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16/08/2023

Our popular column continues the week with important emergency numbers to know.

Our popular column continues this week with important numbers to know.

09/08/2023

Know you know!

Welcome to our weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

04/08/2023

Begins today.

The city history festival organized by the Municipality of Lucca 4-5-6 August - Urban Walls Lucca is a city with over two thousand years of history, studded with extraordinary events that have engraved his name in the Timeline. Lucca Historiae Fest wants to tell this journey using the bulwarks of th...

01/08/2023

Ever wonder about this building? See below for answers!

Welcome to our weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

01/08/2023

A perceptive post by Tom England showing his careful study of life in his adopted hometown. We’ll miss you, Tom, and we are deeply grateful for all your contributions.

As you walk the streets of Lucca be on the alert for posters that announce upcoming events. They are often the best (and sometimes the only) way to learn about exhibits & performances that may appeal to you. I learned this during my first week of living in Piazza San Giusto, after moving here from A...

01/08/2023

More fabulous photos by Tom England in one of our most-read posts.

Written by Sandy Brown, photos by Thomas England After hours spent standing in line together outside government offices, I thought I knew a few interesting things about Tony Sardi. Then over tea I learned Tony Sardi would be living in a palace today if his grandfather hadn't gambled away the family....

01/08/2023

Tom England’s most-read post, and still a handy key for anyone trying to figure out driving and parking in our town.

Both parking and driving within the city walls of Lucca are severely limited. There are three types of parking spaces, denoted by the color of paint on the pavement: Blue spaces. This is what you want to find. You can park in any blue spaces by paying an hourly fee (more about this later) Yellow spa...

01/08/2023

This article shows off Tom’s photographic approach. Rich colors, deep tones, fabulous light.

Interview by Sandy Brown, photos by Tom England In expat social media forums one of the most often-discussed topics is real estate. After working with him over the last six months on two lease contracts, I sat down on Tuesday with Roberto Aguggia of Salom Aguggia Immobiliare, an agency that speciali...

01/08/2023

A super, short article by the late, great Thomas England.

A simple tip to keep the conversation going.

01/08/2023

Today we’re reposting articles by Thomas England, whose life is being celebrated this week. We’re deeply grateful to Tom for his photographic and authorial contributions to LuccaNews.Org over the last many months.
https://luccanews.org/2022/04/12/whats-luccas-good-friday-procession-like-here-are-tom-englands-photos-from-2019/

Editor’s note: One of Lucca Expat Community’s treasures is Tom England, an eminent American photographer whose career includes photography in Time, National Geographic, the Carter Presidential Museum, and much, much more. Here Tom shares his 2019 photos from Lucca’s Good Friday Procession. Cli...

26/07/2023

Starting Sunday, August 6, the 10:30 Mass at San Martino Cathedral will take on an international character. Readings and songs will be offered in Italian, but also in English, German, and Spanish. Those who have served in other parishes as altar servers, deacons, or presbyters are welcome to participate in leadership of the Mass. Archbishop Giulietti suggests this is a way to provide spiritual care from the many tourists that attend Mass on Sundays, particularly in the summer.

Dal 6 agosto, la messa domenicale delle ore 10.30 nella cattedrale di San Martino a Lucca avrà un carattere internazionale. Durante la liturgia infatti le letture saranno in varie lingue non italiane – inglese, spagnolo, francese, tedesco – grazie a lettori e ministranti che si sono già messi ...

19/07/2023

This weeks ‘Did You Know?’

Welcome to our weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

17/07/2023

The LuccaNews Weekend and Weekly What’s Happening are on break until August 1st. See below for this weeks featured event, and see our calendar for more events happening in and around Lucca.

Oh yes! We are meeting at 10am for the ORGANIC WINE & OLIVE OIL TOUR and taste-tasting, but no worries, we won’t be drinking in the morning 😅 📌Program: Meeting at Tenuta Maria Teresa. Karin will greet you bilingually, as always & then we’ll get started. We’ll do some fun bilingual ice-br...

13/07/2023

The LuccaNews Weekend and Weekly What’s Happening is on break until August 1st. See below for this weekend’s featured event, and see our calendar for more events happening in and around Lucca.

14 and 29 July - 10 and 25 August O beautiful age of deceptions and utopias! The musical fresco that Giacomo Puccini dedicates to youth, carefreeness, dreams and love will be staged for four performances. The bohemian life of the group of young, idealistic and penniless artists is set against the ba...

12/07/2023

Interested in fair trade? See below in this weeks ‘Did You Know.’

Welcome to our new weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

10/07/2023

See this weeks featured events below.

07/07/2023

See this weekends featured events below.

See below for featured events happening this weekend.

05/07/2023

Newest post in our weekly "Did You Know" column.

Welcome to our new weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

02/07/2023

Lots of big name musicians this week and a Limbo Festival in the not too distant future.

We've got Indiana Jones to Bob Dylan this week, and many points between. See more events in Lucca below.

30/06/2023

Lots of music and a Walk & Talk Bilingual Language Lab tonight.

Just another weekend full of fabulous events!

28/06/2023

#2 in our new weekly ‘Did You Know’ series, posted every Wednesday.

Welcome to our new weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

26/06/2023

This weeks featured happenings below.

See this week's featured events below.

23/06/2023

Plenty to choose from this weekend in the fair city.

Plenty to choose from this weekend and more!

22/06/2023

LuccaNews has launched a new weekly column! Starting next Wednesday you can find short posts in our ‘Did You Know’ column highlighting useful tidbits and interesting facts about this beautiful town in which we live. See below for post #1.

Welcome to our new weekly column! Check every Wednesday for helpful tips and interesting facts about Lucca. Previous posts may be found under Articles > Did You Know?

19/06/2023

Here are your highlights for the week ahead.

See below for this week's featured events.

16/06/2023

See below for this weekends highlights.

16/06/2023

We had many new faces last night and are looking forward to the next phase of LuccaNews! Stay tuned, dear reader.

Thank you to all who made last night's event such a success!

15/06/2023

Tonight, Thursday June 15! See how you can plug into LuccaNews!
5:00 - Meet & Greet
5:30 - What's in store for LuccaNews.Org
6:00 - Mingle
RSVP for address in Centro (find email link in Invite announcement below. Hope to see you there.

We just passed 100,000 views and every week have over 1,000 visitors to the site. We’re often at the top of Google searches for events around town and hear daily what a terrific source of information it is for the community! We’d love more enthusiasts to help move the vision forward. Please join...

13/06/2023

Join us this Thursday for a volunteer get together and see how you can plug into LuccaNews!
5:00 - Meet & Greet
5:30 - What's in store for LuccaNews.Org
6:00 - Mingle
RSVP for address in Centro (find email link in Invite announcement below. Hope to see you there!

We just passed 100,000 views and every week have over 1,000 visitors to the site. We’re often at the top of Google searches for events around town and hear daily what a terrific source of information it is for the community! We’d love more enthusiasts to help move the vision forward. Please join...

12/06/2023

Something for everyone this week.

Something for everyone this week in Luccaville and surrounding areas.

09/06/2023

See this weekend's featured events below, including exercise events on the wall.

See this weekend featured events below.

07/06/2023

LuccaNews is an important source of information for expats in the Lucca area. We just passed 100,000 views and every week have over 1,000 visitors to the site. We’re often at the top of Google searches for events around town and hear daily what a terrific source of information it is for the community! The last five months have seen a retooling in the events calendar and an update in many of the dropdown menus. We’d love more enthusiasts to help move the vision forward!

We just passed 100,000 views and every week have over 1,000 visitors to the site. We’re often at the top of Google searches for events around town and hear daily what a terrific source of information it is for the community! We’d love more enthusiasts to help move the vision forward. Please join...

05/06/2023

Double header tomorrow night at Cinema Astra,

DOUBLE PROGRAMMING Prices: Single ticket for the two films €8.00 Single film ticket €6.00 WILD HEART Original version with subtitles Director: David Lynch (Drama 124') Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, J.E. Freeman TUESDAY 6 JUNE AT 19.00 - Palme d'Or...

05/06/2023

See this week's highlights below.

See this week's featured events below.

01/06/2023

This weekend.

High quality handmade artistic design work made in Italy. Next appointment with Meraki Market will be on June 2, 3, 4 at the Portico of Santa Caterina, Real Collegio, Lucca. A special occasion to admire new creations of artists and creatives of "Meraki Lucca Association" and to visit the wonderful c...

29/05/2023

This week's features extend into the weekend.

This weeks What's Happening extends through the weekend.

26/05/2023

Wow there is a lot happening this weekend. Good luck choosing!

Lots of choices this weekend. Please see our on-line calendar for a complete listing, and good luck!

22/05/2023

It's Monday in the fair city, and here are your highlights and favorite standbys for the week.

Handbells and Pinocchio are in this weeks offering as well as your favorite standbys, English Monday and Drink, Speak, Share Language Exchange.

19/05/2023

It's the weekend, again! See below for fun and interesting events in and around Lucca.

There are many new events starting this weekend. Check it out below and see much more on our on-line calendar.

15/05/2023

Lots of dance and classical music happening this week!

It's a big week with The Dance Meeting performances throughout the city, which will also showcase Boccherini musicians. See schedule and other events featured below.