Do you love Italian food? Of course you do, but you probably don't love it as much as Joe Faro, the Owner and 'Chief Food Taster' at the sprawling Tuscan Kitchen in Burlington. "Tuscan Kitchen is an artisan Italian experience. We are taking scratch Italian specialties, and we are celebrating those with our guests." Faro's passion for...
READ MOREdi Enza Antenos e Luca Tontodonati All'Università per Stranieri di Siena si è appena concluso il Convegno Internazionale AATI 2015. L'American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI, Associazione Americana degli insegnanti di Italiano) si riunisce annualmente per mettere a confronto metodologie di insegnamento e nuove ricerche in italian...
READ MOREby Leila Firusbakht The Cathedral of Siena is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular buildings that you can visit in Tuscany, but its real treasure is actually the one that's normally kept out of sight, and you're walking all over it! The entire floor of Siena's Cathedral is in fact one of the most incredible works of art of al...
READ MOREWhat traveler hasn't daydreamed of selling one's possessions and returning to live in the foreign country where one feels alive and full of joy? But how many people actually do it? Salt Lake City native Lisa Condie did and is creating a new life in Florence, Italy, where she and another Salt Lake City native are building a tour compan...
READ MOREL'edizione 87 di Pitti Immagine Uomo (Firenze, 13-16 gennaio 2015) si è conclusa con numeri da record, confermando le ottime aspettative comunicate nei giorni della manifestazione: 24.000 compratori (+15% rispetto alla precedente edizione invernale) per un totale di 8.660 buyer stranieri (+11%) e oltre 15.300 italiani (+17%) e oltre 35.000 visitato...
READ MOREdi Riccardo Chioni A conclusione della tre giorni newyorkese il sindaco di Firenze Dario Nardella è tornato nella capitale toscana soddisfatto per i risultati raccolti durante i suoi incontri con gli interlocutori americani in campo economico e culturale.Dopo quello a City Hall con il sindaco Bill de Blasio che per l'occasione ha sfoderato...
READ MOREOctober 21 (Wednesday) 11:15 am. Lecture: "The Artistic Gems of the Uffizi Gallery". Speaker: Cherise Gordon. Discover the artistic gems housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. We will decode the symbolism in works such as Botticelli's "Primavera" making the work much more understandable. An artistic cultural voyage of one of the oldest...
READ MOREby Jackie DeGiorgio It's no secret that Italy's food alone renders il bel paese worth the trip. From Michelin starred fine dining establishments to simple street food stands to the charming trattorie and osterie that dot the streets and piazze, there is no shortage of options for keeping your appetite at bay. However, it's always fun...
READ MOREGE Oil & Gas today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding that will lead to the investment of $600 million over the next five years in Italy. The MoU was signed today in Florence by GE Oil & Gas at a ceremony attended by the Minister of Economic Development Federica Guidi, the President of Tuscany Region Enrico Rossi, GE's Chairman and...
READ MORENiall Atkinson, "The Republic of Sound: Listening to Florence at the Threshold of the Renaissance," I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, Vol. 16, No. 1/2 (Fall 2013), 57-84, has been awarded the I Tatti Prize for Best Essay by a Junior Scholar. This annual prize is awarded to a junior scholar for the best scholarly article on an Italian Rena...
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