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by Alex Sakalis | Thu, 04/18/2024 - 14:00
150 years ago next week, one of the world’s most influential people, often described as the inventor of radio, was born in Bologna. Guglielmo Marconi altered…
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by Toni DeBella | Wed, 03/27/2024 - 15:00
Ed., March 27, 2024: This article was originally published in 2023 and has been updated to reflect this year’s dates and themes. Easter eggs aren’t just child…
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by Lucy McCabe | Fri, 03/15/2024 - 10:00
The Rohrwacher sisters — director Alice and actress Alba — are already A-listers in contemporary Italian cinema, but look poised to raise their profiles across…
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by Eric Millman | Tue, 02/13/2024 - 02:50
It’s looking to be a cold and wet Valentine’s Day on this side of the tracks, and what better way to spend the evening than snuggled up for a classic romantic…
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by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 11/29/2023 - 16:00
Bologna still has faith in the big screen — and the brick-and-mortar spaces that house it. The city’s historic Modernissimo cinema, which first opened in…
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by Mary Gray | Thu, 11/23/2023 - 02:00
Italian events and initiatives to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which falls on November 25, are expected to be…
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by Laurence Connell | Tue, 11/21/2023 - 13:30
Le Mie Cittá — “my cities” — is an appropriate title for the major new Gabriele Basilico exhibition held between the Triennale di Milano and the Palazzo Reale…
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by Laura Morelli | Tue, 11/14/2023 - 04:45
It was the discovery of a lifetime. In 1975, Paolo dal Poggetto, director of the Medici Chapels of San Lorenzo in Florence, was looking for a way to funnel the…
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by Jessica Lionnel | Thu, 09/28/2023 - 05:00
With summer holidays now well behind us, schoolchildren across Italy are all busily back at their banchi (desks). University students typically get a somewhat…
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by Eric Millman | Mon, 08/28/2023 - 10:10
As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approaches its fifth month on strike, with the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio…