Certainly not lacking for cultural excellence, Italy is not only the cradle of Roman, Renaissance and Baroque art, but it also plays a rather important role in the international modern and contemporary art scenes. Museums, galleries, cultural institutions and the artists themselves are organized into collectives: art in Italy follows the flux of ev...
READ MOREDal Texas un riconoscimento per Dallas in Prizzi: il documentario diretto dal regista siciliano Luca Vullo e prodotto dallo psichiatra americano Dave Atkinson, sull’esperienza di contaminazione culturale tra la Sicilia e il Texas, è stato premiato come Best Documentary Film al West Texas Film Festival di Odessa. La giuria della manifestazione cinem...
READ MORESi è appena conclusa a Chicago la Missione commerciale organizzata dalla Regione Siciliana – Assessorato delle Attività Produttive nell’ambito del Piano promozionale per l’anno 2018, che ha visto protagoniste 10 imprese siciliane dei settori lapideo e agroalimentare. La Missione si è svolta dal 10 al 13 dicembre e ha visto la partecipazione di tre...
READ MOREAldo’s Pizza, an Italian pizzeria and restaurant in Ozone Park, will celebrate its first year under new management on New Year’s Eve, according to manager Santino Livreri. The restaurant was originally established in 1964, but changed hands in January 2018, according to Livreri, the cousin of new owners Anthony Livreri and Joe Livreri, who reside i...
READ MORESaturday, December 15 at 6:15 PM The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York City. $25, Adults; $17 Seniors. Join Allison Scola, owner and curator of Experience Sicily, with fellow 2019 tour co-hosts, Danielle Oteri (Owner of Feast on History and Arthur Avenue Food Tours) and Tony Allicino (Wellness practitioner) for...
READ MOREThe last citrus fruit campaign in Sicily was extremely positive. However, this year the volumes are not the same as last year. This is mainly because of the Tristeza (CTV) effects and of the heavy and persistent rains which devastated the Western-Sicilian production areas. Despite all these issues, experts still have positive expectations. Sara Gra...
READ MOREThe prestigious Accademia Maestri Pasticceri Italiana (Italian Accademy of Master Pastry Chefs) has conferred on Santi Palazzolo from Cinisi (province of Palermo), the meritorious award of “Pasticcere dell’Anno 2018-2019” (Best Pastry Chef 2018-2019). The Trofeo Pavoni was bestowed on Santi Palazzolo “in recognition of his commitment and constance...
READ MOREDecember 14th, 2018. 8:00pm-10:00pm. The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, 605 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457. Tickets: $15. at the door. Purchase tickets here. ROSA TATUATA comes to the Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center, Friday, December 14th 8pm. Rosa Tatuata brings Sicily’s music to Middletown, CT at the Butto...
READ MOREIn my previous pieces I wrote on three relations that appear evident in Italian society: that between the religious and the secular, between culture and agriculture, and between earthquake and architecture. In demonstration of the last relation, I offer in this piece a discussion of the earthquake that struck the Val di Noto in Sicily in 1693 and i...
READ MORENelle leggi dei numeri che governano l’armonia dell’universo vede una sfida continua di un gioco in cui, ogni volta che risolve un rebus, è come se superasse sé stesso: il 29enne matematico palermitano Alessio Sammartano, che ha scelto le falde dell’Etna per la sua istruzione universitaria, oggi fa ricerca da post doc e insegna come visiting assist...
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