| Newsletter 22 FEBRUARY 2010 |
| Highligths | | 22 FEBRUARY 2010 LAST EDITION OF THE TORINO CAMPUS NEWSLETTER After 15 months, 60 editions and more than 1000 announcements, this is sadly the last edition of the TorinoCampus Newsletter. | We want to thank our readers and inform you that the website www.torinocampus.torino-internazionale.org will still remain active. To stay up to date with events and functions happening across the city, we invite you to visit the website: www.torinocultura.it and www.torinoplus.it (in Italian and English).
| 2010 EVENTS NOT-TO-BE-MISSED Turin has been nominated European Youth Capital throughout 2010, which means that an exciting line up of music, theatre, art, innovation and sports events are in store! From 2 to 7 July, the city has also been nominated Eurospea Science Capital in accordance with the ESOF 2010, Euroscience Open Forum. | For all those lovers of music, clubbing and palasport concert nights, there is a rich programme of rock and pop concerts on offer, among which we recommend: Tokio Hotel (25 March) and the highly anticipated U2 concert at the Olympic Stadium on 6 August. In conclusion, one of this year’s biggest events in the city will surely be the Extension of the Turin Shroud. Millions of pilgrims from around the world will visit the city to view the Holy Shroud from 10 April to 23 May, an exceptionally rare event that only takes place once every 10 years.
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28 FEBRUARY 2010 NOTTE BIANCA AL MUSEO OLIMPICO (ALL NIGHT AT THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM) On 28 February, the Turin Olympic Museum will stay open right around the clock, allowing visitors to keep up to date with the Games in Vancouver for a whole 24 hours. In addition, visitors will be able to re-watch the excitement of the Medals Plaza staged for the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games! | WHERE: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali – via Giolitti 36, Torino INFO: www.torinoplus.it (en). Open every day from 10 am to 7 pm, closed on Tuesday TICKETS: full price 5 Euros, reduced price 2.50
ADVANCE SALES CONTINUE WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS The highly anticipated World Figure Skating Championships are on their way! Athletes straight from the Games in Vancouver will be arriving to perform in Turin at Palazzo Palavela from 22 to 28 March 2010. | INFO: www.torinolympicpark.org – www.torino2010.org (en) TICKETS: on sale online at www.ticketone.it,TicketOne and FNAC shops, or at the Palasport Olimpico ticket offices (c.so Sebastopoli 123), open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am -7 pm
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FROM 3 TO 7 MARCH 2010 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL – SALTIMBANCO The world famous theatre circus company is coming to Turin with its brand new breathtaking acrobatics performance, full of colour and lots and lots of fun! | WHERE: Palasport Olimpico – corso Sebastopoli 123, Torino INFO: www.cirquedusoleil.com (en) TICKETS: on sale online at www.ticketone.it, tickets start from 40 Euros
TILL 30 SEPTEMBER 2010 COPPIA VINCENTE 18 theatres and 22 cinemas in Turin have come together to take part in this unique offer to the public of 9 performances and screenings at a special reduced price! | WHERE: the carnet of tickets can be purchased from Infopiemonte-Torinocultura (via Garibaldi, on the corner of piazza Castello), open everyday from 10 am – 6 pm INFO: www.provincia.torino.it/speciali/2010/coppia_vincente COST: 41 Euros
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TILL 27 JUNE 2010 STONE THEATRE. CRAIG RICHARDS Incredible images of rocks and trees in a bewitched forest are the protagonists of this great natural theatre among the spectacular Canadian Rocky Mountains. | WHERE: Museo Nazionale della Montagna “Duca degli Abruzzi” – piazzale Monte dei Cappuccini, Torino INFO: www.museomontagna.org – 011 6604104 ADMISSION: full price 6 Euros; reduced price 4 Euros
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FROM 4 TO 12 MARCH 2010 PIEMONTE MOVIE 2010 – GLOCA FILM FESTIVAL This competition for short films made in 2009 by film makers born or resident in Piedmont, with films that are set in Turin or the surrounding Piedmont region. | WHERE: multi-venue INFO: www.piemontemovie.com – T 011 6992614
25 FEBRUARY 2010 LA VOCE SEGRETA DELLE PAROLE A new date in the Cinema Massimo original language film series: Thursday 25 February at 3.30; 6.15; 9.00 pm – orig. lang. German with Italian subtitles “The White Ribbon”/ “Das weisse Band” (Germany 2009, 145 mins) | WHERE: Cinema Massimo, screen 3 – via Verdi 9, Torino INFO: programmazione – T 011 8138574 TICKETS: full price 5.50 Euros, reduced price for university students 4 Euros
19 FEBRUARY 2010, AT 8.30 PM L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO /SCHERMI AMERICANI The great film and image series about the last 4 years of American cinema continues. A new event featuring “The Conversations” by Francis Ford Coppola is now on show. | WHERE: Cinema Massimo, screen 3 – via Verdi 9, Torino INFO: programmazione- T 011 8138574 TICKETS: full price 4 Euros, reduced price for university students 3 Euros
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