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Mary Gray is a freelance writer, reporter, and the former events editor of The Florentine. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Forbes Travel Guide, Time Out and Dream of Italy, and she teaches travel writing and fashion media for university programs in Florence. Her M.A. is in Italian from Middlebury and her straniera stripes are from the school of life.
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LITERARY/Shakespeare Week April 16-20 British Institute, Harold Acton Library, lungarno Guicciardini 9, Florence A beloved British Institute tradition, Shakespeare Week is a celebration of the definitive English dramatist. The new ...
From the period of November 2016 to April 2017 I was positively desperate and, as a result, insufferable. You will read that and perhaps link it to a certain orange-tinged ...
Spring in Florence has officially sprung: cue the mass migration to the lungarni for sunset strolls, to Boboli or the rose garden for picnics, to the bridges for gelato and picture-snapping and, finally, to ...
GROCERY/Esselunga “Supermostra” Until April 21 Stazione Leopolda, viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Florence Supermarket chain Esselunga brings the kitsch this month with a new anniversary exhibition spanning all 60 years of ...
THE MAIN EVENT/Easter in Florence! Explosion of the Cart on Easter / ph. @verymarygray for @theflorentine Besides the handful of highlights we’ve selected below, the top events over the next few days ...
Although the icy temperatures wouldn’t have you believe it, it’s technically spring, which in Florence means the unofficial ushering-in of the tourist season, vaguely pagan-inspired pyrotechnics in piazza Duomo, that ...
CINEMA/Florence Korea Film Fest March 22-30 La Compagnia, via Cavour 50r, Florence Sample a slice of South Korean culture at the 16th edition of Florence Korea Film Fest, which this ...
ITALY/Dawn of a Nation March 16-July 22 Palazzo Strozzi, piazza Strozzi, Florence Journey through the artistic twists and turns of the 20th century in Italy at Palazzo Strozzi’s forthcoming exhibition, ...
GOURMET/Taste March 10-12 (Fuori di Taste, March 7-12) Stazione Leopolda, viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Florence Gear up, gourmands: mega-food fair Taste returns to Florence for its 13th edition, “wilder” than ...
Florence’s 13th edition of food fair Pitti Immagine Taste is around the corner (March 10 to 12), and the town-wide table is set. A plethora of “Foraging”-themed tastings, talks and ...
Anyone who’s seen Mean Girls knows that health classes in United States high schools, of which this author is a survivor, are taught by coaches and marked by a fear-mongering ...
In Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find, a grandmother goes on a road trip. She wears her finest organdy garments so in case of an accident, “anyone ...
GOURMET/Taste March 10-12 (Fuori di Taste, March 7-12) Stazione Leopolda, viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Florence Gear up, gourmands: mega-food fair Taste returns to Florence for its 13th edition, “wilder” than ...
POP/Levante February 26, 8.45pm Teatro Verdi, via Ghibellina 99, Florence Sicily-born singer-songwriter Levante is one of those pop stars who it’s impossible not to like, with her infectious tunes and ...
MATCH/The Pint of View Challenge February 21, 8pm Pint of View, borgo Tegolaio 17r The Florentine Wine Club is back with yet another delicious dinner—but this time, something out of ...
WINE/Chianti Lovers February 11, 4-9pm (general public hours) Fortezza da Basso, viale Filippo Strozzi 1, Florence Bottoms up: Chianti Lovers is back! The Consorzio Vino Chianti’s annual preview event of ...
If you rent in Florence but don’t expect to live your entire life in one palazzo, you will probably one day navigate the hurdles of early withdrawal from a housing ...
POP/Levante February 26, 8.45pm Teatro Verdi, via Ghibellina 99, Florence Sicily-born singer-songwriter Levante is one of those pop stars who it’s impossible not to like, with her infectious tunes and ...
Booker T. Washington suggested that success should be measured not by one’s station in life, but “by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed.” Celebrations of Black History Month around ...
With the third edition of Black History Month Florence now underway, we spotlight several African-angled businesses in the Tuscan capital. See our full events special for BHMF here. Black ...
MARKET/Vintage Selection 31 January 24-28 Stazione Leopolda, viale Fratelli Rosselli 5 For vintage lovers and secondhand savants, hunting season is officially underway. Mega-marketplace Vintage Selection returns to Stazione Leopolda for ...
Real estate is said to have three rules: location, location, location. Rents rise in fashionable areas—this is, of course, amplified in Florence. And, rather inconveniently for cash-strapped city dwellers, leading ...
BREWS/Birraio dell’Anno January 19-21 Obihall, via Fabrizio de’ Andre/lungarno Aldo Moro 25 Italian breweries and 150 craft beers will be put to the test by a panel of 100 experts ...
