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ISSUE #2 OF FFF -FIRENZE FAST FORWARD- IS WELL DONE… Following the success of the first issue, released last summer, FFF keeps feeding new cultural visions and alternative scenarios for Florence. Just like the juicy …
Here’s something pleasant to do over Easter weekend: this year the flower show at Villa Caruso combines all things “plant” with art, food, and books (all my favourite things). I Giardini di Caruso 2010 (April …
I am going to Venice for a conference in the week after Easter. It’s the annual Renaissance Society of America conference that, every three years, is held in a European city. They just had to …
The exhibit “Nei luoghi di Piero della Francesca” puts photographs by Gianni Berengo Gardin and Elliott Erwitt, two contemporary masters, in direct rapport with the area that inspired their visual creativity. The two photographers met …
In case you think this article about “how to take the bus in Florence and not get a fine” is going to involve ways of getting out of paying for a ticket, you’re wrong. Lately …
On a whim, I accepted an invitation posted to the members of De Gustibus, a local enogastronomical society, for a “ski weekend” in the Dolomite mountains near Bressanone/ Brixen, in a small town called St. …
The 2010 Festival dei Fiori (March 12-15) promises to be a beautiful and royal event. Held at the Venaria Reale near Torino, Italy and Europe’s best flower designers go head to head in competition. You …
I am at the major tourism show BIT in Milan and have picked up a brochure I think will be of interest to a lot of people who love shopping in Italy. The area in …
Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture consists of drawings, archival pages, and engravings on loan from the finest collection of Michelangelo drawings and the ancestral home, the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy. The exhibition explores new …
Opening this Saturday Feb 20th 2010, “Sguardi Quotidiani” – Daily life, or daily looking…
Deaphoto is a local photography association that I met thanks to Barcamp at Le Murate. They specialize in photographic exploration of the …
An issue I often face, that I also find people asking on forums is: “What should I bring people from Florence“? Sometimes I’m just going one or two regions away in Italy, so I need …
A Question of Style: From the 14th of January at the Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation at Villa Bardini, an exhibit of 23 dresses by the Italian designer. The exhibition explores the relationship between …
