What's On This Weekend - 13 - 16 February 2014

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*WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND13 - 16 February 2014*

*Quote of the day*

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his 
work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I 
have really worked, is mine.

*/Nikola Tesla /*

*Talk on Trieste this evening with Piero Budinich at 18:30 at Cafe' 
Tommaseo*

Today at 18.30 Piero Budinich (the son of the late renowned Paolo 
Budinich) editor and owner of the Beit editing company will talk about 
his publications together with writer Corinna Opara who published an 
interesting and handy tourist book in English entitled "Three days in 
Trieste". Venue: downtown, Key Tre Viaggi, Via S. Caterina 7. Free 
entrance. The talk is in Italian, but Piero speaks excellent English and 
can reply to non Italian speaking participants.

*Science Cafe' this evening at 18:00 at Cafe' Tommaseo*

At the historical Cafe' Tommaseo this evening at 18.00 in Italian by 
neurophysicist Marcello Turconi on "Mens sana in corpore sano" (A heathy 
mind ina healthy body) and Alessandro Crise, OGS researcher, on the 
Mediterranean sea and its health. Location: close to Piazza Unita'. Free 
entrance forall.

*Art Exhibition*

*On Sat 15/2 at 18.00 Inauguration and aperitifs at EContemporary art 
gallery of exhibit *by artists Paolo Polenghi, Stefano Graziano and 
Luigi Merola. Venue: EContemporary, Via Crispi 28, Trieste (Close to 
Viale XX settembre). Open until 6/3/14, Thurs-Sat: from 17-20.


*Flash Mob tomorrow in Piazza Unita' at 18:00 against violence against 
Females*

Each year, one upon three women in the world, are subject to violence, 
an unforgiveable atrocity. Tomorrow, "One Billion Rising", a peaceful 
protest, will take place in Trieste as well as in the rest of the world 
to stop this savagery against women and children.Everybody can join in 
the protest against such horrible violence. The event will begin 
tomorrow at 16.00 in Piazza Unita' with special guest stars. The *Flash 
mob dancing* *will take place at 18.00* there with participants dancing 
to the music by Tena Clark "Break the Chain". Wear black or red clothes. 
Everyone can join. The details on the Flash mob are available on Facebook.

*MISCELLANEOUS*

*Special Courses for new Parents and Grandparents*

*Whomever needs comfort/tutoring/information about raising his/hernewly 
born baby or being a calm and relaxed grandparent, *can follow courses 
by 'Associazione Bimbi Nuovi' that will start as from 17/2 and are the 
absolute must to helping you to become a confident parent and updated 
grandparent. Good for parents with adolescents too. For info call 
3339766538 or email vivianaessenya at yahoo.it

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*Meditation walk in the karst on Sunday 16 February*

Family Garden is organizing an unusual initiative-walk on Sunday 16 
February. Meeting at 10.30 am at the main road (Strada Costiera) where 
there is the Santa Croce junction. The participants will be met by two 
lady experts on meditation and yoga and it will be - provided the 
weather is good - a very interesting experience. Take your picnic -lunch 
along, dress up casually and with good shoes. Call 3474437922 or 
3347520208 for info on cost or write to r.jurada at gmail.com

*Ski season***in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Pramollo ski 
resort in Austria. For more info on slopes, ski pass prices and weather 
forecast, check: http://www.promotur.org for ski in the FVG Region, 
Austria: http://www.nassfeld.at/en/winter/

And general ski maps in Italy: http://skimaps.skiforum.it/skimaps/index.php

*TOURING THIS AREA*

The *Giant Cave - Grotta Gigante*is considered the largest tourist cave 
in the world, situated in the Karst half an hour from the city centre. 
An exclusive feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed 
by university researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements 
of the earth's crust. Visiting times every hour: 10:00 - 18:00. Each 
visit lasts one hour. Entrance ticket:Euro 11/each. For groups of over 
15 persons: Euro 5/head. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at 
Borgo Grotta, Sgonico -- proceed by foot for 5 minutes -- follow road 
sign for Grotta Gigante. Wear comfortable shoes, no heels. Check 
website: /www.grottagigante.it/

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*Guided tour of Trieste*every day at 10.30 a.m.: A 2 hours guided 
walking tour through the main sites and monuments of Trieste. The tour 
is in Italian and English and costs euro 7/pers. Book your tour by 
calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (on the corner of 
Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.

*The Revoltella Modern Art Museum is *located downtown; it was**founded 
in Trieste <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste>in 1872 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872>by Baron Pasquale Revoltella 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pasquale_Revoltella&action=edit&redlink=1>who 
left his house to the city (located in Piazza Venezia) after he passed 
away. It still displays all the art works, furniture and books of his 
time. The main building was built in 1858, designed by Friedrich Hitzig 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hitzig>and later on, in 1907 the 
City acquired the Brunner Building located nearby in order to expand the 
original collection. This building has been completely utilized only 
since 1963 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963>, following its 
restructuring of Carlo Scarpa 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Scarpa>. Its entrance is from Via 
Diaz 27. It has a remarkable collection of modern art (1860 to 1970), 
baroque art and 1700s and 1800s furniture, located in a superb 
environment. Not to be missed! Open from 10:00 - 19:00, closed on Tuesdays.

*The Civico Museo Sartorio is a Villa *that**once belonged to the 
Sartorio dynasty originally from Sanremo. A branch of the family moved 
in 1775 to Trieste as part of its business expansion. Pietro Sartorio 
here with his family and bought the house, previously owned by the 
merchant family Faraon, originary from Alexandria of Egypt. The last 
heir of the Sartorio family, Baroness Anna Segrè Sartorio, left the 
villa and all the furniture to Trieste's city council with the explicit 
wish to make it a public museum.

The villa was used by the Allies, as their headquarter after WW2, as can 
be seen by the marks on the tiles and walls where the telephone and 
electric leads were brought through. Besides the villa itself being a 
very interesting building architecturally, it contains drawings of 
famous XVII century artists Giambattista Tiepolo.

*Visit the Museum of the Sea*in Viale Campo Marzio, 5 at the far end of 
the seafront downtown. It tells the history of shipyards, navigation and 
fishing in the Adriatic Sea, displaying models of ships, dioramas and 
old navigation tools. Special sections are dedicated to Giuseppe Ressel 
and experiments by Guglielmo Marconi.Open each day from Thursday to 
Tuesday, from 9.00 - 13.00.For more info see: www.museodelmaretrieste.it.

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correctness or completeness of the above information/*
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