NON-PROFIT US POSTAGE THE PAID MILWAUKEE, WI Permit No. 5716 PubliIshed 1T1 times aAnnually bLy the IAN TIMES Italian Community Center 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 Become a member of the Italian www.ICCMilwaukee.com Community Center and you will receive JANUARY 2019 • VOL. 40, NO. 7 home delivery of this publication. – CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED – Your address label will be placed here. Cosa c’è dentro? What’s inside? Italian Consul General visits ICC, Student Culture Day planned for February 2019 page 2 Italian Immersion School Carnevale XL page 2 Festa 2019 Planning Committees page 6 The latest from the Membership Committee page 7 Lots of new members to welcome page 7 ICC cultural booth wins ‘People’s Choice’ Award at Holiday Folk Fair page 8 Italian participation in the Folk Fair pages 8-10 Under The Tuscan Sun showing on Jan. 11 ‘Movie Night’ page 11 Members’ Christmas party pictorial pages 12-13 The day the late President Bush visited Festa page 14 UNICO Ladies, Pompeii Women celebrate page 15 Pompeii Men’s Club report page 16 Digging up your family roots page 16 Philip D’Amore’s art on cover The Hon. Giuseppe Finocchiaro, the Italian Consul General of Corsi, Director of Educational Programs for the Consulate Gen - of Dick Vitale book page 17 Italy in Chicago, was the special guest of Italian Community Cen - eral of Italy, on the tour of the ICC after lunch. This picture was ter President Joseph Emanuele for a Dec. 10 luncheon. Emanuele taken toward the end of the tour. From the left: Nick DeQuardo, invited the Consul General to come to the ICC after he completed President of the Filippo Mazzei Lodge/Order Sons of Italy in a visit to Victory K-8, Milwaukee’s Italian Immersion School. A America, ICC President Emanuele, Consul General Finocchiaro, group of ICC Board members and representatives of local Italian ICC Director Pietro Tarantino; ICC Vice President Fritchie and Anna Pitzo societies also attended the lunch. Emanuele and Vice President Dr. Corsi. More photos and a story on the Consul General visit joins Folk Rose Anne Ceraso Fritchie escorted Finocchiaro and Dr. Sandro can be found on pages 3 and 4. (Times photo by Tom Hemman) Fair Wall A message from Joseph T. Emanuele, of Fame For her contributions to the preserva - Italian Community Center President tion of Italian culture, Italian Commu - Dear ICC Members, There are several areas that are in I ask everyone to make a New Year’s nity Center member Anna Pitzo was We are about to enter into a new year. need of your help. Please review the lists resolution to serve our Center in memory inducted as a member of the Holiday Time certainly moves quickly. I hope of committees published in this issue and of your parents and grandparents in Folk Fair International Wall of Fame. your holidays have been enjoyable and choose the one that you feel is a good fit bringing back the Festa of yesteryears. Her induction, along with four other blessed with the company of family and for you. Resolving issues individuals, occurred during the 75th an - friends. As we move into 2019, it’s time Many of you have suggested to me Talks are continuing with the Terra - nual event, which was held Nov. 16-18 to get started again with planning many that it is time to change course. In order con Corporation and the Wisconsin De - at the State Fair Park Exposition Center of our events and working toward a suc - to succeed, we must have everyone partment of Natural Resources (DNR) in West Allis. cessful Festa Italiana. working together as a family to make regarding the contamination of the land For those of you who are unaware, both the ICC and Festa bigger and better on the south end of our property. Soil Pitzo, a volunteer through the ICC we will be opening more of the Festa than ever. It’s your loyalty and commit - and the Milwaukee Ladies of UNICO for grounds in 2019. The U.S. Cellular Stage ment that can only make this possible. Please turn to page 6 33 years, worked and served as chair at will be open and engaged in entertain - one time or another for each area of par - ment. ticipation by the Italian group at the Hol - The food and beverage committee is iday Folk Fair. These included culture working on adding more food vendors to 2019 will be a great year to exhibit and sales and food booths. She the north end of the grounds along with had done cooking demonstrations during additional beer and wine booths. be an ICC member the event and particularly enjoyed work - The carnival will remain this year by Mary Anne Ceraso-Alioto “Movie Night” series on the second ing with children. moving slightly north of the U.S. Cellu - Membership Committee Chair Friday of the month (except in July due lar Stage. As an ambassador of Italian culture, As we begin the New Year, the to Festa Italiana). Look for the listing The religious/cultural exhibits will be Pitzo has traveled across southeastern Membership Committee is starting out of the movies on the ICC website (ic - expanded and placed on the north end as Wisconsin sharing the story of La Be - stronger than ever. cmilwaukee.com), on the ICC’s Face - well. fana, the Epiphany Eve witch of Italian book page and, of course, in The Italian Discussions are continuing to take We are overwhelmed by the re - folklore. She has also played a promi - Times . place on adding additional attractions to sponse to the members’ events we’ve nent role in Festa Italiana and the ICC We will be showing the romantic the festival. had so far (i.e, Movie Night, Happy since the inception of both. comedy Under the Tuscan Sun on Fri - Keep in mind that along with these Hour get-togethers and Family Bocce day, Jan. 11. Doors open at 6 p.m. with “Thank you, Anna, for all your work changes and additions, expanding our Night). the film starting at 7:15 p.m. and dedication to the people of Milwau - footprint will require more volunteers. We’re planning to continue to have Be sure to join us on Friday, Feb. 8 kee, for all the children’s lives you have Festa’s success is dependent on you, the these as well as offering new activities for a Grease “Sing-A-Long.” We are touched, and for being a mentor to me,” members, and your families stepping for - in 2019. encouraging everyone to dress up ‘50’s said Gina Jorgensen, chairperson of the ward and getting involved. The real he - style (like the characters in Grease) and ICC Culture Committee and the ICC’s roes are the members that participate and Movie Nights join in the sing-along to the popular Folk Fair activities. volunteer to make our magnificent festi - As a result of your great response, we are definitely continuing our free Please turn to page 10 val a victory. Please turn to page 7 Student Culture Day planned for February 2019 To celebrate Italian heritage, the Ital - in the next issue of The Italian Times. donation appear later in this article. 53202 with “Student Culture Day” iden - ian Community Center and the Culture The Culture Committee is seeking The event includes a variety of edu - tified on the memo line. They also can be Committee are planning to put on Stu - donors to help fund this event. Approxi - cational, cultural and recreational activi - dropped off at the ICC reception desk dent Culture Day in February. The offi - mately $1,000 in donations are needed to ties and lunch. The learning activities during regular business hours. “Dona - cial date of the event will be announced offset the expenses. Details on making a include: tions in any amount are appreciated,” Jorgensen said. • Bocce: A history of the game, les - Persons interested in volunteering for sons on how to play, and a game for stu - the event should also contact Jorgensen dents to play as teams. Il Grande Carnevale XL • Homemade pasta making. Students are taught how to make pasta from scratch using the equipment that Italian – 23 Febbraio 2019 cooks have used for generations. ICC Culture • History class on the Italian immi - 40th annual Carnevale – grant experience with emphasis on Mil - waukee’s Italian immigrant community. Committee February 23, 2019 • Italian language class. • The Italian immigrant experience at sets tentative Mark your calendars for the Italian the price of $50 per member and $60 Ellis Island. Students get to play the roles Community Center ’s social event of the per non-members. of the arriving immigrants. year: Il Grande Carnevale. The reservation deadline is Friday, 2019 schedule The ICC and Tradizione Vivente, Feb. 15. A reservation form can be A spaghetti and meatballs lunch is the Italian Dance Group of Milwaukee, found at the end of this article served at the end of the event. of activities are thrilled to co-host this pre-Lenten The 2019 Carnevale Royalty will be There is no cost for the participating Gina Jorgensen, chairperson of costume and mask ball on Saturday, announced in the next issue. The posi - school students, teachers and chaperones. the Italian Community Center’s Cul - Feb. 23, starting at its customary time tion include: i l Re e la Regina (the King This program is part of the community ture Committee, announced that her of 5:11 p.m. and the Queen), il Principe e la Princi - outreach program of the ICC.