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Special Student Issue and Free Aperitivo
TF Real Social Network, february 11
Come get your free copy of The Florentine Student Issue and toast your
new semester with a free beer with chicken wings and fries!
at
Red Garter/House of Sizzle Restaurant - from 6:30 to 8:360 pm - Via dei
Benci 33-35r...and the night continues with live music
Are
you studying abroad? Want to know what's hot in the city? Where to find
free wine tasting or where …
Jane Fortune Mosaics
Drawing conclusions
by Jane Fortune
Elisabetta Sirani and the Gabinetto di disegni e stampe
This is a chapter from Jane
Fortune's book
Invisible Women:
Forgotten Artists of Florence
Suspicious that artist
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) had been poisoned by an envious maid, her father
forced authorities to …
Expats in Florence
Atsuko Kato
by Melinda Gallo
Welcoming guests to Florence
Florence
is home to many expats: those who have longed to live here, those who have
found love and moved here, and those who have come to Florence and felt immediately at home here.
Many people arrive here at a point in their lives when they seek to redefine
themselves: whether they were not completely happy, were searching for
something new, …
Italian Sketches
Carlo Bugatti
by Deirdre Pirro
Ivory and ebony
The name Bugatti conjures up
images of Gatsby-type roadsters of the 1930s. Indeed, these magnificent cars
were designed and built by Ettore Bugatti, one of Carlo Bugatti's two …
Il Fatto Bello
The man who knows the meanings
by Linda Falcone
Il fatto bello della settimana. Moments from everyday Italy
If I had an analyst, she would
probably tell me that my very first visit to what Italians call il
commercialista has something to do with turning 37 …
Florentinisms
Buzza, Calosce/Galosce/Sciantilli', Lecca, Scoppio
by Alexandra Lawrence, Francesco Stefanelli
Your in-progress dictionary of the florentine dialect
Buzza: Belly. A buzzone is a person with a huge belly.
Example: E gliè' venuto una
buzza di nulla! (Wow,
he's gotten a huge belly!)
Va'
iaa buzzone! Mangia meno! (Woah …
Food & Wine
Pure Tuscany: pappardelle al cinghiale
by Rachel Priestley
Living the local cuisine
In New York, London or Auckland
you may be served ‘Italian' food in which basil pesto, for example, has been
added to, say, orecchiette pasta and semi-dried tomatoes. No such marriage of
regional specialties would work here in Italy, however. And when you
observe a cross-regional marriage between people like Stefano and Mari, (once
she decided they could no longer live …
Community
Children find their voices through theatre
FESTA workshop empowers
Allen Shamblin's song ‘Don't
Laugh at Me,' sung by the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, was written in
response to an incident of bullying. It is such …
The Arts
WRITING for open-mindedness
Taking a HUMAN approach to immigration
I was nervous before
interviewing writer and artist Gabriella Kuruvilla: she speaks no English; I
speak no Italian. Because we would both rely on translators to relay our …
News - Sport & Leisure
In the saddle
Discover the region on horseback
Slow travel on four legs is the
focus of a new project to promote eco-tourism in Tuscany, regional councilor of
culture and tourism, Paolo Cocchi, explained when introducing Tuscan Horse
Trails.
The five
new trails through Tuscany are part of a larger interregional program to
increase opportunities for eco- and equestrian tourism in Italy's rural areas.
‘This type of tourism is increasing in …
News - Sport & Leisure
Trekking in Forte dei Marmi
In the footsteps of the famous
Promoting the cultural heritage
of Forte dei Marmi is the goal of a new tour in the coastal Tuscan town. Called
Trekking in the Footsteps of the Greats, …
Travel & Leisure
Alpine getaway
by Noelia de la Cruz
Exploring Interlaken, Switzerland
Just about anyone visiting Europe,
be it the first time or the tenth, is eager to explore all of its many
different cities. Yet time is limited. For those in study abroad programs, a semester or even a year may sound like a
long stretch, but it's not enough time to thoroughly explore all that Europe has to offer. …
The Arts
Elio Fiorucci
by Brenda Dionisi
The inventor of the 'fashion' jean
Fashion
designer, entrepreneur, talent scout, trendsetter, and among the world's first
mass communication gurus: all these terms describe Fiorucci.
The focus
of the exhibit Elio Fiorucci: Fashion Jeans Inventor Histoire, …
The Arts
Making the invisible visible
by Alexandra Korey
Jane Fortune brings women's art to light
Women is an expression of love for the female artists of
Florence's past. Jane Fortune has dug through the archives of the Florentine
museums in search of women's …
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Maya Bloch / Daniel Spoerri
Until March 20, Galleria San Gallo Art Station, via Fra' Giovanni Angelico 5r
An
exhibition dedicated to Danel Spoerri, the Noveau Realisme master who loved Tuscany. Spoerri's works
are flanked by pieces by Maya Bloch, an emerging Israeli artist showing for …
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Chocolate Festival
February 4-7 Piazza Santa Croce
Chocolate lovers won't want to
miss this annual appointment with Italy's
best chocolatiers in Florence
to share their classic products and latest flavors.
Call 055/2207209 or click www.fieradelcioccolato.it for more
information.
…
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Middle East Now Film Festival
February 3-7 Istituto Stensen, Viale Don Minzoni 25/c and Odeon Theatre, Piazza Strozzi
The first Italian film festival
dedicated to the Middle East will focus on contemporary Iran, from
revolts to daily life. Other films and documentaries from some of the Middle
East's hot-spots like Israel,
Palestine, Afghanistan,
Lebanon and Dubai will also be presented. The festival's
13 films document politics and the struggle for human rights, but also stories
of love and friendship with glimpses …
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The Great European Photography: Paris 1920-1940
14 January-11 April Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia (MNAF)
Between the two
world wars, Paris, with its strong economy and sense of political
and religious freedom unmatched elsewhere, was a hotbed for photography. This
exhibition features over 100 …
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Firenze Scienza: collections, places, people of the 1800s on display in Florence
November 8-May 9, 2010,
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Museo di Storia Naturale, the Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica-Gabinetto di Fisica and the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza.
Firenze Scienza, in …
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Betty Woodman: L'allegra vitalitt delle porcellane
October 2 - February 15, 2010 Museo delle Porcellane, Palazzo Pitti
This exhibition is the American artist's first in Italy.
Woodman is an internationally acclaimed sculptor who has been working with
porcelain for over 20 years, drawing inspiration from …
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