From the Editor, A Message from the Publisher, & Letter to the Editor
LA GAZZETTA ITALIANA
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Volume 22, Issue 6
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JULY Preview
The July edition of La Gazzetta
Italiana is dedicated to entertainers
in the United States and in Italy.
And where do many Italian
entertainers perform? Festivals! So
we’ll give you a sneak peak at those
too. If you are the point person for
a local festival, please send all of
your information to me, at the email
below, so that I can publicize it in
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INSIDE | JUNE 2014
The Editor Speaks:
From the Desk of Paul Sciria (3)
A Message from
the Publisher (3)
From the Desk of
Paul Sciria
A Message from the Publisher:
Letter by Harold Ticktin (3)
Letter to the Editor:
News from the Consulate:
News from Italy:
Local News:
Youngstown:
Events in Italy:
Calendar of Events (4)
68th Anniversary of the
Republic (4)
Current News from Italy (5)
Don't Miss the CIAO Italian
Genealogy Seminar at WRHS (5)
Benedetti Named Council
Clerk of the Year (5)
Author of Historical Novels on Italian
Immigrants hosts Workshop (6)
Korea: The Forgotten War Air Show (7)
Festivals (7)
Warren, Ohio Man's Harrowing
Teenage Years in WWII Italy (7)
Current Events from Italy (8)
The Tuscan Sun Festival (10)
Age-old Legends (10)
ISOLA D'ISCHIA: An Ideal Escape (11)
My Love Affair with Sicily (12)
The Puccini Festival in Torre del
Lago Vineyard (12)
All Roads Lead to Rome's Colosseum (13)
The Appealing Isles of Lago (Lake) Maggiore (13)
Feature:
The Luminara of Saint Ranieri (13)
Notizie Dall'Italia (14)
Il Festival Pucciniano di Torre Del
Lingua Italiana:
Lago (Toscana) (15)
A Successful, Stone-faced Luigi Del Bianco (16)
Congressman Tiberi Salutes Chief
Carver of Mt. Rushmore (16)
People:
Food & Wine:
Art & Culture:
Entertainment:
La Gazzetta Info:
Photo Exhibit:
Sports:
Kids Corner:
Club Newsletters
Toasted Fennel Cake (17)
Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2014 (18)
A Painted Processional Cross
- from Assisi (19)
"Opera in the Italian Garden" (20)
Chiara Civello( 20)
Where to Buy La Gazzetta (48)
La Gazzetta Online (23)
Italy's Big Screen (24)
Get That Cup! (28)
2014 FIFA World Cup (29)
Homework/ Compito (30)
Nonna (30)
All Italian Club Pages (31-47)
LA GAZZETTA ITALIANA | JUNE 2014
Paul Sciria,
Managing Editor
I have been blessed with wonderful
trips in my life. As a boy, I remember
my family’s summer visit to Licata, Sicily,
to stay with my paternal nonna. Boy was
that different from living in Cleveland
on E. 154th & Kinsman! There was no
water faucet, so when I was thirsty, I
had to walk down a long flight of stairs
to a lid-covered barrel and scoop out a
drink. And I remember Nonna waking
us (me and my sister, Madeline) early
every day, so we could have warm milk
from passing goats, milked right on the
spot! Other than goats, a very prominent
animal in Licata was the “sheku” (donkey),
used everywhere to perform hard work.
My father brought his car over to Italy
on the Conte Savoia ship. The car could
barely squeeze through the narrow alleylike streets. Whenever our car stopped,
kids jumped on