WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK  16 - 20 December 2010

EXHIBITIONS IN TRIESTE

"Looks like we've been here before" Inauguration on Saturday 18 Dec. at 19.00 at Trieste Contemporanea - via del Monte, 2 behind Corso Italia downtown - of solo art show by Serbian Artist Dusica Drazic who has won the prize for Young Emerging Artists Trieste Contemporanea 2010 competition. The show will be on until 16 February 2011, Mondays through Saturdays 17-20. Entrance free. Info Trieste Contemporanea: tel 040639187 / www.triestecontemporanea.it

"La Coscienza di Tullio"  Sat 18 Dec at 17.30 in Palazzo Gopcevich (via Rossini, canale  Ponterosso) an exhibit about the famous Triestine movie critic Tullio Kezich who passed away last year at 81 yrs of age. There is a display of photos, posters, letters and personal objects. He worked in the past with some leading Italian film producers.

"Merry ChristmART 2010" Arte sotto l'Arco (ART below the Ancient Roman Arch of RICCARDO) in the antique area of Trieste, midway up via San Michele. Group art shows held in the following locations:  the Arco di Riccardo Restaurant, Atelier CARPE DIEM, MetroKubo, ERDISU, Bar Barbacan and Associazione Euterpe e Clio. The shows will be on until 31 Dec. Free entrance to all locations.

"Dalla Metafisica all'Arte" (from metaphysics to Art). Exhibit by Giorgio De Chirico on at the "Scuderie del Castello di Miramare" (Miramare Castle "horse stables" - converted in an exhibition hall - before the main entrance of the Castle on viale Miramare). The exhibition presents 90 works tracing the artist's creativity. There is also a solo exhibition of the artist Fabio Mauri "Un Sognatore della Ragione" (a dreamer of the reason) with 5 installations and paintings of the Fifties. At the Miramare Castle, there is another exhibition of contemporary artists inspired by De Chirico's works: "Gli Specchi dell'Anima. Artisti intorno a De Chirico" (the Mirrors of the Soul, Artists close to  De Chirico), to name a few: Adami, Ceroli, Chia, De Dominicis, Natham, Schifano. The exhibition is open every day from 9:00 - 19:00. Entrance ticket euro 8. Ongoing until 27 February 2011.

THEATRE & Classical, spiritual, jazz MUSIC

Tonite 16 Dec  "XXXII FESTIVAL OF TRIESTINE SONGS" at 20.30 in TEATRO MIELA in Piazza Luigi Amedeo Duca degli Abruzzi, 3 (5 minutes from the central train station downtown). Entrance: euro 10/head.  For info call 040 365119

Tonite 16 Dec "CONTINENTS", a multicultural event at 20.30 in Stabilimento Ausonia, in Riva Traiana 1, (all the way to the end of the seafront downtown) with free Chinese buffet dinner. There will be photographs and a documentary on China with the presence of Hu Feng Mei who represents the Chinese association in Turin. Another documentary by Maurizio Giacomini is on migrations from this region and vice versa. The evening will be celebrated with the rythm of Afrobeat, Hip Hop and R'nB  music by two Cameroon DJs.

Ballet "ROMEO & JULIET" at the VERDI THEATRE (in Piazza Verdi) on Thurs 16 Dec at 20.30; Fri 17 Dec at 18.00, on Sat 18 Dec at 17.00. For info : www.teatro-trieste.com; numero 800090373.

Christmas Concert by Senior Citizens on Fri 17 Dec at 20.30 by the Polo di Aggregazione Giovanile in Via del Castello 1, San Giusto. The Choir of Trieste directed by Master Edda Calvano

"Rock n' roll before Elvis Presley", at the contemporary Cafe' Rossetti (Largo Gaber, 2 , in the same building as the Rossetti theatre in Viale) on Fri 17 Dec at 22.00  by popular jazz pianist STEFANO FRANCO & FLAMPET HORNES. They will play the mainstream jazz hits and his brass band will give the best of themselves for an enjoyable evening out.

Telethon campaign: Show for Telethon's  Solidarity Marathon on Sat 18 Dec from 17.00 onwards at the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro in Piazza Ponterosso. Telethon is an organization that contributes to research on genetic sicknesses and funds will be raised on the occasion. A show and presentations by the head of the Association and by other scientific guests: prof. Andres Fernando Muro, researcher at ICGEB, Stefano Gustincich, SISSA and performances by showman Andro Merku', presenter jazz by Andrea Massaria, presenter Daunia Delben, and many others.

Concert "From the Blues to jazz to classical music" at Restaurant Arco di Riccardo (Via del Trionfo,3) on Monday 20 Dec at 17.30. Music by composer and musician Dean SemolicAt Christmas

Tartini Music Conservatory Concert "Christmas Concert" on Monday 20 Dec at 20.30. The Conservatory is situated in via Ghega 12, close to the Central Train Station. The concerts are free but you must book your place by calling the Conservatory the day before each concert preferably on Tuesday morning (tel: 040 6724911). Please be there 15 minutes before the show. See: http://www.conservatorio.trieste.it 

SPECIAL RUN

Special Christmas Run (5 km) from the Fountain of Barcola to Piazza Unita'on Sun 19 Dec .  Meeting point: 9.30 am in Piazza Unita' where runners will hop on a bus at 9.45 that will take them to the starting point.  Otherwise, meet at the Fountain in Barcola at 10.30 and run to piazza Unita'.  Signing up Costs:  7 euros on Sat 18 Dec and 10 euros on Sun 19 Dec.

Sign up until 18/12 at the "Corsa di Natale" Stand in via S. Caterina (close to COIN dept store) otherwise directly on Sun 19/12 in Piazza Unita'. The first 400 persons to sign up will receive a  free Tshirt and Xmas cap.  Info: 040/410399

OUTSIDE TRIESTE

In Muggia on Monday 20 Dec. at 19.30 "Natale in Musica 2010" (2010 Christmas with music) in the main church in Muggia. Popular classical singers soprano Loredana Pellizzari and tenor Massimo Marsi will sing spiritual music pieces by Schubert, Bizet, Morricone and Adam. They will be accompanied by the Gruppo Strumentale Lumen Harmonicum and will also play pieces by Triestine authors from the 1800s to 2000.

"Munch e Lo Spirit del Nord", Villa Manin in Passeriano di Codroipo in the Province of Udine. For the first time in Italy, “Munch and the Spirit of the North. Scandinavia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century” aims to piece together a story that identifies the spirit of the North in painting in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The exhibition, composed of approximately 120 paintings on loan from Scandinavian museums in particular, but also from several other European and American museums, focuses chiefly on landscapes, although it also features a good number of portraits and figural works. Ongoing until 6 March 2011. Opening times: everyday 9:00 - 19:00 (until 1 Nov) and from 2 Nov Mon - Thurs 9:18:00 and Fri, Sat and Sun 9:00 - 19:00. Tel: 0432 906509.

You can reach Villa Manin by car: Take motorway A24 proceed in the direction of Udine, exit Udine Sud and take SS Pordenone - Venezia, follow direction to Codroipo until you get to Passariano. By Train from Trieste: to Udine and get off at Codroipo station, take local bus or taxi (3 minutes). There is also an APT Bus from Trieste Central Bus Station nr. 51 that reaches Udine, then take local bus connection to Codroipo - Passariano. http://www.villamanin-eventi.it/eng/

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