Concerto lirico and food in the piazza (0)
A concert for the tail end of the summer season was held this evening in Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia with a large crowd sitting down to eat a meal in the piazza courtesy of Riccardo Negri at the L’osteria and to listen and watch two of Barga’s finest classical musicians — Massimo Salotti from [...]
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Procession for San Regolo (0)
Si sono aperti ieri sera a Catagnana i tradizionali festeggiamenti in onore del patrono della piccola frazione di Barga, San Regolo. Come ogni due anni si è tenuta la bella processione dove la statua del santo è stata portata in corteo lungo le strade del paese. A condurre la processione il proposto di Barga, don [...]
Ivan Boccherini – Il laboratorio Gnostico (0)
Questo Laboratorio non e’ che una piccola espressione del Vero Laboratorio che e’ un essere umano quale io sono. L’uomo e’ infatti il Laboratorio dove si sta preparando qualcosa che supera l’uomo stesso…cosi’ come nell’animale si andava preparando l’uomo e nella pianta l’animale e nel minerale la pianta. Scorpire cosa stiamo diventando possiamo solo divenendolo [...]
Chairart in migliano (1)
Earlier on this summer we published a couple of articles (here and here) about 20 white chairs and the 20 possibilities to decorate the chairs by 20 people (artists and non artists*) and the project known as Chairart – a series of exhibitions of the finished chairs in Garfagnana. We said then that there was [...]
Stone balancing is back (0)
On the 27th August 2001 we published an article (here) about a mysterious phenomenon that had come that summer to one small stream in the Garfagnana, Italy – stone balancing. Nine years later and is if by miracle the stones are back and this time not just standing stones but also mini sculptures, fountains, pools [...]
Salamanders live at Bar Onesti (0)
The Salamanders were once more treading the boards (last gig is here) but this time they were playing decidedly at home on the Piste Onesti in Barga Giardino. The last time they played at the Grindhouse in Castelnuovo, a work inflicted injury to the hand of their drummer Diego Bacci meant that the boys were [...]
Ciocco Rally – finally some good news (0)
As somebody wrote on a motorsports forum – “Ciocco Rally – Paradise – nice weather, great cars and smiling faces… What else do you need to have a great rally?” How about a clean up at the end ? The 3rd Ciocco 12 Hour Rally ended recently with Massimo Gasparotto and Alberto Bordin outright winners [...]
Goat visits the swimming pool (0)
Its almost the end of August and very close to the end of the “silly season” as far as journalism is concerned but who could resist a headline to a story like, ” Goat visits the swimming pool” ? A goat strayed into the gardens of the Hotel Villa Moorings in Barga Giardino and decided [...]
Nicola Salotti – premio nazionale di pittura CIUFFENNA 2010 (0)
A Loro Ciuffenna (Arezzo) all’interno della manifestazione : “premio nazionale di pittura CIUFFENNA 2010″ il premio per la sez. Giovani emergenti è stato assegnato a Nicola Salotti. Le vorticose strutture di Nicola Salotti ci potrebbero rimandare alle dolorose e geniali espressioni del Blues che è nato e si è sviluppato in seguito alla schiavitù delle [...]
Silvano Togneri prize 2010 (0)
Normally one of the most vital parts of Barga Jazz Festival which finished last night was not to be found in the piazzas or as part of the concerts in the Teatro dei Differenti but during the late night jam sessions that take place each evening at the Enojazz Club. The musicians who spent each [...]
Barga Jazz Festival 2010 – winners announced (0)
sabato 28 agosto ore 21,30 Teatro dei Differenti – l’Orchestra BargaJazz diretta dal Maestro Bruno Tommaso eseguirà i brani finalisti del Concorso BargaJazz 2010. La BargaJazz Orchestra è composta: Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (sax alto), Achille Succi (sax alto/clarinetto), Vittorio Alinari (sax tenore/soprano), Alessandro Rizzardi (sax tenore), Rossano Emili (sax baritono) Andrea Tofanelli, Andrea Guzzoletti, Stefano [...]
Carlo Sacco remembered (1)
Some commentators have likened Barga Vecchia to a kind of open air theatre with the residents of Barga all having a walk on part. One of the main actors in this play very sadly walked off stage for the final time one year ago today. Carlo Sacco who had an accident in his Ape unfortunately [...]
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