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Rumor has it (A.K.A, TikTok) that if you order a cappuccino in Italy past 11 a.m., the Italian baristas and servers will poke fun at you (that has never actually happened to me in my travels to Italy, and I order a cappuccino at dinner when I’m there, by the way). Fortunately, that’s not the case of Central Ohio’s first Qargo Coffee location, where...

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2025 marks the 18th year of CWRU and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Program in Italian collaborating with Italian Film Festival USA (IFFUSA), the CWRU Film Society, and the campus student organization for Italian, La Dolce Vita, to host Italian Film Festival USA - Cleveland in Strosacker Auditorium.  This year we also thank the...

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A brief history, on October 12, 1955 (Columbus Day), the City of Genoa, Italy became Columbus’ first Sister City. For almost 70-years now, the local “Greater Columbus Sister Cities International, Inc” (GCSCI) organization has established a long-standing cultural relationship with Genoa that includes one hallmark event, the local bi-annual Columbus...

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Pete and Philomena Corrova look out over the dining room at TAT Ristorante di Famiglia, the way they might have 96 years ago when it first opened in another part of town. Their son, Jimmy, and his brothers, Frankie and Tony, are part of the tableau. Jimmy always said at least one member of the family should be in the restaurant from open to close....

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Aging membership rosters and insufficient funding to cover operational costs is a typical plight for a social organization these days, and the Leetonia Italian-American Club (ITAM) is no different. They kicked off their busiest fundraising time during the day of January, when they will be slinging fish for the next couple months. Kelly Knapp, who i...

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In the early 1550s, Renaissance painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) made a series of paintings for the Scuola della Trinità in Venice depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis. Now, after a year-long study and restoration project, three of these paintings— The Creation of the Animals, The Temptation of Adam, and Cain and Abel—will be shown togeth...

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La Serie A vuole battere la Premier League nella corsa a ospitare le partite di regular season negli Stati Uniti Anche nel 2025 a Toledo in Ohio si terrà il Superbowl italiano Ciao e aloha: la festa Italiana nelle Hawaii L'italoamericano John Giordano è stato nominato Procuratore degli Stati Uniti per il Distretto del New Jersey Un'altra grande sc...

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The Piave Club of Columbus, Ohio, established in 1919 by American men of Italian heritage, is Central Ohio’s oldest Italian American social and service organization. In 2019, the club proudly celebrated its 100th anniversary, marking a century of tradition and community engagement. Named after the Piave River, a historic site in northeast Italy, th...

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The American tour of guitarist Paolo Angeli covers a dozen states. It started on March 6 in Cleveland, continuing to New York (at the legendary “The Public Theater”), then Baltimore and Philadelphia. On March 13 and 14, Angeli will perform four sets at SFJazz, the most prestigious jazz club in San Francisco thanks to the support of the Italian Cult...

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It has been a Little Italy landmark since 1918 and hasn’t changed much since its grand opening. “We’ve changed very little,” said co-owner Scott Phillips. “We kept everything the way we found it. The sauce is the original sauce from Mrs. Guarino!”  The sauce simmers on an antique stove that was repaired using discontinued parts purchased online. Fr...

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