As we enter 2025, here are the biggest annual events to look forward to this year in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

So I am escaping to Italy, where — in my head — it is always summer, every bike is a gleaming Colnago Master, and one can ...

Italy is a land of history, and with that history comes a treasure trove of ancient traditions that have stood the test of time. From epic battles of the past to peculiar celebrations of nature, these ...

Italy, from art-filled Florence to coastal Cagliari - Culture, history and excellent cuisine abound in these Mediterranean ...

I'm a little late to news of this interesting sounding book dedicated to the use of blue paper in Italy entitled Venice in ...

Home to such global favourites as Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and prosciutto, Parma is a food lover’s paradise, the heart of ...

When two architects renovated the once-grand floor of a palace in Genoa, Italy, their goal wasn’t period perfection: “We didn ...

Must-sees include Saint Vigil Cathedral, where the Council of Trent was held in the mid-16th century, and Buonconsiglio ...

The regional bubbly, Trentodoc, is the first Italian appellation reserved for sparkling wines made by bottle fermentation—a ...

Perhaps you’ve already started and promptly broken your New Year’s resolutions. I broke my “work out four times a week” ...

In 1971, Baker was 16 and listening to Arvella Gray, a blind blues artist, play on Chicago's Maxwell Street. Thirty-five years later, the author, then a quarter century into a stellar music ...