are more or less regularly staged at the Museum, the Diocesan Museum and the Gallery of Modern Art in Palazzo San Lorenzo. Theater and music The city is home to three public theaters: the Decurionate (1750 ca.), the Real Bourbon (1819), and the Teatro Verdi (designed by Cesare Bazzani in 1937). Throughout each year, alongside a full season of concerts curated by the Friends of Music, performances such as Verdi operas, a series of shows of prose (in collaboration with the consortium Teatro Pubblico Pugliese) and evenings at the ballet are featured. Concerts of sacred music are held regularly in the churches of the historic center. The iconic Cantina D'Araprì features many music performances, including jazz shows. Education University San Severo's University of Foggia has active courses in nursing, business, viticulture and enology (the science and technology of winemaking). At the former "Pascoli" school building a citadel that will host economics courses is under construction; these courses are currently held temporarily in the Istituto commercial Fraccacreta Angel, while courses on agriculture will be held at the Michele di Sangro Agricultural Institute. Public schools There are five primary schools, four middle schools, and eight high schools (the Gymnasium High School, Liceo Scientifico, Istituto Tecnico Agrario, Commercial Technical Institute, Institute Industrial Technical Professional Institute, Institute for Teaching and Technical Institute for Surveyors). Media The city has several different local newspapers (Il Corriere di San Severo, San Severo Il Giornale, La Gazzetta di San Severo, and the bell tower), and the broadcaster Tele Radio San Severo, which produces Sansevero television and radio broadcastings. People Letters and Science Joseph Annese, writer and poet (1932–1979) Mario Carli, writer and poet (1888–1935) Nino Casiglio, writer (1921–1995) Joseph Rispoli Checchia, geologist and paleontologist (1877–1947) Augustine Colombrita, zoologist (1500 ca.) Michele (Michael) DiCesare, Police Officer (1965–present) Gaetano de Lucretiis, scientist (1745–1817) Angelo Fraccacreta, economist (1882–1951) Matthew Fraccacreta, historian (1772–1857) Umberto Fraccacreta, poet (1892–1947) Alessandro Minuziano, publisher and printer (1450 ca.-1532) Vincenzo Pirro, historical (1938-2009) Gualberto Titta, writer and actor (1906–1999) Matteo Tondi, mineralogist (1762–1835) Michele Zannotti, mathematician Artists Matteo Germano, sculptor (1937–2004) Andrea Pazienza, cartoonist and painter (1956–1988) Salvatore Postiglione, sculptor (1905–1996) Luigi Schingo, painter and sculptor (1891–1976) Gianluigi Tosto, actor (1964) Politicians Luigi Allegato, trade unionist, senator and founding father (1896–1958) Umberto Delle Fave, deputy and senator, minister, president of RAI (1912–1986) Mario Fasino, former president of the Sicilian Region (1920) Raffaele Recca, a lawyer and founding