The don’t miss list – Mar 24 to Apr 7,

The don’t miss list – Mar 24 to Apr 7,

We'll keep you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and more English-friendly entertainment here in our Top Picks!  Enjoy Florence.       Special Events/ Korea Film Fest March 25 to April 2, Cinema Odeon   The Korea Film Fest is back

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We’ll
keep you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and more
English-friendly entertainment here in our Top Picks!  Enjoy Florence.

 

 

 

Special
Events/ Korea Film Fest

March 25 to
April 2, Cinema Odeon

 

The
Korea Film Fest is back in piazza Strozzi for the ninth year, featuring a range
of documentaries, fictional features and shorts. Meet the directors and through
these films get a peek into modern Korean culture, from North to South, as seen
by the long list of acclaimed filmmakers in attendance. For more information,
see www.koreafilmfest.com

 

 

Concerts/Local
Heroes: Florentine Hip-Hop

Every
Thursday, Casa della Creatività

 

Experience
local hip-hop talent in the historic center. Organized by Gold, Florence’s
original streetwear provider, this is a youth-centered series at Florence’s
newest hot spot. For more information, see www.goldworld.it/local-heroes

 

 

Concerts/We
Will Rock You: The Musical by Queen 

March 24 to
26, Nelson Mandela Forum

 

It
may not be Freddy Mercury, but it’s about as close as you can get these days.
All your favorite songs performed live by a rocking cast and band that will,
yes, rock you. For more information, see www.mandelaforum.it or www.boxol.it

 

 

Concerts/Jamiroquai
Rock Dust Light Star

April
3, Nelson Mandela Forum

 

Don’t
miss this jazz funk genius on his Rock Dust Light Star tour, named after his
most recent album, his seventh. For more information, call 055/678841 or visit www.bitconcerti.it

 

 

Concerts/America:
40th Anniversary 

April
7, Teatro Verdi

 

The famed West Coast band celebrates its 40-year
career. Get a taste of the sunnier side of the States as America plays all its
best-loved hits. For more information, call 055/212320 or visit www.teatroverdifirenze.it

 

 

Shows/I
Shall Paint a Piece: The Florentine Poetry of the Brownings

April
10, 5pm, Palazzo Davanzati

 

This
program of dramatic readings drawn from the Florentine poetry of Florence’s
perhaps best-known expat Brits, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, is
organized by New York University in Florence. The venue is the Palazzo
Davanzati, this time the great hall on the piano nobile. The performance will
feature excerpts from Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem of the
Risorgimento-inspired ‘Casa Guidi Windows’ and Robert Browning’s dramatic
monologues ‘Fra Lippo Lippi’ and ‘Andrea del Sarto.’

 

 

Shows/Cercando
Picasso

March
29 to April 3, Teatro della Pergola

 

The
world renowned Martha Graham Dance Company arrives just in time to complement
the exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi with an exploration of Picasso, his times and
his work. There is limited dialogue in Italian, but the organizers assured us
that a cursory knowledge of the language will suffice, as the real spectacle is
in the innovative, experimental style of the dancers. For more information,
search ‘Martha Graham’ at http://insideart.eu. For ticket info, see www.teatrodellapergola.com or call 055/2264347.

 

 

Festivals/Giornata
FAI Primavera: 660 cultural heritage sites open

March
26 and 27, around Florence and Italy

 

The
Italian Environment Fund (FAI) celebrates Italian unity in the 19th annual
Giornata FAI Primavera event. For the occasion, many national treasures, even
some that are usually closed to the public, will be open to visitors throughout
Italy. ‘Never-before-seen’ venues this year include Villa Rosebery, the
nineteenth-century presidential residence in Naples, Palazzo Pisani in Venice,
the breathtaking gardens of Villa Valguarnara in Bagheria (Palermo) and many
more. More national treasures around Florence will be open to the public. For
region-to-region information, see www.giornatafai.it

 

 

Sport/Vivicittà:
Annual Half Marathon

April
3, starting point piazza Santa Croce

 

A
run for Italy and for the world, in the name of unity and solidarity: this
special edition of the annual half marathon will occur simultaneously in 43
Italian cities, 18 others around the world, 12 Palestinian refugee camps in
Lebanon and 17 prisons and juvenile detention facilities (see sports news item
in TF 138). Aside from being one of the only entirely eco-sustainable sporting
events in the world (recycled paper for flyers and compostable cups, organic
cotton event tees, and so forth), proceeds will go towards building a sports
facility at a school in Senegal. For more information or to sign up, see http://vivicitta.uisp.it

 

 

Exhibitions/Uffizi:
Figures, Memory, Space: Drawings from Fra Angelico to Leonardo

This
50/50 loan exhibition presents fifteenth-century drawings from the Uffizi and
the British Museum. Held in the Reali Poste of the Uffizi, it’s free, which
means you can stop in a few times and study this amazing direct evidence of the
creativity of Renaissance artists. Drawing is the first step in the generation
of all the arts, and during the Renaissance it was highly valued. Being able to
see these rarely displayed works here, in the city in which they were created,
is a very special treat. For more information, see www.unannoadarte.it

 

 

Exhibitions/Balloon
Arts Convention Italy: International Sculpture Contest

March
24 to 29, Fortezza da Basso

 

The
Balloon Arts Convention Italy (BACI), Europe’s leading balloon convention,
returns for the annual balloon sculpture contest. An international roster of
competitors from the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Ireland, Japan
(which recently confirmed its presence) and defending champion Italy will craft
entire castles, dragons, castles, cartoons and more out of balloons. For more
information, see www.balloonexpress.it

 

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