Emilia-Romagna Articles
World's first shoulder transplant carried out in Bologna An Italian hospital has carried out the world's first shoulder transplant.
Bologna to open free opera school Bologna's municipal theatre said Wednesday it will open a new opera school for would-be Pavarottis, directors and conductors in the autumn.
Ferrara in heart-friendly city bid Italy's Renaissance jewel Ferrara is bidding to become Europe's first openly heart-friendly city, launching a raft of schemes aimed at cutting cardiovascular risks.
'Depressed' man's shoot-em-up spree stopped Like a famous scene in a Rambo movie, an Italian man said he vented his anger and frustration by shooting up shops and petrol stations around his home town.
Animal activists free pheasants from 'concentration camp' Animal rights activists freed 15,000 pheasants from a bird farm in Emilia-Romagna on Thursday, leaving a message comparing the farm to a Nazi concentration camp.
Ferrara has embarked on a year of festivities, paying tribute its artistic past, as a bustling Renaissance centre, and future, as the Italian branch of the prestigious Hermitage art museum.
The Catholic Church in Bologna has decided to keep mum this year over a controversial multimedia festival in the city that celebrates gender identity and sexual orientation through film, literature and extreme performance art.
Famous for its parmesan cheese and prosciutto, Parma is offering up nourishment for the mind over the next three months with the first edition of its Gastronomy in Modern Art Festival (GNAM).
A major exhibition celebrating the extraordinary artistic flowering at the 15th-century court of Borso d'Este, lord and duke of Ferrara, has opened at the city s Palazzo dei Diamanti.
Two-times world champion Fernando Alonso was interviewed by a public prosecutor in the northern city of Modena on Tuesday in connection with a probe into Formula 1's spying scandal.
Events in Emilia-Romagna
Gods Of Metal Bologna's Arena Parco Nord welcomes hordes of heavy rock fans for three days of head-banging hedonism during the Gods of Metal festival.
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Start Date: 27 June, 2008 - End Date: 29 June 2008
Artisti in Piazza Artisti in Piazza is an international festival of street art, attracting musicians, actors, sculptors and painters to perform and exhibit in Pennabilli, near Rimini.
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Start Date: 29 May, 2008 - End Date: 2 June 2008Anaemic America Mario Schifano, Anaemic America, 14 large paintings and 300 photographs from the artist's trip to the US in 1970.
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Start Date: 2 May, 2008 - End Date: 22 June 2008
Miró: la terra - Ferrara The Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara serves as a splendid backdrop to the exhibition of one of the most important figurative artists of the 20th century: Joan Mirò.
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- End Date: 25 May 2008Amores - Dance Marathon Hosting some of the most prominent companies in the world, Amores is a marathon dance event that takes place all around the streets of Bologna, from Piazza Maggiore in the city centre to the outskirts.
