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Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Saturday Dec 15, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Ciao St Louis interview with Gus Torregrossa
Gus's Fashions & Shoes, at Washington Avenue and Tucker Boulevard, was not simply a place to buy hip-hop gear. It was a place where Gus Torregrossa would turn on the store PA and invite his customers to bust out rhymes, which they readily did. Gus might show you shiny gold Reeboks identical to the pair he had made for Pope John Paul II. Stopping by Gus's meant you would also probably find Gus' surrogate son, Jimmy Vitale, who would happily regale you with tales of his girlfriends and the ankle bracelets they were required to wear after leaving jail.
Gus' hip-hop haberdashery is no more, but a short documentary film that captures all the kooky flavor of the store and its people, Gus, has just been released on DVD. A premiere party with a screening and appearances by Torregrossa, Vitale and the film's director, Daniel Bowers, takes place on August 15 at Mad Art.
Now Gus is retired and, he says, doing a lot of charity work and a lot of eating. He adds that he looks back fondly on bygone days when downtown had more mom and pop businesses, when big rap stars like "that ugly Flavor Flav" would drop dimes in his store.
"When we had [famously obscene rappers] 2 Live Crew in the store, there were 20,000 people gathered on Washington Avenue to meet them," he says. "That's gotta be the biggest crowd for a celebrity since President Truman was in town."
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Friday Dec 14, 2018
Ciao St Louis interviews Dr. Gary Ross Mormino.
In Immigrants on the Hill, Gary Mormino traces the Hill’s evolution from its roots in Lombardy and Sicily to contemporary times, focusing on those institutions that have sustained and nurtured the community. He reveals how, in work, play, religion, politics, and even bootlegging, Hill Italian-Americans have consistently encouraged ethnic pride, working-class solidarity, and family honor. His study, now with a new preface, shows why this ethnic enclave has garnered national attention.
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
“ Black & White Targato ITALIA ” this program deals exclusively with Italian music and it is conducted in the Italian language. Hosted by Claudio Salvi