WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND 13
- 15 July 2012
ART EXHIBITIONS
Friday, 13/7 at 18.30 at
Studio Tommaseo in
downtown via
del Monte 2/1 "DOUBLE
TRACK" (Doppia Traccia): Objects
with lost traces from the recent past, an International Design
Contest. This biennial contest has become a great challenge proposed to
designers from 23 Central Eastern European countries. What kind of new
object was
the old drawing-curve turned into? The designer of this mysterious
object won
the Gillo Dorfles Prize! Ongoing until 13/9. www.triestecontemporanea.it
"Rembrandt. Incidere la
luce (Rembrandt.
Engrave light)
at the Stables of the Castle of
Miramare, Trieste. This building was planned by Carl Junker and
built between
1856 and 1860 on the road to the Castle. There are engravings by the
great
Dutch artist, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669), famous
painter
& engraver and 3 works by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Ongoing until
7/10.
Open Tuesdays to Sundays: 10.00 -13.00 / 14.30 -18.30.
Sala Giubileo,
Via Mazzini 3 - Trieste: Exhibit by
Manuela Marussi "Pneuma: the vital breath. There
are 40 oil paintings on canvas produced in 2012, many paintings have
not been
exhibited before. Open weekdays: 10.00-12.30 &
16.00-19:30/On Sundays & holidays 11.00-12.30.
Ongoing until 14/7. For more info:
http://www.exibart.com/
MUSIC
"TriesteLovesJazz",
an
International Jazz Festival, ongoing till 27/7, each concert is
free of charge and starts at 21.00 in Piazza Verdi (close
to Piazza Unita') :
Friday
13/7:
IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT
AIN’T GOT THAT SWING). Performance by the Gorni Kramer Quartet, that
reproposes
the peculiar swing of the great Italian accordionist Kramer. Sunday
15/7: David Helbock from Berlin: a young jazz musician and
composer,
defined a "shooting star of jazz piano" by the renown music critics;
followed by a tribute to the great american saxophonist of the 80s:
Michael
Brecker. For more info: http://triestelovesjazz.com
ENTERTAINMENT
The "Trieste
Estate 2012" event features 6
evenings of open air movies in an amazing location: the Castle of San
Giusto. The
films proposed will all be screened in their original version with
Italian
subtitles and will start at 9.30 p.m.
Friday 13/7: Projection of
the film “Dark Shadows” by Tim Burton (US 2012);
Saturday 14/7: Projection of the film “To
Rome with love” by Woody Allen (Italy/Spain
2012)
Sunday 15/7: Projection of the film
“The Artist” by Michel Hazanavicius (France 2011)
Take bus nr 24 -every 20'
- from the train station, last bus at 21.00.
MUSEUMS
Visit the Oriental Art
Museum in Palazzetto Leo, Via
San Sebastiano 1 (close to Piazza Unita'), the first Museum in this
Region
specifically dedicated to Oriental Art with objects, furniture,
paintings,
travel souvenirs and antropological findings from China and Japan.
Entrance: full price Euro
3,50; reduced Euro 2,50 for : students below 26, youngsters from 6 -
20, groups
of 10 persons. Children up to 5 years old are free of charge. Guided
tours: Euro
2,70/each. Open on Wednesday from 9.00 to 13.00; Saturday & Sunday:
from
11.00 to 17.00. Info: 040
6754068.
MISCELLANEOUS
Every Friday evening at
21.00 take
part in the event "Sailing through science", at the Civic Sea Museum in Via Campo Marzio 5 where biologists,
writers, musicians, sailors, historians, fishermen,
students, teachers and documentarists are united by the passion and
desire to
tell stories about the sea and those who live close to it. On
Friday 13/7:
"Recalling the
Zoppolo-ÿupa,
stories of boats and fishermen of Santa Croce-Kriz", meeting with
Franco
Cossutta (Coastal Museum of Trieste), projection of a documentary by
Jurii
Gruden, performance of the
Vesna Choir of Santa
Croce. Bus nr. 15 from
Piazza Oberdan every 20' until 21.30.
Visit The Victory
Lighthouse (Faro
della
Vittoria) in Strada del Friuli.
The
lighthouse was built by the famous
Triestine
architect Berlam. It is a commemorative monument dedicated to the
fallen soldiers
of World War I. Great for photos if it's a nice day. Open (April–September):
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sundays & Public Holidays: 16.00 -
19.00;
Tuesday and Friday: 9.00 am to 12.00 am and 16.00 - 19.00. Mondays
closed. Free
entry. Take buses 42, 44 or 46 from Piazza Oberdan. For info call 040 8323 201
(Monday - Friday:
9.00 -13.00).
ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF TRIESTE
On Friday 13/7 at 21.00 :
MUGGIA UNDER THE STARS in Piazza Marconi downtown
Muggia.
Latin American dances and
sports for everybody. Free admission. Info: 040 3360340
FLEA
Market every Friday down in Sistiana Bay, in the Caravella Park from 18:00 - 23:00.
You can get
to Sistiana with the airport bus 51 or take bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan
and walk
down to the bay here there are several food and drink stalls, music and
summer
fun.
Eat at a typical Triestine
"OSMIZA" or
private farm house in the Carso: there are many open this weekend. The origins of the osmiza
dates back to the
Austrian times when the Austrian Emperor Joseph
II gave permission to all his citizens to sell directly their wine and
some of
their own goods (cheese, eggs, bread, ham) for a period of eight days.
The word
comes from the Slovenian language, "osem" (eight). Check this link to find out
their timings and locations:
http://www.osmize.net/
The Carsiana Botanical
Garden. Is
located
within a "dolina" (sinkhole) in Sgonico, 18 km from Trieste. It was
created in 1964 to collect, conserve and exhibit the native flora of
the Karst
in its natural context. The garden is open from May to October with the
following
schedule: Tuesday -Friday: 9.30 – 13.00; Saturday - Sunday and public
holidays:
10.00-13.00, 15.00-19.00. Ticket: Euro 3.00; Reduced:Euro 2.00. Guided visits: Tuesdays - Fridays at
10.00;
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 10.30 and 16.00. You can get there by bus nr. 46 from
Piazza Oberdan.
For further info:
http://www.giardinobotanicocarsiana.it/en/
The
Info Point takes no responsibility
whatsoever for the correctness or completeness of the above
information. Check
website: http://portal.ictp.it/infopoint