Nightlife in Sicily means, by and large, nightlife in Sicilian cities, or their beachside satellites. Catania arguably boasts the island's most vibrant music scene, closely followed by Palermo.

Eight months ago, as he whipped up Sicilian voters with the slogan, “Sicily for the Sicilians. Down with the mainland,” owl-eyed Silvio Milazzo (TIME, June 22) indignantly denied that he was ...