Meetings, exhibitions, theatre, museums and debates: here are today’s events, May 24th, in Arezzo and in the province. To report events or interact with the editorial staff you can write to [email protected] or send press material directly HERE.
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The museums of the province of Arezzo: info, opening hours and tickets. The guide
All today’s events
Arezzo – In Chiassa Superiore, third edition of the Aldo Nardin youth football memorial, reserved for the Pulcini category (born in 2013, for professional clubs the 2014s will play). The organization is from the Chiassa Sporting Club with the brothers Amedeo and Guido Carboni and Luca Ghinassi in the front row, as well as Tommaso, the son of the unforgettable Aldo Nardin, goalkeeper of Arezzo, Varese, Naples, Ternana, Lecce, Lazio, Foggia, between Serie A, B and C, then technician and goalkeeping coach. Nine participating teams. In group A there will be Lazio, Spezia and Sassuolo, in group B Roma, Empoli and Ternana, in C Chiassa and the two winners of the qualifiers, Olmoponte Santa Firmina and Montevarchi. First matches at 10am, starting with Roma-Empoli and Chiassa-Olmoponte Santa Firmina, closing with the final around 5pm. The first two editions were won by Lazio.
Arezzo – “Put sport in the streets” at the Pertini park in Arezzo
“Open cellars” at the Frassineto estate
Arezzo – Necessary. Painting exhibition curated by Diego Nicchi alias SangueDalNaso
Arezzo – After a first tour concluded in December which took him with twelve dates from Naples to London, Filippo Pasqui will inaugurate the second Vasto Devasto tour at the Circolo Aurora on Saturday 25 May at 6pm, presented by Lorenzo Diozzi.
Arezzo – 10th edition of “Play Pride – sport for rights”, the event promoted by Chimera Arcobaleno Arcigay Arezzo and Uisp Arezzo territorial committee to break down prejudices and discrimination based on sexual identity and orientation, through sport. In the Mecenate gym in Arezzo 12 amateur teams will take to the field from 10 am and throughout the day in the mixed volleyball tournament in which gender, gender identity, emotional orientation or age are not a discriminating factor. Almost 100 people will participate in the volleyball tournament and they come not only from the province of Arezzo but there will also be LGBTI-friendly teams from Florence, Siena and Umbria. Trans* and non-binary people, who tend to be excluded or have difficulty competing in official sports competitions, will also be welcomed and given the opportunity to play in the tournament. Volunteers from the Chimera Arcobaleno association will be present at the Mecenate gym throughout the day, with information material and gadgets.
Arezzo – Within the exhibition “Alchemy: the language of the secret”, set up in the premises of the Archeosophical Association, Arezzo section, in via Alessandro Dal Borro 58, a theoretical-practical meeting will be held today which will have as its central theme the rite of distillation. Participation is free and free of charge, starting at 5pm.
Arezzo – Theatrical show at the Social Aggregation Center of Agazzi at 9.15 pm the “La nave dei Folli” Theater Company of Arezzo will present “Terrasamba” by Roberto Arrigucci with Lavinia Frappi, Susi Lecca, Stefania Papini, Leonardo Fusai and Claudio Giaccherini. What do two pensioners have to invent to make ends meet in the name of comedy.
Bibbiena – Bibbiena Eat me! Street food is coming
Bucine – 10pm in San Pancrazio re-enactment of the fires lit by the partisans.
Castiglion Fiorentino – The thousand colors of May Castiglionese: the events on the calendar
Chiusi della Verna – “From Greccio to La Verna with Francis towards the Jubilee” is the initiative that the national association Città dei Presepi proposes towards the eight hundredth anniversary of the stigmata as the date of 17 September approaches. The appointment is for Saturday 25 May in Arezzo in the Basilica of San Domenico. Starting at 2.30 pm, the institutional passing of the baton on the anniversaries between Greccio and La Verna will be held in the place where Cimabue’s crucifix is located.
For the occasion, delegations from the two towns will be present led by their respective mayors, Emiliano Fabi for Greccio and Giampaolo Tellini for Chiusi della Verna. The institutional importance is confirmed by the presence of the President of the Regional Council of Tuscany Antonio Mazzeo and the invitation to participate addressed to the municipal administrations of the province of Arezzo.
Cortona – Re-enactment of the “Partisan Fires”, from 10pm to 11pm lighting of a projector at the Girifalco Fortress.
Cortona – Cortona Comics: the 2024 edition lights up. Among the guests Alfa, Achille Lauro and Clara
Cortona – The weekend of events begins at 9.15pm with «Love without a heart», a show that combines music and words at the «Luca Signorelli» Theatre. This evening was organized thanks to the commitment and participation of the «Medici & Musica» group who accepted the association’s intent. The dance troupe is made up of Elena Petruccioli, Elisabetta Farsetti, Emma Sommella and Stella Barneschi; the acting voices are Giuliana Bianchi and Marco Sgrevi.
Cortona – The Ciclismo Terontola sports association pays homage to the figure of Gino Bartali. At 10 am the blow-up dedicated to «Ginettaccio» will be presented in the atrium of the Terontola railway station in Piazza Nazioni Unite. The image of the great sportsman, named Righteous Among the Nations, is taken from the stele present on platform 1. The operation has the aim of promoting the first edition of the “Gino Bartali Terontola-Assisi non-competitive middle distance race” on 1 September 2024 .
The event is sponsored by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Arezzo Police Headquarters, the municipal administrations of Cortona, Tuoro sul Trasimeno and Assisi, the Italian Cycling Federation and the State Railways.
Indicator – At Indicatore the festival of ancient flavors of Arezzo
Montevarchi – With the last meeting next Saturday for the Art Lessons at the Casa del Popolo di Montevarchi, in Via Burzagli 54, the cycle of meetings curated by Antonio Natali and Sergio Neri dedicated to “Art and humanism in Florence” will end. Protagonist it will be Professor Vincenzo Farinella who will talk about the cycle of frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni chapel inside the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Appointment at 5pm.
Montevarchi – The “Spring Festival” returns to Montevarchi, an initiative organized in the heart of the historic center by the artistic and cultural association Artinvalle Aps in collaboration with Coldiretti, the city’s horticultural producers and with the patronage of the Municipality of Montevarchi. At 4.30 pm in the covered courtyard of Palazzo Martini (via Roma, 91) the painting and sculpture exhibition-competition will be inaugurated on the theme “Flowers, Valdarno landscapes and Tuscan glimpses” with the works created by the artists of the association, while the The floral decoration of the environment will be taken care of by floricultural companies. The exhibition will remain open until Saturday 8 June at 6pm, concluding with the award ceremony for the best works on display, selected by a popular jury and a technician. At the same time, at the Magiotti Gallery in via Roma 73, art will once again be the protagonist with the personal exhibition of the artist Massimo Bigazzi.
Montevarchi – Paleofest and the museum street: the long weekend in Montevarchi
San Giovanni Valdarno – On the occasion of the “Squares of knowledge” exhibition and the “May of Books If Read Ti Lib(e)ri”, Palomar – Casa della Cultura, of San Giovanni Valdarno, will host a series of literary presentations, including that of the new novel by the Arezzo writer Lucrezia Lombardo. At 5.30 pm, right at Palomar – Casa della Cultura (in Piazza della Libertà 15, in San Giovanni Valdarno- Ar), the teachers Claudia Secciani and Riccardo Lestini will present, together with the author, “Berggasse 19. A woman called Anna Freud”, Les Flaneurs publisher.
Spoiano – Baccelli Festival in Spoiano: the 2024 edition
Terranuova Bracciolini – At 6pm it will be on stage, al Le Fornaci Auditorium Theatre by Terranuova Bracciolini, the new production of the KanterStrasse Teatro company entitled “Science Fiction”. The price of tickets is 8 euros for full tickets and 4 euros for reduced tickets (Under 14) and can already be purchased in advance on the BoxOffice Toscana circuit and sales points and online on ticketone.it
For info and reservations you can contact the number +393534342527 and the email [email protected]
Cinema
Films at the Eden cinema
Films at the UCI multiplex
Films at Cine8
The exhibitions
Abstract and informal art in a spectacular exhibition in Arezzo: 34 works from the post-war period to the early sixties
“The free way”. In Arezzo the exhibition with works by Lucio Fontana and Alberto Burri
Palazzo Ferretti becomes an “Art Space” with works by Dalí, Picasso and Chagall
“Red emotional abreaction of the soul.” Gastone Torini’s exhibition in Poppi
“Propaganda! Italy from the Twenty Years to the Republic”. Exhibition of historical posters
“Scarves of the centenary” by Vincenzo Nasuto. The exhibition celebrating 100 years of Villa Masini
“Sergio Lombardo. A programmatic difference”. The exhibition in Arezzo
Melancholia of resistance: Béla Tarr / Adrian Paci at Casa Masaccio
Exhibition “Incanto” at the Fraternita dei Laici
One hundred years since the death of Giacomo Puccini in the collective exhibition “Puccini and Friends”
“Alchemy, the language of the secret”. The exhibition runs from Friday to Sunday
“Colour inside” the exhibition by Paola Lucrezia Cioncolini from Friday to Sunday
Galgani’s “Nomadic Signs” at the Rocca di Marciano
The treasures of the Library on display to celebrate the anniversary of Giorgio Vasari’s death
