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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 05:35

More than two thousand years after her death, the allure and mystery surrounding the last queen of Egypt remains very much alive. Now a major exhibition in…

Lifestyle

A Marathon Among Art Treasures To Help Safeguard Italy’s Heritage

by Silvia Donati | Sat, 10/12/2013 - 05:00

[In the photo: the Certosa di San Martino in Naples] 90 cities around Italy will host the second annual FAI Marathon on Sunday, the only…

Italy Celebrates the Food of the Gods with Chocoday

by Katia Amore | Sat, 10/12/2013 - 04:00

On Saturday, October the 12th, Italy celebrates Chocoday, a day dedicated to quality chocolate, and promoted by the organizers of Perugia's famous chocolate…

Food & Drink

Fake Parmesan, Asiago and Pecorino Seized at International Food Fair

by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 10/11/2013 - 05:09

Italian products are famous and loved across the world and carry with them a value as a brand that many want to exploit. In the latest such case, counterfeit…

Culture

Leonardo’s Codex On The Flight Of Birds On Show At Smithsonian

by Carol King | Thu, 10/10/2013 - 11:30

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Codex on the Flight of Birds’, possibly one of the world’s most famous notebooks, is on show at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space…

Culture

Riccardo Muti Leads Chicago Symphony Orchestra On Verdi's 200th Birthday

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/10/2013 - 05:06

Italian conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti will lead the combined forces of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the…

Lifestyle

Italian Production Designer Dante Ferretti is Celebrated at MoMA

by Silvia Donati | Sat, 10/05/2013 - 04:00

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. 2007. Directed by Tim Burton The MoMA of New York is celebrating the work of Dante Ferretti - the award-…

Buona Festa dei Nonni - Happy Grandparents Day

by Katia Amore | Wed, 10/02/2013 - 09:49

Today Italy celebrates Italian grandparents with la Festa dei Nonni. Grandparents Day is a celebration introduced in Italy on the 31st of July 2005, to…

Culture

What's On: Italy-Related Exhibitions In The USA

by Carol King | Tue, 10/01/2013 - 07:00

In the picture: "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (c. 1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi A round up of some of the exhibitions in the USA featuring Italian arts and…

Culture

Italy Celebrates the European Heritage Days

by Katia Amore | Sat, 09/28/2013 - 05:10

On Saturday, September 28th, Italy will celebrate the European Heritage Days, a cultural event first conceived by the European Council in 1991 as a way to…