WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND              16 - 20 January 2014

         Quote of the day

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin wih a single step"                      Lao Tzu

Art Exhibitions

Last few days! Art exhibit at the Revoltella Museum by Jagoda BUIC - not to be missed - an international painter, film producer, costume artist with works on display at New York's Metropolitan museum. She will be in Trieste on 17/1/14. Revoltella museum is in via Diaz nr 27, close to Piazza Venezia. Open until 19/1/2014, each day except Tuesdays, from 10-19. Ticket: euro 7/head.

Photography exhibit "Elemento Istria" by photographers  Sara Kaleb and Lorenzo Lucia with shots on Istria's beauty and nature. At the Unione Istriani in via S. Pellico, 2 downtown. On until 20 /1/2014, open Mon. -Fri. from 10:00 - 12:00 / 16.30 - 18.30. A new book on this topic with photos will be presented on the last day of the show.

At the Eurocar Salon (Audi car dealer) in via Flavia 27, Trieste, outstanding contemporary group art show "Extra Large Painting" with Zigaina, Busdon, Cervi Kervischer, Palcic, Rosso, Sila, Tigelli, Bigarella, Batich, Qing Yue, Chersicola, and many others. Open until end January 2014, open Mon. - Fri.  9-13/16-19 and Sat 10-12.30.

Fantastic performance by Cirque Eloize at the Rossetti Theatre until 19/1

The show called "D" is hard to describe, but easy to like and will take place from 15/1 to 19/1 at the Rossetti theatre in Viale XX settembre. There are 16 international performers who have worked in circuses and will present acrobatical scenes and acts that range from comics, science fiction, rock music, break dance, urban bike, etc., topped by incredible scenography and costumes. Shows are on from 15 -17/1 at 20.30 and on Sat. & Sun., extra shows at 16.00. Buy your tickets at: www.ilrossetti.it/ or call 040 3593511. Tickets range from euro 29 to over 50/head.

"The masked Ball" Opera at the Verdi Theatre on 16 & 18/1/14

Master Gianluigi Gelmetti and tenor Terranova, soprano Stanisci, baritone Cecconi, mezzo-soprano Pencheva, and the Orchestra of the Fondazione Lirica Triestina and the choir directed by Master Vero, will entertain the public in Verdi's opera. It's located in Piazza Verdi, close to Piazza Unita'. Shows start at 20.30. For more info call 800090373 or see www.teatroverdi-trieste.com

Chamber music at Governor's Palace in Piazza Unita' on 18/1/14 at 18:00 hrs

"Il 18 alle 18" directed by Fedra Florit, with the mezzo-soprano Sylvia Ziegler and pianist  Friederike Wiesner will inaugurate the chamber music season in the Governor's beautiful historical palace. Music by Mahler, Debussy and Schubert. The show will start at 18.00. For info call 0403480598 or see www.acmtrioditrieste.it

The Glenn Miller Orchestra at the Rossetti Theatre on 20/1

On Monday 20/1 performance by the most important jazz band in the world - The Glenn Miller orchestra - in a show called "In the Miller mood". The orchestra will be directed by Will Salden with singer Ellen Bliek and the Moonlight Serenaders. Buy your tickets at: www.ilrossetti.it/ or call 040 3593511.

Trieste Film Festival 2014 at the Tripcovich & Miela Theatres - until 22/1/2014

This festival celebrates the 100th  anniversary of the first world war with its first movie at 10.45 "La Grande guerra" (The great war, by Mario Monicelli with actors Gassman and Sordi. The movie will be followed by "Cinema Brunch" a real novelty of foods at the bar at 13.00 (booking required). At 15:00 at Teatro Miela (close by) screening of the documentary "I sentieri della gloria, in viaggio con Monicelli sui luoghi della Grande guerra" made in 1959. At Teatro Tripcovich look at the photo exhibit related to WW1. A photo exhibit will be displayed at the Tripcovich theatre with 15 photos takenin 1959 on the set of the film "The Great war"

Book the brunch before 18/1 at : guestservice@alpeadriacinema.it, costs only euro 10/head.

SPECIAL EVENT ONLY IN ITALIAN, euro 10/head on Sat. 18/1 departing at 14.30 from Tripcovich theatre: Take a walk with two experts to various areas downtown which had been used in the past as film locations by famous film producers like Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella and many other Italian producers. Book at guestservice@alpeadriacinema.it/.

Both theatres are close to each other and 2 minutes walk from the railway station.

Ski season in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Pramollo ski resort in Austria. For more info on slopes, ski pass prices and weather forecast, check: http://www.promotur.org for ski in the FVG Region, Austria: http://www.nassfeld.at/en/winter/

And general ski maps in Italy: http://skimaps.skiforum.it/skimaps/index.php

TOURING THIS AREA

The Castle of Duino is closed until the end of January 2014.

City Sight-Seeing tour by bus (like the red London buses), lasts for one hour, departing from downtown at the Stazione Marittima (close to Piazza Unita') but you can board the bus at GRIGNANO. Tickets last for 48 hours and there are 3 tours in the mornings (from 10.00 -12.00) and 3 in the afternoons (from 14.00 -16.00), Ticket costs: Euro 18/head; children Euro 9/head. Ring tel: 393 9172656 to inform that you will board the bus at Grignano. For info: www.trieste.city-sightseeing.it

Guided tour of Trieste every day at 10.30 a.m.: A 2 hours guided walking tour through the main sites and monuments of Trieste. The tour is in Italian and English and costs euro 7/pers. Book your tour by calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (on the corner of Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.

The Collection of Scaramanga' di Altomonte (Collezione Scaramanga' di Altomonte) in via F. Filzi 1, downtown is a prestigious foundation that exhibits, on a rotation basis, documents, furniture, ceramics and works of art.  It is in an apartment which is part of an 1800s building where Baron Giuseppe Scaramanga' used to live you.  On display the first printed books dating from 1455 onwards and a rich collection of antique playing cards and prints.  The rooms are still furnished in the 1800s style. Open only on Tuesdays and Fridays, call to book. Entrance free.  Ring  040631585.

The Civico Museo Sartorio is a Villa that once belonged to the Sartorio dynasty originally from Sanremo. A branch of the family moved in 1775 to Trieste as part of its business expansion. Pietro Sartorio here with his family and bought the house, previously owned by the merchant family Faraon, originary from Alexandria of Egypt. The last heir of the Sartorio family, Baroness Anna Segrè Sartorio, left the villa and all its furniture to Trieste's city council with the explicit wish to make it a public museum.

The villa was used by the Allies, as their headquarter after WW2, as can be seen by the marks on the tiles and walls where the telephone and electric leads were brought through. Besides the villa itself being a very interesting building architecturally, it contains drawings of famous XVII century artists Giambattista Tiepolo.

The Revoltella Modern Art Museum is located downtown; it was founded in Trieste in 1872 by Baron Pasquale Revoltella who left his house to the city (located in Piazza Venezia) after he passed away. It still displays all the art works, furniture and books of his time. The main building was built in 1858, designed by Friedrich Hitzig and later on, in 1907 the City acquired the Brunner Building located nearby in order to expand the original collection. This building has been completely utilized only since 1963, following its restructuring of Carlo Scarpa. Its entrance is from Via Diaz 27. It has a remarkable collection of modern art (1860 to 1970), baroque art and 1700s and 1800s furniture, located in a superb environment. Not to be missed! Open from 10:00 - 19:00, closed on Tuesdays. Ticket: Free this Sunday for residents

Visit the Museum of the Sea  in Viale Campo Marzio, 5 at the far end of the seafront downtown. It tells the history of shipyards, navigation and fishing in the Adriatic Sea, displaying models of ships, dioramas and old navigation tools. Special sections are dedicated to Giuuseppe Ressel and experiments by Guglielmo Marconi.  Open each day from Thursday to Tuesday, except on from 9.00 - 13.00.  For more info see: www.museodelmaretrieste.it.

Risiera di San Sabba is a former rice-husking facility that was built in 1913. After September 8, 1943, the Nazi occupation forces used the premises as prison camp, headquarters where deported prisoners were sorted out to be sent to Germany and Poland, raided goods depot, prison and extermination camp for hostages, partisans, political and Jewish prisoners. On April 4, 1944 a crematory plant was installed and made operative. In 1965, a decree issued by the President of the Republic raised the “Risiera di San Sabba” to the status of National Monument. Free entry. Open daily from 9.00 - 19.00. Take bus 8 from the train station. For more info see :

 www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei/risiera_san_sabba/brochure/Risiera inglese per e-brochure.pdf

The Giant Cave - Grotta Gigante is considered the largest tourist cave in the world, situated in the Karst half an hour from the city centre. 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. Visiting times every hour: 10:00 - 18:00. Each visit lasts one hour. Entrance ticket:  Euro 11/each. For groups of over 15 persons: Euro 5/head. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at Borgo Grotta, Sgonico – proceed by foot for 5 minutes – follow road sign for Grotta Gigante. Wear comfortable shoes, no heels. Check website: www.grottagigante.it

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