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Federico Fellini’s bookshelves

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Although it’s become almost de rigeur online, through networks like Facebook, to let people know what you’re reading, the practice of examining someone’s bookshelves to try to get a glimpse of their personality has always been popular. Stroll into someone’s house, and on their bookshelves you’ll get an open display of their curiosities, passions, and […]

A sneak peek at the 25th annual Verucchio Festival

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Preparation has long been underway for the 25th annual Verucchio festival, curated once again by Ludovico Einaudi, the internationally renowned Italian pianist and composer. The festival is one of the highlights of the summer in Romagna, and is well worth a visit from Rimini. Verucchio, located strategically on a hilltop overlooking the sea, is an […]

Rimini Libera – Celebrate the 25th of April

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Italy’s national festival of liberation, on the 25th of April, is celebrated with style in Rimini with events organised by A.N.P.I (the national partisans’ association) under the banner ‘Rimini Libera’ (Rimini Free). It’s a festival that celebrates the uprisings that brought an end to the Nazi-Fascist rule in Italy in 1945. It’s a festival with […]

Lucio Dalla – another artist inspired by Rimini

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Rimini has long held a special place in the Italian imagination. Since at least the 1960s it has become, perhaps more than any other coastal resort town, the city associated with the summer, with nightlife, with excitement. It’s not surprising then that so many Italian writers, musicians, and film-makers have been drawn to the city […]

Steve Jobs to appear at Rimini’s Pio Manzu convention in October?

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Italian bloggers dealing with tech news are today speculating that Steve Jobs, the man who founded Apple (and is credited with reviving the company’s ailing fortunes almost single-handedly), will make an appearance in October at the XXV’th edition of the world-renowned Pio Manzu conference. An article appeared in local press in Romagna detailing plans for […]

Grand Masters set for Rimini this Winter

Friday, March 27th, 2009

You’ll be hearing plenty more about an exciting art exhibition scheduled for Rimini’s Castel Sismondo this winter.  Linea Ombra, one of the foremost organisers of art exhibitions in Italy, who over ten years have attracted more than 5 million visitors to shows in cities like Brescia, Torino, Treviso, Belluno, Gorizia, Conegliano, have announced details of a […]