WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
24 –
27 April 2008
EVENTS
LA BAVISELA Sports and Entertaiment in Trieste from
24 April until 4 May. As every year this
edition presents a rich programme of sports, competitions and races
with
collateral events.
Sports: Sailing
regattas, Ski- Roll competition, Orienteering, Bike Ride, Triathlon,
Motorbike,
Kids’ Marathon, culminating on 4
May with the 41 km European Marathon: from Gradisca to
Trieste and The “Two-Castles Marathon from Duino to SanGiusto.
Music and entertainment
at the Bavisela Village at the Molo
IV (near Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi and the Miela Theatre)
Please check www.bavisela.it for complete programme.
Acquolina Tartufata:
Wine and food tasting
from Trieste’s famous local wine cellars (Kante, Skerk, Castel San
Mauro and
others) and omelettes with truffles. In Piazza
Sant’Antonio, until 28 April.
San
Marco Party in
Duino-Aurisina from Fri 25 until Sun 27. See the Procession and
Benediction of
the sea, visit painters exhibitions, listen to celtic music, trumpets
ensembles
and concerts, play cards, bring your kids to the”fun activities” in the
afternoons. The complete programme day by day
is available at www.comune.duino-aurisina.ts.it
in pdf.
ART
EXHIBITIONS
Marvels of Nature a photography
exhibition by Loris Dilena, with pictures taken all around the world. Sala d’Arte Negrisin, Piazza della
Repubblica, 4a Muggia. Open
10:00-12:00 and 17:00-19:00, holidays 10:00-12:00. Until 2 May.
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.
TOURS
Official
opening of Carsiana Botanical Garden in
Sgonico on 25 April. Open Tue –
Fri 10:00 /13:00, Sat and Sun (and holidays) 10:00- 13:00/ 15:00 –
19:00. 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.
Info: curiosidinatura@libero.it
- 040.229573 - www.carsiana.it. Ticket
Eur 3,00 (for a group of 7 Eur 7,00)
Free Guided Tour in Italian
only. “Dalle Doline alla Riserva
Naturale del Monte Orsario” (From the Doline to the Natural
Reserve of
Mount Orsario – in the Carso) organized
by the Province
of Trieste on Sun
27 at
9:30. The walk may take three or four hours with a guide. Meeting
point:
Parking lot in Percedol (Road between Opicina and Monrupino). Take bus
42 from
Piazza Oberdan.Prebooking is necessary, please call 348.7507866 or see www.triestetour.it
Guided Tour “On
Joyce’s footsteps”, an interesting
way to learn about James Joyce’s life in Trieste, the houses he lived
in, the
places he visited, coffee and pastry shops he used to be fond of. A
two-hour
walk on Sat 26 at 10:30. Meeting point at the Info Point in Piazza
Unità.
Prebooking is necessary, call free toll number :800.016044 or e-mail: info@turismo.fvg.it.
Ticket cost Eur 5,00.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR
CHILDREN until 26 October.
“Ritroviamoci in Piazza – Sunday Party”- FREE for children
aged 0-12. in Piazza Verdi every Sunday and
official
holidays from 11:00 to 17:00. Games, music, and various activities and
entertainment. Organized by the Associazione Culturale “Cose di Vecchie
Case”
and the Comune di Trieste. For more info call: +39.339.745333
LIVE
MUSIC – FREE ENTRANCE
BAVISELA FESTIVAL “Blues Mobile” on
Fri 25, “Makako Jump” on Sat 26, and
“Sunrise Band” on Sun 27 at Molo IV from
20:30 on. Info: www.bavisela.it. Free entrance.
“Stoned”, funky,
dance, pop at
Ariston Cafè on Thu 24, Viale Romolo Gessi 16 from 21:00 on. Info
040.309681 www.ariston-ts.it. Free
entrance.
“The
Blues Roots Band (Rock
Jam Band) at Bar Crispi on Thu 24 at
20:30 in via Crispi 18. Info 334.6721214 /
040.376908. Free entrance.
“Music +
Food”,
latino
cuisine and Alvarez Dj Set on Thu
24, Via Madonnina 10. Info: 380.4322134. Free entrance.
“Black
Holes Spell”, live music Led
Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Judas Priest at
Oblivion Pub on Fri 25 via Stock 2/2, Roiano. Info: black.holes.spell@gmail.com.
Free entrance.
Color
Dj Set, Electro Turntables Explosion on
Sat 26 at Juice, via Madonnina 10.
Info 380.4322134. Free entrance.
CONCERTS & MUSICALS
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
Beatrice
Magnani,
the solo
pianist will play on Sun 27 at 11:00 in the Principe
Raimondo Auditorium (Duino’s Castle).
CINEMA and FILMCLUBS
An evening about Tibet
at the Miela Theatre on Sun
27 at 21:00. special guest: Lama Rimpoche, a Tibetan monk from the
Sakya
school, a film on Tibet
and music.
Le voyage
en Arménie by R.
Guédiguian, in occasion of the Van Leo Exhibition. Thu 24 at 20:00,
Revoltella’s Museum Auditorium.
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