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Just How Romantic is “Marriage Italian Style,” Really?

by Eric Millman | Tue, 02/13/2024 - 02:50

It’s looking to be a cold and wet Valentine’s Day on this side of the tracks, and what better way to spend the evening than snuggled up for a classic romantic…

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Bologna Revives a Local Icon With Reopening of the Cinema Modernissimo

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 11/29/2023 - 16:00

Bologna still has faith in the big screen — and the brick-and-mortar spaces that house it. The city’s historic Modernissimo cinema, which first opened in…

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Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Italy Faces a Reckoning

by Mary Gray | Thu, 11/23/2023 - 02:00

Italian events and initiatives to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which falls on November 25, are expected to be…

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Gabriele Basilico’s Milan: What the “Boring” Corners of Italy’s Design Capital Can Reveal

by Laurence Connell | Tue, 11/21/2023 - 13:30

Le Mie Cittá — “my cities” — is an appropriate title for the major new Gabriele Basilico exhibition held between the Triennale di Milano and the Palazzo Reale…

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The secret room beneath the New Sacristy at San Lorenzo

A “Secret Michelangelo Room” is Opening in Florence. Can it Tell Us Anything New?

by Laura Morelli | Tue, 11/14/2023 - 04:45

It was the discovery of a lifetime. In 1975, Paolo dal Poggetto, director of the Medici Chapels of San Lorenzo in Florence, was looking for a way to funnel the…

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The Department of Humanities at the University of Catania

5 of the Most Interesting University Libraries in Italy

by Jessica Lionnel | Thu, 09/28/2023 - 05:00

With summer holidays now well behind us, schoolchildren across Italy are all busily back at their banchi (desks). University students typically get a somewhat…

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Italy and the Hollywood Writers’ Strike, Then and Now

by Eric Millman | Mon, 08/28/2023 - 10:10

As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approaches its fifth month on strike, with the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio…

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The Surreal Success Story of One Formerly Abandoned Island of the Venetian Lagoon

by Alex Sakalis | Wed, 08/23/2023 - 04:00

The gloomy landscape of the Venetian lagoon has often surprised those who associate it with Venice and nothing else. “This damp expanse, speckled with islets,…

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In Barga, a Fish and Chips Festival Merges Small-Town Comfort and Cosmopolitanism

by Annalisa Coppo… | Mon, 07/31/2023 - 13:27

On the brink of “middle age,” Barga’s Fish and Chips Festival is still feeling young and healthy. This could be the slogan for the 41st edition of the quirky,…

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Ponte Buriano Bridge, Ponte Buriano, Arezzo, Tuscany / Photo: modio media

In Tuscany’s Arno Valley, New Evidence Sparks Rivalry Over Mona Lisa’s Mystery Bridge

by Gia Marie Amella | Thu, 06/15/2023 - 05:05

Everything that’s Tuscany is right here in the Valdarno southeast of Florence. Chianti’s vineyards are nearby. So are Arezzo and Siena, hilltop hamlets as far…