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 New York Film Food Festival awarded one of its prestigious filmmaking awards to an Italian video, “That’s Mandorlato.” The video, made by Aromicr…
In the words of CNN, which compiled a list of Europe’s 12 most impressive metro stations, “more than 150 years after the London Underground opened, th…
The lemon grove (limonaia) at the Boboli Gardens in Florence will be open to visitors starting today, for ten mornings until April. Visitors will have…
Pompeii, 79 A.D. Milo is an enslaved gladiator in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corru…
The museum with the largest collection of Apple memorabilia pieces is, oddly enough, in Savona, in the northern region of Liguria. The All About Apple…
San Antonio Spurs' Marco Belinelli won the Three-Point Contest at NBA All-Star Saturday night. He scored an impressive 24 points in the tiebreaker fi…
“Birthplace” is a short documentary film that tells the story of elders in a rural Italian village who cling to memories of the past and the deeper me…
Some big names in fashion and entrepreneurship have gotten together to form the non-profit association “Patrons of the Galleria Borghese,” to support…
A cemetery dating to the 5th-6th century AD resurfaced below the Uffizi Gallery in Florence during the excavation works to expand the museum. Workers…
The Carnival of Foiano is held every year in the Tuscan city of Foiano della Chiana, 28 km from Arezzo. It claims to be the oldest carnival in Italy,…
Who would have thought that a chocolate praline born to avoid wasting pieces of hazelnut from other food productions would become a symbol of love, re…
The much-awaited Carnevale di Venezia kicks off Saturday, February 15. This year’s theme is “La natura fantastica,” in celebration of a fairy-like car…
There has been much talk of Italy, and Apulia especially, in the Japanese press lately. Utada Hikaru, one of Japan’s most famous and beloved pop stars…
What better place to celebrate Valentine’s Day than in the hometown of literature’s most famous lovers, Romeo and Juliet?  Plus, Valentine’s Day…
The historic building that housed the Italian Embassy in Washington will be turned into a luxury condominium. The Neo-Renaissance building dates back…
Last Sunday, Swiss citizens voted in a referendum to impose caps on immigrants, including people from the European Union. 50.4% of voters supported th…
George Clooney, Matt Damon and the cast of “Monuments Men” are currently in Italy to promote the film, scheduled to be released on February 13. In Mi…
Ah, to be in love in Italy! Doesn’t it sound like the most romantic thing? For all our readers who are in love, and for all those who will soon be, he…
Drawings by Michelangelo and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci’s baptism certificate, as well as texts featuring his notes, a lecture by Galileo on Dante’s I…
Crazy parking in Rome may be getting to an end – thanks to Twitter. Raffaele Clemente, the recently appointed head of Rome's traffic police, has set u…

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