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Orchestra Giovanile Sinfonica (0)
Pubblicato il bando per formare l’Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile della Valle del Serchio. Si tratta di una novità interessante per la valle e soprattutto apre nuove opportunità per i giovani musicisti; studiare e prepararsi sotto la guida di docenti professionisti con la possibilità di esibirsi in una formazione ufficiale con tanto di direttore d’orchestra. Una [...]
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Snow back in Barga (12)
In 2007 the spring had already started to make inroads into the cold winter months as early as the first week in February. The Mimosa*, the flower symbolic of International Womans Day held each year on the 8th March was already in flower the month before as this article showed. This year it was a [...]
Earth tremours recorded (0)
Scientists say the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Chilean city of Concepcion shifted it more than three meters to the west. Researchers from several universities in the United States also say the February 27th quake was so powerful it moved the capital of Santiago about 27 centimeters to the west-southwest. [...]
The Groovymen at Barga Jazz Club (0)
Torna sul palco del Barga Jazz Club la House Band #3 della Soul Italian Community adesso rinominata The Groovy Men feat. Tizy.
Daniele Palla, Tiziana Noccioli e il resto della combriccola ci trasporteranno in un repertorio deep soul e R&B che non potrà che farci saltare sulle sedie.
La band nasce nel 2007 all’interno della Soul Italian [...]
Natalino film – full house in Barga (0)
And the Natalino phenomenon just continues to grow with once again a full house in the Cinema Roma in Barga for the second showing of David Melani’s film Natalino. Last week it was shown for the first time in Fornaci. The cinema there has seating for 250, all those seats were taken plus another 100 [...]
No Smoking – 5 years on (3)
Just over five years ago the face of Italy was changed for ever. From midnight on the 10th January 2005, smoking was banned from all bars and restaurants in Italy. From that day onwards all smokers has to go into a closed room set aside just for smokers if there is one provided or smoke [...]
I nostri gatti della strada (4)
Nel nostro comune abbiamo per fortuna diverse persone che forniscono cure e cibo ai gatti randagi. Le “mamme” o “babbi” dei gatti”, anche dette “gattari”, affrontano mille difficoltà nella loro opera di volontariato e spesso non vengono apprezzati per il lavoro che fanno. Alcuni cittadini non accettano i gatti liberi nelle strade e nelle piazze [...]
Iliade – I Fiumi Parlano (0)
Dopo Eschilo e Sofocle, un passo ancora indietro: Omero. Un nuovo tentativo di teatro di parola: a verso a verso, andando a capo quando il senso è finito. Provando ci accorgiamo per simpatia, per assonanza che ILIADE è ancora lettera viva se chi dice o ascolta è vigile, disponibile. Questa è [...]
The Song of Grizzlyluddite (3)
In the hills of Old Buvicchia
‘cross the sweeping Serchio valley,
Shaded by the sleeping shepherd,
Hamish Scott-Brown (3)
It is so nice watching a project grow, develop and then come to a successful completion. Such is the case of the recent work by the photographer Hamish Scott-Brown. We have been following his work as he has been taking images in and around Barga for the last few years. Hamish Scott-Brown moved from his [...]
Natalino films opens in Fornaci (1)
The cinema in Fornaci has seating for 250, last night all those seats were taken plus another 100 people standing cramming the aisles and hugging the walls and at least another 100 disappointed cinemagoers were turned away as there was just physically not enough space for everybody. The long awaited David Melani film, Natalino [...]
Assassinated in Dubai (0)
Arriving in Israel from assignments elsewhere in the Middle East, especially by land, always brought with it a sense of immediate relief.
Over the past two decades, I made that journey many times – crossing the Egyptian border to Eilat on the Red Sea, or walking over the Allenby Bridge en route through Jordan from the [...]
