Remembering Giovanni Falcone
On the 23rd May 1992, twenty one years ago, Giovanni Falcone, the prosecuting magistrate of the Pizza Connection Mafia trial, was blown up in his car, by Mafia…
Montalbano: Sicily’s Own Police Inspector
Sicily is home to some of Italy’s best known and successful writers. To name just a few, but there are many more, Luigi Pirandello from Agrigento, won the Nobel Prize…
John Pisciotta
We have received and published this letter (by Tom Filingeri) John Pisciotta, who lives in Z.E.N section of Palermo (Sicily) has been living in an abandoned office complex, which…
Sicily presents Passive House pilot project: PHI founder Prof. Wolfgang Feist to attend conference in Catania
Darmstadt. Passive House is synonymous with energy efficiency, even in Mediterranean climates. This has been proven with the latest Passive House project in Sicily. Recent developments on the Italian…
Thoughts on the Election of Pope Francis
March 15, 2013 I sat in my living room before the big screen. Mesmerized. The Sistine’s white smoke released into the misty sky. St.Peter’s bells screamed. Thousands of animated…
Lampedusa: Tripadvisor votes Sicilian beach world’s most beautiful
The secret is out, fortunately and unfortunately! What was for most Sicilians a “Secret Lagoon and Beach” in the shores of the island of Lampedusa, primarily visited by the locals…
THALASSA – Men and the Sea
“THALASSA – Men and the Sea”, directed and produced by Gianluca Agati, (ITA, 26′, 2012) is a documentary offering a glimpse into Siracusa’s history, where the fumes from chemical and…
Hurricane Sandy Slams Coney Island and Staten Island
I was asked to document what I saw of the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy in Coney Island and in Staten Island. Obviously, the destruction caused by this storm…
Sicilian Regional Election: “If Sicily changes, Italy changes,” Grillo stormed …
Wed 25 October 2012 Two weeks ago, he swam the 3.5 kilometers across the Sicily Channel and reached our island in one hour and fifteen minutes. His name is…
The Sicilian Corner on WCCM Radio: “Avanti Trinacria”
The Sicilian Show on WCCM Radio is online from 1:00 P.M TO 3:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. This translates to 19:00 to 21:00 Palermo Time. The two-hour show is not…