2008
Occhio contro occhio
Chiacchiere from Giufà’s love child.
September 28, 2008
Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
Joseph Sciorra
Figs
In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.
September 20, 2008
What’s So Funny about the Virgin Mary?
Luca Enrico Fantini
St. Mother Cabrini (LuLu LoLo) and me.
Ludic and hybridic reworkings of Catholic imagery and ritual are part of recent reimagining of Italian-American culture and identity.
September 15, 2008
The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy
What happens when a PBS station targets Italian Americans as donors?
September 2, 2008
La Madonna Nera of New York City
Smiljana Peros
Drawing la Madonna Nera in chalk, Manhattan, September 8, 2006.
Italian Americans gather at a gay bar in Manhattan in celebration of the Black Madonna.
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.
August 24, 2008
A Sicilian named George Wallington
George Wallington album, 1954
Jazz pianist Giacinto Figlia aka George Wallington was at the founding of be-bop. Then he disappeared. Now Anthony Scotto’s resurrects his life and music.
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.
August 11, 2008
A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.
Joseph Sciorra
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2008.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
July 29, 2008
Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son
Don Homer
A “teachable moment” about mafia realties and representations.
Italy in New York
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2008 Oct 68th Edition Italian Language Week2008 Oct 7RAI Italian Fiction Week 2008:Puccini2008 Oct 8Concert Series: The Grand Tour Orchestra2008 Oct 8RAI Italian Fiction Week 2008: Einstein2008 Oct 9Book Presentation "Italian Architecture in Eritrea"
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