“Rapflektion Worldwide”, a musical and social initiative created by Andreas and Carlos, connects similar realities together with the association “Musicainsieme a Librino” Rap music as social tool besides music genre: this is the spirit with which was created “Rapflektion Worldwide”, a project of German origin that has now reached the city of Catania. «A...
Guest of the Radicepura Garden Festival, Manuela Ventura told us some anecdotes that bind her to the great writer Andrea Camilleri, who died recently. From the first steps to the National Academy of Dramatic Art to his fascinating lessons, up to her first role in the tv show Il Commissario Montalbano. «He was able...
This is the building where punishment was conceived as redemption. It was defined “panoptic” because of the cells placed along its perimeter, through which keepers could constantly supervise the area. Nowadays, even if it is close to the street market of the city, its conditions don’t reflect its beauty and history An enormous and...
The dwelling appeared in the XIX century together with many other holiday houses and still hides the rich treasure of a Patrician tomb No wonder you can find a Roman mausoleum dating back to at least two thousand years ago within a nineteenth-century villa, considering the millenary history of Catania. It is the case...
This cavity has lava origins and a wonderful “dog’s teeth” roof, covered by reflow stalactites formed by the contact of fluid lava with the air. In the busy via Leucatia, behind the ring road of Catania, a sign by a crossroads with no outlet (via Liardo) goes almost unnoticed. It reads “Presepe Grotte Petralia,...
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...
Arab sorbet and Sicilian ice-cream were first exported to Paris and then on to the rest of the world: all thanks to a man few know about, but everyone should be thankful to. «It’s hot, let’s have a gelato!»: we’ve all said it at least once. But if we can enjoy our favourite refreshing...
It is a two-storey house, large enough to hide the windows of the building behind it. But, with its width of just 3 feet, it could be the smallest in the world. This tiny building is located in a Sicilian village in the province of Palermo: it was built in the middle of the...
Outdoor cinemas (known as Arenas) were once a must for Catania’s youth, but now they struggle to fascinate new generations whose taste is probably not the same as their parents’. Cheaper tickets for young people and more appealing programs could be the solutions to encourage a younger audience to choose these locations over other...
Young, talented and creative: here is how the Sicilian Gaspare and Alessandro climbed the success in London bars between a Passito and a glass of Marsala For us it is not a matter of success, but of passion: moving to London was necessary because this city represents the capital of cocktails, but we always...
