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Published 11 times annually by the 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 2019 • VOL. 40, NO. 9 home delivery of this publication. Your address label will be placed here. – CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED – The Ralph and Helen Smarelli Hall ICC receives donation for naming rights to Festa Ballroom by Susie Christiansen The donation is being accepted The Italian Community Center is under the Naming Rights Program. pleased to announce that it has re- This program provides the ICC with ceived a $25,000 donation from Mary the money needed to offer classes, Smarelli and John Doherty. Mary workshops and events that celebrate Smarelli expressed how much they Italian music, culture, food and wine appreciate the work the ICC does for on a regular basis, along with the its members and the community, and pleasure of charging members only a how happy they are to know that they nominal amount. “We have to in- could do something to help the ICC crease and enhance the feeling of continues its mission. Mary and John community here. The Naming Rights have been Festa contributors for the fundraiser is for the members, for last four years offering their bus serv- their enjoyment, and for the wonder- ice to pick up and drop off the flag ful committees who work tirelessly to throwers from Chicago. Continued on page 5 What’s in store for ICC’s 24th annual ‘A Taste of Italy’ on Sunday, Apr. 28? by Thomas Hemman Tollefson has volunteered to be in Times Editor charge of the prize raffle and volun- The 24th annual “A Taste of teer meal tickets. Italy” event will take place on Sun- This year attendees will see a few day, Apr. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 changes in the food line up. “For in- Ralph and Helen Smarelli (Photo provided by Smarelli Family) p.m. Volunteering to coordinate this stance, we are adding an Italian beef spectacular Italian food extrava- sandwich and the popular dessert ganza for the second consecutive tiramisu,” the coordinators said. You Committee proposed year are Marie Andaloro Lieber, can also enjoy such items as arancini Christina Ziino and Valorie Sanfil- (deep-fried rice balls filled with ippo Schleicher. Fran Sorrenti Continued on page 8 bylaws revisions Several changes are being pro- ship meeting shall develop a slate of posed in Article V of the Italian Com- candidates to run for the five (5) offi- ICC thanks Joe Mangiamele munity Center Bylaws by the Bylaws cer positions and four (4) Director- Committee. These revisions will be At-Large positions on the Board of voted upon by members attending the Directors. for gifting 2-story sculpture general meeting on Thursday, Apr. Current Article V, Section 9: 18, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Ballots will be mailed to all members Article V addresses nominations in good standing within eight (8) days and elections and the committees that Continued on page 7 oversee the processes. Presented here first will be the current bylaw, fol- lowed by the proposed bylaw revi- Cosa c’è dentro? sion. Current Article V, Section 3: A What’s inside Nominating Committee consisting of President’s message page 2 two (2) members in good standing Milwaukee Mandolin appointed by the President and three Orchestra to perform members in good standing nominated Mar. 15 at ICC page 2 and elected from the floor at the May Children’s Easter party general membership meeting shall set for Apr. 13 page 3 develop a slate of candidates to run Sign up for Moonlight for the five (5) officer positions and Bocce Tournament page 3 four (4) Director-At-Large positions Have you made on the Board of Directors. The Presi- reservations for the dent shall have the authority to name St. Joseph’s Day luncheon? page 4 the chairperson from among the five Students of Italian descent: (5) members of the Nominating Com- UNICO scholarships mittee. now available page 9 Proposed revision to Article V, Pompeii Men fundraiser: Italian Community Center President Joe Emanuele presented a plaque to Joe Section 3: A Nominating Committee Mangiamele, thanking him and his foundation for gifting the two-story tall ab- Good Friday consisting of two (2) members in Fish Fry Buffet page 10 stract sculpture, New Beginnings, to the ICC. The presentation took place dur- good standing appointed by the Pres- ing the sculpture dedication ceremony which was part the February general Get help finding your membership meeting on Jan. 17. The stainless steel sculpture stands on the ident and three members in good ancestors on Apr. 27 page 10 standing nominated and elected from northwest corner of the ICC property. Look for a story and more photos from Sezione Italiane pagina 14-15 the dedication ceremony on page 7. (Times photo by Tom Hemman) the floor at the May general member- A message from Joseph T. Emanuele, Italian Community Center President Dear Members, and bocce playing) to the Italian lan- If you can get away from work for a I wish all of you who are reading guage and history classes, the stu- couple of hours or if you are retired, this message could have attended our dents got a real opportunity to find I encourage you to attend. Complete 2019 celebration of Il Grande out about our culture and how Italian details are in this issue. Carnevale this past Feb. 23. It was Americans are making a positive con- We will continue our recognition spectacular from the start of the tribution to our community and our of all things Italian in April with the evening with the performance by our country. A program like this should celebration of our 24th annual “A youngest children, the dancers of I make all of us feel proud to be mem- Taste of Italy” on Sunday, Apr. 28 Bei Bambini, to the sweet table bers of the ICC. from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. I know served towards the close of the Gina has booked another event for that chairpersons Valorie (Sanfelippo) evening. Everything was great from Friday, Mar. 15 at 7 p.m. The Mil- Schleicher, Christina Ziino and Marie the dinner to the coronation of our waukee Mandolin Orchestra will be (Andaloro) Lieber are doing their 2019 Royalty, all the pageantry and performing that evening. I encourage best to make this Italian food tasting decorations, the mask and costume our members and friends of the ICC extravaganza a successful fundraiser wearers to the fireworks. to attend. Mandolin music has long for our organization. I commend our Carnevale Chair been part of the heritage and there is After Festa Italiana, this is our Susie Christensen and her committee no group that I know of that plays it second most important moneymaker. for doing an outstanding job. Our better than the Milwaukee Mandolin As your President, I ask that all of 40th annual Carnevale lived up to its Orchestra. Members can attend for you participate either as volunteers or theme: “Dall Inverno alla Primavera” free. Admission for the general public attendees, and do your part to make (From Winter to Spring). is $10. Look for more information in this year’s Taste of Italy a big suc- I also want to acknowledge our this issue. cess. A lot of details about this event 21. Mark your calendars now. Get in- Culture Committee Chair Gina Jor- While Carnevale is traditionally appear in this issue. volved and let your family and gensen who organized our Student our last chance to celebrate before the Planning for our 42nd Festa is friends know that they should attend. Italian Immersion Day held on Feb. start of the solemn Lenten season, our well underway. The budget is set. We You will be hearing much more about 25. This event is a great opportunity Italian heritage allows us an opportu- have evaluated everything that we Festa in the coming months. Keep in for us to teach the young people in nity to pay tribute to St. Joseph, the think we can and can’t do this year touch with The Italian Times and on our community about our Italian her- foster father of Jesus Christ, in and made adjustments where possi- the Festa website, www.festaita- itage. From hands-on learning expe- March. The ICC will, in fact, be ble. One thing we can’t control is the liana.com. riences (such as the early 1900s doing this on Tuesday, Mar. 19 at weather. We hope and pray for three Italian immigrant experience at Ellis noon. Mary Winard is again in charge dry days. Remember, Festa will be – Joseph T. Emanuele Island to making homemade pasta of our St. Joseph’s Day celebration. Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July ICC President

Members and non-members welcomed to attend the show, THE ITALIAN TIMES presented by the Culture Committee 631 E. Chicago St. Milwaukee, WI 53202-5916 (414) 223-2180 Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra to Published 11 times annually Publisher ...... Italian Community Center ICC President . . . . , ...... Joseph T. Emanuele perform at ICC on Friday, Mar. 15 Newspaper Committee Chairman ...... To Be Announced The Milwaukee Mandolin Or- can mandolin orchestra music larly performs its repertoire at music Editor ...... Thomas Hemman chestra, the oldest fretted-instrument (waltzes, tangos, marches and polkas) festivals and concert halls around Advertising Sales musical orchestra in the United plus light classical, modern, Italian Wisconsin and occasionally outside Manager ...... Thomas Hemman Advertising Sales States, will perform at the Italian and Latin numbers. The MMO regu- Continued on page 7 Representative ...... Faye Ann Kessler Community Center on Friday, Mar. Editorial Contributors, Reporters and 15 at 7 p.m. Columnists ...... Blaise Di Pronio, Barbara Collignon, Laura Duronio Admission is free for ICC mem- and Donato Di Pronio bers and $10 for non-members. For advertising information, please call (414) The program is part of a series of 223-2180 or send an e-mail to: themman@ic- cultural events being presented this cmilwaukee.com. year by the ICC Culture Committee, Copyright 2019 chaired by Gina Jorgensen. The Italian Community Center, Inc. The MMO plays music arranged All Rights Reserved for 1st and 2nd mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar, flute, mandobass, All advertisements must be in accordance with the rules and requirements as determined by edito- percussion and voice. The orchestra rial policy. Paid advertisements are not to be inter- was organized in 1900 and has been preted as an endorsement by the Italian in continuous operation in Milwau- Community Center or its newspaper, The Italian Times. In addition, the Newspaper Committee re- kee since that time. It is a nonprofit serves the right to reject ads based on editorial pol- tax-exempt educational group. icy approved by the Board of Directors of the Led by Music Director Rene Italian Community Center. The Italian Community Center is a member of Izquierdo, the MMO’s repertoire cen- the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Com- ters on the best in traditional Ameri- merce, Visit Milwaukee and the Historic Third The Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra Ward Association.

PAGE 2 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Fun-filled Children’s Easter party planned for Saturday, Apr. 13 at ICC by Marissa West and Jenna Alioto Plans are in motion for a fun-filled children’s Easter party at the Italian Community Center on Saturday, Apr. 13, beginning at noon. The Avanti Committee is happy and excited to host this year’s party. The theme will be Festa di Pasqua, or Easter Carni- val. We can assure all who attend that it will be an entertaining, “crazy good” time. The atmosphere will be that of a carnival or county fair and will be tons of fun for everyone. As the children arrive, they will be given tokens to be used for carnival games and the Ice Cream & Popcorn Shoppe. At noon, all guests are invited to enjoy a delicious, child-approved lunch. There will be chocolate or white milk for the youngsters and coffee for adults. After lunch, the games begin! The room will be filled with the sights and sounds of a festival, with carnival games such as the Ring Toss, Bowl- lead them in a parade through the car- vance reservations will be accepted. tendance at this event is limited to ing Balls Push, Lollipop Pulls, Top- nival. The children are welcome to All pre-paid reservations must be re- ICC members, their children, grand- ple the Cans, Bean Bag Toss, and so wear their new hats and fill the room ceived by Wednesday, Mar. 21. At- children and great-grandchildren. much more. The children will also with the joyous noise of their musical have an additional chance to win spe- instruments. The parade will end at Deadline for April 2019 issue cial prizes by participating in the the stage where the Easter Bunny will guessing jars contest. Street artists have treats for all youngsters to take All advertising copy, news stories All materials can be emailed to will be painting faces and balloon home. and photos for publication in the editor Tom Hemman at them- hats will be created for anyone inter- April 2019 issue of The Italian [email protected] or sent to ested in wearing a special Easter hat. The costs are set at $5 per child Times must be submitted to the edi- The Italian Times, 631 E. Chicago During the festivities, we antici- (ages 11 and under) and $15 per tor no later than Wednesday, Mar. St., Milwaukee, WI 53202. For more pate a visit from the Easter Bunny adult. To ensure that all children re- 13. information, call 414-223-2189. who will greet all the children and ceive their special treats, only ad- From ‘Moonlight Bocce’ to monthly movies and an ambassadors’ program, ICC Membership Committee trying to offer something for everyone On Friday, Mar. 29, we will be John Alioto at 414-745-7523 or pa- members and just have a good time ings, Carnevale or Taste of Italy. converting the Bocce Courts into a [email protected], or just call the relaxing. If this is something that interests glow in the dark masterpiece. We office and make your reservations Finally, we are looking to begin you, please reach out to Mary Anne are looking for teams to vie for the along with payment. a new program of ICC Membership at [email protected] title of “First Moonlight Bocce We must have our minimum of Ambassadors. We are looking for or 414-801-4757. Champions” four teams to run the tournament so current members to connect with Finally, if you have not renewed We will have the lanes lit up, use we are expecting spots to fill up new members and show them your annual membership, don’t fret. glow in the dark bocce balls and quickly. around and let them know about You can always renew. pallino and other things to make the On Friday, Mar. 8, we will be events and volunteer opportunities We actually have almost 100 night exciting. having our monthly “Movie at the Italian Community Center. members who inadvertently forgot The cost to participants will be Night.” We hope to have our members to renew, so please, let’s keep the $10.00 per person or $40.00 per The March feature film is Il Po- reach out to us and volunteer to be- momentum going and increase our team. With that we will be looking stino. So come early for dinner, or come ambassadors. The amount of membership rolls. to have a cash prize. So if you are during the movie, order a bottle of time would be perhaps very little Thank you again for all your ready for the challenge, please feel wine and pizza and sit back in the because we are hoping that you will support! free to reach out to Membership Bocce Court and enjoy the show. meet together at events that you are – Submitted by the Committee Chair Mary Anne Doors open at 6 p.m. already going to or want to go to ICC Membership Committee Ceraso-Alioto at 414-801-4757 or This is your chance to meet new like the General Membership Meet- [email protected] or members, reconnect with long time

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THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 3 Members and public invited to 2019 St. Joseph’s Day Celebration Luncheon on Mar. 19 at ICC by Thomas Hemman ian songs and music appropriate for vegetation and left many people in one generation to the next.” Times Editor the occasion during the serving of the western Sicily dying of starvation. Today in Italy, St. Joseph’s Day is In keeping with its tradition of cel- lunch. People began to pray to St. Joseph also known as Father’s Day. The day, ebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph, Part of the tradition of St. Joseph’s asking him to ask the Lord for rain. which used to be a national holiday, the Italian Community Center is Day is the serving of a meatless meal. They promised if the rains came that is traditionally celebrated with bon- proud to announce its 27th annual St. The meal will be prepared and served they would honor St. Joseph for his fires and sometimes pageants with Joseph’s Day luncheon on Tuesday, by the Bartolotta Catering staff. intercession and perpetually honor scenes from the life of St. Joseph. Mar. 19 at noon. Winard reports that the ICC menu him on March 19. Children give gifts to their fathers on Both ICC members and non- for the observance will include pasta “At the stroke of midnight, the San Giuseppe Day. Zeppole (or zep- members are invited to attend. The con sarde e finocchio (pasta with sar- Lord sent the rain; it was on this day poli in southern Italian dialects) are costs have been set at $20 per ICC dines and fennel), eggplant arti- the prayers were heard. The people traditionally eaten on St. Joseph’s member and $23 per non-member. chokes, tossed salad with grapefruit, had water, the vegetation turned Day. Reservations, required by Friday, Italian bread and coffee, tea or milk. green, and there were fish for the Zeppole are deep-fried dough Mar. 8, can be made by filling out the The traditional and always-raved fishermen. The St. Joseph altars are balls that are usually topped with form below and sending it with a about Italian pastry zeppole will be based on this traditional legend, powdered sugar and may be filled check or money order to the ICC, 631 served for dessert. which has been handed down from Continued on page 6 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI “We hope to see all of you who 53202. Reservations also can be have been so faithful in attending our made by calling Valentina at the ICC past St. Joseph’s Day celebrations at office at 414-223-2180 and paying this year’s luncheon and we ask you with a credit card. People can also to bring along your relatives and pick up at a St. Joseph’s Day flyer at friends who might be interested in at- the ICC which has a form for making tending,” Winard said. reservations. Please note: No excep- She added that donations, both tions will be made for late reserva- small and large, are welcome to help tions. with the various costs associated with “Our luncheon – the 27th annual the event, such as altar decorations – will serve as a joyous celebration of and the program. St. Joseph’s Day. This event is ob- St. Joseph’s Day tradition served in many Catholic churches in St. Joseph’s Day is marked with Italy, the United States and other celebrations across Italy. The late- countries,” said chairperson Mary ICC Historian Mario A. Carini said (Mineo) Winard. Sicilian immigrants, who followed Fr. John Baumgardner, Associate the observance in their hometowns, Pastor of Three Holy Women Parish, brought the tradition with them when will be present for the invocation. He they settled in Milwaukee starting in will also bless with Holy Water the the late 1880s. St. Joseph’s altar, those attending, and the bags filled with fresh fruit and The subject has also been written baked round bread that they will take about by Professor/Cavaliere Philip J. home at the close of the luncheon. DiNovo, founder of the American Ital- Winard will welcome guests and ian Heritage Association of Albany, introduce ICC President Joseph N.Y. In an article on the organization’s Emanuele, who will act as master of website (www.aiha-albany.org), Di- ceremonies. Novo wrote: “In the Middle Ages, ac- As in past years, pianist John cording to tradition, there was a Puchner is volunteering to play Ital- severe drought that destroyed most

PAGE 4 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Il Postino will deliver an enjoyable evening for movie fans on Friday, Mar. 8 at ICC The Italian Community Center’s ford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Membership Committee invites Scarpelli and Troisi from the novel members and non-members to enjoy Ardiente paciencia by Antonio a free showing of Il Postino (The Skameta. Postman), a highly acclaimed Italian The film’s musical score, com- romantic comedy/drama, first re- posed by Luis Enriquez Bacalov, won leased in Italy in 1994 and abroad in the Academy Award for Best Musical 1995. The film will be shown at 7:15 Score in a Drama. The other Oscar p.m. in the Bocce Court Room. At- nominations were for Best Picture, tendees may arrive as early as 6 p.m. Best Director (), and play pre-movie trivia. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Troisi) Il Postino was nominated for five and Best Adapted Screenplay. Academy Awards in 1995 and won During the pre-movie trivia ses- the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic sion, attendees with correct answers Score. can win a bag of popcorn to enjoy The film tells a fictional story in during the showing of the film. which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Attendees can dine before the film Neruda forms a relationship with a at Cafe La Scala, which opens at 5 simple postman, who learns to love p.m. A concession stand will be avail- poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Mas- able in the screening room through- simo Troisi and Maria Grazia Cu- out the evening. People can bring cinotta. The screenplay was adapted blankets, pillows, chairs or whatever by Anna Pavignano, Michael Rad- makes them feel comfortable.

All of these events take place at the Sunday, Apr. 28 Having an Easter Sale? Let our readers know about it Italian Community Center unless 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. otherwise indicated. Free admission. with an ad in our next issue. Get the details on ad sizes Details in this issue. ICC Movie Night and prices by calling 414-223-2189 or send an email to Friday, Mar. 8 Continued on page 8 [email protected]. 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie, Il Postino. Free admission. Details in this issue.

ICC Culture Committee presents a performance by Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra Friday, Mar. 15 at 7 p.m. Free for members, $10 for non-members. Details in this issue.

ICC Spring Bocce Leagues Season begins the week of Mar. 18 and concludes Monday, May 20 with the championship playoffs. Advance registration required. Details in this issue.

ICC’s 27th annual St. Joseph’s Day Celebration Luncheon Tuesday, Mar. 19 at Noon. Reservations required. Details in this issue.

ICC’s First Moonlight Bocce Tournament Friday, Mar. 29 at 7 p.m. Advance registration required. Details in this issue.

ICC Movie Night Friday, Apr. 12 at 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie. Movie to be announced. Free admission.

ICC’s Children’s Easter Party Saturday, Apr. 13, Noon - 2 p.m. Reservations required. Details in this issue.

Pompeii Men’s Club Good Friday Fish Fry Buffet Friday, Apr. 19, 4 - 8 p.m. No reservations accepted. Details in this issue.

Italian Family History Club Genealogy Day Trova i tuoi antenati (Find your ancestors) Saturday, Apr. 27, 1 - 4 p.m. Details in this issue.

ICC’s 24th annual “A Taste of Italy” THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 5 Thanks for your Spring bocce season to start donations to the ICC week of Mar. 18 Spring can’t be that far away. Right? person per league season. The non- The officers and directors of the David & Rosie Silis Spring arrives the week of Mar. 18 at member registration fee is $40 per per- Italian Community Center wish to John & Cindy Amato the Italian Community Center. That’s son per league season. Each team must thank and acknowledge all those who Ted Glorioso when the spring bocce season officially consist of at least four players, with one pledged, fulfilled a pledge, or made a (Mrs.) Gay Lehman begins. player designated as the team captain. contribution to the nonprofit organi- The ICC offers seniors leagues on Each league is interested in having eight In memory of Benny Tralongo zation. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons start- teams. That way every team can com- Robert & Melody Gensler To obtain information on how to ing at noon and mixed couples leagues pete each week. make a pledge or a donation, please In memory of Jack Corrao on Monday and Wednesday nights. Team registration forms are avail- call 414-223-2808. Robert & Melody Gensler Each team that signs up plays one day able by calling the ICC office at 414- Please note: When the ICC is in- or one night a week for eight weeks. 223-2180 or by picking one up at the In memory of Stephanie After the eight-week season, the league ICC. The form can also be emailed to formed of the death of a member, an Bruckbauer champs and four wild card teams com- you. Each team’s register form and a email blast is being sent out to all Rose Cook pete in the championship playoffs. single check payment is due Monday, members who have signed up to re- The date of the championship play- Mar. 11. ceive these email blasts as part of In memory of Ann Agrusa offs is Tuesday, May 28 starting at 7 League coordinators are: John their membership. Ted Glorioso p.m. Memorial Day is May 27. Alioto (Monday night), Craig Lieber The following donations were re- Rosemary DeRubertis If you’re interested in registering a (Tuesday afternoon), Tony Tarantino ceived between Jan. 11 and Feb. 18, team to play in a spring league, here are (Wednesday night), Jeannie Prindiville In memory of Anthony 2019. a few things you need to know. There (Thursday afternoon) and Chris (Kit) “Chickie” Jennaro are two sets of player registration fees. Nelson (Thursday night). People can In memory of Peter Frank Sorce Ted Glorioso The lower fee is for players who are contact Bocce Coordinator John Alioto Peter T. and Kathy M. Sorce In memory of Joseph A. Torcivia members of the ICC. That fee is $30 per at [email protected]. Christina Sorce Pompeii Mens Club In memory of Rose Emanuele In memory of Rosalie Riccobono Pat & Lori Fox Smarelli Family donates Ted Glorioso for naming rights to Festa Ballroom

from page 1 made their way to Hancock, Michi- preserve our Italian culture and offer gan, for the copper mining there. our members a good time,” said This is where Ralph and Helen met Susie Christiansen, ICC Fund Rais- and married. Helen (Honanken) ing Committee Chair. Smarelli was born into Finnish roots Consistent with the program but met many Italians living in the guidelines, the Festa Hall will be area. She worked as a waitress at the known as the Ralph and Helen most well known Italian restaurant in Smarelli Hall for a 10-year period, in Hancock – Gino’s (run by the honor of Ralph and Helen Smarelli – Gemignani family). Ralph’s cousins parents of children Don (Donna) met Helen there and eventually intro- Smarelli, Jan (Eddy) Brooks, Mary duced Ralph and Helen. “Our father (John Doherty) Smarelli, Gerry (Ralph) often claimed that he met our Smarelli and Jon Smarelli. Mother when she dumped a plate of Their generosity is very much ap- spaghetti in his lap at the restaurant. preciated, and the money will be used We are more likely to believe that he to benefit the community within the became infatuated with a tall, thin, ICC. blond Finn and the rest is history,” Mary said. Historical Information Ralph and Helen married in The Smarelli children’s paternal Hancock, Michigan in June 1947 and grandparents – Bonafacio and Maria settled in West Allis, where they (nee Forcucci) Smarelli – immigrated raised their 5 children – all of whom from the Abruzzo region of Italy and remain in the area. Ralph passed are both believed to have been from away in 1996. the town of Popoli. The family have “We have many fond memories some records which indicate Bonafa- of growing up “Italian” and the many cio was a member of both the Italian large extended family and friends and U.S. Armies, although details are gatherings that occurred. We are for- somewhat unclear. tunate to have the ICC here in Mil- Their grandmother, Maria, ar- waukee and are grateful for the ICC Members: Planning to rived at Ellis Island on Sept. 15, membership’s support and the many 1920. She boarded the ship volunteers who work towards pre- attend the dinner before the General “Olympic” in Cherbourg France. The serving Italian culture and heritage,” ship’s manifest indicates her final Mary added. Meeting on Thursday, March 21? destination as West Allis, WI to meet her “intended husband.” Some his- St. Joseph’s Day If so, you are cordially asked to torical records on shipping lines indi- cate the Olympic was a sister ship to from page 4 make a reservation no later than the Titanic. with custard, jelly, cannoli-style pas- It is believed their Grandfather, try cream or a butter and honey mix- Monday, March. 18. Call Bonifacio, arrived in the U.S. in 1918 ture. In , Naples and the region 414-223-2180. Your reservation will somewhere in Massachusetts, possi- of Sicily, these little pastries are sold bly departing from Naples, Italy. on many streets and are sometimes help the culinary staff of “Wouldn’t it be interesting to know given as gifts. what their travel experiences were Bartolotta Catering prepare like? How did they get to their de- And now a word sufficient food for the buffet. parture port? What did they endure during the Atlantic crossing? How from Italy did they feel upon arrival? We’ve by Blaise Di Pronio Thank you for your cooperation lost so much information, because Calzone: A baked or fried Italian they came to a new world for a new turnover of pizza dough filled with life and didn’t really talk much about vegetables, meat or cheese. A type of their time before that. We realize how stuffed turnover and a specialty of easy our lives are when we become Naples. Catering impatient waiting for half an hour in It comes from the Italian calzone line at the airport!,” reflected Mary which means ‘pant/trouser leg’ and Smarelli. also from calza or ‘sock’ and so While Bonifacio and Maria set- called because of its resemblance to tled in West Allis, several of Maria such clothing items when ‘stuffed’ (Forcucci) Smarelli’s siblings had with a leg or foot. PAGE 6 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES ‘New Beginnings’ dedicated at ICC The two-story stainless steel ab- near the northwest corner of the ICC immigrants of all nationalities and sculpture which makes the Center a stract sculpture, gifted by the Man- property at Jackson and Chicago races who came to America. focal point of the art community and giamele Arts Foundation to the Italian Streets. Mangiamele, 95, a longtime mem- brings tourists to our city. Community Center, was dedicated Joseph Mangiamele, President ber of the ICC, is a Professor Emeri- Emanuele presented Mangiamele during the Jan. 17 general meeting. and founder of Mangiamele Arts tus of the School of Architecture at with a plaque expressing the ICC’s Known as “New Beginnings,” it is lit Foundation, designed the prototype the University of Wisconsin-Milwau- gratitude to him for his gift to the or- at its base making it highly visible for the artwork. Named “New Begin- kee and has worked as an urban de- ganization. Mangiamele received a both day and night from its location nings,” the sculpture is dedicated to signer in both the United States and standing ovation from the members England. He established the Man- in attendance that night. giamele Arts Foundation “to make Mangiamele and Mary Fasciano, Milwaukee an art center. And in Chairman of the Mangiamele Arts doing so, help organize the art activ- Foundation, Inc., spoke to the audi- ities of the Metropolitan area so as to ence about the sculpture and the goals strengthen art as a form in Milwau- of the foundation. kee.” A special cake, with a digitally de- During the dedication ceremony, signed pictorial copy of the sculpture, which was held in the Festa Ballroom was served during the festivities of due to the cold weather, ICC Presi- the evening. dent Joseph Emanuele praised Man- The dedication received signifi- giamele for his volunteer spirit, cant attention in the local media as dedication to his Italian heritage and TV stations sent out news crews and the charity he exhibited by choosing print and digital media reported on the ICC for the construction of the the event.

“New Beginnings” shown here on a cold winter night. Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra to perform Mar. 15 at ICC

from page 2 the generations,” Jorgensen said. “We the state. Twice, the MMO was hon- are pleased to present the oldest and ored to have appeared live on Garri- still the best mandolin orchestra for Here is Joe Mangiamele with the special cake that was purchased for the dedi- son Keillor’s internationally your enjoyment on Friday, March cation of the “New Beginnings” sculpture which he commissioned for construc- tion on the ICC grounds. The cake featured a crystalized digitally-designed broadcast radio show, “A Prairie 15th. Please join us in supporting the reproduction of a picture of the sculpture. (Photo by Marie Lieber) Home Companion.” The orchestra orchestra and cultural programs at the has performed with numerous inter- ICC.” nationally acclaimed artists through- There will be free parking avail- out its nearly 120-year history. able in the lot south of the building. “The mandolin has been part of Cafe La Scala will be open for dinner the life of many Italian families over and drinks starting at 5 p.m. Members will vote on bylaws revisions at April general meeting from page 1 following the September general (2) members in good standing will be membership meeting. All ballots named by the President after the slate must be postmarked no later than the has been finalized. They will meet Thursday preceding the October gen- before the October general member- eral membership meeting. Ballots ship meeting (but after the Thursday marked after that date will be saved, before the meeting) to confirm the but will not be opened or counted. validity of all returned ballots. All re- Proposed revision to Article V, turned ballots must remain sealed in Joe Mangiamele spoke briefly during the dedication ceremony. He thanked the Section 9: Ballots will be mailed by original envelopes with postmarks. ICC for allowing him and the Mangiamele Arts Foundation to construct the ab- the office staff of the Italian Commu- Italian Community Center staff shall stract steel sculpture on the ICC property. nity Center to all members in good not open the outer envelope. (All Times photos by Tom Hemman except where indicated otherwise) standing within eight (8) days fol- Current Article V. Section 10.b.: lowing the September general mem- The tellers shall meet on the day of bership meeting. All returned ballots the October general membership must be postmarked no later than the meeting and open all valid ballots en- Thursday preceding the October gen- velopes received. The tellers shall eral membership meeting. Ballots tally all valid ballots and shall report marked after the date will be saved, the election results to the membership but will not be opened or counted. prior to the adjournment of the Octo- Current Article V. Section 10.a.: ber general membership meeting. The tellers, whose chair and members Proposed Article V. Section shall be appointed by the President, 10.b.: The Election Committee will shall meet prior to the October gen- choose 8-10 tellers who will gather eral membership meeting to confirm before the start of the October general the validity of all returned ballots. All membership meeting in the secure returned ballots must be postmarked area designated to open and tally the no later than the Thursday preceding ballots. A representative for each can- the October general membership didate may be in the room to observe meeting. Ballots postmarked after only during the tallying. The Election that date will be saved but shall not Committee will report the election re- be opened or counted. sults before the adjournment of the Proposed Article V. Section October general membership meet- Mary Fasciano, Chairman of the Mangiamele Arts Foundation, Inc. and a mem- 10.a.: An Election Committee of two ing. ber of the ICC, spoke about the goals of the foundation. THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 7 Enjoy ‘A Taste of Italy’ with great food, entertainment and family fun on Apr. 28 from page 1

ground beef, cheese and peas), sfin- tion for the coordinators: Marie tary or product donations. renti Tollefson, 1355 Fairhaven ciuni (thick crust Sicilian style Lieber – 414-708-1607; Chris Ziino There will once again be some Blvd, Elm Grove, WI. 53122. pizza), and panini (grilled sandwich – 414-218-2175; Val Schleicher – great entertainment in Festa Ball- The raffle distribution procedures with Italian meats and cheese), 414-241-1194. room. The acts include singer Jayne have changed due to our efforts to Roman antipasto, gelato and If you would like to volunteer, Taylor and Tradizione Vivente, the follow postal regulations. Those reg- spumoni (frozen ice cream-like please contact one of the coordina- Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee. ulations prohibit us from mailing raf- desserts), cannoli (fried pastry with tors. “We can always use more vol- The Sicilian Serenaders – guitarist fle tickets. It is a regulation all a sweet creamy filling) and pizzelle unteers. Without you we could not Peter Balistrieri, accordionist Tom organizations are required to follow. (Italian wafer cookies). Watch a make this event happen,” the coordi- Pappalardo and mandolinist Ted However, there will be an area set up pizzelle-making demonstration nators said. Pappalardo – will be strolling from in the galleria on the day of the event while enjoying this treat. Of course They added, “We would like to one end of the building to the other where you can purchase your raffle there will be a variety of pizzas and acknowledge and thank the donors to perform for guests while they tickets. The committee is working delicious Italian sausage sandwiches who have already generously com- enjoy the food and beverages. hard to secure some great prizes. If (with or without sweet peppers and mitted to making the 24th Taste of The price of food tickets will be you’d like to make a donation, please onions). The coordinators say there Italy a great success: Patrick Cudahy, $2 each or 6 for $10. All food and contact Fran at 262-786-8276. will be a total of 30 booths featuring Glorioso Brothers, Palermo Pizza, beverage servings require one (1) “Festa Italiana is our largest fund food and beverages. Vince Carini, Grande Cheese, Barilla ticket except for calamari which will raiser for the Italian Community A letter soliciting donations was Pasta, Cedar Crest Ice Cream and require two (2) tickets per serving Center. ‘A Taste of Italy’ is second sent out in January and volunteer our truck driver Glen Murphy who due to the high market price. and we could not do it without our sign up forms are being sent to booth graciously picks up our pasta dona- Fran Sorrenti Tollefson has been societies, businesses, volunteers and captains. If you have not received the tion in Iowa. the appointment as manager of vol- generous supporters of the Italian volunteer sign up letter and forms. If you or your business would unteer food and beverage tickets this Community Center. We are so grate- please let one of the coordinators like to support this event, please con- year. Please complete your volunteer ful for everything you have done to know and they will see that you re- tact Marie, Christina or Valorie. food and beverage ticket request support our organization and look ceive it. Here is the contact informa- There are several ways to help make forms as soon as you receive them forward to your continued participa- this event successful through mone- and return them to: Ms. Fran Sor- tion,” the coordinators said And now a word from Italy by Blaise Di Pronio Debate: To discuss or deliberate upon the pros and cons of something. To engage in argument by discussing opposing points. It comes from the Italian battere which means to beat, hit or punch, i.e., to beat up and debattere or a complete beat down.

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ICC Culture Committee presents a performance by Wauwatosa Community Band of “Pines of Rome” Date in May to be announced.

ICC Movie Night Friday, May 10 at 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie. Movie to be announced. Free admission.

Tuesday, May 21 Milwaukee Chapter UNICO National and Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO Scholarship & Awards Banquet at 6 p.m.

ICC Movie Night Friday, June 14 at 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie. Movie to be announced. Free admission.

ICC Movie Night Friday, July 12 ar 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie. Movie to be announced. Free admission.

42nd annual Festa Italiana Friday, July 19 – Sunday, July 21 Summerfest Grounds.

ICC Movie Night Friday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m., doors open, 7:15 p.m., showing of movie. Movie to be announced. Free admission. DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M. MOVIE ICC Fall Bocce Leagues Season begins the week of Sept. 9 SHOWN AT 7:15 P.M. and concludes Monday, Nov. 11 with the championship playoffs.

PAGE 8 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Milwaukee UNICO organizations will award scholarships for the 83nd consecutive year in 2019 Continuing a program started 83 waukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Wash- are the criteria by which the appli- Italian Community Center. Look for years ago, the Milwaukee Chapter ington, Racine, Kenosha or Walworth cants will be judged. details on this event in the next issue UNICO National and the Milwaukee counties. There is an additional $1,500 of The Italian Times. Ladies of UNICO, Inc. will award The spirit of this scholarship is to scholarship this year for an Italian Get a scholarship application several scholarships this spring to help Italian American seniors with fi- American female with plans to attend Applications will be available on high school seniors of Italian descent. nancial needs. Applications will be Marquette University and planning the Milwaukee UNICO website, The exact number of scholarships to reviewed by a committee comprised on obtaining an engineering major. www.unicomilwaukee.com. Click on be presented had not been determined of non-Italian descent dignitaries Same qualifications apply. the documents link found on the side- as of press time. from the Milwaukee area. Financial The scholarships will be awarded bar. To be eligible, applicants must at- need, scholarship, community/school at the UNICO Scholarship & Awards tend a public or private school in Mil- involvement and personal character banquet on Tuesday, May 21 at the Application deadline Candidates must submit their ap- plications by Saturday, Mar. 30 to: Scholarship Director of UNICO Mil- Application deadline is April 15, 2019 waukee, 1333 N. 59th St., Milwau- kee, WI 53208. Applicants may be contacted to at- UNICO National offers scholarships tend a personal interview at the Ital- ian Community Center during school for undergraduate and post-graduate hours on Friday, Apr. 12. The scholarships will be presented at a banquet on the evening of Tues- studies to students of Italian ancestry day, May 21. The recipients. or Students in the United States who ing a degree. A nominee must hold his/her representative, must be pres- are of Italian ancestry and are inter- United States citizenship. This pro- ent to accept the scholarship award. ested in pursuing either an under- gram is open to applicants of all eth- The Milwaukee UNICO scholar- graduate or post-graduate education nicities. ship program has awarded over $1 may apply for UNICO National • Ralph J. Torraco Fine Arts million dollars in scholarships over scholarships. Scholarship. The UNICO Founda- the past 83 years. UNICO National offers four tion will grant two scholarships, val- In 2019, the Milwaukee Chapter $6,000 undergraduate scholarships, ued at $2,500 each, to students UNICO National is celebrating 88 several post-graduate scholarships enrolled full-time in an accredited years in existence. The organization and three scholarships for Ph.D. can- college/university program in the awarded its first scholarship in 1936. didates. Presentations are made to tending accredited prelicensure or United States pursuing a degree in The Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO recipients at events hosted by local graduate nursing programs in the the Fine Arts. A nominee must hold celebrate its 56th anniversary as an UNICO chapters across the nation in United States. Preference is given to United States citizenship. This pro- independent civic and service organ- the spring. They are also recognized applicants demonstrating financial gram is open to applicants of all eth- ization in 2019. in the UNICO National Convention need. A candidate must be a United nicities. A nominee must reside in Journal, published for the 97th na- States citizen. This program is open the home state of an active UNICO tional convention which will take to nursing students of all ethnicities. Chapter. Online degree programs are Opera place July 24-28, in Nashville, TN at • DiMattio Celli Family Study not eligible for UNICO scholarships.

the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Abroad Scholarship: The UNICO insights Maria and Paolo Alessio South- Convention Center.. Foundation will grant two scholar- by Barbara Collignon ern Italy Scholarship: The UNICO The criteria that UNICO National ships, valued at $1,250 each, for February is the month of love and Foundation will provide a scholar- uses in selecting its recipients are study in Italy. Candidates must be Italian opera is replete with songs ship valued at $2,500 to a student quite similar to those used by the currently enrolled, full-time, in an about love in its various forms. Love currently attending, full-time, an ac- Milwaukee Chapter in choosing accredited college or university in can be wonderful, impossible, forbid- credited campus based college/uni- local awardees. the United States, pursuing a degree. den, unrequited or betrayed— a tor- versity program in the United States, The four undergraduate scholar- The study abroad program must be ment or delight. It can prompt pursuing a degree. An applicant ships are designated as the Theodore eligible for credit by the student’s sacrifice. It can lead one to act irra- must be a United States citizen of Mazza Scholarship, the Major Don college/university. An applicant tionally. Let’s consider love in Southern Italian descent, specifically S. Gentile Scholarship, the William must be a United States citizen of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” and including the regions of Abruzzo, C. Davini Scholarship and the Italian heritage. Verdi’s “La Traviata”. Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Alphonse A. Miele Scholarship. • Ella T. Grasso Literary Scholar- Though Mozart was Austrian, Ital- Latium, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and These awards do not require the ap- ship: The UNICO Foundation will ian was the preferred language of Vi- Sicilia. *Open to all 50 states. plicant to specify a collegiate major. provide two literary scholarships, ennese nobility. The Mazza scholarship was estab- valued at $1,000 each. Application • Inserra Scholarships: The Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the lyrics. In lished to commemorate the contri- for this program will be open to ma- UNICO Foundation will grant two this opera we have Figaro and Su- butions of the late Theodore Mazza triculated college students. Terms of scholarships valued at $2,500 each sanna who are truly in love, faithful of Milwaukee to both the national submission require the candidate to to students currently attending, full- and devoted to each other. Their love organization and the Milwaukee present, in writing, an original short time, an accredited campus based survives the attempts of the lascivi- Chapter. story or essay celebrating their Ital- college/university in the United ous Count Almaviva who mistakes Additionally, there are several ian heritage. States pursuing a degree. A candi- desire for love. He is intent on seduc- awards for matriculated college stu- • Guglielmo Marconi Engineer- date must be an American citizen of ing Susanna in order to execute his dents, post-graduate and doctoral ing Scholarship: The UNICO Foun- Italian descent. droits du seigneur. Then there’s the

candidates: dation will grant a scholarship page Cherubino, a lovesick, hor- • Eleanor and Anthony De Fran- • Sergeant John Basilone Memo- valued at $1,250 paid on award to a monal youth who loves not only the cis Scholarship Fund for Natural rial Graduate Scholarship: The sophomore, junior or senior student countess but anyone who looks his Sciences. Open to only the students UNICO Foundation, Inc. will grant enrolled full-time, in an accredited way. In the aria “Voi che sapete” , he attending the following: up to a maximum of $6,000, paid out college/university program in the sings about his predicament. Institute of Technology; Massachu- at $1,500 per year, for a graduate United States majoring in engineer- Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor, setts Institute of Technology; School scholarship. The awardee must be ing. An applicant must be a United Donne, vedete s’io l’ho nel cor! or Astronomical Studies at the Uni- initiating graduate study, full-time, States citizen of Italian heritage. Quello ch’io provo, vi ridirò, versity of Arizona, Tucson. UNICO at an accredited college/university • Louise Torraco Memorial È per me nuovo; capir nol so. Foundation will grant scholarships program in the United States. A can- Scholarship for Science: The Sento un affetto pien di desir, valued in the range of $2,500 to didate must be a United States citi- UNICO Foundation will grant two Ch’ora è diletto, ch’ora e martir. $10,000 to fully matriculating stu- zen of Italian heritage. scholarships, valued at $2,500 each, Gelo, e poi sento l’alma avvam- dents currently attending, full-time, • Dr. Benjamin Cottone Memo- to students enrolled full-time, in an par, one of the above listed universities rial Scholarship: The UNICO Foun- accredited college/university pro- E in un momento torno a gelar. majoring in the Natural Sciences. dation, Inc. will grant a $5,000 gram in the United States pursuing Ricerco un bene fuori di me, The candidate must be at least eight- scholarship, paid on award, to a stu- study of the Physical Sciences or Non so chi il tiene, non so cos’è. een years of age and a natural born dent pursuing graduate education at Life Sciences. A nominee must hold Sospiro e gemo senza voler, United States citizen of Italian an- an accredited medical school in the United States citizenship. This pro- Palpito e tremo senza saper, cestry, having at least one parent of United States. A candidate must be a gram is open to applicants of all eth- Non trovo pace notte nè di, Italian descent. United States citizen of Italian her- nicities. Ma pur mi piace languir così! itage. • Ralph J. Torraco Scholarship: Application forms for all UNICO You ladies, who know what love • Bernard and Carolyn Torraco The UNICO Foundation will grant National scholarships are available is, Memorial Nursing Scholarships: two scholarships, valued at $2,500 at www.unico.org/scholarships.asp. See if I have it in my heart! The UNICO Foundation, Inc. will each, to students enrolled full-time, The deadline for submitting applica- I’ll tell you what I’m going provide grants valued at $2,500 in an accredited college/university tions, except as noted in each schol- each, paid on award, to students at- program in the United States pursu- arship, is Monday, Apr. 15. Continued on page 16 THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 9 Pompeii Men asks for your support of their Good Friday Fish Fry Buffet on Apr. 19 You can show your support for the melon wedges, choice of beverage 262-375-2100. Southeastern Wisconsin. Pompeii Men’s Club by attending the (coffee, tea or milk) and dessert. The Pompeii Men’s Club charita- The club also has strong ties to organization’s annual fundraiser, the There will be a full range of condi- ble outreach has benefited the ICC, Three Holy Women Parish and was Good Friday Fish Fry Buffet, at the ments available. along with several other local organ- formerly the Holy Name Society of Italian Community Center on Good Guests can park for free in the lot izations including the Sojourner the Blessed Virgin of Pompeii Church Friday, Apr. 19. immediately south of the building. Truth House, Children’s Hospital of on Cass Street. It and evolved into the The fish buffet is the club’s The event will feature a 50/50 raf- Wisconsin, the Ronald McDonald Pompeii Men’s Club after the demo- biggest fundraiser. Proceeds benefit fle, opportunity raffle and also a House and the Special Olympics of lition of Pompeii Church in the 1967. its extensive charity work in the com- money raffle. Cash prizes in the munity. money raffle are: 1st - $300, 2nd - The meal is all-you-can-eat and $200, 3rd - $150, 4th - $100, 5th - will be served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. $75, 6th and 7th prizes – $50 each Trova i tuoi antenati – The prices are set at $15 for adults, and 8th - 10th prizes – $25 each. $8 for children, ages 4-7 and free for Raffle tickets are available for $2 Find your ancestors children, 3 years and younger. each or seven for $10 and can be pur- The menu includes breaded and chased by contacting Pompeii Presi- baked cod, potato pancakes, French dent Chuck Lazzaro at returns Saturday, Apr. 27 fries, popcorn shrimp, coleslaw, 414-445-7300, John A. Sanfilippo at tossed salad, Italian bread, water- 414-282-2667 or Domenic Foti at by George Koleas tend, please visit us at our display The December 2018 edition of on Italian Genealogy, in the Culture The Atlantic discussed the results of Tent, at Festa Italiana, July19-21. Words in an Italian word a survey that reported an estimated To help you, we need informa- 100 million American’s don’t know tion from your immigrant ancestor’s by Blaise Di Pronio both their grandparents names. family to the present day to link you How many words can you make with the letters in the word Don’t let your grandchildren and to that information. You can start by great-grandchildren be a part of this filling in the information from these "SPRING"? statistic. two resources; a Family Group ______Many Milwaukee Italians came Sheet, available at: http://c.mfcre- ______from an area around Palermo, in- ative.com/pdf/trees/charts/fam- cluding but not limited to such grec.pdf and an Ancestral Chart, ______towns as Bagheria, Sant’ Elia, Santa available at http://c.mfcreative. ______Flavia, Porticello, Solanto and com/pdf/trees/charts/anchart.pdf. ______Aspra. Fill these out as best as you can with The members of the Italian Fam- the information you know, and bring ______ily History Club, also known as Pur- them to the event. ______suing Our Italian Names Together, We will look up your family on ______Chapter 22 and the Milwaukee online databases and on our data- County Genealogical Society’s Ital- base of 45,123 names and 14,052 ______ian Area Interest Group, have been families such as the ones listed ______working with researchers from dif- above. You might even meet a new ______ferent parts of the country who have cousin. connections with these surnames. There is no cost or obligation of ______On Nov. 7, 2015, we held an any kind. Please feel free to bring ______event at the ICC on behalf of the guests and family. ______Culture Committee, called Trova i If you have any questions or tuoi antenati (Find your ancestors). need additional information, please Answers on page 12?? We will be repeating that event on feel free to contact me by e-mail at Saturday, Apr. 27, starting at 1 p.m. [email protected] or by and ending at 4 p.m. If you can’t at- calling (262) 251-7216 after 7 p.m.

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PAGE 10 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Sisters of Charity of St. Joan Antida recognize ICC’s 2019 Carnevale Nonno and Nonna Vince and Vincenza Vitale for many years of service By Sr. Ann Catherine Veierstahler our veterans. His success in this en- Vincenzo Vitale (left) as Special to the Times deavor is just one example of how he a volunteer for the The Sisters of Charity of Saint worked to address and develop pro- Sisters of Charity Joan Antida want to congratulate Vin- grams to make the West Allis com- of St. Joan Antida. cenzo and Vincenza Vitale on being munity a better place to live. honored as the Nonno and Nonna of The following quote might sum up the Italian Community Center’s 40th the nurturing and mentoring spirit of annual Il Grande Carnevale. We also Nonno and Nonna Vitale: thank them for their many years of “My father didn’t tell me how to dedicated service to St. Joan Antida live; he lived, and let me watch him Day Care and Nursing Home. do it.” – Clarence Budington Kel- The Vitales’ lifetime of service to land. all the citizens of West Allis is also a great inspiration to us – truly a pres- Vince and Vincenza, your legacy ence of Christ among us. of service will live on forever in the Nonno Vincenzo, who is a long- hearts of so many people you touched serving West Allis Alderman, and I by your kindness and respect. often talked about housing needs for Thank you!

Nonna Vincenza Vitale shared stories with Sr. Dominic as they worked together. Nonno Vincenzo with Sr. Doleres.

March around by Blaise Di Pronio thrived on war. Why the very name is a long time before summer block- course, a fateful day (Beware the Here we are; it’s March. What is it itself is a military order – March! – busters are released. March is usually Ides...) when Julius Caesar was killed about this month? It is probably the clearly a directive telling us what to when the film studios dump their by Roman Senators, made famous by least liked month of the year. Weath- do. March through that slush! What, mediocre efforts on movie fans. So, Crollalanza (Shakespeare). The Ides erwise, it can be like a winter mad Florida? March forward! Give up that save your money and avoid those of March is also a day on the Roman lion or a meek spring lamb. You’ll cozy extra hour in a warm bed as you multiplexes. calendar which was marked by sev- never know until it happens. The spring forward. Sleep deprivation: There’s always Saint Patrick’s eral religious observances and was month loves to tease. In Italy, the ex- bad. What to wear today? Swings in day, you say, but you must first like also notable as a deadline for settling pression is “Marzo e’ pazzo.” March temperature send the body into fits of mutton, something called soda bread debts. As mentioned, in 44 BC, it be- is crazy! shivers or sweats. Polar vortex be and all things and people draped in came notorious as the date of the as- Well, let’s examine why March cursed! that dreaded faded green... Oh, yeah, sassination of Julius Caesar and made has this unflattering reputation. People do not stop talking about and hangovers from all the green the Ides of March a turning point in March was named after Mars, the the iffy weather all month long – un- beer. Roman history. Roman god of war, as it was the bearable and annoying. Another Italian contribution to March also runs into Lent. Lent is month in which the military cam- Entertainment comes to a kind of March lore (other than the name) is a necessary time of the year, but it is paigning season finally got under hiatus in March. The Oscars are over, the ancient Roman holiday of the certainly a depressing period. The way after a long winter. Romans holiday films have tapered off and it’s Ides of March on Mar. 15. It was, of music is somber, masses are less en- joyable because betrayal is forth- coming and many of us have to survive the month without sweets or International Women’s Day some other luxury that we gave up. For this, another notch for disliking International Women’s Day is a on March 8, 1857, which, the men in their lives, be they hus- March. popular holiday in Italy, celebrated two years later, resulted in the for- bands, sons, friends, or employers. But I don’t want to leave on a flat each year on March 8. It is a day on mation of the United States’ first This flower was chosen by Italian note, so, let’s not forget that in March which to celebrate women’s eco- women’s union. In early March of feminists as the symbol of the holi- warmth is near, March Madness tips nomic, political and social achieve- that year, the workers (all women) at day in 1946, to mark the first occa- off, spring training begins, spring ments. Its roots lie in the feminist a textile factory went on strike to sion of the holiday after the end of breaks heat up and flower power struggle for equal rights and recog- protest the substandard conditions in World War II. It was chosen because sprouts. Cheer up. Here’s a little of nition of the dignity, value and con- which they were forced to work. On of its bright color and fragrant scent, Emily Dickinson’s “Dear March, tributions of women worldwide in the 8th, the owner blocked all of the and because it is in bloom at this Come In”: every area of society. exits to the factory and set the build- time of year and is inexpensive. Dear March, Come in Prior to the Second World War, ing on fire. The 129 factory workers In recent years, March 8 has be- How glad I am celebrations commemorating Inter- trapped inside, for the most part Ital- come for many women simply a day I looked for you before national Women’s Day happened on ian immigrants, all died. The second to go out with their girlfriends and Put down your hat various days within the month of event was the “Bread and Peace” enjoy themselves. Many pubs, You must have walked March. However, in 1945, the Union strike by Russian women on March restaurants and discotheques offer How out of breath you are of Italian Women voted to fix the 8, 1917. special Women’s Day events featur- Dear March, how are you date annually on March 8. Their rea- Today the celebration of “La ing male dancers and/or strippers And the rest son for this was to commemorate Festa della Donna” has become who perform to delirious all-female Did you leave nature well two separate events that occurred more similar to Mother’s Day or audiences. As with most holidays, Oh March, Come right upstairs outside of Italy. The first was the Valentine’s Day. Women receive over time the true meaning of “La with me strike by women garment workers in bouquets of mimosa flowers from Continued on page 13 I have so much to tell! THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 11 Famous Italians who died in 2018 – Part II by Thomas Hemman immigrant from Messina, Sicily. The Times Editor LaMotta family lived briefly in In the February 2019 issue, we Philadelphia before returning to New started an article celebrating the lives York and settling in the Bronx. of two of the five world famous indi- Growing up as a neighborhood viduals of Italian descent who died in fighter, LaMotta learned how to box 2018. That article included an in- while in a reformatory in upstate New depth look at the lives of singer Vic York, where he had been sent for at- Damone and professional wrestling tempted robbery. Afterward, he champion Bruno Sammartino. In this, fought amateur bouts before turning the March 2019 issue, we report on professional at the age of 19 in 1941. the careers of the three other famous During World War II, he was re- Italians who passed away last year, jected for military service because of , Jake LaMotta he had a mastoid operation as a child, and Bernardo Bertolucci. on one of his ears, which it affected his hearing. Joseph Campanella As a middleweight, LaMotta went Joseph Anthony Campanella was 14-0-1 in his first 15 fights. In his an American character actor who ap- 16th fight, he lost a highly controver- peared in more than 200 TV and film sial decision to Jimmy Reeves in roles from the early 1950s to 2009. Reeves’ hometown of Cleveland, He was best remembered for his soap Joseph Campanella Jake La Motta OH. Chaos erupted after the decision opera roles as Joe Turino in The was announced. Fights broke out and as Harper Deve- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers and, in otta wore down and physically beat around the ring and the crowd con- raux on . He later 1973, he played the flame of Mary his foes. Due to his hard style of tinued to boo for 20 minutes. The starred in recurring roles on General Richards () on The fighting, he often got as much as he arena’s organist tried, but failed, to Hospital and The Bold and the Beau- Mary Tyler Moore Show. gave in an era of great middleweight calm down the crowd by playing the tiful. In eight episodes of One Day at a boxers. With a thick skull and jaw “Star Spangled Banner.” Campanella voiced the character Time (1975-84), he played the ex- muscles, LaMotta was able to absorb LaMotta lost a less controversial of Dr. Curt Connors – The Lizard on husband of lead character Ann Ro- incredible amounts of punishment rematch to Reeves in Cleveland a Spiderman: The Animated Series mano (). He was over the course of his career. month later. A third match in Detroit, (1994-97). He narrated the Discover ’s love interest in LaMotta’s six-fight rivalry with MI went in LaMotta’s favor. The first series on the Disney channel from the first season (1985-86) of Aaron Sugar Ray Robinson was one of the five rounds were close, though 1992 to 1994. Spelling’s short-lived Dynasty spi- most notable in the sport, though Reeves struggled a bit in the fourth During his career, he was nomi- noff, . LaMotta won only one of the bouts. round. In the sixth round, LaMotta nated for a Daytime and a Primetime Campanella had a prominent role Each fight was close and LaMotta floored Reeves, who was down mo- Emmy Award and a Tony Award. as Harper Deveraux on the soap dropped Robinson to the canvas mul- mentarily. Once the fight resumed, Campanella was born Nov. 21, opera Days of Our Lives from 1987 tiple times. In 106 career fights, LaMotta landed a left on Reeves’ 1924 in , New York to Si- to 1988. In 1988, he was nominated LaMotta won 83, including 30 by chin, sending him down face-first, cilian immigrants, Philip and Mary for the Daytime Emmy Award for kick-out. He had 19 losses and had and the referee counted him out. O. Campanella. He was the younger Outstanding Supporting Actor in a four fights end in draw. LaMotta fought Sugar Ray Robin- brother of actor , Drama Series for his role as Dev- LaMotta, who lived a turbulent son in the latter’s middleweight debut who died in December 2006. He and ereaux. He had a recurring role as a life in and out of the ring, was por- at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 2, his brother grew up speaking Ital- doctor in Beauty and the Beast (1989- trayed by actor in the 1942. LaMotta knocked Robinson ian/Sicilian before learning English. 90), a recurring role as Jimmy Everett 1980 film Raging Bull. down in the first round, but Robinson The family was staunchly Roman on (1991-92), and Jake was born on July 22, 1922 on got up and took control over much of Catholic. a recurring role on The Bold and the the Lower East Side of New York the fight and won a unanimous 10- Campanella served in World War Beautiful (1996-2005). City. His mother, Elizabeth, was born round decision. II in the U.S. Navy. He later gradu- On Broadway, Campanella was in the United States to Italian immi- ated from in 1948 featured in three productions during grants, while father, Giuseppe, was an Continued on page 13 and attended , the 1960s. He is best known for A where he studied drama. Before start- Gift of Time in which he starred with ing his acting career, he worked as a and Olivia de Havil- sportscaster in Lewistown, PA. land. It was written and directed by After becoming an actor, he ap- . Campanella received peared in such TV shows as Combat, a Tony nomination for Best Featured Decoy, The Eleventh Hour, The Doc- Actor in a Play. He appeared in more than 30 mo- tors, , Mission: Impossi- 10 ble, Marcus Welby, M.D., , tion pictures and television movies. The Big Valley, Alias Smith & Jones, Campanella met his wife, Kathryn A Man Called Ironside, The Un- Jill Bartholomew, a singer and touchables, Police Story, The Road dancer, in 1963 while he was playing West, , The Mary Tyler the leading man in the Broadway play Moore Show, Rockford Files, The Hot Spot. They were married on May Golden Girls and Mama’s Family. 30, 1964 and had seven sons. Campanella had a recurring role Campanella died May 16, 2018 at from 1959 to 1962 as a criminal the age of 89 at his home in Sherman named Joe Turino on the long-run- Oaks, CA, of complications from ning CBS daytime The Parkinson’s disease. Guiding Light. One of his best- Jake LaMotta known roles was as Lew Wickersham Former world middleweight in Season 1 (1967-68) of the TV se- champion Giacobbe “Jake” LaMotta ries , serving as head of the died Sept. 19, 2017 at the age of 95. detective agency for which Joe Man- Nicknamed “The Bronx Bull” and the nix was employed. He was nomi- “Raging Bull,” LaMotta was a rough nated for a Primetime Emmy Award fighter who wasn’t a particularly big for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a puncher, but subject his opponents to Drama Series for his role in that vicious beatings in the ring. show. He also appeared as attorney With use of constant stalking, Brian Darrell from 1969 to 1972 in brawling and inside fighting, LaM- Words in an Italian word from page 10 The answer: 57 words in “SPRING” 1. spring 2. girns 3. grins 4. grips 5. pings 6. pirns 7. prigs 8. rings 9. sprig 10. gins 11. gips 12. girn 13. grin 14. grip 15. gris 16. ings 17. nips 18. pigs 19. ping 20. pins 21. pirn 22. pirs 23. prig 24. rigs 25. ring 26. rins 27. rips 28. risp 29. sign 30. sing 31. snig 32. snip 33. spin 34. gin 35. gip 36. gis 37. ing 38. ins 39. nip 40. nis 41. pig 42. pin 43. pir 44. pis 45. psi 46. rig 47. rin 48. rip 49. sin 50. sip 51. sir 52. sri 53. gi 54. in 55. is 56. pi 57. si.

PAGE 12 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Famous Italians who died in 2018 from page 12 sacre.” In the last few rounds, LaM- ing when he was 15 and soon A second 10-round match took otta began to take a horrible beating achieved several prestigious literary place Feb. 5, 1943 at Olympia Sta- and was unable to defend himself prizes including the Premio Viareg- dium in Detroit. The eighth round from Robinson’s powerful blows. gio for his first book. His father in- was historic. LaMotta landed a right LaMotta, however, refused to go troduced him to Italian filmmaker to Robinson’s head and a left to the down. Robinson was awarded a tech- , who helped body, sending him through the ropes. nical knockout in the 13th round Bernardo get his first book published. Robinson was saved by the bell at the when the fight was stopped with Initially wanting to be a poet like count of nine. LaMotta, who was al- LaMotta lying on the ropes. his father, Bernardo attended the Fac- ready leading the judges’ scorecards LaMotta moved up to light heavy- ulty of Modern Literature of the Uni- before knocking Robinson out of the weight after losing his world mid- versity of Rome from 1958 to 1961. ring, pummeled and out pointed him dleweight title. He had poor results There, his film career began to take for the rest of the fight. Robinson had overall. A controversial split decision shape as an assistant to Pasolini. trouble keeping LaMotta at bay. The loss to Billy Kilgore on Apr. 14, 1954 At the age of 22, Bertolucci di- Bernardo Bertolucci convinced LaMotta to retire. rected his first feature film, produced result was a unanimous decision for Gérard Depardieu, Donald Suther- After retiring from the ring, LaM- by Tonino Cervi with a screenplay by LaMotta, which gave Robinson the land, Sterling Hayden, Burt Lancaster otta owned and managed bars. He Pasolini, called La commare secca. first loss of his career. and Dominique Sanda) to the film La also became a stage actor and stand- The film, which shortly followed, LaMotta’s victory was short-lived, Luna, set in Rome and in Emilia-Ro- up comedian. He appeared in 15 was his acclaimed Before the Revolu- as the two battled again on Feb. 26, magna, in which Bertolucci deals films, including The Hustler (1961) tion (Prima della rivoluzione, 1964). 1943 in the same Detroit stadium. Al- with the thorny issue of drugs and in- with Paul Newman and Jackie Glea- Bertolucci caused controversy in though LaMotta knocked Robinson cest; and La tragedia di un uomo ri- son, playing the role of a bartender. 1972 with the film Last Tango in down for a nine-count in Round 7, dicolo (1981) with Ugo Tognazzi. He appeared in several episodes of Paris, starring Marlon Brando, Maria LaMotta lost a close fight by unani- In 1987, Bertolucci directed the the NBC police comedy Car 54, Schneider, Jean-Pierre Léaud and mous decision. Nearly two years later epic The Last Emperor, a biographi- Where Are You? Massimo Girotti. The film presents (Feb. 23, 1945), LaMotta lost a 10- cal film telling the life story of Aisin- In 1960, LaMotta was called to Brando’s character, Paul, as he copes round bout to Robinson at Madison Gioro Puyi, the last Emperor of testify before a U.S. Senate subcom- with his wife’s suicide by emotion- Square Garden. China. The film was co-written by mittee that was looking into under- ally and physically dominating a The fighters’ fifth bout was a 12- Bertolucci, with Mark Peploe and world influence on boxing. It was young woman, Jeanne (Schneider). rounder at Comiskey Park in Chicago took three years to produce. here that LaMotta admitted to throw- The depictions of Schneider, then 19, on Sept. 26, 1945. Robinson won an At the 60th Academy Awards, the ing the bout with Billy Fox in order were regarded as exploitative. The extremely controversial split deci- film won all nine Oscars for which it to get a title fight arranged for him. film received an “X-rating” in the- sion. The decision was severely was nominated including Best Pic- Hollywood executives approached aters across the U.S. and wasn’t booed by the crowd. Robinson said ture, Best Writing, Screenplay, Cine- LaMotta with the idea of a movie shown in many for its exploitation of afterward, “This was the toughest matography, and Film Editing. about his life, based on his 1970 the young female actress. fight I’ve ever had with LaMotta.” Bertolucci won the Academy Award memoir, Raging Bull: My Story. The In Italy, criminal proceedings On Nov. 14, 1947, LaMotta was for Best Director. The Last Emperor film, Raging Bull, released in 1980, were brought against Bertolucci for knocked out in the fourth round by was the first feature film ever author- was initially a minor box office suc- the film’s rape scene. The film was Billy Fox. Suspecting the fight was ized by the People’s Republic of cess, but eventually received over- sequestered by the censorship com- fixed, the New York State Athletic China government to film in the For- whelming acclamation for both mittee and all copies were ordered Commission withheld the fight’s bidden City, the palace complex in director Martin Scorsese and actor destroyed. An Italian court revoked prize purses and suspended LaMotta. central Beijing. Robert De Niro, who gained 60 Bertolucci’s civil rights for five years The fight, which LaMotta should Bertolucci followed up The Last pounds during the shooting of the and gave him a four-month sus- have easily won, would come back to Emperor with Little Buddha, which film to play the older LaMotta in later pended prison sentence. In 1978, the haunt him later in life during a case achieved lesser results from both crit- scenes. Appeals Court of Bologna ordered with the Federal Bureau of Investiga- ically and from movie viewers. He To accurately portray the younger three copies of the film to be pre- tion. filmed Stealing Beauty in 1996, then LaMotta, De Niro trained with LaM- served in the national film library LaMotta got an opportunity to The Dreamers in 2003, which de- otta until the pro fighter felt he was with the stipulation that they could fight the National Boxing Associa- scribed the political passions and sex- ready to box professionally. De Niro not be viewed until Bertolucci was tion’s World Middleweight Cham- ual revolution of two siblings in Paris won an Academy Award for Best able to resubmit the film for general pion Marcel Cerdan for his title on in 1968. Actor for his performance in the film. distribution with no cuts. June 16, 1949. Both fighters were in- In 2007, Bertolucci received the LaMotta had a troubled personal Bertolucci regained his fame with jured in the bout. Cerdan dislocated Golden Lion Award at the Venice life. He was married seven times. He his next few films, beginning with his punishing arm in the first round in Film Festival for his life’s work. His admitted to beating his wives and 1900, an epic depiction of the strug- a knockdown by LaMotta. The injury last project was the film Me and You coming close to beating a man to gles of farmers in Emilia-Romagna forced him to give up before the start in 2012. death during a robbery. from the beginning of the 20th cen- of the 10th round. LaMotta damaged Bertolucci died of lung cancer on LaMotta died from complications tury up to World War II, with an in- his left hand in the fifth round, but Nov. 26, 2018 at the age of 77. still landed 104 punches in nine of pneumonia in a nursing home in ternational cast (Robert De Niro, rounds. He was awarded the victory. zFlorida. A rematch was arranged, but Cerdan Bernardo Bertolucci and all aboard an Air France Lock- Bernardo Bertolucci was an Ital- heed Constellation, crashed. ian director and screenwriter, whose On Sept. 13, 1950, LaMotta bat- films include The Conformist, Last tled Laurent Dauthuille in a sched- Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Em- uled 15-round bout that was tabbed as peror, The Sheltering Sky, Little Bud- “Fight of the Year” by The Ring Mag- dha, Stealing Beauty and The azine. Dauthuille, who had defeated Dreamers. He won the Academy LaMotta before LaMotta became Award for Best Director and Acad- champion, was ahead on the three emy Award for Best Adapted Screen- judges’ scoreboard going into the play for The Last Emperor. 15th round. However, LaMotta hit In recognition of his work, he was Dauthuille with a barrage of punches presented with the inaugural Hon- that sent him down against the ropes orary Palme d’Or Award at the open- toward the end of the round. Dau- ing ceremony of the 2011 Cannes thuille was counted out with 13-sec- Film Festival. onds left in the fight. Bertolucci was born on Mar. 16, The sixth and final fight between 1941 in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), LaMotta and Robinson was a 15- Italy. He was the eldest son of Ninetta rounder for the middleweight cham- (Giovanardi), a teacher, and Attilio pionship that took place at Chicago Bertolucci, a poet, reputed art histo- Stadium on Feb. 14, 1951. The fight rian, anthologist and film critic. became known as boxing’s version of Having been raised in an artistic the “Saint Valentine’s Day Mas- environment, Bertolucci began writ- International Women’s Day from page 11 as an excuse to go out and get crazy, Festa della Donna” has become triv- and those who would rather remain ialized and commercialized. There faithful to the holiday’s serious, is a division in public opinion, feminist roots. mostly on the part of women them- – Courtesy of selves, between those who embrace charmingitaly.com the popular trend of treating the day Edited by Blaise Di Pronio

THE ITALIAN TIMES MARCH 2019 – PAGE 13 La Pagina Italiana Una visita a Sulmona: Abruzzo Sulmona sorge su un pianoro, a Gizio ed il Vella, che col loro trac- più antico assetto viario di origine ro- fluviale a est, ed anche in virtù dell’a- circa 350 m di altitudine, nella parte ciato ne hanno contenuto a lungo l’e- mana, secondo un reticolo perpendi- gevole ponte costruito da Morandi più meridionale dell’ampia Conca spansione ad est e a ovest. colare che si sviluppa dal cardo e dai negli anni sessanta, ha finalmente Peligna, nel Centro Abruzzo. Ha ca- Dal punto di vista urbanistico due decumani, confinato entro una esteso il suo sviluppo abitativo e co- ratteristiche di cittadina tranquilla che Sulmona è la risultante strutturale di prima cerchia muraria; le successive struttivo in tutta la vasta campagna consente lo svolgersi di una vita sana, una ricca congerie di stili susseguitisi direttrici di espansione, d’epoca an- che da quel lato si prestava all’urba- data anche la facile raggiungibilità nei secoli e per lungo tempo sempre gioina sono tipicamente medioevali, nizzazione massiccia di quegli anni. delle numerose zone adibite a parco all’interno dell’antico impianto, non più curvilinee e caratterizzate da ag- Sicché un’edilizia tipicamente mo- e ad aree verdi che la circondano. E’ oltre gli ostacoli naturali dei due corsi glomerati a schiera piuttosto fitti (abi- derna, gradevole e curata nei partico- sede di tribunale e di diocesi vesco- d’acqua, travalicati solo con piccole tazioni di artigiani), con vicoli e lari, caratterizza gran parte di vile. borgate fuori mura, prevalentemente angiporti, piccoli slarghi e piazzette, quell’ampia zona. Si presenta con estensione longi- rurali. il tutto racchiuso entro la seconda Va sottolineato che a causa del- tudinale secondo un asse nord/sud, Sono del tutto visibili, ancora cinta, a completamento di quelle aree l’alta sismicità del luogo, le costru- lambito ai fianchi da due fiumi, il oggi nella pianta urbana, le tracce del inizialmente inurbate dai soli mona- zioni non superano le altezze imposte steri. dalla relativa normativa vigente, in Il Rinascimento e in seguito il modo tale che Sulmona si presenta al- 2019 San Remo Music gusto architettonico del Seicento, del l’occhio che la guardi nella sua verti- Sette e dell’Ottocento, hanno costi- calità, come un coerente tuito integrazione al preesistente, con agglomerato, compatto e che non na- Festival risultati edilizia a varia tipologia, tipica di una sconde mai il notevole panorama dei 1. mood – “Soldi” (winner) 13. Ex-Otago – “Sola una can- cittadina del centro Italia ad econo- monti che la circondano. Svetta, 2. Ultimo – “I tuoi particolari” zone” mia fiorente: alti palazzi signorili con senz’altro, con i suoi 65 metri di al- (super-finalist) 14. Motta – “Dov’e l’Italia” i locali sottostanti spesso adibiti a ne- tezza, il campanile della SS. Annun- 3. Il Volo – “Musica che resta” 15. Francesco Renga – gozi, case a schiera su due o tre piani, ziata, nel cuore del centro storico, (super-finalist) “Aspetto che torni” più modeste abitazioni con fienile o ammirevole reduce di tutti i catastro- 4. Loredana Berté – “Cosa ti 16. Paola Turci – “L’ultimo stalla nella parte bassa. fici terremoti che purtroppo si abbat- aspetti da me” ostacolo” Nel corso dei secoli la città si è terono in queste zone. 5. Simone Cristicchi – “Abbi 17. The Zen Circus – “L’amore via via arricchita di notevoli elementi Della romana Sulmo persistono cura di me” è una dittatura” infrastrutturali, come gli ospedali, le elementi ben visibili nel centro sto- 6. Daniele Silvestri – 19. Nek – “Mi farò trovare chiese, l’acquedotto, le fontane, le rico della città. Oltre l’organizzazione “Argentovivo” pronto” porte di accesso, i mulini e le cartiere del reticolo viario e di tratti dell’an- 7. Irama – “La ragazza col 20. Negrita – “I ragazzi stanno lungo i fiumi, e di elementi urbani- Continua a pagina 15 cuore di latta” bene” stici quali le tre grandi piazze, una 8. Arisa – “Mi sento bene” 21. Patty Pravo ft. Briga – “Un delle quali, Piazza Garibaldi, è da 9. Achille Lauro – “Rolls po’ come la vita” sempre centro nodale dell’economia Marzo bello Royce” 22. Anna Tatangelo – “Le no- e della socialità cittadine. A tutto ciò Ecco ecco che è arrivato marzo 10. Enrico Nigiotti – “Nonno stre anime di notte” si aggiunsero il teatro comunale e bello! Hollywood” 23. Einar – “Parole nuove” vari cinema, sintomo di una ricca vita Le viole in mezzo al prato 11. Boomdabash – “Per un mi- 24. Nino D’Angelo & Livio culturale, cui faceva da sostegno l’at- escono fuori con l’ombrello. lione” Cori – “Un’altra luce” tività delle stamperie. Oh, bel marzo! Oh, marzicello! 12. Ghemon – “Rose viola” Solo in epoca recente Sulmona Ti salutano le viole, ha finalmente scavalcato l’ostacolo che si vestono modeste e stan sempre sole sole tra le fratte e le foreste. Celebrando i confetti Forse un merlo poco saggio sogna già d’essere in maggio di Blaise Di Pronio L’origine del nome è da rintracciare duzione di confetti, facendo del luogo e si gela una zampina fra la In una prima scena si nota una nella parola bon che significa il principale centro di produzione in brina. serie di persone in abito elegante che “buono” in italiano e in numerose Italia. In seguito molti altri produttori Ma la cincia nel suo nido si scambiano abbracci, baci e congra- altre lingue romanze. Perciò quando abruzzesi seguirono il loro esempio. ride e dice: «Non mi fido! tulazioni. Poi si passa all’open bar, si parla di bon bon si indica qualsiasi I confetti sono un tipico souvenir di Presto è ancor! La messaggiera con la degustazione di varie bevande, tipo di dolcetto nella lingua corri- Sulmona, sebbene sia possibile ac- bianca e nera e a seguire gli antipasti, il cibo e il spondente, in inglese, in francese, quistarli anche in molti altri negozi in non è già sotto la gronda, vino intervallati dal tintinnio dei bic- ecc. Abruzzo. e chi ha freddo si nasconda: chieri per incoraggiare un brindisi Come già detto, i confetti sono un La produzione odierna permette non è ancora primavera ». agli sposi. Non possono mancare mu- tipo di dolciumi tipicamente italiano di abbinare i confetti ad ogni festa a Chiotto chiotto le risponde un sica e danze che l’alcool ha reso più e non devono essere confusi con il tema, in quanto sono disponibili in passerotto: spontanee. Passate parecchie ore la termine inglese confetti che sta in- una varietà di colori. Esiste però una «Tu sei saggia e veritiera! musica inizia a scemare e gli invitati, vece ad indicare i coriandoli, piccoli tradizione secolare che indica il co- Marzo è bello, esausti, tornano alle loro auto. Que- ritagli o strisce di carta o materiale lore tipico giusto per ogni occasione: ma coi guanti e con l’ombrello, ste tradizioni, prese nel complesso o metallico lanciati in aria in occasioni Matrimonio: bianco o avorio. col soprabito e il cappello, solo in parte, sono elementi tipici di celebrative, in particolare durante sfi- Battesimo: rosa pastello o cele- poiché porta il vento e il fiore, un matrimonio in classico stile italo- late e matrimoni. Il termine è il plu- ste. e la pioggia e il raffreddore ». americano. Caratteristica unica di rale della parola italiana “confetto” Laurea: rosso. – A. Beltramelli queste cerimonie erano le bombo- derivata dal latino confectum. Nel Anniversario: argento o oro. *. *. * niere con i confetti, da considerare corso della storia è presente in molte In ogni involucro ce ne sono come souvenir o omaggio di un ma- culture l’usanza di lanciare in aria, sempre in numero dispari, poiché si Gioia di marzo trimonio. Generalmente gli sposi le come rituale simbolico, granaglie e ritiene che i numeri pari siano di cat- Fresca gioia, l’erba nasce consegnano agli invitati durante il ri- dolcetti durante occasioni speciali. tivo auspicio. Ad esempio, come così lustra e cosi breve cevimento o direttamente al tavolo. Col passare dei secoli i coriandoli di detto sopra in occasione del matri- dove il sol ruppe la neve Le bomboniere sono composte carta sono subentrati al posto dei pro- monio, cinque era il numero pre- e l’agnello se ne pasce. da un piccolo pacchetto contenente dotti alimentari e rappresentano oggi scelto. Anche l’acqua ch’era ghiaccio cinque mandorle ricoperte di zuc- una parte essenziale delle celebra- I confetti Pelino sono ancora pro- s’incammina dentro il fosso chero bianco che simboleggiano i zioni italiane del Carnevale. dotti a mano con attrezzature tradi- con un po’ di cielo in dosso, cinque desideri dello sposo e della I confetti italiani sono dolcetti zionali secondo una ricetta e una mormorando: -Se ti piaccio, sposa. A volte sono accompagnate da realizzati con mandorle ricoperte da procedura di oltre trecento anni. La vieni a bermi cosi pura una targhetta che riporta il seguente una glassa croccante di zucchero. In tecnica prevede di ricoprire singolar- pria che tocchi la pianura. augurio tradizionale: “Cinque con- ogni cerimonia italiana di rilievo a li- mente le mandorle con una soluzione L’alberello di cotogno fetti per ogni ospite ci ricordano che vello familiare, che sia un battesimo, di zucchero colorato e farle roteare ri- apre gli occhi e guarda il mondo la vita può essere dolce o amara. Cin- una laurea, un matrimonio o un anni- petutamente in speciali caldaie di e nel rivo vispo e fondo que desideri per marito e moglie: sa- versario, i confetti sono un elemento rame fino a processo completato. Ciò getta l’ultimo suo sogno; lute, benessere, felicità, prole e lunga irrinunciabile e molto amato. Se- che rende unici questi confetti è poi, toccato dal Signore, vita.” condo la tradizione romana queste anche la combinazione di ingredienti sui rametti più lontani, Il termine generico “bombo- leccornie erano originariamente rico- che non prevede l’aggiunta di farine o come dentro esili mani, niera” può indicare diversi tipi di dol- perte di miele, sostituito poi dallo amidi. posa un candido suo fiore ciumi, in particolare caramelline zucchero nel XV secolo. Nella città – Tradotto dall’inglese cosi allegro che la gente ricoperte di zucchero o cioccolato. medievale di Sulmona, in Abruzzo, la da Laura Duronio dentro l’anima lo sente. famiglia Pelino avviò nel 1783 la pro- – R. Pezzani

PAGINAPAGE 14 14– MARCH – MARZO 2019 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES Il Pazzo Marzo Marzo è il terzo mese dell’anno Donna mentre il 19 Marzo è la Festa esempio: giorno”; secondo il calendario Gregoriano ed è del Papà. E poi c’e’ San Patrizio, il “Marzo pazzerello esci col sole e “Marzo vuol far le sue”; composto da 31 giorni. Il nome santo patrono di Irlanda. San Patrizio rientri con l’ombrello”; “Marzo l’è fio d’ona baltrocca, Marzo deriva dal dio romano della viene festeggiato ogni anno il 17 “Vento di Marzo non termina ora el piov, ora el fioca, ora el tira guerra, Marte (Martius, in latino), in marzo. presto”; vent, ora el fa bel temp” (Marzo è fi- quanto marzo era il mese in cui ave- La letteratura popolare offre un “Marzo ha comprata la pelliccia glio di una buona donna, ora piove, vano solitamente inizio le guerre sic- numero piuttosto vasto di proverbi su a sua madre, e tre giorni dopo e’ l’ha ora nevica, ora tira vento e ora fa bel come il tempo male dell’inverno questo mese, provenienti da tutte le venduta”; tempo); iniziava a finire. Ma come mai si regioni d’Italia, aventi come comune “Marzo non ha un dì come l’al- “Pace tra suocera e nuora dura dice spesso che Marzo è pazzo? denominatore il vento. Il vento di tro”; quanto la neve marzola”. Marzo è un mese pazzerello per- questo periodo dell’anno possiede an- “Marzo muta sette berrette al Compilato da Blaise Di Pronio ché si alternano giorni o anche cora, a tratti, caratteristiche invernali, mezze giornate di sole intenso a in- ma nello stesso tempo è già primave- tense piogge e freddo. Il mese dà la rile. L’alternanza di sole e di pioggia, sensazione che sia arrivata definitiva- l’incerto passaggio dal freddo al Italian everyday mente la primavera e poi basta un caldo è una condizione ottimale per niente per far ritornare quel clima ge- la campagna, in quanto stimola la ve- expressions and idioms lido dell’inverno ed è pazzo per via getazione con gradualità, sospinge al- della forte instabilità climatica che lo cuni fenomeni naturali, come ad Battere la fiacca. Equivalent: Strike while the contraddistingue, come ben dimostra esempio il consolidamento della ra- Literally: Beat up weariness. iron is hot. Seize the day. questo proverbio: un momento c’è il dice e lo sboccio della gemma, evi- Equivalent: Lay around or * * * sole, e un attimo dopo può iniziare a tando che possano esporsi slack off. Battere cassa. piovere improvvisamente. inavvertitamente al gelo, talvolta an- * * * Literally: Hit the cashier/cash Date importanti in questo mese, cora presente in questo periodo Battere il marciapiede. box. da non dimenticare, sono l’8 Marzo è Ma sono tanti i proverbi che par- Literally: Beat up the side- Equivalent: Scrounge around. la Giornata Internazionale della lano del fatto che Marzo è pazzo, ad walk. * * * Equivalent: Walk the streets. Lavare i panni sporchi in casa. * * * Literally: Washing those 8 Marzo: Battere a tappeto. clothes dirtied at home. Literally: Beat the carpet. Equivalent: Air your dirty Equivalent: To search or laundry. Festa della Donna comb through thoroughly. * * * Il significato della festa della è stato istituito l’UDI, Unione * * * Lavorare stanca. donna è quello di ricordare le con- Donne Italiane, e si è deciso di cele- Battere il ferro finche’ e’ caldo. Literally: Work tired. quiste politiche, sociali ed economi- brare il successivo 8 marzo la gior- Literally: Beat the iron until Equivalent: Work to the bone. che della donna e le violenze che nata della donna nelle zone liberate it’s hot. hanno subito nella storia. La storia dell’Italia. Dal 1946 è stata intro- della festa delle donne risale ai dotta la mimosa come simbolo di primi del Novecento: per molto questa giornata. Questo fiore fu Proverbi Popolari: tempo risalire la scelta dell’8 marzo scelto perchè di stagione e poco co- ad una tragedia accaduta nel 1908, stoso. che avrebbe avuto come protagoni- Tuttavia in Italia si deve arri- Popular Proverbs ste le operaie dell’industria tessile vare agli anni Settanta per vedere la Dialect – Veneto: Pan de un di than no loaf/bread. Cotton di New York, rimaste uccise nascita di un vero e proprio movi- e vin de un ano. ***** da un incendio. mento femminista. L’8 marzo 1972 Literally: Bread of the day and Non pianse mai uno, che non ri- Alla fine del 1908 il Partito so- in Piazza Campo de Fiori a Roma si wine of the year. desse un altro. cialista americano decise di dedi- è svolta la manifestazione della festa Meaning: Bread tastes best Literally: One has never cried care l’ultima domenica del febbraio della donna, durante la quale le when it is eaten on the same day it is without someone else laughing. del 1909 all’organizzazione di una donne hanno chiesto, tra le varie made and wine tastes best after a Equivalent: One man’s meat is manifestazione per il voto alle cose, anche la legalizzazione dell’a- year that it has aged. another man’s poison. donne. La prima “giornata della borto. Il 1975 è stato definito dalle ***** ***** donna” negli Stati uniti si svolse Nazioni Unite come l’Anno Inter- Dialect – Veneto: Chi magna Dove sono molto cuochi, la mi- quindi il 23 febbraio 1909. nazionale delle Donne e l’8 marzo presto, magna poco. nestra sara’ troppo salata. Un paio di anni dopo, durante la di quell’anno i movimenti femmini- Who eats in a hurry, eats little. Literally: Where ther are too seconda Conferenza internazionale sti di tutto il mondo hanno manife- ***** many cooks, the soup will be salty. delle donne socialiste che si svolse a stato per ricordare l’importanza Ne ammazza piu la gola che la Equivalent: Too many cooks Copenaghen il 26 e 27 agosto 1910, dell’uguaglianza dei diritti tra uo- spada. spoil the broth. si decise di seguire l’iniziativa ame- mini e donne. Gluttony kills more than the ***** ricana istituendo una giornata Oggi la festa della donna ha un sword. Dove entra il bere, se n’esce il internazionale dedicata alla ri- po’ perso il suo valore iniziale. ***** sapere. vendicazione dei diritti delle donne. Mentre ci sono organizzazioni fem- Lupe affamato mangia pan muf- Where wine enters, wisdom In realtà per alcuni anni negli Stati minili che continuano a cercare di fato. exits. Uniti e in vari Paesi europei la gior- sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica Literally: A hungry wolf eats nata delle donne si è svolta in giorni sui problemi di varia natura che ri- spoiled bread. – Courtesy of italyrevisited.org diversi. Negli anni successivi, fino guardano il sesso femminile - come Equivalent: Half a loaf is better allo scoppio della Prima Guerra la violenza contro le donne e il di- Mondiale, sono state poi organiz- vario salariale rispetto agli uomini - zate molte altre giornate dedicate ai molte donne considerano questa E fatt’na risata diritti delle donne. giornata come l’occasione per Un bambino chiede alla madre: Gli alunni dicono: la tv, l’inqui- In Italia la prima giornata della uscire da sole con le amiche, la- “mamma mamma, il limone ha il namento...ed un alunno dice: “Ber- donna si è svolta nel 1922, ma il 12 sciando mariti, compagni e figli a becco?” lusconi”. marzo e non l’8. Nei decenni suc- casa, e concedersi qualche “sfizio”, e lei: “ no figlio mio” ed il bam- * * * cessivi il movimento per la rivendi- che magari in altre serate non sa- bino: “peccato, allora ho spremuto il - “mamma, mamma oggi ho cazione dei diritti delle donne ha rebbe permesso. canarino!”. preso 19 a scuola..” continuato ad ingrandirsi in tutto il – Compiled from studenti.it by * * * - “e come hai fatto?” mondo. Nel settembre 1944 a Roma Blaise Di Pronio Un bambino dice alla mamma: - “ho preso 6 in storia, 3 in geo- “mamma che cos’è un travestito?” grafia, 5 in matematica e 5 in moto- e la mamma: “ma che domande ria!” Una visita a Sulmona: Abruzzo fai..io sono papà!!” * * * Continua pagina 14 seale in situ ove sono ben visibili re- * * * C’è uno scemo,un qualcosa e un tica cinta muraria, di cui s’è detto, perti musivi pavimentali (a varia ti- - “Mamma che cosa faresti se nessuno. Un nessuno sta cadendo, dagli scavi sono rinvenuti altri note- pologia) dei vari ambienti in cui era prendessi 10 nel compito in classe?” un qualcosa lo voli elementi che vale la pena di visi- suddivisa, delle opere murarie in - “Ti darei una bella torta!” sta cercando di prendere e lo tare. Uno di questi è all’interno del varia fattura delle sovrapposizioni - “Allora dammene metà, perchè scemo chiama la polizia e dice: “un Palazzo della SS. Annunziata, ove è edilizie successive, ben evidenziate ho preso 5!” nessuno sta cadendo riemersa una sala con tracce di un’a- anche dalla segnalazione stratigra- * * * e un qualcosa lo sta cercando di bitazione patrizia databile tra il I sec. fica. Infine, nelle teche sono esposti Dice un bambino vicino alla prendere” e la polizia dice: “ma sei a.C. ed il II d.C. La domus è detta “di gli oggetti d’uso quotidiano, le sup- bambina: “come vai a scuola?” e la cretino?” e lui: “no, so scemo!” Arianna” dal soggetto dell’affresco pellettili che alla vita di quella casa bambina: “con il pullman”. * * * parietale rinvenuto, d’epoca pom- sono appartenuti: piatti e ceramiche, * * * La maestra di storia: “...pensate peiana (III periodo) e di ottima mano, ampolle in vetro, pettini e amuleti, A scuola la maestra propone un che è successo 2000 anni fa!” e un che è stato rimontato sulla parete. E’ olle e monete. gioco: trovare cose che non ci sono bambino dice: “miiii che memoria!” possibile visitarla in un percorso mu- – Dal sito comunale in un altro pianeta. THE ITALIAN TIMES MARZO 2019 – PAGINA 15 Renowned Italian cookbook author Elizabeth Minchilli to speak at dinner event, sponsored by Bartolotta Catering, at the ICC Bartolotta Catering at the Italian Taglio (Roman-style pizza and Pizza Community Center is presenting an Margherita and Pizza con prosciutto, Italian cookbook author dinner with arugula e pomodorini (Pizza Elizabeth Minchilli, author of The Margherita and pizza with prosciutto, Italian Table: Creating Festive Meals arugula, cherry tomatoes and arugula for Family & Friends on Tuesday, oil). Apr. 23 at 6:30 p.m. • Antipasti (Appetizer): Lattuga The event is being held at the Ital- Grigliata Formaggio Fresco di Capra ian Community Center, 631 E. e Erbe Aromatiche (Grilled Romaine Chicago St., Milwaukee. lettuce hearts, parsley, goat cheese

and pinenuts). Minchilli has lived in Rome, Italy • Secondo (Dinner): Coscia di for over 30 years. She has written Pollo Confit (Confit chicken thighs, nine books on Italian food and style. English peas, raw radish, asparagus Her website has won the Saveur and chicken jus. Award and Italy Magazine Award. • Dolce (Dessert): Pavlova con She is also the founder of the Eat Italy Crème e Fragoline (Pavlova, Crème App. Angliase and spring strawberries. Her books, blog, apps and food There will be Italian wine service tours have been positively reviewed with dinner. by , Los Angeles The cost to attend this event is $85 Times, Conde Nast Traveler, NPR, per person plus tax and gratuity. Travel and Leisure, The Huffington However, ICC members can attend Post and many others. for $75 plus tax and gratuity. For The Apr. 23 features Minchilli’s reservations, please visit bartolot- “Dinner on a Roman Terrace Menu.” tas.com or call 414-223-2800. This is what is in store for those who This evening with Elizabeth Min- attend: chilli is being held in conjunction • Apertivo (Appetizer): Pizza al with Boswell Book Company. Italian cookbook author Elizabeth Minchilli Opera topics from page 9 Ah! If only, at least, my faithful- heart. ing this way of life, would detract through. ness, Violetta contemplates love, an from his daughter’s future marital It’s new to me; I can’t understand Which still loves amidst its suf- emotion she has not experienced and prospects. Violetta loves Alfredo it. fering wonders if, indeed, she could love enough to sacrifice her happiness for I feel a liking full of desire Could bring me the hope and be loved. Love is strange and can the sake of his family and agrees to that now is pleasure, now is Of changing that ungrateful be tragic. leave Alfredo forever. She writes a agony. heart! VIOLETTA (alone) farewell note. Later at a party, things I freeze, and then feel my soul In the end, all is resolved between È strano! È strano! In core go from bad to worse as Alfredo, in a burning, her and the count, between Figaro scolpiti ho quegli accenti! fit of jealous rage denounces his love and in another moment go back and Susanna. It’s all summed up in Saria per me sventura un serio and calls upon the guests to witness to freezing. this chorus. amore? that he has paid Violetta in full. He I look for a good outside myself, TUTTI Che risolvi, o turbata anima later realizes how love and jealousy I don’t know who has it, I don’t Ah! Tutti contenti saremo così. mia? has made him irrational. know what it is. Questo giorno di tormenti, Null’uomo ancora t’accendeva - Violetta’s tuberculosis has brought I sigh and groan without wanting di capricci e di follia, O gioia her to the point of death. Violetta to, in contenti e in allegria ch’io non conobbi, esser amata reads a letter from Germont saying he I quiver and tremble without solo amor può terminar. amando! has been made aware of Violetta’s knowing it, Sposi, amici, al ballo, al gioco, E sdegnarla poss’io great sacrifice and is now returning to I find no peace night or day. alle mine date foco per l’aride follie del viver mio? beg her forgiveness. Alfredo, ex- The poor Countess feels rejected ALL How strange! How strange! tremely contrite, arrives on the scene and wants her husband to mend his Ah! All shall be His words are burned upon my and the lovers are united at last. But ways and love her. She sings this made happy thereby. heart! alas, it is too late. Then Germont also moving aria. Only love can resolve Would a real love be a tragedy arrives only to see Violetta, com- Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, this day of torments, for me? forted by the presence of Alfredo, the al mio duolo, a’ miei sospir! caprice and folly, What decision are you taking, oh man she has loved so tragically, die O mi rendi il mio tesoro, into joy and happiness. my soul? in his son’s arms. o mi lascia almen morir! Spouses and sweethearts, No man has Porgi, amor, ecc. dance and play, ever made me Grant, love, some relief and let’s have some fireworks! fall in love. to my sorrow, to my sighing. In Verdi’s “La Traviata,” the most What joy, Give me back my treasure, frequently performed of all operas, such as I have or at least let me die. the situation reflects the impossible never known Grant, love, etc love between a courtesan with tuber- – loving, Later, in Act IV, she sings, culosis and a young man driven by being loved! Dove sono i bei momenti jealousy to rage and an irrational And can I Di dolcezza e di piacer? duel. Alfredo Germont ponders the scorn it Dove andaro i giuramenti mysterious nature of love, of his love for the arid Di quel labbro menzogner? for Violetta in this aria. nonsense of Perchè mai, se in pianti e in pene Alfredo: my present Per me tutto si cangiò, Un dì felice, eterea, life? La memoria di quel bene mi balenaste innante, Though Vio- Dal mio sen non trapassò? e da quel dì, tremante, letta has aban- Ah! se almen la mia costanza, vissi d’ignoto amor. doned her former Nel languire amando ognor, Di quell’amor ch’è palpito life as a courtesan, Mi portasse una speranza dell’universo intero, the love of her Di cangiar l’ingrato cor! misterioso, altero, suitor’s father for Where are the lovely moments croce e delizia al cor. his daughter Of sweetness and pleasure? One happy, ethereal day, prompts him to Where have the promises gone you flashed lightly into my life; persuade Violetta That came from those lying lips? and since that day, trembling, to give up Al- Why if all is changed for me I live with that unspoken love, fredo. Germont’s Into tears and pain, the pulse of the whole world, son’s liaison with Has the memory of that goodness mysterious, unattainable, a courtesan, de- Not vanished from my breast? the torment and delight of my spite her abandon- PAGE 16 – MARCH 2019 THE ITALIAN TIMES