The Western Reserve Historical Society is pleased to offer a series of Basic Italian Language Classes, taught by Serena Scaiola, a native speaker of Italian with many years of teaching experience at all levels in several local Universities. This 8 week, 90-minute, Saturday morning course is designed for individuals with no previous knowledge of It...

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 civiltĂ  urbana (Tales from the end of an urban civilization) (Ed. Laterza, 2012). This free event will take plac...

AC Milan, one the world's most successful clubs returns to the USA. The AC Milan Youth Program is returning to the USA to host the 2014 Milan Junior Camp Season. The camp season begins June 15 and will end in August of 2014.   The Milan Junior Camp program is the stepping stone into a series of activities organized by the AC Milan Youth Pro...

You're just as likely to hear the broken English of an exchange student as that of an Italian immigrant. And the neighborhood is home to more cappuccino-sippers than stonemasons.   But no place in Cleveland has retained the historical look and Old World charm more than Little Italy. No festival bridges tradition and change more than Lit...

by Paul Sciria   Anthony Michael Pilla, the son of Italian immigrants and Ninth Bishop of Cleveland, was inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.   His education started in public schools until high school, which he began at Cathedral Latin and completed at St. Gregory Seminary in Cincinnati, OH, where he continued in c...

by Tom Okal   1900. Ellis Island, New York. A line of immigrants forms. They are weary and wary. They wait. The homes they've left behind are miles away in sunny Southern Italy--Sicily, Abruzzo, Campania, Calabria. They bring their culture. Their work ethic. Their kitchen traditions. They will start their new lives in our Eastern cities. The...

ASG, manufacturer and distributor of torque control products and solutions for the assembly market, and Fiam Utensili Pneumatici spa, premier Italian assembly tool manufacturer, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership naming ASG as the exclusive master distributor for Fiam in North America. Fiam will partner with ASG to integrate its brand-...

The Cleveland Museum of Art is trying to ensure that an exhibition on ancient art from Sicily will take place as scheduled in September despite reports that Sicilian cultural authorities want to withdraw two masterpieces critical to the exhibition. The exhibition, "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome", is the Cleveland museum's major...

The Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2014, showcasing award-winning films from Italy, is open from September 18 - October 9, 2014, at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, the Atlas Cinemas Eastgate in Mayfield Heights and the Capitol Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts District.   The films promise moviegoers comedy, drama and romance. A...

Phyllis Seltzer: The Italian Works, Paintings and Heat Transfer Prints - Thursday, May 14 - Saturday June, 20, 2015 The Galleries at Cleveland State University, 1307 Euclid Avenue, ClevelandFREE opening reception on Friday, May 29, 5:00-7:00pmPresented by CSU in partnership with Consolato Onorario d'Italia a Cleveland, Consolato d'Italia a Detroit...