Board of Directors

Officers:

President

L. V. Teofilo

Vice President

Patrick Kloster

Treasurer

Vicky Sobeck

Secretary

Bill Anderson

Peggy Anderson

Past President

Richard Gollnick

Directors

John Contratto

Dominic Del Bian-

co.

Marlene Feira

Janice Galt

Lisa Iapalucci

Mark Mariucci

Mary Belmonte Tabat-

abai

Lynn Thompson

Ambassador at

Large

Riccardo Paterni

Editor

Paul Marino

Il Piccolo Giornale February, 2018

Founded 1994

CARNEVALE 2018

When: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Where: Luigi’s Italian Bistro

2733 Manitowoc Road, Green Bay

Time: Doors open at 6:00 PM and

Buffet Served at 7:00 P

Games: Tombola game with prizes

awarded

Venetian style masks made by stu-

dents will be voted on with a mon-

ey prize awarded

Buffet: Traditional Italian foods:

pizza-4 varieties, mussels,

chicken pizzaiola, sausage & pep-

pers, penne with butter, meat balls

with bar-b-que & with marinara

sauces, fresh Garden Salad w/

dressing selection, olives, cheeses,

Italian meats, dolci (Cannoli & Tira-

misu), and soft drinks

Available: Cash bar

Additional: Think Carnevale (Gold,

Green and Purple) Masks & Beads

provided upon arrival.

Cost: Reservation & Payment re-

ceived by Jan. 31st $25.00 for

Members and Guests **

High School Students: $16.00

LATE Registrations & Payment re-

ceived after Feb 1st, $30.00

**EVENT SPECIAL: Non-Members

only---for an additional $7, you can

become a member of Club Ital-

oAmericano**

Space is limited & fills up fast - ON-

LY 45 Paid Reservations Accepted

NO RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED AF-

TER THURSDAY, FEB. 8th

Please send checks, payable to CIA

and mail to: Victoria (Piccione)

Sobeck 1810 Oakhill Drive Green

Bay, WI 54313-4800

Il Piccolo Giornale is the official newsletter of Club ItaloAmericano of Green Bay, Wi.

Website: http://clubitaloamericano.org/ Facebook: Club Italaloamericano of Green Bay

Send contributions/comments to: clubitaloamericano@gmail.com

Join the fun celebrating (the last day before lent)

“Carnevale”— the Italian Way.

In case of inclement weather, call Victoria

Sobeck, 865-7229 for event updates

Our Carnevale decorating and set-up will

be at 3:30 PM on Sun., Feb. 11th.

Afterwards we will order food from

Luigi’s wonderful menu.

If you can help, please contact Chairper-

son, Victoria (Piccione) Sobeck at 865-

7229

Your help is appreciated in making this

event fun for everyone.

NEW MEMBER

This month we welcome Amy Ashwood

Cecchirato. Amy is an Italian citizen as a

result of a former marriage. She lived in

Italy for 25 years and speaks fluent Italian!

Benvenuta Amy!

CONDOGLIANZE

We extend our deepest sympathy to

Chris and Elaine (Abata) Wagner. Elaine’s

mother recently passed away.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO

PROMOTE CLUB ITALO/

AMERICANO

The weekend of March 17-18 and Mon-

day, March 19 St. Mary of the Angels

Parish in East Green Bay is having a St.

Joseph Table similar to the one that

Chuck and Lenora Rhyner (Club Mem-

bers) had in 2013.

La Tavola di San Giuseppe is a religious,

cultural, traditional and artistic endeavor

celebrated in Italy since the fourteenth

century. In thanksgiving for prayers an-

swered to end an exceptionally severe

drought, the people erected a table to St.

Joseph to whom they had prayed. This

tradition is continued to the present day

in New Orleans, Houston and other cities

with populations of Italians.

March 19 is not only the feast of St. Jo-

seph but also Father’s Day in Italy.

The table is laden with bread, bread sculp-

tures, fruits, vegetables and of course,

cookies. Because of this being an ancient

ITALIAN tradition since the Middle Ages,

we have been given the opportunity, as an

Italian Club, to participate by donating

cookies.

If you would like to contribute cookies,

contact Jackie(Gilardi) Kucera at 469-

0024 or email JackieKu@aol.com or Le-

nora (Fiorenza)Rhyner at 468-8922 or

email crhyner@new.rr.com

Father Anthony Cirignani,OFM, pastor of

St. Mary of the Angels has invited us to

view the St. Joseph Table at the church

hall which is located on 645 South Irwin

and Cass St.

Viewing times are 5:00 pm on Saturday

March 17, 10:00 am on Sunday, March

18 ( the parish will provide coffee and

rolls on Sunday) and on Monday, March

19 at 8:00am. The children of the parish

school will view the table between 8:30

and 8:45.

St. Joseph table made by Lenora and

Chuck Rhyner in 2013.

A reminder of times and dates will be

included in the March issue of Il Piccolo

Giornale

ITALIAN COVERSATION CLUB

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The Italian Conversation Club is continuing

to grow! A group of 12 people, including

6 from Club ItaloAmericano, were at the

January meeting. The range of speaking

was all the way from beginner to fluent!

The next meeting (always on the second

Saturday of the month) will be on Febru-

ary 10 at the Brown County Central Li-

brary, 525 Pine Street from 10:00 to

11:30 in “Think Tank C” on the second

floor.

No need to register just show up ready to

practice your Italian. All levels are wel-

come.

For further info and/or questions, please

contact Angela Landt at:

ajlandt@yahoo.com or 920-536-4097.

FEBRUARY OPERA OFFERINGS

Bay Park Cinema continues its "Live at the

Metropolitan Opera" this month with not

one but two operas. The first will be

Gaetano Donizetti's "L'Elisir D'Amor"Êto

be shown on Saturday, February 10.

Two weeks later on Saturday, February

24, the featured opera will be "La Bo-

heme" composed by Giacomo Puccini.

Both begin at 11:55 am. Prices are $24

for adults, $22 for seniors and $18 for

children.

Update on Family Roots

We’ve had a very good response from club

members sharing the names of the Italian

regions from which their families came to

America.

What is particularly interesting is the fact

that some members families came from

either the same region, an adjacent area

or even the same town!!!

In a future issue of Il Piccolo, we will pin-

point those areas on a map of Italy.

In the meantime, please send the names

of the regions or towns from which your

family emigrated to this country to Lenora

Rhyner at crhyner@new.rr.com or call

468-8922.

SAVE THE DATE

The Italian movie, Corpo Celeste, is sched-

uled for Wednesday, March 21.

The description of the movie is:

Corpo Celeste (Italy, 2011), Director Alice

Rohrwacher

Having recently returned to her native

Italy after living in Switzerland for 10

years, 13-year-old Marta only source of

socialization is the local church, where she

is told to attend preparatory classes for

her confirmation. But the doctrines of

Roman Catholicism offer little in terms of

life lessons or consolation, so she eventu-

ally forges her very own way towards

adulthood.

Club ACTIVITIES 2018

February 11, (11 febbraio) …….Carnevale

Set-up, 3:30 pm

at Luigi’s Italian Bistro

February 13, (13 febbraio)……. Carnevale

Luigi’s Italian Bistro

Chair: Victoria (Piccione) Sobeck; Co-Chair: Lisa

Iapalucci & Michele Koehler

March 21, (21 marzo)…Sammy’s Dinner

Night (4:45 pm) Neville……… Italian

Movie, Corpo Celeste, 7:00 pm

April (aprille)………………………………....open

May-September (Maggio-settembre)…….

Every Sunday (weather permitting)—

Club Bocce Activity 4:00 pm, Colburn

Park

May (maggio)……………………..Meet &

Greet

Thank you to WisItalia Inc. and Club ItaloAmericano for donating $1,000 to Preble High School in memory of former West High

School principal Pete Feira. Funds will allow students to experience authentic cultural events in the community.

June 10, (10 giugno)…Bocce Pot Luck,

Colburn Park, 1 - 5 pm

July (luglio)…………….La Prima Passeggiata

August (agosto)....La Seconda Passeggiata

September (settembre)……………..La Treza

Passeggiata

October 13, (13 ottobre) ……….....Twelfth

Spaghetti Dinner

Columbus Day Celebration (Italian Herit-

age Month) Green Isle Park Pavilion,

Allouez

October 23 (23 ottobre) ………Musicale XI,

Art Garage

November (novembre)....Sammy’s Dinner

(4:45 pm)

Neville Italian Movie (7:00 pm)

December 15, (15 dicembre)……….Cena di

Natale

Chair: Marlene Feira

Calling All Members

We extend an invitation for all club mem-

bers to attend our monthly Board of Direc-

tors meetings. Our plan is to create on

open forum at the beginning of each

meeting where members can share their

ideas, suggestions and/or concerns.

If you have an item or topic that you feel

needs extra time, please contact President

Teofilo (LVTeofilo@aol.com or 432-6513)

by the Monday before the board meeting

so it can be added to the agenda.

The meetings are held on the third Thurs-

day of every month. They begin at 5:30

and are held at Luigi’s Italian Bistro on

Manitowoc Road.

The next Board meeting will be on Thurs-

day 15 February.

ARTICLES FOR OUR NEWSLETTER

Please feel free to submit articles or pic-

tures for our newsletter. Information for

each upcoming month needs to be sub-

mitted to me by the 25th. (think Christ-

mas) of the month. You should email

articles as an attachment in Microsoft

Word and pictures in a jpeg format.

My email address is:

paolomarino1@gmail.com

Questions— call me at 612-360-8246

CLUB MEMBERS IN BUSINESS

We have several club members that are

in the restaurant business:

Luigi’s Italian Bistro in Green Bay, Sam-

my’s Pizza in Green Bay, Titletown Brew-

ery in Green Bay, Captains Walk Winery

in Green Bay, Polito’s Pizza in Green Bay,

Angelina Ristorante in Green Bay, Thumb

Knuckle Brewing Co. brewery and tap-

room, just west of Luxemburg and east of

the Brown County line on Hwy 54.

Whenever you visit these businesses,

please mention that you are a member of

Club ItaloAmericano as a support of their

business and membership.