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Talking To: JoAnn Locktov, Publisher and Editor of 'Dream of Venice'

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 03/11/2016 - 03:30

“How does one demonstrate love for a city? For us, it is by celebrating the nature of her being. Bella Figura Publications was created to celebrate Venice as a…

Travel

The Way of St. Francis: Walking 550 Kilometers Along One of the World's Greatest Pilgrimages

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/16/2015 - 04:00

Saint Francis of Assisi, whose feast day was recently celebrated on October 4, is considered by many to be the first “ecologist” in history. His famous…

Lifestyle

Talking To: Mary Tedesco, Founder of Origins ��ý

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/28/2015 - 02:00

“Every family has amazing stories. What story do you want to find out?” Mary Tedesco is a professional genealogist, a host on the PBS TV series “Genealogy…

Culture

ITALY Magazine Top Stories in 2014

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 12/29/2014 - 08:12

Lifestyle

Talking To: British Band Spandau Ballet in Rome

by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Fri, 11/14/2014 - 02:30

ITALY Magazine met British band Spandau Ballet at the 9th edition of the Rome Film Festival to discuss the positive reception of their new '80s…

Lifestyle

Talking to: Kevin Costner in Rome

by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Wed, 11/05/2014 - 06:40

ITALY Magazine meets Kevin Costner in Piazza Barberini in Rome to discuss his new movie "Black and White", which recently screened at the Rome Film Festival. I…

Culture

Photographic Credit: © ROH / Bill Cooper, 2013 Artists & Description: Valentino Zucchetti as Lensky in Onegin

Talking to: Royal Ballet Italian Dancer Valentino Zucchetti

by Julie Burns | Thu, 10/16/2014 - 03:00

Valentino Zucchetti as Lensky in Onegin 2013 - Photo by Bill Cooper Ahead of his glittering new season at the Royal Opera House, London, accomplished…

Culture

Talking To: Victor Coonin & Alexandra Korey, the Minds behind "The Biography of Michelangelo’s David"

by Georgette Jupe | Wed, 10/15/2014 - 03:00

What makes Michelangelo’s David so famous? Victor Coonin, an art history professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, has recently published a book that…

Food & Drink

Talking To: Sommelier Diego Meraviglia

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/11/2014 - 05:59

Diego Meraviglia is a Gold Pin professional sommelier and the Vice President and Director of Education for the North American Sommelier Association, a non-…

Lifestyle

Talking To: Sonnet Stanfill, Curator of "The Glamour of Italian Fashion" at London's V&A

by Julie Burns | Fri, 06/13/2014 - 03:00

[Photo above: Gianni Versace, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferré, Milan, 1992. (c) Graziella Vigo.] As attended by Italian PM Matteo Renzi along with…