Silvia Donati
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Silvia is ITALY Magazine's Contributing Editor. She graduated from the University of Bologna in Literature and studied Print & Broadcast Journalism at the University of California in Los Angeles, where she has lived, on and off, for several years. She began her career in journalism working for a Southern California news agency before returning to Italy and going freelance. She has written both in English and Italian for a variety of publications; she has covered the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, where she had the chance to interview Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino among others and reported live from the Golden Globes for ANSA. She now specializes in everything Italy-related.
Articles by Silvia Donati
Tue, 08/09/2016 - 05:00
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is scheduled to open this Sunday, August 14. The only institution of its kind in the region, the IAMLA will…
Fri, 08/05/2016 - 00:00
Known primarily for its gorgeous beaches and azure waters, Sardinia is the second largest island in Italy and in the Mediterranean.
However, there’s m…
Tue, 08/02/2016 - 02:00
Fiore sardo is Sardinia’s signature cheese, now a Slow Food presidium, established to protect the ancient traditions of Sardinian shepherds, the first…
Fri, 07/29/2016 - 00:00
For an active Puglia vacation, and for a chance to fully – and slowly - appreciate the region’s landscape, consider adding a hiking excursion to your…
Thu, 07/28/2016 - 08:10
If you’re in Puglia this August, you may stumble upon one of the region’s biggest music festivals: La Notte della Taranta. The itinerant festival is a…
Tue, 07/26/2016 - 03:00
Puglia’s Mediterranean climate, with its generally hot weather, constant sunshine and sea breezes, has created the ideal environment for viticulture. …
Fri, 07/22/2016 - 00:00
They look like fortresses, their white stones shining against the blue backdrop of the sea. The cathedrals built along the coast to the north of Bari…
Thu, 07/21/2016 - 07:35
The world’s number one chef, Modena-born Massimo Bottura, and the legendary Italian American actor Robert De Niro, have teamed up to fight food waste…
Fri, 07/15/2016 - 00:00
The beauty of Italy lies in the diversity of its landscapes: besides its well-known cities filled with historic monuments and artistic treasures, the…
Thu, 07/14/2016 - 06:00
With roughly 60 million olive trees, Puglia produces 40% of Italy’s olive oil, which is considered to be some of the best in the country. Want to try…
Thu, 07/07/2016 - 04:00
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had German and Norman blood, but always felt that Italy, and especially Puglia, was his home. A lover of art and scien…
Fri, 07/01/2016 - 04:50
New Series: Where to Find Italy in America. This is the first article in what we hope will become a series, part of our Italian-American section, devo…
Thu, 06/30/2016 - 03:00
While Basilicata is mostly a mountainous region, it features a number of beaches as it is touched by the Ionian sea on the east coast and Tyrrhenian o…
Tue, 06/28/2016 - 04:00
For eight centuries, the Cathedral of Santa Maria della Bruna has stood against Matera’s famous Sassi. Rising majestically over Matera’s highest point…
Thu, 06/23/2016 - 05:15
A mountainous region rich in pastures and forests, surrounded by two seas, the Ionian on one side, the Thyrrenian on the other, Basilicata boasts a va…
Thu, 06/23/2016 - 03:10
“Aglianico is probably the grape with the longest consumer history of all,” oenologist and winemaker Denis Dubordieu has said. Winemaking in Basilicat…
Mon, 06/20/2016 - 04:00
A 3-km (1.9-mile) walkway has been installed on Lake Iseo in the northern region of Lombardy for people to ‘walk on water’, as the artist behind the l…
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 00:00
Here's your summer guide to Italy's top events and festivals during our favorite season, l'estate.
Verona Opera Season – June 24-August 28
On June 24,…
Wed, 06/15/2016 - 11:00
There’s more to Pisa than the Leaning Tower. In fact, there’s another tower that just opened to the public boasting quite an intriguing story.
Th…
Thu, 06/09/2016 - 09:00
Deep in the valleys of Basilicata, set amid the lunar landscape of the ‘calanchi’ (badlands) made famous by Carlo Levi’s novel Christ Stopped at Eboli…
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