by John Mancini | Feb 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Giglio Festival Yesterday I read about an Italian American neighborhood that was the original Little Italy in New York City. No, not Mulberry Street in lower Manhattan but East Harlem above 96th Street. Today, both those areas are “Italian” by the skin of their...
by John Mancini | Jan 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal had an article on “The Distortion of American Studies,” a report on how academia accentuates the negative in American history. They referred to issues of American Quarterly magazine published by Johns Hopkins University, considered the...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
In my last blog, “Here’s to the Ladies,” I wrote about Italian American female singers from Chicago, past and present. Since then, I came across a 1979 article by Jack Newfield (1938-2004), the legendary reporter who covered stories in the Village...
by John Mancini | Jan 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
L. Munatius Plancus In my father’s hometown of Gaeta (Lazio), Italy there stands the tomb of Lucius Munatius Plancus (c. 87 BC – c. 15 BC), a Roman soldier and politician who allied himself with both Julius Caesar and his successor Octavian. In fact, it was...
by John Mancini | Jan 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Dr. Joseph Giordano, the man credited with saving President Ronald Reagan’s life on the day he was shot in 1981, passed away last June at age 84. Dr. Giordano was among the many ethnic Italians that stand out in history. You find them in the most unlikely...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Jan 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
In 1995, the late Tony Bennett released Here’s to the Ladies, a tribute album to the great tunes from the American songbook made famous by female singers, from Ella Fitzgerald to Barbara Streisand. It won him a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal...
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