| Newsletter 22 DECEMBER 2009/ 10 JANUARY 2010 |
| Highligths | | 31 DECEMBER 2009, AT 9.30 pm
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY 2010 – YOUR TIME
Piazza Vittorio will be the grand setting for this year’s New Year’s Eve party to ring in 2010, the year in which the city of Turin will be “European Youth Capital”.
A huge especially erected stage will host the Hollywood actress / rock singer Juliet Lewis, and the performance of the dance group Groove Armada. A fab party underneath the stars for young and old alike as well as a live video link with the city of Rotterdam for live coverage of the official handing over of the “European Youth Capital” title. | INFO: www.pyoulife.com
WHERE: piazza Vittorio Veneto, Torino
COST: free entry
| FROM DECEMBER 2009
CINEMA MASSIMO – CINEMA CARD 2010
2010 cinema cards are on sale for the Massimo Multi-screen Cinema, which has been screening art films and classics, retrospectives and documentary film series for the last twenty years. This card is a must for all cinema goers! This unique card is valid everyday from 1 January to 31 December 2010 and allows cardholders a bigger discount on cinema tickets than any other offer of its kind. | INFO: www.museocinema.it (en) – T 011 8138574
COST: 20 Euro card for screens 1 and 2 (5 screenings); 30 Euro card for screen 3 (10 screenings). Cards are on sale at the cinema Massimo ticket office (via Verdi 18)
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TILL 31 JANUARY 2010
LUMEN FLUMEN
The two riverbanks along the city centre trail of the Dora river have been illuminated with breathtaking light installations: an incredible opportunity to discover these two bridges and areas of the city through installations that light up the water, accompanied by a unique sound installation. | INFO: www.comune.torino.it/circ7/pagine/eut/LF_2009.htm
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31 DECEMBER 2008, AT 7.30 pm
SAN SILVESTRO CONCERT
Bring in the New Year with the music of Strauss played by the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra. | WHERE: Conservatorio G. Verdi – via Mazzini 11, Torino
INFO: biglietteria- T 011 533387
TICKETS: full price 35 Euros, 28 Euros for young people under the age of 30. On sale at Oft and an hour before the concert begins directly at the “G. Verdi” conservatory
22 DECEMBER 2009
GIULIANO PALMA & THE BLUEBEATERS
Just like last year, Giuliano Palma and his band will be playing a fantastic ska and reggae concert underneath the Mole. | WHERE: Hiroshima Mon Amour – via Bossoli 83, Torino
INFO: www.hiroshimamonamour.org – www.thebluebeaters.com
TICKETS: 15 Euros
APPLICATIONS TILL 15 JANUARY 2010
STATI GENERALI DEL ROCK – ITALIA WAVE
Are you a solo artist or an emerging music band? Sign up for free! You could qualify for an audition to play and participate in the Regional Finals. Full info on the official website. |
ADVANCE SALES OPEN
U2 LIVE IN TORINO
Torino is rocking! Tickets are already on sale for some of next summer’s line up of great concerts. Tickets for U2 at the Olympic Stadium on 6 August 2010 are on sale now! | INFO: on sale on www.ticketone.it
TICKETS: from 34,50 to 287,50 Euros
| Theatre and dance |
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FROM 30 DECEMBER 2009 TO 10 JANUARY 2010
CATS
The world famous musical based on the T.S Eliot novel, presented in Italian and accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra. | WHERE: Teatro Alfieri – piazza Solferino 4, Torino
INFO: www.torinospettacoli.com
TICKETS: full price 24 Euros, reduced price 21 Euros
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FROM DECEMBER 2009
AIACE CARD
The cinema-lovers favourite card is on sale once again, allowing cardholders the right to a 30% discount on cinema tickets, valid for all main city cinemas (excl. multiplex cinemas) seven days a week for twelve months of the year. In addition, further reductions on tickets for film festivals, special events and theatre performances, exhibitions and museums. | INFO: aiacetorino – T 011 538962. On sale at Aiace Torino, Galleria Subalpina 30
COST: 12 Euros, 10 Euros for under 25s
| Tour in Torino |
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EVERY SATURDAY FROM 5 DECEMBER 2009
ARTISTS’ LIGHTS AND CHOCOLATE!
An extra special guided tour through the historic city centre to discover the Artists’ Lights site-specific light installations lining the streets as well as all the places famous for Chocolate in the area, including chocolate tasting sessions at selected bars and cafes along the route! | WHERE: tour conducted on foot, departing at 5.30 pm (from piazza Carlina to Piazza Castello) and lasting 1 hour and 40 minutes
INFO: www.somewhere.it (en) – T 011 6680580
TICKETS: 18 Euros
| Also to look out for: | The Sabauda crown jewels, till 10 January 2010
The Naked Monkey, till 10 January 2010
Lawrence Weiner, till 10 January 2010
University Snow Saturdays, subscriptions till 15 January 2010
The absence of confines/the essence of confines, till 17 January 2010
Ian Kiaer, till 24 January 2010
Passages: photography in Africa, till 24 January 2010
Luxus, till 31 January 2010
Investigations of a dog, till 7 February 2010
Royal Porcelain from the Ermitage collections, till 14 February 2010
Cavalieri. Dai Templari a Napoleone, till 11 April 2010
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