WHAT'S
ON THIS
WEEK
10
-13
September 2009
Special Evening at ICTP TONIGHT: Dinner and
Opera Music at the Leonardo Building
Two professional
opera singers from the Verdi Theatre of Trieste, soprano Loredana
Pellizari and
tenor Massimo Marsi accompanied on the piano by Maestro Corrado Gulin,
will
sing melodies from La Bohème, La Traviata, Turandot, airs from
Operettas and
Evergreens. All our visitors,
scientists and staff are welcome, free entrance.
On the occasion,
there will be a special dinner from 7 - 8:30 pm (as usual) at the
Leonardo
Building Cafeteria with the Chef's selection of special dishes from
Verdi's and
Puccini's hometowns. The dinner can be paid with half a meal voucher.
Fot those
who do not have meal vouchers, the cost is 6,50 euro/person. Desert and
drinks
will be charged as usual.
SPECIAL EVENT: RESEARCHERS'
NIGHT on FRIDAY 25
SEPTEMBER
ICTP, along with Trieste's other research
and educational institutes, will participate in a major science
festival for
the public in 2 weeks' time:
Friday, 25 September in Trieste.
Known as "Researchers' Night
2009", the event offers a number of activities aimed at bringing
science
and scientists to the general public. Centred around Piazza Unita', it
will
include popular science discussion forums featuring several ICTP
scientists,
science demonstrations, films, games, an art exhibit, and live music by
musically gifted researchers, including ICTP's own Joe Niemela.
See the Researchers' Night website
(Italian) for full details:http://www.prosit.trieste.it/
EXHIBITIONS
Inauguration
of a solo art show of the artist Enzo Pituello in
Via Lazzaretto Vecchio 19 at 18:30 at the Associazione Linea d'Arte,
"Le Autostrade della Memoria". The artist will present his latest
works many of them shown at the
Biennale of Venice in 2006. Open Mon - Fri 17:00 - 20:00 and Sat 10:00
- 13:00.
Info: 337 549346.
Photography exhibition: "ONTHESOFA"
by
Tommaso Lizzul at the Libreria Knulp in Via Madonna del Mare 7/a,
inauguration
on Thurs 10 September at 19:00.
Photography exhibition: Museo Carà-Kartell-Triestefotografia the Museo Ugo Carà in Muggia. A
selection of 150 photographs from the Kartell Art collection of pieces
of
furniture and objects chosen and designed by Kartell and put in a
different
perspective by famous artists and famous photographers such as David
Lachapelle, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh, Helmut Newton, Ranjit
Grewal to
mention a few. The exhibition is open from Tues - Sun 18:30 - 20:30,
Thurs
10:00 - 12:00. Bus 20 to Muggia or Ferryboat.
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 Everyday 10:00 - 20:00, Thurs 10:00 - 23:00, closed on Tues..
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
Opening of the Symphony Music Season
at the Verdi Theatre of Trieste with a series of 8 concerts.
The opening concert of the Verdi Symphony Orchestra directed by Gerard Korsten is music from Mendelsshon Bartholdy and Tchaikovsky on Fri 11 Sept at 20:30 and Sat 12 Sept at 18:00.
There is a 50% reduction on tickets
purchased "last minute" (one hour before the show) only for the
Saturday performances directly at the Verdi's ticket office. For more info on program and tickets,
check: http://www.teatroverdi-trieste.com
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 11 Sept: Trio Arte' Recital. Beethoven,
Mendelssohn
Check: http://www.conservatorio.trieste.it
On the occasion of the Jewish Day of Culture, there will be a concert in the open-air in the parking area of the ex Bianchi Swimming Pool (near the Salone degli Incanti) after Piazza Unita'. Antonella Ruggero, an Italian singer will sing Jewish lieders from various repertoires. Ticket purchase in Corso Italia, Ticket Point (Corso Italia 6/1) euro 10,00. for more info call: 333 1569663 or check http://www.musicalibera.it
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.
FLEA MARKETS AND FAIRS
Muggia: on Sunday 13 Sept from
8:00 to sunset there will be a flea market in
Piazza della Repubblica organized by the associazione "Cose di Vecchie
Case". For more info call: 339 7495333.
RECORDS, CDs and DVDs second hand and collectors' items at the
"Mostra Mercato del Disco" on Sun 13 Sept,
all day at the
Palasport di Chiarbola, near the Torri d'Europa Shopping Centre. Bus 8.
Check
http://musicalibera.it. There will be live music in the area outside
the Palazzetto
at night.
TOURS
Carsiana Botanical Gradens has a new initiative on Sun 13
Sept at 16:00:
"La poesia del Carso" ( Poetry of the Carso).
The guided tour will
be accompanied by a recital of poems on the Carso by famous Italian and
foreign
poets such as Saba, Ungaretti, Slataper, Svevo, Rilke, Kosovel, Jan
Morris,
Susanna Tamaro. Entrance fee: euro
3,00. The botanical guided tour will be conducted by Barbara Bassi and
Prof.
Anna Pettener. A similar one will be held on 27 Sept. You can reach
Carsiana in
Sgnonico by bus 46 from Piazza Oberdan. For more info: http://www.carsian.eu/
or call 040.229573
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: http://www.triestetrasporti.it - Train
timetables:
http://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: http:www.autostazionetrieste.it