LIGHTQUAKE 2017
Black Light Art and Light Art Exhibition
Rocca Albornoziana – National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto
6 December 2017 – 25 February 2018
Dukes’ Palace – Gubbio
8 December 2017 – 25 February 2018
When Christmas will turn its lights on, those in Spoleto and Gubbio won’t be just Christmas lightings, but true works of art by the artists involved in the artistic project Lightquake 2017, who will give life to the first Light Art and Black Light Art exhibitions in Umbria, featuring artists who have always been manipulating light.
The artistic project Lightquake was started to support the recovery of the cultural heritage damaged by the 2016 earthquake in Central Italy. A double exhibition will involve the cities of Spoleto and Gubbio, starting in December 2017. From 6 December to 25 February 2018, the exhibition Black Light Art will take place in the inner and outer spaces at the Rocca Albornoziana – Museo Nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto. From 7 December to 25 February 2018, the Dukes’ Palace in Gubbio will be enlivened by Light Art, through works by Federica Marangoni, Saverio Mercati and Stefano Frascarelli.
During the exhibition, a luminous installation by Umbrian artist Carlo Dell’Amico will be inaugurated at the Tempietto del Clitunno, thus symbolically joining two museums and a monument through light.
The Spoleto core of Black Light Art is composed of: Leonilde Carabba, Claudio Sek De Luca, Ria Lussi, Mario Agrifoglio, Alessio Ancillai, Giulio De Mitri, Nicola Evangelisti, Maria Cristina Fioretti, Yari Miele, ancora un’opera di Federica Marangoni, Sebastiano Romano, Ugo Piccioni, Nino Alfieri. This exhibition has already been organised in Milan and Como, and aims at exploring the artistic values of black light, proposing works by more than 10 artists who experiment with light. Mario Agrifoglio, an artist who made Black Light the core of his artistic experimentation, is the outstanding figure here. Black Light as expressive tool, that can involve the spectator in a sensorial experience where reality, far from appearing in its usual shape, is dressed with unusual, surprising colours and shapes. Light will colour the dark, to bring back the light of life across the earthquaked lands.
The artistic curatorship is held by Gisella Gellini and Claudia Bottini, the exhibition is supported by Polo museale dell’Umbria, Regione Umbria, Cities of Gubbio and Spoleto, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Fondazione Mario Agrifoglio, with the contribution of Associazione Rocca Albornoziana. Società Sistema Museo is entrusted with its production.
WHEN
Spoleto
Opening 5 December at 18.00
The exhibition will be open to visits from 7 December 2017 to 25 February 2018
Gubbio
Opening 7 December at 16.30
The exhibition will be open to visits from 8 December 2017 to 25 February 2018

MetaMorfosi Art Gallery Cultural Association presents:
THE PAINTING GAME
PAOLA MASINO’S COLLECTION OF PAINTED PLAYING CARDS
7 December/2 April – MAG Palazzo Bufalini, Piazza Duomo – by MetaMorfosi Art Gallery Cultural Association
Opening: Thursday December 7 h. 12.00
The exhibition will bring to Palazzo Bufalini an extraordinary collection of painted cards coming from the Museum of Rome in Palazzo Braschi.
Conceived by Paola Masino, an unconventional writer and intellectual, the collection was created with the intention of considering playing cards as a work of art, reinvented according to the creativity of her many artistic friends. Carried out with patience and tenacity for four decades, Paola Masino’s project produces a very original bouquet of French, Neapolitan and tarot playing cards, created by the best interpreters of twentieth century art.
From Carla Accardi to Alberto Burri and Consagra; from Carlo Carrà to Campigli and Capogrossi, passing through Cagli, Carlo Levi, Renato Guttuso, Prampolini, Fausto Pirandello, Giosetta Fioroni, Antonietta Raphael Mafai, Pietro Dorazio, Mario Sironi – just to name a few – many important artists took up her invitation, creating these small works of art.
The exhibition The Painting Game. Paola Masino’s collection of painted playing cards, curated by Marinella Mascia Galateria and Patrizia Masini, is organized by MetaMorfosi, thanks to the precious collaboration with Roma Capitale, Department of Cultural Growth – Capitoline Superintendence for Cultural Heritage with the Archive of the twentieth century of Sapienza University of Rome and under the patronage of the Municipality of Spoleto and the City of Rome.
from Saturday 16 December
Opening h 14.30 – Downtown Spoleto
Collicola onthewall presents
SCHERMI URBANI
Curated by Gianluca Marziani
SCHERMI URBANI is a Christmas event of public art, strongly wished for by the City administration which entrusted director of Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts Gianluca Marziani with its artistic curatorship.
The event involves some twenty sites in downtown Spoleto, including two former newsstands (Piazza Collicola, Piazza della Libertà), Palazzetto Ancaiani’s six displays (Piazza della Libertà) and some further fifteen dispays scattered across the city centre (Corso Mazzini, Via del Mercato, Via Salara Vecchia, via Minervio): the locations will be coated with great images of contemporary art, created by five artists who already collaborate with Palazzo Collicola Visual Arts.
“After last summer’s performance by street artist Ob Queberry in Piazza del Mercato – said Head of Culture and Tourism Camilla Laureti and Head of Town Planning Antonio Cappelletti – for the Christmas period we wanted the displays of closed shops to become the base for artistic interventions. It is a way to have the city centre live again and to try and envision a different future for this part of the city. We thank the shop owners who accepted to be featured, director Gianluca Marziani and the artists who joined in.”

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Courage, thought, work, love and art
Schedule:
Sunday 4 March
h 10.45 – Hannah
by Andrea Pallaoro featuring Charlotte Rampling and André Wilms with #ColazioneAlCinema
h 18.00 and h 21.30 – Figlia mia (My Daughter)
by Laura Bispuri featuring Valeria Golino and Alba Rohrwacher
the author will introduce the projection
Monday 5 March
h 17.30 – Ibi
documentary film by Andrea Segre
from an idea by Matteo Calore and Andrea Segre
featuring images by Ibitocho Sehounbiatou
reduced entrance fee
curated by Cinéma Sala Pegasus
Tuesday 6 March
h 16.30 – Palazzo Mauri, 1st floor
Women Doctors. The History of Female Medicine
Simonetta Marucci, endocrinologist
curated by Ass.ne FIDAPA BPW Italy, Spoleto
Thursday 8 March
h 9.30 – Palazzo Mauri, Caffè Letterario
Voices of today’s women, civil, social and cultural themes
curated by Associazione Città Nuova
h 18.00 – Palazzo Mauri, 2nd floor
Remembering Giorgio Pressburger then “Darei la vita. Grandi donne di grandi uomini” (I Would Give You My Life. Great Women of Great Men) book presentation by author Cinzia Tani, within the 10th edition of “Libro: che Spettacolo!”
curated by AGIS and Comune di Spoleto
h 21.00 – Teatro Nuovo ‘Gian Carlo Menotti’
Rosalind Franklin. The Secret of Life featuring Lucia Mascino and Filippo Dini
Spoleto 2017/18 Prose Season
Friday 9 March
h 16.30 – Palazzo Mauri, Caffè Letterario
Prize Donna Sapiens – VII edition to Maria Cecilia Berioli and Argia Simone
curated by Associazioni Donne contro la guerra (Women Against War) and FIDAPA BPW Italy, Spoleto
h 19.00 – Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive
Woman in Art. XVI – XVII cen. artists
guided tour for Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura
curated by Sistema Museo
Saturday 10 March
h 16.30 – Palazzo Mauri, Caffè Letterario
The Voices of Yesterday’s Women – listening to records from the 1930s
curated by Associazione Città Nuova
Sunday 11 March
h 11.00 – Cinéma Sala Pegasus
Lieder and Modern Music
music and poetry; female interpretations
“Saturday Night Concerts at the Gallery” curated by Associazione Officina d’Arte e Tessuti
h 18.00 – Ristorante Sabatini, Corso Mazzini
“Il racconto è servito” (The Tale is Served)
Rememberings among the tables of a historical restaurant
Book by Giovanna Sabatini, featuring Anna Leonardi and Marco Rambaldi
curated by Associazione Teodelapio
Wednesday 14 March
h 21.00 – Cinéma Sala Frau
Anche se sei piegata dal vento (Though You’re Bent by the Wind) the history of Marilyn Monroe through readings, images and music
curated by Associazioni Donne contro la guerra and cooperativa sociale il Cerchio
Thursday 15 MARZO
h 17.00 – Palazzo Mauri, area ragazzi
Rebel Daughters. Lives of Extraordinary Women excerpts from the book by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
curated by Comune di Spoleto and Scuola Primaria di Villa Redenta
h 17.30 – Palazzo Collicola
Mariangela, perfume vendor
Ladies’ Tea – III season
curated by Associazione Teodelapio
Friday 16 March
h 9.30 – Palazzo Mauri, 2nd floor
Forse non lo sapevi… (Maybe you did not know…) short movie against womencide by Anna and Adriana Cappelletti
Sunday 18 March
h 10.30 – Cinéma Sala Frau
documentary Invisible Violence
at the presence of director Silvia Lelli
curated by Associazione I miei tempi
Thursday 22 March
h 18.00 – Sala Pegasus
Diversely beautiful
Great actresses’ special charm
Laura Mariani, Università di Bologna
open lessons curated by Scuola di Teatro Teodelapio
Saturday 31 March
h 15.00 – Cantiere Oberdan
Music and words to know the other one
Youth-focused meeting;
featuring Francesca Fanelli
curated by Associazione Mappamondo onlus
Equal Opportunities Councillorship
Tourism and Culture Dept.
tel. 0743.2186 20 /21 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

The 27th International Dance Competition will take place from March 18th to March 24th, 2018 at Spoleto’s Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti.
The International Competition is an important display for young dancers and future artists. The competition includes the following sections: classical soloists, modern-contemporary soloists, pas de deux and choreographic composition. The jury, composed of famous choreographers and dancers from all over the world.
Under the general direction of Paolo Boncompagni, the artistic direction of Irina Kashkova and the honorary chairmanship of Alberto Testa, the International Week of Dance has become an unmissable event, participated by young dancers from all over the world. It is the only Italian event of its kind to be part of the International Federation of Ballet Competitions, that gathers the best international dance competitions on the basis of their artistic quality and successful organization.
Organization: Associazione Culturale EVENTART
Infoline: 328/3078377
E-mail: info@idcspoleto.com
Website: www.idcspoleto.com

CITY’S REMEMBRANCE DAY
Morgnano Mines, 1955-2018
11.00 Holy Mass
Morgnano Parish Church
11.45 Deposition of a laurel wreath
Miners’ Monument
18.30 Concert for two violins
curated by Associazione Culturale L’Orfeo, Spoleto
The Mines Museum will be open to visits in the following schedule: 9.30-12.00 / 15.00-18.00
Free admission
Guided visits for schools
minieremorgnano@libero.it
The Teodelapio theatre school organises its usual Open Lessons to students and citizens, that will take place Thursdays at the Sala Pegasus, as follows:
30 November 2017, h 18.00
Anatomy of the Plot Twist
Performing lecture featuring Giuseppe Manfridi
A reflection on how the unexpected affects human nature, in a virtuoso play of quotations: Chekhov, Pirandello, Dario Argento, Maradona.
21 December 2017, h 18.00
Reading Out Loud – The difficult art of the translator in creation
With Anna Leonardi
A devout, persnickety analysis of the relation between reading and writing.
22 March 2018, h 18.00
Diversely Beautiful:
Sarah Bernhardt’s heroic Old Age
More than Beauty, by Eleonora Duse
with Laura Mariani, professor at the University of Bologna
An investigation on the power of scene transfiguration, on the special essence of great actresses’ charm

Second cycle of conferences Recounting History, a project in collaboration with GraficArte Severini and Astra Onlus.
At each meeting, participants will receive didactic kits and an ebook will be created, featuring last year’s conferences’ contents.
On the occasion of the conference, admission to the Museum is free. All conferences are in Italian.
Future meetings:
Friday 23 March
CARSULAE: RESULTS OF THE LATEST EXCAVATION CAMPAIGNS
Luca Donnini, Massimiliano Gasperini – Associazione Astra
Friday 13 April
THE CHARIOT OF MONTELEONE DI SPOLETO
Francesco Roncalli – Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli
Friday 16 May
THE ANCIENT CITY OF GUBBIO: NEW DATA FOR ITS KNOWLEDGE
Luana Cenciaioli – Polo Museale dell’Umbria, Musei Archeologici Nazionali di Perugia e Orvieto
Friday 1 June
TOMBS FROM THE VALNERINA AT THE SPOLETO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Chiara Procacci – Archaeologist
Maria Angela Turchetti – Polo Museale dell’Umbria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Teatro Romano di Spoleto

Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura
DAVID SMITH WORKSHOP
Documentary
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura, the event organized by Sistema Museo, returns on Friday 23 March 2018 at 19.00, at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive.
The event is dedicated to one of the artists who most influenced contemporary sculpture, US artist David Smith.
A documentary, directed by Giovanni Carandente, will illustrate that extraordinary time (1962) when Spoleto was “invaded” by Smith’s 26 sculptures, created during the period he defined “the greatest and most prolific of my life”.
The evening goes on with an aperitif.
The event is organised in collaboration with Con Spoleto – Hotel Managers’ Association.
Partecipation fee:
Guided tour – full fare € 7,00
Guided tour – reductions € 5,00 – for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif – € 5,00
Reservation is strongly encouraged, deadline at 13:00 of Friday:
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434

2018 SPRING DAYS OF FAI
Meeting point: Piazza Campello
Church of SS Simon and Judas (Piazza Campello), 10.00 to 18.00
Visits every 10 minutes for groups of max 15 pax
Oratory of the church of SS Simon and Judas (Piazza Campello) 10.00 to 18.00
Visits every 10 minutes for groups of max 15 pax
Stroll in search of spolia and old remains (Piazza Campello) 10.00 to 18.00
Visits curated by FAI Spoleto

La Tana del Ludo centre for children and families organizes workshops addressed to children from five to ten years old.
The workshops, entitled Discovering Nature are held every Wednesday until 27 June, from 16.30 to 18.30, at Il Carillon nursery school, in Viale Martiri della Resistenza.
It is a path of discovery of the environment that includes excursions in the little “didactic wood”, the garden surrounding the school, for the collection of aromatic herbs and wild herbs. These experiences will then be graphically re-elaborated and become the common thread of narratives and stories. The workshop is free of charge and open to all children from 5 to 10 years old.
Information: ph. 0743 218732 or 331 1812016

From Wednesday, October 11, 2017 the #Spoletolegge reading group’s meetings will be held every Wednesday at the Library of Palazzo Mauri, at 9 pm. The event is organized by Carducci and Carandente libraries in collaboration with Andrea Tomasini.
This year’s readings program is entitled Not as it seems, and will be dedicated to crime and mystery stories.
Readings will be in Italian.
Program:
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
L’assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie,
Sei problemi per don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges e Adolfo Bioy Casares
Uno studio in rosso by Arthur Conan Doyle
Il segreto di padre Brown by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dirk Gently, agenzia investigativa olistica by Douglas Adams
NOW READING:
Quer Pasticciaccio brutto di via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Il detective cieco by Bramah Ernst
Requiem per il romanzo giallo by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero invenzione e rovina di un detective by Kate Summerscale

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LECTURAE DANTIS 2017
From 6 October to 21 December at the Public Library, Palazzo Mauri
After the success of the last years, the integral reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy resumes from October 6 to December 21, each Friday afternoon at 17 by the Public library in Palazzo Mauri; this leg includes the reading of 11 cantos from the Paradise, from the XIIth to the XXIInd.
Readings will be by actor Claudio Trionfi, with comments by academics co-ordinated by professor Rodney John Lokaj.
During the event, (October through December) some editions of the Divine Comedy owned by the Public Library will be on display, including the 1484 Venetian incunabulus commented by Cristoforo Landino (1424 – 1498).
Nine cycles of reading have already taken place, that featured the first two canticas, and Hell’s first 11 cantos. The experience shows the modern interest in Dante and his work.
Lectura Dantis is a specific form of divulgation à haute voix, historically well defined and codified, which originated in the XIVth century thanks to Giovanni Boccaccio, and evolved through the ages, yet respecting the traditional interconnection between verse reading and exegetical comment.
READING SCHEDULE
(date, canto and commentary)
6 October, canto 12, Rodney Lokaj, professor of Italian Philology, Kore University, Enna; member of the Italian Dante Society
13 October, canto 13, Roberto Deidier, professor of Comparative Literatures, Kore University, Enna
20 October, canto 14, Roberto Deidier, professor of Comparative Literatures, Kore University, Enna
27 October, canto 15, Roberto Mercuri, professor of Italian Literature, Roma Sapienza; member of the Italian Dante Society
3 November, canto 16, Rodney Lokaj, professor of Italian Philology, Kore University, Enna; member of the Italian Dante Society
10 November, canto 17, Roberto Mercuri, professor of Italian Literature, Roma Sapienza; member of the Italian Dante Society
17 November, canto 18, Elio Pecora, poet, essayist, literary critic
24 November, canto 19, Roberto Mercuri, professor of Italian Literature, Roma Sapienza; member of the Italian Dante Society
1 December, canto 20, Sonia Gentili, professor of Italian Literature, Roma Sapienza
15 December, canto 21, Rodney Lokaj, professor of Italian Philology, Kore University, Enna; member of the Italian Dante Society
(cancelled – the reading will be held in January)
21 December, canto 22, Roberto Mercuri, professor of Italian Literature, Roma Sapienza; member of the Italian Dante Society (cancelled – the reading will be held in January)

Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura
THE PIANCIANI FAMILY
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura, the event organized by Sistema Museo, returns on Friday 30 March 2018 at 19.00, at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, with a visit dedicated to the Pianciani family.
The history of the noble family will be retraced from the origins of the ancient family castle up to the settlement in the city and the leading role in Spoleto politics, from the Middle Ages to the unification of Italy.
The evening goes on with an aperitif.
The event is organised in collaboration with Con Spoleto – Hotel Managers’ Association.
Partecipation fee:
Guided tour – full fare € 7,00
Guided tour – reductions € 5,00 – for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif – € 5,00
Reservation is strongly encouraged, deadline at 13:00 of Friday:
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434

Rocca Albornoz, h15.00
Downtown Spoleto and its Easter Egg Hunt go social!
Playing is open to all, participants shall have:
– a smartphone
– an Instagram account
– a sleuth’s talent
The prizes is inside the Easter Egg.
Chiostro di San Nicolò, h 17.00
Traditional Easter Egg Hunt for children aged 0-6.
Surprises and chocolate for all.
In downtown Spoleto, music, magics, bubbles and much more!
All activities are free of charge
Information and registration: 0743 46434 / spoleto@sistemamuseo.it / www.spoletocard.it
Urban Trekking and Thematic Guided Tours
APRIL 2018
The Spoletium urban trekking, scheduled for Sunday, April 29 at 11.30 has been replaced with the guided thematic visit Spoleto’s Roman House:
Sunday 29 April at 11.30 a.m.
Spoleto’s Roman House _ Guided visit to the Roman domus of Spoleto
Meeting point: Roman House – Ticket office – Via Visiale
A new visit has been scheduled for Monday, April 30, 2018:
Monday 30 April 2018 _ at 16.30
A Noble Walk _ Guided Visit to Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive’s Piano Nobile
Meeting point: Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive – Ticket office
Free of charge for Spoleto Card holders (for non Spoleto Card holders € 3.00 per person)
Information and reservation: Soc. Coop. Sistema Museo – Piazza Collicola – Tel. 0743 46434 – 0743 224952 – e-mail: info@spoletocard.it
Information: IAT di Spoleto – Tel. 0743 218620 info@iat.spoleto.pg.it
Further info on www.spoletocard.it

EASTER CONCERT
The Spoleto Festival Of Two Worlds presents the traditional Easter Concert at the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti.
The orchestra and the choir of the Conservatorio “Francesco Morlacchi” di Perugia will be this year’s performers, conducted by Piero Caraba. Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert are on the program.
L.V. Beethoven:
Ouverture “Coriolano” op.62 in Cm
W.A. Mozart:
Symphony n°40 in Gm K550
F.Schubert:
messa n°4 in C op.48 D452
for soloists, choir and orchestra
Soprano Risa Minakata
Contralto Carmen Ciuffreda
Tenor Wang Linkai
Bass Wang Feng
TICKETS
15 €
BOX OFFICE Piazza della Vittoria 25
Monday through Saturday 9.00-13.00 and 16.00-20.00
TEATRO NUOVO TICKETS’ COUNTER
2 April, 10.00-18.00
Info and reservation:
+39 0743-222889
+39 0743 776444
Email: biglietteria@festivaldispoleto.com

La Tana del Ludo centre for children and families organizes workshops addressed to children from five to ten years old.
The workshops, entitled Discovering Nature are held every Wednesday until 27 June, from 16.30 to 18.30, at Il Carillon nursery school, in Viale Martiri della Resistenza.
It is a path of discovery of the environment that includes excursions in the little “didactic wood”, the garden surrounding the school, for the collection of aromatic herbs and wild herbs. These experiences will then be graphically re-elaborated and become the common thread of narratives and stories. The workshop is free of charge and open to all children from 5 to 10 years old.
Information: ph. 0743 218732 or 331 1812016
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From Wednesday, October 11, 2017 the #Spoletolegge reading group’s meetings will be held every Wednesday at the Library of Palazzo Mauri, at 9 pm. The event is organized by Carducci and Carandente libraries in collaboration with Andrea Tomasini.
This year’s readings program is entitled Not as it seems, and will be dedicated to crime and mystery stories.
Readings will be in Italian.
Program:
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
L’assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie,
Sei problemi per don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges e Adolfo Bioy Casares
Uno studio in rosso by Arthur Conan Doyle
Il segreto di padre Brown by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dirk Gently, agenzia investigativa olistica by Douglas Adams
NOW READING:
Quer Pasticciaccio brutto di via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Il detective cieco by Bramah Ernst
Requiem per il romanzo giallo by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero invenzione e rovina di un detective by Kate Summerscale

The LXVI Week of Study on the Early Middle Ages, organized by CISAM, will be held from 5 to 11 April 2018 at Albornoz Palace Hotel. This year’s theme will be Migration in the Early Middle Ages.
The lessons will focus in particular on three themes related to migration: Ethno-anthropological Aspects, Migratory Processes and Transplantations and Sedimentations as a Result of Migrations that characterized the period under study.
Spoleto’s Fondazione Centro Italiano Centro di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo is a noble cultural institution that prints books on the Middle Ages and it is considered a solid point of reference in worldwide medieval research providing, through the Week of Study, an opportunity for academics and enthusiasts to meet and debate at the highest level.
For information about the Week of Study and how to participate:
Fondazione CISAM
Palazzo Arroni, via dell’Arringo – Spoleto
Ph. 0743 225630 – Fax 0743 49902
cisam@cisam.org – www.cisam.org
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Sunday, April 8, at 16.00, Casa Modigliani (Palazzo Montani – Piazza Fontana) will host the presentation of the photo book RITRATTI IN BIANCO E NERO. 50 anni di Spoleto negli scatti d’autore di Virgilio Massani (PORTRAITS IN BLACK & WHITE. 50 years of Spoleto in the shots of author Virgilio Massani) published by Carta Bianca.
The exhibition 50 YEARS IN 50 AUTHOR SHOTS will also be inaugurated.
The event is included in the program of Le Quattro Stagioni – Primavera in Spoleto, by the Municipality of Spoleto.
Sunday at Casa Menotti
Concert Season Program
www.casamenotti.it
April 8 Duo Chaminade – Women in music
April 15 Quartetto Talenti d’Arte – Opera arias and more
April 22 Musical Metamorphosis – Between music and dance
29 April Duo Metro Foti – Homage to Liszt
May 6th Cast Jazz Quartet – Jazzing
May 13 Duo Bottini D’Antò – Operetta mon amour
May 20 Trio Concentus – From Beethoven to Piazzolla
May 27 Duo Oliva Zampini – Bolling Jazz
June 3 Young Concertists
Concert starts: 5.00 pm – followed by cocktails with the artists
Subscription: € 75
For info, costs and reservations on individual concerts contact staff@musemedierranee.it – 347 0718564 – 0743 46620
www.musemediterranee.it – www.casamenotti.it
The meetings aim at programming a common strategy for the prevention and education to well-being for adolescents and adults.
Palazzo Mauri – G. Carducci Public Library (Via Brignone)
BRAIN AND DEPENDENCE: FOOD, ALCOHOL, GAMBLING.
1st meeting
Monday 22 January, h 15.30
Adolescents and parenthood between cuts and discontinuity
2nd meeting
Tuesday 13 February, h 15.30
Early-age food disorders, risk factors and prevention
Free admission
Info: Gabriella, telefono: 334 2811043
Three meetings are then scheduled at the Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò, organised by the Spoleto-Norcia Archdiocese.
Monday 19 February, h 21.00
The Digital Age: Educative challanges of the third millennium
Monday 12 March, h 21.00
Meeting with Giancarlo Penza of Comunità di Sant’Egidio
Tuesday10 April, h 21.00
Becoming conscious parents

La Tana del Ludo centre for children and families organizes workshops addressed to children from five to ten years old.
The workshops, entitled Discovering Nature are held every Wednesday until 27 June, from 16.30 to 18.30, at Il Carillon nursery school, in Viale Martiri della Resistenza.
It is a path of discovery of the environment that includes excursions in the little “didactic wood”, the garden surrounding the school, for the collection of aromatic herbs and wild herbs. These experiences will then be graphically re-elaborated and become the common thread of narratives and stories. The workshop is free of charge and open to all children from 5 to 10 years old.
Information: ph. 0743 218732 or 331 1812016

From Wednesday, October 11, 2017 the #Spoletolegge reading group’s meetings will be held every Wednesday at the Library of Palazzo Mauri, at 9 pm. The event is organized by Carducci and Carandente libraries in collaboration with Andrea Tomasini.
This year’s readings program is entitled Not as it seems, and will be dedicated to crime and mystery stories.
Readings will be in Italian.
Program:
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
L’assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie,
Sei problemi per don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges e Adolfo Bioy Casares
Uno studio in rosso by Arthur Conan Doyle
Il segreto di padre Brown by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dirk Gently, agenzia investigativa olistica by Douglas Adams
NOW READING:
Quer Pasticciaccio brutto di via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Il detective cieco by Bramah Ernst
Requiem per il romanzo giallo by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero invenzione e rovina di un detective by Kate Summerscale

Second cycle of conferences Recounting History, a project in collaboration with GraficArte Severini and Astra Onlus.
At each meeting, participants will receive didactic kits and an ebook will be created, featuring last year’s conferences’ contents.
On the occasion of the conference, admission to the Museum is free. All conferences are in Italian.
Future meetings:
Friday 13 April
THE CHARIOT OF MONTELEONE DI SPOLETO
Francesco Roncalli – Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli
Friday 16 May
THE ANCIENT CITY OF GUBBIO: NEW DATA FOR ITS KNOWLEDGE
Luana Cenciaioli – Polo Museale dell’Umbria, Musei Archeologici Nazionali di Perugia e Orvieto
Friday 1 June
TOMBS FROM THE VALNERINA AT THE SPOLETO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Chiara Procacci – Archaeologist
Maria Angela Turchetti – Polo Museale dell’Umbria, Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Teatro Romano di Spoleto

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The Officina d’arte e tessuti presents the third appointment with “I concerti del sabato in galleria”, titled Il quartetto nel Novecento.
Music by:
Paul Hindemith, Schulwerke op.44 n.3
Anton Webern, Langsamer satz
Bèla Bartok, Romanian Dances (for string quartet)
Featuring:
Gustavo Gasperini, Monica Pontini, violin
Federico Micheli, viola
Ivo Scarponi, cello
Info and reservations:
Cell. +39 333 3763011
Email: info@officinadartetessuti.com

Sistema Museo, in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Spoleto, proposes the 7th edition of Famiglie ad Arte, the didactic project for children and their families.
The four scheduled workshops will each be centred on a particular artistic technique and will take place at Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, allowing participants to spend a pleasant afternoon in the company of specialized operators. Families will be stimulated by fun and activities that will develop creativity and manual skills. The fun continues with the creation of a piece of work that will turn into a precious memory of the experience.
28 January, h 15.30
MIND UNHINGER
Drawing workshop
25 February, h 15.30
PIGMENTS AND SENTIMENTS
Workshop on colours
18 March, h 15.30
INCIDENTALLY
Workshop on engraving
15 April, ore 15.30
MIND THE DOODLE
Workshop on street art
Info and reservations:
0743 46434 – spoleto@sistemamuseo.it
Facebook: Famiglie ad Arte Spoleto
Sunday at Casa Menotti
Concert Season Program
www.casamenotti.it
April 8 Duo Chaminade – Women in music
April 15 Quartetto Talenti d’Arte – Opera arias and more
April 22 Musical Metamorphosis – Between music and dance
29 April Duo Metro Foti – Homage to Liszt
May 6th Cast Jazz Quartet – Jazzing
May 13 Duo Bottini D’Antò – Operetta mon amour
May 20 Trio Concentus – From Beethoven to Piazzolla
May 27 Duo Oliva Zampini – Bolling Jazz
June 3 Young Concertists
Concert starts: 5.00 pm – followed by cocktails with the artists
Subscription: € 75
For info, costs and reservations on individual concerts contact staff@musemedierranee.it – 347 0718564 – 0743 46620
www.musemediterranee.it – www.casamenotti.it

La Tana del Ludo centre for children and families organizes workshops addressed to children from five to ten years old.
The workshops, entitled Discovering Nature are held every Wednesday until 27 June, from 16.30 to 18.30, at Il Carillon nursery school, in Viale Martiri della Resistenza.
It is a path of discovery of the environment that includes excursions in the little “didactic wood”, the garden surrounding the school, for the collection of aromatic herbs and wild herbs. These experiences will then be graphically re-elaborated and become the common thread of narratives and stories. The workshop is free of charge and open to all children from 5 to 10 years old.
Information: ph. 0743 218732 or 331 1812016

From Wednesday, October 11, 2017 the #Spoletolegge reading group’s meetings will be held every Wednesday at the Library of Palazzo Mauri, at 9 pm. The event is organized by Carducci and Carandente libraries in collaboration with Andrea Tomasini.
This year’s readings program is entitled Not as it seems, and will be dedicated to crime and mystery stories.
Readings will be in Italian.
Program:
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
L’assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie,
Sei problemi per don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges e Adolfo Bioy Casares
Uno studio in rosso by Arthur Conan Doyle
Il segreto di padre Brown by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dirk Gently, agenzia investigativa olistica by Douglas Adams
NOW READING:
Quer Pasticciaccio brutto di via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Il detective cieco by Bramah Ernst
Requiem per il romanzo giallo by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero invenzione e rovina di un detective by Kate Summerscale

The Academy of the Obtuses presents the 2018 cycle of Lectures:
Friday 13 April, h 18
For the staircase of piazza Pianciani
Giovanna Martellotti, CBS restauro Roma
Marco Menegotto, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Giuliano Macchia, architect
Friday 20 April, h 17
From Rossini to Rossini: around Moses – Moïse
Biancamaria Brumana, Università degli studi di Perugia
Friday 27 April, h 17
Benedetto Egio da Spoleto: a great hellenist at the court of cardinal Alessandro Farnese
Ginette Vagenheim, Università di Rouen
Friday 4 May, h 17
book presentation Diary of a judge. My 50 years in the judiciary
by Gabriella Luccioli.
Roberto Laudenzi, Magistrate, Court of Spoleto
Maria Rosaria Marella, Università degli studi di Perugia
Alfonso Marchese, journalist
Wednesday 9 May, h 17
The origin of Man. Researches on human evolution in Africa at the Università di Perugia.
Marco Cherin, Paleonthologist, Università degli studi di Perugia
Wednesday 23 May, h 17
The restoration of the Roman villa in Positano
Bruno Bruni, Coobec
Date tba
Presentation of the issue 54.10 of Spoletium (mag)

Celebrations, ceremonies, meetings, book presentations, film projections, exhibitions and much more in the thick schedule of events organised by the City of Spoleto on the occasion of the 73rd Liberation Day, 25 April 2018.
SATURDAY 21 APRIL
9.45 Cinéma Sala Pegasus, book presentation ‘Lettere da un giovane militare (1942-1945)’
10.30 film projection ‘Tutti a casa’ by Luigi Comencini
SUNDAY 22 APRIL
Cinéma Sala Pegasus, film projection ‘Novecento’ by Bernardo Bertolucci
WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
9.00 Forca di Cerro, deposition of a laurel wreath in honour of Yougoslavian partizans who fell in battle
9.30 Chiesa San Filippo, Holy Mass and parade along Corso Mazzini by 2° Btg Granatieri ‘Cengio’
10.30 Piazza della Libertà, deposition of a laurel wreath in honour of all fallen soldiers
11.45 Piazza Campello, Monumento ai Caduti, deposition of a laurel wreath
Rocca Albornoziana, deposition of a laurel wreath
17.00 Complesso Monumentale San Nicolò, concert ‘Resistenze’
by ‘La Società dei Musici’, free admission
SATURDAY 28 APRIL
14.00 to 20.00 via A. Saffi exhibition Storia Postale di Spoleto
16.00 Palazzo Mauri, ‘G. Carducci’ Public Library
book presentation ‘Storia Postale di Spoleto’ by Silvio Sorcini and Sante Dionisi
Exhibition “Storia Postale di Spoleto”
via Aurelio Saffi ex Monte di Pietà | 21 April – 1 May 2018
by Circolo Filatelico e Numismatico ‘G Romoli’
open everyday 9.00 – 12.30 | 27, 28 April and 1 May also in the afternoon 16.00 – 20.00 – free admission
Saturday 21 April at 11, the Rocca Albornoz in Spoleto will host a conference on Wine, oil, and art, heritage of the Italian culture. Mayor Maria Elena Bececco will provide the institutional greetings. Featured speakers include Paolo Braconi of the Università di Perugia, Paolo Baioletti of Icqrf, and consultant Ilaria Capaccioni.
Moderator: Filippo Benedetti Valentini of Sapere Food.

The Middle Ages? Again?
Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò
Saturday 21 April, h 17.00
Conversation with Enrico Menestò, President of the Italian Study Centre on Early Middle Ages, and Franco Cardini, professor of Middle Ages’ History at the Scuola Normale Superiore.
The event is included in Le Quattro Stagioni – Primavera a Spoleto, and is organised by the Foundation of the Italian Study Centre on Early Middle Ages.

Among the activities planned for the recovery of the old footpath from Rome to Loreto, that dates to the Middle Ages, the Spoleto CAI section proposes a hike from Silvignano to Eggi along the Via della Spina and the Sentiero degli Ulivi (Olive Groves’ Trail).
In the afternoon it will be possible to visit the churches in Eggi with professor Romano Cardella.
Info:
Length 9 Km – rise 290 m – descent 560 m – time 4,30 h ca
Medium difficulty – max height above sea level 620 m – minimum height above sea level 320 m
Schedule:
– 8.15 Meeting at the Spoleto railway station (please be punctual)
– 8.30 shuttle bus leaves toward Silvignano
– 9.15 hike starts from Silvignano toward S.Maria di Reggiano – Bazzano Superiore – Bazzano Inferiore
– 13.45 ca. arrival at Eggi
Participants will have lunch at Eggi and will have a dedicated menu for € 15,00 (to be payed in advance at the Spoleto Tourist Office at the moment of registration – Ufficio Turistico di Spoleto – largo Ferrer, 6 – tel.0743-218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it)
-17.00 shuttle bus returns to Spoleto
Bad weather won’t prevent the hike from taking place. Hiking shoes are compulsory, hiking clothing (anti-rain) is advised.
Info and reservation: Ufficio Informazioni e Accoglienza Turistica di Spoleto largo Ferrer, 6 – tel.0743-218620 – info@iat.spoleto.pg.it

The cultural association ArteInfusa will lead a stroll in the nature, to discover forest biodiversity and the officinal uses of spontaneous herbs.
The start will be at 9.30 from the church of San Pietro, and the group will head out to the Giro dei Condotti and the church of San Ponziano. The group will then return to the city centre, to have lunch at the Osteria del Matto; menu includes dishes based on spontaneous herbs.
Participants are advised to carry their water and use comfortable clothes and shoes.
Participation is open to Artinfusa members; the 30-€ participation fee includes lunch; if you’re not a member, you can purchase the 5-€ membership card on the spot, valid for 2018.
For info and reservations, please call Ira at 328 1146503 or email to info.arteinfusa@gmail.com
Sunday at Casa Menotti
Concert Season Program
www.casamenotti.it
April 8 Duo Chaminade – Women in music
April 15 Quartetto Talenti d’Arte – Opera arias and more
April 22 Musical Metamorphosis – Between music and dance
29 April Duo Metro Foti – Homage to Liszt
May 6th Cast Jazz Quartet – Jazzing
May 13 Duo Bottini D’Antò – Operetta mon amour
May 20 Trio Concentus – From Beethoven to Piazzolla
May 27 Duo Oliva Zampini – Bolling Jazz
June 3 Young Concertists
Concert starts: 5.00 pm – followed by cocktails with the artists
Subscription: € 75
For info, costs and reservations on individual concerts contact staff@musemedierranee.it – 347 0718564 – 0743 46620
www.musemediterranee.it – www.casamenotti.it

The 20-year-old spring bike ride by MTB Club Spoleto and CT Spoleto Bike returns.
Wednesday 25 April, the ride will cover the first part of the Spoleto – Norcia railroad, till Caprareccia, where refreshments will be offered to the participants.
Meeting will be at 8.00 at the beginning of the former railroad, by the former hotel Il Barbarossa. Start is scheduled for 9.30. On the occasion, it will be possible to register for the SpoletoNorcia in MTB of 1-2 Septmeber 2018.
The bike ride is 6,5 km.
In case of bad weather “La Spoleto in Bici” will be delayed to Sunday 29 April.
Info
Mobile 393 23.33.292
Website: www.laspoletonorciainmtb.it
Email: segreteria@mtbclubspoleto.it

La Tana del Ludo centre for children and families organizes workshops addressed to children from five to ten years old.
The workshops, entitled Discovering Nature are held every Wednesday until 27 June, from 16.30 to 18.30, at Il Carillon nursery school, in Viale Martiri della Resistenza.
It is a path of discovery of the environment that includes excursions in the little “didactic wood”, the garden surrounding the school, for the collection of aromatic herbs and wild herbs. These experiences will then be graphically re-elaborated and become the common thread of narratives and stories. The workshop is free of charge and open to all children from 5 to 10 years old.
Information: ph. 0743 218732 or 331 1812016

From Wednesday, October 11, 2017 the #Spoletolegge reading group’s meetings will be held every Wednesday at the Library of Palazzo Mauri, at 9 pm. The event is organized by Carducci and Carandente libraries in collaboration with Andrea Tomasini.
This year’s readings program is entitled Not as it seems, and will be dedicated to crime and mystery stories.
Readings will be in Italian.
Program:
La fine è nota by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
L’assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie,
Sei problemi per don Isidro Parodi by Jorge Luis Borges e Adolfo Bioy Casares
Uno studio in rosso by Arthur Conan Doyle
Il segreto di padre Brown by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dirk Gently, agenzia investigativa olistica by Douglas Adams
NOW READING:
Quer Pasticciaccio brutto di via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Il club dei mestieri stravaganti by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Il detective cieco by Bramah Ernst
Requiem per il romanzo giallo by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Omicidio a Road Hill House, ovvero invenzione e rovina di un detective by Kate Summerscale

The Academy of the Obtuses presents the 2018 cycle of Lectures:
Friday 13 April, h 18
For the staircase of piazza Pianciani
Giovanna Martellotti, CBS restauro Roma
Marco Menegotto, Università di Roma La Sapienza
Giuliano Macchia, architect
Friday 20 April, h 17
From Rossini to Rossini: around Moses – Moïse
Biancamaria Brumana, Università degli studi di Perugia
Friday 27 April, h 17
Benedetto Egio da Spoleto: a great hellenist at the court of cardinal Alessandro Farnese
Ginette Vagenheim, Università di Rouen
Friday 4 May, h 17
book presentation Diary of a judge. My 50 years in the judiciary
by Gabriella Luccioli.
Roberto Laudenzi, Magistrate, Court of Spoleto
Maria Rosaria Marella, Università degli studi di Perugia
Alfonso Marchese, journalist
Wednesday 9 May, h 17
The origin of Man. Researches on human evolution in Africa at the Università di Perugia.
Marco Cherin, Paleonthologist, Università degli studi di Perugia
Wednesday 23 May, h 17
The restoration of the Roman villa in Positano
Bruno Bruni, Coobec
Date tba
Presentation of the issue 54.10 of Spoletium (mag)