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An estimated 12,000 people descended on the grounds of the Wickliffe Italian-American Club over the weekend for the club's annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce. The tournament drew 96 men's teams and 14 women's teams from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Florida and Canada. Along with play that continued past midnight Friday and Satur...

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By Dan Kane My visit to Ristorante Antonio's didn't start off so well. Mostly vacant at 7:30 p.m. last Thursday, the restaurant — the former Angelo's — was uncomfortably quiet. My friend and I found ourselves almost whispering to each other. Our server, while polite, had little knowledge to share about the array of items on the somewhat pricey men...

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The warm weather played a part in another huge turnout for the annual Sacred Heart Church ravioli dinner. Lines started forming before 4 a.m. Sunday in Camp Washington for the 103rd edition of the Italian feast and fundraiser. The event didn't begin until 10 a.m.   Over the course of the day, congregants and community members alike paid $12...

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It's that time again when the Sons of Italy in Bellaire are doing what they do best - making sausage. They've been hard at work all week, getting ready to serve grilled sausage sandwiches all weekend at the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival.   They've been doing this for the entire 32 years of the Italian Festival and this week, they have...

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by Joe Cogliano   Palmer Manufacturing & Supply Inc. has kicked off several new partnerships that will likely bring an influx of work to its Springfield operations. The 40-employee maker of heavy-duty no-bake foundry equipment recently inked two deals, including a story we broke several weeks ago about its joint venture with MAUS S.r.l....

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Sixty years ago Anna Magnani won an Oscar for Best Actress for The Rose Tattoo, starring Burt Lancaster, directed by Daniel Mann. The Istituto Luce-Cinecittà dedicated to a great actress retrospective, La Magnani, who is conquering New York and will involve other cities of the United States- Chicago, Detroit, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, H...

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Venerdì 1 Marzo 201319.00 A 21.00 Cleveland State University2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH (map) You are all invited to Francesca Mignosa's book presentation " My Sicily: Life in the cusp of the Mediterranean Sea" on Friday, March 1st at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will take place at Cleveland State University in the Student Center room MC 313....

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While most people gathered around Courthouse Square were dining on pasta and elephant ears at the Italian American Heritage Festival, a large group of runners ran off the calories in the 30th annual Pizza Splash 5k.   Source: http://www.tribtoday.com/  

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Not too long ago, dinner at an Italian restaurant meant a platter of spaghetti big enough to feed an army, large green salads and a basket of crusty bread. You can still find plenty of reliable places that offer hearty Italian­American fare ­­ but today you're just as likely to find authentic and artfully composed regional cuisine fr...

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by Ed Runyan   For Cathy Zack, there's a continuity in her church, Mount Carmel Basilica, that suits her very well. Born in 1936, she was baptized there, made her first communion and was confirmed there. In 1956, she and Bob Zack were married there. And that was just the beginning. A mother of five, a grandmother and a great-grandmother, she...

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