Mario Bargero sculpture exhibition (0)

A welcome return to Barga this week for the sculptor Mario Bargero, now on his third visit and exhibition to the city. Once again he is showing his latest works in the Chiostro Palazzo Balduini in Barga Vecchia.
A collection of his more “traditional works” – found agriculture objects transformed into sculptural figures can be seen [...]

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Lorcan Vallely working in Barga (0)

The Irish artist Lorcan Vallely has been working in Barga over the past couple of weeks preparing charcoal drawings on canvas boards for an exhibition of his work to be seen later on this summer in Ireland. The canvases, all featuring images from 1970’s documentary footage showing children at play in Belfast, will be shown [...]

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Large Porcini mushrooms (1)

The locations of good porcini areas are fiercely kept secret and handed from father to son.  People leave their houses at dawn (and even before) to make sure that they are the first up on mountain in search of the elusive funghi. So it comes as a bit of surprise that one of the Lake [...]

Priest on a motorbike blesses the crowd (1)

How about that for a title on an article -  a bit more racy than say “the 13th MotoMessa at San Pelligrino” don’t you think ?  Once again the faithful were gathered on high … 1500 metres above sea level to be precise at San Pellegrino in Alpe for the annual Motomessa – the Motorbike [...]

9th Band Exchange Concert in Barga (0)

It was a one off event nine years ago which has since developed into a regular annual tradition. The Banda Musicale Luporini of Barga meeting up with and exchanged musically with another brass band. Last year it was the The Ass. Musicale G.Rossini from Pieve Fosciana in Garfagnana.This year the guest band was from somewhat [...]

So who destroyed the swallows nests? (0)

It’s not often that we have to report negative news from Barga but sometimes somethings have to be said. This is one of those times. In the face of probable incoming global disasters, famine and wars this amounts to next to nothing but still, is it indicative of a way of thinking and acting [...]

First Bonini council meeting held (0)

Last night was held the first council meeting under the new Mayor of Barga Marco Bonini. A packed Palazza Pancrazi saw the new members of the council sworn in for a short first council meeting which opened with a speech by the new mayor setting out some of the tasks that his administration would be [...]

Opera Barga – Il matrimonio segreto (1)

A fully staged opera will be the pinnacle of a two-week Italian residency for students from the Cardiff International Academy of Voice. From 14-28 June 2009 the students, who have refined their vocal technique over the last year at the prestigious Academy, will give a series of public performances in the Tuscan town of Barga. [...]

Lake Angels Soul Festival dates announced (0)

The Lake Angels have just announced the dates for this year’s Soul Festival. Last year they did this at Gallicano during a dinner for two hundred and fifty people sitting down to eat for the annual Solidarity Evening organised by the Kwizera organisation (article here) This time it was a more “Barga” affair as they [...]

Concerto Sacro Vocale (1)

A concert of music by Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach was held this evening in Annunziata church in Barga Vecchia – the second concert this week organised by the  Cardiff International Academy of Voice (first concert is here)
Singing this evening were; Mary-Jean O’Doherty, Clair Egan, Catrin Aur Davies, Ione Cumming, Renee Martin, Noel Hernandez, Carlos [...]

Giampaolo Bianchi exhibition (0)

Exhibition of paintings by the artist from Lucca Giampaolo Bianchi in the Museum of Memory in Barga Vecchia.
From his site here we can read : Born in Lucca (Tuscany) in 1947, a city where he lives and works at present time. At the age of 25, (in 1972) he participated to the tenth edition of [...]