Notorious Vandal Strikes Again - The Florentine
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What’s on & Where to Go<br />
9<br />
Thursday 20 October 2005<br />
Events in FLORENCE OCT 21 TO NOV 3<br />
OUR TOP PICKS<br />
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MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL OF FLORENCE<br />
October 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30 - November 2, 3<br />
<strong>The</strong> Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is a world renowned classical music and dance festival held<br />
every year in Florence. Events ranging from opera to symphony and ballet are performed by<br />
some of the top musicians and dancers.<br />
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS<br />
October 21-23<br />
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, this musical tells the story of Quasimodo the humpback<br />
bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and his impossible and tragic love for the gipsy<br />
Esmeralda. <strong>The</strong> author Riccardo Cocciante is one of the most important Italian song-writer<br />
and the show has had a huge success from its fi rst representation in 2002.<br />
40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR SISTER CITIES KYOTO–FLORENCE<br />
October 29-30<br />
To celebrate their 40th anniversary as sister cities, these celebrated cities of the arts will be<br />
offering to the City of Florence numerous unforgettable performances. Saturday morning<br />
the event will start with a welcoming speech by Councillor Eugenio Giani, then peace<br />
prayers will be offered by the monks of the Buddhist order Nichirenshu with Prior Miyatake<br />
Gencho. For their fi rst time in Italy will be the very special guests, maiko Toshihana and<br />
geiko Fumimari, geishas from Kyoto. A group of young drummers from Kyoto University<br />
of Art and Design Zokei Geijutsu will present an exciting show full of vibrancy and energy.<br />
On Sunday morning a tea ceremony will be conducted by Master Taikoh Amanohara. A<br />
brief dance by Master Asahi Mai will precede the Japanese opera “Fujito” by M° Kazuhiko<br />
Onoe, with baritone Yasutoshi Hosokawa in the leading role. During the two-day event, the<br />
Conference Centre will host the photographic exhibit “Maiko in Kyoto” by Hisashi Itoh,<br />
who will inaugurate another exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi on Saturday October 29th entitled<br />
“Edo Yuugi”.<br />
TUTTO SPOSI – ALL ABOUT BRIDES AND GROOMS<br />
October 30-November 6<br />
<strong>The</strong> thirteenth edition of “All About Brides and Grooms” is a fair showcasing everything<br />
future brides and grooms need for their big day, with over 200 stands offering various goods<br />
and services connected to wedding planning, such as caterers, travel agents, photographers,<br />
hotels, wedding gowns, tuxedos, home appliances, interior design, beauty centres, hair<br />
dressers, real estate agents, musicians. Of course wedding favours and gifts for bridal<br />
registries won’t be forgotten. In addition, there will be much entertainment presented during<br />
the fair, including bride and groom fashion shows and other live performances.<br />
FERRARI CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS<br />
Until October 23<br />
Tickets are now on sale for the sporting event of the year, “<strong>The</strong> Ferrari Championship Finals”<br />
from October 12th to 23rd on the Mugello track. <strong>The</strong>se five days of races will include the last<br />
competitions of the Italian, European, and American series of Ferrari 360 Challenge Trofeo<br />
Pirelli, with the additional decisive race which will see the crowning of a new world champion.<br />
It will be a chance to experience the new F430 Challenge, which will debut with the Ferrari<br />
brand next year. Last but not least, the Tuscan Circuit will host, for this grand finale of 2005, the<br />
Shell Ferrari Macerati Historic Challenge, which is also open to antique cars of the Trident.<br />
COW PARADE<br />
Until January 20, 2006<br />
Not just cows, a whole herd of calves continue to contribute to Florence’s artistic wealth, in the<br />
biggest public art exhibit in the world. Don’t miss the fibreglass cows which continue to “graze”<br />
in the streets and squares of Florence.<br />
mbership card necessary<br />
FRIDAY 21<br />
• EXHIBITS<br />
Domenico Lo Russo- xeroradiografie<br />
1976-1987<br />
Galleria Immaginaria Arti Visive, via Guelfa 22r<br />
Vinar<br />
Wine, art, architecture<br />
Stazione Leopolda p.le di Porta al Prato,<br />
tel. 055.3693407<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Ernest Dawkins Trio<br />
Jazz<br />
Sala Vanni, p.za del Carmine 19, tel.<br />
055.210804, www.musicusconcentus.com,<br />
€ 12<br />
Made Djimat & Gamelan Panti Pusaka<br />
Budaya<br />
Indonesian music<br />
Auditorium Flog, via Mercati Michele 24b<br />
tel. 055.487145, www.fl og.it<br />
Steve Grossman Quintet<br />
Caruso Jazz Café, via Lambertesca,<br />
14/16r, tel. 055.281940,<br />
www.carusojazzcafe.com, 21.00<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sultans of Swing<br />
Jazz Club, via Nuova de’ Caccini 3, tel.<br />
055.2479700, 22.15, € 7<br />
Deus ex machina<br />
Associazione Culturale Ambasciata di<br />
Marte, via Mannelli 2, tel. 055.6550786,<br />
www.ambasciatadimarte.org, aperitivo at<br />
19.00, concert at 22.00<br />
Francesco Maccianti Trio<br />
Ottorino Jazz Bistrò, via delle Oche 12/16r,<br />
tel. 055.215151, 21.30, free admittance<br />
Tuscan Concert: Words and Music<br />
C.R.C. via di Brozzi 312, tel. 055.2767020,<br />
21.30, free admittance<br />
Tancredi<br />
Opera by Gioachino Rossini<br />
Teatro Comunale, Corso Italia 16, tel.<br />
055.213535, www.maggiofi orentino.com,<br />
20.30, by reservation<br />
• THEATRE<br />
Fedra (In Italian)<br />
Teatro della Pergola, via della Pergola, 18,<br />
tel. 055.22641, www.pergola.fi renze.it,<br />
20.45<br />
Gianburrasca (In Italian)<br />
Teatro Verdi, via Ghibellina 99, tel.<br />
055.212320, www.teatroverdifi renze.it,<br />
21.00<br />
Notre-Dame de Paris (In Italian)<br />
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo,<br />
a great musical by Italian songwriter<br />
Riccardo Cocciante<br />
Nelson Mandela Forum (ex Palasport), viale<br />
Pasquale Paoli, tel. 055.678841, www.<br />
mandelaforum.it, 21.00, Sat. 16.00 and<br />
21.00, Sun. 18.00<br />
La bisbetica domata-<strong>The</strong> Taming<br />
of the Shrew (In Italian) La Casa<br />
del Teatro, via San Domenico 51, tel.<br />
055.573857, www.ilgeniodellalampada.<br />
it, 21.00<br />
From hell. Attempts to protect myself<br />
from what I want<br />
Cantiere Goldonetta CanGo, via Santa<br />
Maria 25, tel. 055.2335518, 21.15<br />
Oggi Sposi (Just married) (In Italian)<br />
Comedy<br />
Teatro del Sale, Via dei Macci 111r, tel.<br />
055.2001492, www.teatrodelsale.com,<br />
19.00-21.15 buffet, 21.30 show, € 10 (1<br />
year membership mandatory), € 24 buffet<br />
& show<br />
& show<br />
SATURDAY 22<br />
• EXHIBITS<br />
Domenico Lo Russo- xeroradiografie<br />
1976-1987<br />
Galleria Immaginaria Arti Visive, via Guelfa<br />
22r<br />
Mushrooms and Wild Fruit Exhibition<br />
Parterre, p.za della Libertà, tel.<br />
055.2767831, 10-22, free admittance<br />
Vinar<br />
Wine, art, architecture<br />
Stazione Leopolda p.le di Porta al Prato,<br />
tel. 055.3693407<br />
• GUIDED TOURS<br />
L’oratorio dei Vanchetoni<br />
Oratorio dei Vanchetoni, via Palazzuolo 17,<br />
tel. 055.461428, 15.30<br />
Museo di Storia Naturale<br />
Museo di Antropologia ed Etnologia<br />
via del Proconsolo 12, 15-17<br />
• MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
European Solidarity Fundraiser Sale<br />
Second hand clothes and objects from<br />
Emmaus<br />
Saschall, Lungarno Aldo Moro 3, tel.<br />
055.6504112, www.saschall.it, from 10.00 on<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Made Djimat & Gamelan Panti Pusaka<br />
Budaya<br />
Indonesian music<br />
Auditorium Flog, via Mercati Michele 24b<br />
tel. 055.487145, www.fl og.it<br />
Jin Jiu<br />
Teatro della Pergola, via della Pergola, 18,<br />
tel. 055.22641, www.pergola.fi renze.it,<br />
16.00<br />
Six Dixiers<br />
Jazz Club, via Nuova de’ Caccini 3, tel.<br />
055.2479700, 22.15, € 7<br />
Lorchestra<br />
Electric Bossa, soul – funk<br />
Associazione Culturale Ambasciata di<br />
Marte, via Mannelli 2, tel. 055.6550786,<br />
www.ambasciatadimarte.org, aperitivo at
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