Opera houses across Italy are suffering from a strike organized by opera musicians and technicians in response to government-proposed changes to the management and financing of state opera houses. At the end of April, the Italian government announced a decree that would cut workers’ benefits up to 50% and prohibit opera house foundations from providing newly-hired workers with a fixed-term …
Get Your Pasta on in Bologna Next Week
Next week, the city of Bologna will turn into a pasta lover’s paradise as it hosts the first-ever major pasta fair, Pasta Trend. Pasta Trend celebrates all things pasta and presents a variety of exhibits and workshops for manufacturers and consumers. The event will be held from April 24 through 27 at the BolognaFiere exhibition center. The making of pasta, …
Northern Italian Cities to Ban Cars This Sunday
On Sunday, cities and towns across northern Italy will be smog-free for the day, according to Italian news agency ANSA. Northern Italy faces the country’s highest concentration of smog, and to combat the industrialized region’s smog problem, 80 cities and towns have agreed to take vehicles off the road on February 28. Turin mayor Sergio Chiamparino, backed by several other …
An Italian Village That Transforms Into Art
There’s a town just outside Bologna where every two years the buildings turn into a giant canvas. (Just look at these photos!) This September the village is set for yet another artistic transformation…Read the details here Photo credit: Il Cama, flickr.com