Silvia Simonetti

Would you like to improve your cooking skills or to add an Italian taste to the usual menu? Once a month, Il Fornaio restaurant in Beverly Hills offers a cooking class based on authentic recipes from different Italian regions. Four …

Forty years after their discovery, the impressive stone statues known as the Giants of Monte Prama have been restored through a meticulous effort funded by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Sardinia Region. Today, they are finally on …

Five years after his last visit to Italy, on the occasion of the G8 held in L’Aquila in June 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama was in Rome on March 26-27, following the summit on nuclear security in the Netherlands and a …

Imagining Italy in the late 19th century, it was a Country extremely rich in natural and – most of all – artistic treasures, yet many of them were still unknown or unavailable to the large public both national and international. …

One of the most famous and beautiful spots in the city of Rome, the monumental stairway of 136 steps that connects Piazza di Spagna to the church of Trinità dei Monti will soon be given new life by the Italian …

Thousands of miles apart, the city of San Juan Capistrano in southern Orange Country, California, and the small town of Capestrano in the Abruzzi region, Italy, became “Sister Cities” in the year 2000. This international, non-profit Sister Cities network was …

Maestro Andrea Morricone, Award-winning Italian composer and conductor, will present his premier U.S. concert at the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater, The Herb Alpert Educational Village at New Roads School in Santa Monica, on April 29, 2014.   Organized under …

When an Italian superstar like Zucchero comes to town, one can’t expect things to be done in the American way. A crowd of Italians, Italian Americans, and also Americans passionate about his music gathered at the Nokia Theater in Downtown …

In the days that mark the 539th anniversary of his birth, Michelangelo continues to make the news. Born in Tuscany on March 6, 1475, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is regarded as one of the major artists of all times, …

This month, despite autonomist and separatist claims from some regions, Italy proudly celebrated its 153rd anniversary as a unified nation.   But how does a country become a nation-state? In the 19th century, Italy was divided into a number of …