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A Williansburg, un forno a legna che convive con i mille ‘culure’ della cultura hipster

(13 03 2016) Mimì De Maio

Quarta tappa del tour a New York del cantautore Mimì De Maio a "Sottocasa" a Williamsburg. Un luogo dove la cultura hipster convive con la tradizione di un forno a legna.

Italian American Monuments, Gramsci-style

(30 07 2013) Laura E. Ruberto

Upon visiting Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument in the Bronx, passing reflections on impermanence, aesthetics, and what makes something Italian American.

Williamsburg Radicale

(01 05 2013) Joseph Sciorra

A brief note on the lost world of Italian-American radicalism.

A Sud del Ponte si ferma il tempo.

(03 03 2010) Carmine Savarese

Domenica mattina c’era il sole, l’aria fredda tersa e quella bella luce limpida. Avevo una matta voglia di bici e di New York. Di quella Mela intima, solo mia, quella che...

Serendipitous Encounters of an Italian-American Kind

(23 07 2009) Joseph Sciorra

The shared histories of Neapolitan singer Alfredo Bascetta and political activist/film worker Gino Bardi are revealed by a Brooklyn walkabout.

Backyard Figs from Brooklyn

(28 09 2008) Joseph Sciorra

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

A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.

(11 08 2008) Joseph Sciorra

I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

(09 07 2008) Joseph Sciorra

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

The Cultural Politics of Coffee

(26 01 2008) Joseph Sciorra

In Search of a Decent Espresso in New York City.

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