From September 3rd to 7th , Mantova becomes the city of reading
Mantua welcomes the new edition of Festivaletteratura from September 3rd to 7th ; five days during which this Lombard town is transformed into the ideal place for all those who love good reading and writing. Mantua is a jewel of Italian Renaissance, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and will host Italian and foreign writers, establish...
Grande successo a Montecreto per il "Burgoni Day"
La sfida non era facile: riunire per la prima volta i discendenti di Antonio Burgoni emigrato nel 1907 da Montecreto (Modena) e approdato a Ladd nello Stato dell'Illinois (Usa), e del fratello Geminiano, che lo raggiunse nel 1908 per poi trasferirsi in Texas nel 1911. Antonio rimase tutta la vita a Cherry, dove morì nel 1942. Il suo unico figlio ma...
Strong dollar and economic recovery to bring more US tourists to Italy this year
Americans love Italy, and the strong dollar and the recovery of the US economy will offer an incentive for American tourists to travel to Italy in the coming months. According to ENIT, the Italian tourism agency, Italy is the top European destination for Americans based on data from 190 tour operators present in 28 foreign markets. ...
Oscars 2015: Italy Celebrates Fourth Costume Design Win for Milena Canonero
by Ariston Italy on Monday celebrated after the country's Milena Canonero took home her fourth Oscar Sunday night for best achievement in costume design for The Grand Budapest Hotel. It was her third collaboration with director Wes Anderson after The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited. Twitter was abuzz...
The Italian secret diet in 10 easy rules
'Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.' Sophia Loren Feeling like on a secret-mission, Me, a non-Italian with a normal metabolism have been analysing the Italian diet for more than 4 years and finding out why obesity and over-weight are not major problems in this amazing country. If you take a quick look at the Italian population ev...
De Niro checking out locations in Abruzzo in July for the filming of “Imagery”
Robert De Niro's manager, Danilo Mattei, is currently in Abruzzo researching various locations for a film, which will definitely be showing in our region, and which, amongst others, will star De Niro, the Hollywood legend, who actually has roots via his great-grandparents to Ferrazzano (Campobasso). The idea came about after a meeting with...
Mayoral Food Policy Forum -- USA and Italian Mayors -- at Expo Milan | July 18, 2015
A delegation of United States Mayors will meet with a delegation of Italian mayors, under the leadership of The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), in the USA Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 this coming Saturday, July 18. Mayors will discuss their role in helping to shape a healthy and sustainable local food environment, as well as suc...
House Hunting in ... the Italian Alps
This four-bedroom apartment occupies the top two floors of a four-story chalet just outside the resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomite mountains. The 2,800-square-foot home was renovated in 2000, and rustic wood beams — many salvaged from a 17th-century barn — floors and paneling lend it a traditional Alpine feel. The apartment i...
Showman Renzo Arbore's bits and pieces on the loose
by Stefano Brusadelli Instead of an abbey, or a princely mansion, we're in a former slaughterhouse. Nevertheless, the model is always the same --Renaissance and Baroque Wunderkammer where treasures and bizarre objects are displayed, testifying to ingenuity and extravagance (and sometimes horror), and apt to arouse curiosity and wonder; two...
La famiglia dove tutti arrivano a cento anni
di Selma Chiosso Giuseppina a giugno compirà 107 anni, Lorenzo a marzo 103, e Maria l'8 gennaio ne ha compiuti 100. Un altro fratello Michele è morto a 100 anni, la «più giovane», Francesca, a 92. I fratelli Barberis di San Damiano d'Asti sono la famiglia più longeva d'Italia ma il fatto straordinario è un altro: i tre fratelli sono lucidi...
Pistoia, Italian capital of culture for 2017
In a bit less than 12 months, the prestigious title will move from Lombardy to Tuscany. Pistoia has just been nominated the new capital of culture. This little beautiful city managed to beat its seven competitors: Aquileia, Como, Ercolano, Parma, Pisa, Pistoia, Spoleto, Taranto and Terni. The aim of the competition is the one of stimulatin...
Da Grillo al Papa: la magia degli ologrammi italiani
L'ambizione è altissima, e non poteva essere da meno se ai suoi clienti offre anche la "resurrezione" digitale e tratta a tu per tu con i leader del mondo: «Vogliamo lasciare un segno nella storia, perché l'ologramma cambierà per sempre il modo di comunicare tra gli uomini». Giovanni Palma da Briosco (MB), classe 1970, un passato tra i lea...
