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Pioneer Women of the Cleveland Public Library
While doing some research through the Cleveland Public Library on my great-aunt Minnie Monti and her involvement with the early history of the library, I stumbled across some very interesting information on her mother, May MacDaniel Sweet. May Sweet was…
A Look Back: Let Them Eat Cake
While this spring's wedding season certainly looks different to couples all across the world, we look back to this article written by Gina Gannon in May 2014. For all of our La Gazzetta Italiana readers who are looking forward to…
Stay Hopeful
Little Italy Cleveland’s TOLI has the cutest message of hope in their windows. From Tavern of Little Italy’s Facebook page: TOLI's littlest crew decided they wanted to show the neighborhood some HOPE during this difficult time when we need it…
When You Get Out of Quarantine, What Will Be the First Thing You Eat?
Yahoo Finance recently posted an article with the above title. It is something everyone reading this right now has certainly thought about, perhaps even salivated over. The author of the article, Jayson Derrick, a staff writer for Benzinga (a financial…
Local Restaurants Offer Delicious Meals - and Help - During Crisis
Leone's Pony Express Pizza Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LEONE’S PONY EXPRESS PIZZA at 3031 GRAHAM Rd. in Stow, OH shut down operations as of March 22 at 9 p.m. “It is with much regret and concern in making this…
Traditions in an Italian American Family
Many Northeast Ohio residents claim Italian ancestry. A recent survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce indicates that about 14 percent of Northeast Ohio residents identify themselves as being of Italian ancestry. Many of these people have relatives who…
Al Martino, Italian Crooner
Jasper Cini è nato a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 ottobre 1927. I suoi genitori erano immigrati italiani. Lui lavorava con il padre come muratore durante la sua gioventù. Ma, la passione più grande era cantare. Mario Lanza, un cantante famoso e…
Michelangelo’s Pietas
Michelangelo Buonarroti, born 1475 in Florence, lauded painter and architect of the Sistine Chapel, poet, and inventor considered himself first and foremost a sculptor and worked in marble until his death in Rome in 1564. He was buried in the…
