WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK  10 - 12 February 2012

ART & CULTURE

Tomorrow inauguration at 18:00 hrs at the Salone degli Incanti (downtown waterfront) of stunning  group art show "Il fuoco della natura" - The Flash of Nature" with the participation of 82 renown artists, sculptors and photographers. Visiting times Mondays to Fridays 11:00 - 13:00 / 16:00 - 20:00 and during the weekends from 10:00 - 20:00. Ongoing until 9 April 2012 

ENTERTAINMENT

Tonite Friday night starting at 22:00, live music at the Cafè Rossetti, viale XX Settembre, close to the Rossetti Theatre, the Sunrise band will play soul, blues and R&B. tel: 348 7396445, Check: http://www.sunriseband.it

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=

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