WHAT'S ON
THIS WEEK - 30 October
– 2 November
Trip
suggestion:
The nearby town of
MUSEUMS The
following website gives details
of all museums in
MUSIC AND
CONCERTS
Free concerts of live
music at 20:30 on Thursday 30 and
special Halloween Night
on Friday 31 October in Bar Crispi, via Crispi 18.
Two
evenings of
music with dj David Kiss among others on Friday 31 October and Saturday
1 November
at 19:30 at Caffe Piazza Verdi. Free entrance.
Second
concert in
the programme of ‘Mattinate Musicali’ in the Auditorium of
the Museo Revoltella (via Diaz 27) on Sunday 2
November 2008 at 11:00. Ticket 6 Euro
which also gives entrance to the museum’s collections. This
week’s concert will be a selection of
music by Vitali, Schumann and Paganini for piano and violin. More info on the site: www.museorevoltella.it.
EXHIBITIONS
New
exhibition at
the Immaginario Scientifico in
Grignano until 28 December 2008, entitled Space
Art. Open every Sunday from 10-20.
Exhibition at the Civico Museo Sartorio until 30 November
2008 of documents, photographs and personal objects of the great
mountaineer,
writer and musician, Julius Kugy, on the 150th anniversary
of his
birth. Daily from 9-13. Closed Monday.
Exhibition
at the Civico Museo del Mare
in via Campo Marzio 5. “I
Cosulich: una dinastia adriatica”,
tracing the history of the great local shipping family. Daily until 1
February 2009 from 8.30-13-30 and 16-19. Closed Monday. Tickets €3.50.
Solo
exhibition
by renowned artist BRUNO CHERSICLA -
mentioned in the 2001 Guinness Book of Records as the artist who
painted the biggest
painting in the world in Piazza Unita' square, Trieste -
at Galleria Planetario in via Filzi, 4 , 1st
fl. Mon
to Fri :
10-12 and 16-19. Open until 30 Nov.
Primoz
Bizjak “Focus on the Invisible” 4 Oct – 25
Nov an art exhibition dedicated to the city of
FAIRS AND
MARKETS
From 1-9
November at the Palazzo dei
Congressi of the Stazione Marittima (Molo Bersaglieri, on the seafront
in
On Sunday 2 November,
in the ‘Giulia’ Shopping Centre (via
Giulia 75/3), there will be the monthly flea
market from 9:30-19:30. Get off bus
36 at Barcola and take bus 6 from the car park and it drops you right
outside
the Giulia.
CINEMA and FILM CLUBS
If you are here for a while, you might be interested in enrolling in one of the
local
associations which show films in their original English language
version on a
monthly basis. The British Film Club is
currently signing up members from 10-12 and 4-6pm in the Ufficio
Centrale
Viaggi in Piazza Unita (next to Caffe degli Specchi) until 31 October. Annual subscription fee is 20 Euro. More info
on www.britishfilmclub.it. Alternatively, there is the Associazione Italo
Americana. The following web site gives
their subscription details as well as screening schedules: http://www.assitam.com/cinema.html
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.
African
Film Festival – 30 and
31
October. Get more information on
screenings on this site:
http://www.focsiv.org/impegno/travelling/pr_trieste.php
Guided Tour on foot of
Grotta
Gigante –
This year the Grotta Gigante, the
largest tourist cave in the world, is celebrating it’s centenary of
opening to
the public with an exhibition until 31 December in the visitor’s centre
open
10-18 daily except Monday. Visits to the cave itself take place every
hour from 10-16. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at Borgo
Grotta Sgonico. It takes 5mins on foot, following the signs, to reach
the
cave. More info online: www.grottagigante.it.
Faro
della Vittoria – Lighthouse visits
If the weather is fine, it’s nice
to take a walk along the paths of the
Muggia
The
boat linking
CASTLES
Duino Castle, take bus nr. 51
(the airport bus) or bus 44 (city bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan). Visiting
times:
9:30 to 16:30 every day except Tues. (Open weekends only from
November). Entrance ticket to the castle Euro
4.50 for
ICTP badge holders. Children up to 6 do
not pay, from 7-16 years Euro 3.50, full price Euro 7. Until
2 November, there is an ongoing
exhibition of 200 handbags dating back to the 19th Century.
To arrange a guided
tour phone: 040 208120. For more info: www.castellodiduino.it
/ info@castellodiduino.it
San Giusto Castle, take bus nr. 24
from the railway station. Built between
1470 and 1630, the castle rises up from the hill in the heart of the
old city.
You can enjoy a full view of
http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei.asp?pagina=musei_storia
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