WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK

3 - 5 JULY 2009

EXHIBITIONS:

New  photography exhibition: "Viaggiando per il Tibet" ( Travelling across Tibet),  at the Sala ex Aruro Fitke, di Piazza Piccola nr. 3 ( close to Piazza Unita`). A rich collection of photos to better illustrates Tibet's culture, traditions, costumes, and Buddhist religion. Open everyday from 10:)0 - 13:00 and 17:00 - 20:00 from 2 - 13 July.

Inauguration of a new exhibition today, Fri 3 July at 18:30 " La mostra del Paesaggio", at Sala Umberto Veruda at Palazzo Costanzi (close to Piazza Unita'), Chersicla, Zigaina and Dalisi, are some of the famous artists from this Region that will be exhibiting their works.

Museo Ugo Carra' in Muggia on Monday 29 June at 19:00: "Museo Rossimoda della Calzatura: Il potere della seduzione" (a selecion of High Fashion Italian shoes design). The exhibition will remain until 29 July with the following opening times: Tues - Sun: 18:30 -20:30 and Thurs 10:00 - 12:00

You are invited to the gathering at the photographic exhibition:

"Mozambique: The Season of the Future" to be held at the Cultural Association "Officina", via Manzoni 9-11 Trieste on July, 7th at 7:30 p.m (FREE ENTRANCE).The exhibition is a collection of photos taken by the reporter, Francesco Fantini,during a journey in Mozambique made with Gil, a former Mozambican homeless boy.Gil accompanied the reporter from the capital, Maputo, throughout the country, along the coasts,inland, as far as his native village in the forest where he met his family again after many years.

 

New exhibition at the Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini "L'Italienne de Paris",  an Argentine surrealist painter who lived in Trieste  in the early part of her life and subsequently moved to Paris  (1907 - 1996). The exhibition presents a huge collection of 150 works coming from important museums and private Italian, French and American collections, illustrating different periods of the artist's works. Open  4 July - 4 October. For more info check www.museorevoltella.it

Ex Museo Ugo Carra' in Muggia on Monday 29 June at 19:00: "Museo Rossimoda della Calzatura: Il potere della seduzione" (a selecion of High Fashion Italian shoes design). The exhibition will remain until 29 July with the following opening times: Tues - Sun: 18:30 -20:30 and Thurs 10:00 - 12:00

MUSEUMS The following website gives details of all museums in Trieste and the surrounding region: http://www.museifriuliveneziagiulia.it/ www.turismo.fvg.it

LOCAL EVENTS

Saturday 4 July: "La Notte dei Saldi " (Trieste's shopping night") in Trieste's downtown shopping district. Shops will go on sale and will be open until 02:00. There will also be a series of collateral events, live music, shows and entertainment in Piazza Ponterosso, Piazza della Repubblica. Corso Italia, Piazza di Cavana and Piazza della Borsa (with the biggest "carsolina cake" - typical from the carso- ever made- 24 m2).

International Short Film Festival "Maremetraggio", until 4 July. Free entrance. This Fri 3 July: " Hellenic Event", with the projection of the Greek film "El Greco"by Iannis Staragdis, (dedicated to the life of the famous painter Dominikos Theotokopoulos of the Renaissance period), starting at 19:00 at the Ariston Cinema. For more info, check www.maremetraggio.it

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT

Operetta Festival at the Verdi Theatre " La Vedova Allegra" on 4 - 11 - 17 - 22 - 25 July. Other operettas at the Miramare Castle and in Muggia's Marconi square. For ticket prices, purchase, calendar, contact free toll nr. 800 090376 or check website: www.teatroverdi-trieste.com

Latin American Music, with "Chirike'" in Malchina (in the Carso area) on 4 July, in the town's  Main Square at 22:00. Free entrance. The band plays a rich repertoire of traditional ethnic music from Peru, Venezuela and Cuba and the musicians come from different Latin American countries. Two of them work as scientists in scientific institutions in Trieste. Take bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan until Aurisina, and then take bus 43 to Malchina. Buses in that area do not run after 20:00. See www.chirike.com

Concert at Civico Orto Botanico (the Botanical Gardens) in Via Marchesetti nr. 2, on Fri 3 July at 21:00. The band  "First Aid Shadows" will play live  cover pop music from the 90s. Take bus 26 or 26 from Piazza della Borsa or  bus 6 until Viale XX Settembre and proceed by foot taking the Scala San Luigi.

A play in Italian in the Miramar Park on  3 - 5 July at 21:00. "Le Voci", and "Il Conde", written by Claudio Magris and interpreted by two famous Italian actors: Antonio Calenda and Kim Rossi Stuart. Tickets cost Eur 15,00 and may be purchased directly in the park half an hour before the show. For more info check: www.ilrossetti.it

Cantera Social Club in the Sistiana Bay is open during the summer each day from 23:00. You can get to Sistiana with the airport bus 51 and walk down to the bay or take bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan.

 

FLEA MARKET AND BRIC A BRAC

-Every Friday in July, down in Sistiana Bay, in the Parco Caravella, there is a flea market from 18:00 - 23:00'

-This Sunday 5 July, at the "Il Giulia" Shopping Center (Bus 6), from 9:30 - 19:30

 

TOURS IN TRIESTE AND SURROUNDINGS: 

Guided Tour on foot of Trieste’s historical monuments (in Italian and English) at 10:00 daily.  The tour lasts 2 hours and costs Euro 5,00 (children under 12 go free).  Advance booking is necessary, please call the Tourist Bureau in Piazza Unità. Tel. 040-3478312. Email: info@turismo.fvg.it

FOR MORE INFO ON EXCURSIONS IN TRIESTE OR THE REGION PLEASE COME SEE ITINERARIES AND BROCHURES AT THE SINFOPOINT.

Useful Websites: Restaurants in Trieste: http://www.vivalapappa.it/ristoranti/elenco.php/provincia=Trieste
Bus schedules in Trieste: www.triestetrasporti.it
Train timetables: www.trenitalia.it
Ticket purchase for concerts in and out of Trieste: “Ticket Point” in Corso Italia 6/c tel: 040.3498277
Buses for trips outside Trieste: www.autostazionetrieste.it