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WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK 26 - 29 January 2012

ART & CULTURE

"Donne di poste" (Women of the post offices), Central Post office's Museum, photography show on the women employed at the post offices in the past century. Visiting times Mondays to Saturdays 9:00 - 13:00 and on Thursdays, open also in the afternoons from 15:00 - 18:00. Ongoing until 25 Feb.

Only Today at 17:30 at the Revoltella museum "In mostra con l'artista" (Inside an exhibit with the artist) meet artists who will give talks about their personal experiences. Artists present: della Polla, Graziani, Fontana, Debernardi. For info call Revoltella Museum: 040 6754350.

Tonite at 21:30 at KNULP, in Via Madonna del Mare 7/a, music and photography performance by Cecilia Ibanez and Davide Toffolo who will present a book on storms.  Free entrance.

 

Visit the Sartorio Museum, an ancient 18th century Villa that belonged to a rich merchant family. There are beautiful rooms with antique furniture and important art collections, paintings, jewellery, furnitures, silverware as well as 254 drawings by Tiepolo (1696-1770, a famous  Venetian artist), Santa Chiara's triptic and more recently, Fittcke's paintings. Ticket euro 5,50.  The Sartorio is situated in Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII, n.1, open Tuesday - Sunday 9:00 - 13:00. Take bus 30.

 

Immaginario Scientifico multimedia show "Altromare" ongoing until 27 May 2012. The Immaginario Science Centre is located in Grignano (under the Adriatico Guesthouse). The show will take you to the ocean's abysses, underwater volcanoes, coral reefs and tropical islands. The exhibition is open every Sunday from 10:00 - 20:00. Furthermore, there are workshops for children. Reduced entrance ticket for ICTP scientists and staff:  euro 4. For more info check website: http://www.immaginarioscientifico.it/grignano_museo at the Science Centre.

MUSIC

Tonite at 21:30, performance by Stefano Franco's Flampet Horn band for the first time at the downtown Colonial Super Club in via Canale Piccolo 2. Music jazz and pieces by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Chuck Berry. For info: 3381438397

 
Tomorrow Special price (euro 10/person) for ICTP scientists, visitors, staff & families valid only on Fri 27 Jan: "Anna Bolena", opera music by Donizetti with the Trieste Verdi Orchestra, directed by Bruno Campanella.  The opera starts at 20:30 ending around midnight. Be at the Verdi's ticket office around 20:00 hrs with your ICTP badges and pay them directly only euro 10/person. For more info on programme and tickets, check: http://www.teatroverdi-trieste.com or call: 800 090373 / 040 6722111  
 

Classical music concerts organized by the Associazione Chamber Music. Performances at the Palazzo del Governo (Prefettura) or at the Verdi theatre. Euro 20 /show (reduced for membership owners - 4 concerts euro 60), check programme at: http://www.acmtrioditrieste.it/stagconcert12.html. Tickets purchased at the "Ticket Point in corso Italia 6/c, tel 040 3498276.

THEATRE

 

Tomorrow at 20:30, at Teatro Bobbio in via del Ghirlandaio 12, there will be a classical Italian comedy "La bottega del caffe'" by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Giuseppe Emiliani with Salines, Zernitz and Loreto.

For info: tel. 040.948471 / 948472 / 390613 or www.contrada.it/stagione/06-la-bottega-del-caffe

 

ENTERTAINMENT

Sat 28 January:  "Tango da pensare”for Tango lovers a unique show and concert at the Tripcovich Theatre on music by Piazzola with the Neotango Quartet (bandoneòn Massimiliano Pitocco, piano Carla Agostinello, violin Alessandro Valvassori, double bass Giovanni Rinaldi), and the Argentine dancers Enrique and Guillermo De Fazio, alias LOS HERMANOS MACANA. A unique show with Tango as it originated in Buenos Aires during the past century when male sailors in the port district of Buenos Aires danced tango. Ticket euro 8, can be purchased directly at the Verdi theatre box office Tues - Fri 8:30-12:30, 15:30-19:00, Sat 9:00- 16:00 or directly at the Tripcovich one hour before the show.  Check www.puntomusicale.org e www.provincia.trieste.it

 

Every Friday night starting at 22:00, live music at the Cafè Rossetti, viale XX Settembre, close to the Rossetti Theatre. This Friday 13 Jan, soul and blues with the Sunrise Band  (9 musicians and singer), tel: 348 7396445, Check: http://www.sunriseband.it

 

FILMS

Today at 20:30 at ATER, Piazza Foraggi, the sport association 4x4 will show the film shot during "The doors of the East" rally. For info : nordest4x4@libero.it.

 

Today at 21:00, free entrance to the Revoltella Museum to watch Woody Allen's film "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), in Italian.

 

SNOW SEASON IN OUR REGION

The Friulian Dolomite and Carnic Alps offer 133 kilometres of slopes for downhill skiing in the ski resorts of Piancavallo, Tarvisio, Ravascletto-Zoncolan, Forni di Sopra and Sella Nevea-Bovec as well as 200 km for cross-country skiing. Nordic walking, ski mountaineering, snowboarding and walks with snowshoes are also available. For info on ski resorts, ski schools, maps: http://www.turismofvg.it/Mountain-snow.

Check this very useful website for ski pass prices in the region and other regions in Italy: http://www.neveitalia.it/friuliveneziagiulia/

 

OUTSIDE TRIESTE

Art exhibition in Treviso: "Manciù, l'Ultimo Imperatore" (Manchu, the last emperor) at the Casa dei Carraresi Museum in via Palestro 33/35. Open Tuesday - Thursday 9:00 - 19:00 and Sun - Sat 9:00 - 20:00. A full collection of items, jewellery, clothing, portraits of the 12 emperors of the Manchu dynasty, paintings by the Chinese artist Jaiang Guofan. Tel: 0422 513150.  http://www.laviadellaseta.info/. The exhibition is ongoing until 13 May 2012

 

Art exhibition at Villa Manin di Passariano in the Province of Udine: "Espressionismo" 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 Brücke" 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.

 

Check the interactive map of the FVG tourist board for all destinations, museums, archaeological sites, tours, sports and much more:

http://www.turismofvg.it/Interactivemaps#Filter=2243&PagerStartIndex=

Info Point takes no responsibility whatsoever for the correctness or completeness of the above information. Check website: http://portal.ictp.it/infopoint