WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK 14 - 17 October 2011
TOMORROW
ICTP HOSTS a photo show at the ADRIATICO GUESTHOUSE at 18.00
A Photography exhibit/competition
'URBAN 2011" with prizes awarded to the winners will take place at
18.00
hrs tomorrow at the AGH in Via Grignano 9.
An ample
display of interesting photos of Trieste will reveal its most charming
aspects,
situations, sceneries, persons.
Presentation by Alessio Curto (JULIET Art Magazine) and Stefano
Ambroset
(Association dotART). A toast will be offered at the end of the
presentation.
The exhibit will be open until 28 October, Mondays to Fridays, 9-19.
Everybody
is welcome.
ART
& CULTURAL EXHIBITIONS
Tomorrow at 17.00: Opening of renovated Museum dedicated to Italo Svevo and James Joyce in Via Madonna del Mare 13, 2nd fl. This is due to the 150th Anniversary of the birth of famous Triestine writer Italo Svevo (1861 - 1928).
Saturday, at 15.30: Opening of a NEW MUSEUM in Via San Giacomo in Monte 9: the ex Washing House - the last one in Trieste's past - in which the museum is hosted has been restored and opened to the public to illustrate the history of our times which seems distant, but is still quite close. For info call: 040225562
At the Revoltella Museum "Caccia al Tesoro" (Treasure Hunt) at the Contemporary Art Section. The exhibition will be dislocated in different areas of the Museum, from the ground level to the 6th floor as in a 'treasure hunt" with interesting new works, installations, crafts, photography. Ongoing until 4 December. Entrance ticket euro 6. Open daily (except Tuesday) from 10:00 - 19:00.
Contemporary
Art Exhibition "BIENNALE DIFFUSA":
This
exhibition is the Friuli Venezia Giulia pavilion of the renown 54th
International Venice Biennale event organized by famous art critic
Vittorio
Sgarbi and is held at "Magazzino 26" in the old port of Trieste. From
ICTP, take bus nr 6 and stop in Viale Miramare at the bus stop right
after the
main entrance of the show, ask the driver in case. It takes a 5-minute
walk to
reach the building, Magazzino 26. Entrance tickets for ICTP scientists,
visitors and staff - bring your ICTP badge along - euro 6. New
exhibit on
the ground floor of Italian artist and sculptor Pordenone Montanari,
who is
considered by the international critic as the new Picasso and Cezanne.
You
can take bus 6 or 36 that will drop you on the main road (viale
Miramare) and
then proceed by foot. Open until 27 November 2011.
"Evraiki", the Mediterranean diaspora from Corfu to Trieste" at the Carlo and Vera Wagner Museum in via del Monte 5. Ongoing until 20 Jan 2012. Entrance euro 5.
CLASSICAL
MUSIC
VERDI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONCERT SEASON 2011. For the seasonal program, see
www.teatroverdi-triestecom
MISCELLANEOUS
"Sapori del Carso" (Flavours from the karst) from 16 October to 7 November: 17 "gostilne" (small typical inns) spread out in the karst will offer their best food specialties to the public, highlighted by food, coffee, bread, wine tasting and many more events. See www.triesteturismo.net
SPECIAL
GUIDED TOURS
"A classical tour of Trieste" on Saturday 15 October at 10:30: A 2-hr guided walking tour downtown to visit the main of this lovely city. The tour is in Italian and English and costs euro 5/pers. It is necessary to book your place by calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (corner of Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.
OUTSIDE TRIESTE
Venice Biennial - Biennale di Venezia,
the 54th International
Art
Exhibition at the
Giardini and Arsenale and other spots in Venice. This year's theme is "ILLUMInations" and is
set up
in the Central Pavilion forming a single itinerary with 83 artists
from all over the world. Do not miss the interesting Italian Pavilion
in the
Arsenale! Ongoing until 27 November. Check info:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/index.html
Villa Manin di Passariano in the Province of Udine
"Espressionismo" at Villa Manin di Passariano in the Province of Udine ongoing until 5 March 2012 with 100 works from the Brücke Museum of Berlin. Works by Kirchner, Heckel, Nolde, Schimdt-Rottluff, Pechstein and Mueller representing the 1905 "Die Brücker " movement in Dresden, forerunner of the expressionist movement. Check programme: http://www.lineadombra.it. Entrance ticket euro 10. Take train to Udine then local buses to Passariano.
Info Point takes no
responsibility whatsoever for the correctness or completeness of the
above
information. Check website: http://portal.ictp.it/infopoint