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
Tonight at 8 pm, Daniel Harding will conduct the Orchestra and Chorus of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in its annual Christmas concert.
The orchestra will…
The official mascot of Expo 2015 was sketched by Disney Italia and represents a face made of 11 types of food joined together, resembling a painting b…
The best red wine from Sicily is NeroMaccarj 2009, one the four crus produced by the Catania Family in Pachino, in south-east Sicily, according to the…
The Christmas tree greeting visitors at the entrance of the Re Mida Center near Bologna is both beautiful and environmental-friendly. Made entirely fr…
About a year ago, Italian restaurateur Gilberto Argini came up with the idea of a lasagna kit: a package containing all the ingredients necessary to m…
The red horn of discord. The giant installation in the shape of a horn placed in front of Caserta’s Royal Palace has caused an outcry.
The 70,000-eur…
This year, in Palermo, Christmas trees send a strong anti-mafia message thanks to special decorations distributed around the city by Addiopizzo (goodb…
The first store to feature products made entirely by female detainees opened in Ostuni, near Brindisi, last week in time for Christmas shopping.
The o…
In the photo: the Castle of Miramare in Trieste.
FAI is set to begin working on the 19 Italian sites that were selected as part of the sixth edition o…
In the photo: Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly.
A new Eataly location is set to open today in Florence.
The 2,000-square-meter space in the centrall…
Avete già fatto l'albero di Natale?
(Have you decorated your Christmas tree yet?)
We bet those who follow the tradition of putting up a Christmas tre…
As Nelson Mandela is laid to rest in his home village of Qunu in South Africa, many people around the world are paying him tribute.
In Naples, two loc…
The Christmas tree installed on Milan’s Corso Como had some people amused, others outraged.
Instead of regular decorations, the tree displayed several…
The world’s biggest rideable motorcycle is Italian and was recently entered into the Guinness World Records.
At 5.10 meters high (16ft 8.78 in) and 10…
Pope Francis has just been immortalized as a wax statue, on display inside Rome’s Wax Museum.
The statue was unveiled December 8, after three craftsme…
Six new rooms have opened at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, featuring paintings by Florentine artists of the 17th century.
After the opening of the s…
A celebratory symphonic concert will be held tonight at Venice’s La Fenice Theater to commemorate the 10th anniversary of its reopening, after the 199…
An evening of celebration and entertainment inaugurated last week the reopening of the theater of Villa Torlonia in Rome.
The first and only time that…
La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) has been nominated for a Golden Globe award, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday in Los A…
A grassroots movement was established to oppose the presence of slot machines and video poker games in bars across Italy, which critics say makes it e…
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