The Horovitz trilogy - Perugia

Perugia. Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 21.30 the Brecht San Sisto theater will held Horovitz trilogy.
Horovitz trilogy presents three-act plays by Israel Horovitz, translated and staged for the first time in Italy. The first, "The Indian Wants thé Bronx", was written in 1968. The second, "Beirut Rocks", and the third "Effetto Muro", are instead the most recent productions, being respectively, were written in 2006 and 2009.

This is a unique event in Italy to celebrate the seventieth birthday of one of the most prolific writers of contemporary American theater. A project that stems from an international collaboration between Italy, United States and Korea, under the leadership of three directors (Luke Leonard - United States, Hyunjung Lee - Korea, Andrea Paciotti - Italy) who are confronted on the issue of racial prejudice.

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"Perugia - Assisi" March for Peace

The next march for the peace Perugia-Assisi (Marcia per la pace Perugia-Assisi ) will be held Sunday, May 16, 2010. The days before the march, May 14 and 15, there will be a great forum for peace (Forum della pace).

The date was chosen to simplify the access of schools, students and teachers engaged in learning paths of young citizens, human rights and peace, intercultural, legality and solidarity.

"We need another culture." This will be the slogan of next Perugia - Assisi March for Peace, who intends to invite all citizens and institutions, to support a new scale of values, replacing the culture of violence and war with the culture of peace, human rights and nonviolence, replacing the host with the exclusion, intolerance through dialogue, with the recognition of racism, selfishness with solidarity, the illegality to legality, the separation with the sharing, enrichment with social justice, the savage competition with cooperation.

The march will be an opportunity to renew the culture and commitment to peace and human rights in the italian country. The protagonists are young people, schools, the new Italians, immigrants and the city of peace and human rights.

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Umbria Veloce - Futurism in Perugia

From December 13 to February 7 2010 at Palazzo della Penna Museum in Perugia for the centenary of the futurism will hold the exhibition “Umbria Veloce”. Futurism is an artistic movement to which the Umbria has given important contributions in the early years of the twentieth century.

The Region of Umbria in agreement with the city of Perugia in collaboration with the Gerardo Dottori Association have given birth to an exhibition highlighting the great dynamism of the futurist movement in Umbria in the early decades of the last century, that have solidified a large group of painters, sculptors, musicians but also poets and writers and intellectuals in general. Marinetti in 1914 called Perugia “dynamism of medieval wars petrified in cubism”.

The event coordinated by Massimo Duranti, Andrea Baffoni, Francesca Duranti and Antonella Pesole, sweeping in multiple stages:
an exhibition entitled "Futuristi ritratti e autoritratti futuristi" at Palazzo della Penna Saturday, December 12th, from 17:30 and continues with an evening event "Febbre futurista. Uccidiamo il chiaro di luna nei sotterranei di palazzo della Penna", with readings and much more by Francesca Duranti and “Piacere Magazine”.
The exhibition opens with images of Mario Schifano, which owes so much to Futurism.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10.30-13.00/16.00-18.30
Closed Monday / Closed 25 Dec.

Entry + museum exhibition: full € 5,00, reduced € 3,00; reduced B € 2.00
Free Entry for Card holders PERUGIA CITY MUSEUM

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24th Italian Wushu Kung Fu Championship

On 16-17 January 2010 at the Palasport Evangelisti be held the 24th Italian Wushu Kung Fu Championship "Trofeo Daniele Fulvi", organized with the contribution of Regione Umbria, Province and Municipality of Perugia, Perugia Chamber of Commerce and C.O.N.I.
The championship is the greatest Italian initiative for the expansion of the ancient Traditional Chinese Martial Arts with the membership of nearly 400 athletes from all over Italy.

The tournament begins Saturday, January 16th at 14:30 with a parade of all participating teams later races fighting forms and traditional Wushu Contemporary Wushu, Shaolin and Tai Chi Chuan and Tuei sho.

January 17th will be dedicated entirely to Sanda and Light Sanda fightings.
The event is Free and in memory of Daniele Fulvi.

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Acquavite Italia

Acquavite italia is the Third edition of the event reserved for the world of spirits.
An event that has always been a great success by the public and workers in the industry dedicated to the promotion and sale of spirits and non-Italians.
King of the event along with brandies and grappa, brandy, fruit and all the Italian and European spirits. This year ther's also the Work Shop on invitation of January 29 at the Rocca Paolina, addressed only to industry players to increase the growth of the commercial network.
Acquavite Italia International is a tasting meeting with the support of qualified staff that will help participants to understand the particular facts, events and curiosities about international high-quality distillates.
Another important meeting is "non solo Toscano", based on a combination between a cigar and brandy, and even "un giro di Grappa", tour accompanied by experts from the stand of the Exhibition Market.
We reaffirm the course of the past editions of meetings where you can get more details by visiting the event.
Membership is free, the consumption of alcoholic beverages is strictly prohibited for persons under 18 years, the taste of the products can only be marketed in glasses by the entrance of the exhibition market.

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Season 2009-2010 @ Morlacchi Theater

The 2009-2010 season is starting at the Morlacchi theater, in Perugia. The "Morlacchi Theater” in Perugia was opened to the public in 1781 with a capacity of 1200 seats and with the name of the Verzaro Civic Theater. The original project was made by architect Lorenzini held to the shape of classic Italian-style theater.

Later the town of Perugia became owner of the building and recovery. Today Morlacchi has about 800 seats and the programming is handled by the Teatro Stabile Umbria.


The program:
LA STRANA COPPIA
LE NUVOLE
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
COL PIEDE GIUSTO
PASSAGGIO IN INDIA
L IMPRESARIO DELLE SMIRNE
SEI PERSONAGGI IN CERCA D AUTORE
QUATTRO ATTI PROFANI
LA BADANTE
LE SIGNORINE WILKO

To purchase tickets you can contact:
- Agency n ° 2 Unicredit Bank, tel. 075/500.59.54, Monday through Friday, from 10 to 13
- At Morlacchi Theater box office, tel. 075/57.22.555, every weekday, from 10 to 13.30 and from 17 to 20.
- Online at ticketland


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Natale In... Perugia - Christmas 2009

"NATALE IN ..." is the seventeenth edition of the fair-market on the gastronomic and artistic handicrafts crafted in the historic center of Perugia, during the Christmas period. Compared to the previous edition 'Natale in' is divided into areas outside the Rocca Paolina, Largo delle Libertà and Piazza Italia.

This year, 'natale in...' aims to become an extension and expansion both in terms of exhibition space, both in support of initiatives.

The spaces are divided into three lots: one on the craft of art which includes several exhibitors mainly in the Rocca Paolina, the other food and wine section, as expressed in the inner rooms of the fortress itself and in the spaces outside in Old Town, the third will develop in Piazza Italia in a small town with wooden buildings that will host the "workshops" craft.

"NATALE IN ..." is probably the most important event in Umbria, in the Christmas period, for the areas of artistic product and typical food, and records a steady growth in the number of visitors and exhibitors.

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