Oct | 10
This weekend Brother Sun vacationed with 39 Umbra Students, leaving the rest of Italy wet and without his warm company. Then again, Tuscany does tend to attract all sorts of visitors… Students spent Saturday morning in the undulating Cecina valley;... Read MoreOct | 08
Umbra Institute Art History Professor Adrian Hoch, working with previously unpublished documents, has written an intriguing paper on a fourteenth century tabernacle. In mid-fourteenth century Florence, a man who later was declared a beato, the Blessed Chiarito del Voglia experienced... Read MoreOct | 05
Perugia celebrated its 150th anniversary of liberation from the Swiss Guard on September 14th. To commemorate, numerous speeches and musical event were held in the center of the city. Italian law enforcement officials dressed in the traditional garb of the... Read MoreOct | 05
Though the tents that shelter all the stands haven't started appearing yet in Corso Vannucci, the Eurochocolate "Festival" isn't far away. Perugia's famous for that felicitous marriage of cocoa, milk, and sugar because of the long tradition of chocolate here... Read MoreOct | 04
Yesterday night the Birraio hosted the Umbra Institute's welcome back aperitivo. Students tired from all of their Fall Break travel were able to kick back on the Birraio's comfy couch-seats and have a bite to eat while recounting their adventures in... Read MoreOct | 04
This could have been the name of last night's lecture...had it been a lecture! Instead it was the Umbra Institute's Pizza Workshop, a hot-baked mix of the history and biochemistry of pizza, followed by the main course, the pizza itself.... Read More