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ITALIAN AMERICAN BOY BATTERED BY BIGOTRY

My Sicilian mamma Crucifessa worked at home selling homes to Italians. She also embroidered and sewed to earn extra cash. My Papa was totally...

Food & Wine

Book Reviews

Women’s Cooking: Tales & Recipes from Filicudi

If Sicily is in some respects removed from the Italian mainland, then the Aeolian Islands are to a degree removed from Sicily, and...

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Entertainment

Exhibition in Palermo: When Masayoshi Sukita Photographed David Bowie

It seems like Masayoshi Sukita and David Bowie were soul mates who were destined to come together in the name of art. You only...
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Nuovo Cinema Paradiso & the Train That Keeps Leaving

The train leaves the station in black and white — a departure that feels eternal. I remember my own small cinema, Arena Re, where summer smelled of dust and jasmine, and I too, like Totò, ran between rows of colored chairs, collecting tickets and dreams.

The Sun Thief

Having just finished The Magic of Silence by Florian Illies about the mystical, enigmatic Caspar David Friedrich, and lamenting the fact that he never...

 SYMPHONY OF SOUNDS

A sweet symphony of sounds greeted me when my bus delivered me to Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. I looked down at my ancestral village—a...

Pietro Pisani: Mental Health Pioneer

In these uncertain times, we’ve all been focusing a little bit more on the theme of mental health. When normal life gets suspended, and...

The Women of Casa Florio: Faces of a Divine Sicily – Photography Exhibition

The Associazione Culturale Casa Florio is happy to announce the first photography exhibition entirely dedicated to the female figures of the Florio family entitled...

Sicilian Language Topics

Spanish Echoes in Sicilian Speech

The author's journey through language begins in a Spanish class in Barcelona, where Sicilian resonates as a familiar presence. Discovering shared vocabulary reveals deep historical ties between Sicilian and Spanish due to centuries of influence. The narrative explores linguistic connections, memories, and the enduring essence of words, emphasizing the beauty of language as a shared heritage.

Superstitions, folktales and incantations from Sicily

Under the surface of established religion in Sicily there is an ancient faith which has existed for longer than Catholicism and still thrives in...

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