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Isthe beautiful annual flower festival held each weekend at Sant'Andrea and Pieve di Compito. Meeting and information point is the little chapel, with many displays held near the Centro Culturale Compitese, where snacks are served. Antica Chiusa Borrini offers the amateur camelia market and unique Italian tea plants. At Chiesa di Sant'Andrea di Compito, "Donne di fiori" art is on display. Visit the Villa Borrini gardens and the Camellietum Compitese Botanical Garden, a collection of 700 camelias from the 1800's. Frantoio La Visona (olive oil mill) offers tastings and sales of extra virgin oil and other products. Villa Orsi, 17 18 March, opens its gates to a Japanese Tea Room, painting exhibit and centuries old camelia plants. At Villa Giovannetti, see camelias and the display "feminine landscapes for health and well being". Villa Torregrossa has art exhibits and healing “pathways” from La Farfalla Cultural Association (10,11,24 March).
The festival includes guided hikes, musical events in the Camellietum and the Villas, and other special events at Tenuta dello Scompiglio and the Villas: Lazzareschi, Mazzarosa, Mansi, Nardi, Reale, Tani, Torrigiani. Shuttle buses leave from Carraia at via Tazio Nuvolari, ZI Carraia, 3 km from the new Capannori highway entrance.
Tickets €6, all inclusive for 11, 18 and 25 March, and free for chil dren under 14 and for disabled persons. This includes the shuttle bus (10am to 6pm daily), access to Borgo delle Camelia (Sant' Andrea and Pieve), to the Villas Tour, and to the Capannori Museum. Detailed programme at www.camelielucchesia.it
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Fairs and Traditional Events of Tuscany |
THROUGHOUT ITALY Festa della Donna 8 March.
LUCCA
Verde Mura Garden Show on Lucca Walls, 30 31 March, 1 April.
CAPANNORI
Antiche Camelie
Various locations around Lucca, especially Sant’ Andrea di Compito, weekends 10 11 17 18and24 25March.
VALDOTTAVO
Olive Oil Festival 24 25 March.
PISA
Pisa Expo, Bio and Energy Fair 23 March to 1 April.
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Rent a Villa in Tuscany - EXHIBITIONS during this month of March 2012 |
LUCCA
REAL COLLEGE
Lucca Elegance, art, antiques and decorations. 22,23,24,25/29,30,31 March and 1 April.
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www.luccaelegance.it
CHURCH OF SAN CRISTOFORO Via Fillungo. Associazione San Cristoforo
Chagall's Spiritual Universo Paintings on loan from SEM ART Gallery (Monaco), also Bible il lustrations published in 1930. Project designed and curated by Stefania Trolli. On display until 11 March, 10am to 7.30pm, closed Monday morn ings. 0583 957660,
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, www.artscristoforolucca.com See Feb. Grapevine.
Lu.C.C.A. Center of Contemporary Art. Via della Fratta 36.
4 Feb. to 18 March, Bruno Pedrosa, Presagi (Premonitions) Curated by Maurizio Vanni. 50 works in oil, drawings, tempera and sculpture regarding the fluctuation between past and fu ture, finite and infinite, reality and conscious illu sion, previously at the Biennale Unifor Plàstica di Fortalez (Brazil). Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 7 pm. Tickets €7, €5 www.luccamuseum.com
PALAZZOGUINIGI
M.U.S.T. (Memoria Urbana Società e Territorio) Museum of Lucca.
Lucca Hangzhou, La Via della Seta. Extended until 30 April, no longer with pieces from the Hangzhou Silk Museum. These have been re placed with clothes from Central Asia, loaned by the Ratti Foundation in Como. Other Chinese pieces on exhibit are from the Negri Cambiagi Foundation (Vicenza). See December Grapevine. Also at M.U.S.T. is a per manent exhibit dedicated to Lucca's history, and The way we were, times and faces of Lucca at the end of the Millenium, photographic ex hibit from the Arnaldo Fazzi archives, part of the 150th Italian Unification celebrations.
CASERMETTA Baluardo di San Colombano.
Lucca and the Walls: Risorgimento Itinerary.
Thursday to Sunday 11 to 7pm. 0583 583086, http://percorsi risorgimentali.comune.lucca.it
PUCCINI MUSEUM Corte San Lorenzo 8. Puccini’s birthplace. See article in September Grapevine on line and page 22 this month. Open Nov. to March 11am to 5pm. Closed Tuesday. €7. www.fondazionegiacomopuccini.it
PALAZZO BERNARDINI ground floor.
Amor di Patria e Amor di Dio, the religion of devotional images in national sentiments and in the ideals of a United Italy. From the Comune di Piombino in collaboration with the Tuscan Region and Cultural Association Ponte. Until 11 March, 3.30 to 6.30pm. See pages 4 5.
SANT’ALESSIO
Painting lessons with Anna Meucci, at Circo scrizione 6, Via Provinciale per Sant'Alessio 2145 (ex elementary school). Tel. 331 4537395.
MONTECARLO
Roberto Pasquinelli Art Studio, Via Roma 19. Permanent exhibition, paintings inspired by the surrounding countryside. Tel. 0583 22451. www.robertopasquinelli.it
PORCARI
EX CAVANIS Via Roma 121. Porcari Library. Bottega d'Arte, art courses for adults. Pastels in Jan. and Feb., tempera in March. €100 with ma terials. Fridays 6 to 7.30 pm. 0583 211 884, 347 6313167,
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PIETRASANTA
CHURCH AND CLOISTER OF SANT'AGOSTINO via Sant'Agostino 1. Tel. 0584 795526. DonnaScultura 10th edition. 19 Feb. to 11 Mar., 4pm to 7pm, closed Mondays.
The event honours 4 pioneering artists who worked in Versilia but are now deceased: Rosalda Gilardi, Esther Lapointe, Maria Papa and Alicia Penalba. Among the many international artists are Maja Thomman (featured in December's Grapevine), Laura Zeigler and Jill Watson. Info: Assessorato alla Cultura, tel. 0584 795381,
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Music and Theatre in Lucca during this month of March 2012 |
LUCCA
Associazione Musicale Lucchese concerts at various locations in Lucca.
Tickets €10, €12. Tel. 0583 469960 www.associazionemusicalelucchese.it
See announcement below.
SAN MICHELETTO
4 March, Un Peer Gynt da Camera with music and dancers. 18 March, La Clarté Francese.
TEATRO SAN GIROLAMO Via San Girolamo. 11 March, La Foresta Incantata by Geminiani.
SAN FREDIANO
Lucca InMusica
29 March 9pm, Puccini, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky by the Orchestra della Scala. 31 March 9pm, Mozart Requiem by the Orchestra Vincenzo Galileo. See page 24 for more details.
ORATORIO DI SAN GIUSEPPE next to the Duomo. Puccini Recitals: Fridays, A Night at the Opera. Saturdays, Mozart and Puccini. Until 15 March, 7pm. From 15 March to 15 November, every day at the Church of San Giovanni, 7pm. €17 (under 10 and students un der 23, €13). booking office, 340 8106042, or
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TEATRO DEL GIGLIO Piazza del Giglio.
Lucca Winter Festival James Taylor 10 March. Tower of Power 24 March. Tel. 0583 465320, www.ticketone.it
www.teatrodelgiglio.it
PORCARI
AUDITORIUM VICENZO DA MASSA CARRARA Teatro Cavanis, Via Roma, 121.
31 March 9pm. Overtures, Serenades and Arias by Armoniemusique. Tel. 0583 211884
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MONTECARLO
TEATRO DEI RASSICURATI
10 March 10am and 9.15pm, Aesthetica Dance by Florence's Kaos Balletto. 23 March 9.15pm, Pasticceri, comedy set in a kitchen. Tickets €12, €8 reduced (under 29 and members of Assoc. Culturale And/Or Margini Creativi. Box office via Roma 56, 9 to 1 weekdays. Tel. 0583 229725, Tel. 0582 22517
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, www.comune.montecarlo.lu.it/teatro.htm1984 by Orwell. 11 March 4.15pm, L’archetappo. 18 March 4.15pm, Niente sesso siamo inglesi. Contact FITA 0583 495156,
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BAGNI DI LUCCA
TEATROACCADEMICOPiazzaVarraud.
2 March, Il Mare by Paolo Poli. 29 March, Mandragola by Macchiavelli. Tel. 0583 867715, www.prolocobagnidilucca.it
PIETRASANTA
TEATRO COMUNALE
20 March Così E’Se Vi Pare by Pirandello Tel. 0584 795511, www.laversilianafestival.it
CASTELNUOVO GARFAGNANA
TEATROALFIERI
11 March 5pm, L’Acqua Cheta, opera in 3 acts by G. Pietri. 23 March 9.15pm, Le Relazioni Pericolose by Laclos. 1 April 9.15pm, Stanno Suonando la Nostra Canzone by Neil Simon. Castelnuovo Garfagnana Tourist Office. Tel. 0583 641007 from 9.30 to 1pm.
MONTECATINI TERME
TEATRO VERDI Viale Verdi 45.
6 March 9.30pm Anna Oxa. 9 March 9.30pm Tango di Buenos Aires. 11 March 4pm La Sirenetta, the Musical. 18 March 9.30pm Mario Biondi. 30 March 9.30pm Pirates, the Musical. Tel. 0572 78903
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www.teatroverdimontecatini.it
PISA
TEATRO VERDI VIA PALESTRO, 40.
I Concerti della Normale: 15 March 9pm Kammerorchester Basel play Britten and Mozart. 30 March 9pm Micha Maisky and Lily Maisky play Rachmaninov and Sostakovic. Tel. 050 509432 323 307,
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, www.sns.it Theatre: 4 March 5pm Il Mare by Paolo Poli. 17 March 9pm and 18 March 5pm Due di Noi by M. Frayn.
Dance: 10 March 9pm Le Relazioni Pericolose, Spellbound Dance Company. 22 March 9pm Come un Respiro Le Sacre (mu sic by Handel and Stravinsky). Box office tel. 05094111TuestoSat4to7pm,orWed,Fri and Sat 11 to 1. www.teatrodipisa.pi.it
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Rent a Villa in Tuscany - EXHIBITIONS during this month of February 2012 |
LUCCA
CHURCH OF SAN CRISTOFORO Via Fillungo. Associazione San Cristoforo
Chagall's Spiritual Universo Paintings (1957- 1982) on loan from SEM-ART Gallery (Mo- naco), also illustrations for a Bible published in 1930. Project designed and curated by Lalla’s Join di Stefania Trolli. On display until mid-March, 10am to 7.30pm, closed Monday mornings. Info. 0583 957660,
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PALAZZO GUINIGI
M.U.S.T. (Memoria Urbana Società e Territorio) Museum of Lucca.
2 Feb., 9-11pm, Notte Bianca, the last chance to see Lucca Hangzhou, La Via della Seta. See page 11. Lucca was once the European capital of the silk route. Also at M.U.S.T. is a perma- nent exhibit dedicated to Lucca's history, and The way we were, times and faces of Lucca at the end of the Millenium, photographic ex- hibit from the Arnaldo Fazzi archives, part of the 150th Italian Unification celebrations.
CASERMETTA Baluardo di San Colombano.
Lucca and the Walls: Risorgimento Itinerary.
Thursday to Sundays 11 to 7pm. 0583 583086, http://percorsi-risorgimentali.comune.lucca.it
PUCCINI MUSEUM Corte San Lorenzo 8. Puccini’s birthplace. See article in September Grapevine, on-line. Open Nov. to March 11am to 5pm. Closed Tuesday. €7. www.fondazione giacomopuccini.it
PALAZZO MANSI MUSEUM Via Galli Tassi 43. Until 17 March, free entrance and guided visits on Thursday afternoons (3.30 and 5.30) and Saturday mornings (9.30 and 11.30).
MONTECARLO
Roberto Pasquinelli Art Studio, Via Roma 19. Permanent exhibition, paintings inspired by the surrounding countryside. Tel. 0583 22451. www.robertopasquinelli.it
VIAREGGIO
MERCURIO ART GALLERY Corso Garibaldi 1. Painter Beppe Francesconi, Riflessioni, confuse, di un sognatore (Thoughts, muddled, of a dreamer). Tuesday to Saturday 5 to 7.30pm, until 25 Feb. www.mercurioviareggio.com
PIETRASANTA
CHURCH AND CLOISTER OF SANT'AGOSTINO via Sant'Agostino 1.
Giuliano Tomaino. Il cavaliere inesistente (The Non-Existent Knight) for the project “Sculpture in the city”. Daily 4 to 7pm, closed Mondays. Until 12 Feb. Tel. 0584 795526.
DonnaScultura The event honours 4 pioneering artists who worked in Versilia but are now deceased: Rosalda Gilardi, Esther Lapointe, Maria Papa and Alicia Penalba. Among the many international artists are Maja Thomman (featured in December's Grapevine), Laura Zeigler and Jill Watson. Info: Assessorato alla Cultura, tel. 0584 795381,
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SERAVEZZA
EX-SCUDERIE GRANDUCALI Via del Palazzo. Photographer Enrico Genovesi: Femina Rea Tuesday to Saturday 3 to 7.30pm, Sunday 10.30 to 12.30 and 3 to 7.30pm, until 19 Feb. Tel. 0584 757443, www.palazzomediceo.com PALAZZO MEDICEO Via del Palazzo Mediceo. Photographer Romano Cagnoni: Memorie sovvertite. Tuesdays to Saturdays 3 to 7.30pm, Sunday 10.30 to 12.30 and 3 to 7.30pm. Tel 0584 757443, www.terremedicee.it
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LUCCA
SAN MICHELETTO
Associazione Musicale Lucchese
5 Feb. 5pm, Piano duo Alexander Lonquich andCristinaBarbuti.12Feb.5pm,LeTenebre, Domenico Nordio (violin) and Andrea Bacchetti (piano). 19 Feb. 5pm, The Interpretation of Dreams by cellists Giovanni Sollima and Monika Leskovar. 26 Feb. 5pm, Pianists Giuseppe Bruno and Carlo Palese, per- cussionists Alberto Bosio and Daniele Lunardini. Tickets €10, €12. 0583 469960, www.associazionemusicalelucchese.it
ORATORIO DI SAN GIUSEPPE next to the Duomo. Puccini Recitals: Fridays, A Night at the Opera. Saturdays, Mozart and Puccini. Until 15 March, 7pm, €17 (under 10 and students un- der 23, €13). booking office, 340 8106042, or
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TEATRO DEL GIGLIO Piazza del Giglio.
10-11 Feb at 9pm, 12 Feb., 4.30pm, I Masnadieri by Friedrich Schiller. 14 Feb., Blaze, the latest dance craze. 17-19 Feb., Il Borghese Gentiluomo by Molière. 25-26 Feb., Three- Penny Opera by Brecht. Tel. 0583 465351
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www.teatrodelgiglio.it
TEATRO SAN GIROLAMO Via San Girolamo. 10 Feb. 9.45 and 2.45, 11 Feb. 9.45 and 3.30, Le avventure di Pulcino (Tom Thumb). Puppet theatre. Tel. 0583.465320, or 0583 467521 www.teatrodelgiglio.it
PORCARI
AUDITORIUM VICENZO DA MASSA CARRARA Fondazione Cavanis, Via Roma, 121.
FITA Federazione Italiana Teatro Amatori 3Feb., 9pm, Basta che sian di forà! 3-act comedyinLucchesevernacular.Tickets€7,€5 (under 14, over 65). Tel 320 6320032,
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18 February, 9pm, Sounds and Colours of Spain. Orsetta Foà (voice), Giorgio Costa (piano). The Cavanis Foundation is open Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10 to 1 and 2.30 to 6pm. Tel. 0583 211884, info@fondazione cavanis.org
MONTECARLO
TEATRO DEI RASSICURATI
National Festival of Amateur Theatre (FITA). In Italian. 11 Feb., 9.15pm, Requie a l' Anema Soja by Eduardo De Filippo. 24 Feb, 9.15 pm, 25 Feb., 10am, Grosso Guiao in Danimarca by Giovanni Guerrieri. €12, €8 €3. Tickets at 0583 229725, Monday to Friday 9 to 1.00. Teatro dei Rassicurati Tel. 0582 22517,
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BAGNI DI LUCCA
TEATROACCADEMICOPiazzaVarraud.
19 Feb., 9.15pm, Noche Tanguera, Tango. Tel. 0583 867715, www.prolocobagnidilucca.it
BARGA
TEATRO DEI DIFFERENTI Italian prose theatre. 2 Feb. 9.15pm, La Commedia di Orlando, a liberal adaptation of Orlando by Virginia Woolf. 25 Feb., 9.15pm, Itis Galileo by Marco Paolini. Tel. 0583 724505. Box office: Ufficio Cultura, via di Mezzo 45. Tel 0583 724791, fax 0583 723745 www.comunebarga.lu.it
CASTELNUOVO GARFAGNANA
TEATROALFIERI
Sunday 19 Feb., 9pm, La Serva padrona by Giovan Battista Pergolesi.
Tickets are on sale Saturday 18 Feb. at Castelnuovo Garfagnana Tourist Office. Tel. 0583 641007 from 9.30 to 1pm.
MONTECATINI TERME
TEATRO VERDI Viale Verdi 45.
4 Feb., Slovak National Theatre in Giselle. 15 Feb., Sogno di Una Notte di Mezza Estate. 24 Feb., Elio e le Storie Tese. 25 Feb., L'Arca di Giada, musical fantasy in 3D. tel. 0572 78903,
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www.teatroverdimontecatini.it
PISA
TEATRO VERDI VIA PALESTRO, 40.
I Concerti della Normale: 9pm. 7 Feb., Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer. 11 Feb., Three-Penny Opera by LTL Opera Studio, 28 Feb., Quartetto Bennewitz playing Haydn, Janacek, Schnittke, Beethoven. 15 March, Basel Chamber Orchestra playing Britten and Mozart. Tel. 050 509432-323-307,
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