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A Look Back: A Wish Fulfilled, A Dream Comes True
September is the time for wine tastings and back-to-school. There are also other great events going on this month! Don’t miss the Taste of Little Italy, Cleveland benefiting the Montessori school and the Film Festival. Visit our website, www.lagazzettaitaliana.com, for…
Sapienza University of Rome: A Legacy of Excellence and Innovation
A Roma si trova La Sapienza, una delle università più antiche d’Europa. Aprì più di settecento anni fa sotto il controllo di Papa Bonifacio VIII. L'università è composta da edifici moderni e storici. Il campus è conosciuto come un capolavoro…
NIAF Announces Inaugural DiLella Fellows Program Recipients
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce the selected fellows for the inaugural NIAF DiLella Fellows Program. This prestigious program offers an all-expenses-paid strategic business and political tour in Italy for young Italian American and {mprestriction ids="*"}Italophile…
Reverend Martin F. Polito Retires
“You can’t do what you can’t do. But you can become what you become.” – Father Marty Polito Father Marty Polito was born to Italian parents, Eleanor and Vincent in Cleveland. His father owned a beverage store on East 152nd…
The Life and Times of Charles Ponzi
At the turn of the 20th century, Italian immigration to America was starting to peak. After Italy united with Rome as its capital in 1871, economic, political and societal changes caused upheaval throughout the peninsula and masses of Italian citizens…
Letters from Veneto: Summer
I am glad I bought a new air conditioning unit last month! It has been sweltering here day after day, week after week, yet after the very wet spring, at least in my part of Italy, the landscape remains green.…
In the Deruta Countryside, a Rural Summer Feast with Giuseppa
During a recent Umbrian tour, I hosted guests Kerry and her parents Judie and Bill. My rural friend, Giuseppa, was kind enough to invite us all for a banquet at her home near Deruta. The family prosciutto with an organic…
Italian American Heritage Month
The city of Cleveland Save the date October 7, 2024 6:00 pm • Cleveland City Hall (Rotunda) - 601 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 All are invited to this FREE event celebrating the Italian American community of Cleveland. Italian buffet dinner served after the ceremony.…