SCENES FROM LIPOA's
NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTMAS GATHERING
(December 18 in St. Leo's hall)
 
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BRAVO! Promotion Center for Little Italy granted 501(c)(3) status
Buon notizie! Promotion Center for Little Italy, Baltimore, established three years ago in January 2010, is pleased to announce that it has been granted tax-exempt status from the IRS under section 501(c)(3). Contributions are now tax-deductible. Promotion Center is further classified as a public charity. An application was filed in March 2012 and a letter from the IRS received several days before Christmas. Promotion Center for Little Italy is operated from a home office by its pro bono director, Suzanna Molino, and supported by an 10-person board.
Its mission is to support through consistent communications and promotion, the nonprofit components of Little Italy (parish, lodge, bocce leagues, learning center) and to promote The Neighborhood in general (businesses, events, people, community organizations).
Promotion Center maintains content on LittleItalyMD.com, PromotionCenterforLittleItaly.org, produces this newsletter, produces the Little Italy walking map, and other printed promotional materials and souvenirs that help to keep Little Italy in the Baltimore limelight.
Happy 3rd birthday Promotion Center!
 (your donation is tax-deductible under section 170 of the Code)
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Calendario & Notizie
LITTLE ITALY LODGE OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPThe La Famiglia Scholarship Committee announces that financial aid in the amount of $12,000 will be awarded for the Fall 2013 semester competition. Awards will be made to four recipients in increments of $5,000; $3,000 and $2,000 (two). Applications are available in the Lodge at the Information Center, may be requested by email (littleitalylodge@gmail.com) or downloaded from littleitalylodge-osia.org. Eligibility to apply: Lodge members and their spouses, children and grandchildren planning to attend an accredited college or university in the US. High school seniors and students currently enrolled in college are encouraged to apply. The Committee judges applicants based on grade point average (minimum 2.5), financial need, community service, and written essay. 
PLAY SCOPISTA!
Italian Food, Culture & Card Games
Group Meet-up
Sunday, January 20 at 2 pm Piedigrotta Bakery, Little Italy
1300 Bank Street
NURSERY BIBLE SCHOOL OFFERED AT ST. LEO'S
Did you know that during the 9:30 a.m. Sunday St. Leo's Mass, a Nursery Bible School is held each week? Drop off children before Mass in the church hall. Coordinator is Becky Woodward.
CONGRATS DOC!
St. Leo's Deacon Kevin Bagley received his Doctor of Ministry Degree from the Catholic University. Many congratulations, Deacon!
MAMMA MIA, that's lotsa pasta!
Grazie, pasta lovers! You helped us reach our sales goal by purchasing almost $1,000 in pasta in our online Fun Pasta fundraiser in December. The nonprofit Promotion Center for Little Italy earned 40% of those sales for a profit of $383.60. Mangia bene!
LITTLE ITALY LODGE JANUARY CALENDAR
(open to members and their guests) 11 Friday Night Dinner (pasta w/ crab sauce) 18 Friday Night Dinner (chicken parmigiana) 20 (Sunday) Bingo 25 Friday Night Dinner (porchetta w/ broccoli rabe) 27 (Sunday) Little Italy Lodge Oyster Roast Friday Night Dinners served between 5-8pm
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PHOTO BLAST FROM PAST
We asked, you answered ... ciao nonni!
My nonno, Nicholas Biscotti, from Peschici, Foggia, Italia
Matthew G. Biscotti
Westminster, MD
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Sam Baccala, born in Baltimore; his parents were from Vasto, Abruzzi, Italia Julia Dietz Baltimore, MD |
Romualdo (Romeo) Boggio (in white shirt) with his paisani. He was born in Cossato, Italy.
Ray Alcaraz
Baltimore, MD |
My great-grandfather, Guiseppi Luigi Sordillo (he Americanized his name later to Joseph Louis) born September 11, 1883 in Montefalcione, Campania, Italy. He owned Sordillo's Candy store on Light Street in Baltimore City. He died June 22, 1939.
Theresa Di Seta
Baltimore, MD
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 My nonno, James Sebastian Michael DiPino, born in the United States. His family was from Sicily, Italy. Debbie DiPino-Ciattei
Baltimore, MD
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Carmelo Serio, born in Cefalu,
Sicily, Italy. He came to this country February 1900.
Rose Serio Baran
Baltimore, MD
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My grandfather, Nicola D'Apice (circa 1959), born in the town of Benevento, Naples, Italy on September 24, 1889. Larry D'Apice
Glen Rock, PA
 Nicola's father, my great grandfather, Antonio D'Apice (circa 1880), born in Benevento of Naples, Italy. Larry D'Apice
Glen Rock, PA
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LITTLE ITALY online ...
COOL PROGENY: Urban Dweller Profile - Gia, Gianfranco, Luca & Giada Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods - and the families that make up those neighborhoods are the threads that keep the community together. Today we're headed to Little Italy ... Gia's family members are first generation immigrants who left Sicily in 1953 and settled in Charm City's Little Italy. They are one of the few families that have four generations living in the iconic Baltimore neighborhood ...
BALTIMORE SUN:
Pica considering try to return to Senate ... Pica, a Baltimore County resident who represented Northeast Baltimore in the Senate from 1983 until ... 1996, said Friday that he plans to move to Little Italy, "the neighborhood where I was born" ... READ FULL STORY>>>
EXAMINER.com:
Give the gift of Italy ... Enjoy the Amalfi Coast like the locals So this story begins at the Restaurant Association of Maryland's holiday party when I chatted up my friend Mary Ann Cricchio, owner of Da Mimmo Restaurant in Baltimore's Little Italy. The question to her was what's new since I last saw you? The dam broke as Mary Ann exploded with excitement about an Amalfi Coast tour that she and her executive chef Masood Masoodi had put together for 20 customers.
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Uncle Harry's Italian Christmas
Love sometimes meaning learning to eat octopus
by Rosalia Scalia
... the sight of sections of octopus arms and squid tentacles entwined around shrimp and scallops, mussels and clams, chunks of cod and lumps of crab and nestled in between olives and capers in the traditional fruit of the sea salad can look like an unfolding horror movie ... READ STORY>>> (be sure to pass over the ADS placed in the middle of the story; story continues below each ad)
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SOUVENIR WINNERS!
Dolores Astroth and Peggy Liberatore Castagna each won a "MY HEART IS IN LITTLE ITALY" rubber bracelet for sending in new email addresses of friends/family for Neighborhood News! Help our list to grow? Enter our contest by submitting 5 NEW email addresses of people (think cousins! aunts! uncles! friends!) who would like to receive this newsletter. Your name will be entered into a drawing and two winners selected. Submit email addresses here.
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Many of the streets in the historic center of Rome took their names from the specialty of the craftsmen who plied their trades there. Among them: - Via dei Giubbonari (jacket makers)
- Via dei Chiavari (key makers)
- Via dei Cappellari (hat makers)
- Via dei Pettinari (comb makers)
- Via dei Caellari (wig makers)
- Via dei Cartari (paper makers)
- Via dei Baullari (trunk makers)
Source: Little Known Facts About Well-Known Places: Italy
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ITALIANO 101
proverbs
Today we will learn about proverbs. In the Italian culture there are many and they have become part of everyone's life. Here are some ...
Con l'Epifania tutte le feste vanno via.
With the Epiphany, all the holidays are gone.
Non tutto quel che luccica e' oro.
Not everything which shines is made of gold.
Chi va piano, fa sano e va lontano.
He who goes slow will stay safe and will go far.
Colui che trova un amico trova un tesoro.
He who finds a true friend finds a treasure.
Chi dorme non piglia pesci.
He who sleeps does catch the fish.
Nella botte piccola c'e il vino piu' buono.
In the smaller jug there is the best tasting wine.
Gallina vecchia fa buon brodo!
The old chicken makes a very good soup.
Meglio tardi che mai.
Better late than never.
L'erba del tuo vicino e' sembra sempre piu' verde.
Your neighbor's grass seems always greener!
Italian 101 content is kindly provided gratis by Italian teacher Elisabetta Longardi. Email lesson questions to Elisabetta here.
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