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September

September 28, 2008

Backyard Figs from Brooklyn

Joseph Sciorra
Joseph Sciorra
Figs

In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.

September 20, 2008

What’s So Funny about the Virgin Mary?

Joseph Sciorra
Luca Enrico Fantini
St. Mother Cabrini (LuLu LoLo) and me.

Ludic and hybridic reworkings of Catholic imagery and ritual are part of recent reimagining of Italian-American culture and identity.

September 14, 2008

The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy

Joseph Sciorra

What happens when a PBS station targets Italian Americans as donors?

September 2, 2008

La Madonna Nera of New York City

Joseph Sciorra
Smiljana Peros
Drawing la Madonna Nera in chalk, Manhattan, September 8, 2006.

Italian Americans gather at a gay bar in Manhattan in celebration of the Black Madonna.