Without the Arno, Florence would be like Romolo - The Florentine
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12<br />
Thursday 8 February 2007<br />
What’s on & Where to Go<br />
Events in FLORENCE FEB 9 TO FEB 22<br />
Feb 13-18, 21.00, Sun 16.45, Teatro Puccini,<br />
via delle Cascine 41, tel. 055.362067,<br />
www.teatropuccini.it<br />
Quella del piano di sopra<br />
Feb 15-18, 20.45, Sun 16.45, Teatro Verdi,<br />
via Ghi<strong>be</strong>llina 99, tel. 055.212320, www.<br />
teatroverdifi renze.it<br />
Quix. Un Don Quixote contemporaneo<br />
Feb 15-19, Feb 25-26, 21.00, Teatro Puccini,<br />
via delle Cascine 41, tel. 055.362067,<br />
www.teatropuccini.it<br />
Giorgio Al<strong>be</strong>rtazzi in “Memorie di<br />
Adriano”<br />
Feb 20-25, 20.45, Sun 15.45, Teatro<br />
della Pergola, via della Pergola, 18, tel.<br />
055.22641, www.pergola.fi renze.it<br />
Gioie. Frammenti di vita di Anna Maria<br />
Luisa de’ Medici, Elettrice Palatina<br />
Feb 20-25, 21.15, Sun 17.00, Salone Donatello,<br />
sotterranei di San Lorenzo, info<br />
055-6120205, €12<br />
Alessandro Preziosi in “Datemi tre caravelle!”<br />
Feb 22-25, 20.45, Sun 16.45, Teatro Verdi,<br />
via Ghi<strong>be</strong>llina 99, tel. 055.212320, www.<br />
teatroverdifi renze.it<br />
UP COMING<br />
n EXHIBITS<br />
Cezanne and Impressionism in <strong>Florence</strong><br />
From March 2 to July 29, Palazzo Strozzi,<br />
info 055 2776461 www.cezannefi renze.it<br />
n MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
Sting in concert<br />
Feb 22, Auditorium Parco della Musica in<br />
Rome; Feb 23, Teatro degli Arcimboldi in<br />
Milan, info & booking www.boxol.it<br />
CHILDREN<br />
n CINEMA<br />
Cinema Kids<br />
every Sunday at 17.00<br />
Istituto Stensen, v.le don Minzoni 25/c, tel.<br />
055.576551, www.stensen.org<br />
n GUIDED TOURS<br />
Il Giardino di Archimede, Ma<strong>the</strong>matics’<br />
Sundays<br />
Guided visits and surprise events at <strong>the</strong><br />
Museum<br />
All year, Il Giardino di Archimede, Museo<br />
per la Matematica, via S. Bartolo a Cintoia<br />
19, info 055.7879594, www.archimede.ms,<br />
on <strong>the</strong> fi rst Sunday of every month<br />
n SPORTS & ACTIVITIES<br />
<strong>The</strong> amazing circus of Merlin <strong>the</strong> Wizard<br />
Workshop to create circus equipment. For<br />
children ages 4 to 11<br />
Il Cappello di Merlino, via Mazzetta 14r, info<br />
055.264471, every Thur, 17.00<br />
<strong>The</strong> little joiner’s shop<br />
Workshop to create wooden games. Develops<br />
creativity and dexterity. For children<br />
ages 4 to 10<br />
Il Cappello di Merlino, via Mazzetta 14r, info<br />
055.264471, every Wed, 17.00<br />
<strong>The</strong> world through <strong>the</strong> senses<br />
Experimenting with <strong>the</strong> senses (taste, sight,<br />
hearing, touch, smell) through games and<br />
book-readings. For children ages 2 to 5<br />
Il Cappello di Merlino, via Mazzetta 14r, info<br />
055.264471, every Fri, 17.00<br />
Carnevalino dei ragazzi<br />
piazza Vittoria, Vicchio, 14.30-18.30<br />
Il Carnevale di Paperino<br />
Feb 18, 20, Circolo Arci Paperino, Paperino<br />
, Prato, info 0574.540192<br />
Il carnevale dei bambini<br />
Musica, balli e clownerie<br />
Auditorium Gianni Rodari, Campi Bisenzio,<br />
16.00<br />
n THEATRE (in Italian unless o<strong>the</strong>rwise noted)<br />
Saburan<br />
puppet show<br />
Every Sat at 17.00, Teatro del Crc Antella,<br />
Via Pulicciano 53, Antella<br />
Puppet show<br />
Il Cappello di Merlino, via Mazzetta 14r, info<br />
055.264471, every Sat, 17.00<br />
Festa di Carnevale<br />
Masks and performances<br />
Feb 17, 17.00, Teatro del Crc Antella, Via<br />
Pulicciano 53, Antella<br />
Le avventure di fagiolino<br />
Feb 10, 17.00, Auditorium Gianni Rodari,<br />
Via G. Lorca 1, La Villa, Campi Bisenzio<br />
I musicanti di Brema<br />
Feb 10, 16.00, Castello, via R. Giuliani 374,<br />
Rifredi<br />
Notizie dal matrimonio di Cenerentola<br />
Feb 10, 16.30, Teatro Cantiere Florida, via<br />
Pisana 111r, tel. 055.573857, www.elsinor.<br />
it, €5/7<br />
Il gatto mammone<br />
Feb 11, 17.00, Teatro Moderno ARCI, Via<br />
Gramsci 5, Tavarnuzze<br />
Cappuccetto Rosso<br />
Feb 11, 16.30, Teatro Cantiere Florida, via<br />
Pisana 111r, tel. 055.573857, www.elsinor.<br />
it, €5/7<br />
Baracche e burattini<br />
10th Annual Children’s <strong>The</strong>atre Festival<br />
Feb. 10,17, 16.00, € 4,00, Castello, via R.<br />
Giuliani 374, info 055.2767045<br />
Pinocchio<br />
puppets show<br />
Feb 17, 16.30, €4, Castello, via R. Giuliani<br />
374, Rifredi<br />
Il gatto con gli stivali<br />
Feb 18, 17.00, Teatro Regina Margherita,<br />
via A. Mori 20 , Loc. Marcialla, Bar<strong>be</strong>rino<br />
Val d’Elsa<br />
L’orco con le penne<br />
Feb 18, 17.00, Limonaia Villa Montalvo, via<br />
di Limite, Campi Bisenzio<br />
Buon compleanno papà<br />
Feb 18, 17.30, Teatro del Popolo di Castelnuovo<br />
d’Elsa<br />
Festa di Carnevale<br />
Grand Performance: Stenterello<br />
Feb 18, 17.00, Teatro Le Laudi, via L. da<br />
Vinci 2r, tel. 055.572831, www.caspi.it/teatri/defaultLaudi.htm<br />
Quante storie!! <strong>The</strong>atre for children<br />
Feb 22, 17.30, €4, Cinema Accademia,<br />
via Montanelli 33, Pontassieve, tel.<br />
0558316437 - www.comune.pontassieve.<br />
fi .it<br />
Pollicino e altre storie<br />
Feb 22, 17.30, Accademia Cinema, Via<br />
Montanelli 33 , Pontassieve<br />
OUT OF TOWN<br />
n COMPETITION<br />
Fare e disfare è tutto un lavorare<br />
concorso fotografi co, premi in danaro<br />
Until Feb 15, Camera di Commercio di Prato<br />
info: www.po.camcom.it<br />
Italia Wave<br />
Regional selections participating in <strong>the</strong><br />
Arezzo Wave 2007<br />
Feb 16, 21.30, Offi cina Giovani, piazza dei<br />
Macelli, Prato, info 05741836753<br />
n EXHIBITS<br />
Corrispondenze - Works from <strong>the</strong> collection<br />
of Centro Pecci and Civic Museum<br />
of Prato<br />
Until April 7, 10-14, 15-19, Centro per l’Arte<br />
Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, v.le della Repubblica<br />
277, Prato, tel. 0574.5317, www.<br />
centropecci.it<br />
Opere pittoriche di Franco Ferraro<br />
Until April 27, closed Sat and Sun, free,<br />
Confartigianato Sede di Maliseti, via Saccenti<br />
19/21, Prato<br />
Carlo Ginori’s album. Documents and<br />
pathways of an illuminated man. Exhibition<br />
and guided visits<br />
Until April 30, Museo Richard Ginori Sesto<br />
Fiorentino, tel. 055.4207767<br />
Kids Riot - Botto e Bruno<br />
Until May 20, 9-19, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea<br />
Luigi Pecci, v.le della Repubblica<br />
277, Prato, tel. 0574.5317, www.centropecci.it<br />
Chi guarda chi?<br />
Portraits by Leo Cardini<br />
Until Feb 28, Overspace, via Inghirami 19,<br />
Prato, info 0574.595645, www.overarredodesign.it<br />
Aldo Lurci paintings<br />
Until March 14, Confartigianato di Prato, via<br />
Montegrappa 138, Prato<br />
Artisti Amici dei Musei<br />
Until Feb 28, 10-13, 15-18, Tues closed,<br />
Cassero Medievale, viale Piave, Prato<br />
Kashmir: <strong>The</strong> 5 senses<br />
Until March 5, €6, closed on Tues, Museo<br />
del Tessuo, via Santa Chiara 24, Prato,<br />
0574 611503, www.museodetessuto.it<br />
Scatti violenti<br />
Photografi c exhibition about violence through<br />
<strong>the</strong> movies from Pasolini to Tarantino.<br />
Until May 13, Foyer del teatro della Limonaia,<br />
via Gramsci 426, Sesto Fiorentino, tel.<br />
055.440852 - www.teatrodellalimonaia.it<br />
Non per caso by Daniel Spoerri<br />
Until April 29, 10-19, Tues closed, Centro<br />
per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, v.le<br />
della Repubblica 277, Prato, tel. 0574.5317,<br />
www.centropecci.it<br />
Tribute to Boccaccio. Painting exhibition<br />
from February 18 to March 31, Certaldo (Firenze)<br />
Palazzo Pretorio tel. 0571661219<br />
- www.comune.certaldo.fi .it<br />
n GUIDED TOURS<br />
Visita dell’Abbazia<br />
Every Wed and Friday 10-12, Sun 15.30-<br />
18.00, Abbazia San Salvatore e San Lorenzo<br />
a Settimo, Scandicci, www.badiadisettimo.it,<br />
info 055-7310537<br />
La foresta dell’Acquerino<br />
trekking<br />
Feb 11, 7.45, starting point Bar Moncelli,<br />
loc. Santa Lucia, Prato, info 368-3873099<br />
A ‘Nature’ Itinerary in <strong>the</strong> hills of Calvana<br />
Feb 13, 21.00, info 0574-22004, www.caiprato.it<br />
La valle del Rio Buti<br />
trekking<br />
Feb 18, info 368-3873099, www.polisportivaaurora.it<br />
On <strong>the</strong> Scaffolding with Filippo Lippi<br />
Visits to <strong>the</strong> restoration of Filippo Lippi’s<br />
fresco (max 12 persons)<br />
Cattedrale di Santo Stefano, piazza del<br />
Duomo, Prato, info 0574.24112, www.restaurofi<br />
lippolippi.it, by reservation only, every<br />
Sat at 10, 11, 16, 17, Sun at 10, 11, €8<br />
Ab<strong>be</strong>y of San Salvatore and San Lorenzo<br />
a Settimo<br />
Every Wed, Fri 10-12, Sun 15.30-18, closed<br />
July and Aug, Badia a Settimo, Scandicci,<br />
info 055.7310537, www.badiadisettimo.it<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ceramics of Montelupo<br />
Free guided visits of Archaeology and<br />
Ceramics Museum and participation in<br />
workshops<br />
Every Thur from 10.00 to 14.00, Museo Archeologico<br />
e della Ceramica, Moninfoupo<br />
Fiorentino, info 0571.518993<br />
Wine and Fashion in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Florentine</strong><br />
Mountains. Itineraries with guided visits,<br />
shopping<br />
Tours to discover <strong>the</strong> <strong>be</strong>auty of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Florentine</strong><br />
Mountains. Visits to artisan workshops<br />
and local shopping centres<br />
All year Mon and Sat, Resco Travel, info<br />
055.868009<br />
n MARKETS & FESTIVALS<br />
Festa de l’Unità Invernale<br />
Feb 13-18, Montespertoli city center, evening<br />
(Sat, Sun all day)<br />
Atmosphere and mystery, a night of<br />
Carnevale<br />
Feb 15, Borgo san Lorenzo historical center,<br />
21.00<br />
Polentata delle ceneri<br />
Feb 21, Borgo San Lorenzo city center,<br />
from 8 to 13<br />
Week-end of February 10-11<br />
Antique fair at Villa Corsini<br />
Feb 9, 10, 11, Villa Corsini a Mezzomonte,<br />
Impruneta (Firenze), www.mediag.it, from<br />
10 to 20, 7€<br />
Mostra Mercato di Antiquariato “Villa<br />
Corsini”<br />
Feb 9 to 11, Villa Corsini, San Casciano,<br />
info www.mediag.it, 10-20, 7€<br />
Antique market<br />
Feb 10, Incisa Valdarno, tel. 055.8333450,<br />
all day<br />
Carnival parade<br />
www.<strong>the</strong>fl orentine.net<br />
Feb 11, 18, 20, Rufi na, tel. 055.8399014,<br />
all day<br />
Carnevale mugellano<br />
Feb 11, 18, 20, Borgo San Lorenzo, historical<br />
center, from 15.00<br />
Carnevale nella Firenze dei Medici e<br />
dei Lorena<br />
Light shows and dancing<br />
Feb 11, Antico Spedale del Bigallo, Via<br />
Bigallo e Apparita 14, Bagno a Ripoli, info<br />
334-2007438, www.bigallo.it, from 20.00,<br />
prenotazione obbligatoria<br />
Fierucola delle bigonge<br />
Feb 11, Piazza del Comune e Piazza Buonamici,<br />
Prato, 9-19<br />
Fiera di Carnevale<br />
Feb 11, 18, San Mauro a Signa city center,<br />
all day<br />
Week-end of February 17-18<br />
Carnival festival<br />
Feb 10, 17, 20, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Sesto<br />
Fiorentino, tel. 055.4496357, all day<br />
Carnival parade<br />
Feb 11, 18, 20, Rufi na, tel. 055.8399014,<br />
all day<br />
Carnevale mugellano<br />
Feb 11, 18, 20, Borgo San Lorenzo, historical<br />
center, from 15.00<br />
Fiera di Carnevale<br />
Feb 11, 18, San Mauro a Signa city center,<br />
all day<br />
Little Carnival parade<br />
Feb 17, Piazza della Vittoria Vicchio, tel.<br />
055.844003, all day<br />
Fair of crafts, antiques and secondhand<br />
goods<br />
Feb 18, Dicomano, tel. 055.838541, all<br />
day<br />
Carnevale Dicomanese<br />
Feb 18, 20, Dicomano city center, all day<br />
Sagra of sweets and chestnuts<br />
Feb 18, Loc. Migliana, Cantagallo (Prato),<br />
all day<br />
Mercatino di artigianato e antiquariato<br />
Feb 18, Certaldo, 9-20<br />
n MUSIC & CONCERTS<br />
La notte caraibica<br />
free cari<strong>be</strong>an dance lessons<br />
Feb 12, 14, 19, 21, only on Mon and Wed<br />
22.15, Omi Music Club, via Tevere 100,<br />
Osmannoro<br />
Live music<br />
Feb 9, 16, 22.00, Fattoria del Bassetto,<br />
Certaldo<br />
European Saxofhone Quartet<br />
Feb 9, 21.00, Conservatorio di San Niccolò,<br />
p.za Cardinal S. Niccolò 6 , Prato<br />
Almasfera<br />
Feb 9, 21.30, Offi cina Giovani, piazza dei<br />
Macelli, Prato, info 05741836753<br />
Maratona Beethoven<br />
isonatas for violin and piano<br />
Feb 10, 21.00, Teatro Shalom, via Busoni,<br />
24 , Empoli, info 0571.711122<br />
Godamn Superstar<br />
Marilyn Manson tribute<br />
Feb 10, 22.30, Siddharta, via Trav. Pistoiese<br />
83, San Paolo, Prato<br />
Concerti-aperitivo<br />
Feb 11, 18, 10.00, Teatro Metastasio, via<br />
Cairoli 59, Prato, tel. 0574.6084, www.metastasio.it<br />
Partiture<br />
Original concert by 4 young composers<br />
Feb 11, 17.00, Teatro Magnolfi , via Go<strong>be</strong>tti<br />
74, Prato<br />
L’Elisir d’Amore di Donizetti<br />
Feb 11, 15.00, Teatro Dante, piazza Dante<br />
53, Campi Bisenzio<br />
Gaudeamus Omnes<br />
Dancing and singing of Carnasciale Rinascimentale<br />
Feb 11, 16.30, Auditorium La Tinaia di Parco<br />
Corsini, Fucecchio<br />
Di 10 in 10<br />
Dedicated to <strong>the</strong> 80’s<br />
Feb 11, 21.30, Offi cina Giovani, piazza dei<br />
Macelli, Prato, info 05741836753<br />
Diana Torto-John Taylor Duo<br />
Feb 12, 21.15, Teatro Metastasio, via Cairoli<br />
59, Prato, tel. 0574.6084, www.metastasio.it
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