WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK  20 - 23 January 2011

ICTP CINEFORUM TONIGHT at the Leonardo Building in the Main Lecture Hall, a Chinese film with English subtitles, "Raise the Red lantern" director Yimou Zhang. It is the story of a nineteen year old Songlian who is forced to marry the powerful Chen, who already has three wives. The favourite has a lantern lit in front of her house and will spend the night with him. An aesthetically stunning drama about competition for status and privilege in 1920s China.

ART EXHIBITIONS IN TRIESTE

Photography Exhibition by Gianni Plossi "La Fede nell'Anima", viaggio a Trieste tra ebrei, ortodossi, protestanti, musulmani e buddhisti (Faith in the soul, a trip to Trieste among Jews, Orthodoxies, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists), texts by Gabriela Preda. Venue:  at the Sala Comunale d'Arte in Piazza Unità 4, ongoing until 26 Jan, timings 10:00 - 13:00/ 17:00 - 20:00.

Photography Exhibition: Sudan, Diritto al Cuore (Sudan, Straight to the Heart), by photographer Marcello Bonfanti at the Sala Fittke, Piazza Piccola 3 (behind Piazza Unità), timing: 10:00 - 13:00/17:00 - 20:00, ongoing until 30 Jan. There will also be a conference on Sat 15 at 18:00 at the NH Hotel (ex-Jolly) in Corso Cavour, close to the Central Train Station with Dr, Giorgio Monti from Emergency who will share his medical experiences in Sudan in particular re the situation in the refugee camps and the Salam Cardio clinic.

"Dalla Metafisica all'Arte" (from Metaphysics to Art). Ongoing exhibition by Giorgio De Chirico until 27 February 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 by the artist Fabio Mauri "Un Sognatore della Ragione" (a dreamer of the reason) with 5 installations and 1950 paintings. At the Miramare Castle, there is another exhibition by 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.

Cavour & Trieste at the San Giusto Castle ongoing until June 2011 (Piazza della Cattedrale 3, bus 24 from Train Station). The exhibition highlights the special relationship Cavour had with the city of Trieste, his stay in 1836, and the political and economic importance of the city used as a model for Europe's modernization in the 19th century.  Entrance ticket euro 5 (opening times 9:00 - 17:00). Check http://www.triestecultura.it

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Revoltella Sunday Matinee Concert on Sunday 23 Jan at 11:00 with The Chamber Orchestra Feruccio Busoni, directed by Aldo Belli will play Haydn and Mendelssohn with the extraordinary participation of violinist Dan Zhu. Free drinks will be offered after the concert. There are also free-guided tours of the Museum all-inclusive at 10:00 and 12:00. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the entrance of the Museum on the same day: 6,50/head all-inclusive. The museum is located in via Diaz 27. Take bus 8 or 30. Check http://www.museorevoltella.it or call: 040 6754350

Tartini Music Conservatory "Wednesday Night Concerts" are free and open to all prior to booking. Forthcoming on Jan 26: In collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, a guitar recital with Heiki Matlik and on 31 Jan: Piano recital with Rosella Clini. The Conservatory is situated in via Ghega 12, close to the Central Train Station. 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

MISCELLANEOUS

Trieste International Film Festival 20 - 26 Jan with film projections at the Miela and Ariston Cinemas. The opening film of the 22nd edition of the Trieste Film Festival will be CIRKUS COLUMBIA, by the Oscar winner Danis Tanović (who won in 2002 with No Man's Land) will be projected at the Miela Theatre at 20:00.  In this film, Tanović comes back to 'his' Yugoslavia, in the days before the war of '91, with a story of loneliness and friendship, drawn from literary debut of Croatian journalist Ivica Ðikić. Entrance ticket for one film euro 4 and for the one complete day of projections euro 10. The Miela Theatre is located in Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi (bus 8), close to Piazza Unità and the Cinema Ariston in Viale Romolo Gessi (bus 10)

Check programme for film projections:  http://www.triestefilmfestival.it

Ausonia Music Club: "Monkey's Party", rock and roll music from the 60's on Friday 21 at 22:00. "Super Balkan Fest" with Kraski Ocjari band on Sat 22 Jan at 22:00. Free entrance but must pay for your drinks. The Ausonia is located in Riva Traiana. Bus 8.

OUTSIDE TRIESTE

"Munch e Lo Spirito del Nord", Villa Manin in Passariano 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.

Ski season in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Pramollo ski resort in Austria. For more info on slopes, ski pass prices and weather forecast, check: http://www.promotur.org for ski in the FVG Region, Austria: http://www.nassfeld.at/en/winter/

And general ski maps in Italy: http://skimaps.skiforum.it/skimaps/index.php

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