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May 2, 2008

Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins

Joey Skee
Joseph Sciorra
Holy Land USA, Waterbury, CT, 2005.

During the 1960s and 1970s, 40,000 people visited Waterbury, CT annually to pray at Holy Land USA, a Catholic theme park created by John Greco. Now it lies in ruins.

March 30, 2008

Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.

Joey Skee
Joseph Sciorra
Gino Vitale, with one of his Red Hook shrine buildings in the background, March 24, 2008.

Brooklyn developer Gino Vitale adapts the centuries old edicole sacre (devotional shrines) to his newly constructed buildings.

March 19, 2008

St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style

Joey Skee
Joseph Sciorra
Antonietta Vitucci's St. Joseph's altar, March 18, 2008.

Celebrating St. Joseph in Brooklyn and some thoughts on lived religion.

July 11, 2008

Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.

Joey Skee
Eliza Putnam Heaton, "By-Paths in Sicily"
"Door Charms for the Evil Eye" (detail), Sicily, circa 1910.

Iettature, malie, & la lingua a strascinuni in the 21st century.

September 26, 2010

The Man Who Played Judas

Joey Skee
Photograph courtesy of Stephanie Romeo.
Stefano Romeo (1884-1942)

In Search of an Italian-American Actor.

December 25, 2007

Gramsci’s Presepio

Joey Skee
Joseph Sciorra
Underground Nativity, 2007.

The domestic presepio, an example of living folklore.

August 21, 2008

Sending a Telegram to the Pope

Joey Skee

Power, Humor, and the Triumph of the Lower Bodily Stratum.

May 5, 2011

Talking Folklore

Joey Skee

Over the next several months, I will be presenting the book Italian Folk in venues throughout the New York metropolitan area.