U.N. - 10 Dicembre 2020 Mazara Fishermen in Libya: Strong Message from the Bishop, but for Whom? Meanwhile, La Voce di New York asked both the UN Secretary General and the General Assembly UN President spokespersons if a military intervention by the Italian government to free its fishermen caught in international waters would be considered legal.
U.N. - 1 Dicembre 2020 UN is Working to Free Mazara Fishermen Imprisoned in Libya for Three Months Leggi in italiano Three months after the capture of the 18 fishermen of Maraza Del Vallo, the UN, during today’s press conference, declared to La Voce di New York that it is directly involved in finding the solution for the seafarers’ release. The militias of General Khalifa Haftar had kidnapped them on the evening of September […]
Arts - 24 Novembre 2020 Trinacria Company, the American Theater Company Inspired by Sicily Sometimes it’s easy to claim to be an Italian ‘business’ when you have Italian origins but, being 100% Italian, I can tell you that very often under the Italian cover there is no Italian book at all! What really caught my attention about the company, more than the fact that it’s inspired by South Italy’s traditions and myths (so rich in stories to be told and therefore a perfect source for a theater company) is that it dives right into the direct experience.
Arts - 13 Agosto 2020 Epicharmus, Pirandello and Sciascia All Tell Us Sicilians Have No Sense of Humor The emblem for Pirandellian humor is the god Janus who has two faces, one that laughs and one that cries, or as Pirandello said, the face that laughs is laughing at the crying face. And it is the most characteristic form of Sicilian humor embodying the sweet and the sour, the comic and the tragic and seems to emerge from that complex and divided soul that Sicilian share, always flavored with a taste of that italicum acetum (Italian vinegar) that somehow colors everything Sicilian.
Lingua Italiana - 5 Agosto 2020 How American Officers Learned “Sicul-english” to Fight the Mafia in the ’60’s The most pernicious shortcoming of these texts is the characterization of Sicilians as gangsters, devoted to robbing banks, smuggling drugs, and engaging in countless other criminal activities. I see these teaching materials as one more example of the unfair campaign of negative characterization of Sicilians from their arrival to the US. Creating a Sicilian language textbook whose main characters are Sicilian thieves and murderers is simply inexcusable.
Arts - 3 Agosto 2020 Dolce and Gabbana’s Love for Sicily: Art, Family, Respect, Culture and Flavors In Italiano “Devotion” is the title of the documentary movie about the two fashion geniuses and ambassadors of Sicilian beauty, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana; directed by the Oscar awarded director Giuseppe Tornatore, that the two fondly call “Peppuccio” in the video introduction to the docu-film. A special soundtrack was signed by the late Maestro […]
Arts - 22 Maggio 2020 Gabriella Giuntoli, Passionate and Poetic Architect, Savior of Pantelleria Contrary to conventional wisdom, architecture is not just another trade, and the architect’s value cannot be measured by his or her economic success. There are still a few lyrical designers who feel they have a mission to accomplish, and work to convey their existential philosophy. Gabriella is one of them, an architectural poet and also the individual who has most contributed to save and enhance the island of Pantelleria.
Arts - 5 Novembre 2019 Sicilian Singer-Songwriter Carmen Consoli Returns to New York with Echo of Sirens After a decade away, the acclaimed Sicilian singer-songwriter brings her "Eco di Sirene" tour to the US, with stopovers in Cuba and Chile. Consoli, touring with two women musicians, says her current show is “a rock concert for cello, violin, guitar and voice.” Her only New York appearance will be at New York’s Angel Orensanz Center on November 11.
People - 26 Luglio 2019 Italian Mystery Writer Andrea Camilleri Keeps Montalbano on the Case Camilleri has plenty of ideas and a dozen manuscripts in the pipeline. The last installment of the Montalbano series is ready for publication upon the author’s demise or incapacitation. “I do have a bit of a Sicilian thing, superstition let’s say, so I invented a solution. . . "
Arts - 18 Luglio 2019 Camilleri, Creator of Inspector Montalbano, Gave Sicily to the World Like Elena Ferrante, Camilleri is a ‘glocal’ author who manages to turn the local into the global, telling stories that are rooted deeply in Sicily while simultaneously representing the universal human conflicts that every reader can identify with.