Il Piccolo GiornaleIl Piccolo Giornale August, 2020 Founded 1994 LA SE ONDA PAS-SEGGIATA -SAVE THE...
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Board of Directors
Officers:
President
L. V. Teofilo
Vice President
Richard Daley
Treasurer
Vicky Sobeck
Secretary
Mary Prisco
Past President
Richard Gollnick
Directors
Ron Cattelan
Dom DelBianco
Marlene Feira
Janice Galt
Margene Mar-
cantonio
Susan Milewski
Darrell Sobeck
Judy Sulzmann
Lynn Thompson
Ambassador at
Large
Riccardo Paterni
Editor
Paul Marino
Il Piccolo Giornale August, 2020
Founded 1994
LA SECONDA PAS-
SEGGIATA - SAVE THE
DATE! MARK YOUR CAL-
ENDARS!
Unfortunately, due to inclement
weather, La Prima Passeggiata had
to be postponed on July 8 and then
cancelled on July 15. Plans are in
place to hold La Seconda Pas-
seggiata on Wednesday, August 5.
The location will be Green Isle Park
in the Village of Allouez and the
event will be Covid Compliant. You
should have already received a sepa-
rate email with all of the pertinent
info, including time and place to
meet, meal options and the contact
person. The flyer will also be
attached to this newsletter.
Your Board of Directors is trying to
do all we can to keep our club going
in this very difficult time. We hope
that you will attend so that we can
maintain some semblance of Club
ItaloAmericano - viable and in con-
tact with each other!
C I A -AS THE WORLD
TURNS
Unless you have visited the Club
ItaloAmericano website recently,
you may not be aware that we’ve
added a visitor counter.
At the bottom left corner of our
homepage you will see a revolving
globe. It has a sign indicating Green
Bay, Wisconsin, and dots to indicate
the approximate location of those
who have accessed the website. It
also shows the total number of visits
since February 29, 2020. As of July
25, this total was 161. You can
change the size of the globe by
pressing the + and - buttons located
nearby, and change the speed at
which it rotates, or stop it entirely.
Clicking on the “Revolvermaps”
button below the globe will take you
to a page where you can see addi-
tional details and statistics.
SUNDAY BOCCE
Our Sunday afternoon bocce get-
togethers are continuing to be very
successful! We’ve had from 8 to 13
people join us each week. We meet
at the Colburn Park Bocce Courts at
3:30, weather permitting. This is a
spontaneous activity, so there is no
need to sign up. If for any reason,
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: [email protected]
we have to cancel, we will send an email.
Please bring your own set of bocce balls,
a rake, a mask, a lawn chair and hand
sanitizer.
Enjoying Sunday Boccee Ball
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: pao-
Questions— call me at 612-360-8246
CLUB MEMBERS IN BUSINESS
We have several club members that are in
the restaurant business:
Nardi’s Affogato Bar in DePere, Luigi’s
Italian Bistro in Green Bay, Sammy’s Pizza
Garden in Green Bay, Tarlton Theatre in
Green Bay, Titletown Brewery in Green
Bay and Thumb Knuckle Brewing in Lux-
emburg.
Whenever you visit these businesses,
please mention that you are a member of
Club ItaloAmericano as a support of their
business and membership.
CLUB BUSINESS WEB SITES
Nardi’s Affogato Bar in DePere, https://
gelato920.com/
Luigi’s Italian Bistro in Green Bay,
https://
www.luigisitalianbistrogreenbay.com/
Sammy’s Pizza Garden in Green Bay,
https://
www.sammyspizzagreenbay.com/
Tarlton Theatre in Green Bay, https://
thetarlton.com/, https://
www.facebook.com/thetarlton/
Titletown Brewery in Green Bay,
https://www.titletownbrewing.com/
Thumb Knuckle Brewing in Lux-emburg.
https://www.thumbknuckle.beer/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/
ThumbKnuckleBrewingCo/events/
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Events
2020 ACTIVITIES
Janary (gennaio)……. Felice Anno Nuovo
MONTHLY ACTIVITIES:
January -December (gennaio-dicembre)
First Monday of each month @ Glass
Nickel, 416 Dousman St., $5.00 Pizza @
5:00 pm
January - December (gennaio-dicembre)
Second Saturday of each month Conver-
sation Club @ Nardi’s Affogato Bar, 109
N.Broadway, De Pere @10:00 -11:30 am
January-December (gennaio-dicembre
Second Tuesday of each month-Scopa (an
Italian Card Game) @ GB Yacht Club,
5:30pm
May - September (maggio-settembre)
Every Sunday (weather permitting)- Boc-
ce Ball @ Colburn Park @ 4:00 pm
May (maggio) Thurs….Meet & Greet,
New Perspective Senior Living
Chair: Marlene Feira, Co-Chairs: Shirley
Maloney & V. Sobeck
August 5 (agosto)... .....Passeggiata
October (ottobre)………....Musicale XIII,
Universalist Fellowship Church,
Chair: John Contratto
November ( novembre)……….TBD Dinner
(4:45 pm) & “Italian movie” at NevilleMu-
seum (7:00 pm)
December 12, (12 dicembre) Satur-
day….Cena di Natale
Chair: Marlene (Sparapani) Feira
Italian culture and history:
Florence's Historic Cafes
To discover Florence through its buildings,
its monuments, and its museums is cer-
tainly an effective way to experience the
charm of the Medici city that has re-
mained intact over the centuries. To visit
its historic cafés, however, is tantamount
to catching a glimpse of its soul and its
history. Indeed, the fortune of some of
the most famous streets and squares of
Florence is linked precisely to these im-
portant meeting places. This is the case
with Piazza della Repubblica, one of the
most beautiful squares of Florence. Con-
trary to what you may think, the square's
fame is not due to its architecture and
famous arch, but to its literary cafes: Le
Giubbe Rosse, Gilli and Caff è Paszkowski.
All three were involved to varying degrees
in one of the biggest cultural phenomena
of the twentieth century - Futurism - the
literary and artistic movement dedicated
to the myths of modernity, strength,
speed, and power, as incarnations of tech-
nology and progress.
Le Giubbe Rosse
Le Giubbe Rosse opened in 1827, and
took its name from the clothes of the
waiters who wore red coats. In the early
years of the 1900s, it was the favorite of
many intellectuals of the time. However,
after the publication of the Futurist Mani-
festo of 1909, it became the seat of the
Florentine Futurists, in particular Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni
and Carlo Carra, and later became a
meeting place for writers and artists, both
Italian and foreign. It was initially a chess
club - it is said that Lenin was a frequent
guest - and really never lost this label. In
the period between the two world wars, it
was home to the famous magazine
"Solaria," which introduced Italians to
writers like Joyce, Kafka and Virginia
Woolf.
Its walls are still decorated with Futurist
and Neo-Futurist paintings in an elegant,
yet casual, setting where one can taste the
typical dishes of Florence. There are also
many photos, drawings and memories of
its famous patrons. It is still a center of
culture and art.
Caff è Concerto Paszkowski
Caff Concerto Paszkowski opened in 1846
as a brewery, but it soon became a cafe
where the Concerto Paszkowski per-
formed as well as a famous all-female or-
chestra, rare for the time. Again, this cafe-
brasserie soon became a meeting place of
the leaders of literature and art of the
early 1900s; after the war, its musical vo-
cation turned decisively towards cabaret.
Even today this ancient musical tradition is
well represented by the artists who per-
form there. There are also conferences
and fashion shows, while its tea rooms are
a must for foreign visitors who want to
have a break. In 1991 it was declared a
national monument.
Caff è Gilli
At the beginning of the century, Caff è Gilli
was an elegant meeting place, frequented
by artists and intellectuals such as Mari-
netti and Soffici. A café in the Belle
Époque style with ivory-colored walls,
Murano glass chandeliers, painted ceil-
ings, and arches that confirm the good
taste and the warmth of the Florentines.
Many photographs of international artists
are immortalized within its halls. But it is
outside the Caff é Gilli where Ruth Orkin's
famous photograph entitled American Girl
in Italy 1951 was taken. The photo, which
portrays the twenty-three year old Ameri-
can Ninalee Craig walking on the sidewalk
in front of the bar, surrounded by the ad-
miring glances of his young visitors, be-
came in time a well-known icon of cinema
and photography.