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Sharing a Past to Build a Future
Volume 23
Number 11
November 2015
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For Your Information.............. 2
Membership News................. 3
Pagina Italiana...................... 4
Feature Stories............ 5, 9, 10
IACC Event........................... 7
Community Calendar............. 8
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Allegro
24th Annual
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IACC Calendar
NOVEMBER
1 Veterans/Volunteer
Appreciation
4 Luncheon
4 Karaoke
8 Gene Ferrari
11 Karaoke
18 Luncheon
18 IACC General
Membership Meeting
18 Karaoke
19 Italian Cinema Night
21 Christmas Gala
25 Karaoke
DECEMBER
2 Luncheon
2 Karaoke
9 Karaoke
11 St. Lucy TBT
16 Luncheon
16 IACC General
Membership Meeting
16 Karaoke
20 Brunch with Santa
31 New Year’s Eve Party
All events subject to change.
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There is still time to make reservations
to attend the 24th Annual Italian American
Community Center Christmas Gala to be
held on Saturday, November 21, 2015.
The deadline for reservations is November 11, 2015.
The Christmas Gala is one of the
IACC's largest fund-raisers. The event
will host a festive evening celebrated
by IACC members, family and friends.
Partial proceeds will support Homesteads
for Hope - a community farm for individuals with autism and other developmental
disabilities.
A celebration of Italian American
success stories will be featured this year.
Gates Town Supervisor Mark Assini and
Gatti Plumbing are this year’s honorees.
Please support honoring these outstanding members of our community. Judge
Vincent Campbell is the distinguished
Master of Ceremonies.
The event includes a champagne
reception with chef’s selection of hors
d’oeuvres and appetizers, deluxe dinner,
and presentation of awards
The musical group 'Allegro' were
so well received last year, they will be
performing again. They are Western
New York's premier party band. They
Inside Italy-Tourists Revive Italian Hilltop
Village, but Nature has Other Plans
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by Jim Yardley
CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO, Italy — Forgive Sandro Rocchi if he seems a smidgen satisfied as he enjoys a midday glass of red wine at his children’s restaurant and
relishes the unlikely revival of this stunning hilltop village. He moved away in the
1970s for lack of prospects. Now there are shops, restaurants, boutique properties and
gobs of tourists.
“The place has come back to life,” Mr. Rocchi said.
There is a teensy problem, though.
Civita di Bagnoregio is slowly, steadily collapsing, and it has been for centuries.
Landslides have incrementally eroded the sheer cliffs, at one point slicing off the
ancient stone residence of the village’s most famous native, Giovanni di Fidanza,
the medieval theologian canonized as St. Bonaventure. For years, this losing war of
geological attrition was not such a big deal because barely anyone lived in Civita, and
not too many people visited.
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The year-round population is still tiny — maybe six people,
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maybe eight — but Civita, 75 miles north of Rome in central Italy,
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is now a tourism dynamo, with more than 500,000 visitors expected
Rochester, NY
this year. It is a candidate to become a Unesco World Heritage site.
Permit #909
It is the centerpiece of a regional tourism campaign and is featured
on city buses in Rome. It is, everyone agrees, a marvel.
And it is still collapsing, if very slowly. In May, a hillside gave
way near the elevated one-lane road that leads to the footbridge that
leads to the village. The road remains stable as crews are working
on the hillsides; tourists have not seemed to notice. A local geologist
(Continued on page 3)
are an 8 piece group centrally located in
Rochester. The band features both male
and female lead vocals, a trumpet and
saxophone horn section, and a rhythm
section that will keep the dance floor
hopping all night.
Allegro's members are experienced,
very versatile and have entertained for
over the past 20 years. They are very
comfortable performing many different
styles of music, from straight ahead jazz
to today's current hits as well as Italian
songs.
To make reservations please fill out the
form on page 3 and mail it to the IACC
or call the IACC office at 585-594-8882.
Celebrating
ThankgivingItalian Style
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Thanksgiving is an important American
holiday, always celebrated on the fourth
Thursday in November, with a large meal
centering on turkey as the main course, or
secondo piatto. This major holiday does
not really exist in Italy, except perhaps in
the homes of American expats. American
visitors in Italy hoping to find a traditional
holiday meal might get lucky and locate
a restaurant which serves a Thanksgiving
meal.
The tradition of Thanksgiving originated in the early seventeenth century to
celebrate the harvest of the year. A group
of 102 Puritans left Plymouth, England in
September of 1620 on the Mayflower sailing vessel, in search of a new world where
they could freely practice their religion
and own land. The rough, transatlantic
(Continued on page 5)
Gene Ferrari
November 8, 2015
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Membership News
Message from the President
Dear Members,
As this article is
being written, reJoe Sirianni
flecting on our life
travel from beginning to end, one needs to
understand how fragile our life really is.
Wealth, prestige, success - all take second
place to good health and the inability to
escape the will of our Creator. Science has
provided to many of us the ability to live
longer with the new medicine that keeps us
alive. Some of us are healthier than others
who are unfortunately suffering every day
with discomfort and pains. The ills that are
effecting all of us, who have reached a mature status of our life, at times we forget to
celebrate what is important: good health.
Have we really stopped to understand
and look at how many of our friends or
acquaintances are no longer with us; how
many of our friends are confined at home,
in hospitals or in institutions suffering and
waiting for the day that all pain will no
longer afflict them?
Writing this article and addressing the
issue of life that afflicts all of us, has a
common denominator or reminder that we
are all vulnerable and that all the material
things that we have and enjoy have no
value while we await the ultimate.
My dear friends, much is happening at
the home that we all love "The IACC."
We are working diligently to do a good
job for you and for the organization. We
are blessed to have a staff that are working
hard to meet the daily requirement of the
organization. We ask you to support our
efforts and to spread the good word about
who we are. The Campus of the IACC
and Padre Pio, will soon be filled with
new residents of Villa Capri. As we look
at the construction and the building being
erected and soon to be opened, we should
look at it as the birth of a new baby, and
the promise that it holds. The present is
now, the future is ours to work for.
Thanks a million to all of you, to the
Board of Directors and the IACC staff.
We pray God to bless the IACC. To the
families of all our friends, members, ex
members who have incurred a loss of their
loved ones, our sincere condolences and
we will pray that the Lord will help you
all in these difficult times.
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Inside Italy (Continued from page 1)
estimated that Civita had suffered about
10 landslides during the past year, some
of them small, others more damaging.
“Rain is the main problem,” said the
geologist, Giovanni Maria Di Buduo, who
oversees a local museum dedicated to the
geology of Civita and the surrounding
region. “Rain gets into the fractures of
the volcanic rock and creates alterations.
In the last five centuries, we’ve seen a
reduction of the cliff by about 20 percent
due to landslides.”
Given the newfound tourist trade, as
well as the historical and cultural significance of a village first built by the ancient
Etruscans, the Lazio regional government
is moving to respond. One possibility is
to push for a national law granting special
status and funding to Civita. Also, Lazio
officials say they will draft a 10-year plan
for a holistic approach to reinforcing and
protecting the village, after more ad hoc
efforts in the past.
“We realized that investments have
been made in the past, but it was too
diluted,” said Fabio Refrigeri, a minister
in the Lazio government. “It wasn’t efficient.”
The Etruscans built Civita more than
2,500 years ago, one of many hilltop villages fortified to protect against invaders
in the valleys below. But as centuries
passed and as warfare changed, eclipsing
Civita’s strategic advantage, the village
became increasingly isolated. An earthquake in the 17th century did not help; the
local government was moved to what had
been the adjacent suburb of Bagnoregio,
which still oversees Civita today.
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Then erosion accentuated the problem.
Landslides transformed the village into
a compact island, as a land bridge that
connected Civita to Bagnoregio gradually
collapsed (it was later replaced by a steeland-concrete footbridge, used today).
Maps in the village’s geological museum
document the steady shrinkage of Civita
as erosion has chewed away at its chalky
volcanic tuff.
“That landslide was from last November,” said Luca Profili, the deputy mayor
of Bagnoregio, pointing to loose rubble
gathered at the bottom of one cliff. In the
distance, the landscape surrounding Civita
is a blend of green valleys cleaved by
eroded hillsides of white, chalky soil. “If
you look at pictures from last year, these
areas have changed because the soil is so
fragile,” Mr. Profili added.
Not so many years ago, decline seemed
inevitable, which perhaps explains Civita’s nickname: Il Paese Che Muore, or
The Town That Is Dying. Except it has
not died, not in the least. Pope Benedict
XVI visited Civita’s cathedral in 2009 to
pay homage to St. Bonaventure. Tourism officials in Lazio promoted Civita in
national ad campaigns. Accounts in the
news media picked up on the novelty of
a pristine medieval village atop a jagged
cliff, confronted by erosion. It was irresistible and stunningly picturesque.
“The fragility of Civita is bad, but it
is also what makes it unique,” Mr. Profili
said. “It is the idea that you have it today,
but you don’t know if you will have it
tomorrow.”
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Italiana
IL CASTAGNO E LA CASTAGNA
E' arrivato
l'autunno ed é il
tempo del frutto
chiamato castagna. Il castagno é l'albero
che ci dá questo frutto. Il castagno é un
albero di momtagna, alto e massiccio. La
castagna ha un riccio dentro cui cresce e
vegeta. Ottobre e Novembre sono i mesi
in cui si abbacchiano, cioé quando i montanari li battono con una lunga pertica per
farli cadere. La castagna é considerata un
ottimo alimento nutritivo e ha poco grasso. Di questo frutto si nutrivano i Romani
e i Greci. Infatti anche lo storico romano
Plinio il Vecchio ne parla nelle sue storie e
conferma il suo uso in "Italia." Nel secolo
400 la farina di castagna era molto usata.
Come giá succede in tutta Italia sagre
e festivalli di prodotti alimentari sono
comuni. Nel paese di Castel del Rio c'é
infatti il festival della Castagna nel mese
di Ottobre. Vi sono due tipi di castagne:
quella di colore marrone schiacciata da un
Joseph Capogreco
un lato della buccia e i marroni, castagna
assai più grosse di colore marrone chiaro
e hanno la forma di un cuoce.
Ed ecco come possono essere cucianate: arrostite, caldarroste, lessate. Le
caldarroste arrostite e bruciate vengono
arrostite con la buccia in una padella
bucherellata. Le castagne lessate, anche
con la buccia hanno un nome differente
e si chiamano ballotte. Dalle castagne si
ricava la farina con cui si prepara il castagnaccio, una focaccia con pinoli e uva
secca. L'uso della farina della castagna.
Si usa per preparare anche cosmetici e
dolci. Un tipico dolce della castagna é
il "montebianco": castagne schiacciate
e cucinate col latte. Si prepara cosí: si fa
un impasto usando un pó di zucchero e si
cuoce. Quando l'impasto é fresco si puó
anche mettere sopra della panna. Oltre al
castagnaccio e il montebianco un' altra
ricetta é la "Zuppa di Castagne" e la Passata di Castagne.
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Il valore nutritivo di questo frutto é
cosí importante tanto che la Comunitá
Europea tuteli e protegge questo frutto.
Ci sono otto marchi tutelati. Tre marchi
sono toscani uno della Campania, le
castagne di Monte Amiata. Le castagne
importate negli USA quasi sempre sono
quelli di Montella, paese in provincia
di Avellino. Da qualunque parte d'Italia
vengono importate bisogna ricordare che
questo "Cereale" che cresce sull' albero,
fa bene alla salute. E adesso questa nota.
In Sicilia, alle pendici dell' Etna esiste un
castagno gigantesco che ha mille anni e
il diametro alla base del tronco supera i
20 metri. Questo castagno gigantesco si
chiama "il castagno dei cento cavalieri
"perche", si dice che un giorno durante
una pioggia violenta ripararono questi
signori i loro cani. Da ricordare questi
nomi: castagneto cioé bosco di castagne,
castagnatura, cioé raccolta delle castagne
e castagnaccio ovvero farina di castagna.
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Consular Associate
Assistente Consolato Italiano
L’ufficio del
Vice Console Onorario di Rochester, NY ha aperto
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La persona comConsul of Italy
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appropriate talent, would bring excellent
ability and interpersonal skills dealing
with the public both on the telephone and
in person. Required skills include, strong
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ability including prioritizing workload
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Stories
Ventimiglia Market
The Ventimiglia
Market is every FriJennifer Niejadlik day in this coastal
town in Italy along
the lungomare. The
market sells an array of food, flowers,
leather goods, cashmere, clothing, linens,
bed sheets and if you are asked discreetly,
knock off designer bags. On a recent trip, I
went to the market with a friend who lives
in the area. She is a regular for the homemade pasta, Parmigiano cheese, Parma
ham, sun dried tomatoes, and delicatessen
cookies. The almond cookies were my
favorite. The leather goods sold at the
market are hand crafted and buttery soft.
I bought a pair of chocolate brown leather
gloves with a dark red suede quilted cuff.
There were several tables selling cashmere scarves, sweaters, and ponchos at
a low cost. Handbags and shoes were in
abundance. The prices ranged from 20
euro to 500 euro and up depending the
style. One table of the higher priced bags
were made mostly of python. A woman
quietly came to me and said she also
sells Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
We did have a look behind her counter
at the designer knock off bags but they
were still several hundred euros. If you
are going to pay that much money for a
handbag, in my opinion, I'd rather have
the authentic couture designer itself. Another table had leather H belts, bracelets,
and sandals similar to the Hermes style
without the logo. The style looked classy
and sold for a fraction of the cost of what
they go for in the luxury boutiques. Fur
and shearling jackets were also on display.
My friend tried on a Roberto Cavalli style
black ankle length suede jacket with a fox
fur collar. The jacket was lined with rabbit
fur. This would definitely have kept her
warm in the winter months but again the
price was close to 1000 euro. The man
selling the jackets laughed at me when I
asked if there was a discount in price. We
continued our tour of the market perusing
the various other stands. The hustle and
bustle of the market was a fun way to
spend our morning. By the time we were
ready to leave it had become so crowded
we could hardly see what was on offer
and being sold. The market starts at 8:00
am and runs until about 4:30pm - 5:00pm.
There are nearly 500 stalls in total so
there is plenty to see and buy. After our
shopping we found a small terrace nearby
and enjoyed an Italian coffee and a few of
those famous almond cookies.
Thanksgiving (Continued from page 1)
crossing took 66 days and it was another
month before the ship docked in what is
now called Plymouth, Massachusetts.
This first American colony became
known as Plymouth colony and the people
were known as Pilgrims. Half of the pilgrims died from disease and conditions
before the first spring. The rest of the settlers began to build a village and moved
ashore in March, where they learned to
cultivate corn by Native American Indians. In November, after the first harvest,
the pilgrims celebrated with a meal shared
with the Native Americans. This is considered to be the first Thanksgiving.
Today, traditionally, this celebration
involves a huge meal shared at home with
family and friends. Turkey is the main
course, along with stuffing, vegetables,
potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce,
bread, and pies, almost always pumpkin.
Many Italian-American families, however, celebrate this day with the traditional
turkey dinner, while also adding some
recipes from their Italian ancestors. My
own family maintained the American
traditions without any added pasta dishes
or Italian touches. But I spoke with many
who shared their families’ Thanksgiving
day traditions with a special Italian touch.
Italian-American traditions at Thanksgiving can vary. For some with Sicilian
roots, a chestnut dressing and roasted
chestnuts are often served. Antipasto with
mixed nuts and fennel, roasted artichokes,
with red pepper stuffing, and fresh cheeses, like ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesans
are popular with many Italian-Americans
on Thanksgiving.
For some, home-made pasta, either
ravioli or spaghetti, with home-made
sauce, or gravy, as some call it, is also an
important part of the meal. Joe LaPanna
says that “being a ‘food’ person, Thanksgiving is my all time favorite holiday.” He
remembers that one grandmother would
bring Italian cookies and/or cannoli from
New York, and the “other grandmother
would make homemade zepolli, and bow
ties.” Joe honors his mother by maintain-
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ing some Italian traditions today. “I slip
prosciutto into a dish here and there, make
polenta instead of cornbread and always
serve an Italian wine or two.”
Alfredo Vinci, an Italian-American
originally from Siracusa, Sicily, recalls
a “turkey stuffed with sausage and
chestnuts.” The meal would also include
“lasagna and torta di ricotta.” Alfredo considers Thanksgiving his favorite holiday,
but always looks forward to the lasagna.
Expat Rick Zullo recalls one Thanksgiving in Rome when his uncle, a member of the Christian Brothers, visited at
Thanksgiving time. “The house that his
order owns is not far from the Vatican and
the cook was putting on a special meal for
the American brothers, so they invited us
to join them. The cook was Italian, and
I must say that he did a good job with
the turkey. But he still couldn’t resist
serving a typical Italian antipasto (sliced
meats and cheeses), as well as two pasta
dishes. He made a pumpkin pie, too, but
something was “off” about it. I ended up
having some biscotti with sweet wine for
dessert.”
Dr. J.B. Zito’s Thanksgivings always
involved serving a lot of food to a lot
of people. His family served food to
anyone; they volunteered at the Kiwanis
and Elks clubs to serve food for free. At
their home, from early morning till late at
night, they were serving food. Big trays
of lasagna and Italian wine were a must
but Jack stresses, “there are two parts to
Thanksgiving. There is the Thanks and
then there is the Giving.”
Thanksgiving is a time when families
share the day and celebrate all that they
are thankful for. Since food is a major
component to this holiday, a special emphasis is placed on serving food to the
needy, and inviting others in to share in
family celebrations. Thanksgiving is one
of the most important American holidays,
and though it is not often celebrated by
those in Italy, most Italians are aware of
its significance in America.
Stories from Sicily and
Current Financial Issues
Judith and I had a wonderful time in Italy this summer.
We were in Rome, Positano,
Naples and Sicily. We saw two
very good operas in Taormina,
Sicily, and toured what I believe is the oldest opera house
in the world in Naples, the
Teatro di San Carlo. Seeing the
Royal Box alone is worth taking the tour of this fabulous,
historic theatre.
Over the next few columns,
I will include a few things that
I learned on our trip, like my
introduction to prickly pears
(ficudinnia) in eastern Sicily.
I was last in Sicily in 2006,
but I was never really aware of them.
This time these 12 to 16 foot high cactus
plants seemed to be everywhere. It turns
out that Sicily is the world’s second largest producer of this plant, which was
introduced to the Island by the Spanish
(one of 13 cultures that dominated Sicily at one time or another in its history).
Prickly pears are eaten as a fruit, they are a
component of buccellato, a popular Sicilian Christmas cake, and are used to make
juice, marmalade, a liqueur, and are even
used for medicinal purpose. Who woukd
have known? Of course I had to have a
picture taken with them in the Valley of
the Temples in Agrigento, where they
were everywhere.
Another thing which I learned, after
68 years, was the truth about Celsius. I
watched the BBC world weather forecasts every day, and found myself really confused. I had been taught that to
roughly convert Celsius to Fahrenheit,
you doubled it and added 30. However,
the BBC was reporting the same Celsius
high for the day in one city with a different Fahrenheit temperature than another
city with the same Celsius high. There are
conversion tables you can look to, but the
Disney World explanation is that a degree
Celsius runs a range, for example from
30.1 to 30.9, so the Fahrenheit conversion can be one or two degrees different.
I may be the only one who didn’t really
know that. I must have been looking out
the window the day we covered that in
grammar school.
One of the important personal finance
issues that I have been covering is the
frequently asked question of whether the
Federal Reserve will ever raise the interest
rates. I don’t know about you, but I am
getting whiplash from the back and forth
of the reports.
John Ninfo
John Ninfo
As a retiree, I would like to keep more
of my assets in less volatile assets than
stocks, including bank accounts and
certificates of deposit, like retirees did in
prior generations. However, the Federal
Reserve has kept the interest rates historically low since 2006, basically less than
1% for consumers.
My concern is that with a National
Debt of over $18 trillion, can the Federal
Reserve really afford to raise the interest
rates, and if it does, by how much ultimately?! Although the Federal Reserve
always talks about the jobs reports, inflation, the state of the world economy, wage
levels, and the labor participation rate,
why doesn’t it talk about that National
Debt?
According to Daniel Amerman, CFA, a
five percent (5%) interest increase, (which
will never happen in the near future,
since any increases will most certainly
be gradual), would alone raise the annual
deficit by $900 billion. Furthermore, since
the Government obviously borrows the
money to pay the interest on its debt, absent a major tax increase, Amerman says
that alone will increase the national debt
by $67 trillion, to $85 trillion in 20 years,
by 2035. It would also increase the share
of the debt for every household above the
poverty line to about $70, 000.
On the flip side, for savers, a five
percent interest increase on a $10,000
investment over 30 years would result in a
1,263% increase. In dollars, a 1% interest
rate would return $3478, whereas a 6%
interest rate would return $47,435 over
the thirty years.
It seems a shame that retirees and savers are in a conflicting position with their
heavily borrowing government.
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Members of the IACC
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(Across from St. Theodore’s Church)
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LemoncelloA Cozy and Inviting
Italian Bistro
in East Rochester
Kristen Hess, NYC Food Stylist &
Photographer, Author of TheArtfulGourmet.com
Everyone loves Italian food right? Well at least I do - it's definitely one of my
favorite foods to cook and eat on the planet. There's an awesome restaurant in East
Rochester called Lemoncello which is easy on the eyes as well as on the palate.
This lovely Italian bistro is located on West Commercial St. in East Rochester, and
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An Evening with International Tenor Elio Scaccio
Dr Jerry Bartholomew.
On Friday, October 16, those who fortunately decided
to attend "An Evening with International Tenor Elio
Scaccio" were treated to an uplifting and special event.
If you were not there you missed a truly special evening.
Here is a singer with an amazing range, power and
expression, leaping from the frivolity of Lou Monti to the
operatic power and elegance of the aria "Nessun Dorma"
from the famous Puccini Opera Turandot. Spiced with
lovely self composed creative works his song selection
was superb, pertinent, varied and focused.
His presentation and demeanor was humble, warm
and sincere. A fresh change from a performer with his
vocal and performance ability. There was no posturing
and he was respectful to the music and his audience.
At times as he walked among us singing, he showed
sincere affections in keeping with traditional Italian
family values.
It was obvious that he relates to the songs he sings
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on a personal basis which is, to me, very important for
a singer. Not only relating some to events in his life,
but also coupled with the stories and details of them.
It was educational as well as allowing us to connect to
each and every song. He delivered heartfelt as well as
light spirited renditions of the music we all know and
love, covering many genres. We were entertained and
captivated at every turn. He gained my utmost respect
as a person and performing artist.
The hors d'oeuvres and food stations where creative,
and delicious! Efficiently and creatively presented by
the banquet staff, who along with the bartender pouring
wine and bringing drinks, weaved around the tables and
clearing them without clashing silverware and clanking
dishes, moving like ghosts on Halloween, never distracting from the performance.
The beauty and elegance of the ballroom plus the
sound and creative lighting by Tom Bourgoine lent a
special atmosphere which highlighted and enhanced
the entire evening.
As we usually say to friends and family, "You should
come more often." If this is any indication, the IACC
is heading in the right direction, so don't miss the next
event or you will never know what you're missing.
The IACC
has created a
new venue for
you to enjoy,
pre Karaoke
Dinner on
Wednesday evenings starting a 5 pm. So come join me
as I entertain during the dinner hour in the Cork and
Fork Room on Wednesday evenings.
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Calendar
Lemoncello
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the space is warm, cozy and inviting with
it’s dim lighting, high ceilings, exposed
wooden beams and Italian-inspired décor.
They have a great wine list and all their
bread is shipped in from Toronto and fresh
baked in house every day so it's still warm
and crispy when it gets to your table!
Chef Silvana Formoso is originally
from Sicily, which is reflected in her
amazing menu with lots of seafood and
fresh ingredients. You’ll find a variety of
salads, gourmet pizza, and delicious appetizers like Artichoke French, Calamari
Fritti, Beef Carpaccio and Sauteed Greens
and Beans. There's plenty of amazing
main dishes on the menu to choose from
too, such as Cioppino, New Zealand
Rack of Lamb, Pork Osso Buco, Stuffed
Eggplant, Chicken Marsala and Milanese,
Grilled Rib-Eye, Homemade Lasagna,
Ravioli and Manicotti, Risotto and more.
Try the Veal French, a lightly egg battered fillet of veal (4 to be exact), with a
gorgeous silky lemon butter wine sauce
over linguine. Another specialty is their
Lemoncello Veal (or Chicken) which
is another light pasta dish served with
sauteed veal, olives, artichokes, spinach
and pasta in a lemon cream sauce. Both
were absolutely to die for – in fact, I still
dream about having more of this delicious
dishes.
They also have BYOB on Tuesdays
with no corkage fee, and you can enjoy
the summer weather on their outdoor
patio and live music. There is also a
daily Happy Hour from 4-7 pm at the bar
Monday through Sunday.
Owners Massimo and Fausto Albano
even gave us a shot of Limoncello as
an apertif on the house. I truly loved
everything about this place – the food,
the service, the atmosphere – all of it. I’ll
definitely be back for more in the near
future!
Visit Lemoncello at:
137 W Commercial St
East Rochester, NY 14445
585-385-8565
http://lemoncello137.com
Casual Italian Cuisine
at its Finest!
The Fedele Family
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and the
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American
Community
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Stories
Culture
Orange Wine
With fall in full
effect, it is a perfect
time to introduce a
Mike Mollica
cult up-and-coming
wine category, the
unique entity known as orange wine.
Although Italy is known for several
good representations of this genre, the
orange wine I will discuss here is from
Greece, which is apropos because that
country serves as mother-land to so many
of Italy's grape varieties. First things
first... there are no oranges used in the
production of this wine. Sometimes
mistaken for one of the "orangey" colored
southern French Rosés, which are made
from red grape varieties, where the red
skin/juice contact is carefully measured
to allow the wine to take on red grape
pigments-- Orange wine is an entirely
different beast, made from white grapes,
and produced in the
way you would a red
wine. This extended
"skin contact" method is actually very
ancient, dating back
thousands of years,
and the art had all
but died out, until
recently. Instead of
pressing the grapes
and having the juice
run off the skins immediately as with
most whites, orange
wines sit with the white grape skins for
an extended period of time, resulting in a
deeper hue and a color that can sometimes
resemble a brandy or cognac. The result is
a wine that is structural, heavy in tannins
(when compared with a white or rosé),
and they always carry an intense aroma.
The good ones balance the right amount
of juiciness and acid, with hints of bruised
stone fruits, burnt citrus and herbs. Alcohol tends to be high and rich with these,
and you really do experience many of the
desirable traits of a lighter red like a Pinot
Noir or Nerello Mascalese.
Even though orange wines are so fun
and unique, thus growing in popularity,
it’s not likely that they will spread like
wildfire. They have been trending for
the last three or so years, but they are
quite unlike any other wine out there, so
it can take some time to internalize and
appreciate the wine's inimitable character.
However, people are still intrigued by
it-- they ask for it, and are even willing
to shell out the high price point that you
might see on the trendier wine lists out
there. You may have to seek them out, but
they're not going anywhere, they are here
to stay. If you would like to find some for
yourself, the most interesting and notable
orange wines right now are coming from
the U.S., Italy, Greece and Georgia (the
country, not the state).
Methymnæos-2013-“Orange-Wine”Chidiriòtiko, (2013) ($15-$20)
On the Greek
island of Lesbos, you will
find some of the
best Ouzo distilleries in Greece.
In recent years,
though, wine production on the
island has made
great strides. The
volcanic soil just
begs to yield high
quality fruit for
winemaking. Coincidentally, the grape
variety Chidiriòtiko, which gives its name
to this wine reviewed here, is the same
variety that was grown on these volcanic
soils millennia ago which produced "Lesvios Oenos", the most treasured and costly
wine of Athens and Rome. This ancient
variety is grown today in full accordance
with the principles of organic farming,
inside the crater of the volcano that houses
the Petrified Forest of Lesbos. The mineral content is very high in these soils and
lends that trait to the wines made from that
fruit, a distinctive minerality with inherent
natural protection of the vine against disease. The wine house Methymnaeos was
founded in 1985 by the Lambrou Family
and from the same prolific "Chidiriòtiko"
variety, amazingly they produce three
quite distinct wines; a dry red, an orange
wine and a blanc de noirs (white). Their
orange wine has a characteristic amber
color with medium intensity aromas,
particularly those of citrus, bergamot and
sweet orange. On the palate you get lemon
zest, butter, dried figs, fennel, almond and
caramel. The finish is salty yet pleasing.
You food pair this wine like you would a
Pinot Noir... with salmon, pork, duck or
an oily fish.
Benito Amilcare
Andrea Mussolini, Part 2
In 1928 Mussolini changed the electoral system abolishing the right to choose,
put an end to women’s rights and signed
a peace treaty with Abyussinia (Ethiopia).
Bravely, Pope Pius XI published an encyclical “Nun abbiamo bisogno . . . ” (We
do not need fascism and Mussolini). Ignoring the encyclical, Mussolini promised
to remain dictator for 30 years. In 1935,
his army attacked Ethiopia, ignoring the
1928 peace treaty as well.
After Germany invaded Poland on
September 1, 1939 which started World
War II, Mussolini sided with Germany.
He described the alliance as an “axis” and
he and Hitler signed a “Pact of Steel.” In
1940 Mussolini joined Germany’s war on
France and Britain. From the beginning,
the war went badly for Italy. Mussolini
became aware that he was just a junior
partner to Hitler. The Germans kept
details of their military plans concealed.
Mussolini then decided to “pay back” Hitler and attack Greece through Albania in
1940 without informing the Germans. It
resulted in an extensive defeat from which
the Germans had to extricate Mussolini.
The 1941 campaign to support Germany
in the invasion of the Soviet Union also
failed disastrously. Hitler came to Italy’s
aid again in North Africa.
A mass rebellion by the Italians against
Mussolini took place in 1943. His role
as dictator proved undesirable and Italy
gladly surrendered to the Allies. On July
24, 1943 soon after the start of the Allied invasion of Italy, the Grand Council
of Fascism voted against Mussolini and
the next day, King Victor Emmanuel had
him arrested. However, on September 12,
1943 Mussolini was rescued from prison
by German forces. He formed a rival
fascist government in Italy but on June 4,
1944, the US 5th Army entered and liberated Rome from Mussolini’s Fascist army.
Soon after Mussolini believed that
the defeat of Germany was certain he
attempted to flee. He
was quickly captured
and shot to death near
Lake Como by Italian
Mary Amabile
communist partisans
Palmer
on April 28, 1945.
He and his mistress Clara Petacci were
hung upside down, for public viewing in
Milan, to provide proof of his death. He
was 61 years old.
Many felt that while Mussolini deserved death, the way in which he was
killed was barbarous. Others argued that
the decision to execute him was a valid
Tribunal order. Lack of a judge cast doubt
on that assertion. In the end, fascism did
little to solve the country’s many problems. It actually caused as much harm
as had been inflicted by any foreign
predecessor.
After the war, conditions of northern
Italians were slowly improving. But
once again, the government ignored poor
southerners. Bravely, on their own, they
too began improving their lives. Mussolini had made attempts to improve their
conditions, creating jobs by establishing
roads, bringing trains to the south and
expanding its ports, but it was limited. In
the final analysis, Mussolini’s successes
were meager compared to his disastrous
alliance with Hitler and entry into World
War II.
In 1946, Italy ended the monarchy and
became a republic. In 1948, it established
a constitution and a parliamentary republic. And in 1950, even with the chronic
weakness of government, Italy’s economy
grew faster than many other European
countries due to little more than the
people’s ingenuity and dynamism.
Anyone interested in reading more
about Mussolini’s life, political and social
era, please check the IACC DiMarco
Library where a wealth of books on that
era and Mussolini may be found.
Famous Abruzzese in America
Contributed by Joe Galante
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abruzzo
Dean Martin was a singer born Dino
Paul Crocetti born to an Italian father and
an Italian American mother from Monte
Silvano.
Perry Como a singer born to Pietro
Como and mother Anna Lucia Travaglini
from Palena.
Rocco Frances Marchegiano was a
boxer and changed his name to Rocky
Marciano, his parents were Pierino Marchegiano and Pasqualina Picciuto, and
they were from Ripa Teatina.
Madonna Louis Veronica Ciccone
was born to Silvio Anthony Toni Ciccone and Madonna Louis Fortin, which
are American born. Her grandparents are
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from Pacentro, they are Italian born.
Annabella Sciorra was an actress,
born in Brooklyn. Her parents are from
Carunchio.
Johnny Antonelli was a baseball
player, his father is August Antonelli from
Casalbordino.
Sergio Marchonne is the Candian
CEO of Fiat and Chysler, born in Chiti
Abruzzo son of Concezio Marchionne and
Maria Zuccon who is from Crotia.
Ganluca Cinoble is the youngest
member of 'Il Volo' and the only baritone.
He was born in Roseto Degli Abruzzo,
the son of Ercole Cinoble and Eleonora
di Vittorio.
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November in Music
Set aside 3 or 4 slices of fried eggplant
for each person being served, then chop
the rest and add to the cooked sauce.
Cook the pasta, add to the sauce, mix
to coat well. Place 2, 3, or 4 slices of
eggplant into each dish rounded end out,
place a portion of pasta in the middle of
the plate, fold the eggplant over the pasta
and top wit shredded ricotta salata which
is the traditional cheese for this beloved
Sicilian dish.
If you make this wonderful dish in
the summer decorate it with a sprig of
basil or grow it in a pot to enjoy even in
November.
On November 22, we celebrate Saint
Cecilia’s Day by sending special greetings and a special piece of music from
youtube to friends
named Cecilia, and
1 lb linguine,
to all the musicians
cooked al dente
and music lovers
that we know. Once,
1/2 cup or more
when I sent a card
canola oil
to my then music
2 eggplants
teacher Maestro
Myor Rosen who
1/4 cup extra
was for many devirgin olive oil
cades the principal
1 small onion,
Pasta Alla Norma
harpist of the NY
chopped
Philharmonic, he thanked me profusely
1/2-1 tsp red pepper flakes
for the card which had been written and
1 can chopped tomatoes
addressed in Chancery Cursive Calligra1 tbsp salted capers, rinsed
phy, but he did wonder why I was wishing
1 tbsp sugar
a Jewish person a Happy Saints Day and I
1 tbsp fennel seeds
explained that Saint Cecilia is the Patron
pinches of nutmeg, allspice, and cloves
Saint of Music and the Muse who inspires
salt to taste
all people regardless of their beliefs and
8 ozs ricotta salata
faith traditions who feel the calling of
beautiful music as composers, performers
Wash, dry, cut the eggplants in 1/2
or listeners in audiences.
inch diagonal slices, and set aside. Heat
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cethe olive oil in a large frying pan, add the
cilia - National Academy of Santa Cecilia
eggplant slices and fry until golden brown
- in Rome founded in 1585 is one of the
on both slides and set aside.
oldest musical institutions in the world.
Heat the 1/4 cup of olive oil in a sauce
In 1683, the Musical Society of London
pan, add the onion and stir fry until wilted.
established annual St. Cecilia's Day fesCreate a hot spot in the pan, add the red
tivals, with Britain's greatest composers
pepper flakes and stir until fragrant. Add
and poets contributing over the years.
the chopped tomatoes, 1/2 can of water, all
Henry Purcell's Ode, "Laudate Cethe spices and the salt. Bring back to the
ciliam," was published in 1683 for the
boil, lower the heat and simmer uncovered
first annual St. Cecilia Festival. Handel's
for 30 minutes.
"Ode on St. Cecilia's Day" is a setting of
the poem “A Song For Saint
Cecilia’s Day” which John
Dryden composed 1687.
Benjamin Britten who was
born on Saint Cecilia’s Day
in 1913 composed “The
Saint Cecilia Mass.” She is
shown in art playing a small
organ, the viola or the harp
and has been immortalized
in beautiful paintings by
Guido Reni, Gentileschi,
Domenichino and John William Waterhouse.
The Classical Music
Station WQXR broadcasts
many of the pieces composed for Saint Cecilia’s
Day on November 22, and
each year we look forward to
this special broadcast.
The month
of November
begins at our
house with a
family dinner
honoring two
composers: VinGiovanna Bellia
cenzo Bellini,
La Marca
composer of the
Bel Canto opera Norma and Dr. Steven
Sacco, our son-in-law who is a composer
of contemporary classical music. On November 3, the birthday of Sicilian Composer Vincenzo Bellini, the main dish is
“Pasta Alla Norma”, a typical dish named
for Bellini’s Opera.
Pasta Alla Norma
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A Film Series Not to Miss:
Giovanna Taviani
in Rochester
Italian filmmaker Giovanna Taviani b o o k g r o u p
will be in Rochester during the second page beginning
week of November participating in a film on November 8
series that will take place at area universi- for any changJeannine Guilyard
ties, Nazareth College and the Rochester es.
Institute of Technology (R.I.T.).
Giovanna Taviani is the daughter of the
November 8, 2:00pm at Nazareth Coliconic filmmaker, Vittorio Taviani, one lege's Casa Italiana & Monday, Novemhalf of the filmmaking duo, the Taviani ber 9, 6:00 pm at Shults Center Forum.
Brothers. Giovanna had a part in her fa- Film Screening: "Kaos" (1984), directed
ther's 1984 film, "Kaos" but has chosen a by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, in Italian
path behind the camera as a director. My with English subtitles.
personal favorite is her 2010 documentary
film, "Fughe e approdi" which showNovember 10, 6pm at R.I.T.’s Univercases the cinematic magic of the beauti- sity Gallery - Booth Building. Reception
ful Aeolian Islands where she grew up. and Artist Talk with Giovanna Taviani on
Fortunately, that film will be shown in the the Taviani Brothers film "Ceaser Must
series. I highly recommend it. She also Die" and 7pm screening of the the film
founded the SalinaDocFest, an annual in Webb Auditorium plus Q&A after the
film festival held on the Aeolian Island film.
of Salina that features documentaries and
feature films with themes of human rights
November 11, 6pm in University
and relevant social issues.
Gallery - Booth Building. Reception and
I spoke with one of the organizers Artist Talk with Giovanna Taviani on her
of the event, R.I.T. Professor Elisabetta film "Ritorni- Returns" and 7pm screenSanino d’Amanda. She told me that Tavi- ing of the film in Carlson Auditorium in
ani will be conducting various workshops Carlson Building plus Q&A after the film.
with students and participating in several
discussions about her work following
November 14 at the Dryden Theatre
screenings at R.I.T., Nazareth and the at Eastman Museum.The film "Ritorni"
Dryden Theatre. On Taviani’s work (Check www.eastman.org or our IACC
and carrying on the filmmaking legacy Facebook group page for screening time).
of her family,
Professor Sanino
D’Amanda explained that Taviani “has embraced the contemporary issues
and made documentary filmmaking a top priority in the vein of
Vittorio De Seta
and the best Italian documentary
filmmaking.”
The following
events of the film
series are confirmed. Please
Giovanna Taviani
check our Face-
Farewell to Annibale "Bob" Marsocci
Annibale "Bob" Marsocci
Deborah Ford
A fond farewell to Italian American
Community Center past member Bob
Marsocci on his passing on Wednesday,
October 14, 2015, at age 78. He is predeceased by his wife, Sylvia (Tascione) also
an avid past member of the IACC.
Bob, a very gracious man, was involved with the IACC Bocce League
and attended events at the Center. He is
survived by his loving companion, Jan
Martino, children, and many extended
family and friends.
The IACC sends condolences to all
who knew Bob.
November 2015
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