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Sicily: When Farmers Hold Their Pitchforks

Francesca Giuliani

The haulers' and farmers' unrest in Sicily will last for five more days. In the meantime, Sicilians spend up to €3 a liter for gas.

Sicily: The Business Island in the Sun

Charles Scicolone

Wine, Olive Oil, Pasta, Coffee Sicily has it All!

Two Italian Master Chefs at the International Day of Italian Cuisines

Michele Scicolone

Two days of cooking demonstrations and tastings culminated in master classes with Chefs Gennaro Esposito of Torre del Saraceno in Vico Equense and Pino Cuttaia of La Madia in...

AcquAria, the Sound of the Sicilian Sea

Iwona Adamczyk

Drawing inspiration from Sicily, its culture, people, history and music, AcquAria is a goup that carries the audience to faraway sandy beaches, “it is the force of desire and...

BAMcinématek Presents The Complete Vincente Minnelli

N. L.

The 35-film series pays homage to one of the all-time great Hollywood directors of Italian descent, with a career that included successful forays into the musical (which earned...

A Sicilian mechanic, a New York Legacy

Gabrielle Pati

The Second Annual Domenico (“Domenick”) Spadaro Memorial Drive was held on Saturday August 13, 2011 in White Plains, NY in honor of the beloved Sicilian garagiste whose unique...

At Lampedusa, “The End of the World”

Judith Harris

The Sicilian island where hope and desperation coexist has become a prime transit site for illegal immigrants hoping to make it into Europe

On Both Sides of the Atlantic, Pride in Anti-Mob Action

Judith Harris

While in New York nearly 125 are arrested in “the largest mob roundup in F.B.I. history," Italian Senator and former governor of Sicily Salvatore Cuffaro is sentenced to 7 years...

Two New Cookbooks Capture the Flavors of Puglia and Sicily

Michele Scicolone

Two Italian cookbooks published in English translation capture the colors and flavors of Puglia and Sicily. They are part of a new culinary series from Oronzo Editions.

CGNY Go to Sicily. For a Common Ground Among Young Italians and Italian Americans

Kristine Jannuzzi

CGNY’s activities range from a night of tombola and pizza, to a soccer match, to a full-scale young Italian music festival and the Miss Italia Nel Mondo NY competition. More...

Move over, Tony Soprano—you’ve had it

Judith Harris

"The era of the Corleonesi is definitely at an end." We are witnessing "the mutation of the Mafia strategy into one that is clearly based on finance." (Antonio Ingroia,...

A Spring Break in Italy with NOIAW

Marina Melchionda

The National Organization of Italian American Women, in collaboration with ANFE (Associazione Nazionale Famiglie Emigranti), is organizing a trip to Sicily (Palermo, Catania, and...

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