From Monday 16 to Sunday 22 October
| From Monday 16 October at 5:00 p.m. Afternoon courses at Ciaf Creative and stimulating activities for pre-school and primary school children: music, English time and … experiments! Free participation with compulsory registration. Info on +39 0571 629674 or ciaf@comune.castelfiorentino.fi.it. Place: Ciaf, via Masini 117. Tuesday 17, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October at 9:30 p.m. Mario Monicelli Cinema Tuesday 17, “Asteroid city”, by Wes Anderson. Set around 1955 in a fictional, remote American desert town, where an astronomy convention, known as Junior Stargazer, takes place. Saturday 21 and Sunday 22, “L’ultima volta che siamo stati bambini”, by Claudio Bisio. Despite the ravages of World War II, a group of children do not lose the will and enthusiasm to continue playing. The screening on Sunday 22 October is brought forward to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 21, “Barbie”, will the glittering world of Barbieland always and forever be so perfect? Screening at 5:30 p.m. Online presale available. Place: Cinema “Mario Monicelli”, at the Ridotto del Teatro del Popolo. Tuesday 17 and Friday 20 October at 9:15 p.m. Mettiamoci in gioco Two weekly meetings for board game enthusiasts, but above all fans of games of all eras and types. Admission and participation free of charge. Info at info.mettiamocingioco@gmail.com. Place: “Il Progresso” cultural club, Corso Matteotti 19. Friday 20 October at 5:00 p.m. Animals and Other Stories Presentation of Raulo Lettori’s latest book, a collection of short stories in which animals are the protagonists. Readings by Luciano Bertini. Mayor Alessio Falorni and Deputy Mayor Claudia Centi will speak. Place: Vallesiana Municipal Library. Friday 20 October at 9:00 p.m. A tenor in the world Screening of the docufilm made by Anna Maria Gasparri Rossotto on the occasion of the centenary of Umberto Borsò’s birth. At the end, a musical tribute and refreshments for participants. Admission free while places last. Organised by Amici della lirica Umberto Borsò. Place: Ridotto del Teatro del Popolo. Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October Functional Vocality Lichtenberger ® Method Seminar aimed at all professionals who are interested in their voice, held by Jan Fischer. The work will be developed in individual and group mode. Info at +39 0571 937646 or sending email at info@teatrocart.com. Place: Teatro C’Art, via Brodolini 9. |
| Sunday 21 October at 6:00 p.m. 15th AVO National Day On the occasion of the national day celebrating hospital volunteers, the AVO section of Castelfiorentino invites the citizens to attend the theatre performance by the Compagnia Passi di Luce “Ne vale la pena”, dedicated to the island of Gorgona and the prison system still in force today. Place: S. Maria della Marca parish hall, Piazza Grandi 38. From Friday 6 October at 5:00 p.m. Small carpentry school A workshop journey to discover the world through designing, making and building with recycled materials. Inspired by Benozzo Gozzoli’s Tabernacle of the Visitation, the project is articulated between Florence and Castelfiorentino, involving groups of children who will make a wooden tabernacle from a distance. Meetings on Fridays from October to November. Presentation of the work in December. For the public aged 6 to 11. Free participation with compulsory online registration. Place: BeGo Museum. From Saturday 14 October Certain special bonds Photographic exhibition organised by animator Grazia Vecchio and the Giglio Rosso photographic group at the Rsa “P. Neruda”. A roundup of shots that, as the author Marco Mangini points out, seek above all to “capture the moment”, immortalising the moments spent by the elderly in the Rsa in the company of their families during visits, which represent a source of comfort for them. An opportunity to crack a smile. Ffp2 mask required in the hospice premises. Place: Rsa “P. Neruda”, via Neruda 1. Until 28 October Submerge The photographic group Giglio Rosso hosts an exhibition with an international flavour, curated by three young American artists: Lucy Plato Clark, Mercedes Jelinek, Jon Verney. Opening in conjunction with the opening hours of the BeGo Museum. Place: Oratory San Carlo Borromeo. Until Monday 8 January 2024 Community Widespread exhibition featuring site-specific installations by artist Davide Dall’Osso. The main themes of this fourth edition are ‘Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Cooperate’. The 80 sculptures in the exhibition are located throughout the city, and can be viewed both outdoors and at the Municipal Library and the BeGo Museum. For info: +39 0571 629049. Place: Upper and lower town centre and town streets. Every Monday from 10:00 a.m. The Genius Loci of Valdelsa The painter Benozzo Gozzoli becomes the fil rouge of the half-day tour with a visit to Castelfiorentino and entrance to the BeGo Museum and the Museum of Sacred Art of Santa Verdiana. Organised by Robintur spa in collaboration with Toscana nel Cuore. Reservations at Argonauta Viaggi in Empoli. |