Radio Interview on 94.5 KBAY with Sam Van Zandt

For those who live in the Santa Clara County area, did you hear the interview that I did with Sam Van Zandt of 94.5 KBAY in San Jose?  It was so great to talk to Sam about the book and about the contributions that the local Italian community has made to the area.  I even learned [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Stood for Principles of Social Justice and Equality

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 

Don’t forget, MLK was all about Social Justice, something which the Sons of Italy professes to support.  So it seems that the Italian American cause has a few things in common with the African American community.  Can you imagine?  Maybe that’s why Mussolini invaded Ethiopia.  He must have felt some [...]

Book Video for “Italians in the Santa Clara Valley”

Ciao Tutti. You might find my book video for “Italians in the Santa Clara Valley” to be of interest.  It’s only two minutes and forty-one seconds long but it gives you a nice flavor of what the book is about.  If you really want some serious flavor, surf on over to Google Books http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=I7xarYW9BGcC&dq=frederick+w+marrazzo&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=t0B6Ac47Qu&sig=1kjDioaSncgBPE-gOM-f-Z2kRNE#PPA9,M1 where you [...]

Interview with Lou Riga

Click here to see this interview on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruMp4BvfMsE
 
This is part one of a three part interview with Mr. Lou Riga that I did with him in January 2006 at his home.  Lou talks about the Sons of Italy William Paca Lodge in Mountain View.   I think he gives a great interview about [...]

Buon Anno a Tutti. It’s the Year of the Rat (or Big Mouse).

It’s 2008 and we have the Beijing Olympics coming up in August.  In fact, the Olympics will start on August 8th, which is the eighth day of the eighth month. In China, 8-08 is also known as Father’s Day.  That’s because the pronunciation of the word eight in Chinese is “ba”.  Put eight and eight [...]