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"Obama" Ends in a Vowel

Jerry Krase

Will Italian Americans vote for their closest co-ethnic in the Presidential race? Barack Obama is the only candidate whose last name ends in a vowel...

Miracle on the Hill

Stephanie Longo

Scranton’s Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is the site of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s largest annual religious celebration.

Summer Reading, Italian-American Style?

Marisa Iallonardo

In search of a great, modern-day Italian-American book ...

No Wonder His Happy Heart Sings

Stephanie Longo

Take love of community, ethnic pride, and add a dash of Dean Martin and you have Scranton’s own Jack DeLeo.

A Charming Intellectual and His Political Passion

Stephanie Longo

"I made big enemies among some of the Italian politicians of the time, one of whom the Hon. (nothing honorable about him...) De Mita had to resign from his position as Prime...

The "Spirit of Italy" in North Pocono

Stephanie Longo

Following a lifetime of government service, Francesco Stoppini, of Elmhurst, Pa. now serves as regional Consular Correspondent to Italy

Connecting Through the Corsa

Stephanie Longo

Jessup, Pennsylvania’s St. Ubaldo Day celebrates family, friends, and the bond between Italy and the United States.

An Italian Think-Tank in the U.S.

Letizia Airos

A conversation with Anthony Julian Tamburri at the end of the conference on “Italians in the Americas”. The Dean makes a point on the degrees of perception and diffusion of...

Folk Performances of the Italian-American Prominenti

Joey Skee

Galas, banquet receptions, and award ceremonies are some of the most enduring Italian-American folk performances that reveal much about how group identity is created and...

Bordighera Prize. Happiness in Poetry

Michelina Zambella

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute welcomed the winner of this year’s Bordighera Poetry Prize, Tony Magistrale for “What She Says About Love”; the first...

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