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Italian American Victrola-Spinning

Laura E. Ruberto

Italian American Music Store Labels, Found on 78s and Their Sleeves

From a Massachusetts living room to a California garage—collecting and preserving Italian American soundscapes.

Johnny Meatballs & Frankie Antipasto Coming To Hoboken Thursday

MARCH MEATBALL MADNESS!

Frank Lentricchia follows DeLillo back to Little Italy Home – but not Domini to Southern Italy Homeland

The recent forty-fifth Conference of the Italian American Studies Association, like the previous forty-four, was largely devoid of southern Italy or Sicily presentations (note...

Johnny Meatball-Ism Of the Week

3.12.2013

"Liberated to Tell the Truth"

Brooklyn’s Sal Albanese returns to politics after 15 years – as a candidate for Mayor

Good to know

Fusaro 2013

San Giuseppe's Zeppole

Italian spin on the American donuts, although possibly it is the donuts that are an American spin on the Italian Zeppoli, dating far back to the Middle Ages. This fried choux...

Meatballs in Moonachie

ANTIPASTO AND PIZZA TOO! 106 MOONACHIE AVENUE

Palermo - Ancient Walls and Modern Streets

From the amazing Kevin Flude collection - see link below

Remnant of Palermo Medieval wall located at intersection of Via dei Benedettini, Via Albergheria, and Via Carlo Forianini. Note pointed arch, which implies it was built during or after Norman period. Pointed Arches, the structural and aesthetic essence of Gothic, invented by the Turks and came to Europe via Sicily

One can hardly read a journalistic or scholarly article about Palermo without coming across references to the ‘Old City Walls.’ For example, “Toward the end of the...

Bark less, wag more

Fusaro 2013