A Guide To Your First Time At The Opera
Our opera expert takes you through everything you should know before your first time at the opera.
Natural Wine Is The New Normal
It may not have been love at first sip, but it was a natural kind of progression: a look into natural wine and enotecas with great taste.
Middle of Sicily Caffè
Many Sicilians are not fond of their island’s interior, but I am.
Bari And The Comity Of Commerce
My time in Bari was one soul filling and wallet emptying encounter after another.
All Pezzolo’s A Stage: Trinacria Theatre Company
A small but vibrant arts collective is reviving Sicily's rich tradition of myth and legend.
Behind The Curtain With Maria Francesca Mazzara
We spoke to opera singer Maria Francesca Mazzara about how an international artist dealt with the pandemic — and what we should expect next.
Strolling in Sicily
Nothing much happens during the passeggiata, but that nothing much is plenty.
Does Culture Matter?
Culture is a collection of practices that lie transparently on top of a core humanity that is readable by anyone.
Is Sicilian A Language Or A Dialect?
The monolingual approach adopted for the political aim of making Italians speak with one voice has succeeded. But the campaign has been needlessly costly.
The Stigma Of Speaking A Dialect: The Case Of Sicilian
With the establishment of Florentine as the literary language of choice, all the other regional languages came to be regarded as dialects, creating a unique situation that Italians have struggled with to this day.