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,...

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...

By Joe Crea Though the weekend-long Feast of the Assumption festivities are just warming up in Cleveland's Little Italy, planning is already underway for another major event in the neighborhood.   The 16th annual Taste of Little Italy is set for 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. The day-long outdoor event will be held in the church yard at Holy Ro...

by Adam Cairns   The Columbus Italian Club held its annual bocce tournament at its headquarters in Grandview Heights on Aug. 19. The annual tournament has been conducted since the courts were built 26 years ago.   Bocce was an ancient Roman sport that dates back to pre-B.C. era and is still popular within the Italian culture. The summ...

By Jennie Geisler Hutchison   I live in Conneaut, Ohio, and treasure every time I've made the 10-minute drive to Biscotti's Restaurant. Those all-too-rare trips promise exquisite food bordering on (OK, full-on) indulgence. The Italian bread is hot and soft. The salads, with a powerful balsamic dressing, delight.   This time,...

Part of their vision came true. Music did indeed come to be made by machines. What they didn't get right: the kind of machines that would make it.   In fact, the Italian Futurists of the early 20th century had something quite different in mind. What they imagined weren't exactly the iPods or synthesizers of today but rather something mo...

By David Petkiewicz   Thousands of spectators and parade marchers filled Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood Monday, as the 118th Feast of the Assumption parade wound its way through the neighborhood. The annual parade began after Mass outside the Holy Rosary Church on Mayfield Road. And it moved through the streets of the old Italian...

Two northeast Ohio churches have planned trips to Italy this year, and their respective itineraries are attracting a great deal of interest. Father Paul Rosing, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Stow, Ohio is taking his group north from September 7-21, 2014, weaving his way from Rome to Milan over 15 days and 13 nights.   Father Philip Racco,...

For the third consecutive year "Festa del Vino" will be presented by the Italian-American Cultural Club from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 15 at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville. A special highlight of the evening will be a silent auction of items provided by area businesses and individuals. Well known local artist Dave Barnhouse has donated a print fr...

CANTON Scott and Kim Shapiro, the owners of TD's Tailgate Grill at 2236 Tuscarawas St. W, decided earlier this year to split the sports-themed restaurant in half and add a separate Italian restaurant in the newly created space. I attended a soft opening of Cavatelli's Italian Kitchen shortly before its June 2 opening. Invited to order anything off...