Occhio contro occhio
January 15, 2019
The Sound of Italian American Protest
Boston Public Library
(detail) Sacco & Vanzetti demonstration in Boston, March 1, 1925
Consider nominating a 1927 immigrant recording protesting on behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti to the National Recording Registry.
September 5, 2017
New Italian Migrations to the United States
Book cover with a photograph of the Valentini family boarding an airplane in Italy for New York City, March 25, 1963.
Reimagining the last seventy years of Italian migration.
January 8, 2017
Giovanni Crozzoli, Pebble Flowerpot Artisan
Courtesy of Joseph “Chris” Crozzoli
Giovanni Crozzoli making pebble-decorated flowerpots in College Point, Queens, sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
The ongoing search to document New York City's pebble-decorated flowerpots.
September 14, 2016
WOV-AM’s La Grande Famiglia
Ad for WOV-AM from 'Divagando' magazine, July 28, 1954.
Written and audio documents for my research and essay on the radio show "La Grande Famiglia."
August 24, 2016
Discovering the Black Madonna Right Before My Very Eyes
Joseph Sciorra
Phoenix Bar, 447 East 13th Street, Manhattan
Learning something new about the historical devotion to the Madonna Nera del Tindari in Manhattan’s East Village.
November 19, 2015
Giovanni Crozzoli, Immigrant Tower Builder
Joseph Sciorra
Detail of Giovanni Crozzoli's tower with creator's name and birth year.
On encountering the creative work of immigrant mason Giovanni Crozzoli of College Point, Queens.
October 23, 2015
Innovation in Tradition: The Columbus Day Giglio Party
Joseph Sciorra
Dancing the giglio on Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 12, 2015.
Italian Americans are active agents in the re-imagining and recreation of Italian-American culture.
October 13, 2015
Why I’m Boycotting This Year’s Italian American Studies Association Conference
NIAF’s brand on IASA conference program.
The 2016 NIAF gala-IASA conference.
March 9, 2015
Andrea Cuomo, Immigrant Pebble Artisan
A still from "Castle," Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2014 election campaign ad.
My on-going research on the Italian-American art of pebble decoration leads me to the father and grandfather of two New York State governors.
June 9, 2014
Giovanni Indelicato, Bootblack Artist, Rediscovered and Reclaimed
Joseph Sciorra
Giovanni Indelicato's decorated shoeshine box, 2014.
In 1942, the Museum of Modern Art exhibited a decorated shoeshine kit—thought to be lost—made by a Sicilian immigrant said to be named Joe Milone. In 2014, the piece of the...
June 20, 2013
Mosaic Flowerpots on Film
Decorated flowerpots from the 1971 film "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."
A 1971 movie reveals the mother lode of Brooklyn planters.
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