WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND 26 - 29
July 2012
ART EXHIBITIONS
At Café'
Stella Polare (in via Dante 14): Painting exhibition by Triestine
artist Furio Bomben with works dedicated to
typical Triestine panoramas (the karst, the gulf, houses, alleys). His
unique
technique is a mixture of pencil, Indian ink and tempera colours.
Ongoing until
3/9
At Hotel Vis-a'-Vis, Piazza dello Squero
Vecchio, 4 (next
to Piazza Unità)
Photography exhibit by Massimo
Goina, 'Glances on Jazz' (Gli sguardi sul Jazz). Ongoing until 4/8: from
Monday to Friday 9.00 -
17.00; Saturday 9.00 - 15.00. For more info: http://triestelovesjazz.com
Visit Magazzino
26: Exhibit on Nereo
Rocco. La leggenda del Paron (Nereo Rocco. The legend of the boss).
This is
all about Trieste's great soccer player Nereo Rocco (1912-1979), who
became a
national soccer star and later on, a skilled coach. On display
pictures,
documents, personal belongings and photos of the people he met during
his
career, another side of the history of Italy. The exhibit is on until
31st
July.
FILMS
Art&Cinema
within
the "Revoltella
Estate" activities. Every
Thursday until 30/8. Tonight 26/7
at 20.30: "Cave of
Forgotten dreams" (by Werner Herzog)
in original language, Italian subtitles, at the Revoltella Museum's
Auditorium (Via Armando Diaz, 27). Ticket: full price Euro 6,50;
reduced Euro
4,50. For more info: www.museorevoltella.it
I Fiori
di Hollywood (The flowers of Hollywood): Cinema festival at the
"Franco e Franca Basaglia Theatre (Via Weiss, 13 - Park of San
Giovanni), organized by University of Trieste,
IPSIA "L. Galvani of Trieste, Agricola Monte San Pantaleone with the
support of the Province of Trieste. On
Friday, 27/7 at 21.30: Documentary “Jean-Michel Basquiat – The
Radiant
Child” by Tamra Davis in the Cecchelin Foyer On Saturday 28/7 at 21.00:
Mrs. Miniver, 1942 by William Wyler, six-time Oscar winner. Admission:
free of
charge. Take bus 6 to the last stop,
Piazzale Gioberti and then take bus 12 from there to OPP.
ENTERTAINMENT
"Lights
and Sounds" at 21.30 in Piazza
Venezia (two minutes walk from Piazza Unita'): The Imperial dream
of
Maximilian of Habsburg, from Miramare to Mexico, a new version of the
show on
the Miramare Castle with illustrations, music and sound effects, will
tell the
sad and unfortunate story of Maximilian of Habsburg, Archduke of
Austria and
Emperor of Mexico and his wife, Carlotta from Belgium. Now showing
every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening until 18/8. The show is free of
charge.
Info: www.airsac.it
Sagra de
la Sardela (The Sardine feast) at the
sports field in Via delle Campanelle 300,
Trieste. Open from Thursdays to
Sundays in the evenings with music,
entertainment, food and wine events, fried sardines and pizzas. Return by
car or taxi as the last bus back (bus 33 from Largo
Barriera downtown is at 21.00). For info: 393 3365811
TOUR
TRIESTE
The
Friuli Venezia Giulia TOURIST POINT at the corner of
Piazza
Unità organizes guided walking tours (in
Italian and English) every day at 10:30. On Saturday 28/7, there
is
an additional tour at 16.30 on Trieste's literarary route, that lasts
2 hours and costs euro 5/head. There is also the possibility of
visiting the
city by
yourself with an audio-guide that you may rent there. Open every day from 9.00 -
19.00. Language service: Italian, English, German
or French. For more info call the FVG Tourist Info Point in via
dell'Orologio
nr.1 on the corner of Piazza Unità. Tel: 040 3478312 or check: http://www.turismofvg.it
MUSEUMS
The Baron and the
Archduke. Overseas dreams at the
Revoltella Museum. Opens:
26/7
at 21.00. Replicas in July: 27/7 & 28/7 at
21.00, 29/7 at 19.30 & 21.00. Replicas in
August: 10/8 & 11/8 at 19.30 e 21.00, 12/8 at 21.00; 17-18-19/8 at
19.30
& 21.00. Following
the big success of the previous show "A coffee with the Baron", this
is a new story with new characters (Maximilian of Austria and Empress
Sissi,
coming back to Trieste from the Isle of Madera) in a new show with
actors
dressed in costumes of the time who show you through the rooms of this
lovely palace.
Ticket 10 Euro. Max 35 spectators/show.
Book beforehand: 040/6754350
MISCELLANEOUS
Botanical
Gardens in via Marchesetti, 2 -
Trieste
During the weekends of
July and August: A guided
paleontological tour at the botanical gardens in Via Marchesetti 2,
from 10:00
to 12:00. Observe the
oldest Karst
rocks and fossils (approx. 125 millions years ago, down to "only" 40
millions years) and "Antonio", the famous dinosaur (Tethyshadros
insularis) whose entire original fossil skeleton is preserved and
visible at
the Civic Museum of Natural History in Trieste (Via Tominz, 4). Take
bus 25
from Piazza della Borsa downtown. For info: 040 360
068.
ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF TRIESTE
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.
CANTERA SOCIAL CLUB (Sistiana Bay) The most
fashionable discotheque of the Adriatic Riviera. Every Friday: Italian Friday. All the
greatest hits of Italian pop music & dance version remixes of the eighties/nighties. Starts at 23.00. Every Saturday: The Grand finale of the
week, with the most popular hits. From 23.00 – to 04.00 (Reduced tks
before
24.00: 10 euro – Afterwards Ticket/males: 15 euro – Ticket/females: 12
euro). For info: www.cantera.it
Transportation: It is best
to take a taxi upon request.
By bus nr. 51 (ticket euro
2,90) during the weekends and the last bus back to the campus is at
00:21.
The
Info Point takes no responsibility
whatsoever for the correctness or completeness of the above
information. Check
website: http://portal.ictp.it/infopoint