Occhio contro occhio
January 27, 2013
Painting I Butteri
"Il carro rosso" (1898), Giovanni Fattori
Depictions on Canvas of Italy’s Cowboys
January 24, 2013
A Little Wager?
Zeljko Lucic as Rigoletto.
Wanna bet Philistine Italian-American “Leaders” become “Outraged,” Again?
December 11, 2012
A moribund italianità.
Joseph Sciorra
A zombie presepio.
Some thoughts on presepi, creativity, and death.
November 11, 2012
Peppe Voltarelli, an artist-in-residence in New York City.
John Napoli
Peppe Voltarelli at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Exploring "The Voyage, the Forefathers, Belonging."
October 17, 2012
The Decorated Flowerpots of Brooklyn
Joseph Sciorra
Decorated planter, 1601 81st Street, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, 2012.
Looking (again) at a little known Italian-American folk art.
August 23, 2012
The New Negative Image of Italian Americans
Titzu Nishi and the Public Art Fund
Titzu Nishi's drawing for the “Discovering Columbus” art installation.
The inane opinions of a few and the diminution of Italian America.
May 26, 2012
italianrap è morto! Viva Italian Rap!
After fourteen years, I’m shutting down my website italianrap.com.
October 19, 2011
A Ph.D. in Basket Weaving
Folklorist Joseph Sciorra, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, 1996), holding Italian-American immigrant Vincenzo Ancona’s Sicilian-style basket made in Castellammare del Golfo (Trapani), Sicily in 1985.
Italian-American anti-intellectualism rears its ugly little head again.
September 21, 2011
Whose Day Is It Anyway?
Diane di Prima
Poet Diana di Prima offers alternative Italian-American heroes to Columbus.
July 6, 2011
The Death of Jimmy Roselli
Jimmy Roselli (1925-2011)
Family and fans say goodbye to a voice of a generation.
May 9, 2011
Benefit Concert for Calandra Institute, June 10th
John Giorno, Vic Ruggiero, Penny Arcade, and John La Barbera to perform in support of the Calandra Institute.
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- The Decorated Flowerpots of Brooklyn
- Linking the Diaspora Musically
- "C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song
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- Why I’m Boycotting This Year’s Italian American Studies Association Conference
- A moribund italianità.
- The Cultural Politics of Coffee
- Mr. Piccolo’s Peculiar Obsession
- St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style
- Lace in the Crystal City
- Remembering James Groppi
- Chi è Pete Panto?
- Bologna 1977
- Whose Day Is It Anyway?
- Fear and (Self-)Loathing in Italian America
- Williamsburg Radicale
- An entry from The Encyclopedia of Imagined Italian-Americana
- Real Italians
- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise's Inaugural Annual Spring Fling Dinner Dance, Gala, and Reception
- Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.
- Serendipitous Encounters of an Italian-American Kind
- Rethinking 150 Years
- Thinking Neapolitan
- Giovanni Crozzoli, Immigrant Tower Builder
- Routes of Return
- Talkin’ Hybrid Moments
- Mapping Flowerpots
- An American Folklorist in Italy
- Return of the Italian-American Voldemort
- Andrea Cuomo, Immigrant Pebble Artisan
- The Wacky World of Arthur Piccolo
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- Flatlands Flowerpot Find
- Tony Soprano Made Me Do It!
- What’s his name?! What’s his name?!
- Giovanni Indelicato, Bootblack Artist, Rediscovered and Reclaimed
- My Italian American Museum
- Vittoria Pietropaoli, An Appreciation
- Giovanni Crozzoli, Pebble Flowerpot Artisan
- The Italian-American Political & Moral Bocce Club of Paradise Funds the Documentary Film Baci Bocce!!!
- Folk Performances of the Italian-American Prominenti
- Talking Folklore
- Innovation in Tradition: The Columbus Day Giglio Party
- Backyard Figs from Brooklyn
- Wise Men Melchior and Balthazar banned in northern Italian city.
- Chalking Memory
- Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son
- An Ex-W.O.P. Casts His Vote
- The Man Who Played Judas
- The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy
- Francesco Pepe, My Dutch Paisan
- Benefit Concert for Calandra Institute, June 10th
