Maggio Musicale Fiorentino helds its 75th edition on the theme of the voyage. Theatre, performers, and audience from Mitteleuropa to the important tour in South America (7-21 August 2012) in this year of the celebrations for Amerigo Vespucci on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the Florentine explorer (1454 – 1512).
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Gelato festival… taste Florence!
In Florence, the temperature is not so hot in recent days. But the city of Florence is ready for a “below zero” event: the Ice cream festival. Events and surprises in the village of homemade ice-cream and in the Sammontana Village from May 23-27, 2012.
Wine-made painting art exhibit at Viva Vino LA
A new offerings this year at Viva Vino LA. It includes a special wine-made painting art exhibit by Elisabetta Rogai and an advance two-week Italian Restaurant Week at participating restaurants. Rogai uses red and white wine without any other chemicals to paint her romantic, expressive depictions of women.
NYU, the Season at Villa La Pietra
This is the New York University season at Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. Friday, June 15 – 10:15 AM Cinema Odeon Auf Wiedersehen, ‘Till We Meet Again, a Documentary followed by a special dialogue with Chelsea Clinton and Linda G. Mills. With La Pietra Dialogues. Thursday, June 21 – 7:30 PM Villa La Pietra – Shakespeare – Macbeth – The Continuum Company.
Italy’s historical and thriving wine culture
Viva Vino LA, the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, The North American Sommelier Association, and Please the Palate, makes its grand return to Los Angeles for a second year of illustrious and educational dinners, lectures, tastings and seminars May 14-19 at various locations.
Viva Vino starts tomorrow at Los Angeles, USA
Viva Vino LA, the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, The North American Sommelier Association, and Please the Palate, makes its grand return to Los Angeles for a second year of illustrious and educational dinners, lectures, tastings and seminars May 14-19 at various locations.
Best of Wine Tourism 2012: the winners
At the hall of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi Pistelli took the award ceremony of winners of the international Best of Wine Tourism 2012, now in its 9 th edition. It is the promoter of the Great Wine Capitals global network which includes nine cities in the world with a strong viticulture: Florence, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Christchurch, Cape Town, Mainz, Mendoza, Porto and San Francisco-Napa Valley.
Officine di SMN celebrates 400th anniversary
The eighteenth edition of “Artigiano e palazzo,” which will take place in Florence, Italy, May 11-13 , will also celebrate the 400th anniversary of the historic “Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella”, an historical Florentine “perfume factory” appreciated all over the world for its products.
Tribeca Films to launch Tribeca Firenze
IMG Artists, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in lower Manhattan in 2002, announced today Tribeca Firenze, which will bring world-class film premieres to the widely-anticipated Tuscan Sun Festival in Florence, Italy 11-18 June, founded by IMGA’s Barrett Wissman in 2003. Legendary performer and 17-time Grammy winner Tony Bennett is the first major celebrity to confirm participation in Tribeca Firenze.
Tuscan wineries at Viva Vino LA/2
Castello di Monastero, Col di Sole, Caiarossa: Viva Vino LA is the largest Italian wine event staged on the West Coast. From seminars to tastings to dinners, Viva Vino LA offers an exceptional array of events for consumers and trade to experience Italian wines made with native grapes. Viva Vino LA makes its grand return to Los Angeles: May 14‐19 at various locations.