Ottawa’s Little Italy Revives Street Art As It Revives Itself
Ottawa’s Preston Street developed its Italian-Canadian identity well before the 1950s,…
Heritage
The Ghost in the Grape
Let us not pull any punches here. Nobody pulled any punches on him! His father-in-law is…
When It Is Time
Death begins the way it always does, so many times, with a phone call out of the blue. My…
Faith and Fraternity: Ottawa’s Sant’Antonio da Padova Church
Mythopoeia, or myth making, are narratives that create reliable explanations for ontic…
A Certain Lamentation
We went down in the biblical sense to the city again. My wife and I. She went with me, in…
Leaving America
The speedboat and ferry trails left furrows of white wake on the deep azure blue of the…
Piazza Purgatorio: Una lettera d’amore all’Italia al tempo della pandemia
“T’avia sarbàtu du aranci. Ma…” mi dice zia Carmela. “Ti avevo messo da parte…
The Legacy and Cultural Significance of Italian Grocers
Although it was a long time ago, the memories I have are still vivid – walking as a boy…
The World I Want to Dream of
In 1966, at the age of twenty-four, I left Italy, my country of birth, and only…
The Prescott
The Prescott shares a reputation with The Lafayette House in the Byward Market as the…