Photo Exhibit

Vita di Paese: Now and Then: Cleveland’s Little Italy

November 2024 |
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood, with the main roads of Mayfield and Murray Hill, began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in...

Vita di Paese: Now and Then: Cleveland’s Little Italy

October 2024 |
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in search of work and a better life. They brought...

Vita di Paese: Now and Then, Cleveland’s Little Italy

September 2024 |
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in search of work and a better life. They brought...

Vita di Paese: Now and Then: Cleveland’s Little Italy

August 2024 |
Cleveland’s Little Italy is a vibrant eastside neighborhood near University Circle. This neighborhood, with the main roads of Mayfield and Murray Hill, began to form in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants, mainly from the South, settled here in...

Vita di Paese: The Colors of Italian Skies

July 2024 |
Nearly everyone loves watching sunsets. Colors such as pink, orange, and the blues of dusk can evoke feelings of peace, joy, relaxation, and contentment. Sunsets can release dopamine, a chemical in the brain that makes us feel good. Here are some...

Vita di Paese: Bridge(s) Over Troubled Water

June 2024 |
The Cuyahoga River, dividing the east and west sides of Cleveland, was one of the most polluted waterways in the country. Unregulated dumping for over 100 years had smothered the river in a foot of oil, chemicals, and other pollutants, causing it...

Vita di Paese: Italian Bridges

May 2024 |
The advent of bridges coincided with the rise of modern civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. A bridge is a structure that provides passage over valleys, rough terrain, rivers and bodies of water and is crucial in connecting lands, regions, workers,...

Vita di Paese: Lake View Cemetery: Crypts, Mausoleums and Tombstones

April 2024 |
When Joseph Carabelli, a funerary monument maker, moved to Cleveland in 1880 and established the Lake View Granite and Monumental Works near the cemetery, he encouraged Italian immigrants to settle nearby and work for him, and thus, within five...

More of the Bizarre…and Awesome Cults, Catacombs and Crypts

March 2024 |
I have a peculiar curiosity for death and the hereafter and a love of the peacefulness of cemeteries. So, on my travels, I have gravitated toward experiencing what most people think is bizarre, but I think is awesome.  The high altar of San...
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