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November 18, 2010
Talkin’ Hybrid Moments
Rosangela Briscese
Carl Porcaro, Gerry LaFemina, and Vinnie Stigma at the Calandra Institute’s November 5th symposium “Hybrid Moments: Independent Music in Italian America.”
Introductory comments to the Calandra Institute’s November 5th symposium “Hybrid Moments: Independent Music in Italian America.”
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...
September 26, 2010
The Man Who Played Judas
Photograph courtesy of Stephanie Romeo.
Stefano Romeo (1884-1942)
In Search of an Italian-American Actor.
September 16, 2010
Mr. Piccolo’s Peculiar Obsession
Joseph Scelsa/Arthur Piccolo
Tracing a “fool’s path” to power.
July 18, 2010
Panto Remembered
Pete Panto, 1939
A new book about the New York City waterfront recalls the Italian-American fight against organized crime.
June 21, 2010
My Italian American Museum
Joseph Sciorra
Italian immigrant woman, circa 1925. Schmidt-Lorraine Studios, Chicago.
Entering into a conversation with objects.
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.
April 12, 2010
The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise’s Inaugural Annual May Day Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
Another blog post about a very real event parodying ongoing surreal phenomena.
February 24, 2010
Return of the Italian-American Voldemort
An update from Rita Skeeter, gossipy reporter for the Daily Prophet.
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