Michael B. Carapellotti Charitable Foundation
planning Oktoberfest for Sept. 16 and 17
STEUBENVILLE — The Michael B. Carapellotti Charitable Foundation will be hosting its third-annual Oktoberfest at Franciscan Square next week.
The two-day event on Sept. 16 and 17 will be filled with vendors, crafts, and polka and mainstream bands headlined by a rising duo called Rightfield which features a variety of songs with more than 1 million Spotify listens.
The hours are Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Performing on Friday will be Madel Jager, specializing in polka style music and adding German flavor to Oktoberfests, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the Garrett Tatano Band from Pittsburgh specializing in Slovenian polka but with their own twist, 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
On Saturday the entertainment lineup offers Mon Valley Push, a polka band that can play any classic but has added several modern instruments, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; Jack Thornton, who in addition to his uncanny Johnny Cash impression sings and plays “an array of music from ’60s hits to country to Good Riddance, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.;” contemporary singer and songwriter Molly McManus, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; and upcoming indie-alt band Rightfield, 8:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Desperado Dogs will be on hand Friday evening, and Pappy’s Kettle Corn offering a variety of flavors will have a presence both evenings.
Among the vendors participating are Caramel and Coconut caramel apples and sweet holiday treats; Megan’s Chocolate Factory; Kelsey’s Custom Kups; Buon Sapore original Italian imports featuring Italian ceramics and homemade limoncello; Lucy Mari and Co. featuring handmade jewelry and “delightfully scented slime;” handmade canes and walking sticks made by Rich Pizzoferrato, who also will have some vintage Star Wars characters.
“There’s something for everyone. We are hoping to fill the square and raise money for a worthy cause,” noted Rita Carapellotti, a representative of the foundation along with Franco, Nikki and Michael C. Carapellotti.
“We will have beer available for purchase and also pumpkin painting for the kids and drawings for all,” she added.
The Michael B. Carapellotti Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, was founded in 2015 with the mission to raise funds in hopes to help alleviate some of the financial burdens on families during the time of transplant hospitalization and return medical visits. The cost of lodging, meals, parking and just being away from work for long periods of time can be financially devastating. “With the generous support of people like you, we were able to help UPMC Transplant Guardian Angels as well as Family House of Pittsburgh,” it is noted in a letter recruiting sponsorships and tax-deductible donations, the latter of which can be made at any time to the Michael B. Carapellotti Charitable Foundation and mailed to P.O. Box 1152, Steubenville, OH 43952.
The foundation was formed to honor the memory of Mike Carapellotti, a successful businessman who loved his family, his work and his community. He was “a very generous supporter of various charities and events in the community.”
In February of 2014 he received a dual transplant, which required a 40-day stay in the hospital, but lost his hard-fought 13-year battle in March of that year. “While at the hospital our family saw firsthand the difficulties and financial burden that many families were going through. Inspired by Mike’s generosity we have formed this foundation to help these families while honoring Mike.”
watercolors workshop on Sept. 21 to open club year
STEUBENVILLE — “Beginning Watercolors” will be the kickoff workshop for the new club year for the Steubenville Art Association, which welcomes new and returning members.
Registration is under way for the workshop to be held Sept. 21 at Historic Fort Steuben, located at 120 S. Third St., Steubenville, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Most materials will be available at the workshop, but a list of simple suggested supplies that one may already have around the house will be provided upon sign-up.
The basics of water media brush-stroking, washes and basic landscape techniques will be workshop topics covered with experimental resist techniques as well, all addressed by workshop instructor Gina Judy.
The cost is $50 for nonmembers and $45 for members. Checks can be mailed to SAA, P.O. Box 1061, Steubenville, OH 43944. Judy will be the featured speaker at the 5 p.m. meeting, demonstrating a watercolor of the full -figure. Guests are encouraged to attend.
Other workshops and events for this fall include an acrylic-painting decorative jacket workshop at Historic Fort Steuben on Oct. 19 for members and nonmembers, with used jackets of various sizes available for purchase on site for a nominal fee. The evening meeting will feature Pittsburgh artist Bill Karaffa, accomplished figure painter in oils, who will showcase his work. Club yearbooks should be available at this meeting.
The Nov. 17 workshop moves to the Summit Art Gallery, 3539 Main St., Weirton, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Karaffa will bring a clothed model for beginners and more accomplished artists to draw, and he will describe the nuances especially pertaining to drawing hands and feet. The early bird deadline is Oct. 1 for the Oct. 19 meeting and Nov. 5 for the Nov. 17 workshop with registration mailed to SAA, P.O. Box 1061, Steubenville.
Details will be announced regarding a local business venue to host an art association display in November.
A field trip for members interested in attending will be carpooling to New Philadelphia on Nov. 19 for the Tuscarawas Art Guild Fall Juried Show at the Tuscarawas Center for the Arts in lieu of a November business meeting. It will involve a dinner beforehand at a restaurant near Tappan Lake.
Details about the association’s Christmas dinner will be announced.
WEIRTON — The Fidelis Gamma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Women Educators Organization met at Garden Grill Steakhouse in Weirton on Sept. 1 with 15 members in attendance.
President Diane Higgins opened the meeting by welcoming the members. Chaplain Bonnie Queses shared a reading titled “Lunch With God” from “ The Best Inspirational Short Stories and Anecdotes of all Time.”
Queues gave a prayer for the luncheon.
Fuller and Allison were greeters.
Ruth Fuller read the minutes from the August meeting, and Treasurer Carolyn Allison gave the financial report. Under committee reports, Jerry DeFilippo and Janet Benzo will be delving into activities for the members to engage in during October, when the chapter celebrates Alpha Delta Kappa Month. Higgins asked members to wear purple and their badge during the October meeting.
Benzo received information and facts for fraternity education, which will be presented at each meeting.
Altruistic Chairman Margo Polk gave a report on donations and volunteer hours. She circulated a sheet to record contributions, donations and volunteer hours for June, July and August.
Benzo and Susan Cullinan met to review the revisions for Fidelis Gamma policies. They presented and shared the information with the membership.
The Ohio Valley District meeting will be hosted by Epsilon Chapter and be held on Oct. 29 in Parkersburg at the First Presbyterian Church. They will serve a luncheon and a cake in honor of ADK’s 75th birthday. Reservations must be made by Oct. 14 by sending a $17 check made out to WV Fidelis Gamma and given to Allison.
Jerry DeFilippo, Shirley DeLuca and Lola Bender are hostesses for the Tri-Chapter Christmas brunch/luncheon in December.
Sisterly concerns and birthdays were shared.
Hostesses for the meeting were Fuller, Allison and Eileen Snyder.
The next meeting will be held Oct. 6 with Elaine McClung and Liz Pugh as hostesses.
Door prize winners were Susan Cullinan, Crystal Baranowski and Liz Pugh.
The meeting was adjourned with the singing of “The Lamp of Alpha Delta Kappa.”
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