Gabi Logan
Articles by Gabi Logan
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 04:43
A new study of Sardinian males demonstrated that short men live an average of two years longer than taller men and challenged the assumption that wome…
Tue, 06/12/2012 - 04:21
Mirandola - San Francesco ChurchThe earthquakes in Emilia on the 20th and 29th of May have displaced more than residents and industries--entire cathed…
Tue, 06/12/2012 - 03:48
"Is he dead or just sleeping?" wonder visitors to Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento's incredibly life-like wax effigy of former Italian Premier Silv…
Mon, 06/11/2012 - 05:11
Fashion designing duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana along with six alleged co-conspirators will soon face trial in Milan for criminal tax evasion…
Fri, 06/08/2012 - 04:41
Beginning today, Milano Convivio takes over Fiera Milano City with a discounted designer shopping experience benefiting AIDS and the victims of the re…
Thu, 06/07/2012 - 04:38
One of the youngest fashion designers in history, 12-year-old Italo-American Cecilia Cassini is starring in her own reality show, "Confessions of a Fa…
Thu, 06/07/2012 - 04:12
After a 6,000 signature petition signed by prominent architects, historians, and concerned citizens, the Italian Minister of the Environment, Corrado…
Tue, 06/05/2012 - 19:55
More than 300.000 40-kilo wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano fell in an enormous domino effect as aging racks toppled into one another during the May earth…
Tue, 06/05/2012 - 09:06
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and one of the wealthiest men in the world, and his new wife, Priscilla Chan, toured Rome, Capri, and…
Tue, 06/05/2012 - 05:03
Vatican City was rocked by three compromising events last week, as documents exposing Vatican infighting and corruption were released, Pope Benedict X…
Mon, 06/04/2012 - 05:03
At the Med-Italian Diet Festival last weekend, the Province of Lecce in Puglia dedicated a 1,400-year-old, 46-foot-diameter olive oil tree to the Firs…
Fri, 06/01/2012 - 04:33
On Saturday the 2nd of June, Italians throughout the country will celebrate the Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day), Italy's main national holiday.…
Thu, 05/31/2012 - 04:40
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Amerigo Vespucci, Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi Foundation celebrates the connections between It…
Thu, 05/31/2012 - 04:33
American soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” shot 10 episodes in Puglia last week, including the long-awaited wedding between Hope and Liam in the…
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 06:37
What does a museum do when it closes for renovations? If it's the Pinacoteca Comunale of Ancona in Le Marche, it takes the show on the road--along wit…
Mon, 05/28/2012 - 05:20
Ferrari opened its first long-term permanent exhibition outside its headquarters in Maranello, Italy, in the Italia Centre at the Shanghai World Expo…
Thu, 05/24/2012 - 00:29
This Saturday the 27th of May, Italian singer and songwriter Nina Zilli will compete in the European Broadcasting Union’s 2012 Eurovision Contest, bec…
Thu, 05/24/2012 - 00:26
Through the 1st of June 2012, New York University’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo in New York City will display rarely-seen works of art by prominent I…
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 04:18
The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace will host the largest ever display of Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings in the exhibition “Leonardo da…
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 04:51
One Italian film is in the running for the Palme d’Or, Grand Prix, and other competition awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival: Reality from dire…