WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND
27
February - 2
March 2014
Quote of the day
I love those who can smile in
trouble, who can gather strength
from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the
business of little minds
to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose
conscience approves their
conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo
da Vinci
Carnival: last day is Tuesday, 4
March
Carnival in
Trieste is a special event and
the amount of costumes, masqueraded people, carnival wagons is
higher here than
in most Italian cities. It is prepared well in advance by many
as there is a grand,
final competition for the best costumes and carnival wagons in
this area. So,
these days and until Tuesday 4 March, don't be surprised if
you bump into
groups of people dressed in funny costumes. Join in the fun as
you can purchase
cheap wigs and carnival hats, clothes, glasses in the many
oriental stores
downtown and take part in Muggia's Carnival dances on Saturday
nite. If you
really want to get a fill of carnival, Italy's top place to go
to is Venice.
Carnival will be
celebrated these days in Trieste's
neighbourhoods and the following places appear to be quite
interesting:
At MUGGIA today at
17:00 in the main square,
Piazza Marconi - where the best carnival costumes and wagons
come from - the
godmother of the festival, a beautiful young maiden, will host
the opening
followed by the Ballo della Verdura (Vegetable Dance) and many
entertaining
things to see like acrobats, jugglers, fire-eaters and
musicians until 19:00. Afterwards,
they will walk freely from there around the rest of the town.
The main show
will take place in piazza Marconi on Sunday 2/3 at 13:15 with
over 2.000
costumes and wagons.
At SERVOLA - the
historical cradle of
Trieste's carnival - the inauguration will be today at 15:30.
There will be
food kiosks and music in the evenings.
At OPICINA in the
karst today at 18.00 they
will inaugurate the 47th edition of the Karst Carnival with
masqueraded people,
music and fun. The main show will take place on Saturday in
Opicina at 14.00
when all the carnival wagons will drive through Opicina.
Tuesday 4
March : LAST DAY OF CARNIVAL with a
PARADE at 14:00 hrs
The last day
Tuesday, 4 March marks the 2014
Carnival Competition with a Parade of all the wagons and
costumes competing.
They will depart from Piazza Oberdan at 14:00 .
For more info:
Today:
Darwin Day 2014 at 18:00 at Cafe' San Marco
At the historical Cafe' San Marco this
evening at 18.30 astrophysicist Giovanni VLADILO will give an
interesting talk
in Italian on " Is there Life in the planets beyond our solar
system?" while celebrating "Darwin Day 2014 - Remembering
Margherita
Hack" He will talk about the main results of the past twenty
years in
astronomy research . It
is in Via
Battisti downtown. Free entrance for
all.
Today:
Madame Butterfly at the Verdi Theatre
Today at 20.30 the Madame Butterfly show
will inaugurate its
100th anniversary.
Other shows will
be held on 28/2, 2/3, 4/3,
6/3 and 8/3. Prices range from euro 15 - 115. For more info, call
toll free nr. 800090373
or check www.teatroverdi-trieste.com
Tomorrow:
Show by the Sacri Cuori band at the Miela Theatre
Tomorrow at 21.30 the
Sacri Cuori band will play folk,
blues,
rock and Italian melodies that touch the soul at the Miela
theatre (close to
the central train station downtown). They have played all over
the world and
have recorded the original theme music of the movie "Zoran, il
mio nipote
scemo" by film producer Matteo Oleotto. Tickets: euro 10/head.
On
Sat. 1st March: PIANO FESTIVAL at the Miela Theatre
On Saturday at
21.00 at the Miela theatre
there will be a concert "In the still of the night" by Clara
Rivieri
and Juri Dal Dan Octet. Entrance ticket: 7 euro/head.
Art Exhibitions
Art & Sculpture exhibition at EContemporary
art gallery by artists Paolo Polenghi, Stefano
Graziano and Luigi
Merola. Venue: EContemporary, Via Crispi 28, Trieste (Close to
Viale XX
settembre). Open until 6/3/14, Thurs-Sat: from 17-20.
Art exhibition "Memorabilia" by
Triestine
artist Franco Vecchiet
at
the Revoltella museum (Via Diaz, 27) until 30/3/2014. Open every day - except
on Tuesdays - from
10-19.
Art exhibition "Manlio Malabotta e le
arti. De Pisis,
Martini, Morandi e i grandi maestri triestini" at the Magazzino delle Idee (close
to the
railway station). Malabotta (1907-1975) was one of the most
eminent cultural
personalities in Trieste and he collected the works of the
famous Italian
artists on display. Closing
on Sunday!
Open Thurs: 10-17; Fri, Sat & Sun: 10-13/15-19.
Photography
exhibition at the historical
Cafe' Tommaseo by Olga Micol with many
outstanding shots of
Trieste. in fact, the title of the show is "Algida Trieste,
volo tra mare
e vento" (Frozen Trieste). Open every day
until 9 March.
TOURING
THIS AREA
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
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
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.
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 the
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.
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 Giuseppe
Ressel and
experiments by Guglielmo Marconi. Open
each day from Thursday to Tuesday, from 9.00 - 13.00. For more info see:
www.museodelmaretrieste.it.
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