“Today, one of the crucial issues concerning information is the lack of trust between readers and newspapers. What can be done to reverse this trend? A possible approach could be to make our processes more transparent: wouldn’t you trust more a restaurant with an open kitchen, where you can check the hygiene of the...
Madhav Chinnappa, Director of News Ecosystem Development at ‘Google’, and Jeff Jarvis, professor of ‘journalism innovation’ at Craig Newmark School in New York, spoke at the panel ‘The future of local news’ during the third International workshop ‘The new shape of journalism’ in Catania
Unlike what one might think, this dessert was not invented after the canonization of the young sicilian martyr and would have its roots in the cults in honour of the goddesses Isis and then Demeter, both common in ancient times in Sicily There is no person from Catania nor tourist who does not know...
The musician from Baltimore has opened the Catania Jazz season presenting his new project ‘Harmony’, based on his voice and on the recovery of American music roots. On the bill John Scofield and Jason Moran too, along with much space for Sicilian talents. This jazz festival is the one with the highest number of...
After the initiatives organized at the town beaches, the citizenship of Catania is now protecting the spaces of a public park thinking also about their pets. From the waste removal to the flower bed cleaning, they made a first step towards a sustainable future “Even if the town centre would need an area dedicated...
The initiative Tre parole un libro (eng. Three Words and a Book), started on social networks, has reached Catania’s nightlife with the aim of getting young people interested in literature through exhibitions and meetings related to famous works A suggestion, an image, a memory. Or a colour, a scent, an idea. You can describe...
This jewel of the baroque of Catania opens its doors to the public with two exhibitions from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection. Eight young people, trained for the occasion, will guide visitors through the surprises offered by Alicja Kwade’s installation and the group show hosted in the east wing of the palace A fusion...
Marc Vinciguerra, currently participating in the 58th Art Exhibition of Venice with a monumental statue, told us about the genesis of his Triptych of The Religion of Atheism The new mystical race: here’s the title of the philosophical poem with which the artist Marc Vinciguerra, a Frenchman living in the States, presented his The...
The initiative has reached the eleventh edition and fills the most difficult districts of the city with parades and confetti in an effort of inclusion that wants to reach all citizens. Lara Salomone, founder of the Handala Association and organizer of the event, explained us the meaning of this event In the suburbs of...
Can cinema and excavation coexist in a documentary? It seems so. In fact, we can think of involving more and more spectators and «leading them to otherwise inaccessible places», as Professor Frasca said, by taking advantage of the synergy and the propulsive drive of festivals and exhibitions. «Making a movie is a relatively new...
