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Ms. Irene Virbila is a sommelier and restaurant reviewer at The Los Angeles Times, and her word is highly valued among wine-lovers and food-enthusiasts. A few days ago, she decided to award an Italian wine the title of "Wine of the Week", regularly granted by the influential Californian newspaper upon her advice.   The honour went to Brancai...

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Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), the leader in small groups on the road less traveled, will return to Italy in 2014 after a six year absence with two new adventures—one to Sicily and the other to Tuscany & Umbria. Both adventures are geared to American boomers and beyond who seek exceptional value and an authentic experience of the food, cultur...

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New York, London, Milan, and Paris. These are the world's four fashion capitals, where trends are debuted and created.   Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how local fashion weeks around the world are gaining more attention and becoming centers of attraction on their own. However, among all the rising destinations, there is one city that...

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Date: Tuesday, July 07, 2015. Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. In collaboration with: Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute and the University of Chicago Press, with the support of ItalCultura.   "Siena, City of Secrets" (University of Chicago Press, 20...

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The Italian Environmental Fund (FAI) opens Italy's most hidden wonders for FAI Spring Days March 22nd-23rd, offering guided visits of 750 places of art all up and down the Peninsula. We're talking about sites that are almost never open to the public, including Rome's Mausoleum of Augustus, the interior of Teatro Marcello, and the Forum of Augu...

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A group of 13 students attending Liceo C. Salutati Montecatini Terme in Montecatini, Italy, will arrive in Connecticut on Saturday for 11 days of immersion in American culture.   New London's Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut will host the Italian exchange students, who will arrive at the magnet school to...

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The splendid Vasari Corridor in Florence is now adorned with 127, 20th-Century self-portraits of artists both Italian and international. The works, deriving from the storage rooms of the Uffizi Gallery, are located inside the final stretch of the historic Corridor (near the exit leading to the Boboli Gardens). Never before made public, these creat...

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Titola "Sculpture in the Age of Donatello. Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral" la mostra che sarà inaugurata il 20 febbraio al MOBIA - Museum of Biblical Art di New York. Ventitre capolavori dei primi anni della scultura del Rinascimento fiorentino, la maggior parte dei quali mai visti al fuori dell'Italia, saranno in mostra al MOBIA...

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E' Firenze, è la Toscana la nuova sede europea permanente della New York Film Academy, la prestigiosa scuola di cinema con sedi in tutto il mondo I corsi di regia, sceneggiatura, recitazione, montaggio e fotografia della NYFA da oggi possono essere seguiti da studenti di tutto il mondo nella nuova sede di Piazza San Lorenzo 2. Una scuola nuova di...

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Six Italian cities (Cagliari, Lecce, Matera, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena) short-listed for European Capital of Culture 2019. The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension.   The European City of...

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