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
The historic Royal Villa in Monza is opening to the public after a long restoration project.
Built for the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by Giuseppe P…
Rumors have been circulating for a while about an impending Venice wedding for George Clooney and fiancée Amal Alamuddin.
Now the rumors seem to be co…
Almond Affogato was the winning flavor at the Grand Finale of the Gelato World Tour, held in Rimini last weekend.
Twenty-four gelato artisans from all…
It’s back to school time in Italy! So our Word of the Week is SCUOLA.
Not all Italian regions and towns begin school on the same day, and today was th…
For the first time this year, the Chianti Classico grape harvest in Tuscany will also be produced by a Chinese company.
The Chinese businessman You Yi…
The 22nd edition of the Festival del Peperoncino (Chili Pepper Festival) is set to begin in Diamante, a coastal town in the southern region of Calabri…
Practiced in the Venetian lagoon for thousands of years, the Regata Storica (Historic Regatta) returns to Venice this Sunday, September 7.
It is a hig…
[Image: Giovanni Fattori, Donna al Gabbro (Woman of the Gabbro), 1886-1887, etching, The Ahmanson Foundation]
Eighty works, including drawings,…
Since 1984, upon entering the tiny Tuscan town of Pieve Santo Stefano, visitors have been greeted by two signs: below the official name sign is a yell…
The 14th annual Festival della Cucina Italiana (Festival of Italian Food) is scheduled to take place this weekend in Rimini.
The event, free to the pu…
If you’re in the New York/New Jersey area, head to the Hoboken Italian Festival this weekend.
Celebrating its 87th year, the festival will be held at…
The European Commission has approved a financial aid package to help dairy producers hit by the Russian ban on imports of food products from Europe.…
One of the oldest religious traditions from Lazio returns to Viterbo on the evening of September 3, when La Macchina di Santa Rosa (Tower of Santa Ros…
Are you dreaming of flying to Italy right now? Perhaps you are indeed about to fly to il bel paese – or, sadly, you have just flown back home. Since s…
In the heart of the artisan neighborhood of Florence, Santo Spirito, where, since the Middle Ages, craftsmen have patiently handcrafted objects of var…
How about a working farm vacation in the Italian countryside to cure your stress – perhaps at Sting’s own Tuscan farmhouse?
That’s right, the British…
A bolt of lightning has damaged an outer wall of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padova, prompting fear that the precious early 14th century frescoes by Giott…
The Milan World Expo does not begin until May 1, 2015, but 2.5 million tickets have already been sold for the Italian pavilion.
"We have the absolute…
A painting hidden in the corner of a tiny church in the parish of San Paolo in Arezzo could be the work of the great early Renaissance painter Piero d…
A leading Italian art scholar has been appointed Senior Curator of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, one of the museum's top posts…
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