WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND 9 - 12 August 2012
ART EXHIBITIONS
At the Miramare Castle's
Wind
Rose hall: "Si' dolce e il tormento" (So sweet the Torment), an exhibition of three
masterpieces by Lucas Cranach the Elder, one of the
renown masters of the Reinaissance: "Venus et Cupidon" (one of the five versions of
the work
painted by the artist between 1530 and 1531, when the enigmatic figure
of a
nude Venus, adorned with jewels and hat, welcomes and comforts the
sorrowful
Cupid carrying the honeycomb, symbolic reference to the torment of love), "Le vieillard amoreux"
("The old
lover",
example of Chanach’s style and caricatured representation of cupboard
love) and "Diana
e
le ninfe sorprese da Atteone"("Diana and the nymphs
surprised by Actaeon",
which represents the dramatic conclusion of the relationship between
the
goddess and her lover). Ongoing until 30/10, from
9.00 to 19.00. Admission: 6 euro, reduced
(18-25 years) 4 euro, free(under 18, over
65).
For more info: www.castello-miramare.it – Tel. 040 224143;
http://mostreviaggioinitalia.com/friuli-venezia-giulia/
At the lovely
"Salone degli Incanti" (once a fishmarket)
downtown in Riva Nazario Sauro 1: "Nur/Luce - Appunti
afgani" (Afghan notes), a remarkable photography
exhibition by Monika Bulaj, a renown Polish
photographer and reporter. Photos of her
numerous stays in Afghanistan,
images that are hard to forget. Ongoing
until 23/9, from Monday to Friday
17.00-23.00, Saturday Sunday 10.00-23.00. Entrance: euro 6/head.
At Studio Tommaseo, downtown in 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
ENTERTAINMENT
From 10
- 15 august: Join in the "BARCOLISSIMA FEAST" at the fountain of
Barcola with
music, food and fun for everybody. Each evening at
21.00 enjoy the concerts by different bands and stroll along the
numerous stands
offering all types of items, food, etc.
"Lights
and Sounds. The Imperial dream of
Maximilian of Habsburg, from
Miramare to Mexico" Now showing in Piazza Venezia (two minutes walk
from
Piazza Unita') every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening only until 18/8. This is a new version
of the show that used to attract
people for the past decades about the Miramare Castle with
illustrations, music
and sound effects that tell the sad and unfortunate story of Maximilian
of
Habsburg, Archduke of Austria and Emperor of Mexico and his wife,
Carlotta from
Belgium. Free. 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
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/male: 15 euro – Ticket/femali: 12 euro). http://www.cantera.it/
Transportation: It is best
to take a taxi upon request. By
bus nr. 51 (ticket euro 2,90) during the weekends, but the last bus
back to the
campus is at 00:21.
FILMS (outdoors)
At the ARISTON
outdoors Cinema in via Romolo Gessi 14 (in case it rains,
the movies will be held indoors) at 21.00. Thursday 9/8:
"Molto forte, incredibilmente vicino" based on Jonathan Safran's
novel: Following his father's death on 9-11, a young boy finds a
mysterious key
and goes in search of traces. Friday
10/8: "Singolarita' di una ragazza bionda", the unexpected of
an expected love story by Manuel de Oliveira. Buses 8 (from Roiano), 9
(from
Piazza Unita') 15 (from Piazza Oberdan). For info: http://www.aristontrieste.it
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 10/8:
La pesca dei
sardoni
barcolani. Bus nr. 15
from Piazza Oberdan every 20'
until 21.30.
CLOSE TO
TRIESTE
"From utopia to
dissent. Russian socialist realism from 1951-1991" Art show with the
works
of Russian artists of the time at Ugo Carà's Modern Art
Museum in
Muggia (Via Roma, 9) set up with the assistance of Tatiana
Vilibakhova of
the Museum of St. Petersburg with paintings and documents. Ongoing
until 13
August, open from Tuesdays to Fridays 17.00 -19.00/Saturdays 10.00 -
12.00
& 17.00 -19.00/Sundays 10.00 - 12.00. For info call: 040 3360340.
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/
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.
TOUR
TRIESTE
The
Friuli Venezia Giulia TOURIST POINT on the corner of
Piazza
Unità organizes guided walking tours (in
Italian and English) every day at 10:30. On Saturday
11/8, there is an additional tour at 16.30
on Trieste's literarary route, that lasts
2 hours and costs
euro 5/head. The office is 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
The
Miramare Castle - outstandingly beautiful - is right next
to the ICTP and is open every day from 9.00 to
18.30. Entrance to the surrounding park is free (8.00 - 19.00). The
location,
gardens, castle with the lovely decor and furnishings, paintings, rooms
full of
history are not to be missed. For more info: www.castello-miramare.it
The Duino Castle is
one of the most
attractive castles in Europe and is still the official residence of the
Torre e
Tasso royal family. From its cliff top location there is a stunning
view of the
sea as it overlooks a small fishing village and is surrounded by
colourful,
extensive gardens. Inside, you can admire the furnishings, paintings,
books and
mementoes collected over centuries, visit its beautiful park and the
World War
2 bunker. For more info: www.castellodiduino.it
The Giant Cave - Grotta
Gigante
The
cave is considered the largest
tourist cave in the world, situated on the Triestine Karst and an
exclusive
feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed by
university
researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements of the
earth's
crust. The temperature is
constantly around 11º and the tour lasts around one hour. For more info: www.grottagigante.it
Boat Excursions
Boat trips Trieste to
Muggia or to Sistiana.
Muggia is an old Venetian
fishing village (nice cafes and good fish restaurants). The
"Delfino
Verde" ferry Boats for Muggia depart from Molo Bersaglieri in
Trieste (the
dock after Piazza Unità). Tickets must be purchased on board. Return ticket
euro 6.90 daily, with several schedules. If you wish to go,
instead, the other way, i.e.,
to Sistiana, a swimming resort full of bars, cafes and music on
the
beach and close to the scenic Rilke path should you choose to have a
nice walk
in the karst that leads you to the Duino castle, you can in this case,
board
the boat directly at the bay of Grignano. Return ticket: euro 3,00.
Check all the
schedules: http://www.delfinoverde.it
Boat trips Trieste to
Grado (1,5 hrs)- Return ticket: euro 9,30/head.
Departure from Trieste
Stazione Marittima (after Piazza
Unita') - provided sea is not too rough
-
as follows:
From Trieste to
Grado (stazione marittima): 8.00,
15.00, 12.30, 16.45 and from Grado to Trieste (Molo
Torpediniere): 10.00, 14.15, 18.30. For info:
800955957 or www.aptgorizia.it
The
Info Point takes no responsibility
whatsoever for the correctness or completeness of the above
information. Check
website: http://portal.ictp.it/infopoint