NON-PROFIT US POSTAGE THE PAID MILWAUKEE, WI Permit No. 5716 PubliIshed 1T1 times aAnnually bLy the IAN TIMES Italian Community Center 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 Become a member of the Italian www.ICCMilwaukee.com Community Center and you will receive OCTOBER 2018 • VOL. 40, NO. 4 home delivery of this publication. Your address label will be placed here. – CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED – Postmarked ballots due no later than Thursday, Oct. 11 Director-at-large seats up for grabs in ICC election; officers unopposed by Thomas Hemman Members in attendance ac - Ciano, Marie Andaloro Lieber and The committee recently mailed a Times Editor cepted the slate of officers proposed Tony Lupo. Members added Chris - ballot and voting instructions to While the election outcomes for by the Nominating Committee. tine Catalano, Sophia Michalovitz, every member who is eligible to the five unopposed nominees for of - They included: Joseph Emanuele Pietro Tarantino and Anthony Zin - vote. It is important to read the vot - ficer positions are certain, voters in for President, Rose Anne Ceraso gale. ing instructions to make sure that the Italian Community Center elec - Fritchie for Vice President, Ted After adjournment of the Aug. your ballot counts. tion will decide, from among eight Catalano for Treasurer, Susie De - 16 general meeting, the Nominat - A key provision is that ballots nominees, who will capture the four Sanctis Christiansen for Secretary ing Committee conducted a draw - must be returned in the supplied open director-at-large seats. and Joanne Sanfilippo Czubek for ing of the names of the nominees envelopes with the outer envelope As reported in the September Sergeant-At-Arms. for director positions to determine postmarked no later than Oct. 11, issue, the election slate was final - The committee nominated the the order of placement on the elec - 2018. Ballots received after that ized at the Aug. 16 general meet - following for directors-at-large: tion ballot. This reporter witnessed date will be saved, but will not be ing. Here is a recap. Christopher Bartolone, Eddie the drawing. counted. Voters are limited to voting for one officer for each officer position and four or fewer of the candidates for director-at-large positions. Russo Brothers to perform at Write-ins are prohibited. ICC Installation Banquet on Please turn to page 4 Cosa c’è dentro? Saturday, Nov. 3 What’s inside? For many of you, an installa - See Disney’s Hocus Pocus on tion dinner for your organization’s on Movie Night, Oct. 12 page 2 newly elected officers and board La Scala adding dinner members is always a “should at - hours starting Oct. 1 page 2 tend” event. For others, it may not President’s message page 3 be that high on your priority list. It might take a little extra prod - Get those 2019 schedules turned in page 3 ding for you to come. Let the prodding begin. Madonna del Lume Women What if we told you that the hosting Italian Mass page 3 one-and-only Russo Brothers will Donate to Thanksgiving perform for your dancing and lis - dinner to less fortunate page 7 tening pleasure at the Italian Calendar of events page 7 Community Center’s Installation Banquet on Saturday, Nov. 3? Mangiamele Arts Foundation donates $30,000 to OSIA We will also assure you that the for scholarships page 8 ceremonial activities will be kept to the essentials. Absent will be OSIA Milwaukee to present those long drawn-out speeches . ‘Night of Magic,’ Oct. 13 page 8 We also know some of you ex - Santa Rosalia Society invites pect a good hearty dinner, right? all to family event, How about a supper featuring Tradizione Siciliane page 9 Chicken Marsala as the entrée? Here are The Russo Brothers – Dominic (left) and Nick – shown in a Pompeii Men’s Club The event will begin with a performance at Festa Italiana 2017. (Times photo by Tim Townsend) awards scholarships page 9 cocktail reception (cash bar) with food, great music, dancing, and the By the way, an anonymous Learn how to preserve passed hors d’oeuvres. important parts of an installation donor, who says he wants to see a heirlooms at Ladies of Now some of you might be ceremony! You’ll also be sharing big turnout, is covering the costs UNICO event on Oct. 16 page 9 thinking this might be a little too an evening with i tuoi amici (your for The Russo Brothers perform - pricey? Nope! How about $25 per Justinian Society’s Columbus friends), some of whom you proba - ance. Day Awards Banquet page 10 person ? That’s right. Not a bad bly don’t see very often and you deal for a Saturday night of good Remembering Sr. Maria wish you could see more. Please turn to page 6 Agostina Giannini page 12 Holiday special announced for Italian Community Center memberships The Italian Community Center Night . for the price of one. Please write it is the only time of the year we Membership Committee has been Next, for our holiday season, we somewhere on the form or we will will offer it. Let’s get as many peo - busy finding ways to add value to are going to offer a “buy one mem - have a box online where you must ple as possible to share in the sup - our memberships. We have reached bership, get one free” promotion. If write or enter BOGO2018 . We will port and celebration of our Italian our first goal of 1,000-plus mem - you are going to be renewing your then have a certificate for you to American heritage. berships, and are well on our way membership anyways, you can give as a gift to the new member. to hitting the next goal of 1,500! renew it and get a free membership They can then fill out a member - If you have any questions, We’ve added Membership of equal value to give to a non- ship form and activate their mem - please feel free to leave a message “Happy Hours,” which allow for member. Please note: It must go to bership with the certificate and with the office and we will get back members and potential members to a non-member and not someone completed membership form. to you as soon as possible to answer get together and share memories who currently has a membership We are hoping that this will be a all your questions. and volunteer opportunities. because our goal is to bring in new great holiday gift for family and – Submitted by We added member movie nights, members to share our Center. friends who are not currently mem - Bill Stocks and which have been a huge success, Beginning Oct. 1 through Nov. bers. Now is the time to take ad - Mary Anne Ceraso-Alioto starting with Moonstruck and Big 30, you can get two memberships vantage of this special offer because ICC Membership Committee Bring the family on Friday, Oct. 12 Disney’s Hocus Pocus will be next ICC Movie Night film The Italian Community Center’s screen will be set up in the Bocce setts. stars Omri Katz and Thora Birch. “Movie Night” series continues on Courts. Bring blankets, chairs and The film was directed by Kenny The film was released July 16, Friday, Oct. 12 with the showing of pillow or whatever you need to Ortega and produced by Steven 1993. The running time is 96 min - the Disney comedy horror fantasy make yourselves comfortable. Haft and David Kirschner. It also utes. film, Hocus Pocus. Food, snacks and beverages will “We’re hoping the showing of be available at the concession Hocus Pocus will bring families to - stand. Cafe La Scala will be open gether for a fun evening at the for dinner and cocktails. Cafe La Scala hours ICC,” said Mary Anne Ceraso- Starring Bette Midler, Kathy Alioto, ICC Membership Commit - Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, changing Oct. 1 tee Chair. Hocus Pocus is based on the story Starting Monday, Oct. 1, Cafe through Friday. The restaurant The pre-movie trivia will be by Mick Garris and David Kirsch- La Scala will be open weekdays for will be closed Saturday and Sun - played starting at 6:30 p.m. and the ner. The film follows the villainous both lunch and dinner service. day. film starts rolling at 7:15 p.m. If the trio of witches – played by Midler, Lunch hours will continue to be In recent months, dinner hours weather is good enough, the film Najimy and Parker – who are inad - from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday at Cafe La Scala were limited to the will be shown in the Courtyard. If vertently resurrected by a teenage through Friday. Dinner hours will nights when acts performed in the there’s inclement weather, the big male virgin in Salem, Massachu - be from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday “Live Music in the Courtyard” se - ries. The Bartolotta Catering staff, which operates the restaurant, in - vites Italian Community Center members and friends of the ICC to come and enjoy the dining experi - ence at Cafe La Scala. November issue deadline All advertising copy, news sto - ries and photos for publication in the November 2018 issue of The Italian Times must be submitted to the editor no later than Wednes - day, Oct. 10. All materials can be emailed to editor Tom Hemman at them - [email protected] or sent to The Italian Times, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. For fur - ther information, call 414-223- 2189. Manuela Francavilla Italian Translator MF Italian Language Services For your Italian Genealogy and Ancestry Translation needs [email protected] mfitalianlanguageservices.com THE ITALIAN TIMES 631 E.