WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
17 –
20 April 2008
EVENTS
“FEST” International
Science Media Fair 16–20 April at
the Molo IV close to the Miela
Theatre (Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi,
next to the Central Train Station). The heart of this event is a vast
interactive bookstore, the purpose of which is to be a laboratory of
ideas
which experiments new forms of dialogue between science and the general
public.
Opening time: Wed 16–Sat 19, 9:00–21:00
and Sun 20, 10:00-21:00. There will be a number of art exhibitions and
concerts
as well. Please check website for more detailed programme www.festrieste.it
Flowers and
Plant Show “Horti Tergestini” at the
San Giovanni Park. Not only flowers
and plants, but also book presentations, conferences and courses on
gardening
and other related issues and events. On Sat 19, 11:30–17:00 and Sun 20,
10:00–17:00. Buses 6 and 9.
ART EXHIBITIONS
“Ricordando Augusto
Cernigoj” a
collection of special and rare artworks. Until 22 Apr, Galleria
Cartesius, via Carducci 10. Info 335.6750946
Under 30 No Border: New Far West
–
Young artists exhibiting at Factory Art Gallery, via
Duca d’Aosta 6/a from 10 Apr to 17 May.
Open Tue-Sat 17:00 - 20:00 and Sun 11:00 -13:00. Info www.factory-art.com.
Van Leo, an Armenian
photographer in Cairo,
from 15 March to 25 May, and “Armenians
in Trieste from 1700 to 1900, the mark of a nation”, with works of
art,
documents, photographs witnessing the Armenian community’s life in
Trieste in
the past centuries. Civico Museo Castello di San Giusto. Take bus 24.
TOURS
On the occasion of
“Fest”, there is a guided coach tour on
Friday 18 to the Sincrotrone Light Laboratory (Area Science Park) and
the
Museum of Mineralogy and Petrography (University of Trieste). The bus
leaves
from the Info Point in Piazza Unità at 10:00 and returns at 13:00.
Deadline for
booking your seat is Thurs 17 at 14:00, ticket cost Eur 10,00. Please
call 040.3478312
– info.trieste@turismo.fvg.it
Free guided tour in
Italian only: “La Val Rosandra” (The Rosandra
Valley) organized by the
Province of Trieste
on Sun 20 at 9:00. The walk may take three or four hours with a guide.
Meeting
point at Draga Sant’Elia near the parking area and the newspaper kiosk.
Take
bus 51 from Central Train Station until last stop in Draga Sant’Elia.
Advanced
booking is necessary, please call 348.7507866 or see www.triestetour.it
Season
Opening of Carsiana
Botanical Garden
in
Sgonico on Sun 20 from 14:00 to 18:00 and from 25
April every day. You can take bus 46 from Piazza Oberdan and then reach
Sgonico
by buses 42 or 44. Tours may be organized for a minimum of 8 persons in
English, Slovene and German. Prebooking is necessary: curiosidinatura@libero.it
Call: 040.229573. Website: www.carsiana.it
Visit the Castle of
Muggia
on Sun
20. The Consortium for the Safeguard of Castles in the Region has
organized an
“open day” for a number of castles in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
The Castle
of Muggia will be open to the public at the following hours: 11:00,
15:00 and
17:00. Take bus 20 or travel by boat if the weather is nice (Delfino
Verde from
Molo Pescheria the dock after Piazza Unità), check www.triestetrasporti.it
for timetables and prices.
Guided
tour at Trieste’s Botanical Garden: “Mathematical
Walks: flowers’ symmetries” at the Civico
Orto Botanico in Via Marchesetti
2, open Mon - Sat 9:00 - 13:00. Learn about geometrical figures while
you
observe the shapes of flowers and plants. Take buses 25 or 26. Ticket
Eur 2,00.
Info 040.360068 – ortobotanico@comune.trieste.it.
LIVE
MUSIC – FREE ENTRANCE
Musik + Food, Mikiwy dj
set and sushi food on Thu 17 at Juice
via Madonnina 10. Info 380.4322134
Gipsy
Quartet Remake, Amir Kralic,
Antonio Kozina and Marco Seghene playing for FEST on
Fri 18 at Molo IV
(behind Teatro Miela) from 22:00 on. Free entrance. Info www.festrieste.it
Radio
Havana,
punk rock
concert on Fri 18 at Bar Crispi via
Crispi 18. Free entrance. Info 334.6721214 / 040.376908.
No
Xcuses
closing party
on Fri 18 at Etnoblog. Via Madonna
del Mare 3. Info www.etnoblog.org.
Magazzino
Commerciale, dance music
and pop from the ‘90 on Fri 18 at Ariston
Cafè, Viale Romolo Gessi 16 from 21:00 on. Info 040.309681 www.ariston-ts.it. Free entrance.
Voyager Percussions, Maurizio
Rizzuto, Matteo Scaioli playing for FEST
on Sat 19 at Molo IV (behind Teatro
Miela) from 22:00 on. Free entrance. Info www.festrieste.it
Dance
seminar on Balkan traditional dances at
the Dante Alighieri high school gymnasium (close to Piazza Oberdan) on
Sat 19
at 20:00–22:00. The seminar will be held by Goran Mihajlovic. For more
info,
check www.medfolk.it,
medfolkclub@hotmail.com.
Live
Concert “Music No Alcool” organized
by the Teatro del Polo di Aggregazione “E. Toti”
and the Department for the prevention of
alcoholism, on Sat 19 at 20:30 in Via Castello 3 at 20:30
Red Magma, concert for
the Waldorf
Music School
on Sat 19 at 22:00, PuntoSi, via
Economo 12/9. Free entrance. Info 040.3220180
Dj
Color & Electrosacher
playing on Sat 19 at the Casa delle
Culture in via Orlandini 38 from 22:00 on. Info 349.6030137
Rock
n’Roll Robots, Lupin +
Mikiwy dj on Sat 19 at Juice via
Madonnina 10. Info 380.4322134
Orest ambient music on Sat
19
at Caffè Verdi via S.Giovanni 4
(Muggia) from 21:30 on. Free entrance. Info 040.274691
CONCERTS &
MUSICALS
For FEST at the Miela
Theatre (Piazza degli Abruzzi) on Sun
20 at 11:00 “All the colours of climate change”.
A performance by the students of the United
World College
who will enact the environmental and social consequences of global
warming in
the Mediterranean Sea.
“Le
Musiche dell’Imperatore”, chamber
music organized by the
Associazione Chamber Music di Trieste, at the Palazzo del
Governo , in Piazza Unità on Fri 18 at 18:00. Ticket
Eur 15,00, will be given to a charity fund.
“Uno
Sguardo sul Novecento”, a concert for violin and
orchestra at the Sala
Tripcovich (near train station in Trieste), directed by Paolo Longo on
Sun 20
at 17:30. check www.teatroverdi-trieste.com
“Hubbard Street
Dance Chicago”
at the Rossetti Theatre on Sat 19 at
21:00 and Sun 20 at 16:00. Tel: 040.3593511, www.ilrossetti.com
Free
concerts at the Conservatorio Tartini
(Trieste’s Music Academy)
on Mondays and Wednesdays at 20:30. Please call the Conservatorio
(situated in
via Ghega, close to Piazza Oberdan) at least 2 days in advance to book
your
seat. Tel: 040.6724911. Check for complete programme for March, April
and May
at www.conservatorio.trieste.it
THEATRE
“Bury the dead” by Irwin Shaw
in Italian at the Teatro dei Salesiani
(in Via dell’Istria 53) on Sat 19 and Sun 20 at 20:30. Bus 10.
“Indovina
chi viene a cena”
by William Arthur Rose, with Gianfranco D’Angelo and Ivana Monti from
11 - 20
April at the Orazio Bobbio Theatre,
via Ghirlandaio 12. Info www.contrada.it
“I
Sette Peccati Capitali” by
Kurt Weill and “Trouble in Thaiti”
by Leonard Bernstein, remarks about modern society at the Teatro
Giuseppe Verdi in Riva Tre Novembre, from 12 - 19 April.
Info www.teatroverdi-trieste.com
CINEMA
and FILMCLUBS
For FEST at the Miela
Theatre a film projection: “The 11th
Hour” on
Sat 19 at 21:00, presented by la Cappella Underground,
Science + Fiction – Trieste Science Fiction Festival.
Cinecity, Shopping
Centre Torri d’Europa, Via D'Alviano 23. Bus 29, 8 and B.
Check the
movies on at http://trieste.cinecity.it/.
Earphones are available so you can follow the movies in their
original
language.
MUSEUMS
The following
website gives details of all museums in Trieste and the surrounding
region: http://www.museifriuliveneziagiulia.it/
and www.turismo.fvg.it
USEFUL WEBSITES
Restaurants in
Trieste: http://www.vivalapappa.it/ristoranti/elenco.php/provincia=Trieste
Bus
schedules in
Trieste: www.triestetrasporti.it
APT
bus schedules
(same as airport bus 51): www.aptgorizia.it
SAF:
www.saf.ud.it
Train
timetables: www.trenitalia.it
Map
itinerary: www.mappy.it