Italy's favourite son, finally moving out - The Florentine
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www.theflorentine.net<br />
What’s on & Where to Go<br />
9<br />
Thursday 7 September 2006<br />
Events in FLORENCE SEP 8 TO SEP 21<br />
OUR TOP PICKS<br />
40th Anniversary<br />
of Florence Flood<br />
t t t<br />
RIFICOLONA (Paper Lantern Festival) - September 7<br />
<strong>Florentine</strong>s celebrate September 8 as the nativity of the Virgin Mary, on the eve of the feast,<br />
September 7, natives walk through the city carrying candle-lit paper lanterns. <strong>The</strong> procession<br />
starts at Piazza Santa Croce at 8 pm. This tradition dates back to the Renaissance, when pilgrims<br />
bearing lanterns would gather in front of the Church of the Most Holy Annunciation (Santissima<br />
Annunziata). <strong>The</strong> main events of the ‘Rificolona’ are held in Piazza Santissima Annunziata, the<br />
square facing the church, and include a speech by Florence’s cardinal. In addition, lighted floats<br />
are placed in the waters of the Arno, to flow downstream.<br />
NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY - September 8<br />
Don’t miss this once-a-year opening of the Duomo’s terrace to the public. <strong>The</strong> cornerstone of the<br />
present-day Cathedral was laid on September 8, 1296. This year, in commemoration, of its 710th<br />
anniversary, the terrace around the base of the Cathedral’s cupola welcomes visitors, who are<br />
invited to stroll around and enjoy the breathtaking view of Florence’s rooftops. From this bird’seye<br />
perspective, visitors will be able to appreciate how the city is architecturally organized into<br />
concentric circles. Open 10 am - 4:30 pm. Free admission.<br />
HOLY RELIC CEREMONY AND HISTORICAL PARADE - Prato - September 8, 9 and 10<br />
From Donatello’s pulpit in Prato’s Cathedral of San Stefano, the Bishop and mayor will be<br />
celebrating a ritual that goes back to the 12th century: the presentation of the Virgin Mary’s cincture.<br />
(10 am to 10:30 pm). Flag ceremonies, games and medieval dances will follow. A historical parade<br />
will leave at 8:30 pm and tour around the streets of the centre. At the end of the evening, expect a<br />
pyrotechnical show at the Castello dell’Imperatore and a concert by the band ‘Whiskey Trail’ in<br />
piazza Duomo. On the 7, 8 and 9 of September, visit the medieval market in Piazza Santa Maria<br />
in Castello and S. Antonio.<br />
FLORENCE VINTAGE MARKET - September 10<br />
Fashion lovers won’t want to miss this unique vintage clothing market, featuring accessories,<br />
luggage and jewellery from all over the world. <strong>The</strong> event is organized by Ceri Vintage Canoa<br />
Club at the Canottieri Comunali Firenze, on the Lungarno Francesco Ferrucci no 4. Free<br />
entrance from 12.30 pm to 8.00 pm. (See feature article.)<br />
REGISTER TO VOTE AND REQUEST YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT - September 12 - 26<br />
Permanent residents abroad, students, temporary visitors, part-time residents, second<br />
generation and dual citizens can vote for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives<br />
Midterm elections which will be held on Tuesday Nov. 7, 2006. Register to vote and request<br />
your absentee ballot now! Voter registration assistance will be available in Florence on<br />
September 12, 10:30 am -12:30 and Wednesday, September 20, from 5:30-7:30 pm at St.<br />
James Church in Via Rucellai 9. On Thursday, September 14 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm or<br />
Monday, September 25 from 2:00-4:00, voters can go to McRae’s Book Shop on Via dei<br />
Neri, 32r. On Friday, September 22 from 4:00 - 6:00 pm or September 26, 11 am to 1<br />
pm, voters can visit Paperback Exchange Book Shop, Via delle Oche, 4r. Bring ID: social<br />
security number, (or valid US driver’s license). Some states require a passport number.<br />
For further information contact: usvoters@yahoo.it or the U.S. Consulate at 38 Lungarno<br />
Vespucci (In per<strong>son</strong>: Monday-Friday, 9 am – 12:30 pm or by phone: Monday-Friday, 2 - 4<br />
pm. Telephone: 055-266-951)<br />
FRAGRANZE - September 15 to 17<br />
Artistic Perfumery on Stage. From Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 17. Gardens<br />
of Palazzo Corsini. Via Il Prato, 58. (See front page news story)<br />
NEXTECH FESTIVAL - September 21-23<br />
Techno and digital music festival<br />
Stazione Leopolda, Viale Fratelli Rosselli 5, Firenze, Info tel. 055/287347<br />
<strong>The</strong> fi rst edition of Nextech festival, an event dedicated to avant-garde electronic sounds,<br />
will take place in Florence from September 21 to 23. It’s a high-tech festival for fans of<br />
futuristic music trends, experimental sounds and beat dance. Music and visual images will<br />
accompany ‘party-goers’ from aperitif hour until the wee hours of the morning. Starting at 6<br />
pm everyday, the Nextech Festival features concerts, DJ sets, art technology, and music as an<br />
architectural element. An inter-disciplinary and innovative event that alternates techno beat<br />
with soothing minimalist tunes. For more information see: www.nextechfestival.com<br />
Do you have a story to tell ab<strong>out</strong> the Flood of 1966?<br />
Were you a mud angel or do you know one?<br />
Do you have photos of those days in Florence?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Florentine</strong> is preparing a special edition<br />
for the Flood’s 40th anniversary<br />
Distributed all over the world in September.<br />
Write to: the_flood@theflorentine.net<br />
mbership card necessary<br />
FRIDAY 8<br />
• DANCE<br />
Life and dance<br />
Florence Dance Cultural Center<br />
Piazza Ghiberti (S. Ambrogio area), www.<br />
fi renzesummerfest.it, 9 pm, free<br />
Callas<br />
MaggioDanza 69° Maggio Musicale Fiorentino<br />
Teatro Comunale, Corso Italia 16 ,info 199-<br />
112112, www.maggiofi orentino.com , h<br />
20:30<br />
• GUIDED TOURS<br />
710° anniversario “La Passeggiata sulle<br />
terrazze”<br />
Special opening of the Cathedral’s terrace.<br />
Free admission<br />
8 Sept., Cattedrale di S.Maria del Fiore info<br />
0552302885 www.operaduomo.fi renze.it<br />
• LECTURES & CONFERENCES<br />
EUSIPCO 2006 - 14 European Conference<br />
on Signal Processing<br />
Centro Internazionale Congressi, p.za Adua,<br />
1 www.eusipco2006.org<br />
• MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
Fierucolina del Pane<br />
Longer version of the once-a-month Santo<br />
Spirito fair linked to Rifi colona festivities<br />
Sept. 8 and 9 Piazza Santissima Annunziata,<br />
Open 9 am - 7 pm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> little Bread Fair<br />
Sept. 8, 9 Piazza SS.Annunziata tel.<br />
055697747<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Animae Voces’ canti etnici del Mediterraneo<br />
e dell’Africa<br />
XVII° edition of the Sounds and Colours of<br />
Tuscany Festival<br />
Fattoria di Castellonchio (San Donato in<br />
Collina) info 055 8347833 www.comune.<br />
rignano-sullarno.fi .itore 21,15, 10 euro<br />
O flos colende: Sacred Music in Florence<br />
10th edition<br />
8 sept. Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore info<br />
0552302885 - www.operaduomo.fi renze.it<br />
SATURDAY 9<br />
• CINEMA<br />
<strong>The</strong> last Caronte - 40th Anniversary of<br />
Flood<br />
Documentary by Cinzia TH Torrini dedicated<br />
to Berto’ (the worker who ferried<br />
people and cars to the opposite side of the<br />
river during the fl ood)<br />
Sept. 9 at 9p.m. Circolo La Nave - info tel.<br />
0556585128 - www.comune.fi .it<br />
• LECTURES & CONFERENCES<br />
Improvvisazione Poetica<br />
Rampe di Piazza Poggi , San Niccolò,<br />
www.fi renzestate.com, info 349-2384360,<br />
10pm<br />
• MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
Wine Championship<br />
European wine producers, fair and contest;<br />
Favourite competition for wine tasters<br />
Teatro Romano di Fiesole, Info: Slow Food<br />
Firenze 055 684405<br />
Fierucolina del Pane<br />
See 8 Sept.<br />
<strong>The</strong> little Bread Fair<br />
See Sept 8<br />
• SPORTS & ACTIVITIES<br />
Fiorentina - Inter<br />
Series A soceer<br />
Stadio comunale A. Franchi, at 20.30<br />
Fiorentina Baseball - Redskins Imola<br />
35th and 36th edition of the A2 Baseball<br />
Championships - Section B<br />
Stadio Baseball Cerreti, viale Manfredo<br />
Fanti, 18 gara 1 h 15.30, gara 2 h 20.30<br />
• THEATRE (in Italian unless otherwise noted)<br />
I Pupi di Stac. Puppet shows<br />
Sept. 9, 10 Parco Mediceo di Pratolino<br />
Summer at Demidoff Villa info 055409155<br />
- www.provincia.fi .it<br />
SUNDAY 10<br />
• DANCE<br />
La Taranta<br />
music and dance<br />
Sept. 10, Area San Sanvi, via S. Salvi 12,<br />
tel. 055.6236195, www.chille.it<br />
• MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
Wine Championship<br />
See Sept. 9<br />
Mukki Day<br />
<strong>The</strong> famous Milk factory opens its gates to<br />
families, kids and fans, to see Mugello’s<br />
Cows and shows featuring MukkiFriends<br />
10 sept, Mukki via dell’Olmatello 20 Firenze,<br />
info 800 016 773 www.mukki.it, h 9,00-<br />
13.00 and 15.00/19.00, free entrance<br />
Florence Vintage Market<br />
Vintage clothing, accessories, luggage and<br />
jewellery from all over the world<br />
Canoa Club presso Canottieri Comunali<br />
Firenze, on the Lungarno Francesco Ferrucci<br />
no 4, free entrance from 12.30 pm to<br />
8.00pm<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Giorgio Gaslini ‘Songs’ music played<br />
by ‘Contempoartensemble’<br />
XVII° edition of the Sounds and Colours of<br />
Tuscany Festival<br />
Fattoria di Pagnana (San Donato in Collina)<br />
info 055 8347833 www.comune.rignanosullarno.fi<br />
.itore 21,15, 10 euro<br />
Concert by Rossini Philarmonic for the<br />
closing 139th concert sea<strong>son</strong><br />
Sept. 10 at 9.30p.m. Piazza della Signoria -<br />
tel. 055603407 - www.fi larmonicarossini.it<br />
II° Festival Firenze Classica<br />
Concerts of the Chamber Orchestra - 26th<br />
concert 2006 sea<strong>son</strong><br />
Chiesa di Orsanmichele, via de’ Calzaiuoli,<br />
info 055 2625955 www.fi renzeestate.it,<br />
www.orcafi .it 9pm<br />
Rossini Philarmonic for the closing<br />
139th concert sea<strong>son</strong><br />
Sept. 10 at 9.30p.m. Piazza della Signoria -<br />
tel. 055603407 - www.fi larmonicarossini.it<br />
MONDAY 11<br />
• MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
Classical Music Concert Series<br />
classical music concerts, including a piano<br />
recital by Lucchesini, a performance by the<br />
Maggio Musicale chorus, and a chamber<br />
recital by a string quartet<br />
Starting Sept 11 and taking place every<br />
following Monday in Sept., Palazzo Medici<br />
Riccardi. Free admission<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
II° Festival Firenze Classica - orchestra<br />
da camera fiorentina, dir Piero Bellugi<br />
See Sept 10<br />
Concerts of the Chamber Orchestra -<br />
26th concert sea<strong>son</strong> 2007<br />
See Sept 10<br />
TUESDAY 12<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Sacrae Harmoniae - L’Homme Armé<br />
Music and Chorus<br />
Saloncino del Teatro della Pergola - via della<br />
Pergola, 12/32 , Firenze info 055-22641<br />
www.amicimusica.fi .it, h 21<br />
jazz nights: jam seesion + house band<br />
Jazz Club, Via Nuova de’ Caccini, 3 – Firenze,<br />
info 339-5630795 www.jazzclubfi renze.<br />
com, h 22.15<br />
WEDNESDAY 13<br />
• EXHIBITS<br />
Leonardo: <strong>The</strong> Lake That Never Was’<br />
Opening. See ongoing for details<br />
• GUIDED TOURS<br />
From villa to villa: Tour of hidden homes<br />
in the 5 quartiere of the city.<br />
Sept. 13, 23 Info Uffi cio Cultura Q.5 - tel.<br />
0552767045 - www.comune.fi .it<br />
• MUSIC & CONCERTS
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