An Italian American self-taught artist from Oakland, California, adds yet another chapter in the story of Italian Americans and material culture.
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A Few Notes on California’s Sicilian American country music history. -
Children’s literature, the Watts Towers, and Italian-Californian celebrations of Saint Joseph’s Day.
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How I uncovered that the City of Oakland, the Oakland Public Library, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Oakland International Airport have misplaced Ralph Fasanella’s painting, "Welcome Home Boys".
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Some Italian-American notes about the man behind the music of Charlie Brown’s Christmas.
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In recognition of co-blogger, Laura Ruberto, who intelligently expounds on West Coast iterations of Italian America, I offer my touristic encounter with things Italian in the Golden State.
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Finding Romano Gabriel’s Wooden Sculpture Garden along the Italy-California border.
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John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.
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Fruit and Vegetable Crate Labels in California and the Italian Americans They Created
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On a visit to a retrospective of this California artist, I consider traces of the Italian immigrant background in his work.
