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When: Sun, July 10, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT - Where: Italian American Museum of Cleveland, 12111 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 44106 Join Pamela Dorazio Dean for a discussion and exploration of the history and tradition of the Italian immigrant gardens that were first cultivated in the United States during the early 20th century. The presen...

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Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation’s Chairman, Umberto Fedeli, and his wife Maryellen recently made a historic gift, the largest gift ever bestowed to pediatric programs at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. The Fedeli Family was honored at the Children’s Hospital “Derby Day Soirée” and it was announced the lobby at Cleveland Clinic Children’s is...

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Here in Ohio, we’re lucky to have our fair share of delicious, authentic Italian restaurants. You may not have realized, though, that some have been around for over 100 years. Guarino’s is a prime example. It’s the oldest Italian restaurant in Cleveland, and among the oldest in the entire state of Ohio. When you visit, you can look forward to incre...

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A familiar fixture will return to the streets, er, sidewalks of Little Italy on Friday, May 20. For the past two years, Mount Granita Italian Ice has parked its seasonal sidewalk cart near the intersection of Mayfield and Murray Hill (2024 Murray Hill Rd.) to dispense scoops of its scratch-made confection. The warm-weather refresher returns for the...

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Are you in the mood for Italian food? Do you live in the suburbs of Cleveland? Of course, you could go to a big chain restaurant like Olive Garden or Carrabba's Italian Grill. But why do that when there is delicious Italian food to be found at locally-owned restaurants in the area? Here are 4 great Italian restaurants in Cleveland's suburbs, listed...

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The other day, I was in the mood for Italian food. However, I didn't know where to go. Of course, there are great Italian restaurants in Little Italy, but since I live on the west side, I didn't feel like driving that far east (especially with the ridiculous price of gas nowadays). I live in the suburbs, so I could have gone to Carrabba's Italian G...

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Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team did more than spotlight a piece of local history when it changed its name to the Guardians after the 2021 season. The renaming also shined light on a point of pride for the area’s Italian American community. The Guardians’ name is taken from the “Guardians of Traffic,” eight massive Art Deco sculptures that st...

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Truthfully, any restaurant in Cleveland’s Little Italy will serve you a meal that’s worth writing home about. However, there’s something truly special about the food, atmosphere, and staff at Angelo’s Nido Italia Restaurant. For decades, this local eatery has served up some of the best home-cooked Italian food you’ll find in Cleveland. Serving up a...

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It’s tempting to view great art through the prism of contemporary events, and that’s especially true in the case of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s big spring exhibition on the work of Alberto Giacometti. A Swiss modernist who spent much of his career in 20th-century Paris, Giacometti is known chiefly for sculptures of gaunt, shell-shocked human figu...

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When it comes to self-promotion, comedian Mike Vecchione, a Youngstown native, will do whatever it takes to get his name and comedy to new audiences. That’s exactly why he, albeit reluctantly, started posting content on a certain social media site known for dancing and fun. “The landscape has changed; now I’m on TikTok,” said Vecchione, calling fro...

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