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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.
A ghost road at first glance, viale Ludovico Ariosto is a thriving hub of life on the edge. (Of the historic center, that is). More like a long parking lot ...
MUSIC/Francesco Gabbani January 20, 9pm Nelson Mandela Forum, piazza Enrico Berlinguer 5 Just when his addictive Sanremo-winning tune “Occidentali’s Karma” has finally stopped dominating the airwaves, Carrara native Francesco Gabbani ...
As the 93rd edition of menswear fair Pitti Immagine Uomo gets underway, a new Palazzo Pitti exhibition pays tribute to one of Italy’s master fashion designers, Rome-born Roberto Capucci. Opening ...
ACROBATICS/ALIS Christmas Gala January 4-7 Obihall, via Fabrizio de’ Andre/lungarno Aldo Moro, Florence Begin the new year with a bang: the world’s acrobatic superstars are coming to Florence for ALIS ...
LIGHTS/F-LIGHT: Firenze Light Festival Until January 7, 2018 Various venues in Florence Florence’s monuments and squares get an illuminated makeover for the holiday season with the return of F-LIGHT Firenze ...
LIGHTS / F-Light Festival Until January 7 Various venues in Florence Let there be light! The Tuscan capital twinkles all over during the festive season. Check out TF’s guide to ...
Florence and Tuscany are all lit up for the height of the holiday season, with mulled wine still being sipped at the markets for a few more days. As busy as ...
TRADITION/Open Day at the Giardino della Gherardesca 10am-4pm, December 17 Entry points: via G. Capponi 54, borgo Pinti 97, p.le Donatello 12, Florence A popular, charitable pre-Christmas event in the ...
Florence-based fashion institute Polimoda is frequently cited in style world-strongholds such as Women’s Wear Daily, recently came to a new agreement with the Council of Fashion Designers of America and ...
LIGHTS/F-LIGHT: Firenze Light Festival December 8-January 7, 2018 Various venues in Florence Editorial update, Friday, December 8, 5.15pm: The Christmas tree lighting in piazza Duomo has been postponed until Sunday, December ...
Via dei Serragli has long figured into the Florentine lives of the authors of this piece. Last November we tackled its initial half for this column, showing up with some ...
The easiest mistake to make when first setting foot in the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, Florence’s only surviving silk mill, is equating it with a museum, or any place that exists ...
LIGHTS/F-LIGHT: Firenze Light Festival December 8-January 7, 2018 Various venues in Florence Florence’s monuments and squares get an illuminated makeover for the holiday season with the return of F-LIGHT Firenze ...
Need last-minute Thanksgiving tips for today/tonight? Our TF event has sold out, but you may find some other options here! HOLIDAY / Weihnachtsmarkt November 29-December 21, 10am-10pm Piazza Santa Croce, ...
Nailing down plans for Thanksgiving can get complicated without the vacation day(s) to take care of the turkey and the ’round-the-corner relatives to supply the side dishes. But plenty of ...
SIP / Florence Wine Event November 18-19 Il Conventino, via Giano della Bella 20, Florence What’s in a name? In the case of this particular one, pretty much all you ...
COLLECTIVE / 11 Spaces November 12, 11am-9pm Numeroventi, via Pandolfini 20, Florence If you’ve yet to make your way to creative hub/”Tuscan think tank”/art residence Numeroventi, now is the time. ...
Neighborly interactions have increased exponentially for me since I made the jump (down) from a third-floor walk-up to a ground floor apartment. This is thanks to a phenomenon I rarely ...
THEATRE / The Underground: a Response to Dostoevsky 8.45pm, November 2 & 3 Teatro della Pergola, via della Pergola 30, Florence “Is it possible to rid ourselves of the force ...
Tomorrow Florence paints the town orange as Halloween celebrations take over the Tuscan capital. Break out your best ghoul/goblin/witch wear and make your way to one of these spooky shindigs ...
We won’t mince words: regarding mass tourism’s takeover in historic Florentine streets, via Ricasoli is a rather bleak block. Pointed and plentiful signage for the “David Museum” outside area shops ...
FILM / Lo Schermo dell’Arte November 15-19 La Compagnia and various venues, Florence Contemporary art comes to the big screen at this multifaceted film festival. Active in Florence since 2008, ...
“Bar the thrill of admiring its marble pavements, marble street benches, decorative marble putti, marble-clad post office and marble everything else, Carrara doesn’t offer much for the visitor.” This is ...
VISIONARY/Radical Utopias October 20-January 21, 2018 CCC Strozzina, piazza Strozzi, Florence Get schooled on the radical architectural movement in Florence of the 1960s and 1970s, a machine oiled by political ...
