Carved in Stone June 23, 2015 | Rachel Mendelson

The “Other” Urbino June 23, 2015 | Manuel Orbegozo

From Farm to City Hall June 23, 2015 | Sarah Eames

Man’s Best Friend, in Training June 23, 2015 | Deanna Brigandi

Not Olive Oil—Olive Liquor June 22, 2015 | Tessa Yannone

Pausa: A Fading Italian Tradition June 22, 2015 | Brittany Dierken

A Pride of Woodworkers June 22, 2015 | Caroline Davis

The Other Oil Crisis June 22, 2015 | Christina Botticchio

The Italian Pulitzer? June 21, 2015 | Michele Goad

Urbino’s Fashion Night Out
June 24, 2015 | Devon JeffersonAn inside look at Urbino’s premier fashion show, the Sfilata Sotto Le Stelle.
The runway stretches into the distance down the rustic brick of Via Mazzini. A warm evening light creeps in from the arched entry at the foot of … Read More
The Alimentary Rule of Italian Shopping
June 23, 2015 | Julianna GrahamSmall grocers with fresh products survive in Italy.
URBINO, Italy - As a customer walks into the small, two-room grocery on Via Nicollo’ Pellipario asking for fresh peaches, shop owner Luigi Valentini greets her with a smile, steps from behind … Read More
Lost in Translation
June 23, 2015 | Stephanie SmithHaving American culture on your t-shirt seems pretty cool, whatever it means.
URBINO, Italy – Overheard in the classical Piazza della Repubblica are hundreds of Italian conversations. One young woman is seen wearing a t-shirt that says “Be Happy. It … Read More
Vespa: As Italian as Pizza and Spaghetti
June 23, 2015 | Ryan YoungUrbino Vespa rally draws hundreds to celebrate the iconic scooter.
URBINO, Italy – Sunday mornings in Urbino, a historic town in central Italy’s Le Marche region, are typically very quiet.
Most of the locally owned shops and cafés that line … Read More
UNInCanto: Urbino In Song
June 23, 2015 | Nathaniel DelehoyA new tradition two years running sets the streets of Urbino to music.
Voices crowd the air of Urbino’s streets in the early morning, each carrying a greeting, a jest, or a warning. The city is alive and awake.
In … Read More
Looking for a New Place
June 23, 2015 | Alysia BurdiDrinking ban prompting students and city to compromise.
URBINO, Italy - Hanging above the main steps of the Piazza della Repubblica, a bright electronic sign shows a bottle with a red circle and slash through it followed by this warning … Read More
Kitchen-in-a-Closet
June 23, 2015 | Thomas FitzpatrickA lot of delicious food comes with your wine or beer at Happy Hour.
URBINO, Italy – Luigi “Gigi” Andreoli rushes back and forth between his small café and the outside areas it caters to. On the inside, Gigi and … Read More
Retroinnovazione
June 22, 2015 | Anita ChomenkoLearning about the art of cave-aged cheese from the Beltrami family.
CARTOCETO, Italy – Cristiana Beltrami was carefully approaching the cement-sealed mouth of a cave deep in the cellar of Palazzo Rusticucci when she turned to her visitors and whispered, … Read More
La Muta Speaks
June 22, 2015 | Rachel DaleA Raphael portrait, restored and less of a mystery, returns to his hometown.
URBINO, Italy – This is the birthplace of the Renaissance painter Raphael, but Urbino holds only three of his original paintings. One of these is a famous … Read More
Murder in Urbino?
June 22, 2015 | Rachel KillmeyerModern German TV mystery series shooting in historic town.
URBINO, Italy - Traffic cop Roberto Rossi had ducked into one of the tunnels beneath the Ducal Palace to cool off away from public view when he made a frightening discovery: … Read More
Reintroduction to Mountain Biking
June 22, 2015 | Dylan OrthBiking in Le Marche has its ups and downs.
URBINO, Italy - In the blink of an eye, my handlebars turned sharply left, bringing the bike to an abrupt stop, launching me into the blue Italian sky, arms outstretched to … Read More