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Archeology of Language: Sicilian ‘Beddu’ and Arabic ‘Badu’

Tom Verso

‘Forgetabout’ Verdi in Milan’s La Scala; more appropriate for southern-Italian Americans would be Michela Musolino’s "L’Evento in Memoria di Pino Veneziano" in...

The Italian Singer Who Americans Love. A New Album & Tour for Carmen Consoli

Marina Melchionda

From June 15 on, Carmen Consoli will perform in Chicago, New York, Boston, Montreal, and Toronto. Her new American tour supports the release of her latest work "Elettra" (Wrasse...

Ricordando Vincenzo Ancona

Joey Skee

Poet, visual artist, raconteur, singer, immigrant laborer, friend.

An Epic of Mediterranean Culture

Joey Skee

Sixty-six years ago, the Museum of Modern Art exhibited a Sicilian-American bootblack’s decorated shoeshine kit, contributing to the museum director’s eventual dismissal.

Sicilian Food at its Best

Charles Scicolone

Meeting with Salvatore Fraterrigo, chef for the Sicilian restaurant "Cacio e Vino" in Manhattan. Author of the cookbook "I Tesori della Cucina Siciliana", he learned how to cook...

"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song

Joey Skee

An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”

Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.

Joey Skee

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

St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style

Joey Skee

Celebrating St. Joseph in Brooklyn and some thoughts on lived religion.

La Spartenza – Unforgettable Suitcases

Letizia Airos Soria

La Spartenza, a stage play directed by Enzo Toto was performed last Monday at the Italian Academy at Columbia University in New York. Teatro del Baglio di Vìllafrati, a theater...

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