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May 27, 2008
The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno
Joseph Sciorra
Baldassare Forestiere's "Underground Gardens," Fresno, 2008.
A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”
May 2, 2008
Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins
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.
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
Joseph Sciorra
Antonietta Vitucci's St. Joseph's altar, March 18, 2008.
Celebrating St. Joseph in Brooklyn and some thoughts on lived religion.
December 25, 2007
Gramsci’s Presepio
Joseph Sciorra
Underground Nativity, 2007.
The domestic presepio, an example of living folklore.
August 28, 2008
Lace in the Crystal City
Joseph Sciorra
The exhibition “Lace, the Spaces Between,” Corning, New York.
An exhibition presents women’s domestic needlework in Corning, New York.
December 23, 2008
An Epic of Mediterranean Culture
Joe Milone and his Exhibited Shoe Shine Stand, 1942.
Sixty-six years ago, the Museum of Modern Art exhibited a Sicilian-American bootblack’s decorated shoeshine kit, contributing to the museum director’s eventual dismissal.
September 28, 2008
Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
Joseph Sciorra
Figs
In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.
February 23, 2010
Ricordando Vincenzo Ancona
Martha Cooper
Vincenzo Ancona, Castel del Golfo Social Club, Brooklyn, 1987.
Poet, visual artist, raconteur, singer, immigrant laborer, friend.
June 1, 2010
Building Community, the Brooklyn Way
Joseph Sciorra
KAVES, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, April 14, 2010.
Meet KAVES, band leader, tattoo artist, community activist.
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