Editing Catania (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Catania BW 2012-10-06 11-11-06.jpg|thumb|left|[[Teatro Massimo Bellini]]]]
Opera composer [[Vincenzo Bellini]] was born in [[Palazzo Gravina-Cruyllas]] in the city center, the palace now houses a museum about him. The [[Teatro Massimo Bellini|Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini]], which opened in 1890, presents a variety of works through a season, which run from December to May, including the works of its namesake.

[[Giovanni Verga]] was born in Catania in 1840.<ref name="Verga">{{Cite book |last=Drabble |first=Margaret |author-link=Margaret Drabble |year=1985 |edition=5th |location=London |publisher=Guild Publishing |page=1026 |title=The Oxford Companion to English Literature |chapter=Verga, Giovanni }}</ref> He became the greatest writer of ''[[Verismo (literature)|Verismo]]'', an Italian [[List of literary movements|literary movement]] akin to [[Naturalism (literature)|Naturalism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Drabble |first=Margaret |author-link=Margaret Drabble |year=1985 |edition=5th |location=London |publisher=Guild Publishing |page=1026 |title=The Oxford Companion to English Literature| chapter=Verismo }}</ref> His novels portray life among the lower levels of Sicilian society, such as fishermen and stonemasons, and were written in a mixture of both literary language and the local dialect.<ref name="Verga"/> [[Francesco Longo Mancini]] was a painter known for his paintings of nudes, who was born in Catania in 1880.

[[File:Candelore-1994.gif|thumb|upright|right|Saint [[Agatha of Sicily|Agatha]] Festival in February 1994]]
[[File:Catania I cannalori.jpg|thumb|left|[[Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)|Festival of Saint Agatha]] in 1915]]
The city's [[patron saint]] is [[Agatha of Sicily|Saint Agatha]], who is celebrated with religious pageantry, the [[Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania)|Festival of Saint Agatha]], on 5 February every year.

The city is the base of the newspaper ''[[La Sicilia]]'' and of the TV channel [[Antenna Sicilia]], also known as the [[Sicilia Channel]]. Several other [[Television channel|local television]] channels and free-press magazines have their headquarters in Catania.

Catania hosts [[Etna Comics]], a successful [[comic book convention]] now in its 12th edition, and the [[Catania Tango Festival]], an international [[Tango]] event. Its 22nd edition has welcomed tango dancers from 27 different countries, confirming the festival as one of the most important international events in its genre.

The city is home to the [[Catania Jazz Festival]], which typically runs for several winter months with concerts in different locations.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.traghettiper-sicilia.it/en/tp-magazine/catania-jazz-festival-2017/|ref={{harvid|Catania Jazz Festival – Traghettiper-sicilia}}
 |title=Catania Jazz Festival|publisher=Traghettiper-sicilia.it|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> In the late 1980s and during the 1990s Catania had an energetic and unique [[popular music]] scene. [[Indie pop]] and [[indie rock]] bands, local radio stations, and dynamic [[independent music]] record labels sprung up as a result. As a result, in those years the city experienced a vital and effervescent cultural period. Artists like [[Carmen Consoli]] and [[Mario Venuti]], and internationally known indie rock bands like [[Uzeda]] came out of this cultural ''milieu''.