Possibly the only thing more off-putting than an exhibit dedicated to shit is an interactive exhibit dedicated to shit. Excrement is at the center of a show at the Museum of Natural History in Trento called “La Cacca, History of the Unmentionable” on until March 28. “We’re using shit from the animal world to teach [...]
A young Italian woman swooned over a replica of Antonio Canova’s “Venus and Adonis” statue on display at a tourism fair. Francesca Fraticelli burst into tears, then fainted after admiring the adoring glance of Venus and the gelid grace of the plaster copy — though hard to compare to the original 1795 work in marble [...]
Take a model, not a super skinny one, and chuck her in a bathtub full of spaghetti sprinkled with tomatoes and basil. That’s an anti-anorexia message, right? This is the latest lip service to the toothpick model scare as Milan buckles down (or up) for Women’s Fashion Week, which runs from Feb. 16-23, latest images [...]
Italian singles, tired of being in the shadows for St. Valentine’s day celebrations, have proclaimed their own saint and feast day. After all the hearts-and-flowers nonsense is over, the unattached fete themselves on February 15, the feast day of San Faustino. The idea launched in 2002 by three single friends who formed a “Single Pride [...]
Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci, who worked in Milan for 17 years, inspired 2008 Carnival festivities here. The best part? A huge confetti-making machine in Via Mercante. It takes old newspapers and turns them into free packs of coriandoli (“confetti” in Italian means almond candies used as wedding, birth or graduation favors) for the kids. [...]
MILAN, Italy — For the first time, Democrats living abroad from Auckland to Ontario are voting over the internet in a global primary. And a few states may allow expatriate voters to vote online in the general election come November. For now, expat voters will, in effect, add an extra state to this year’s Democratic [...]
A building code infraction of five inches closed Italy’s parking lot of love, about two weeks after it opened. Instead of accepting the usual DIY certificate of the layout, inspectors took tape measure in hand to check out Luna Parking, in Bagnolo Cremasco about 25 miles southeast of Milan. Turns out that although the 38 [...]
