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Craftsmanship Documented

(21 02 2011) Joseph Sciorra

Italian Americans at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Italian America’s Eureka Moment

(08 10 2010) Laura E. Ruberto

Finding Romano Gabriel’s Wooden Sculpture Garden along the Italy-California border.

The Rocks of San Francisco: Authenticity, Ethnic Neighborhoods, and Going Blog Crazy

(29 12 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Ethnic construction and sacred place, the replica of the Porziuncola Chapel in San Francisco’s Italian neighborhood.

An Epic of Mediterranean Culture

(22 12 2008) Joseph Sciorra

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.

Lace in the Crystal City

(28 08 2008) Joseph Sciorra

An exhibition presents women’s domestic needlework in Corning, New York.

The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno

(26 05 2008) Joseph Sciorra

A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”

Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins

(01 05 2008) Joseph Sciorra

During the 1960s and 1970s, 40,000 people visited Waterbury, CT annually to pray at Holy Land USA, a Catholic theme park created by John Greco. Now it lies in ruins.

Italian Americana, California Style

(10 04 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Driving for hours takes us to three California Italian American vernacular sites -- from urban LA to rural NorCal with a stop along the freeway in the Central Valley.

St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style

(19 03 2008) Joseph Sciorra

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

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