Despite an unusually brutal cold that gripped Cleveland for a few days at the end of January forcing schools, universities and numerous prominent local institutions to close or cancel previously scheduled events, the Western Reserve Historical Society kept its door open on Wednesday, Jan. 30 to welcome a large group of participants to “To be or not...

According to the latest available data, those of the 2000 census, Ohio is the eighth American state for population of Italian origin. Many of them reside in the northern part of the state, particularly in Cleveland, but not only. In our tour of "Italian America" today we stop right here, and meet Pamela D'Orazio Dean, who deals with the history of...

Si informa la comunità italiana residente a Cleveland nello Stato dell'Ohio e dintorni che il giorno 20 aprile 2018, sarà effettuata una missione itinerante per la SOLA rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del rilascio del passaporto italiano. La missione avrà luogo presso gli Uffici del Consolato Onorario d'Italia a Cleveland, al n.1422 Euclid...

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...

The Consulate of Italy in Detroit and & CSU Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs are pleased to host author Alessandro Coppola, for a presentation and insightful conversation on his Apocalypse Town: Cronache dalla fine della civiltà urbana (Tales from the end of an urban civilization) (Ed. Laterza, 2012). This free event will take plac...

In times of spending review Italian institutions are trying, more or less, to rationalize their costs: we have to say, with mixed results. The complex system which belongs to the Farnesina, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs which performs many activities to represent our country all over the world, weighs on the state budget for a measly 0.2%...

By Pamela Dorazio Dean and Serena Scaiola, Consul of Italy in Cleveland USA Today bestselling author Pamela Schoenewaldt will host two events in June at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The success of her first book presentation in 2011 prompted Hon.   Consul Serena Scaiola and WRHS Curator for Italian American History Pamela Dorazio...

  WTI Magazine #46    2014 October, 29Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   I just came back from a couple of very intense weeks in the US, between New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Illinois. I've met several beautiful friends in the Italian American community, I've attended important events, I've had very positive feedbacks about what We t...

by Serena Scaiola   Dear friends, the On. Consulate of Italy in Cleveland now has an official Facebook Fanpage: fb.com/consolatocleveland. Please view it, click on I like It, and make sure to share it with others to help me spread this important information.   The Facebook Fanpage page was designed and is intended to be a tool t...

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...