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If you have a big budget and are thinking of moving to Italy, a gorgeous farmhouse in Tuscany that used to be owned by Michelangelo is on the market. The famous Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance, who painted the scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, bought the property in 1549. At the time, he...

As usual, Cicero is illuminating: “a life without music is like a body without its soul.” There’s an undeniable truth in his words the people of his motherland, glorious Rome, always kept in mind. Indeed, the Romans loved music and if they didn’t give to it the same ethical and didactic value the Greeks did, they certainly recognized to it immense...

Il Mulino, the pricey Italian restaurant brand with branches from Manhattan and Roslyn to Las Vegas and South Beach, is poised to open in the Hamptons.Il Mulino announced plans to move into the former address of Osteria Salina, perched at Georgica Pond in Wainscott, a spaghetti strand from East Hampton. A spokeswoman for the restaurant said a May o...

Italian-American actor and producer Danny De Vito will get a top Italian honour at the L.A., Italia 2018 festival on March 2, organisers said Sunday. De Vito will become a 'Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic', one of Italy's highest civic honours. The award will be presented to De Vito by Italian Consul Antonio Verde, who s...

Jessica Sheehan grew up in her family’s restaurant, Bettelli’s Villa on Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre Twp. She helped put cheese on pizza, made salads, washed dishes and cleared tables. At age 16, she became a waitress and worked in the kitchen. Everyone became like family in the family business, she said. “When I was a kid, we were running around...

Princeton Public Library, Discovery Center - 65 Witherspoon Street - Princeton, NJ 08542. February 28. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. Daniel and Rita Daniele were just two of the many Italian immigrants who settled in Princeton during the late 19th and early 20th century, drawn by the University’s expansion and the opportunity for a new life. Stop by the Disco...

Sauternes, Tokay, Vin Santo. The great dessert wines of the world all offer inimitable charms. While I’ve had occasion to enjoy many in their place of creation, I’ve seldom tasted one that sung so firmly and sweetly of its homeland as Ben Ryé by Donnafugata. From an island positioned between Sicily and North Africa, comes this white passito-style w...

With two Top 5 Best of the City awards and scores of rave reviews under their belts, the folks at Italian Festivals of New Mexico (IFNM) are gearing up for another first-class NM Italian Film & Culture Festival.  In fulfillment of the nonprofit’s mission to promote Italian culture while giving back to the community, the much-anticipated annual fest...

The twentieth century began with the promise of new inventions, art forms, the automobile and much more that would stimulate the most significant expansion of creativity not experienced since the Renaissance. Along with the promise of a new age, came a rebirth of music’s highest form…the Opera. The music of Puccini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, and many oth...

Old County Inn in the town of Pine by the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park was recently ranked as the best small-town restaurant in Arizona. According to Thrillist, the quaint Italian spot in small-town Pine, population of 1,963, features a wood-fired pizza oven and fully stocked tap room. Owner Michael Dahling studied at the Culinary Institute of A...

Thursday, March 01, 2018 at 6:00 pm. Entrance: Free. Location: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NY 10065. Book Now. On the occasion of the Italian Design Day, Mario Cucinella, architect, and curator of the Italian Pavilion at the next Biennale of Venice, and Paola Antonelli, chief curator at the MOMA and curator...

Rome awoke under a blanket of snow on Monday morning, with some areas of the capital covered in five centimetres of the white stuff. It's the first snowfall in Rome in six years, and it looks stunning. Here are some pictures that capture the magic of snow-covered Italy. For anyone not currently in Rome, you can watch live-streamed footage of the sn...