A tournament dedicated to selecting wine bottles with the best quality-price ratio. Sunday, March 4th, the AC Hotel in Florence will host the 6th edition of “Righteous Wines”, organized by Guido Ricciarelli. It’s a classic counter tasting open to the public by Tuscan companies selected according to recurrence patterns in reports of goodness and value by guides and magazines.
Category: Life
Mercatale, the best agricultural products
Saturday, March 3 in Piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Italy, back “The Mercatale of Florence,” to learn about and buy the best agricultural products of Italy. The market is composed by 84 producers from Florence and Tuscany (27 companies produce organic food), presenting the best of vegetables, seasonal fruit, cheese, olive oil, jams, sauces and juices, bread and cakes, honey, biscuits and wines.
“Americans in Florence”, a tribute to Vespucci
The exhibition “Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists”, 2 March – 15 July 2012 at Palazzo Strozzi, explores the American impressionists’ relationship with Italy, and with Florence, 500 years since the death of Amerigo Vespucci. The exhibition is designed to celebrate the strong ties linking the Old and the New World, and the cosmopolitan ambiance transmitting European culture to America.
Jurassic Park in Florence, walking with Dinosaurs
A desire to see a real-life prehistoric monster lies behind the success of life-sized reconstructions, from the famous examples in the exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace in 1851, to the more recent “Jurassic Park” and “Walking with Dinosaurs”. Today, this idea takes new form in Florence, leaving behind the confines of cinema and television to embrace again the whole visual horizon.
World-Bach Fest, Palazzo Vecchio will open by night
For three days the music of Johann Sebastian Bach will resound throughout Florence. World-Bach Fest will be held in Florence on March, 9, 10 and 11, 2012 and will bring to the Tuscan city all the fans of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Korean movies arrive in Florence in March
It will be the national premiere “Always” by Song Il-gon to inaugurate the tenth edition of the Florence Korea Film Fest to be held March 23 at the Odeon cinema at 21.30 with the director present. The film was presented at the opening of the 16 th edition of the Pusan International Film Festival, the most important film event in Asia.
From modern to tango: let’s dance!
Danza in Fiera is one of the top dance festivals both in Italy. The seventh annual will be held from Feb 23 to 26 at Florence’s Fortezza da Basso. The dance festival includes some of the best and most popular items from last years, as well as brand-new ideas and initiatives to thrill festival-goers.
Balloon and more at the Int’l Handicrafts Trade Fair
The International Handicrafts Trade Fair is a big event organised by Firenze Fiera on April 21-29, 2012 at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. An event which hosted the most important master craftsmen of history inside a privileged space, where tradition and innovation merge to create extremely valuable handmade products.
Villa Caruso will officially open to the public
On February 25, will officially open to the public the “Enrico Caruso museum”, the only one in Italy dedicated to the legendary tenor. The museum is located in the sixteenth century Villa di Bellosguardo, on the hills of Lastra a Signa, just outside the city of Florence. In the villa you can see thousands of memorabilia donated by the Centro Studi carusiani and take an interactive sensory-emotional path.
Watch the blockbuster movies in English at Odeon
The Odeon Original Sound Programme offers to cinema-goers in Florence, Italy, the chance to see the best current productions. Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday in “Odeon cinema” (Piazza Strozzi, Firenze – tel.055.214068) will be dedicated to the original sound (in english).