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A partnership agreement has been reached between the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and the Palazzo Te Museum in Mantova. The Palazzo Te was built in by Giulio Romano in the 16th century for the ruling Gonzaga family...
Concert conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, with Siegfried Jerusalem tenor, Doris Soffel mezzosoprano, Sylvie Valayre soprano, Albert Dohmen bass, Matthew Polenzani tenor, and Marina Comparato contralto. Strauss one-act opera...
Thur 4 Nov -Sat 6 Nov. Resident DJs Trixia and Siddharta will be mixing hip-hop, R n B, Asian beats (bhangra) and reggae dancehall music to keep you skunking all night long. Club opens at 22.30 and admission is free.
Accademia Filarmonica Romana. Concert to celebrate the birthday of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies by the Solisti della Filarmonica conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies, with Jesper Buhl baritone. Music by Davies (21.00).
For t...
An earthquake hit a small place of 1,300 souls in Slovenia called Kobarid on 12 July this year. Nobody was killed but 353 homes were damaged, the worst shock for the village in decades. In neighbouring Italy, nobody noti...
Girolamo Sirchia, Italian minister for health, has reached an agreement with producers, wholesalers and retailers of powdered baby milk to reduce the price to consumers by an average 13 per kilo. The price cuts are expec...
Roma Jazz Festival. Jazz and reading: an evening by performers and protagonists of the Black Arts Movement Archie Shepp & Roswell Rudd Quartet with the poet Amiri Baraka (21.00).
A day walking around the streets of Rome is the equivalent of smoking five to six cigarettes. This is according to an investigation carried out by the hospital Sesto S. Giovanni in Milan.
The most polluted cities...
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light
himself. It struck him dead. And serve him right!
It is the duty of the wealthy man
to give employment to the artisan!
Hilaire Belloc, from More Peers 1911.
One of th...
Mille Anni di Colore nella scultura antica. 17 Nov-31 Jan 2005. Reconstructions in resin of some 20 famous statues, painted as they might have looked in ancient times.
Speeding up permits
The new immigration office in Via A. Pasini has agreed to speed up the issuing and renewal of permessi di soggiorno for foreigners and has taken on 40 extra temporary staff to make the system more ef...
When the governments pension reform bill was approved by the chamber of deputies in July, the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera ran a cartoon spoofing the reactions of centre-left politicians. Good news! Berlusconi has...
As we raised our glasses high, nonnos words sang out over the dining table, Salut per chinto anno, his deep, rich voice as hardy and pure as the red wine he held in his glass. Good luck, for a 100 years, his dinner guest...
6 Nov 2004. The 9th Long Shopping Night takes place in Berlin on Sat 6 Novr 2004 with its special midnight opening hour for shops. The Long Shopping Night traditionally takes place as summertime turns to wintertime and v...
The train from Roma Termini only took an hour to reach Terracina, a town situated on the coast between Rome and Naples. The climb up to the cave started at the base of the small mountain that slopes upwards from the town...
At any time of day Rita and Lallos fruit and vegetable shop was the place to meet everyone in the village. It was the social centre. All sorts of people the locals, the second-homers, the cook from the trattoria on the...
17 Nov 2004: Art History lecture by Louise Bourdua entitled Before and after Giotto. Art and patronage in Padua (18.00). 24 Nov: Archaeology lecture by Filippo Coarelli and Helen Patterson on New excavations at Forum Nov...
Free-Trial Week begins November 8th-16:00! Trial is open to all levels/no obligation. Completely Bi-lingual Acting using NYC Techniques!
Watch the presidential election returns with Americans. Dinner 10pm, party 12am - 4am. Reservations required, american.club@flashnet.it or 06 903 6284.
Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti. Concert by the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta conducted by Ennio Morricone, with Yo Yo Ma cello. Music by Morricone (20.30).
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Tucked away in a green valley with a river running through just over an hour’s drive from Rome, is a tiny medieval village built from stone. Our bedrooms are dotted around the hea...
Colour Backstage: Intelligent Paints
It is a pleasure to invite you to Bludiprussia's new showroom, Little Blu, 9 Norico Street, next May 20 at 3 p.m. for a very special workshop.
The Little Greene Company introduces...
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Housekeeper with driving license, he has been working in Italy since 2003. Good experience and references. Contact, 3346140595
Rara Avis Experience concert and Welcome Drink
The Italian Star of Art Whistling Elena Somarè, will perform in the unique Renaissance location of Cappella Orsini, songs of the Italian classical tradition, but also international...
