WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK  3 - 6 March 2011

It's Carnival week! An entire week of parades, amazing floats, music and fun!

"58th CARNIVAL OF MUGGIA"

Saturday 5th starting at 15:30 Carnival for children in Piazza Marconi followed by live concerts and music from 21:00 to midnight.

Sunday 6th at 13:30 GREAT MASCARADE PARADE

Take bus 20 from Central Train Station.

For more details check the official website: http://www.carnevaldemuja.com/58/programma

Ausonia Club: Big Carnival party on Saturday night starting at 22:00 with samba music played by the Berimbau band (30 percussionists) and the participation of Brazilian singer from Bahia Binho Carvalho. There will be a buffet with Brazilian specialties. Entrance Tickets sold at the Ticket Point in Corso Italia 6/c for 5 euro or directly at the club, same price until 23:30, after that time tickets will be sold at euro 10/pers. Food is not included in this price. For info on band: http://bandaberimbau.com

The Ausonia club is located in Riva Traiana 1 (bus 8).  Check http://www.radiofragola.com

"20th TRIESTE CARNIVAL PARADE" on Tuesday 8 March at 14:00 from Piazza Oberdan to Piazza Unità and at 18:00 live music with the Banda Berimbau - 30 incredible percussionists playing Brazilian music!

CLASSICAL MUSIC

International Piano Festival at the Miela Theatre on Sat 5 March at 21:00 with Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich. Free entrance. Tel: 040 365119. http://www.miela.it

Revoltella Sunday Matinee Concert on Sunday 6 March at 11:00: violinist Masha Diatchenko plays 24 capprici by Paganini. 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" is free and open to all prior to booking. Forthcoming on Wed 9 March: Jasna Dineva, soprano, Dejan Maksimovic, tenor and pianist Silvio Sirsen, music by Verdi ad Puccini. 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

FREE FILMS

Tonight: "Fair Game " by Goug Liman with Naomi Watts and Sean Penn at the Ariston Cinema, in viale Romolo Gessi, 14. Screenings  at 16:00, 18:30, 21:00. The film is in English. Free entrance.  Check: http://aia-fvg.blogspot.com, tel: 040 630301 / 040 631240

Sunday 6 March at 16:30: "Kolya" by Jan Sverak, with Andrej Chalimon and Zdenek Sverka, at the Miela Theatre in Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi. Free entrance. Check all programmes at http://www.miela.it

MISCELLANEOUS

Musical "C'era una volta ...sgugnizzi" ongoing until Sunday 6 March at the Rossetti Theatre (viale XX Settembre). Music and lyrics by Claudio Mattone, directed by Mattone and Gino Landi. Ticket price range from euro 16 to 40. For more info call 040 3593511 or check http://www.ilrossetti.it

Rossetti Cafè entertainment:

-Tonight at 22:00, “PerbaccoNait – conversazione a quattr’occhi (e due calici)”: An after dinner cabaret with Andro Merkù and comedian Alfredo Mattarelli. Next week, 10 March: Tenor Andrea Binetti and pianist Corrado Gulin, and lastly on 17 March music with Bandomat.

- Every Saturday night at 23:00 Music and dance with D.J Papastuff.

The Cafè Rossetti is located in Largo Giorgio Gaber, same building as the Rossetti Theatre (viale XX Settembre). Tel 040 5700566, for table booking: cell phone 348 7396445

Jam sessions organized by the Jazz Club Thelonious and in collaboration with the Tartini Music conservatory on different dates at the Bar Knulp in Via Madonna del Mare. Check http://www.thelonious.trieste.it

Ausonia Club: Big Carnival party on Saturday night from 22:00 with samba music played by the Berimbau band (30 percussionists) and the Brazilian singer from Bahia Binho Carvalho. There will be a buffet with Brazilian specialties. Tickets sold at the Ticket Point in Corso Italia 6/c for 5 euro or directly at the club, same price until 23:30, and 10 euro after that time. Info http://bandaberimbau.com, tel 333 4050839.

The Ausonia club is located in Riva Traiana 1 (bus 8).  Check http://www.radiofragola.com

Carnival Street market in Viale XX Settembre and Piazza Goldoni from 3 to 8 March

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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