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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 MARCH 2018 • VOL. 39, NO. 10 home delivery of this publication. Your address label will be placed here. – CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED – Are you ready for ‘A Taste of Italy’? ICC’s free admission Italian food tasting extravaganza set for Sunday, Apr. 22, doors open at 11:30 a.m. by Thomas Hemman Seating will be available through - Times Editor out the building, including the Remember when your nonna bocce court room and the spacious would emphatically call out , “Man - courtyard. “We want to make sure gia, mangia,” insisting that you eat everyone has a place to sit down more of the delicious Italian food and enjoy the food,” said Christina she prepared for the Sunday din - Ziino, who is joined this year by ner? Well, this time it’s the chair - Valorie (Sanfilippo) Schleicher and persons of the Italian Community Marie (Andaloro) Lieber as the Center’s “A Taste of Italy” making chairpersons of “A Taste of Italy.” that plea. The 23rd annual Taste of “We will again have those extra Italy will be Sunday, Apr. 22 from large trays for ease in carrying your 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and you food and beverages . Volunteers will better come ready to eat! be passing out those trays at the Admission is free and so is park - entrance to the Pompeii Ballroom,” ing . Everything you choose to eat she added. and drink – whether it’s an entrée “A Taste of Italy,” since its in - item, a sandwich or panini , a salad, ception in 1995, has served as an pizza, a dessert and soft drink, beer essential fundraising activity for or wine (with one exception ), can be the nonprofit Italian Community purchased with a single ticket . The Center. The chairs wish to thank Rose Emanuele (center) and her daughters Victoria Werner and Rose lone exception on the menu is cala - Ann Romano, who served as chair - Anne Emanuele enjoyed some of the scrumptious desserts that were mari fritti (deep-fried squid) which person of 21 of the previous 22 available at the 2017 Taste of Italy. (Times photo by Tom Hemman) will require two tickets, necessi - events, for her valuable assistance will be able to enjoy a diverse tated by the market price. You can in helping to make the 23rd Taste lineup of Italian and Italian Amer - buy a book of 6 tickets for $10. Sin - of Italy a huge success. ican entertainment. Festa Italiana’s gle tickets will sell for $2 each. Tradizione Vivente, the Ital - Main entrées, sandwiches, salads Live entertainment ian Dance Group of Milwaukee, ‘$7 for 7 Days’ and pizza will be available in the While dining on the large selec - will be performing at 1 p.m. and Pompeii Grand Ballroom. Desserts tion of food and beverages (listed in 2:30 p.m. in the Festa Ballroom. online ticket its entirety later in the article), you will be sold in the Festa Ballroom. Please turn to page 6 deal returns week of Apr. 16 Festa Italiana organizers are St. Joseph’s Day pleased to announce that the “$7 for 7 Days Spring Fever Ticket Deal” is coming back for the fifth celebrated at ICC luncheon straight year. This promotion al - lows Festa-goers to buy advance admission tickets online for only $7 during a seven-day period in each of the next three months. To order these $7 ticket, all you will need to know is this website address: https://fes - taitaliana.com and these dates below when the “$7 for 7 Days Spring Fever Ticket Deal” is in Please turn to page 3 Cosa c’è dentro? What’s inside? President’s message page 2 Tom’s T-Ballers roll to winter bocce title page 3 Strategy developed for getting new members page 4 Three ICC members among OSIA IL/WI honorees page 9 Santa Rosalia Society event to benefit Penfield Children’s Center page 10 Italian genealogy development reported page 10 In keeping with its tradition of celebrating the Feast ICC luncheon, said that it was a grand success with Support the Pompeii Men’s Day of St. Joseph, the Italian Community Center held approximately 130 people attending and with the help Good Friday Fish Buffet page 10 its 26th annual St. Joseph’s Day Luncheon on Mar. 16. of her volunteers, the ICC staff and Bartolotta Cater - OSIA ‘Sinatra Night’ page 11 The event, which recognizes Joseph, the foster father ing. Winard is seen here with her committee of volun - of Jesus Christ and patron saint of Sicily, served as a teers. From the left: Suzanne Wypijewski, Joanne UNICO scholarships page 12 preview to the actual observance of the religious hol - (Sanfilippo) Czubek, Louise Au, Winard and Patricia Italian Festival Film has iday, which is Mar. 19 and is celebrated in many Guttuso. As in previous years, Czubek set up and dec - ICC’s support page 13 Catholic churches in Italy, the United States and orated the beautiful altar. More photos from the other countries. Charter member Mary (Mineo) luncheon appear on page 8. (Times photo by Tom ICC member Charlie Evans Winard, who has long served as chairperson of the Hemman) authors book page 14 A message from Dean Cannestra, IAtnaevelntithaat nis a faCvoritoe omf a mAudvannceiatndygateCtickeet pnricets eerratioPn. Werlcoemesbaickd, ReosenAnt ne. lot of people, including me, is com - are set and we’ve kept them the ing up quickly at the Italian Com - same as 2017. Advance tickets, Show your support munity Center. Of course, I’m which can be ordered through our Besides our Taste of Italy and talking about our Taste of Italy on secure website – festaitaliana.com Festa Italiana, there are some Sunday, Apr. 22 from 11:30 a.m. to – are $10. The price at the gate will other events for which I ask your 3:30 p.m. be $13. Our first “$7 for 7 Days” on - support. These include the follow - Valorie Schleicher, Christina line ticket deal will take place the ing: Ziino and Marie Lieber are doing week of Apr. 16-22. If you order • The Pompeii Men’s Club Good an excellent job get all of the prepa - tickets during this time period, Friday Fish Buffet on Friday, Mar. rations done for this key fundraiser. you’ll be able to buy as many Festa 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the ICC. They have been busy seeking dona - tickets as you want for just $7. We (Fundraiser) tions of cash and product, and con - will also offer this ticket deal one • The Bartolotta Catering’s tinue to do it. If you are interested, week in May and June. Look for the Easter Sunday Buffet on Sunday, or know of someone who might be article in this issue for all the par - Apr. 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ICC. day, May 6 at 12:30 p.m. at St. Hed - interested, in making a cash dona - ticulars. wig Catholic Church. tion or product donation, please • The Filippo Mazzei Greater I’m pleased to report that Milwaukee Lodge #2763/Order • The UNICO Scholarship & contact any of the three ladies. You Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May can find their contact information George Busateri is returning as our Sons & Daughters of Italy in Amer - entertainment manager. He will be ica “Sinatra Tribute Night.” Doors 15 at the ICC. in the Taste of Italy story that • The Pompeii Women’s Club starts on page 1 of this issue. All do - handling the booking and facilitat - open at 5 p.m. (Fundraiser) ing of our entertainers and the on- • The Santa Rosalia Society May Crowning Banquet on nations are greatly appreciated and Wednesday, May 30 at the ICC. help to make this fundraiser a grounds technical and production Spring Benefit Gala on Saturday, needs. His group, Spider George & Apr. 14 starting at 6 p.m. at the It’s important that we support great success. Thank you, Val, our Italian societies and clubs since Chris and Marie for all of your hard The Web will be back performing at ICC. (Fundraiser to benefit Pen - Festa. field Children’s Center.) we anticipate the support of their work, members for our events and activi - I also want to thank Ann Ro - I’m happy to report that long - • The Order Sons of Italy in time ICC member Peter Russo is America/Grand Lodge of Illinois ties. With the vendor agreement mano, who coordinated 21 of our the ICC has with The Bartolotta first 22 Taste of Italy events, for replacing Bill Jennaro as the man - and Wisconsin “Leonardo da Vinci ager of our gondola fleet and gon - Awards of Excellence” Banquet on Restaurant Group, the more they consulting with our new coordina - succeed, the more the ICC suc - tors this year. Ann’s wealth of doliers. Bill has stepped down after Sunday, May 6 at noon at Roma many years as the “commander” of Lodge, Racine. Three of our mem - ceeds. knowledge in putting together an Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter! event of this magnitude is invalu - gondolas. bers are being honored. Rose Anne Ceraso Fritchie is re - • The Madonna del Lume Soci - – ICC President able. Dean Cannestra “A Taste of Italy” is really an en - turning to manage our golf cart op - ety Women’s Italian Mass on Sun - joyable event whether you are vol - unteering like I am or attending.