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
2014 is ending and a new year is about to begin, so our Word of the Week is anno, year.
The plural is anni, years.
New Year's Eve is Capodanno - the n…
The annual Christmas concert from the Basilica Superiore of Assisi will be aired in Eurovision on Rai Uno on Christmas Day, after the Pope’s blessing…
Umbria has launched a project, "Umbria Underground", to promote the many underground sites the region boasts, most of which are unknown to visitors.…
Twenty tapestries, representing one of the greatest works of tapestry made in Italy during the Renaissance, are to be reunited in an itinerant exhib…
Five new exhibition halls are set to open at the famous Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice in late April 2015, shortly before the beginning of Milan’s…
Spend Christmas at the home of any family in the region of Emilia and you can be sure to find cotechino and zampone at the table. Let me tell you that…
[Illuminated Christmas tree and Nativity Scene on St. Peter's Square from past years.]
The annual Christmas tree lighting on St. Peter’s Square at th…
A high-speed train service between Rome’s Fiumicino Airport and Venice Mestre was launched on December 14, as part of a 3-billion-euro project aimed a…
Catholics in Italy just recently celebrated the Feast Day of Santa Lucia, on December 13. St. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind and those with eye…
Not many people seem to be familiar with a pasta dressing originating from the Amalfi Coast, specifically from the maritime village of Cetara: colatur…
[Image: Lucy before the judge, Lorenzo Lotto, 1523-1532]
Every December 13, Italy celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Lucy, a young Christian martyr who…
Italian actress Monica Bellucci is set to star in the 24th installment of the James Bond franchise as the new “Bond girl”.
Director Sam Mendes announc…
Music and opera lovers are looking forward to the opening of La Scala's season, scheduled for tonight. Traditionally, the season opens on 7 December,…
The largest ancient Roman basin ever found was discovered this week in an excavation site dug while working on Rome’s new C metro line.
“It's so big t…
Between the last week of November and the first of December, many ski resorts begin to open, officially launching the year’s ski season. With mild tem…
Hailed as "the only floating Nativity Scene in the world", the presepe in the small fishing village of Cesenatico in Emilia-Romagna is an annual tradi…
The grape cultivation technique used on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria to grow the prized Zibibbo grape was inscribed last week onto UNESCO’s Worl…
This Sunday, December 7, Italy’s most famous opera theater, La Scala in Milan, inaugurates its annual opera season, awaited with anticipation by music…
The world’s most popular tenor, Andrea Bocelli, is out with a new CD (just in time to make for a wonderful Christmas present), “Opera - The Ultimate C…
In an interesting “twist of nationalities” on The X Factor, an Italian man is charming audiences and judges on the UK edition of the talent show, whil…
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