This week brings Florence’s L’Eredità delle Donne (The Legacy of Women), a festival devoted to the celebration and empowerment of women, whose contributions have been historically overlooked. The initiative seeks to bring women [...]
CLASSICAL MUSIC: RIGOLETTO, opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Teatro del Maggio, Piazzale Vittorio Gui, 1. 8 pm. ORCHESTRA DELLA TOSCANA conducted by Daniel Cohen with tenor Ian Bostridge. Music of Ligeti, [...]
With the reopening of many theaters across Italy, Cinema La Compagnia (Via Camillo Cavour, 50/R) will host the UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival. For the second edition of this series of premieres, with the last one [...]
Floralia per Santo Spirito in Piazza Santo Spirito will be held in the cloister of the church on October 10 from 10 am to 7 pm. The Friends of Santo Spirito Association, to raise funds [...]
The Orchestra della Toscana (ORT) will inaugurate a new season of music at Teatro Verdi (via Ghibellina 99) on October 8 at 9 pm, which includes the start of the “Voices from Purgatory” (Voci dal [...]
Enter a wonderland of science with the Fall 2021 return of BRIGHT Night, Firenze’s premiere science showcase! BRIGHT night spans multiple locations this Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, and includes such events [...]
Although movie theatres nationwide became accessible once again on April 26, 2021 (at half capacity) after months of Covid safety regulation closures, the Odeon, Florence’s bastion of English language cinema did not reopen until just [...]
Until October 10: ITALY: FROM ALINARI TO MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY and MASSIMO VITALI: FULL AND EMPTY. Forte Belvedere. Hours: Tuesday to Friday 4 pm – 9 pm; Saturday and Sunday from 10 am [...]
Around the world, summer 2021 is edging towards its last chapter. Summer in Italy, however, is just reaching its climax. The public holiday of Ferragosto – celebrated annually on Aug. 15 – will mark the [...]
