Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best events in Florence and Tuscany this February.
SING/TF karaoke night
February 12, 9pm
Red Garter, via dei Benci 33r, Florence
Prepare your power ballad, warm up your voice, and come and join The Florentine team for a karaoke meet-and-greet night. Take part in our Instagram Challenge #TheFlorentineinme. Snap your best shot featuring a copy of The Florentine around town to win a dinner, brunch or breakfast for the top five Instagrams. For more information, see page 19.
DANCE/International Dance Show
February 27–March 2
Fortezza da Basso, Florence
The largest European dance event comes to Florence! With a packed programme including all styles from classical to contemporary, jazz to tango, hip hop to country and ethnic to burlesque, there is something for everyone. For a full programme and tickets, visit www.danzainfiera.it.
REMEMBER/Giorgio Castelfranco
Until March 31
Casa Rodolfo Siviero, lungarno Serristori, 1–3, Florence
The exhibition is part of the Jewish Remembrance Day celebrations and features art historian Giorgio Castelfranco’s archival fund. Due to his origins, he was forced to sell his art collection and flee Italy. Documents and photographs depicting his life are on show. For more details, see www.museocasasiviero.it.
MUSIC/Renato Zero
February 10–11
Mandela Forum, Florence
For part of Renato Zero’s ‘Grand Finale’ tour, the Italian singer puts on an elaborate show covering songs from all of his albums, accompanied by an orchestra, as well as a dance group who perform alongside him. For more information, see www.mandelaforum.it.
BE BAROQUE/The Rooms of the Muses
February 11–May 11
Uffizi Gallery, piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, Florence
Through a selection of 100 paintings, The Rooms of the Muses. Baroque Paintings from the Molinari Prandelli Collection exhibition shows the famous conductor’s increasing passion for the Baroque paintings he collected from the 1950s onwards. For more information, see www.unannoadarte.it.
EXPLORE/The Warm Statues
Until March 8
Marino Marini museum
The exhibition explores the relationship between sculpture, body and action in post-war art, pursuing two ideas that complement each other: sculpture as an extension of the body and the body as sculpture, bringing together works created in a time span of almost 70 years. For more details, see www.museomarinomarini.it.
BE FASHIONABLE/The white shirt according to me. Gianfranco Ferré
Until June 15
Museo del Tessuto, Via Puccetti 3, Prato
Fashion designer Gianfranco Ferré was known as ‘the architect of fashion’ due to his unique ways of designing. This exhibition of 27 white shirts, sketches and videos explores the genius and creativity of Ferré. For more information, see www.museodeltessuto.it.
IDENTIFY/ Italian Identities
February 17–March 10
Spazio Alfieri, via dell’Ulivo, 6, Florence
This free film festival explores the dynamics of modern-day Italian cinema. The four films, screened on February 17 and 24, on March 3 and 10, subtitled in English, target the question ‘What is Italian identity?’ as well as the stereotypes and common spaces that accompany it. For more information, see www.spazioalfieri.it.
INDULGE/Chocolate Festival
February 7–16
Piazza Mino, Fiesole and piazza Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Enjoy the chocolatey scents wafting through the town when the 10th chocolate fair returns to Florence (and in Fiesole on February 9). With aperitivos, brunches and chocolate tasting on offer, you can indulge to your heart’s content! For more information, see www.fieradelcioccolato.it.
VIEW/Marco Martelli
Until February 27
SACI Maidoff Gallery, Via Sant’Egidio, 14, Florence
Marco Martelli exhibits his hyper-realistic compositions of buildings, skies, landscapes and urban scenes. Usually lacking in human presence, this exhibit also includes two exquisite portraits of his aging grandmother. See more at www.saci-florence.edu.
