WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK

20 - 23 August 2009

PHOTO COMPETITIONS

JOIN THE FIRST ICTP DIGITAL PHOTO COMPETITION: Open to Scientists, Visitors, Ictp Staff and Consultants. Following many requests from our visitors asking for postcards of Trieste, we have decided to organize a digital photo competition. Each participant can submit up to three digital photographs in colour. The selected photos will be printed as postcards and made available to Ictp's visitors on a cost-reimbursement basis. DEADLINE: 31st August 2009. For info, call the Info Point, ext. 433/90.


Photo competiton " History of Nature - Moments of Biodiversity",
promoted by the WWF-Area Marina Protetta di Miramare and the Circolo Fotografico Triestino with the support of the Province of Trieste, the UNESCO Centre and the Corpo Forestale Regionale. It aims at promoting genetic diversity in nature, animal life and plants.  There is also a special section on "marine life" of the Miramare marine area. Participation is free and open to all. Please check these websites for more info on rules: http://www.riservamarinamiramare.it and http://www.circolofotograficotriestino.it


EXHIBITIONS

"Musei di Sera" (Museums open at night) is a cultural event organized each year by the Comune di Trieste. The Sartorio Museum (an ancient 18th century Villa of noble Genovese origins) is at the centre of this event and will be open at night from 20:00 - 00:00 hrs every Tuesday and Wednesday offering a series of guided tours (in Italian) of the House, its beautiful furnitures and its numerous art collections such as the Tiepolo Veneziano works of art and more recently those of Fittke. There will also be a series of music concerts and plays in the Villa's garden.

Tues 25 August at 21:00 "Chirike" Latin-American music with Creole sonorities from Peru and folkloristic music from Venezuela and Cuba.

Wed 26 August August at 21:00: "Serenade d'autrefois" with the Caput Gori ensemble for mandolins and guitars.

The Sartorio Museum is situated in Largo Papa Giovanni XXXIII n.1. Bus 30 and 10.

The entrance fee for the guided tours and musical entertainment is € 3,00. For more on programme:

http:// www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/museidisera09/

 

"Art & Cinema" at the Revoltella Museum there will be a series of French films related to Leonor Fini's friendship and artistic collaboration with Renoir, Buñuel and artists such as Dali or writers such as Cocteau.

Thurs 20 August at 20:30: 2 films will be projected in the Auditorium: "Les Mystères du Château du Dé" a 1929 film directed by Man Ray and film-interview of Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, "The Impassioned Eye", directed by Heinz Butler. Ticket entrance to the Museum and the film (plus a series of guided tours from 18:00 - 21:30) is € 6,00.

The ongoing exhibition at the Revoltella Museum is: 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 until 4 October. For more info check http://www.museorevoltella.it/

 

"Genti di San Spiridione. I Serbi a Trieste 1751 - 1914" (the history of the Serb Minority in Trieste) in collaboration with the General Consulate of Serbia, the religious Serb-Orthodox community of Trieste and the History and Art Museums of Trieste. Ongoing until 4 November, at the San Giusto Castle.

 

MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT

Classical Music Concert in the Miramare Castle Throne Room every Friday at 20:30, organized by the Tartini Conservatory of Trieste. Ticket cost € 4,00 payable directly at the ticket office of the Castle entrance on a first-come first-served basis. Be there at least half an hour before the show starts.

Fri 21 August: Piano recital with Dimitri Candoni playing Bach, Chopin, Liszt and Prokof'ev. Check: http://www.conservatorio.trieste.it

 

Sounds and Lights Show at the Duino Castle from the sea "La Rocca degli Usignoli" (the Rock of the Nightingale which tells the story of the artistic and intellectual friendship between the poet Rilke and Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis). The show is seen from the sea on board the Delfino Verde ferryboat.

Departure is fixed from the dock in the Bay of Sistiana at 21:00 and return at 22:45. You may take bus Apt 51 (the airport bus) to Sistiana and return. Ticket cost for the boat and show: € 7,00. Booking is necessary at "Ticket Point" in Corso Italia n.6/c, or directly at the Duino Castle's box office from 9:30 - 17:30. The shows will be performed on the following days: 20 - 26 - 27 August. Check http://www.airsac.it

 

FREE SHOWS

Muggia:

Fri 21 August

Trieste Magica presents "incantesimi... sotto le stelle"(Magic spells under the stars) in Muggia Porto San Rocco at 21:00 at the Sala Congressi .You may reach Porto San Rocco by bus 20 until Muggia and take bus 50 to Porto San Rocco ( strada per Lazzaretto n.2).

Sat 22 August at 21:00: " La Grande Musica da Camera" (The Great Chamber Music), directed by Romolo Gessi at Porto San Rocco, music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, see http://www.comune.muggia.ts.it/

 

In Trieste:

"Cavana Tango" on Thurs 20 August from 21:00 to 23:00. This event is taking place in the streets of the old city between Piazza Cavana and via del Pesce. Music and tango in the open air with tango schools performing but the event is open to anyone who would like to join. This will be repeated on 27 August and 3 September.

Piazza Hortis at 21:00

 

 

Other cultural and musical events taking place in the region:

In Udine and surroundings: http://www.udinecultura.it/

"Puppet Festival": 22 and 23 August there will be five different shows in the Collio area from San Floriano to Capriva, from Cormons to Dolegna. Followed by other shows in Grado on 24 - 28 August and in Gorizia from 2 - 5 September. For a complete programme check www.ctagorizia.it tel: 0481. 537280

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.  Bus 73 takes you down to the bay, but the last bus up is at 20.06 so be sure not to miss it unless you can cope with the steep climb back up. There are free buses on Saturday night for young people who wish to go to Sistiana Bay with the following timetable: Departure from Piazza Oberdan at 22:15, 22:30, 23:30 and 23:45 and return at 1:10, 2:20, 2:50 and 4:15 (the two last returns will proceed to Muggia and Opicina). FLEA MARKET AND BRIC A BRAC: Every Friday in August, down in Sistiana Bay, at the "Parco Caravella", there is a flea market from 18:00 - 23:00.

TOURS

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 CHECK OUR WEBSITE: http://infopoint.ictp.it OR COME DIRECTLY TO SEE ITINERARIES AND BROCHURES AT THE INFOPOINT.

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