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8 GENNAIO
 2015
I REMEMBER WHEN ...
 

"We still own 1003 and 1005 Fawn Street. My grandfather (born 1906) was born in #1003 and my grandmother (born 1905) was born in #1005; they bought the house at 1308 Gough Street when they got married. We still have that one, too. The other two have been in our family well over 100 years."  ~ Mark Cavaliere  

 
Share YOUR memory of 'growing up in Little Italy' 
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AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD and other Italian related items

 

LIPOA's CHRISTMAS PARTY 

The Little Italy Property Owners Association (LIPOA) says "grazie" to all those who attended, restaurants that donated, and neighbors who volunteered in any capacity for the annual Little Italy Christmas Party. With over 100 counted guests, the Christmas spirit was seemingly felt by all, making this party a resounding success. Amidst great food, good company, jolly music, flowing wine and Santa, it is clear to see what makes 'The Neighborhood' such a special place to live in Baltimore.

 

 

KAISER PERMANENTE TO OPEN IN LITTLE ITALY
The Rockville-based health organization will move into the former Office Depot
space at 815 E. Pratt St. in Little Italy. Office Depot recently closed. The 19,000-square-foot Kaiser medical center is expected to open in 2015. Click here to read full story online via Baltimore Business Journal>>>

From SAINT LEO'S ... the heart of The Neighborhood  

2015 MAIN EVENTS
March 1 - Ravioli & Spaghetti Dinner
(Ravioli-making Feb 7 & 14; Meatball-making Feb 28)
June TBA - Feast of Saint Anthony Festival 
August 15-16 - Feast of St. Gabriele Festival
November 1 - Ravioli & Spaghetti Dinner

PANDOLA LEARNING CENTER SPRING SEMESTER 
The Pandola Learning Center in Little Italy is developing an interesting program for spring 2015! Plan now to join these dynamic sessions. Classes in Little Italy will commence on:
  • Thursday, March 5 -- 7-9pm
  • Saturday, March 7 -- 12 noon-2pm
  • Saturday, March 7 -- Annapolis satellite classes

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2014 WRAP-UP

 

DECEMBER

  • donated 300 gift bags containing gloves/hats/scarves for Christmas Dinner for the Homeless at Saint Leo's
  • donated 30 children's toys for Little Italy Tree Trimming & Lighting
  • 20,000 additional Little Italy maps printed
  • conducted fourth annual 'Fun Pasta' fundraiser

NOVEMBER

  • donated 300 candy bags for Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless at Saint Leo's
  • hosted Fall Social fundraiser at Amiccis

OCTOBER

  • emceed Columbus Day Parade

AUGUST

  • hosted promotional booth in St. Gabriel Italian festival
  • conducted "Passaporto" raffle

JUNE

  • printed promotional piece bookmark for Little Italy Film Fest
  • hosted promotional booth in St. Anthony Italian Festival
  • conducted "Passaporto" raffle

MAY

  • redesigned Little Italy map to a more user-friendly promotional piece; printed 30,000 maps and distributed around Baltimore City's hotels and tourist venues

APRIL

  • hosted Spring Social fundraiser at Germano's Piattini

DURING 2014

  • managed communications for Columbus Day 2014 Celebration & Parade
  • purchased ads in local publications and Italian organizations' program booklets to promote Little Italy
  • maintained content on 3 websites:
    • promotioncenterforlittleitaly.org
    • saintleorcc.com
    • littleitalymd.com
  • produced 25 issues of "Neighborhood News from Little Italy, Baltimore"
  • sold 'Sponsor Space' in each newsletter
  • maintained four Little Italy related facebook pages
  • Director Suzanna Molino wrote a book on history of Little Italy

Remember, Promotion Center for Little Italy is a 100% VOLUNTEER-run organization. General donations for this 501(c)(3) nonprofit are accepted at any time. Click button below to make your 2015 donation. Any amount helps!


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PROMOTION CENTER FALL SOCIAL FUNDRAISER
FEATURED ON CHARM TV 
This TV segment is a tad past tense, however, we found this story about one of our socials (held at Chiapparelli's) online at charmtv.tv and wanted to share! (fast forward to 17:20 to view story)
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Opening day 1949 of Apicella's butcher shop and grocery store. Courtesy Apicella family.  
BOOK ON HISTORY OF BALTIMORE'S LITTLE ITALY OUT IN FEBRUARY 
The History Press, a publisher located in Charleston, South Carolina has announced a February 23, 2015 publication date for one of its new titles: "BALTIMORE'S LITTLE ITALY: History and Heritage of The Neighborhood" by Suzanna Rosa Molino, director of Promotion Center for Little Italy. Future newsletters will announce ordering information; or watch for information on 'new titles' on History Press website.

















BANALITA' (trivia)

THREE OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS COMMUNICATORS IN ITALIAN HISTORY 
were Boccaccio, Petrarca, and of course, Dante Alighieri. Each of these wordsmiths dusted off the world of highbrow literature and made it available to the people. As was typical for medieval times, Dante, and to a certain extent, Petrarca, wrote illustriously about love and of the conflict between heaven and earth. Boccaccio, in his Decameron, which marked him as the first Italian novelist, focuses exclusively on worldly tales and every day people as he saw them. His tales were for the people and about the people.

source: Living La Dolce Vita by Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner
 
RESTAURANT ROW & business blurbs 

  • Remember to vote for Little Italy's restaurants! (click image)
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  • Amicci's, Chiapparelli's, Sabatino's, Isabella's, Heavy Seas Alehouse, and My Thai are listed on orderup.com, a site that allows you to order online and the food is delivered. Check it out! (Delivery areas limited).
  • AMEDEO's next Wine Tasting is Tuesday, February 10 from 7 to 9. Contact Amedeo for more information and/or tickets: 410.727.8191 or littleitalyamedeo@gmail.com.
  • AMICCIS - As a way of thanking their loyal customers and in honor of their 24th anniversary, Amiccis is offering (for a limited time) 24% OFF all carryout, eat-in, and catering! You MUST say, "Happy 24th Anniversary, Amiccis" when entering or calling! Call 410-528-1096.
    Joe Benny's and their fun outdoor signs!

  • MUGS ITALIAN BISTRO - Have a giant appetite in the morning? Try one of Mugs' Triple Threat breakfast sandwiches!
  • DA MIMMO's next semester of cooking classes is set! Purchase one or all three: January 25 / February 22 / March 15 (5 - 8 pm). Call 410-727-6876 or email damimmo@aol.com. Give the classes as a gift or enroll yourself!
    • Single class - $105 (inclusive of tax and gratuity)
    • Two classes - $95 each (total $190; a $20 savings)
    • Three classes - $85 each (total $255; a $60 savings)
  • GERMANO'S CABERET always happening! Check out their weekly SHOW schedule here.
  • HEAVY SEAS ALEHOUSE - Try their new Cross Bones and Deep 6 beer!
  • 1840s CARROLLTON INN - Suite celebratory discount in honor of the Ravens big win! Get 30% off suites Sunday-Thursday (ends January 22). Use promo code RAVENS30. #GORAVENS!
  • LA SCALA - Ravens vs. Patriots Playoffs Party, Saturday, January 10! All you can eat $25: wings, penne vodka, meatballs, sausage/peppers. Happy hour drink prices. Call to reserve a spot - space is limited. 410.783.9209.
  • PIEDIGROTTA BAKERY was recently featured in Baltimore Business Journal.
    • By Jenn Ladd: When you enter Piedigrotta Bakery, on Bank Street ... you can see Carminantonio Iannaccone laboring over dough through a glass window behind the counter. The Italian baker immigrated to the U.S. in 1993, after establishing a baking empire in Italy. Iannaccone worked in pastry shops and gelaterias in his childhood, and in 1969 at the age of 23 he opened the first Piedigrotta, near Treviso, Italy. The restaurant/bakery/gelateria grew to have a 200-mile distribution radius for its desserts, among them tiramisu - which Iannaccone quite possibly invented. Almost a decade after moving to the U.S., Iannaccone ...>>> (full story viewable with BBJ subscription)
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Little Italy is the place to MANGIA!
 Click here for a full listing of restaurants, bakeries, bars and carryouts. 
BLAST FROM THE PAST

 
Submitted by MARK CAVALIERE
On my birthday at 1308 Gough Street in 1970. [Pictured] - Chris Cavaliere (brother), Aunt Pat Mazziotte (grandmother's niece), Michael Cavaliere (brother), Mary Ellen Cavaliere (my late mom), Angela Bertorelli (great aunt - grandfather's sister and sister of Joe Bertorelli, Maryland State Senator), Florence Popoli Romeo (grandmother's sister). 



"Another Little Italy produced off-spring has left us - Pat Mazziotte (daughter of Mary Popoli, sister of my grandmother, Elena Bertorelli, and brother Mike 'Hokie' Popoli. This is one of my favorite pictures of Aunt Pat, reminding me of the best years of my life surrounded by family, many long gone. Our culture just does not produce people like this any more. Seems like yesterday I can hear her with that distinctive voice yelling to me in the pool on the 4th of July - "Marco!" And, of course, the required reply. The voice, the black bouffant, her glass clown collection. She would have made a great movie character, but it was all real. Her dedication to church and family, tireless helper to another great person, Aunt Mary, providing the best Thanksgiving memories anyone could possibly have. It is unbelievable that as we are all moving towards the inevitable ending of our lives, these memories are the best thing I own. You will be missed, even if time and distance has kept us all apart for so many years." 
 
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MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Members, come and join the LIL for the General Membership Meeting Tuesday, JANUARY 13. Enjoy a FREE DINNER, drinks with your friends, and join in the camaraderie. There is a guaranteed $50 attendance prize and 50/50 raffle at every meeting!

ELECTIONS

At the FEBRUARY 17 general membership meeting, the Lodge will hold elections for all council positions. Come and cast your ballot!

(To vote, you must have paid your 2015 membership dues.)  

 

 

 

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNERS  

(5-8pm - $11)   

December Menu

  • JAN 9    ravioli w/ meat sauce
  • JAN 16  sausage w/ pasta 
  • JAN 23  linguine w/ broccoli
  • JAN 30  chicken cacciatore/pasta
NEXT BINGO! 
Try your luck at Bingo JANUARY 18! A guaranteed $1,000 BINGO, no matter how many numbers are called! Doors open at 12 noon. Full game package $10. Food available for purchase. Cake donations are appreciated.

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2015 MEMBER DUES ARE DUE!
$40 for renewals
$65 new members
(with completed application)

LITTLE ITALY LODGE #2286
905 E. Pratt Street
Little Italy, MD 21202
Attn: Nancy Barbieri Wolfe

 

"The New Year's Eve affair was fantastic. The food was extra delicious; the hall looked beautiful and the music (Rudy) was wonderful. Can't wait till next year."
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The mission of the Promotion Center for Little Italy, Baltimore, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity organization, is to act as a voice for Little Italy as an ethnic neighborhood through consistent communications and promotions; to conduct fundraising activities to support its charitable and educational organizations; and to help preserve the neighborhood's culture, beautification and history.