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

On the ethnicity of tombstones.
An Italian American self-taught artist from Oakland, California, adds yet another chapter in the story of Italian Americans and material culture.

A Few Notes on California’s Sicilian American country music history.

Children’s literature, the Watts Towers, and Italian-Californian celebrations of Saint Joseph’s Day.

How I uncovered that the City of Oakland, the Oakland Public Library, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Oakland International Airport have misplaced Ralph Fasanella’s...
Some Italian-American notes about the man behind the music of Charlie Brown’s Christmas.
Marking the material culture of one of Southern Italy’s worst natural disasters, the Irpinia Earthquake of November 23, 1980.
Finding Romano Gabriel’s Wooden Sculpture Garden along the Italy-California border.

John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.
Some thoughts on Italy’s mythical status, migrating identities, and the creation of an online salon to talk about it all.

Introducing "Such Is Life" ("Ma la vita è fatta cosi"), an immigrant woman’s memoir about her life between Italy and America.