M O S A I C O C U LT U R A L E Volume XXX, Numero 2

marzo e aprile 2014

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR NEW OFFICERS President ~ George Golfieri (See Page 3 for Message From Your New President) First Vice President ~ Maggie Brothers Second Vice President ~ Susan Adler Treasurer ~ Linda Apel Secretary ~ Virginia Mennucci Wilburn Tavola di San Giuseppe Dinner March 16, 2014 Doors open at 5:00pm Dinner at 6:00pm

Veterans Memorial Building

Move over St. Patrick & Make Room for San Giuseppe! In keeping with our “Regional Dinner” menus, we will present from the region of Tuscany, the following: Antipasti: Roasted Pepper Crostini & Warm Foccacia Entre: Pasta with Pork Ragu Including Salad and Bread, Assorted cookies and orange sponge cake for dessert Entertainment is planned Many descendents of Italian immigrants prepare St. Joseph’s Tables, tavole di San Giuseppe, set to honor St. Joseph. The tradition started in Southern Italy during the Middle Ages when a severe drought caused famine. St. Joseph was invoked and the rains came and saved the people of Sicily.

Prepaid Reservations Only for March 16th, 2014 _____places @ $14.00 for members _____places @ $16.00 for guests _____places @ $8.00 for teens 13 to 18 _____places @ $ 5.00 for child 5 to 12 years _____places for under 5 years, free Name________________________________________ What region are you from?______________________ Mail in by March 12, 2014

April 21, 2014 Post Easter Dinner Doors open at 5:00pm Dinner at 6:00pm

St. Rose Parish Hall Dining Room 398 - 10th Street, Santa Rosa In April we will visit the region of Emilia Romagna and our menu will feature the following: Antipasti: Salami, Copa, Balsamic Veggies Entre: Chicken Cacciatore and Tagliatelle Pasta Including Salad and Bread, Torta di Mele (apple cake) Entertainment and raffle is scheduled Due to scheduling problems, we are moving our monthly dinner meetings for the months of April, May and June to the St. Rose Parish Hall Dining Room. We hope the membership will enjoy this new venue and we look forward to your feedback. Prepaid Reservations Only for April 21st, 2014 _____places @ $14.00 for members _____places @ $16.00 for guests _____places @ $ 8.00 for teens 13 to 18 _____places @ $ 5.00 for child 5 to 12 years _____places for under 5 years, free Name____________________________________________ What region are you from?__________________________ Mail in by April 16, 2014

NBICF MEMBERSHIP Benvenuti ~ Welcome to new Members

Individuals: Marina Mariani, Kathy Principi, Monie Segale Families: Lisa DiStefano Williams The NBICF Board of Directors invites you to our next dinner meeting and future events. Hope to see you soon. Members who renewed as Patrons: John & Ruth Antonini,

Lisa Biondi, Richard & Angie Colombini, Richard & Mary Cuneo, Catherine Dobbert, David & Denna Faloni, Maria Gloria, George & Anna Golfieri, Ed & Frances Micheli, Yvonne Otte, Walter Picchi, Paul & Jan Rasore, Sharie Sbrazza, Helen Sherak, Linda Temple, Nancy Wheeler, Daniel & Patsy Wright, Brad Zanetti

Members who renewed as Donors: Robert & Kim Agrella, Lawrence & Mary Antolini, Ralph Dilisio, Larry Dinelli, and Louis & Denise Traverso.

IN MEMORIUM

We mourn the loss of Marvin Sherak, “Marvino”, and extend condolences to his wife Helen and family. We send heartfelt condolences to the family of Byron Jones who sang with the opera ensemble for 12 years. Donations in memory of Marvin Sherak have been received from George & Sandra Traverso and Sharie Sbrazza. ANNUAL DUES Dues will be delinquent by the end of March. Please remit. How about giving a membership to a friend or relative when mailing in your dues. Your continuing support is necessary to make possible our efforts to continue our scholarship fund and to bring Italian culture to Sonoma county. Your support is also necessary to maintain our building which is the only visible Italian presence in Santa Rosa. 2014 promises to be a very exciting year with a new president and Board, who are planning new and entertaining events and programs at the Center. Support our goals and become involved. QUOTE OF THE DAY Chi fa falla, e chi non fa sfarfalla. Those who act make mistakes; and those who do nothing really blunder. North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation Policies No refunds/exchanges; tickets transferable; no reservations accepted on event date. Space limited: first come, first served. Any offering in the Mosaico Culturale should not be read as an endorsement or warranty by NBICF Italian Cultural Center ~ Library ~ Office Tuesdays 1-4 PM or by appointment, 591-9696 Board Meetings held the first Wednesday evening of each month.

QUEL CHE BOLLE IN PENTOLA WHAT’S COOKING Sunday at the Center - March 23, 2014 - 2:00 to 4:00pm The Spaghetti West documents the film genre referred to as Spaghetti Westerns. These movies were made in Italy, where production costs were very cheap and the terrain offered perfectly believable sets, during the 1950s and ‘60s. While Sergio Leone became the most well-known director that succeeded in the genre, a number of famous film personalities such as Clint Eastwood and Ennio Morricone established themselves in these Westerns. The film utilizes clips of some of the most famous scenes. In English and Italian. Sunday at the Center - April 27, 2014 - 2:00 to 4:00pm Enchanted April - Two cloistered, married English women (Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson) impulsively rent an Italian villa and embark upon a vacation without their spouses. They are joined by two other ladies, the high-flown aging widow Joan Plowright, and elegant upper-crust beauty Polly Walker, whom they have never met. Under the spell of an exotic new locaion, the foursome are in for quite a few life-altering experiences, many of them amusing, and not a few very surprising. Impeccably accurate in its recreaion of European manners and mores in the 1920s. Enchanted April is sheer bliss from fade-in to fade-out. In English.

INCONTRO

Informal conversation group for Italian speakers meets each Saturday at 10:00AM at the NBICF Center. For more information contact George Golfieri at 843-3176 or email: george. [email protected] MONTHLY BOOK GROUP Our book group contiues to thrive at the Center. We meet the third Thursday of every month. In 2013 we read and discussed eight books, fiction and non-fiction alike. We are currently reading an autobiography, ‘A Tuscan Childhood’ by Kinta Bevor, and will follow that with ‘The Enchanted April’ written in 1922 by Elizabeth von Arnim. We will meet on March 20th at 7:00pm at the Center on Brookwood to discuss the book. All our welcome. For more information call Susan Adler at 523-3434 or email [email protected] FOR INFORMATION Coro Allegro Library/Office Language Classes at the Center Mailing Volunteers Membership Scholarships Sunshine Cards Volunteers

539-1986 573-7185 542-1799 874-2512 538-4031 544-3499 523-0296 542-6605 542-5245

Angelo Catelani Virginia Wilburn Ada Nourse Emily Evans Muffy Bertuccio Denise Scaglione Gino Muzzatti Cleo Konnoff Jeanette Mitchell

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM YOUR NEW PRESIDENT I would like to take this opportunity to address the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation membership as your new president. I am honored that the Board of Directors has the confidence in me to lead the Foundation and to continue its mission to promote Italian culture throughout the North Bay. Jeanette Mancini Mitchell has done a great job as president over the past 30 years. Through her leadership, vision, and guidance the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation has grown into a vibrant organization that has been an asset to the community by promoting Italian culture. I am glad to report that Jeanette will continue as a Board member. I look forward to her guidance and advice. I would also like to recognize and congratulate the newly elected North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation officers. Maggie Brothers first Vice President, Susan Adler second Vice President, Linda Apel Treasurer, and Virginia Mennucci Wilburn as Secretary. We have a great team and with the collective talents, dedication, and energy of the officers and Board of Directors, I believe that the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation will continue to grow in the North bay. I would like to give you a little background about myself. I was born and raised in New York City and grew up in a close knit Italian community. I am a first generation Italian American. My family came from two regions in Italy, Liguria (Genova) and Toscana (Pietrasanta). I learned to speak Italian at an early age. I am very proud of my Italian heritage and I have traveled to Italy many times to visit relatives and tour the country. Being interested in history I enjoyed visiting the many historical sites around the country. I worked for various automotive companies as a technical specialist and also held various management positions. I retired in 2008. In 2009 my wife Anna and I moved from New Jersey to Santa Rosa to be closer to our grandchildren. We joined NBICF in December of 2009 and I was elected to the Board of Directors in 2012. I was also co-chairman for Festa Italiana in 2013. Through NBICF we have met wonderful people and became friends with many of them. Joining NBICF made our transition to Santa Rosa very enjoyable. My responsibilities to the membership is to continue to build our Foundation in the North Bay, insuring that you, as members can take pride in being part of an organization that has contributed to furthering Italian culture within the community. We will continue to promote fund raisers that will add to the Foundation’s Financial viability and continue our scholarship programs. With your support our Foundation will continue to succeed in fostering Italian culture in the North Bay.

George Golfieri

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

In Italy, for thirty years, under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, and they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

Author: Graham Greene

NEWS FLASH SAVE THE DATE

April 7, 2014 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Sonoma County Wine Library, 139 Piper Street, Healdsburg. NBICF and the Wine Library Associates of Sonoma County will host a wine reception honoring the directors and producers of the film, The Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California. The directors, Gianfranco and Suma Norelli will speak briefly about their project and will have DVDs for sale at this event. The reception will highlight a few of the winery principals interviewed in the film including Cellar #8 at Asti Winery, Pedroncelli and Seghesio. Artesan cheese and local bread will accompany the wine tasting. Tickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for NBICF members. For more information please check our web page

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COMING EVENTS March 16, 2014 Tavola di San Giuseppe Dinner March 20, 2014 The Book Club at the Center March 23, 2014 Sunday at the Center Movie The Spaghetti West April 21, 2014 Post Easter Dinner At St. Rose Parish Hall Dining Room April 27, 2014 Sunday at the Center Movie Enchanted April

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NORTH BAY ITALIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

A nonprofit open membership organization dedicated to the study, preservation and enjoyment of Italian Culture. Founded in 1984, NBICF brings people of all ancestries together to share things Italian. NBICF activities foster cultural awareness, celebrate traditions and support education via scholarships, classes and programs.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Susan Adler (2nd VP 523-3434), Jim Alfieri, Linda Apel (Treasurer 837-9151), Allen Barbieri, Randy Bonfantini, Maggie Brothers (1st VP 544-9244), Kathy Dowdall, JoAnn Ferrera, George Golfieri (President 843-3176), Stan Laughlin, Jeanette Mancini Mitchell, past president, Michelle Poggi, Vincent Poggi, Don Raimondi, Denise Traverso and Virginia Mennucci Wilburn (Secretary 573-7185). Directors Emeritus are Angelo Catelani, Arturo Ibleto, Geni Maggi and Chic Rey. Mosaico Culturale Editorial Staff: George Golfieri, Jeanette Mancini Mitchell, and Virginia Mennucci Wilburn Members are encouraged to submit articles or news items for publication. We reserve the right to select and edit as space allows.

Finding the Mother Lode (2013), 104 minutes Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, directors

A flm documentary on Italian immigration to California co-sponsored by the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation and the SRJC Department of Modern / Classical Languages, and ASL.

Special thanks to the Pedroncelli and the Seghesio Wineries and Cellar # 8 at Asti Winery Following the film there will be a special post screening discussion with the film directors

April 6th at Ellis Auditorium, SRJC Petaluma Campus Refreshments prior to flm at 4:30pm, Film starts at 5:00pm Please note seating is limited, Will Call tickets at the door Online tickets through www.brownpapertickets.com Tickets $10 / Parking $4 / www.nbicf.org / 591-9696 This events helps to fund the NBICF's Italian Studies Scholarships for Santa Rosa Junior College students and the SRJC Florence Study Abroad Program

CARNEVALE 2014 Honoring Jeanette Mitchell and Introducing New President, George Golfieri

Sharie Sbrazza, Susan Gorin Jeanette Mancini Mitchell

Sharie Sbrazza, Jeanette Mancini Mitchell Virginia Mennucci Wilburn, George Golfieri

The Mitchell Family and Guests