Sicily Guide

If you love tuna, this is the festival for you. Bonagia (Valderice) e Favignana in the Trapani province will be hosting a tuna festival. There will be guided tours, concerts, shows and tastings for everybody.

For more information, visit Rassegna Bonton (in Italian)

Sicilian wines are Sicily’s best ambassador. I will never stop saying that. This time they are present at the Milan Fashion Week from February 16 though 23. Fifty different wineries are presenting their label during the event.

A friend was kind enough to send me some pictures of the Carnevale 2008 in Acireale!

The internationally famous Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore (Almond Festival) in Agrigento risked being cancelled this year because the city said there was no money for its promotion. The Siciliam Region stepped out to save the event and promised some money. The head of the tourism department of the Sicilian Region, Dore Misuraca, affirmed that it will be added 130,000 Euros to the 202,000 Euros the Region was expected to give.

I guess it is always public money that saves everything at the end. God bless the Sicilian taxpayers!

For more information on the past editions, please visit www.mandorloinfiore.net

During these days, Sicily Wine Travels and the Sicilian Trade Cooperation for Fishing are presenting the “Azzurro SicilyFest”, an event to promote the Pesce Azzurro (blue fish) to New York. Pesce azzurro is a generic category that includes different varieties of salt-water fish high in Omega-3’s, such as: sardines, anchovies, mackerel and sprats.

For the New York “first edition”, chefs include Andreas Zangerl of Casa Grugno in Taormina, Vincenzo Candiano of don Serafino in Ragusa and Accursio Craparo of Gazza Ladra in Modica. The participating New York restaurants are Esca, Felidia and San Domenico.

While the premiere of “Azzurro Sicilyfest” is for food, trade, and health professional, the objective is to raise awareness among American consumers of the superior quality of the Sicilian pesce azzurro.

Using photos and narratives, the exhibit opens on November 4, 2007 and stays open through February 3, 2008. Sicilian Crossings: Sicilian Emigration to America and the Derived Communities tells the story of one of the largest groups of immigrants to come through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.

This exhibit explores the economic and political reasons for the emigration of Sicilians from different geographic regions in the late 1880s through the first half of the 20th century. It depicts the life they left behind, their journey across the Atlantic, their adjustment to a new world, and their establishment of ethnic communities in the United States.

For more information http://www.statueofliberty.org/Ellis_Museum.html
How to get there

Palermo offers La Via dei Tesori to the public: convents, buildings, gardens usually closed will stay open for a month.

Here is the list of the places:

1- Botanico

2- B. Museo Doderlein

3- C. Palazzo Steri

4- D. Cappella S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

5- E. Museo Gemmellaro

6- F. Museo di Radiologia

7- G. Collezione di Ingegneria

8- H. Cripta delle Repentite

9- I. Convento di S. Antonino

10- J. Aereo G59

11- K. Carcere dei Penitenziati

12- L. Osservatorio Astronomico

13- M. Fossa della Garofala

14- N. Hotel de France

Map
Photo Gallery
Official Site (italian only)

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One of our readers was so kind to send pictures and her story from the Trapani Cento Cup (see below). This is awesome. Thank you very much!

James Spithill (left) and crew

Paolo Cian

Regatta by night

Trapani Cento Cup 2007

Yesterday we went to the Trapani Cento Cup. Unfortunately we missed the start of the regatta by only a few minutes. It also started raining. After having searched for an hour (as no one was available at the information desk) we found the boats in open sea, small like miniatures and we couldn’t really understand what was going on, but at least it stopped raining.

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This year the Cento Cup, a trial on invitation to the world circuit of match races and the duels of the America’s Cup, is taking place in sea of Trapani from October 3 through 7.

Some of the best sailing experts of the world will compete against each other attracting numerous fans of this sport. Among the participants will be former members of teams such as Luna Rossa Challenge and +39 Challenge from the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia.

Click on image to view routes

Read more at TrapaniCentoCup.com (Italian only)

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Carmen Consoli performed in Central Park in New York, at the Delacorte Theater, on Tuesday September 25. The concert, part of a two-week series organized by the Joe’s Pub in Central Park, also included the performances by Luciana Souza and Morley. Carmen, a talented singer originally from Catania, brought a little bit of Sicily in the heart of the Big Apple and delighted a small crowd with her lyrics.

Here is a streaming video of her singing Maria Catena at the Delacorte Theater.

Introducing the song Masino in English…

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