Heroes
Heroes
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August 23, 2012
The New Negative Image of Italian Americans
Titzu Nishi and the Public Art Fund
Titzu Nishi's drawing for the “Discovering Columbus” art installation.
The inane opinions of a few and the diminution of Italian America.
April 12, 2010
The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise’s Inaugural Annual May Day Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
Another blog post about a very real event parodying ongoing surreal phenomena.
July 1, 2008
Watching “Serpico” with my Thirteen-Year-Old Son
Musings on heroes, role models, and the Italian-American imaginative.
February 10, 2008
Decidedly Not Italian Enough
Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani
Some thoughts on why I chose to remain silent and why I now think it's worth a blog post, thanks to Anthony Tamburri.
January 21, 2008
Remembering James Groppi
Wisconsin Historical Society
Father James Groppi and civil rights leaders during NAACP march, Milwaukee, 1968.
Activist James Groppi (1930-1985) marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the struggle for freedom.
May 14, 2008
Sinatra, a Morality Tale.
Harry Benson
Frank Sinatra at Truman Capote's "Black and White Ball," New York City, 1966
Musings on Italian-American masculinity, power, and bullying on the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s death.
July 15, 2008
Chi è Pete Panto?
Pete Panto (1911-1939)
An Italian-American worker who fought the mob that you never heard of.
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- Mr. Piccolo’s Peculiar Obsession
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- Remembering James Groppi
- Chi è Pete Panto?
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- Fear and (Self-)Loathing in Italian America
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- An entry from The Encyclopedia of Imagined Italian-Americana
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- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise's Inaugural Annual Spring Fling Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
- Serendipitous Encounters of an Italian-American Kind
- Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.
- Rethinking 150 Years
- Thinking Neapolitan
- Giovanni Crozzoli, Immigrant Tower Builder
- Routes of Return
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- Mapping Flowerpots
- Return of the Italian-American Voldemort
- Andrea Cuomo, Immigrant Pebble Artisan
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- Flatlands Flowerpot Find
- Giovanni Indelicato, Bootblack Artist, Rediscovered and Reclaimed
- Tony Soprano Made Me Do It!
- What’s his name?! What’s his name?!
- My Italian American Museum
- Vittoria Pietropaoli, An Appreciation
- Giovanni Crozzoli, Pebble Flowerpot Artisan
- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise Funds the Documentary Film Baci Bocce!!!
- Talking Folklore
- Innovation in Tradition: The Columbus Day Giglio Party
- Folk Performances of the Italian-American Prominenti
- Wise Men Melchior and Balthazar banned in northern Italian city.
- Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
- Chalking Memory
- Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son
- The Man Who Played Judas
- An Ex-W.O.P. Casts His Vote
- The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy
- Benefit Concert for Calandra Institute, June 10th
- Francesco Pepe, My Dutch Paisan
