An Interview with Franco Turdo – Part #1
With the internet, Sicilian-Americans in today’s world may be a part of their “homeland” in real time; never missing the banter of local political debates, the celebrations and religious processions,…
Maricchia – A Film by Franco Turdo
It is not often that an entire village – rather an entire region – pulls together to fulfill a life-long dream of a single individual. But in…
The Wandering Life of Guy de Maupassant
Born Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant, this famous writer from the North Sea coast of France, first visited Sicily in the 1880s. This decade, which was to mark…
British Entrepreneur Advances Historical Novel with Anglo-Sicilian Theme
While Building Global Cultural Ties to Sicily, Debra Santangelo Champions Book about the Island’s Shattered Past (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) Debra Santangelo, director of Sicilian Connections, promotes the island of…
Playwrights, Poets and Poseurs: A History of the Hotel Des Palmes
The Hotel et Des Palmes in Palermo has a long and venerable history. It started out as a private residence for the Ingham-Whitakers, the Anglo-Sicilian family of marsala fame,…
Casa Belvedere Sponsors Historical Novel about Sicily
Foundation Continues Exploration of Italian National Identity through Literary Project (Grimes Hill, Staten Island, NY) All roads lead to Sicily via Staten Island. The Italian Cultural Foundation at…
The “Meddlesome Priest”
Two cathedrals, two branches of the same dynasty, a scandal and a murder. It sounds like the plot for a history novel, but it’s the real story behind…
Sicily unveiled – The cloister of Monreale unveiled
Jean Paul Barreaud unveils the largest cloister in the Middle Ages, the largest in Europe……
Sicilian Music
Sicily is best described, best experienced through her people and their history. One could spend endless hours poring over their ethnology, ethnography and anthropology to understand them or one…
Sicily unveiled – VILLA GIULIA Unveiled
Jean Paul Barreaud today presents Villa Giulia Public garden, a great location because it stands outside Palermo’s old city walls……