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Category: Life
Marilyn Monroe in Florence at Ferragamo museum
The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, created by the haute couture Florentine maison, dedicates an exhibition to the most celebrated and beloved star of Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe. The exhibition draws on many footwear, fourteen pairs exactly, created on purpose for her by Salvatore Ferragamo through the diva’s most famous period.
Stroili Gold dresses the women of Elisabetta Rogai
Stroili Gold dresses the women of Elisabetta Rogai and home to exceptional artistic performance. Monday, June 25 the Florentine painter will present a new, intriguing reinterpretation of contemporary painting and become the flagship Gold Stroili via Calzaiuoli the stage of an extraordinary artistic performance.
Madonna shoots in Mugello new music video
An old gas station in Mugello. This has been chosen by Madonna to shoot his new video ‘Turn up the radio’. The pop star has held a concert Saturday night at the stadium ‘Franchi’ in the Tuscan capital. Last night, meanwhile, Madonna has visited privately the Uffizi Gallery and the Vasari Corridor, opened especially for you, son, partner and staff.
Louvre welcomes Ferragamo show
Salvatore Ferragamo sponsors the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre and presents its Resort 2012 Collection in the Museum Halls. The Louvre opened its doors to a runway show this Summer . On June 12, Ferragamo has unveiled its Resort collection on a 400-foot runway under the archways of the Denon peristyle.
Benigni received the honorary citizenship
This morning the Florentine actor Roberto Benigni has received the honorary citizenship of the city of Florence. The ceremony for the Academy Award winner Benigni was held in the Palazzo Vecchio. Benigni will return this summer to read the poems of Dante in Florence. In the fact, Benigni is an improvisatory poet, appreciated for his explanation and recitations of Dante’s Divina Commedia by memory.
Bruce Springsteen arrived in Florence
Two days of vacation from the tour, to celebrate, alone in Florence, the twenty-first anniversary of their marriage. Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa are arrived in Florence, Italy. The couple had their wedding on 8 June 1991 and decided to devote his days in Italy to the happy occasion, So The Boss ahd his wife chosen place where spend a couple of days in Florence and the surrounding area.
Special dialogue with Chelsea Clinton at NYU
There will be the special guest Chelsea Clinton among the guests of “The Season”, the festival sponsored by New York University in Florence. The event will be opened, June 15, the Italian premiere of the documentary “Auf Wiedersehen” Till We Meet Again (10.15 am at Odeon cinema), followed by a conversation between the daughter of former U.S. president and Linda G. Mills.
Tuscan Sun Festival, the newly film program
The Tuscan Sun Festival and Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca Film Festival foRobert De Nirounded by , Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today the list of world-class films to be featured as part of the film initiative, Tribeca Firenze. The newly established film program will have screenings 13 – 17 June in Florence’s Odeon Cinema, one of Italy’s most elegant and historic art noveau cinema-theatres located in the Palazzo Strozzino.
Madonna and the Boss, the concerts at the stadium
The American popstar Madonna will be in concert in Florence, Italy, on Saturday, June 16th. Madonna has been in concert in Florence just one time before the Wordl tour 2012. She performed the evening of September 6, 1987 at the Artemio Franchi stadium during the “Who’s That Girl Tour.”