Diary of a Sicilian living in Lombardy: “I decided not to go back home. We have to be responsible"

The cooperative Agorà, which currently manages this site, led us to discover Sciacca’s magical place. “It is not a castle, but an olive grove and an almond one with three thousand heads carved in stone by Filippo Bentivegna, the former owner of the farm. The artist was called ‘your excellence’ and claimed that the...

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 accidental discovery of a few purple seedlings with a strong scent soon led Selene Rocco to the creation of a park with eight different varieties of plants, some of which have also healing effects. She told us all about her unexpected journey Inside Parco del Pollino, in Campotenese (Calabria), you can find a...

Snail farming for food supply is an example of innovating an historical tradition. Two brothers, Michelangelo and Giuseppe Sansone, assisted by the marketing manager Davide Merlino, had the idea of relaunching snails and created a new method to obtain the delicious snail caviar within months. What if you chose to farm snails instead of...

From Tomasi di Lampedusa to Pirandello, by way of Sciascia, Verga and Quasimodo. Here the paths to follow great writers’ lives. Everyone has loved and hated literature, everyone has worked hard on its pages and dreamt through its words: literature is an integral part of life and nowadays it can become cultural tourism. Sicily...

Every year the LGBT community voices its requests through the Gay Pride parade, but what has been actually achieved after many years of struggle? Also, has the movement evolved, and, if so, in what direction? We talked about it with Giovanni Caloggero, president of Arcigay Catania, and with Emanuele Liotta, secretary of the Queers...

Professor Martinelli’s research reveals the event concerning 18 musicians from Catania enlisted in the Marine Band in 1805, the USA President’s favourite band In February 1917, a century ago exactly, the Sicilian Nick La Rocca recorded what is considered as the first jazz LP in history. A hundred years later we understand that there...

Enrico Nicosia, PhD at the University of Macerata, says: «The experience is significant in other regions, but to turn around in Sicily it is necessary to simplify the bureaucratic procedure and guarantee a more substantial economic support through European funds too». «This has been the most loved land by cinema and continues to be:...