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Canadian-born with Italian origins, Brenda Dionisi holds a Master's Degree in Textual Competence in Publishing and the Media from the University of Siena for Foreigners and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto in Criminology and Italian Studies. Formerly managing editor at TF, she now freelances as journalist and editor for a range of English-language outlets. Follow her on Twitter @brendadionisi and see her on video at http://tinyurl.com/a2xhe3d.
Think ‘farmer' and the image of a hefty, husky man with strong hands and a stronger heart comes to mind. Perhaps he is riding a tractor, taking livestock to graze or rebuilding a fence. Let's face it: in the popular imagination farmers are more often than not men
For the first time ever in the city of Florence, foreign residents will be given the opportunity to have their say in a primary election, which will select the mayoral ...
When I walked into Felice Limosani's office overlooking Piazza Duomo on a brisk November afternoon, I had the impression that this would not be your ordinary interview. Entering the beautiful palazzo on via Roma and the office just above the Luisa Via Roma store, where Limosani is creative director,
Lampredotto, bistecca fiorentina, ginestrata, fagioli all'uccelletto, polpettone, pasta e ceci, lepre in dolceforte, biscotti di Prato: the first edition of the Biennale Enogastronomica Fiorentina Leo Codacci has it all-and much more. With food and wine that stimulate the senses and feed the soul, this two-week event, at
When a group of young, independent artists held its first exhibit in mid-nineteenth-century Paris, no one was expecting it would give rise to one of the greatest artistic movements of the modern era. Drawing inspiration from the theories of Goethe and Helmholz, this heterogeneous group of revolutionary
‘One clear autumn afternoon I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. It was of course not the first time I had ...
Born in 1922, Dr. Franco Biondi-Santi hails from generations of prominent Tuscan wine makers. His grandfather, Ferruccio Biondi-Santi, was recognized in 1932 for giving birth to what is now celebrated worldwide as Brunello di Montalcino. Referred to as ‘a gentleman of the old school', Franco Biondi-Santi
Padre Pio was already a revered holy man of great humility and piety when he offered himself as a victim to bring an end to WWI, the war considered ‘the ...
Left unused for decades, the vast space underneath the Palazzo Strozzi courtyard has been restored to its original splendor and will be home to Florence’s new Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS). Explaining how the new venue will showcase different approaches to contemporary art and culture, director Fransiska
One of the most original and challenging artists to emerge from post-war Italy, Italo Calvino quickly became a central figure in Italian culture through his active involvement in an array of disciplines—from journalism and politics to intellectually-oriented publishing and inventive literature. One of the most widely
Gary Radke is Dean’s Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University, where he has taught since 1980. An expert in Italian medieval and Renaissance art, he is a fellow of the AmericanAcademy in Rome and has held fellowships from a number of private foundations. He organized the traveling
Another scandal has broken out among Italian parliamentarians at Montecitorio. This time, however, it had nothing to with Mafia connections or massive budget deficits, but with the alleged widespread drug use among Italian lawmakers. In a clever yet classic sting operation staged by the producers of Le Iene, a popular
