The beautiful Sicilian city of Agrigento, one of Tampa’s 11 Sister Cities, has been awarded the title of Italian Capital of Culture for the year 2025. Special events and celebrations, together with enhanced tourist attractions, will highlight the city’s historic values and natural beauty. As many Tampa natives and longtime residents trace their roots in the Agrigento province, we are honored to join in the festivities and showcase the rich array of activities that the year-long program will offer
Approximately 90% of Tampa’s Italian American community traces its ancestry to towns in the Province of Agrigento, like Bivona, Cianciana, Alessandria della Rocca, and Santo Stefano Quisquina. In order to preserve the special friendship that unites the Tampa Bay area with these towns, a new agreement is about to be signed to formalize relations between Tampa and our ancestral Sicilian towns. The official affiliation agreement will be formally signed in Tampa during this event. The aim is to foment tourism, educational and cultural exchange programs, and trade
Thanks to the extraordinary work of faculty and students of the USF Institute of Digital Exploration, time travel is never been closer. Employing cutting-edge technology, IDEx teams have spent countless hours 3D mapping monuments, objects, and archaeological sites to let “digital explorers” experience a full immersion in our history. Don’t miss this opportunity to visit the past, listen to scholars sharing stories about their findings, and watch ancient jewelry and everyday objects being 3D-printed back to life under your very eyes!
The Italian heritage we all know and love is the taste of timeless Italian culinary specialties! Several renowned local restaurants will bring their most cherished dishes to delight us with their cuisine. Delicious samplings of Italian antipasto items and sips of wine, also available for purchase through donations to the Sons of Italy Lodge, will be offered in our tasting areas
Sicily is a magical place, rich in history and filled with colors, fragrances, silences, and sounds. Travel with us into the sound of this region with traditional Sicilian dances to be performed by the students of ON THE EDGE @FRANKREYDANCE STUDIO
Olive oil has been around at least since 4000 BC, and it is considered a staple ingredient of the Mediterranean diet. Learn with us how pure Extra Virgin Olive Oil is made in Italy to this day, and taste its flavors with COSTIERA Extra Virgin Olive Oil
How is sweet or dry wine made? Why does it turn into vinegar if not carefully produced? PARDO WINE GRAPES will display and share wine-making tools and methods and the folk science behind its thousand-year old history
LANDSCAPES AND FLAVORS: A MAGICAL TRIP
Distinguished USF Professor Santo V. Nicosia, author of “Travels and Food for Body and Soul” will join us to sign his book and tell us about his long journeys throughout Southern Italy and his explorations of the Mediterranean diet
ITALIAN STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES
Italian Studies at USF, singlehandedly founded by Prof. LaTrecchia in 2004, allows students to gain proficiency in Italian language and acquire a thorough knowledge of Italian cultural history in a transnational perspective. The courses provide a multidisciplinary approach to the study of food culture as well as environmental issues. The program prepares students to become receptive to the global concerns of our society increasing their capabilities in writing, speaking, intercultural literacy, and effective citizenship, all skills that are useful in a variety of professions.
Each ticket includes tastings at all restaurant exhibitors, samplings at the tasting area, and wine tastings (21+ only)After January 15 the ticket price will increase $5 each
Children up to 10 years of age have free admission. Please reserve tickets here for your little ones.
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