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
Italian cinema is well represented at the 26th edition of the European Film Awards, with two movies out of six nominated in the category of best film…
Temperatures are dropping everywhere in Italy and, although it is not officially winter yet, the cold season seems to have arrived. So, to welcome you…
Eataly Chicago opens today with a mix of imported Italian foodstuffs and locally-sourced ingredients in the city’s River North neighborhood.
Eataly Ch…
A panettone worth 80,000 euros was recently commissioned to an Italian pastry chef by a billionaire Russian businessman.
Italy’s typical Christmas de…
Tonight is the night to celebrate the king of Italian cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano.
The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is holding the second annual “P…
In the image: An artist's rendering of the theme park project to be built on Venice's San Biagio island.
A step in the right direction was taken early…
Small Tuscan town against American fast food chain.
Roberto Rappuoli, mayor of San Quirico d’Orcia in Tuscany, has protested the use of an image by Mc…
For the entire month of November, Eataly New York has been celebrating Umbria with a showcase of typical products, such as truffles, legumes, spelt (f…
The “viola organista,” an unusual musical instrument invented by Leonardo da Vinci, has been reconstructed by a Polish pianist and presented during a…
Pompeii is at risk of losing 105 million euros made available by the European Commission at the beginning of 2012 because the Italian commission…
The Catacombs of Priscilla, used for Christian burials from the late 2nd century through the 4th century, have reopened to the public after years of r…
Milan’s Via Montenapoleone is the world’s sixth most expensive street. To rent a one square meter of boutique space costs 7,500 euro a year. Yet, the…
Each year, the editors of the Wine Spectator select and highlight the most exciting wines from the thousands they review during the course of the year…
Following the success of the exhibition Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, the British Museum has produced the first ever cinema event from a…
Every Wednesday night in November and December, the night special at the Wineria wine bar in Milan involves a kiss: customers are offered the first gl…
Many children in Italy and around the world are tuned in this week to the 56th edition of the international children’s song festival Zecchino d’Oro.…
World famous Italian hair stylist Aldo Coppola, who worked on the hairstyles of many celebrities, including Sophia Loren, Monica Bellucci, Naomi Campb…
Six floors of glass, steel and wood make up Italy’s newest science museum, the Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), located in Trento.
Designed by architect Re…
The farming industry may have not been considered an appetizing job option until a few years ago, but it seems that today there is a new appreciation…
In the photo: Villa Tolomei in Florence
A new initiative aiming at transforming 117 state-owned historic and artistic buildings into luxury resorts,…
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