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Milan’s Child-Only Gardens Co...
Published on Thursday, December 26, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
For now, the gardens at Milan’s Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte are open only to adults accompanied by children – but that may change, as the city mulls whether to make the gardens accessible to all. Since July, Milan City Councilor Filippo Del Corno has been pushing to allow adults without...
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Free Museum Sundays Are Back
Published on Sunday, November 24, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
To the delight of art lovers, Italy’s popular free museum Sundays are back. This popular program, which offers free entry on the first Sunday of the month for both Italian and foreign visitors at state-run museums around the country, was introduced in 2014 by Culture Minister Dario Franc...
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Italy to Host 2026 Winter Games in ...
Published on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
A joint 2026 Winter Olympics bid by the cities of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo won the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) vote to host Italy’s third edition of the event, beating the other finalist, Sweden, by a margin of 47 to 34 votes. Italy previously hosted the Winter Olympic...
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Air Italy Flying Non-Stop From San ...
Published on Monday, April 29, 2019 by Kathy McCabe
Air Italy has launched service service with direct flights between San Francisco and Milan after taking its inaugural flight to San Francisco on April 10.
The 12-hour nonstop flight runs on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sundays and leaves San Francisco Airport (SFO) at 7:10 p.m., arri...
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Italy’s First Starbucks Opens...
Published on Friday, October 5, 2018 by Kathy McCabe
Starbucks’ first Italian location, which opened in early September in Milan, is switching up its menu to appeal to a country with an unrivaled coffee culture. Gone are the Frappuccinos, the green-and-white to-go cups, and the American-style donuts and pastries, replaced with a focus on m...
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Woody Allen To Direct Opera At La S...
Published on Friday, June 29, 2018 by Kathy McCabe
The upcoming season of opera at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan will include Gianni Schicci, a comedic opera by Puccini, staged and directed by Woody Allen. Set in the 1930s in New York’s Little Italy, Allen’s version of Gianni Schicci was successful in a 2015 Los Angeles run. The opera...
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Milan Exhibit: La Scala Costumes
Published on Thursday, November 2, 2017 by Kathy McCabe
Until January 28th, 2018, fans of opera, theatrical garb, and fashion will be able to see a free exhibit of costumes made for La Scala by the world’s top designers at Palazzo Reale in Milan.
Organized by The Friends of La Scala Association, the show includes nearly a century of costum...
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Prada Opens Gallery Space in Milan
Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by Kathy McCabe
The Prada Foundation opened a new photography gallery space in December, the Osservatorio, on the uppermost fifth and sixth floors of one of Milan’s most famous landmarks, the elegant Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The first and current exhibit, Give Me Yesterday, which runs through Marc...
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Lombardy: 2017 European Capital of ...
Published on Thursday, January 19, 2017 by Kathy McCabe
The Italian region of Lombardy has been chosen as one of the 2017 European Regions of Gastronomy, which aims to “showcase the gastronomic creativity, identity and dynamism of Europe’s regions” and to promote the integration between food, culture, creativity and tourism. The four citi...
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Italy’s First Naked Restauran...
Published on Monday, July 18, 2016 by Kathy McCabe
An Italian restaurant looking to increase business has started to offer weekly naked dinners to attract members of Italy’s small but growing nudist community, inspired by a similar concept at the London restaurant Bunyadi. Nudist sites, such as beaches, became legal in Italy in 2006, and...