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Here’s our round-up for February 6-13, 2025.
On the lookout for where to watch The Big Game on February 9? The Hard Rock Cafe on via dei Brunelleschi 1 has the whole show on the maxi screen (streamed in Italian from 11pm-4am), live from Caesars Superdome, with a hip-hop and modern dance show by the Florence Dance Center to set the mood. A dedicated menu sustains you through the marathon match.
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Prato is home to one of the biggest Chinese communities in Italy at approximately 38,000 out of 193,000 residents, making the Lunar New Year celebrations a top draw to the Tuscan city, just 30 minutes from Florence. Expect colourful parades, exhibitions, food tours and tea ceremonies. Florence hosts its own celebrations too with a dragon dance and more at piazzale Michelangelo from 2-6.30pm on February 9.
Find out moreThe 10th edition of the short film fest is made up of three categories: Fiction, Animation and Documentary, competing for the Jury and Audience Prizes. Masterclasses also form the lineup, with guests of the caliber of Alessandro Roia, Giovanni Veronesi, Gianfranco Pannone and Alessandro Rak.
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Until March 23, the Refectory of the Santa Maria Novella complex becomes home to an exhibition that fights against nuclear weapons. Senzatomica immerses viewers in some of the deadliest horrors using virtual reality with heartbreaking accounts, elaborating on the role of scientists in efforts to effect change.
Find out moreThe Italian-fusion dinner series, SAPORITA Supper Club, meets at the B.East art gallery from 7.30pm on February 6 for a Brazilian-Italian feast. Chef Sara Cagle serves up a five-course menu, complete with wine pairings. Artist Sheean (@studiosheean) creates live watercolour portraits on the evening. Email sara@saracagle.com.
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As part of the programming for Black History Month Florence, an exhibition project dedicated to the rediscovery of the archive of the author, journalist, musician and actor William Demby comes to the Murate Art District, a critical figure of postwar Italy whose legacy has not received the attention it deserves.
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One for the foodies! This month sees purveyors of all kinds of products uniting at the Fortezza for three days of gourmet galore. A wide range of Fuori di Taste events brings us to many of the city’s best and most intriguing eateries.
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The short film by director Cristina Principe tells the story of the Florentine baseball team for the blind, documenting their journey through the championship and the ability of sport to transform lives. Screened in Italian, with English subtitles.
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As part of the Fuori di Taste calendar, Binomio Firenze hosts two exclusive events to celebrate the art of gastronomy and cocktails. On February 7 there’ll be Binomium – Cicchetti & Cocktails, an evening of sweet and savory cicchetti by the Venetian company Infermentum, with creative cocktails by the Binomio team. On February 8, you can drink Panettone, with the unusual mix of pastry and mixology conjured by Chef Denis Dianin and the Binomio bartenders.
Find out moreA reading group dedicated to translated literature and literature about translation, with a special focus on practices of feminist translation, takes place in English at Biblioteca Femminista on via Fiesolana 2b until March. Presented as part of The Other Words project coordinated between Edinburgh and Florence, discussions are based around the complex ideas surrounding the translation of literature. February 6 will be a discussion of Brandy Sour by Constantia Soteriou, translated by Lina Protopapa.
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Photographs by Guido Cozzi take viewers into Florentine workshops and the magic crafted therein. The exhibition inaugurates the newly renovated rooms of the Institute.
Find out moreThe European University Institute (EUI) presents Visions of Europe, a film series mostly unseen in Italy from January to June at Palazzo Buontalenti. The screenings will be followed by debates with prominent experts, including Nathalie Tocci, Tommaso Nannicini and Bill Emmott. The first event will take place on January 29 at 6.30pm, with the Italian premiere of Democracy Under Siege (2024). The documentary follows Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes of the Washington Post, who recently resigned after 18 years with the newspaper in protest against the censorship of one of her cartoons. In the cartoon, she depicted her editor Jeff Bezos and other prominent figures from tech and media companies kneeling before Donald Trump.
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Palazzo Vecchio’s Salone dei Cinquecento is currently home to the Sala Grande exhibition that brings us back to when Giorgio Vasari went about enhancing the most magnificent of the Palazzo’s rooms. On display until March 9 will be La Sala Grande: Giorgio Vasari per Cosimo I De’ Medici, a small but significant display to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the architect and the Grand Duke who both passed away in 1574, and the glorious project that remains at the heart of Florentine civic life.
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La croce che fiorisce e le stimmate di Francesco, created to mark the 800th anniversary of the miracle, is a detailed display that was carefully curated by Sonia Chiodo, Giovanni Giura, Anna Pegoretti and Federico Rossi, situated in the winter refectory. Beginning with part of the permanent display in which the sprawling complex and its various functions are illustrated in the bird’s-eye view painting of the monuments that dates to 1718, Santa Croce is contextualized before we move on to the temporary display consisting of paintings and manuscripts that recount the evolution of the iconography of the Stigmata of Saint Francis.
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The artisanal workshops led by the “prince of antique dealers”, Stefano Bardini, and his son Ugo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are the subject of an exhibition that journeys through the tradition of woodwork. Focusing on the artisanal expertise and production that made the Bardini workshops famous, the exhibition displays period objects and accessories which fascinated international patrons attracted to the dream of the Italian Renaissance. From January 19 to February 16, three free-entry meetings will dive into the art of woodworking and restoration, reservation required. by emailing info@musefirenze.it or calling 055 2768224.
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An unforgettable study experience in Dublin for young people from July 13-27: learn English while having fun! Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is the perfect destination for teenagers aged 11 ...
This itinerary is the smartest walking our of Prato, where the passion for art meets taste. Our exclusive walking tour of Prato allows you to enjoy the artitstic heritage of ...
Join Linda Sassano Higgins, Licensed Italian Tour Guide, and discover Florence’s hidden secrets: from her Roman origins to saving her artistic heritage during WWII and the flood of 1966. Customized ...
Following 8 years of restoration, the world famous Vasari Corridor has finally reopened to the public! Let’s have a walk inside this historic gallery. Visits are in small groups of ...
