What’s on

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The 'What’s on' section provides information about events happening across various locations in Italy, not just Milan.The goal is to make it easier for people to discover cultural events in Italy ahead of time.Future updates will include links to additional locations for a broader range of events.

If you take a peek at the top navigation bar, you will see the words ‘What’s on’. Clicking on these words you will be taken to a new page with links to information about what is happening in various locations within Italy, not just Milan.

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Why have I done this? Well, I want to make it easy for people to find out what’s going down in Italy – from a cultural point of view. These links should help you find out about events before they happen. Unlike my last minute post about the Celtic New Year event this weekend in Milan, says he going slightly red.

I will add links to other locations over time.

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+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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