Occhio contro occhio
May 23, 2008
Linking the Diaspora Cinematically
Australia’s Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and their Families holds its “The Weird Mob 2: The Italian Invasion” Film Festival.
May 14, 2008
Sinatra, a Morality Tale.
Harry Benson
Frank Sinatra at Truman Capote's "Black and White Ball," New York City, 1966
Musings on Italian-American masculinity, power, and bullying on the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s death.
May 1, 2008
Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins
Joseph Sciorra
Holy Land USA, Waterbury, CT, 2005.
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.
April 17, 2008
Pippa Bacca, performance artist, is murdered during "Brides on Tour."
"La partenza," from the performance piece "Brides on Tour," March 8, 2008, Milan.
Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca, hitchhiking from Milan to Tel Aviv in a wedding dress as part of a performance piece promoting peace, was raped and killed in Turkey.
April 14, 2008
Folk Performances of the Italian-American Prominenti
Joseph Sciorra
A banquet hall passageway.
Galas, banquet receptions, and award ceremonies are some of the most enduring Italian-American folk performances that reveal much about how group identity is created and...
April 1, 2008
Tags I Like
In joyous celebration of April’s National Poetry Month and Fool’s Day, I offer these four “found poems” made entirely from tags I found on i-italy.org.
March 29, 2008
Gino Vitale, Brooklyn developer and shrine builder.
Joseph Sciorra
Gino Vitale, with one of his Red Hook shrine buildings in the background, March 24, 2008.
Brooklyn developer Gino Vitale adapts the centuries old edicole sacre (devotional shrines) to his newly constructed buildings.
March 25, 2008
"Jersey Boys": Recreating A Lost Era in the Life of the American Working Class
"Big Girls Don't Cry," Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Fordham University history professor Mark Naison recently emailed his thoughts on the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" and has allowed me to post them here verbatim.
March 24, 2008
An Ex-W.O.P. Casts His Vote
Joseph Sciorra
Born in the USA and now an Italian citizen, I’m asked to vote. So, what do I know?
March 19, 2008
St. Joseph's Altar, Barese Style
Joseph Sciorra
Antonietta Vitucci's St. Joseph's altar, March 18, 2008.
Celebrating St. Joseph in Brooklyn and some thoughts on lived religion.
March 8, 2008
Tony Soprano Made Me Do It!
Turncoat mafioso’s statement about media depictions of Italian Americans is “smoking gun” say some Italian-Americans. No kidding.
March 5, 2008
Italians in Hollywood
Anna Magnani in The Fugitive Kind (1959).
Anna Magnani's and Raf Vallone's portrayals of Italian-Americans seen anew in New York.
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