WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
7 – 10
August
ART
EXHIBITIONS
“Aure”, a photography
Exhibition at
the Teatro Miela by the Polish photographer and anthropologist Monika
Bulaj.
A collection of photographs taken around the world searching for
harmony
between the East and the West. Piazza Duca degli
“Medioevo
a
Trieste” (The Middle Ages in Trieste) an important art
exhibition on life,
culture, society and art during the
Middle Ages in Trieste at the San Giusto Castle Museum. Bus 24. Opening
times
from July to October 9:00-19:00, ticket entrance Eur 5,00. For more
info: http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/news.asp
In
CONCERTI
NEL CASTELLO (Miramare)
Concerts at the
Friday 8 August:
Piano concert by Ana Cuic (Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Prokoviev).
SOUNDS
AND LIGHT SHOW AT THE
Thurs 7 and Friday
8 August at 21:00, a sounds and light show at the
AFROREGGAE
MUSIC AT THE BAGNO AUSONIA
Thurs 7 August with
the South African
Ras Dumisani and his Afrikhaya Band (musicians from France, Jamaica,
Ivory
Coast, Cambodia, Madagascar, USA and Dominican Republic, at 21:00,
ticket Eur
10,00. Organized by the Associazione Globogas, Teatro Miela and the
Assessorato
alla Cultura. Bus 8.
MUSIC
AND ENTERTAINMENT – FREE
Thurs 7 August, in
Piazza Sant’Antonio “A Candle for
Grotta
Gigante
Thurs
7 August: Free concert on the
occasion
of the Grotta Gigante’s 100th anniversary (1908 – 2008).
“Labirinthum-Natura” with the “Dramasan Ensemble” from Gorizia playing
classical medieval music, at 21:00. Temperature in the Grotto is 10
degrees;
therefore wear something warm for the concert. See www.grottagigante.it
or call
040.327312.Bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan.
Cabaret
Festival in Piazza Unità
Thurs 7 August: “100 Maestri –
Ritmo” with
new actors from famous TV programmes “Zelig” and “Colorado Cafè” at
21:00. For
more info call: 040.347 8504
Piazza Verdi
Fri 8 August: Musical comedy in
Triestine
dialect “La Vera Storia dei Blues Brothers” at 21:00
Sat 9 August: Music, theatre and
dancing.
“Twins Club, a concert by the Boogie Nites and a dance exhibition by the Accademia Danze Sportive” at 21:00.
Sun 10
August: A comedy in Triestine dialect performed by the
theatre company “Gli Amici di San Giovanni – Canta Canta che te darò El
Pignol”at 21:00
Piazza Hortis
Fri 8 August: Music
and poetry in Italian by the Nuova
Compania di Prosa “C’est pas la fin du monde”, poems of the French poet
Jacques
Prévert accompanied by music at 21:00
Sat 9 August: a musical comedy in
Italian
on the history of
Servola
Sun 10
August: “Umberto Lupi canta Trieste” (songs from Trieste ,
in Piazzale della Chiesa, bus 29 at 20:30
Muggia
Fri 8
August: Music
in Piazza Marconi organized by the Associazione delle Companie del
Carnevale at
21:00.
Sat 9 August: “Vogadamata”, a
really funny masquerade boat race
organized by the carnival association of Muggia at 19:00.
Every
Monday until 30 August: “Concerti
del Lunedì” with the
Civica Orchestra di Fiati “Giuseppe Verdi”
(Wind Instruments of the Verdi Orchestra) at the Capitaneria di Porto
in Piazza
Duca degli Abruzzi 4. See
programme: www.orchestradifiati.it
or call Assessorato alla Cultura: 040.309258
THEATRE
– FREE
Thursday 7 August at
the Museo Sartorio (via Duca
d’Aosta) a play in Italian at 21:00: “Vetri rotti sulla strada” (broken
glass
on the street), written and directed
by Giulio Settimo. This play
has won the recent Palio degli Asinelli (a special competition among
all local
high schools), the prize “Macchina del Testo” as best original text
(Liceo
Carducci). The play wishes to develop further the old theme about what
is an
artist, the criteria with which he/she should be judged, even beyond
his/her
work or the inspiration behind it. See website http://lamacchinadeltesto.org
(recommended
by Adriano Lucatello)
WINE
& FOOD FAIR IN
Friday 8 and Saturday
9 August: “Acquolina sotto le
Stelle” is a wine tasting event with a fish buffet at the Porto San
Rocco
restaurant in MUGGIA with expert sommeliers and chefs from
Sunday
10 August
“Calici di Stelle” is a wine tasting
event in Duino- Sistiana Mare at
the Parco della Caravella with expert sommeliers who will accompany
visitors.
Music and entertainment too. See www.comune.duino-aurisina.ts.it.
You can reach Sisitiana either by boat with the “Delfino Verde” (last
one at
19:20 to Grignano –
OPEN AIR
DISCO AND MUSIC
Cantera Social Club
in the
CONCERTS
AND EVENTS
IN THE REGION
www.ofu.ud.it and www.euritmica.it (music
events in Grado)
www.azalea.it
(Sat
9 August, Dionne Warwick in concert in Lignano Sabbiadoro and Wed 13
August, Zucchero “All the Best world Tour 2008” in Grado)
www.nobordersfestival.com, in
Tarvisio 20 July – 10 August
www.lagunamovies.com
(Grado) until 10 August
www.mtvfriulifvg.it
(“Calici di Stelle, wine tasting event and music entertainment in
various parts
of the region.)
www.ghiaccipontebba.it,
(“Stars on Ice”, ice skating show on Fri 8 August at 21:15)
Guided Tour by foot
of
Email: info@turismo.fvg.it
Carsiana
Botanical Gardens in Sgonico 55. More than 600
species of plants. You can also book a guided tour in English, German
and
Slovene by calling 040.229573. Ticket Eur 3,00 (for a group of 7
reduced Eur
2,00). Take buses 42, 44 from Piazza Oberdan, change in Prosecco and
take bus
46 to Sgonico. (You need 2 tickets to get there). For
more info and opening times
during the week see
website: www.carsiana.eu
/ email: curiosidinatura@libero.it
MUSEUMS
“Musei di Sera”, is a special
initiative only
during the month of August in which some museums (namely the History and Art Museum in
Piazza della Cattedrale n 1 will be open
at night on special days from 20:00 to 24:00 with special guided tours
and a series
of free concerts. See: http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/news.asp
and programme: www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/pdf/depliant%20MdS.pdf
The following website
gives details of all museums in
CINEMA
and FILMCLUBS
Cinecity, Shopping
Centre Torri d’Europa, Via D'Alviano 23. Bus 29, 8 and B.
Check the movies at http://trieste.cinecity.it/.
Earphones are available so you can listen
to the original language for some films; please ask before buying your
ticket.
The following website
gives details of all museums in
Useful
Websites
Restaurants in
Bus schedules in
Train timetables: www.trenitalia.it
Map itinerary: www.mappy.it
Ticket purchase for
concerts in and out of
Buses for trips
outside
Films on