People
"Oh Say Can You See:" Rocco Scotti, Son of Immigrants
October 2015 | Paul Sciria
Poet Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the song eyeballing the British bombardment of Ft. McHenry in Chesapeake Bay. The music and lyrics became so popular it was renamed "The Star Spangled Banner." It became the national anthem when President...
Stephen N. Fliegel
September 2015 | Jennifer Spitalieri
La Gazzetta's first featured Person of the Month is none other than our contributing writer, Stephen N. Fliegel! Hailing from Cleveland Heights, OH, Stephen is the Curator of Medieval Art for the Cleveland Museum of Art. It's only fitting that he...
Anthony Pilla Inducted into Cleveland International Hall of Fame
June 2015 | 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...
NASCAR's Italian Champion
April 2015 | Paul Sciria
In the recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Joey Logano finished in 4th place. Logano, who started from the pole and led for 84 laps, received a payday in excess of $198,000 for his efforts. Last month, he finished 10th in the...
Cooper was One-Half Italian
March 2015 | Paul Sciria
During the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood, Jackie Cooper was nicknamed America's Boy. He was one-half Italian. The father he never met was Jewish and his loving and gentle mother was Italian. When she wasn't selling piano sheet music she was ailing,...
Chef Donatella Salvadori
September 2014 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Donatella was born and raised in the Lazio region of Italy. In 1993 she moved to the USA leaving all of her family and friends behind. At first her new life with her husband in Akron, Ohio was not easy; she felt very lonely and out of place. It...
Roberto Cavalli
February 2014 | Antonio & Brunella Barbati Minischetti
"I want to enjoy myself in anything I do. Everything must bring me joy, enthusiasm, a passion for lifeâ¦" These few words by Roberto Cavalli sum up the lifestyle, positive outlook and joie de vivre that have always characterized his collections....
Dardis a Legend
November 2013 | Paul Sciria
Recently, Joe Dardis was laughing about this year's Columbus Day Parade in Little Italy and the tradition of catching bread thrown from a truck.
"When the Orlando bread truck drove by, people were probably thinking, "What is this 99-year-old man...
Maria Lucchin's Love of Languages
October 2013 | Paul Sciria
The life story of Maria Rosaria Lucchin (nee Camperchioli) and the story of foreign languages in her life are one in the same. She was born in Agnone, a small town in the Molise region of Italy. In the sixth grade (prima media) she began her four...
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