Year: 2011

COMMUNITY

Stray cat

Four cats. That’s how you’d describe our group even if, technically, there were more of us. Italians say quattro gatti to mean ‘few’ and the expression usually holds a twinge ...

Lifestyle

Hear ye! Hear ye!

WikiLeaks has forever changed the way the world reports the news-or has it? In reality, the journalist’s role of disclosing secret documents and messages from foreign diplomats and agents is ...

COMMUNITY

Mother Mary Taylor

Mother Mary Taylor had always been attracted to religious life, but didn’t make the decision to become a nun until she came to Florence.   Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Mary ...

ART + CULTURE

Renato Vallanzasca

The recent release of director Michele Placido’s film Vallanzasca: Gli Angeli Del Male, based on the 2009 autobiography by the same name, written by one of Italy’s most notorious criminals ...

Lifestyle

Sant’Anna: Protectress of the Florentines

  Walk into palazzo Vecchio, and you may notice a surprising amount of religious iconography for a secular town hall. In particular, one fresco by Orcagna depicts a strange scene; ...

THINGS TO DO

TF Top picks for 2011

Happy New Year, readers! If you don’t already have a resolution for 2011, a good one would be to hit the town more often. And to make it easier to ...

THINGS TO DO

Photography/ White

The Tehys gallery (via Maggio, 58r) will open for the first time with this inauguration exhibition of Stefano Amantini's photographs. Amantini's project began in the winter of 2009 while in the Dolomites, the period in which the mountain range is considered a UNESCO heritage site. It took the

THINGS TO DO

Shopping/ Vintage Selection,,,,,,

    We enthusiastically recommend this event. This fashion trade of once-worn-when-better-made clothing and accessories is likely the hippest open event of the season at the hippest venue in Florence. ...

THINGS TO DO

City mood/ Pitti,

Fashionistas from far and wide are in Florence yet again for the 79th edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo and the Pitti W women's pre-collections, a paramount trend setting and spotting event for the industry, when designers display their latest wares to important international buyers. This year's (Italian

THINGS TO DO

Shopping/Sanctioned Sales

Twice a year, Italy has a 60-day-long Black Friday. Every single store from Raspini to H&M will offer unbeatable prices on winter apparel. It may not seem so, but time is of the essence - the best items go fast to the fashion-savvy Florentines, so the

Lifestyle

WEST SIDE STORY

(With apologies to the Bard), the unforgettable classic musical reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet…   Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair NYC, where we lay our scene, From ...

Lifestyle

THE TOURIST

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are the A-list stars in this action thriller that relishes its luxurious settings and glorious Italian locations, especially Venice. He is the tourist, and she ...

Lifestyle

HEREAFTER

  Is there life hereafter? Clint Eastwood’s contemplative-some would say dour-movie says there is. Three stories are linked in this drama exploring one of the most frequently asked questions: the ...

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