MUSIC
COME SATIENTLY. MUSIC AND ART IN THE TIME OF MONTEVERDI
Concert with Suzie Le Blanc vocals, Bruce Dickey cornet, Maximilien Brisson baroque trombone and Catalina Vicens organ. Music by C. Monteverdi, T. Merula and JP Cima. San Colombano Museum – Tagliavini Collection, via Parigi 5, 8.30 pm, free entry
BÉJART BALLET LAUSANNE
The 2024 Dance Season of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna opens with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, born in 1987 on the initiative of the great choreographer Maurice Béjart and today led by Gil Roman. Comunale Nouveau, Constitution Square 4, 8.30pm entrance fee 10-70 euros
AVIS MUNICIPALITY CONCERT OF BOLOGNA
To celebrate the eighty-five years since its foundation, the AVIS Comunale of Bologna presents the concert by the Senzaspine Orchestra, with director Davide Trolton and the participation of the soloists of the Beltrani Modern Piano Trio. Sala Bossi GB Martini Conservatory, Piazza Rossini 2, 9pm, entry 15 euros
CARL VERHEYEN BAND
Concert by Carl Verheyen’s band, Supertramp guitarist. Bravo Caffè, via Mascarella 1, 10pm, info 051266112
THEATERS
ENCHANTS
Incanti is a show that sees six of the youngest and most awarded Italian illusionists on stage. Duse Theatre, via Cartoleria 42, 9pm, admission 27-36 euros
THE LIFE YOU GIVE YOURSELF
The Frenchman Stéphane Braunschweig already has various stagings of Pirandello’s texts behind him and now tackles the drama that the Sicilian author wrote in 1923 for Eleonora Duse. On stage Daria Deflorian and Federica Fracassi. Arena del Sole Theatre, via Indipendenza 44, 8.30pm entry from 7.86 euros
DIFFERENT SKILLS ON STAGE
The 18th edition of the exhibition “Different skills on stage. Expressiveness, professionalism and integration in the theatrical panorama” presents the Gruppo Dopo…di Nuovo – Gli amici di Luca in “Over The Moon“. Dehon Theatre, via Libia 59, 10.30am and 9pm, free entry to the Casa dei Risvegli Luca De Nigris
THE PEDESTRIAN. LIGHTS, SHADOWS AND COLORS OF ANY LIFE
New show by Giuseppe Giacobazzi which tells the comparison between our life and that lived on a chessboard. Teatro Celebrazioni, via Saragozza 234, 9pm, entry 34 euros
EVENTS
OLD AND NEW CLASSICS: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALMA MATER
The Study Center The permanence of the Classic presents “Man and nature: an impossible friendship?”. Speakers include Telmo Pievani and Ivano Dionigi. Readings from Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, Seneca. Interpretation Anna Bonaiuto. Musical performance Giuseppe Modugno. Directed by Nicola Bonazzi. Aula Absidale di Santa Lucia, via de’ Chiari 25/a, 9pm, free entry with mandatory registration https://eventi.unibo.it/classici-antichi-nuovi
CONVERSATION ON ITALO CALVINO
Alessandro Castellari presents the conference “Conversation on Italo Calvino“. Basilica of San Domenico – Ghisilardi Chapel, Piazza di San Domenico 12, 5.30 pm,
MEETINGS IN THE LIBRARY
Anne-Lise Desmas will preview the exhibition “Camille Claudel” from next April at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Federico Zeri Foundation, Piazzetta Giorgio Morandi 2, 5.30 pm, free admission
BODY NEGATIVE
With the new monologue Luca Zesi continues his path of surgical attack on human hypocrisy, starting with his own. Locomotiv Club Bologna, via Sebastiano Serlio 25/2, 9pm, entry 12 euros
MASELLI “ITALY IS AFRAID OF THE SEA
Francesco Maselli presents his book “Italy is afraid of the sea” (NR editions). With Deborah Paci and Alessandro Vanoli. Coop Zanichelli bookshop, Piazza Galvani 1/H, 6pm, free entry
50 YEARS WITH MACCHIAVELLI LORIANO, WRITER
Loriano Macchiavelli talks with Cinzia Venturoli, Patrick Fogli and Paola Papetti. Archiginnasio Library, Piazza Galvani 1, 5.30 pm, free admission
MONTANARI “AMARO. AN ITALIAN TASTE”
Massimo Montanari presents his book “Amaro. An Italian taste“ (Laterza). Coop Ambasciatori bookshop, via degli Orefici, 19, 6pm, free entry
FRIENDSHIP
Inauguration of the exhibition “Friendship. Life and painting. Life is painting” with works by Stefano Gattelli, Enrico Lombardi and Giorgio Tonelli. FORNI GALLERY, via CL Farini 26, 6pm, free entry
METAMORPHOSIS
Screening of Michele Fasano’s film “Metamorphosis“ (Italy/2022). Meeting with the director. Cinema Modernissimo, via Rizzoli 1/2, 8pm, admission 6 euros
“ASSAULT ON SAN LORENZO” POLO
Presentation of Gabriele Polo’s book “Assault on San Lorenzo” (Donzelli Editore). They discuss it with the author Mauria Bergonzini and Valerio Monteventi. Giorgio Costa Cultural Center, via Azzo Gardino 48, 6pm, free entry
OPERATION GARISENDA. STORIES TOLD, DREAMED AND LIVED
The cultural project with research and valorisation initiatives of the Garisenda Tower presents the conference by Carlo De Angelis “The Garisenda, curiosities and problems over time”. Medieval Civic Museum, entrance from via Porta di Castello 3, 5pm, entrance info www.museibologna.it/medievale
MISS ELSE
Director Silvana Strocchi stages Arthur Schnitzler’s opera “Miss Else”. With Clara de Prezzo and Angelo Schiavi, Francesca Coco on cello. Archiginnasio Library, Anatomical Theatre, Piazza Galvani 1, 8.30 pm, paid entry with reservations required info 3333348748
HISTORICAL SUGGESTIONS “MIDDLE AGES”
The series of historical meetings conceived and curated by Angelo Varni which revolves around the theme “Birth of a European nation, words and images of a culture in formation” presents “Roman classicism”, a lesson by Francesca Roversi Monaco accompanied by readings by Andrea Gherpelli. Cinema Modernissimo, via Rizzoli 1/2, 6pm, free entry with reservations required
PLOTING. FRANCESCO ARCANGELI BETWEEN THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY AND THE MODERN ART GALLERY OF BOLOGNA
The exhibition which pays homage to the art historian Francesco Arcangeli proposes the reading group “Francesco Arcangeli. Conversations in prose” hosted by Jadranka Bentini, during which texts by Arcangeli will be read, each dedicated to specific themes and personalities. National Art Gallery of Bologna, via delle Belle Arti 56, 5pm, free admission with mandatory registration [email protected].
RAFFAELE BELLUZZI
The art historian Isabella Stancari will talk about “Raffaele Belluzzi (1839-1903) and the painters of his photographic album”. Art and History Library of San Giorgio in Poggiale, via Nazario Sauro, 20/2, 5pm, free admission
BOCCAGNI “STILL LIVES. STORIES OF MIGRANTS WAITING”
Paolo Boccagni talks about his book “Vite ferme. Stories of migrants waiting“ (Il Mulino) with Monia Giovannetti. Salaborsa Library, Piazza del Nettuno 3, 6pm, free entry
IELA MARI. THE WORLD THROUGH A LENS
With the return to bookstores of “Iela Mari. The world through a lens” Babalibri dedicates a volume to an author who made the history of children’s illustration. With Francesca Archinto, Martino Negri and Ilaria Tontardini. Through bookshop, via Santo Stefano 80/D, 6pm, free entry
THREE STEPS INTO SPACE
First session of the Study Days “Three steps into space: histoire extraordinaire d’actions mobiles“. Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies room IV, via del Guasto 3, 2-5 pm, free admission
THE AFTERNOONS OF PALAZZO BONCOMPAGNI
Conference by Lauro Magnani entitled “Luca Cambiaso. A protagonist of the second half of the sixteenth century from Genoa to the Escorial”. Palazzo Boncompagni, via del Monte 8, 5.30 pm, free entry with reservations required https://palazzoboncompagni.it/prenota-conformazione-23-4-2024/
THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD, FEMINIST SOCIAL SERVICE PRACTICES
Presentation of the volume “The ability to transform the world, feminist practices of social service”. Simona Lembi, Marisa Anconelli and Maria Chiara Briani will speak in dialogue with the co-authors Letizia Lambertini and Cristina Vignali. “Minguzzi-Gentili” mental health and human sciences library, via Sant’Isaia 90, 5pm, free admission
