‘The Big Event’ initiative is part of a well-established tradition of volunteer work by American university students in Florence and Tuscany, in collaboration with neighbourhood, local, and territorial volunteer associations. This year’s cleanup will be held on March 26 at 2 pm. The initiative, now in its 11th year, was born out of a collaboration between the Via Maggio Association and James Madison University. It was created out of a desire to address [...]
The Netherlands Interuniversity for Art History (NIKI) will be holding a lecture called ‘Drama in the Tuscan Countryside: excavations of the Marzuolo Archaeological Project (2016 – 2024)’ on Wednesday, March 5. The talk will be led by Astrid Van Oyen, a professor of archaeology at Radbound University, Nijmegen. The event, which will take place both in person at NIKI’s Florence location on Viale Evangelista Torricelli 5, and online, will offer listeners a unique [...]
The public is invited to attend to the body is a page: a masterclass with Elisa Biagini, organized by CEA CAPA. The event is on Wednesday, February 19 at the Galli Tassi centre, via Pandolfini 20, starting at 6:30 pm. Elisa Biagini is an Italian poet who has published several collections such as ‘L’Ospite’ (2004), ‘the guest in the wood’ (2013), and ‘da una crepa’ (2014). Bilingual, and thus at home in both [...]
It has been 102 years since the birth of Florence’s Franco Zeffirelli, and to celebrate, on February 12, the Zeffirelli Foundation are opening their doors to residents of the greater Florence metropolitan area to visit the collection for free. All you will need is proof of residency in the metropolitan area, which is comprised of Bagno a Ripoli, Calenzano, Campi Bisenzio, Fiesole, Florence, Impruneta, Lastra a Signa, Sandicci, Sesto Fiorentino and Signa and [...]
Festa della Toscana is a day dedicated to celebrating the abolition of the death penalty–Tuscany was the first European state to do so. To honor that historic decision, authorities and citizens commemorate the date every year on November 30, as it was originally outlawed in 1786 by Grand Duke Leopold II. On this day, palaces and monuments across all 273 Tuscan municipalities are illuminated in red. This year, the Festa della Toscana will [...]
The Firenze Film Festival returns with shorts films by Italian and international filmmakers–this annual event has been held in Florence since 2018. This year’s edition takes place on Friday, September 13, at the Astra Cinema. Viewers can enjoy the works of film producers for free, and all of the movies are either in English or have English subtitles. The event starts at 7 pm with a feature film from Germany, titled ”Surviving [...]
Viola or Clarinet? Quintets cosí e cosá will take place on Thursday, May 30 at 6 pm in a continuation of free annual summer concerts held in Casa Buonarroti’s courtyard as part of Festival Passaggi 2024. The concert will feature performances by six musicians, all of whom are former members of the Orchestra della Toscana. Marco Ortelani will play the clarinet, Damiano Babbini and Susanna Pasquariello will be featured on the violin, Stefano [...]
The Season, hosted by New York University Florence, will once again take place at Villa La Pietra, for the 18th consecutive year. The picturesque 15th century villa will host events including exhibitions, readings, classical compositions, concerts, film screenings, dance and theatrical productions across six weeks, from May 23 to July 5, 2024. Actors, musicians, intellectuals and artists will be working in unison and in an interdisciplinary environment to deliver these nine evenings of [...]
The beautiful and historic basilica of Santa Croce is hosting an evening dedicated to Gregorian chant on Friday, May 3 starting at 8:30 pm with free admission. The concert will showcase the singing of the men and women of the Viri Galilaei chorus conducted by maestro Enzo Ventroni. The Viri Galilaei Chorus is a musical group dedicated to the study of Gregorian chant. Having mainly performed solely in Florence, the choir carries forward [...]
Wednesday, February 28: Laura Amato will speak on “Alchemy and Hermetism (a Philosophical System) at the Medici Court.” CEA CAPA Study Center, via Pandolfini 20. 6:30 pm. Free admission. Reservation necessay: rsvp to greverdito@ceacapa.com As in many Renaissance European courts, the ruling Medici family practiced alchemy and proto-science. The Tuscan Grand Dukes’ interest in alchemy was not only for purposes of practical experimentation but was particularly focused on the philosophical and exoteric [...]
