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Fri, Nov 6, 2015 - Hanna Theatre - 2067 East 14th Street - Cleveland, OH 44115. Italian tenor, Pasquale Esposito, makes his debut in Cleveland at the Hanna Theater with his touring production based on his 1st PBS Special: "Pasquale Esposito Celebrates Enrico Caruso." Born in Naples, Italy, Pasquale Esposito immigrated to the United States...

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The Brier Hill Italian Fest will return this week with four straight days of music, food, dancing, bocce and morra tournaments, a wine contest and a hot pepper contest. The event, which begins Thursday, sprawls over a few blocks at the intersection of Calvin and Victoria streets in the Brier Hill neighborhood of the North Side. The hillsi...

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A gala celebration of the 75th anniversary of Viva La Panza drew 650 men to Todaro's Party Center in Akron Wednesday evening. Presented by the Italian-American Professional and Businessmen's Club and the House of LaRose, the event is the premier fundraising and networking event of the Italian community. Ralph Trecaso, who chaired the event along w...

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Youngstown, Ohio, never developed a centralized little Italy. Instead, the city's mostly southern Italian settlers chose to live near the foundries, rail yards, and steel mills where Germans, Spaniards, Welsh, Slavs, Irish, African American, and others also called home.   Of these the two most iconic neighborhoods that boasted large Italian...

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by Larry Davis   Since it first opened its doors in 2011, crowds have packed the Holy Grail. It was the first establishment in at the Banks and it has a key location right across the street from Great American Ball Park. Co-owner Paul Goebel says The Banks has been good for the "Grail."   "We were, actually about half the streets were...

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Geoff Kies recently unveiled the second 5th Street Pub on Monroe Street in Sylvania. Taking the methods from his successful Perrysburg location, 5th Street Pub serves burgers hot off the grill, pasta, fire roasted sandwiches and most importantly, Neapolitan Pizza: cooked in 90 seconds in their wood-burning oven.   Developed 300 years ago in...

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The men and women, clad in caps and suits adorned with medals, who filled the Italian American Veterans Home on Saturday evening may not all have known each other well, but they were all family, in a way."We care about each other.   We take care of one another," guest speaker Sgt. Maj. Bruce Cole told the room of veterans at the 69th annual...

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Northeast Ohio's growing restaurant scene extends well beyond the shores of Lake Erie. One of the region's prominent vintners, Gervasi Vineyards, operates tasting rooms, a restaurant and bed-and-breakfast facilities about 10 minutes north of downtown Canton -- and will soon expand with a new restaurant in the Akron suburb of Green.   The Twi...

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by Sophie Kruse    Italian culture, entertainment, food and heritage will be making its way to Falls River Square. Festa Italiana will be July 19 from 4 p.m. to midnight, July 20 from noon to midnight and July 21 from noon to 9 p.m.   This is the fifth year of Festa Italiana. It takes nearly 300 volunteers a year to prepare,...

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July 11 - November 2015. Western Reserve Historical Society - 10825 East Blvd. - Cleveland. Presented by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit & Hon. Consulate of Italy in Cleveland, WRHS and NOIA Foundation   A journey to discover Italy, its brilliance, innovation, and excellence anchored in the present and driven by an unpar...

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