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Making the City Home

(28 05 2015) George De Stefano

In "Built with Faith," Joseph Sciorra explains how Italian Americans have shaped New York's spiritual and cultural landscapes

The Spectacle of the Nativity in Valenti Angelo’s Art

(21 12 2013) Laura E. Ruberto

The children’s book author and illustrator Valenti Angelo highlights Italian American Christmas Celebrations in his works.

A moribund italianità.

(11 12 2012) Joseph Sciorra

Some thoughts on presepi, creativity, and death.

“Dire Napoli al mondo”. Il Cardinale Crescenzio Sepe parla del suo imminente viaggio a New York

(08 12 2010) Ottorino Cappelli

Il Cardinale di Napoli Crescenzio Sepe sarà a New York il prossimo gennaio, dove incontrerà la comunità italiana, personalità del mondo della cultura, dell’arte, studiosi,...

Te Piace ‘o Presepe?!?

(27 11 2010) Marina Melchionda

“The moment has come to talk about a typical Neapolitan tradition, the Presepio. At its center there is a cave, all around which there are ever-green treens and shrubs. In and...

Wise Men Melchior and Balthazar banned in northern Italian city.

(03 01 2010) Joseph Sciorra

A story about racism in contemporary Italy so absurd it could be true.

An entry from The Encyclopedia of Imagined Italian-Americana

(13 12 2009) Joseph Sciorra

The lost Christmas special of "The Honeymooners" with an Italian-American theme, from the Imaginarium of Joey Skee.

Tre Re Magi campani a Philadelphia

(15 01 2009) Stagisti Inverno 2009

Sullo sfondo del "Presepe della Pace", tre membri della Federazione Campania USA hanno sfilato vestiti da Re Magi per la messa di chiusura del ciclo natalizio

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.

Gramsci’s Presepio

(24 12 2007) Joseph Sciorra

The domestic presepio, an example of living folklore.

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