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
Sat, 09/20/2014 - 03:00
We conclude our series of stories celebrating Sophia Loren, on the occasion of her 80th birthday, with a few clips from famous and less famous movies…
Sat, 09/20/2014 - 02:30
Directed by Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores, “Italy in a Day” captures, as the title suggests, a day in the lives of ordinary Italians - specifically…
Fri, 09/19/2014 - 03:00
[Image: rendering of how Imperial Forums would look like at night with new lighting project.]
The Imperial Forums of Augustus, Trajan and Nerva in Rom…
Fri, 09/19/2014 - 02:30
This month, Eataly New York is celebrating Campania, followed next month by Eataly Chicago.
High-quality food and wine products from 37 producers from…
Thu, 09/18/2014 - 03:00
Former Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi obtained a substantial reduction of the alimony he pays to his former wife this week when a Milan appe…
Wed, 09/17/2014 - 02:45
Throughout her career, Sophia Loren has recorded more than two dozen songs.
A tune she made famous is Bing! Bang! Bong!, which she sang in the 1958…
Wed, 09/17/2014 - 02:30
Performances of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme and Georges Bizet's Carmen are scheduled to take place at Pompeii's newly reopened open-air theater on Sep…
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 02:45
The residence of Emperor Augustus’ wife, Villa of Livia, has reopened to the public after undergoing partial restoration.
The villa, which is located…
Mon, 09/15/2014 - 09:03
For our weekly Word of the Week, we pick grazie – thank you.
Below are a few useful expressions with the word grazie:
Grazie di cuore – thanks from th…
Mon, 09/15/2014 - 05:45
Palazzo Zabarella in Padua is hosting the most complete retrospective ever dedicated to Vittorio Corcos, “Corcos – I sogni della Belle Epoque” (Corcos…
Mon, 09/15/2014 - 04:53
20-year-old Clarissa Marchese from Sicily is the new Miss Italia.
Clarissa was crowned last night in Jesolo. This is the third consecutive year Miss I…
Sun, 09/14/2014 - 03:30
The Jacquemart-Andrè Museum in Paris is hosting a retrospective dedicated to Renaissance master and Raphael’s teacher Perugino.
“Perugino – Master of…
Sun, 09/14/2014 - 03:00
[Image: Pintoricchio, ‘The Coronation of Pope Pius III’ (1509), Duomo of Siena.]
San Gimignano is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the Umbria-born…
Sat, 09/13/2014 - 03:30
Are you headed to Italy to study Italian at a language school (scuola di lingua) here? Here’s some useful school-related vocabulary:
SCUOLA - SCHOOL…
Sat, 09/13/2014 - 02:30
Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis, better known to foreign audiences as the ex-girlfriend of George Clooney, will be tying the knot – just like her…
Fri, 09/12/2014 - 02:00
Falcade, a small village in the Dolomites of Belluno, is hosting an original competition this weekend: the “Giant Polenta Challenge”.
A group of mastr…
Thu, 09/11/2014 - 03:50
One of the world’s largest and most impressive historic boat fleets has sailed into northern Liguria for the Imperia Vintage Yacht Challenge (Vele d’E…
Thu, 09/11/2014 - 02:45
Following a heated debate about the possible temporary transfer of the Riace Bronzes from Calabria to Milan for Expo 2015, Cultural Heritage Minister…
Wed, 09/10/2014 - 06:36
Marcello Mastroianni’s countryside home in Tuscany has been put up for sale for 1.2 million euros.
The 18th century villa, bought by the legendary Ita…
Wed, 09/10/2014 - 05:47
Barbara Serra is an Italian journalist working for Al Jazeera English in London.
Born in Milan in 1974, Barbara moved to Denmark with her family whe…
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