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By Nikki Delamotte   Once a Prohibition-era speakeasy, the humble storefront of Guarino's (12309 Mayfield Rd., 216-231-3100, guarinoscleveland.com) in Little Italy opens to a lush interior, its Victorian decor a reminder that you've arrived at one of Cleveland's oldest dining institutions.   Inside, next to the grand piano in the fron...

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Nicole and Adam Byram didn't have to look far to find their soul mate. The couple first met as neighbors in Little Italy and they still call it home to this day. It was the spot that brought them together so they kept their wedding close to home. On May 24, 2014, they made it official by tying knot in the neighborhood where they found love. &...

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No "ritardando," or slowing down, for Cleveland Opera Theater. No, at this point in the score it's following, the marking clearly reads the opposite: "accelerando."    Even as it puts the finishing touches on a full-scale production of Puccini's "Tosca," its largest effort to date, the group also is advancing rapidly as an organization,...

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by Wale Aliyu   The annual Feast of the Assumption Festival is coming to Little Italy this weekend, and this year's organizers expect even more people than normal. That's because it just got a little easier to get to Little Italy. On Tuesday, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) opened a new $15.6 million Little Italy-...

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By Alison Grant Groundbreaking on a new rapid station in University Circle's vibrant Triangle District could come within months, now that the final chunk of land for the project is lined up.   The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority last week completed purchase of a 1.2-acre parcel needed to begin construction of what will be calle...

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by Kyrie Whitsett   Both sides of Angela Spitalieri's family came from Italy and settled in the Cleveland area. As a young Italian-American who lives and works in the Little Italy neighborhood, she feels she has a certain responsibility to that community. She explains how she tries to fulfill that responsibility in two particular ways. ...

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The Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2016 showcasing award winning films from Italy opens September 12- Oct. 13, 2015 at the Cedar Lee Theater in Cleveland Heights, the Atlas Cinemas Eastgate in Mayfield Hts. and the Capitol Theatre in Gordon Square Arts District.   All films are Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm. Pre-film dinners are Oct 6 and Oc...

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By Barb Galbincea   Piada Italian Street Food -- featuring fast, casual dining -- opens Friday in Rocky River. It's the first suburban location on the west side of Cleveland for the chain, which got its start in 2010 in Columbus.   The first 100 guests at the Rocky River restaurant will get a free Piada entree once a week for a year....

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Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE, "Company") announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy-based Private Equity Funds' Management Company Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and two minority owners and founders Gianfranco Padovani and Sergio Zannoni to acquire Casola Valsenio, Italy-based Vetriceramici S.p.A. for €83 million (approxim...

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This week-long event features both historic and new compositions on reconstructions of the legendary Intonarumori, or 'orchestra of Futurist noise intoners,' created by Italian Futurist artist Luigi Russolo. These extraordinary instruments, lost by the early 1940s, were rebuilt from the original blueprints by composer/musicologist Luciano Chessa, f...

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