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Scottish beer launched in Barga

17 days ago

The ever resourceful Mike Lemetti, whose mother Emilia Biagi was born in Castelvecchio Pascoli and is related to the Ghiloni and Pellegrini families from this area and who regular readers of this site will know as the man who’s company, Clan Italia invented the Italian National Tartan, which has been seen wrapped around such diverse figures as Paolo Nutini and the Pope (article here), was back in Barga today with a new project. Mike and Riccardo Negri from the L’Osteria in [...]

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04/11/2012 3:49 pm

Card games at L’osteria – Briscola scoperta

This morning the spring weather played yet more tricks with the temperature falling along with the rain. Not really a good time to go sightseeing and so the people wandering round Barga Vecchia could be counted on one hand. Not everybody looked on this as a negative effect though … as it gave some...

03/05/2012 2:00 pm

L’osteria re-opens 8th March

Another sign that the winter season is gradually coming to an end – the reopening this week of the L’osteria of Riccardo Negri in Piazza Angelio. Finally Barga Vecchia starts to come to life again after the long winter months. We have already published other articles about the practice of...

11/03/2011 12:10 am

Party as L’osteria in Piazza Angelio shuts for a brief rest

A large party going on in Piazza Angelio this evening as the L’osteria of Riccardo Negri and his loyal staff celebrate the end of the summer season. The L’osteria has been open right through the summer and for many visitors to the city it was the only place still open to eat during the afternoon...

09/11/2011 10:07 am

Lirica a cena – concert in Piazza Angelio

The summer might be officially over in Barga but it seems that nobody bothered to tell the inhabitants of the city as the festa just keeps on going. This evening the Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia was once again filled with people for a concert called “Lirica a cena”. Organised by a joint...

08/15/2011 4:33 pm

Compleanno Riccardo

In agosto, un evento particolarmente sentito dagli abitanti del centro storico e dai frequentatori di Piazza Angelio, è il compleanno del nostro amico Riccardo Negri, titolare dell’Osteria. La festa si è svolta con grande successo (e mari di alcool) a bordo piscina di casa Brown… Determinante...

07/02/2011 1:32 am

Planking for Pascoli in Barga

There might have been some high culture taking place in Barga this week with the sounds of Vivaldi seeping out of open windows in the castle as Opera Barga prepares the Operabarga festival later on this week but in Piazza Angelio this evening it was culture of the lowest form possible as a group of performance...

05/02/2011 9:05 pm

Barga’s Sally Li sings as part of the events for Beatification of Pope John Paul II

Barga’s own soprano, Sally He Li has had a busy 12 months – the wedding in Barga, the new baby and now this weekend she was in Rome taking part of the celebrations as Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II. She was there for the inauguration of an exhibition “Un Papa Missionario”...

03/14/2011 2:33 pm

Please welcome Giada Li Negri to the planet

The title of the article that we published a year ago was – Wedding of the Year – Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from Barga. The love story between the Barga restaurant owner and the Chinese soprano Sally Li He captured the imagination of the city and many of the barganews...

12/29/2010 11:30 pm

Emma e gli Aristodemos at L'osteria

Not a real gig, just a group of friends sitting round the table and playing some music but maybe we can share some of that music with a larger audience than just those present in Riccardo’s L’Osteria and who were luckily enough to see it live. Emma and the Aristodemo’s were in Barga...

11/02/2010 11:39 pm

L'osteria end of season party

09/26/2010 2:19 am

Larry Wilder and the Stumptown Stars

One of those evenings that can happen in Barga every now and again – out of nowhere comes a complete surprise. A one off concert in L’osteria in Piazza Angelio by some original genuine bluegrass musicians from Portland, Oregon, USA. Larry Wilder and the Stumptown Stars set down their cases,...

09/12/2010 4:30 am

Cristiana Mariotti and James Wynne in concert

A third 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. Last week the music had a definite classical feel with the concert by Massimo Salotti...

09/05/2010 2:28 am

Concerto lirico and food in the piazza

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...

06/16/2010 3:57 pm

Barga’s own Sally Li earns standing ovations in Lucca

Last night (June 15), Barga’s own Sally Li earned standing ovations in Lucca with dazzling interpretations of Giacomo Pucccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Trained in her native China and the United Kingdom, Ms. Li is an accomplished coloratura soprano, with the unusual vocal range...

06/12/2010 1:51 am

World Cup fever starts with the vuvuzela

The World Cup 2010 started today in South Africa and Barga is already buzzing and humming with football talk. The Lake Angels up at Vignola are not the only ones well prepared for the games (article here) as many of the restaurants have also put up large tv screens for their customers to watch the games....

04/11/2010 1:00 am

L'osteria celebrates 5th birthday

The L’Osteria in Piazza Angelio in Barga Vecchia celebrated its 5th birthday today …except that it nearly didn’t, as Riccardo Negri and his staff were so busy providing food for 50 people seated both inside and out in the new covered area that they didn’t even remember that the...

04/10/2010 5:24 pm

St. Martin's Singers in Barga Vecchia

The Saint Martin’s Singers – a choir from the South of England were in Barga Vecchia this afternoon for a short informal concert in the piazza. The 25 members of the choir sang to a compact but interested audience at the L’osteria including the Mayor of Hayange, France, who is here...

03/25/2010 1:59 am

Chinese food now available at L'osteria

Just days after the wedding of the year between Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from the L’osteria in Barga, new things are afoot once more in Piazza Angelio. Riccardo’s osteria now has a radically different menu available for his customers. From this morning he is offering...

03/15/2010 3:31 am

Wedding of the year

This Saturday Barga Vecchia was assailed by hundreds of people all eager to to join in what was already being dubbed “the wedding of the year”. Sally Li He from Qingdao, China and Riccardi Negri from Barga. For only the second week in March, with a long wedding season in front of us, then...