Danielle Selvaggio
Contributing writer
Annual Chalk Festival to Take Place in Fine Arts Garden
September 2017
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Annual Chalk Festival will be taking place at the Fine Arts Garden. This tradition began more than two decades ago in 1990. The event this year will be taking place on Saturday, September 16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and...
Tony Bennet Still Going Strong with Global Tour Through 2017
August 2017
Well-known singer Tony Bennet will be continuing his global tour throughout 2017. Concerts are being sold out everywhere from California to England. With over 60 years in the music business, Bennet continues to strive in popular culture with...
Celebrating Assumption Day: An Italian Tradition
August 2017
Assumption Day is celebrated every year on August 15 in Italy. This national holiday goes by many names including Ferragosto and The Assumption of Mary. This day honors the Catholic belief that the Virgin Mary was physically taken to heaven by God...
Italian-born Miss USA to Compete for Miss Universe
August 2017
Kára McCullough won the title at the 2017 Miss USA Pageant and she will be competing in the Miss Universe pageant this year. She represents the District of Columbia, as did the previous winner, U.S. Army Reserves captain Deshauna Barber. Fifty-one...
A Look into Old Italian Wedding Traditions
July 2017
Weddings hold many similarities and differences around the world. Each country has its own unique set of traditions to follow during a wedding ceremony and Italy is no exception. In Italy, various traditions, customs and superstitions vary from...
Francesco Petrarch: A Poet and Scholar in the Month of July
July 2017
Francesco Petrarca è stato uno scrittore, poeta e filosofo italiano, considerato il fondatore dell’Umanesimo ed uno dei capisaldi dell’intera letteratura italiana. Più di ogni altro contemporaneo ha influenzato la...
Bocce: The Sport of the Italians
July 2017
L’estate è il momento ideale per passare tempo all’aria aperta facendo attività utili al benessere fisico ed al divertimento in compagnia. Tra i passatempi più amati c’è, sicuramente, il gioco delle...
Italy's Republic Day
June 2017
Il 2 giugno segna il 71 ° anniversario della Repubblica Italiana. In quel giorno, milioni di italiani, in patria e all’estero, si fermeranno per commemorare solennemente il significato di un evento che, forse ormai lontano nel...
Space Probe Named After Italian Astronomer Continues Mission with Saturn
June 2017
Unmanned spacecraft Cassini-Huygens is continuing to record data from Saturn. There are two parts to the craft: the Cassini orbiter, named after Giovani Cassini, and a lander for Titan, named after seventeenth-century Dutch scientist Christiaan...
Honoring Padres and St. Joseph: What it Means to Celebrate Father's Day
June 2017
Father's Day is a holiday known around the world as a day to celebrate fathers and fatherhood while strengthening the bond between fathers and their family. Celebrated in nearly 50 countries globally, this holiday started with the Spanish and...
