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Born in London and raised in Watford, Phoebe has just finished a Masters in cultural heritage management in Florence and is now pursuing a career in journalism and museum education.
It’s a proven fact that city dwellers who frequent parks, gardens and green spaces are happier and enjoy greater life satisfaction. Citizens exposed to nature perform better in terms of ...
FOOD/ Mani in pizza at Mercato Centrale 6.30pm – 8.30pm, August 1 Get your hands dirty and join expert pizzaiolo Marco Fierro in this pizza workshop ...
FESTIVAL/ Pon di Lake – Two Days in Reggae From 6pm + 3pm, July 26 + July 27 A two-day reggae, dub and dancehall festival on ...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP/ Girls Night Out 5–9pm, July 17 An event targeted at female millennials studying abroad in Florence who, for one night only, will have ...
FESTIVAL/ Festival au Désert July 10 – 12 Festival au Désert has been running since 2010 and has always sought to connect African, Mediterranean and European culture through ...
Italy has a chequered history when it comes to the LGBTQIA+ community. Homosexuality was legal in 1890, decades before legalisation was passed in some of today’s more “progressive” ...
For music lovers and boogie aficionados, there’s a plethora of spots, old and new, that open during the summer months. Most of these places offer more than just tunes and ...
MOVEMENT/Florence Dance Festival Until August 3 Various locations An eclectic mix of some of the biggest names in classical, modern and contemporary dance comes to ...
WINE/ The Wine Talks 7:30pm, July 3 #WineTalks are back every #WineWednesday! An events showcase in Italian and English celebrating the culture of wine every ...
SPECIAL EVENT/ 9999 Revival Event and Film From 9pm – late, June 20 9999 Revival Gruppo 9999 was an avant-garde architecture movement that started in Florence ...
TF THURSDAY/ June 13 Breakfast Drop In 10am – noon The Florentine Literary Review Event 5pm Stop by at Florence’s first table-service food court to chat ...
There’s an undercurrent of small boutique business owners who keep Florence's fashionistas well-heeled and individual in style.
SPECIAL EVENTS/Strozzi Night, Night Fever Inauguration + c2c Soundsystem, Fooo L’orto June 6 Strozzi Night This year, Thursday June 6 signals the start of summer as ...
Although he was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci and died in France, Leonardo da Vinci is inextricably linked to Florence. His career was shaped in the city ...
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So nice you eat it thrice, right? All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players, but is everyone game for the fourth and final stomach ...
Antony Gormley’s Essere provides an insight into the artist’s personal and existential processes while seamlessly involving the viewer and the city.
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British artist Antony Gormley speaks about the viewer's role in his art and art's role in modern society on the occasion of his Uffizi exhibition "Essere".
From Innocenti blue to Ponte Vecchio orpiment and louvre green, the city of Florence is a rainbow waiting to be discovered.
This February 14, there’s an antidote to starry-eyed lovers taking up pavement space; it’s found in contemporary art. PARTING / Sometimes focusing on other people’s disastrous relationships is distraction ...
On a dreary January afternoon, Farah Liz Pallaro and her infectious positivity fill the office like a ray of winter sunshine. Passion, determination and an undefeatable belief in the fashion ...
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Serious stuff, but we can use his personality-defining techniques to lead us to yet more revelry. Although there ...
