What to do & see in Lucca – Con articoli anche in italiano
Conversazioni tra arti, musica e letteratura grazie alla Fondazione Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti Giovedì 7 luglio alle ore 18, nella Sala conferenze “Vincenzo da Massa Carrara” del Complesso monumentale di San Micheletto (in via San Micheletto 3) a Lucca prende avvio il corso di storia dell’arte ideato e tenuto dal direttore della Fondazione Ragghianti […]
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The bells of the neighborhood church, San Tommaso in Pelleria, rang happily and perhaps a bit madly today as students practiced their rope-pulling technique, much to the joy of passersby walking, biking and running along the top of Lucca’s renown renaissance walls.
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di Carlo Rey Lacsamana In questi giorni si vocifera di un imminente nevicata. La neve in questo minuscolo angolo di Toscana è rara come il tartufo. Non tutti sono appassionati di neve perché provoca diversi disagi e fastidi e il 2020 già ce ne ha regalati parecchi. Ma nessuno, presumo, possa negare la bellezza eterea […]
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With the latest restrictions on travel and interactions outside one’s family making life so difficult, I thought it was a good time to UPDATE & repost an article by my happy self six months ago… Having arrived May 13th, I am looking forward to completing my first week soon! (In the spring, everyone arriving from […]
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Although the traditional procession on September 13, 2020, the eve of the feast of the Holy Cross – or Santa Croce – was cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions, the evening was still a success thanks to the innovative illumination of the route that the procession would have taken from the church of San Frediano to […]
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As originally reported by Basketworldlife.it on August 24, 2020: a band of Lucca-bred and Lucca-proud basketball fanatics will breathe new life into Basketball Club Lucca (BCL) next season. Following its total shutdown earlier this year thanks to COVID-19, the team has some new staff and high hopes for the season. “We’ve decided to save our […]
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The statue of “la pupporona” as she is fondly referred to by Lucchesi, is now fully restored to her original beauty, according to the city of Lucca. The statue gracing a fountain in piazza San Salvatore, is officially named the Fountain of the Water Nymph but is colloquially referred to as the Fountain of the […]
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Starting July 24, 2020, Secret Lucca will feature 20 free tours on Friday afternoon and evenings, sponsored by the city of Lucca and professional tour guides. The 60-90 minute tours, originating in Piazza San Michele at 18:30 and 21:00 every Friday through September 30, 2020, will cover unusual topics developed by the guides to interest […]
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Newlywed Marianna Meschi was a marvelous cook and probably only became better with age and experience. By the time I was two, I was convinced that her rice was the best thing on earth – to this day I credit her with indoctrinating me to love Lucca. Besides her rice, she was famous for her […]
Continue ReadingBefore World War II started to impact her and her family’s life directly, my Mom finished her teaching degree but unlike her sister, Gina, who went straight to work at a middle school in Garfagnana, Mom continued her university studies. She studied Chemistry at the University of Pisa after receiving an associate teaching degree because […]
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