WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
14 - 17
August
ART
EXHIBITIONS
“Here, there and
everywhere, a journey from Liverpool to
Trieste” an exhibition on The Beatles on the occasion of the 40th
anniversary of their film “Yellow submarine” at Palazzo Costanzi,
Piazza Piccola n.2 (close to Piazza Unità), free entrance and visiting
time
every day 10:00 – 13:00 / 17:00 – 20:00, through 23 August. http://beatlesherethereeverywhere.blogspot.com
“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. Take 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 15 August “Soirée
XIXe siècle” with the voice of the mezzoprano Alessia Franco music by
Donizetti, Ponchielli and Saint-Saens.
Thursday 14 August
at 21:00, a
sounds and light show at the
GROTTA
GIGANTE
SPECIAL
Friday 15 August
at 15:00, a special demonstration with a team of Austrian and Italian
speleologists who will descend the grotto’s cavity with ropes in memory
of
their colleagues who discovered the cavity in 1840. (No extra costs on
ticket
purchase.) You can
easily get there by bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan in
MUSIC
AND ENTERTAINMENT – FREE
Thursday 14 August:
Argentinian singer and musician
Jose' Eduardo Poetto exhibits a varied
South American repertoire on the
piano at "Al Sole" bar in Viale Miramare 31, starting at 21:00
Piazza Unità
Thursday 14 August: “A vaudeville” show
with the Dance School Company Artinscena at 21:00
Friday 15
August: “Nuova
Orchestra da Camera Ferruccio Busoni” at
21:00
Friday 15 August:
Fireworks launched from the Molo
Audace at 22:45 on the occasion of “Ferragosto”
Piazza
Hortis
Thursday 15
August: “Quartetto
di Sassofoni Accademia” at 21:00
Muggia
Thursday 15 – Monday
18 August: “Wired Music Festival”:
Rock and Roll, Surf Music with bands from all over the Region in
Muggia’s
Piazza Caliterna (seaside) at around 21:00: Wine and food kiosks same
place.
Sunday 17 August: “Music with the
Federica Santi Quartet” performing music by Gershwin in Piazza Marconi
at
21:00. (Bus 20 from
Church concerts
Thursday 14 and
Friday 15: “Musica per lo Spirito”
(music for the spirit) at 19:15 and 20:45,
the Sonore Vocal
Ensemble from Oxford and Gabriele Damiani “organ scholar” of
Westminster
Cathedral directed by Thomas Primrose at
the Beata Vergine del Rosario church in Via dei Rettori near the
Questura.
Thursday 14 at 21:00:
piano concert with Giacomo Fuga playing Debussy,
Schubert
Gerswhin and Wild at the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunto di Monrupino
WINE
& FOOD FAIR IN
“Sapore di Mare” 11-
17 August: kiosks
with fish specialties (mainly Sardines
and squids fried in the typical Triestine way) from 17:00 – 24:00 and
live
music entertainment at 21:00 every day. Venue: sea front after Piazza
Unità,
Piazzale ex Piscina Bianchi, take bus 8 from Central Train Station. See
www.retecivica.trieste.it
OPEN
AIR DISCO AND MUSIC
Cantera Social Club
in the
Fireworks
launched on Friday 15
at 22:45 from the dock in
Guided Tour by foot
of
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: 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
Free guided tour at
the
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
CONCERTS
AND EVENTS
IN THE REGION
www.ofu.ud.it (“Flamenco
Libre Company, Sevilla Flamenca on Fri 29
August in Grado)
www.euritmica.it (“Le
Vie della Musica 2008” in Grado)
www.azalea.it (Gianna
Nannini on 3 Sept in Villa Manin, Vasco
Rossi on 12 Sept in Udine, Musical Notre Dame de Paris on 17 Sept in
Villa
Manin)
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