Universities can purchase Expo Milano 2015 tickets for € 10 per student. This is an important initiative that will involve all universities, academies and institutes of higher education recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, who will take part in "Le Università in Expo". Universities outside of Italy recognized by...

Visiting Italy by train is a lovely way to discover uncharted places. But it can be and more unique if you travel along old and out-of-the-way routes, with old-fashioned trains. It's a new kind of "slow tourism," perfect to enjoy the treasures of Italy more deeply.   The Italian Ministry of Culture has just signed a partnerhsip with Ferrovie...

Chicago Shakespeare joins the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago to commemorate the Year of Italian Culture in America. First written and performed in Milano in 1948, Inner Voices tells the story of a man who dreams the murder of a friend so vividly that he believes the crime has actually been committed b...

Twenty college students from across the nation will participate in the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative that sends Italian American students to Italy. Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), the tour will visit Italy's Lombardia region, NIAF's 201...

di Maurizio Bertera È sbarcato in Italia, senza fanfare. Ma sta mostrando i "muscoli" come era prevedibile: al "ME Il Duca di Milano" – hotel totalmente rinnovato in Piazza della Repubblica – va in onda lo show a 360 gradi di The One Group.   Con ben sedici ristoranti nel mondo (e altri dieci sono in arrivo) curati direttamente e la gestion...

Experience the inimitable sights and sounds of La Scala here in California, thanks to the project MusicEmotion: Filarmonica della Scala and the Saturday Symphony Series.   Performances from the legendary Scala theatre in Milan will be screened in high definition and with surround sound at the Arena Theatre beginning on Saturday, the 20th of...

Milan, not only Italy's capital of fashion and design, is also the place to be for Italian Contemporary art. The city already counts museums and galleries the likes of the Civico Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (in Palazzo Reale) to its name, as well as the Museo del Novecento or 1900s Museum, recapping some of Modern art's most interesting tendencies;...

di Lucia Landoni   È stata costruita nel 1679, ma è ancora in ottime condizioni e svolge perfettamente la funzione per cui è stata ideata secoli fa dal più celebre liutaio della storia: la chitarra Sabionari è l'unica, tra le cinque realizzate da Antonio Stradivari che sono giunte fino a noi, a essere tuttora regolarmente utilizzata per atti...

Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE, "Company") announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy-based Private Equity Funds' Management Company Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and two minority owners and founders Gianfranco Padovani and Sergio Zannoni to acquire Casola Valsenio, Italy-based Vetriceramici S.p.A. for €83 million (approxim...

There are a multitude of ways to innovate. They pass through various industries, including Italian textiles if not considered moribund then certainly mature. But those who resist and survive hold together tradition and innovation. Founded in 1876 and now in its fifth generation, the cotton mill Albini (today Albini group) has always plied the same...