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The Man Who Played Judas

(26 09 2010) Joey Skee

In Search of an Italian-American Actor.

Feast of Saint Gennaro. What it Is, and What it Should Be

(20 09 2010) Marina Melchionda

Have you been in Mulberry Street during these days of celebrations in honor of Saint Gennaro? Do you know why the neighborhood venerates the saint since 1926? Have you ever heard...

Back to the Future

(04 05 2010) Johnny DeCarlo

There's a lot on the horizon

Sacred Space, Real Estate, and the Enacted Environment

(19 01 2009) Joey Skee

Two religious buildings historically associated with Italian-American Catholics face challenges to survive.

What’s So Funny about the Virgin Mary?

(20 09 2008) Joey Skee

Ludic and hybridic reworkings of Catholic imagery and ritual are part of recent reimagining of Italian-American culture and identity.

La Madonna Nera of New York City

(02 09 2008) Joey Skee

Italian Americans gather at a gay bar in Manhattan in celebration of the Black Madonna.

Sending a Telegram to the Pope

(21 08 2008) Joey Skee

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

Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.

(11 07 2008) Joey Skee

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

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

(09 07 2008) Joey Skee

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

The Shining Stone of West Scranton

(26 05 2008) Stephanie Longo

Scranton’s St. Lucy’s provides visitors with a lesson in Italian-American history.

Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins

(02 05 2008) Joey Skee

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.

Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.

(30 03 2008) Joey Skee

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

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