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March 25, 2008
An Ex-W.O.P. Casts His Vote
Joseph Sciorra
Born in the USA and now an Italian citizen, I’m asked to vote. So, what do I know?
February 10, 2008
Uncovering My Mafia Roots
The New York Times
Front page story of The New York Times, April 10, 1969.
What do you do when you discover an unsavory fact from your family history?
January 9, 2008
On Visiting My Grandmother’s Grave on the Way to Trader Joe’s
Joseph Sciorra
St. John’s Cemetery, December 31, 2007
Musings on memory and stories on New Year's Eve.
December 6, 2007
Salve
Dina Gerasia/The Malìa Collective website
La Società di Sant'Anna, Villa Avenue, Bronx, New York, c. 1940.
First post.
August 21, 2008
Sending a Telegram to the Pope
Power, Humor, and the Triumph of the Lower Bodily Stratum.
August 14, 2008
A digital message in a bottle.
Roman Bronze Works, Brooklyn, circa 1910
A test of the Internet and i-italy.org's power to connect.
September 28, 2008
Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
Joseph Sciorra
Figs
In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.
June 29, 2009
Vittoria Pietropaoli, An Appreciation
Vittoria Pietropaoli and Francesco Fabbi, returning from a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Santissima Trinità di Vallepietra, circa 1976.
A contadina performer of musica popolare is a constant companion.
January 20, 2010
Real Italians
Joseph Sciorra, circa 1980.
A social scientist’s take on guidos, prominenti, and intellectual inquiry.
November 16, 2010
A Tourist Visits Italian in California
Joseph Sciorra
Caffe Trieste, San Francisco, July 2010.
In recognition of co-blogger, Laura Ruberto, who intelligently expounds on West Coast iterations of Italian America, I offer my touristic encounter with things Italian in the Golden State.
June 21, 2010
My Italian American Museum
Joseph Sciorra
Italian immigrant woman, circa 1925. Schmidt-Lorraine Studios, Chicago.
Entering into a conversation with objects.
March 11, 2009
Bologna 1977
Joseph Sciorra
Piccolo Bar, Piazza Verdi, Bologna, April 1977.
Images and sounds from an extraordinary time.
March 17, 2011
Rethinking 150 Years
Garibaldi's cold shoulder.
The living links between Italian unification and Italian emigration.
July 6, 2011
The Death of Jimmy Roselli
Jimmy Roselli (1925-2011)
Family and fans say goodbye to a voice of a generation.
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- A Ph.D. in Basket Weaving
- Linking the Diaspora Musically
- A Tourist Visits Italian in California
- The Vergognosi of Staten Island
- Lace in the Crystal City
- "C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song
- Talkin’ Hybrid Moments
- The Cultural Politics of Coffee
- St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style
- Mr. Piccolo’s Peculiar Obsession
- An entry from The Encyclopedia of Imagined Italian-Americana
- Bologna 1977
- Whose Day Is It Anyway?
- Fear and (Self-)Loathing in Italian America
- Remembering James Groppi
- Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.
- The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy
- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise's Inaugural Annual Spring Fling Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
- What’s his name?! What’s his name?!
- La Madonna Nera of New York City
- The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno
- Chi è Pete Panto?
- Serendipitous Encounters of an Italian-American Kind
- Rethinking 150 Years
- An American Folklorist in Italy
- My Italian American Museum
- Tony Soprano Made Me Do It!
- Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
- Italianità alternativa
- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise Funds the Documentary Film Baci Bocce!!!
- Talking Folklore
- What’s So Funny about the Virgin Mary?
- Wise Men Melchior and Balthazar banned in northern Italian city.
- Chalking Memory
- Sacred Space, Real Estate, and the Enacted Environment
- Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.
- The Cost of Freedom: The Rascals' Struggle for Change
- Pippa Bacca, performance artist, is murdered during "Brides on Tour."
- Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist
- Thinking Neapolitan
- Benefit Concert for Calandra Institute, June 10th
- An Ex-W.O.P. Casts His Vote
- Vittoria Pietropaoli, An Appreciation
- Folk Performances of the Italian-American Prominenti
- Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son
- Poet Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
- Ricordando Vincenzo Ancona
