Weekend coming up with many demonstrations and events both in Catania but also in the province.
Acireale is preparing to welcome and organize yet another Nivarata, the international festival of Sicilian granita. Catania ‘responds’ with Beer Caania at the Ardizzone Gioieni Institute, with the ‘Galbanetto Tour’ and with the International Day of Italian Historic Houses.
Those who want to take a step back to the 90s can instead go to Afrobar. Adults and children will also be able to go to the Zò Centro Culture Contemporanee to attend two circus and performing arts shows entitled ‘Ethereal’ and ‘Waiting for the miss’.
Finally, the curious will also have the opportunity to discover Catania and its iconic places this week, visiting Palazzo Biscari, the places of Goliarda Sapienza and the Church of San Benedetto.
Appointment from 23 to 26 May 2024 in Piazza Duomo in Acireale with Nivarata – International Festival of Sicilian granita, organized by Conpait, Conpait Sicilia, Peppe Leotta and Fulvio Massimino. This year too it will be possible to taste delicious granitas and fresh sorbets prepared by ice cream makers from all over Italy and overseas. Click here to discover the complete program of the event.
23-24-25-26 May 2024 spring appointment with BeerCatania, the Festival of craft beers and excellences of the Sicilian territory. Where? At the Ardizzone Gioeni Institute in via Etnea 595. FESTIVAL HOURS: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th May opening from 5pm to 2am, Saturday 25th and Sunday 6th opening from 11am to 2am. What will you find? PRODUCERS AREA with the excellence of the Sicilian territory. CRAFT BEER AND LOCAL FOOD STAND over 150 craft beers and appetizing street proposals from local products. TASTINGS, SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS.
Sicilia Gaia organizes a visit dedicated to the halls of the most important aristocratic residence in Catania, Palazzo Biscari; among the most impressive and beautiful in Sicily, defined as the jewel in the crown of Catania baroque. The host Ruggero Moncada will accompany us on an evocative guided tour, where we will retrace the history of eighteenth-century Catania Nobile. Palazzo Biscari, set on the curtain of the walls of Charles V, and remodeled several times throughout the eighteenth century, presents different architectural styles. From ornaments with a typically baroque taste, to neo-classical taste. Chosen for numerous film sets, including Federico De Roberto’s Viceroys, it preserves and preserves a large quantity of particularities and curiosities, thanks, above all, to the extravagance of the two princes Vincenzo and Ignazio who demonstrated that they possessed great imagination that took shape and materialized in pomp.
Galbanetto, the iconic brand of Galbani, part of Lactalis Italia, is preparing to transform the ordinary aperitif into an experience to remember with Galbanetto Aperinetto. This event takes Galbanetto on an engaging tour through three Italian cities, including Catania as the final stop, creating the perfect mix of taste and fun. The third and final stop of the tour will bring Galbanetto to Catania on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, where the brand will preside over the city center for the whole weekend, moving between the most iconic places.
The National Day of the Italian Historic Houses Association is back. The largest widespread museum in Italy reopens its doors on Sunday 26 May: over 550 monuments including castles, fortresses, villas, parks and gardens along the entire peninsula will welcome free of charge all those who want to immerse themselves in timeless places, surrounded by the wonders of the artistic heritage and Italian culture. The initiative, now in its 14th edition, is organized in collaboration with the National Association of Memory Houses, the Italian Federation of Friends of Museums (FIDAM) and Federmatrimoni ed Eventi Privati (Federmep) and has received the patronage of ENIT – National Tourism Agency.
Friday 24 May 2024, starting at 10.30 pm, appointment at the Afrobar with the event entitled ‘I want to go back to the 90s’. The largest live show in Italy which will feature all the hits that made you dance in those years. Flames, confetti, streamers, bubble machines, sparkular, animation, mascots and laser shows. Tickets available at the following link.
Sunday 26 May 2024, starting from 5.00 pm, appointment at the Mondadori Bookstore in Via Gabriele D’Annunzio for the presentation of Sebastiano Lo Monaco’s book entitled ‘A cloudy game’. Free admission. Event moderated by Graziana Licciardi, Bookblogger.
Saturday 25 May third and final appointment at Zo Centro Culture Contemporanee in Catania for Cirque the circus and performing arts festival. There are two performances on the calendar. At 5.30pm the Alcamo artist Agata Leale stages “Eterea”, followed at 6.30pm by “Waiting for the Miss”, a show by and with Miss Jenny Pavone. The shows are recommended for children over the age of 5.
A strong propensity for art and a “problem”, that of distraction, which he will discover only over time to be a strong point and a key to understanding his personal and artistic journey. African blood flows in his veins but he is a self-taught artist. Manuel Badalà, 30 years old, is one hundred percent from Catania. And right in Catania, at the Vermut in via Gemellaro 37/39, he will present, on Sunday 26 May at 6pm, his first exhibition entitled “Perfetto incompleto”.
In continuity with SAPIEN24 – Festival dedicated to the centenary of Goliarda’s birth, the cycle of itineraries dedicated to the writer continues. Each walk develops starting from a text that rediscovers the places in which the writer and the characters in her novels acted through an exploration aimed at enhancing her very personal narrative quality. The objective is also to look at the way in which today these same places, following the story of the demolition and the urban and political interventions on the neighbourhood, are lived, inhabited and experienced by citizens.
Monastic itineraries in Catania. Guided visits to the Diocesan Museum (“Dai Monasteri e Dai Conventi” exhibition and panoramic terrace) and to the churches according to the following calendar:
– 25 May: San Benedetto – 1 June: San Giuliano (church, dome and crypt) – 8 June: SS. Trinità (church and choir loft) and Santa Rita – 15 June: Badia di Sant’Agata (church, choir loft and dome) – 22 June: Santa Chiara and San Nicolò l’Arena (church and gutter walkway).
After the first two evenings last Saturday and Sunday, the 4th edition of the “Alirio Diaz International Guitar Festival” begins on the last weekend, from 24 to 26 May, in the Sacro Cuore Auditorium in Catania, in via Milano 47. , directed by maestro Salvatore Daniele Pidone and organized with the collaboration of the Magma cultural and theatrical centre, the Alirio Diaz cultural association and the Antonio Lauro musical cultural center of Santa Maria di Licodia.
Presentation of the 2022 bestselling book “CODICE RATZINGER”: Conference by the author Andrea Cionci, winner of the 2023 Cartagine International Prize and the 2023 Second Edition Mameli Prize for Non-Fiction. San Giovanni La Punta. Saturday 25 May 2024, 4pm. Hotel Garden – Via Madonna delle Lacrime 12 – San Giovanni La Punta CT. “Codice Ratzinger” published by ByoBlu (340 pages), published on 25 May 2022, is an Italian bestseller according to the rankings of Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 ore, Mondadori and Rizzoli.
The workshop will be dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who distorted the vision of reality with his brushstrokes. Children will immerse themselves in an atmosphere full of colour, thick brushstrokes, references to nature and its inhabitants, becoming the true protagonists of an evocative creative experience. Wear comfortable clothes to “get dirty”.
The air of the continent by Nino Martoglio – Masterpiece of Sicilian theater with a thousand facets. Comic, tragic, full of feelings and bitter irony. The comedy most loved by the public, the most replicated, the one that never tires after over a century. “Scuzzette” – “Marruggi” – “Pipe di rasta” – “Ficudinnia Bastadduni” – and always lots of fun. The air of the continent Saturday 18 May at 9.00pm (With aperitif – Catering Quaranta) €25. Sunday 19 May at 6pm (with liqueur and cantucci) €20. Saturday 25 May at 6pm (show only) €15. Sunday 25 May at 9pm (with liqueur and cantucci) €20.
