Why Italy

Venice Italy Travel News

The world continues to tune in to real Italian foodMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:25PMIf you are lucky, you never have known a world without olive oil or a time when Parmesan cheese came only in green cans.

Student travelers singing, dancing across EuropeThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:09AMBy GLENDA CAUDLE Special Features Editor Devin danced, Peyton sang and everyone representing the Union City Rotary Club took part in a conga line and performed the “chicken dance” Monday night before leaving Switzerland and heading to Italy.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz-bound? Grab a picnic basketWednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:44AMWhether you prefer Romeo and Juliet or Petruchio and Kate, one thing is clear: William Shakespeare must have loved Italy, because he set more than a dozen of his most famous plays there.

Students’ ‘amazing’ journey includes Tower of London, St. Paul’s CathedralTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:10PMBy GLENDA CAUDLE Special Features Editor Unlike some unhappy past “guests” at the location, Devin Burnside was in no danger of losing his head to a hooded executioner at the Tower of London Thursday.

Cy Twombly dies at 83; internationally renowned American artistTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:27PMCy Twombly, whose work blurred the boundaries of painting, drawing and handwritten poetry, was recognized with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg as one of the three most important American artists to emerge in the 1950s. Cy Twombly, an internationally renowned American artist whose lyrically evocative signature works blur the boundaries of painting, drawing and handwritten poetry, has died ...