Learn to pick a pocket or two with Arts in English workshops taking place next month to search out the next Oliver.

ROME -- The luxury Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria Hotel is offering a very special valentine’s weekend package with the full romantic works.

By popular request the no profit cultural association Arts in English will be holding one of their Scottish Evenings on Friday 27 January from 8pm to midnight to celebrate the famous Scottish poet

 By INSIDER REPORTERS

 ROME -- Monika Bulaj is a Polish immigrant to Italy (i.e.

ROME -- This Christmas, families were delighted to see a proper festive pantomime grace the stage of Teatro Nino Manfredi, complete with dames, songs and of course some hearty audience participatio

ROME -- From February 7 through May 6, 2012, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome will present“Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945–1980,”  an exhibition of some

ROME-- Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), fin de siècle genius and pioneer of Viennese Modernism, would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012.

By MARC MEWSHAW    

ROME -- The 17th edition of MEDFILMfestival, the historical event taking place in Rome, renews the appointment of the capital city with the protagonists of the Mediterranean cinema on Nov. 19.

ROME -- The 2011, 48th edition of the Festival di Nuova Consonanza - Title Ri / ModulAzione - is based on impermanence.

By MARC MEWSHAW

Reviewed by ALYX BARKER

 AREZZO -- Giorgio Vasari is not as colourful as more turbulent artists but has another kind of interest.  His greatest success came eventually not as a visual artist but as a writer: his Lives

By SOPHIE INGE

ROME -- After the success of the major exhibition dedicated to 15th century Rome, the Fondazione Roma offers a fascinating retrospective on the Eternal City in the 16th century.

Reviewed by ALYX BARKER

"Two Noble Kinsmen"

ROME-- In line with the curatorial philosophy of its President, Professor Emmanuele F. M.

ROME -- Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food Italy is now in its eighth edition.

ROME -- The ever decreasing presence of films in lingua originale is the thorn in the side of many an Expat.