Concettina Died and Other Stories of the East Side
Marco Zaza has been telling family stories—funny or sad or nostalgic stories—at various dinner tables for over half a century now. These are tales that reveal one family's experience as immigrant- and first-generation Italian-Americans. With this podcast Marco shares these entertaining memories with a broader audience. Now illuminated with conversations that add details and tangential stories, the episodes elicit the laughter and tears that always resulted when he treated his family, gathered around a meal, to a sweet memory or two.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2021
Mama's Figs
"Each mid-summer morning, Mama would pick fresh, sweet figs, gathering her apron into a drawstring sack, and fill it with the figs. Then she would take the gravel path that led from our house to Mart…
East Side Tough Guys
"One warm summer day, when we were teenagers, my best pal Joe and I offered to babysit my two nieces, so that my sister Martha could run a few afternoon errands. Motivation for the offer to babysit w…
Bruschetta with the Catullos
"When I was in grade school, my morning routine was to forego any breakfast at home. Only a large mug of coffee, very sweet and very light—then tear up the street to my best friend Joe's house. Invar…
Riding the Broom at Zaza Hall
"Our father owned a dance hall, located in the same building as the apartment we lived in. It was a large, open space, used for parties and wedding receptions. And it was a great place for us young b…
Winter Wonderland
"My father was what was known as a “huckster.” He supported our family by selling whatever product happened to be available at any particular moment; melons and fruit in summer, grapes for making win…
Trailer: Concettina Died and Other Stories of the East Side
Concettina Died and Other Stories of the East Side launches July 20!
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