Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2006
Someone was telling me last night that she thinks tourism to China might be giving tourism to Italy a run for its money. I don’t know of any stats to back that up, but if you’re interested in both China and Italy, then this exhibit is for you: China: The Birth of an Empire, featuring over 350 artifacts – many …
Rome will be open all night starting at 8 p.m. Friday, September 8 and ending Saturday at 8 a.m. It is the Eternal City’s annual celebration Notte Bianca (White Night), featuring hundreds of events all over the city. Dozens of theaters, art galleries and museums, including the Villa Borghese, the Victor Emmanuel Monument, the Colosseum and the Villa Medici, will …
Fans of the irrepressible Italian author Beppe Severgnini listen up. If you’re in the Washington, D.C.-area, you can hear him speak at an Italian Cultural Institute presentation at the Italian Embassy on Friday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. Severgnini, the bestselling author of Ciao, America: An Italian Discovers the U.S., will take attendees on a lively tour of modern Italy …
Heading to Venice, Italy and have your sights set on some fresh, delicious and organic cuisines? Try Lineadombra in the delightful Dorsoduro quarter of the city.
In La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the
Italian Mind, his second book after "Ciao America!" Beppe Severgnini takes his
readers on a "tour" of the places where everyday
Italian life can be most acutely observed
and distilled: the airport, the highway, the bedroom,
the piazza, the stadium and the beach,
among them.
