (Photo provided by LauraEasey-Jones)

Elise Fritchie displays art worksduring Gallery Night & Day at ICC

Unlike the first five months of theyear when the daily temperatures fromnorthern to southern Italy can differ by20º to 25º, temperature readings arefairly consistent during the month ofJune.

In Milan (Lombardy region) andother parts of northern Italy, the aver-age monthly high temperature is 77ºand the average low is 55º. There aregenerally four days of precipitation.

In Rome (Lazio region) and centralItaly, the average monthly high tem-perature is also 77º and the averagelow is 61º. This area has averaged ninewet days in June.

In Palermo (Sicily region) and otherplaces of southern Italy, 77º is againthe average monthly high temperature.The average low is 68º. There are twoto three days of rain on average inJune.

June weather in Italy

Italian Society and Club NewsUNICO organizations present

scholarships to 16 students

The Pompeii Men’s Club and the Badgerland Striders will team up tostage their 31st annual 5K (3.1 mile) Run / Walk. This year’s event will beheld on Wednesday, June 12 in Lake Park.

Pre-registration forms are available at several Milwaukee area runningstores or you can download a registration form atwww.badgerlandstriders.org/home.htm Race day registration will begin at5 p.m. in the park’s pavilion and will continue until 6:30 p.m. An entry feeof $25 ($35 after June 1) will entitle each participant to receive the follow-ing: entry in the event, a shirt, trophies for top finishers, fruit juice, freshfruit, beer, and a drawing for prizes.

As always, there will be Italian sausage available for sale at a nominalcost. “You can join the fun by either running or walking the 3.1 milecourse. It will be good for you, and at the same time, you will be helpinglocal Milwaukee charities,” said Charles Lazzaro, president of the PompeiiMen’s Club.

The event has averaged 800 participants and has become known as oneof Milwaukee’s premier run/walks. “The race’s image and loyal followinghave been solidified because of the beautiful location, superb post racerefreshments, and the committed efforts of over 100 volunteers who makethe race day activities proceed smoothly and efficiently,” Lazzaro said.

Pompeii Men sponsoring31st Super Run/Walk

Important notice for societies andorganizations associated with the

ICC from the Newspaper CommitteeDear Friends,

To better support the efforts of your society or organization in plan-ning an event or an activity at the Italian Community Center for whichyou are seeking public support, we strongly suggest that you place yournews stories in The Italian Times two months prior to the function date.This will ensure that your event or activity is published in both theonline and the printed and delivered editions of the newspaper.

As a general rule, your news stories should be submitted to editorTom Hemman by email at [email protected] by the 5th day of themonth. For the actual deadline for stories, please contact Tom via emailor call him at 414/223-2180. The monthly issue of The Italian Timesalways carries a story regarding to the deadline for advertising, howev-er, that due date is not the same as the deadline for news stories.

When articles are presented, they must be typeset (done on a comput-er) and submitted electronically (i.e., via email). If this is not possibleand your articles are handwritten, you will be asked to submit your sto-ries significantly earlier – two weeks before the published deadline foradvertising – in order to allot time for proofreading and preparation forlayout in the newspaper.

If you have any questions about the deadlines or submitting yourarticles, please contact Tom Hemman at the ICC.

Thank you for your continued support of the Italian CommunityCenter.

– The ICC Newspaper CommitteeRosemary DeRubertis, chair, Tony Piacentini, Tony Zingale,

Susie Christiansen, Bobby Tanzilo, Ginny Balistreri, Anna Pitzo,Enrica Tarantino Woytal, Joanne Czubek and Faye Ann Kessler

Mazzei OSIA invites golfers toregister for June 23 outing

The Filippo Mazzei GreaterMilwaukee Lodge of the OrderSons of Italy in America invitesgolfers to sign up for a shot-gun/scramble to be held Sunday,June 23 at Ironwood Golf Course inSussex. The outing, which servesas a fund-raiser for the organiza-tion, will begin at 11 a.m.

Participants will be provided theuse of a cart, golf swing analysis byDick Wallace (a PGA Pro), grilledItalian sandwiches, Italian buffetdinner, entry in a raffle andchances to win prizes. The golfrange will also be open for thosewho want to practice their swing.

The Italian buffet, catered byMia’s of Waukesha, will be avail-able at approximately 4:30 p.m.

The cost for the program is$110. For those who are interestedin the dinner only, the cost is $25.To register, send your list of partic-ipants along with your payment,made out to OSIA, to JoePalmisano, 5302 S. Hidden Dr.,Greenfield, WI 53221 or contactany of these individuals: BillJennaro at 414/224-8660; PeterRusso at 414/418-9045 or JoeCampagna, Jr. at 262/783-6161.

In addition to seeking golfers toparticipate in the event, the MazzeiLodge is looking for sponsors, prizeand gift donors and volunteers togrill sandwiches and staff the regis-tration table. If interested, pleasecontact the individuals listedabove.

Società Maschile Maria M.S.SDel Lume planning trip toChicago for Sept. 1 feast

The Società Maschile MariaM.S.S. Del Lume (Madonna DelLume Society Men) annual trip toChicago for the Maria S.S.Lauretana feast is set for Sunday,Sept. 1. Anyone interested in join-ing the members of SocietàMaschile M.S.S. Del Lume on thistrip is asked to contact Mario and

Rose Carini at 414/964-1161.The cost is $25 per person and

pre-paid reservations are required.The society is renting a bus thatday, departing from St. RitaCatholic Church, 1601 N. Cass St.,Milwaukee, at 8 a.m. Attendeeswill return to the same locationaround 7:30 p.m.


The Milwaukee Chapter UNICO Nationaland Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO presentedscholarships to 16 area students of Italiandescent on Tuesday, May 21. The presentationstook place at the annual UNICO Scholarship &Awards Banquet held at the Italian CommunityCenter.

Each organization presented one $2,000scholarship. The recipients were: Paul A.D’Alessio, a senior at St. Francis High School,receiving the Theodore Mazza Award, andKatherine Clare Loomis of Greendale HighSchool, receiving the Anita Mazza Award.

Each of the following high school seniors wasthe recipient of a $1,000 scholarship:

• Brianna Rosalie Cardinale, GlendaleNicolet High School, the Grace Iacolucci Award.

• Jake Corrao, Waukesha South High School,the Tony and Sadie Machi Award.

• Anna Elizabeth Maglio, Whitefish Bay HighSchool, the Gaetanina Balistreri Award.

• Michael Steven Manning, Cedarburg HighSchool, the Sam J. Balistreri Award.

• Christina Meyer, Wauwatosa West HighSchool, the Phyllis Vitucci Award.

• Nicholas H. Buzzanca, Mequon HomesteadHigh School, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

• Clare Lefaivre, Wauwatosa East HighSchool, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

• James S. Maslowski, West Allis CentralHigh School, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

• Angelina Caroline Pankow, MilwaukeeLutheran High School, Milwaukee Ladies ofUNICO Award.

• Hailey A. Pipia, Brookfield Central HighSchool, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

• Claire Marie Schroettner, Our Lady ofGrace Home School, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

• Katarina Mary Schulz, Whitefish Bay HighSchool, Milwaukee Chapter Award.

These college students received $1,000awards:

• Jasmine M. Cordero, University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee, Italian Studies Award.

• Jackie Baker, Baptist College of Ministry,Alfred A. Silverman Memorial Music AssociationAward.

The Anita Mazza, Gaetanina Balistreri,Grace Iacolucci and Phyllis Vitucci awards werepresented by the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO.

The Theodore Mazza, Sam J. Balistreri, Tonyand Sadie Machi, Italian Studies and Alfred A.Silverman Memorial awards were presentationsof the Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National. Allawards are administered through the UNICOorganizations, except the Italian studies and theSilverman awards which are courtesy of theAlbert A. Silverman Foundation.

The high school award recipients were select-ed by a nonpartisan, non-Italian panel of digni-taries from the Milwaukee area. The Italianstudies awardee was chosen by the teaching staffat UWM. The Civic Music Association ofMilwaukee selected the Silverman awardee.

Since its inception in 1936, the MilwaukeeUNICO scholarship program has steadilyexpanded. The first year one $250 scholarshipwas presented. Since then, more than $1.1 mil-lion has been awarded to 581 student recipients.

The Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO also pre-sented $500 to the Italian Immersion Programat Milwaukee’s Victory School for the Gifted andTalented. Last year, the Milwaukee ChapterUNICO National did the same.

The Festa della Repubblica is cele-brated in Italy each year on June 2. Itcommemorates the institutional refer-endum of 1946 when the Italian popu-lation was called upon to decide whatform of government – monarchy orrepublic – to give to the country afterWorld War II and the fall of Fascism.

After 85 years of monarchy, with12,717,923 votes for and 10,719,284votes against, Italy became a republic,and the monarchs of the House ofSavoy were deposed and exiled. Itbecame illegal for any male member of

the family to set foot on Italian soil. Monarchists argued that the vote

was miscounted. These allegationswere never proven.

This is one of the most importantItalian public holidays which, likeJuly 4 in the United States, celebratesthe birth of the modern nation.

A grand military parade is held incentral Rome. Many cities mark theholiday with parades and fireworks.Many businesses and venues, evenmajor attractions, are closed in obser-vance of this day.

Italy’s ‘Festa dellaRepubblica’ is June 2

There is a mortuary statue in the Basilica ofSanta Croce in Florence unlike any of the otherstaid, classically sculpted other statues there.This figure, with his windblown hair and coat,braces against the wind and clutches his coataround him. Almost instinctively one realizes itmust represent some Romantic poet out in thebitter elements. It represents, in fact, UgoFoscolo, who was born in 1778 on the island ofZakynthos of an impoverished Venetian noble-man physician and a Greek mother.

When Foscolo was 10, his father died and thefamily moved to Venice. He studied at theUniversity of Padua and found literary fameearly at the tender age of 19 with a tragedycalled “Tieste.”

His novel, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis(1798), reflects the influence of “Werther Fever”prevalent throughout Europe after Goethe pub-lished The Sorrows of Young Werther. Overlysensitive and melancholy, Werther suffers men-tally and commits suicide.

Foscolo’s melancholy story was rooted in facton the suicide of Jacopo Ortis, a young student ofPadua, who did exist and did, in fact, kill himselfas Foscolo described. But his novel was alsoinspired by political events. Foscolo was greatlyshocked and disappointed by the Treaty ofCampoformio (1797) by which Napoleon handedVenice over to the Austrians. The topic of suicideappealed to young Italian patriots as it did totheir contemporaries in Europe.

He is also known for Dei sepolcri and otherhauntingly beautiful works of poetry. He died atthe age of 49 in Cheswick, England where histomb remains with the inscription “wearied citi-

zen poet”. Hisremains, however,were brought toFlorence 44 yearsafter his deathupon the requestof the King ofItaly. Now he liesnear the monu-ments ofM a c h i a v e l l i ,Michelangelo andGalileo in thechurch of SantaCroce, the pan-theon of Italianglory that he cele-

brated in Dei sepolcri and where he wasentombed with the pomp and circumstance of agreat national mourning,

Evening, in many works of poetry, is ametaphor for death and in his poem “Alla Sera,”Foscolo invites evening to come and soothe hisworries.

* * *Alla Sera

Forse perchè della fatal quïeteTu sei l’immago, a me si cara vieni,

O Sera! E quando ti corteggian lieteLe nubi estive e i zèffiri sereni

E quand dal nevoso aere inquïeteTènebre e lunghe all’universo meni,Sempre scendi invocata, e le secrete

Vie del mio cor soavemente tieni.

Vagar me fai co’ miei pensier sull’ormeChe vano al nulla eterno; e intanto fugge

Questo reo tempo, e van lui le tórme

Delle cure onde meco egli si strugge; E mentre io guardo la tua pace, dorme

Questo spirto guerrier ch’entro mi rugge.

– By Ugo Foscolo

To EveningO Evening! Perhaps you come to me so dear

because you are the image of final quiet,and when happy summer cloudsand fair zephyrs pay you court,

and when summoned from snowy skiesyou precede long dark nights into the universe,

you always descend and gently guardthe secret ways of my heart.

You make my thoughts wander with footprintsthat fade into eternal nothing; meanwhile

ruthless time flees, and with it, go the manycares

so that it dissipates with me;and while I contemplate your peace,

that warrior spirit that roars within me sleeps.

– Translated by Roberto Ciampi* * *

I tried my hand at writing a poem on thesame theme. Here it is.

QuestionRugged the path, the journey long.

I am weary, wrought with care.

As evening falls, I’m still not nearthe respite, rest, for which I long.

But as inevitable night descendsI’ll make a stop along the way

and greet that quiet, welcome friendone needs at close of day.

Welcome sunset, twilight peace,evening when the bird song ‘s ceased.She’s found her nest, her evening rest,

the peace for which I long.

Shall I, like her, after night’s embrace,wake again to morning’s song?

– By Barbara J. Collignon

DomandaAspro il cammino; un lungo viaggio.

Sono stanca, provata dalle pene.Come giunge la sera, non sono ancora vicina

alla tregua, al riposo che tanto bramo.

Ma non appena la notte inesorabile scendefarò una sosta lungo la strada

e saluterò quell’amico silenzioso e graditodi cui ciascuno ha bisogno alla fine del giorno.

Benvenuto tramonto, pace crepuscolare,sera, quando il canto dell’uccello è cessato.Ha trovato il suo nido, il suo riposo serale,

quella pace che io bramo.

Mi sveglierò anch’io, come lei, dopo l’abbracciodella notte]

al canto del mattino?

– Translation by Roberto Chiampi

Spotlight on Cultural Arts


L’Angolo del PoetaPrepared by Barbara Collignon with Italian translation by Roberto Ciampi

B. Collignon R. Ciampi

Recently, I talked about famouscomposers and conductors and havedecided there is another name thatmust be included in the list of con-ductors. It is Tullio Serafin, artis-tic director of the Rome Opera from1934 to 1943. He was also closelyassociated with La Scala, Milanand New York’s MetropolitanOpera.

Serafin, who was born in 1878and died in 1968, was considered tobe among the finest of Italian con-ductors of his era. As well as being

a coach and supporter of upcomingyoung singers, he conducted thefirst performances of Montemezzi’sL’Amore dei Tre Re and Hanson’sMerry Mount among a number ofother prominent operas.

Return to last month’s columnfor a moment. While reviewingoperas done by twos and threes,including Leoncavallo’s Pagliacciand Mascagni’s CavalleriaRusticana, Puccini’s andLeoncavallo’s respective versions ofLa Bohème and Puccini’s Il Trittico,I mentioned briefly the rare occur-rence of two Bohèmes being per-formed in the same week on thesame night in New York City. Thedate of this memorable event wasJan. 26, 1910.

New York’s opera scene wasgreatly enhanced with the debut ofOscar Hammerstein’s ManhattanOpera in December 1906, featuringtenor Alessandro Bonci in Bellini’sI Puritani. Hammerstein, a formertobacco magnate turned operaimpresario, became the man wholost no opportunity to be “one up”on the Met by taking on opportuni-ties that the Met chose to turndown.

So it was at the Manhattan

Opera that American opera-goersfirst heard Debussy’s Pelléas etMélisande and Charpentier’sLouise, both starring Mary Garden.Hammerstein secured another coupby persuading Australian sopranoNellie Melba to make her firstAmerican appearance in what hasbeen described as “...one of themost electrifying in New Yorkmusical history.”

And not resting for long on hislaurels, Hammerstein broughtLuisa Tetrazzini and JohnMcCormack to the Manhattan in1909.

This brings me to my promise torelate the unusual tale of the twoBohèmes in the same week and onthe same evening.

Hammerstein heard of the Met’splans for an upcoming performanceof that opera with Enrico Carusoand Geraldine Farrar and came upwith an amazing inspiration –scheduling his own performance ofBohème with Lina Cavalieri andJohn McCormack. It was anabsolute delight for New Yorkopera fans – some even bought tick-ets for both Bohèmes. Sadly, theManhattan Opera held forth foronly four seasons.

Contradictions abound in lifeand nowhere is this truer than inthe arts and, of course, in opera.Most puzzling is the case of one ofthe great vocal composers in histo-ry who was also the most ill-fatedwhen it came to the operas hewrote.Franz Schubert wrote 14 operas,but only three of them were per-formed during his lifetime, duemainly to poor libretti. Many wereleft unfinished. His finest workwas considered to be the three actFierrabras which is set inCharlemagne’s time. It is a story oflove and chivalry during theMoorish Wars. Two of Schubert’smost famous compositions are“Serenade” and the memorable, fre-quently performed “Ave Maria.”

And in the category of unusualaccomplishments must be that ofCarlo Bergonzi’s feat of recordingall of Verdi’s tenor arias in the1950s. Bergonzi, a singer of greattaste and style, started his careeras a baritone and retrained himselfas a tenor midway through hiscareer.

Quotable Quote: “Music is wellsaid to be the speech of Angels.” –Thomas Carlyle.

Opera Topics by Angelo Castronovo

Ugo Foscolo


Victory School’s Italian ImmersionProgram report on spring activities

The pre-kindergarten class hasbeen learning about, “Going green,keeping our planet clean.” Vocab-ulary words include: mondo, terra,fiori, vermi, composto, foglie, farfal-la, uovo, bruco e pupa. The stu-dents are raising Pink LadyButterflies and soon they willemerge! Before the end of the year,the class will plant sunflower seedsin a flat of prepared potting soil,measure their growth and eat themin a salad.

In K5 literacy, students arelearning all about “mezzi ditrasporto!” The students are mak-ing books about transportationand learning to read Italian wordssuch as “macchina” and “autobus.”They are also playing many fungames and learning a new song!

In the K5 math, students havejust finished up a unit all aboutmoney. K5 students are learninghow to identify quarters, dimes,nickels and pennies. They addmoney together to pay for books ata pretend bookstore and to buy gro-ceries at the pretend grocery store.They are learning to subtractmoney to find change, too. It isreally exciting for them to learnabout money because it is some-thing that is real and tangible.

Ms. Zizzo and many of theItalian teachers are either currentmembers or alumni of AmeriCorpsand have collaborated on variousservice learning projects at Victory.The first graders in Ms. Zizzo’sclass have been implementing aservice-learning project focused onhealth and nutrition. Studentsspent time researching differentways to stay healthy and thenbecame advocates for healthy livingby creating public service announ-cements and advertisements thatwere shared with the school com-munity. A guest speaker from theUW-Extension’s Nutrition Educa-tion Program and Victory’s NurseHanson visited to share tips on howto stay healthy. Students thenchose healthy snacks to prepare forthe “Girls on the Run” team andthe attendance winners for themonth of March. Congratulationsto the first graders who worked sohard and are well on their way tobeing responsible global citizens.

April was a “science-tastic”month for the third gradestudents. The students spent a sig-nificant part of the month creating,testing, predicting and observingfor the school science fair. Over thecourse of three weeks, studentscompared three groups of plantsthat were fed different amounts offertilizer. Ultimately, the conclu-sion most students made was thatthe food a plant makes for itselfthrough the process of photosynthe-sis is better than using loads of fer-tilizer to feed a plant. Studentsworked in pairs to create scienceboards that displayed theirhypotheses, observations, resultsand conclusions.

Third grade students also hostedan ecosystem gallery walk in orderto display and explain their ecosys-tem posters and reports. Teachersand students from other classroomswere invited to check out studentcreated exhibits, which students setup throughout the room. Visitorsfrom many grade levels came andstudents had an opportunity to dis-play their presentational and orato-ry skills. The event helped create asense of community throughout theclassroom.

By Susie ChristiansenSocial networking websites, such as Facebook and

Twitter, as well as e-mail and cell phone texting, arecurrently the most common methods of communicat-ing for people. Using those avenues, we want todevelop a way to reach out to our membership toinform you about upcoming events organized by theItalian 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 classes, it would be helpful to everyoneinvolved to be able to send an e-mail blast or a cellphone text blast to ICC members and as many non-members as possible. Right now, committee chairsand event planners here don’t always know whatadvertising options are available to them and how toreach out to you. Without spending a ton of money, wejust aren’t sure how to let the people out there knowabout upcoming events at the ICC.

ICC members can be placed on an e-mail list and a

cell phone list when they sign up for or renew theirmembership. Our application includes a place for youre-mail address and cell phone number.

Our membership contact list is extremely private,and we will continue to keep it that way. We do notdistribute our address, phone or e-mail lists to any-one. Rest assured your contact information will beretained by the ICC and only the ICC, and you willonly be sent messages on a limited basis.

We simply want to inform you. We want to tell youabout the fantastic events, activities and ethnic expe-riences that the Italian Community Center has tooffer.

These are the other options available for submit-ting your cell phone number and e-mail address:

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

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

2808.

Request from ICC for cell phonenumbers and e-mail addresses


Name Marriedatti, Santo Dec-1919Patti, Salvatore Jul-1911Patti, Sebastiano Jun-1908Patti, Sundina (Ollo) Jun-1920Pecoraro, Francesco Apr-1903Pecoraro, Hazel (Krieter) Jul-1920Pecoraro, Rose (Sardina) Jul-1920Pecoraro, Salvatore Sep-1914Pecoraro, Salvatore Sep-1919Pecorraro, Giusepinna (Cette) Sep-1917Pedecino, Sam May-1921Pedrotti, Frank Jun-1923Pedrotti, Louis Dec-1924Pedrotti, Maria (Ceccato) Apr-1923Pedri, Mary (Scagnetti) Mar-1925Pellegrini, Felice Oct-1911Pellegrini, Julius Apr-1920Pacata, Rosalia (Hologa) Sep-1909Pagliasotti, Domenic Jun-1924Pagliasotti, Florence Dec-1920Palazzotto, Frank Nov-1925Palazzotto, Giovanni Nov-1922Paliafito, Joseph Dec-1919Palmieri, Anna (Ditomasi) Jul-1924Palmisano, Anna (Greco) Apr-1910Palmisano, Antonia Gennaro Sep-1914Palmisano, Christine (Baron) Nov-1918Palmisano, Josephine (Torretta) Dec-1922Palmisano, Mary (Foti) Oct-1908Palmisano, Michele Dec-1902Palmisano, Prodidenzia (Sansone) May-1902Pellegrino, Joseph Jun-1921Pellegrino, Paul Feb-1913Pellettiere, Martha (Diliberti) Jun-1919Pera, Joseph Jan-1905Peri, Peter Oct-1917Perino, Alice (Liston) Dec-1916Perrili, Ligina (Reccobuono) Sep-1914Perrotti, Italia (Piagi) Oct-1899Petrolatti, Catherine (Gianotti) May-1921Petta, Damiano Aug-1906Petta, Frank Jun-1915Petta, Gioacchino Nov-1912Petta, Mary (Vicari) Feb-1917Petta, Vincent Nov-1923Piacentine, Mildred (Puccinelli) May-1915Piacentino, Nicola Jul-1912Pianco, Mary (Bertani) Jun-1911Piano, Nick Jun-1924Piano, Nick Jun-1915Picarella, Michael Jul-1919Piccinno, Binedetta (Balistrieri) Apr-1917Picciola, Mary (Millele) Mar-1911Picciolo, Andrew Dec-1910Picciolo, Concetta (Giovanni) Oct-1914Picciolo, Domenica (Patti) Dec-1906Picciolo, Frank Jul-1924Picciolo, Jennie (Sardina) S ep-1922Picciolo, Vincenzo Dec-1911Piccione, Ginseppa (Sciano) Aug-1902Picciurro, Benedetta (Balestrieri) Apr-1917Picciurro, Sarro Sep-1921Piciurro, Cosimo Jun-1914Pinda, Angelina (Boscia) Feb-1916Pineo, Pasquale Feb-1909Pineo, Petrina (Pineo) Feb-1909Pinilla, Ladislo Jul-1905Pio, Alberto Apr-1898Pio, Eduardo Aug-1897Pipetone, Rosaria (Farina) May-1916Pipia, Frank Sep-1925Pipia, Vincenzo Oct-1922Pipino, Biaggio Sep-1925Pipino, Catherine (Cashman) Jan-1898Pipora, Joseph Feb-1925Piraino, Mamie (Taratino) Nov-1923Pirelli, Frank May-1922Pirelli, Josephine (Curro) Sep-1914Pirelli, Luigina (Riccobono) Oct-1916Pirelli, Rose (Carini) Feb-1921Pisciotella, Cologgera (Sacco) Dec-1910Piscitello, Domenico Oct-1906

Name MarriedPiscitello, Joseph Oct-1919Piscitello, Peter Nov-1924Pistoria, Antonia (Amato) Aug-1910Pizzini, Basillie Nov-1914Pizzo, Giacomo Jul-1918Pizzo, Josephine, (Terintino) Oct-1919Pizzo, Maria (Damato) Mar-1914Pizzo, Mary (Vento) Nov-1923Pizzo, Rosalia (Tarantino) Jan-1910Pizzo, Stepharca (D'Amato) Dec-1910Pizzoferrato, Isadore Feb-1921Pizzoni, Basillie Nov-1914Pizzonta, Rosa (Francesco) Sep-1913Plazotta, Joseph Jan-1910Polizza, Josephine (Rotolo) Aug-1916Polo, Eugene Apr-1918Pomosi, Thersa (Angyan) Sep-1908Pontarelli, Dianizio Aug-1901Poteri, George Feb-1906Prato, Andrew Aug-1898Presselli, Rudolph Apr-1914Prestifilippo, Frank Feb-1914Principato, Cyrus Dec-1910Prioletta, Mary (Fiscarelli) Oct-1923Prosetti, Egidac Sep-1919Provetto, Antonia (Farino) Mar-1917Providenzia, Sottile (Sanfilippo) Nov-1924Pucci, Angelina (Viglione) Jan-1915Pucci, Tony Sep-1920Puccinelli, Americo Sep-1922Puccinelli, Christfo May-1915Puccinelli, Ferruccio Jun-1914Puccinelli, Mildred (Snyder) Oct-1924Puccio, Giuseppa (?) Oct-1912Puccio, Joseph Nov-1921Puccio, Thomas Jul-1921Puliafito, Anthony Sep-1920Puliafito, Domenica (Schramel) Jun-1918Puliafito, Pietro (Gioacchino) Jan-1910Puliafito, Rose (Draws) Jul-1924Pulpero, Pasquale Dec-1901Purabon, Giovanna (Guerino) Apr-1906Purpera, Philip Apr-1908Purpero, Charles Oct-1920Purpero, Grazia (Sberna) Nov-1917Purpura, Giuseppa (Corrado) Apr-1903Purpura, Theresa (Tripiciano) Nov-1907Puterio, Grace (Cusamano) Mar-1922Puzanca, Josephine Feb-1913Quaranta, Josephine (Lamia) Mar-1907Quaranta, Lorenzs Jun-1901Quartana Peter Sep-1925Quattrocchi, Concetta (Picciolo) Dec-1910Quattrocchi, Santa (Bertucci) Feb-1919Quattrocchi, Vincenzo Jan-1914Raccuglia, Frank Dec-1911Racuglia, Sara (Zichichi) Jun-1923Radasso, Marco Jan-1916Radosta, Anton Apr-1904Radosta, Anton Sep-1924Radosta, Henry Jun-1919Radosta, Ignazia (Crapitto) Aug-1921Ragghianti, Egidis Jun-1902Ragghianti, Isolina (Pera) Jan-1905Raggio, Amelia (Killeen) Feb-1906Raimondo, Calogero Apr-1912Raimondo, Maria (Carmelo) Aug-1906Ramando, Joe Mar-1912Rampolla, Liboria (Dovi) Nov-1909Randasso, Marco Jan-1916Randazzo, Aida (Ramirez) Jul-1923Randazzo, Annie (Russo) Jun-1919Randazzo, Helen (Gebbis) Nov-1916Randazzo, Jack May-1924Randazzo, Rose (Petta) Aug-1906Randazzo, Salvatore Sep-1920Ray (Re), Angie (Triscari) Feb-1922Re (Ray), Maggie (Giaimo) Apr-1917Re (Ray), Mary (Bruno) Aug-1917Re Anna, (Quattrocchi) Jan-1914Rebori, Carlotta (Ginocchio) Feb-1913Reccobuono, Giuseppi Sep-1914

Name MarriedRecica, Michael Nov-1909Regalbuto, Antonio Sep-1920Regghianti, Jessie (Tralongo) Mar-1920Regghianti, Julius Jul-1924Regnieri, Elizebeth (Hand) Nov-1909Rei, Augustina (Ceraolo) Oct-1916Remondino, George Jul-1911Restaino, Dominic Apr-1911Restevo, William Jun-1914Restifo, Biaggio Jun-1914Restivo, Frances (Zarconi) Oct-1919Restivo, Laura (Dimore) Jun-1917Ribera, Giovannina (Spata) Sep-1920Ribera, Josephine (Connizzaro) May-1922Riccardi, Anna (Defillippo) Nov-1924Ricciardi, Calorio Jul-1906Ricciardi, Natali Mar-1919Riccobono, Giuseppe Sep-1914Riccobono, Marianna (Mercurio) Jul-1919Riccobono, Mary (La Domita) Dec-1910Ricupo, Antonia (Sammario) Sep-1914Rigacci, Pasquale Apr-1921Rigali, Irma (Pieracini) Apr-1913Rigano, Carmelo Oct-1922Righi, Paolo Jul-1921Ristifo, Mary (Marchese Jr.) May-1925Rocco, Louis Dec-1923Rolli, Alfredo Dec-1913Romano, Antonietta (Bernard) Jun-1922Romano, Astrenzio Aug-1916Romano, Castrenzo Aug-1916Romano, Joe May-1920Romano, John Mar-1924Romano, Lucia (Crema) Oct-1916Romano, Mary (Lo Cicero) Feb-1912Romano, Nicola Jan-1900Romano, Pasquale Sep-1907Romeo, Vincent Jul-1898Romiglio, Cialdini Aug-1907Romolo, August Mar-1905Rondello, Peter May-1913Ronelli, Fred Oct-1916Ronelli, Fred Oct-1916Rosalia, Maglio (Salvatore) Jan-1906Rosetti, Gesse (Di Marco) Nov-1914Rosetti, Maria (La Rosa ) Dec-1914Rospanto, Nicolina (Levigne) Nov-1920Rossi, Adela (Rades) Nov-1919Rossi, Eugene Aug-1915Rossi, Eugene Nov-1909Rossi, Frank Feb-1912Rossi, George Dec-1918Rossi, Jeanette (Jennrich) Aug-1913Rossi, Jennett (Puls) Dec-1916Rossio, Mary (Basso) Sep-1922Rossio, Mary (Basso) Sep-1922Rosso, Catherine (Rathkamp) Oct-1903Rosso, James Mar-1901Rotolo, Michael Aug-1916Rotolo, Michael Aug-1916Roventini, Ortenza (Anichini) Nov-1907Rozella, Ruth (Morris) Jun-1913Rugolo, Giuseppe Apr-1914Ruopoco, Antonia (Sammario) Sep-1914Rupena, Anton Jun-1918Rupena, Tony Apr-1925Russo, Adeline (Petta) Nov-1912Russo, Angeline (Randazzo) Sep-1920Russo, Gaetano Sep-1920Russo, Jack Dec-1923Russo, Joseph Feb-1915Russo, Josephine (Mathano) Nov-1920Russo, Nicholas Oct-1924Russo, Ninette (Quartana) Sep-1925Russo, Philip Feb-1920Russo, Rosie (Schillaci) Jul-1907Russo, Rosie (Volenza) Dec-1910Russo, Salvatore Jan-1915Russo, Salvatore Jun-1919Russo, Samuel Jun-1921Ruvolo, Joseph Jun-1923

To be continued in the next issue

Italians married in Milwaukee: 1897-1925Part VI

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 January of 1993and will be featured in The Italian Times at future dates. The Milwaukee Marriage Index: 1941-1955 was previously publishedin The Italian 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 Libraryof Congress in Washington, D.C. for all time.

Please keep in mind that these marriages were actualized only in the City of Milwaukee. Accordingly, if you were 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 duringthe time period 1897-1925 and that relative’s name does not appear in these listings, please contact the Milwaukee CountyHistorical Society. Surname of bridegrooms appears in parenthesis after bride’s name.

Note: This series appears in all issues of The Italian Times. Since the newspaper is not available in print every month,please check out the online edition, found at www.ICCMilwaukee.com, to see this column on a continuous basis. In addition, please watch for an addendum to thisseries. These are the names of Italians married between 1897 and 1925 who were not part of athe original records for reasons unbeknown to this researcher.


Celebrating Thirty-Six Years!with our 36th Annual

Festa Bocce Ball TournamentSunday, July 21st @ 2:00 p.m.

Presenting Sponsor

Wanted...• 32 Bocce teams consisting of 4 players each.• Entry fee of $50.00 per team.• The first 32 pre-paid teams will make up our tournament

roster.• This is a single elimination tournament with a consolation

round (guaranteeing all teams will play at least two games).• Trophies & Prize Money will be awarded to the 1st & 2nd

place teams from the winners’ bracket. 3rd place will go tothe winner of the consolation bracket and includes a cashprize.

• 1st place - $500, 2nd place - $300, 3rd place - $200.• Other prizes and drawings throughout the event.

Please complete the form below and send a check or moneyorder to:

Dan Conley, Tournament Coordinator, at1676 N. Cass St., Milwaukee, WI 53202

Make checks payable to Italian Community Center.ONLY ONE CHECK PER TEAM PLEASE.

COMPLIMENTARY SUNDAY FESTA ADMISSION TICKETS WILL BEMAILED TO THE TEAM CAPTAINS UPON RECEIPT OF THE TEAM“PRE-PAID” REGISTRATION FORM. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS

$52 THIRTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL.For questions or more information, call

414-272-8249 or 414-759-5991.Come join us & help celebrate our 36th anniversary. Thank you!

REGISTRATION FORM

Team Name: _____________________________________________

Team Sponsor: ___________________________________________

Team Captain: ___________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________

Phone # _______________ Email address: ____________________

Player #2 _______________________________________________

Player #3 _______________________________________________

Player #4 _______________________________________________

Festa’s Location: Summerfest GroundsBocce Court Location: Straight back from

the Mid-Gate (Chicago St. entrance) betweenthe fountain & Flags of Festa area and the

lakefront. Next to the Children’s Area.

New logo designedfor 36th Festa

By Jessica VollrathFesta Italiana is getting a face lift - starting with a new logo! Festa

logos of the past have been replaced with a more contemporary design thatreflects a festival both rich in tradition and one that is poised for success inthe future. The fresh, modern look represents Festa as it is today - a festi-val that attracts all ages.

In the spring of 2013, Festa’s marketing team made up of VollrathAssociates (public relations), Propeller (media planning) and GT Creative(creative) put their minds together to modernize the Festa brand. The newlogo takes into account what makes Festa unique and the special signifi-cance it holds in the Italian community. Situated above sleek typefaces, thelogo proudly displaces the hallmarks of Festa - the Italian flag celebratingItalian tradition, a wine bottle symbolizing the presence of wine in the cul-ture’s rich history and a fork representing a people passionate about foodand family. The vibrant colors and contemporary images come togetherseamlessly to tell the modern story of Milwaukee’s oldest ethnic festival.

The logo also sets the stage for more exciting creative to come as wenear the 36th annual Festa Italiana! The upcoming marketing campaignwill incorporate everything that the Milwaukee community has come toknow and love about Festa - delicious food, Italian fun for the entire familyand, of course, fireworks!

Festa Italiana will take place Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21at Henry W. Maier Festival Park (Summerfest grounds).

Papa Francesco, nel Regina Coeli,ha citato ‘ ’quanti hanno sofferto esoffrono a causa di abusi. Vorreiassicurare loro - ha detto Bergoglio -che sono presenti nella mia preghierama vorrei anche dire con forza che tuttidobbiamo impegnarci con chiarezza e

coraggio affinché ogni persona,specialmente i bambini, sia sempredifesa e tutelata’’. Questa mattina hacelebrato la Messa in una piazza sanPietro bagnata dalla pioggia per leConfraternite arrivate da tutto ilmondo.

Papa: difendiamo i bambini dagli abusi

E’ morta a Roma Rossella Falk.Nata nella capitale 86 anni fa, attriceprediletta da Fellini e da Visconti,musa ispiratrice delle commedie diGiuseppe Patroni Griffi e di DiegoFabbri, compagna d’arte di Romolo

Valli e Giorgio De Lullo, e’ statadefinita la Greta Garbo italiana. Tra lesue ultime interpretazioni, al cinema‘Non ho sonno’ di Dario Argento (2000)ed ‘Est Ovest’ di Cristina Comencini ateatro nel 2009.

E’ morta Rossella Falk

Le spoglie di San Celestino V con ilsuo vero volto in argento e con unanuova teca sono tornate intorno alle 18di oggi nella Basilica di Collemaggio,che ha ancora chiari i segni delladistruzione causata dal sisma, da doveil 23 febbraio scorso erano state

trasferite per procedere allaricognizione sulla salma e sacrereliquie e al rifacimento della mascherafunebre. Le spoglie sono stateimpreziosite dal pallio donato da papaRatzinger nel corso della visitaall’Aquila dopo il terremoto.

Celestino V con vero volto aCollemaggio

Emma, con Schiena, gia’ discod’oro, comanda la classifica Fimi-Gfk dei dischi piu’ venduti per laquarta settimana consecutiva.Fedez e’ secondo dopo aver scalatoquattro posizioni seguito da unaltro rapper, Dargen D’Amico, che

irrompe con l’album Vivere aiuta anon morire, new entry che precedelo stabile Michael Buble’. Il singolopiu’ scaricato e’ Get Lucky dei DaftPunk feat. Pharrel Williams, il dvdpiu’ venduto e’ La mia Thule diFrancesco Guccini.

Hit parade, Emma sempre al top

Arriva la Coca-Cola personalizzata.Dall’8 maggio - 127/o anniversario

della bevanda - e fino ad agosto, per laprima volta, grazie al progettoCondividi una Coca-Cola, il celebre logosara’ sostituito dai nomi di battesimo,dai nomi generici e dai modi di dire piu’

popolari.Su bottiglie e lattine di Coca-Cola,

Coca-Cola light e Coca-Cola Zerocampeggeranno i 150 nomi propri piu’diffusi (da Alessandra a Valentina),nomi generici (mamma, amico, prof) emodi di dire (Lo Zio, Il Socio, La VIP).

Coca-Cola, ecco bottiglia personalizzata

Una delle pochissime chitarre usateda John Lennon e George Harrisonnegli anni d’oro dei Beatles verra’prima esposta a Londra, da domani asabato 11 maggio allo Stafford Hotel, epoi venduta all’asta a New York daJulien’s Auctions. Si tratta di un

prototipo della Vox costruito nel 1966che potrebbe raggiungere una cifracompresa fra i 200 mila e i 300 miladollari. Lennon la suonava nel video di‘Hello Goodbye’, Harrison l’ha usata nelfilm ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ del 1967.

All’asta chitarra di Lennon e Harrison

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