What's On Today: Saturday, November 07, 2009

Exhibition in Palazzo Taglieschi and Saletta Expo, by sculptor Gloria Argelés. At: Museo Statale di Palazzo Taglieschi, 16 Piazza Mameli, Anghiari (AR) and Saletta Expo, via Garibaldi, Anghiari (AR). Open Tuesday to Saturday 08:30 to 19:00 and Sunday 08:30 to 13:00. For information and booking contact the ourist Office on tel: 0575 749279 or email: cultura@anghiari.it

An exhibition of images relating to Galileo in the city of Arezzo in order to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the discovery of Astronomy. Open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 and every Sunday of the antiques fair. Entrance is free. At: Museo dei Mezzi di Comunicazione, 22 Via Ricasoli, Arezzo (AR). For information and booking contact the Museums of Arezzo Office on: 0575 377662 / 0575 364741 or email: museocomunicazione@comune.arezzo.it

Exhibition of the museum's Galileo and other scientific books in honour of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Astronomy. At the Museo dell’Accademia Etrusca, 9 Piazza Signorelli, 52044, Cortona (AR). Open daily in October from 10:00 to 19:00; and in November from 10:00 to 17:00; closed on Mondays. Entrance if free. For further information contact Biblioteca dell’Accademia Etrusca tel: 0575 637 236 or e-mail:p.rocchini@comune.cortona.ar.it

Artwork from the collection of the Laparelli family depicting the projects of the fortification of Malta and the Girifalco fort of Cortona. Open from 10:00 to 19:00 until the end of October and from 10:00 - 17:00 in November. Closed on Mondays. Cost: Full €8; reduced €4. At: Palazzo Casali, Accademia Etrusca Palazzo Casali, 52044 Cortona (AR) For further information tel: 0575 637248.

Exhibition in the Pavolini Hall of the Signorelli theatre. Teatro Signorelli dedicated to the Teresa Sarti Strada.Open from 10:00 to 12.00 and 15:00 to 17:00. Entrance is free. In Teatro Signorelli, Piazza Signorelli, Cortona (AR). For further information contact the Public Relations Office on (URP) tel: 0575 637275

11th edition of the annual photography exhibition in the Carbonaia Room of the Furio del Furia Gallery, Foiano della Chiana (AR). This year's theme is "Casa, mondo". Open: Friday from 15:00 - 17:30, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 - 12:30 and 15:00 - 17:30. See website for contact details and more information.

Exhibition in Castello di Poppi, Poppi (AR). Works by artist Silvano Campeggi. Open daily from 10:00 - 19:00. Entrance costs: €4 full and €3 reduced. For further information contact the library on: 0575 502220

Artwork by artist Margherita Bernardini. Free entrance. At: Gocce Gallery, 20 Via del Campo Sportivo, Sansepolcro (AR). Open Tuesday to Saturday from 09:00 to 19:00. For further information tel: 0575 740816 or 347 5214477.

Photographic exhibition in the Kemon floor of Palazzo Pichi Sforza - by photographer Amedeo M. Turello. Open weekdays and holidays from 10:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 19:00; Closed Tuesdays. Tickets cost €4 full and €2 for under 18 and school students. Free entrance for under 6, disabled, journalists and tour guides with groups.. At Palazzo Pichi Sforza, 134 Via XX Settembre, Sansepolcro (AR). For booking and information tel:0575 735384 or email: info@mercuriopromozioni.com

Antiques market held every third weekend of month at Giardino della Fortezza de Basso. Tel: 055 270 5233

Permanent exhibition so as not to forget. This exhibit displays works about Auschwitz, Terezin, Bergen-Belsen, Mauthausen and Dachau concentration camps. Open from Monday to Friday 09:00-21:00; Saturday 09:00-14:00. Tel: 055 678 841. E-mail: info@mandelaforum.it. Entrance is free. At Nelson Mandela Forum, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 3, Florence, 50123 (FI).

Opened on 10th December 2005, a permanent exhibition about Human Rights. Open from Monday to Friday 09.00 – 21.00; Saturday 09.00 – 14.00. For futher information contact 055 678841 or email info@mandelaforum.it. Entrance is free. At Nelson Mandela Forum, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 3, Florence, 50123 (FI).

A permanent exhibition about Nelson Mandela - the man and his achievements. Open from Monday to Friday 09.00 – 21.00; Saturday 09.00 – 14.00. For futher information contact 055 678841 or email info@mandelaforum.it. Entrance is free. At Nelson Mandela Forum, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 3, Florence, 50123 (FI).

A permanent exhibition at the Mandela Forum about how HIV/AIDS is affecting the lives of young adolescents in South Africa. Open from Monday to Friday 09.00 – 21.00; Saturday 09.00 – 14.00. For further information contact 055 678841 or email info@mandelaforum.it. Entrance is free. At Nelson Mandela Forum, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 3, Florence, 50123 (FI).

The exhibit has been divided into two sections: Antiquity which is composed of materials and Middle Ages and onward which displays examples from monastic scriptorium to high-quality workshops in Italy, Europe and Asia. The exhibit conveys the interaction of book format and function and takes place in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Piazza San Lorenzo 9, Florence. Opening hours: Sunday thru Friday from 9:30 to 13:30 Saturday closed. (closed: 25 December, 1 January 2010). Ticket prices: €6.00 (Basilica and Museum of S. Lorenzo, monumentale area of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Exhibition); €3.00 (monumental area of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Exhibition). Guided tours in Italian and English are also available. Tel: 055 290184.

23 international artists exhibit art that explores the theme of the manipulation and reconstruction of reality through video and photographic images. The Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzi in Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. For more information call: 055 2446761-06

the exhibit displays ancient Greco-Roman mosaics and frescoes, a significant amount of detached frescoes from Ancient Rome, work by Flemish artists, two hundred works from Italian and international museums as well as private collections. Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi, Florence. Open daily 9:00 until 20:00, Thursdays 9:00 until 23:00. Ticket prices: Full price €10, Reduced price €8.50

Photo exhibition: Il Futurismo nella Fotografia, opening September 17th at the Museo Nazionale Alinari della fotografia in piazza Santa Maria Novella from 10:00 until 19:00 everyday, closed Wednesdays. Tickets €9,00 Reduced price tickets €7,50 (Groups minimum 10 people, conventions, military, students, over 65, universities, Florence residents, families). For more information and pre-booking Tel:+39055216310 E-mail: mnaf@alinari.it

Special exhibition of the art of John Constable and other English masters at the Horne Museum. Open Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 13:00. Entrance is €5 full price, €3 reduced. At: 6 Via de' Benci, Florence, 50122 (FI). For information and booking call: 055 244 661.

The exhibition of the works by Mimmo Paladino will be displayed at the Istituto degli Innocenti, Cortile degli Uomini. Euro 4,00. 8:30 - 19:00 daily, Sunday and holidays 8:30 - 14:00. For more information Tel: 055 2037308

Museuo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Florence presents the exhibition Cristalli: La Più Bella Mostra di Minerali al Mondo. Via Romana 17, Florence. Everyday 9:30 - 16:30. Tel: 055 2654321

Museo Nazionale del Bargello presents the first Florentine exhibition of Ugo Nespolo who began his art career in the Sixties during the era of Italian Pop Art. He is also an artist of film, ceramics, and paintings. Tickets €7,00 / €3,50 and includes entrance to the museum. Monday thru Sunday 8:15 - 17:00. Closed 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of the month, 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, December 25 and January 1. Bargello, Via del Proconsolo 4, 50122 Florence. For more information about the artist visit: www.nespolo.com/eng.html Booking: Firenze Musei, Tel: 055 294883 Booking charge: €3,00

Ex3 Centro per l'arte Contemporanea, Viale Donato Giannotti 81/83/85 50126 Florence. Wednesday - Saturday 11:00 - 19:00, Sunday 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Monday and Tuesday. For more information: Tel +39 0550114971 Email: info@ex3.it

The photography exhibition: d'Africa by Jacopo Corso Cresti is on display at the Biblioteca del palagio di Parte Guelfa, Piazza di Parte Guelfa, 50123 Florence. The Inauguration will take place Wednesday, November 4th at 18:00. The exhibition is open Monday - Friday 9:00 - 18:30, Saturday 9:00 - 13:00. For further information Email: bibpg@comune.fi.it

The Museum of Modern Art presents The Informal Baroque of Sergio Scatizzi, Works 2000 - 2009. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 8:15 - 18:50. Closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, May 1st and Christmas Day. Tickets: Full price €12,00 / Reduced price €6,00. The Museum is located in Piazza Pitti 1, Florence. For more information Tel: 055 294883

The Museum of Palazzo Davanzati presents Federigo and the Angeli workshop, Palazzo Davanzati, dream and Reality. Monday to Sunday, 8:15 - 13:50. Closed on the 2nd and 4th Sunday, and 1st, 3rd and 5th Monday of the month, New Year’s Day, May 1st and Christmas Day. Admission is FREE. For more information Tel: 055 2388610 Email: museo.davanzati@polomuseale.firenze.it

The intense and brilliant coloured porcelain of Betty Woodman is on display at the Museo delle Porcellane. 8:15 - 16:15 everyday. Closed the 1st and last Monday of each month, New Years Day and Christmas. Museo delle Porcellane, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

Life size wax models of anatomical specimens are on display in the zoological section of La Specola, Via Romana 17, Florence. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday 9:00 - 13:00, Saturday 9:00 - 17:00, Closed every Wednesday. For more information Tel: 055 2346760

The exhibition Realtà Manipolate is Curated by Franziska Nori. The exhibition takes place at CCCS - Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza degli Strozzi, 1 (zona Palazzo Strozzi) 50123 Florence. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 - 20:00, Thursday 10:00 - 23:00. Admission full price €5 / reduced €4. For moreinformation Tel: +39 0552776461 Email: info@strozzina.it

The award winning artist Marisa Settembrini presents her work at Plus Florence, Via Santa Caterina d’Alessandria 15, 50136 Firenze. Visit the artists website: http://marisasettembrini.com/ For more information Tel: +39 0554628934

Presentation by local author Jane Fortune as she talks about her latest book Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence and her extraordinary quest to research it. Jane Fortune has spent the last five years scouring archives and haunting the recesses of some of Florence’s most revered museums in an effort to uncover every single “hidden” work of art by women. She is also the author of To Florence con Amore: 77 Ways to Love the City. A Taste of wine and olive oil will follow. At 11:30 at the Paperback Exchange, 4r Via delle Oche, Florence. E-mail papex@papex.it or Tel : 055 293 460.

The 50th Festival dei Popoli International Film Festival. View the complete list of films, descriptions and schedule at: http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/en/festival/calendario/2009 • The films will be resented at two cinemas: Cinema Odeon, Piazza Strozzi 2, Florence Tel: 055 295051 • Cinema Spazio Uno, Via del Sole 10, Florence Tel: 055 284642. Tickets: Ticket for everyday of the festival Full price: €35,00 / Reduced: €28,00. Ticket for 1 day: €10,00 / Reduced: €7,00. Ticket for 10:00 - 21:00 Full price: €5,00 / Reduced: €3,00. Ticket for after 21:00 Full price: €7,00 / Reduced: €5,00.

Daily wine-tasting sessions from 10:30 - 13:00 and 15:30 to 19:00 at the organic winery La Spinosa, 15 via Le Masse, 50021, Barberino Val D'Elsa (FI). For further information contact Danila on tel: 055 8075822 or Skype: la.spinosa

One of the most important collections of stringed instruments in the world, The Stradivariuses of the Nippon Music Foundation, will be made available to Florence's Teatro del Maggio Musicale for an extraordinary fundraising concert held in front of Michelangelo's David, another product of the summit of human genius. The chamber concert of Encounter with Stradivari in front of David by Michelangelo will be at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence on the 7th of November at 21:00. Tickets will be on sale from September 15th: First sector (price includes gala dinner with artists at Palazzo Tornabuoni) €400, Second sector €200 (only concert), €300 (price includes gala dinner with artists at Palazzo Tornabuoni). For more information Tel: (0039) 055 2779350 Tuesday - Friday 10:00 - 18:00, Bookings - Ticket office Teatro Comunale - Corso Italia, 16, Email: tickets@maggiofiorentino.com

Underground jazz cellar bar with live music every night from Tuesday through Saturday. At 3 Via Nuova de' Caccini, (just off Borgo Pinti) Florence. Open 21:00 'til late. Tel: 055 247 9700/335 614 6115.

Karaoke Night at Michael Collins Pub, Piazza della Signoria 30r Florence. From 10:30 - 2:00. Tel: 055 295232

Meetings in English on Tuesdays from 13:30 until 14:30, Wednesdays from 19:00 until 20:00, Thursdays from 13:30 until 14:30, Fridays from 19:00 until 20:00 and Saturdays from 17:00 until 18:00. All meetings are held at St James American Church at 9 via B. Rucellai, 50123 Florence. Tel: 055 29 44 17.

Offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Weekly meetings from 14:00 until 15:00. Meetings are held in the Undercroft of St James American Church, 9 via B. Rucellai, 50123 Florence. Tel: 055 29 44 17.

Series of classes for the preparation of children for the sacraments of Confirmation and First Communion. Classes from 14:00 until 15:00 at St James American Church, 9 via B. Rucellai, 50123 Florence. Tel: 055 29 44 17.

Individual lessons, group lessons and court rental. Minimum age is 10 years old. Open Monday and Wednesday 16:00 to 18:00, Tuesday and Thursday 18:00 to 22:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 13:00. At Nelson Mandela Forum, Viale Pasquale Paoli, 3, Florence, 50123 (FI). For further information contact Aldo Trappolini on tel: 339 1604397 or E-mail: a.trappolini@comune.fi.it; m.binetti@comune.fi.it

At Bodyworks Gym, 35 Via Passavanti, 50133, Florence (FI). From 10:00 to 11:00 Tuesday and Thursday. For further information and membership call Laura Gilbert on 055 587 399.

Lunch with wine tasting and the most attractive sights in Tuscany in only 1 day and at a reasonable price. Starting and ending in Florence, taking in Siena, San Gimignano, Chiantishire, Leaning Tower of Pisa and lunch at an organic winery. Booking required. Leaves Santa Maria Novella station every morning at 8:30. Tel: 055 264 5746 / 328 086 7738.

Permanent exhibition at Museo Archeologico e d'Arte della Maremma, 3 Piazza Baccarini, Grosseto (GR). Opening times: May to October from Tuesday to Friday 14:00 -20:00; Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 - 13:00 and 17:00 - 20:00. November to February: Tuesday to Friday from 09:00 - 13:00; Saturday and Sunday 09:00 - 13:00 and 16:30 - 19:00. March to April from 09:00 - 13:00 and 16:30 - 19:00. Tickets cost €5 full price and €2.50 reduced. For further information and booking contact tel: 0564 4887 50/488 752 or fax: 0564 488 753 or email: maam@gol.grosseto.it

Donatello's restored David is one of the most famous works of the fifteenth century. Recently the restoration took place open to the public at the Bargello National Museum. You can view the restored David at the Bargello National Museum, Via del Proconsolo, 4, Florence. Ticket prices: Full Price: €4.00 Reduced: €2.00. Monday thru Sunday 8:30 until 13:50, Closed 2nd, 4th Monday of each month, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sunday of each month, New Year’s Day. Tel: 055 2388-606

Art, music, paintings and theater. Ticket costs €5,00 / €3,50 reduced for groups or people over 65 yrs. / €2,00 students and schools. Mondays 15:00 - 19:00.Tuesday thru Sunday 9:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 19:00. Closed Christmas day. December 31 open 9:00 - 13:00. Via del Carota, Bagno a Ripoli. For a complete program please see the website: www.oratoriosantacaterina.lacittadegliuffizi.it/

12 masterpieces freom the Uffizi and other museums and collections are on display in a fourteenth century oratory in the hills of Florence. This exhibit: The Oratory of Santa Caterina all'Antella and its painters is on display, Via del Carota, Antella – Bagno a Ripoli (Florence). Mondays 15:00 - 19:00, Tuesday thru Sunday 9:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 19:00. The exhibition will be closed on 25th of December. December 31 the exhibition will be open 9:00 - 13:00. Tickets €5.00, there are also group rates. The exhibit includes a triptych by Agnolo Gaddi, wirks by Master of Barberino, Spinello Aretino and more. There will also be many additional events including music concerts, theatre performances, visual art competitions, as well as unusual trekking excursions, horseback rides, entertainment and workshops for children. For Information and booking: Comune di Bagno a Ripoli, Giuliana Righi, Roberta Tucci Tel. +39 055 6390357 Silvia Meli Tel: +39 055 6390373

Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci presents: Joconde. Da Monna Lisa Alla Gioconda Nuda. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Monday. The museum is located at Via Montalbano 2, 50059, Vinci. For more information Tel: 0571-56296 Email: info@museoleonardo.it

“Mugello 200” 200 km Endurance of Mugello. For more information Tel: +39 (055) 480553 Email: info@promoracing.it

The olive oil festival starts with a dinner Saturday, November 7th at 20:00, reservations are required. Tel: 0571 584147. The festival includes, photografic exhibition, markets, food stands, tastings and more. Sunday, November 8th the festival continues at 9:00 when the stands and markets open. At 16:00 there with be a folkloristice event and a dinner at 20:00. For more information Tel: 0571 584147.

Taste all types of specialities made with black and white truffles: tagliolini (a special kind of pasta) with truffle, beef steak with truffle and the Tortelli mugellani (pasta filled with ricotta and herbs).At the MCL Circolo in Scarperia. Call 055 843161 for more information. From 19:00 on Saturday and 12:00 on Sunday.

Permanent exhibition at Museo Archeologico e d'Arte della Maremma, 3 Via Fratelli Cairoli, 58100, Grosseto, (GR). From 1st November to 30 April open Tuesday to Saturday: 9.30-13.00 and 16.00-19.00; Sundays and Public Holidays: 10.00-13.00 and 16.00-19.00. From 2nd May to 30th October open Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00-13.00 and 17.00-20.00. Closed: Mondays, Christmas, New Year's day, May 1. Tickets: Adult: € 5.00; University students, under 18s, over 65s, armed forces members, groups (20 people or more), disabled person, Voglio-vivere-così Card: €2.50; Under 6s, school groups, school group leaders, tourist guides, ICOM members, members of the clergy: free admission.

Inauguration Saturday 10th October at 17:00. Open 09:00 to 12:30 and 15:30 to 19:30. Closed Sunday. For further information contact:0586 897096 or email: info@galleriaathena.it

Permanent exhibition of the work of artist Bruno Cordati at the Casa Cordati, Via di Mezzo 17, Barga.

Comics by the world's greatest designers pay homage to science and it's major figures, from Galileo to Newton, from Darwin to Einstein. Entrance costs €4 full and €3 reduced. Open 10:00 to 19:00 at Italian Comics Museum, 4 Piazza San Romano, Lucca (LU). For further information tel: 0583 56326 or see website.

The Lucca Center of Contemporary Art is exhibiting fifty original prints and photographs of various styles and techniques that Man Ray dedicated to his eternal muse and wife Juliet. Tuesday thru Sunday 10:00 until 19:00, closed Mondays. Tickets €7 / €5. Lu.C.C.A. Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Palazzo Bocella, Via della Fratta, 36 55100 Lucca, Tel: +39 O583 571712, Email: info@luccamuseum.com

The Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea presents the exhibition Il Futurismo a Visreggio e in Versilia: Accadimenti e Riflessi dal 1918 to 1940 by Lorenzo Viani (Viareggio November 1, 1882 - Ostia November 2, 1936) was a painter and writer. The exhibition is located in the museum, Palazzo delle Muse, Piazza Mazzini, Viareggio. Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 - 13:00, Thursday thru Sunday 15:30 - 19:30. The ticket office is open up to 30 minutes before closure. For more information Tel: 0584 966343 - 0584 581118 - 0584 976510 Email: gamc@comune.viareggio.it

Every evening at 19:00 musicians, singers and programmes that change every night but always focus on the vast repertoire of the most famous and genial Lucchese of all times. At San Giovanni Church, Piazza San Giovanni, Lucca (LU). For booking tel: 0583 855 131.

Sarah Downey gives a talk entitled "Communicating in English in Tuscany". A presentation of the various publications, groups and websites available to the English speaking community in Tuscany. Starts at 16:15. At Oratorio di San Paolino, Via San Andrea, 196, (Piazza Piave), Viareggio, (LU). For further information contact Lucia on 0584 962275.

The event is open daily 9:00 - 23:30 and is open to everyone, prior registration is required. The event takes place at the CarraraFiere Complex Sport Hall. For more information please see the website.

Discovered in December 1998, the boat ruins are now on public display - one of its kind in Europe. Open Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 15:30. The rest of the week open on booking. At Via Bianchi Bandinelli (previously Va A. Pisano, 56100, Pisa (PI). For further information contact: Tel 055 321 8017 or 050 830 490.

Exhibition by Pieter de Witte entitled Pietro Candido in the exhibition are of the Palazzo dei Priori, Priori Square, Volterra (PI). Open every day from 10:30 to 18:30 til September then from October to November: every day from 09:30 to 17:00. Tickets cost €8 Full and €5 reduced. For further information see website or email: info@dewitteinvolterra.com

To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the birth of Futurism, the Fondazione Peccioliper pays homage to Mario Sironi. Exhibition of his works from 1914 to 1920 on display in the Russian Icon Museum "F. Bigazzi", 5 Piazza del Popolo, 56037 Peccioli (PI). Opening hours: from 10:00 to 13:00 and 15:00 to 20:00. Entrance costs: Full €5.50; Reduced €3.50. For further information contact: Fondazione Peccioliper, Piazza del Popolo, 5, 56037, Peccioli (PI). Tel: 0587 672158 Cell. 334 5052769 email: comunica@fondarte.peccioli.net

On show in the Blu Palazzo d'Arte e Cultura, 29 Via Pietro Toselli, 56100, Pisa (PI) until mid January 2010. 150 operas on loan from important French Public offices and private collections. The exhibition is curated by Claudia Zevi and Meret Meyer. Open: 10:00-19:00. Price: Full €8; Reduced €6.50; Groups €6; students €3.

Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887 - March 28, 1985) was a russian-French artist associated with several key art movements. His works include paintings, drawings, illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics and tapestries. He was a pioneer of modernism. The Chagall exhibition is located at BLU: Palazzo d'arte e Cultura, Lungarno Gambacorti, 9, 56125 Pisa. The exhibition is open Tuesday thru Sunday 10:00 - 19:00, Closed Monday. Ticket prices €8,00 full price, €6,50 reduced price. For more information Tel: +39.050.500197

Free entry and parking at the children's fun park in Via Sant'Agostino, 50, 56121 Pisa (PI). Payment for rides. Open Wednesday to Sunday 10:00 to 16:00 from October to February; every afternoon in March and April and every day from May to September from 10:00 til late. See website for contact details and more information.

Exhibition of art work and photography, concerts, videos, workshops, poetry, presentations, childrens event and more. Stazione Leopolda in Piazza Guerrazzi in Pisa. Free entrance. Thursday 15:00 - 20:00, Friday 15:00 - 24:00, Saturday 9:00 - 20:00. For more information Tel: +39 0587 422306 Email: info@lacasadeglispecchi.it

Exhibition of work by artist Maurizio Nannucci. Open every weekend from 16:30 to 20:00. During the week it is possible to book an appointment to view the exhibition. At Villa Medicea la Magia, Via Vecchia Fiorentina, Quarrata (PT). For further information tel: 0573 774500, 0573 771220, 0573 771408. Entrance is free.

Year-round selection of exhibits at the Centro per l'Atre Contemporanea Luigi Pecci. Full details of current exhibits on website. Entrance is €5 full, €4 reduced. At 277 Viale della Repubblica, 59100, Prato (PO). Open Monday 10 a.m. to 14:00; Wednesday 10:00 to 18:00; Thursday 10:00 to 18:00, Friday 10:00 to 14:00. Closed from 22 december 2007 to 6 january 2008. For further information tel: 0574 531 842.

Permanent exhibition at the Prato Textile Museum representing a centre of promotion of the textile production of the Prato district, which comprises 8000 companies employing 40,000 people. Open Monday to Friday: 10:00 to 18:00. Saturdays: 10:00 to 14:00 and Sundays: 16:00 to 19:00. Entrance is free. Last entrance: 40 minutes before closure time. At 24 Via Santa Chiara, 59100, Prato (PO). For further information and booking tel: 0574 611 503.

Display of the works of art housed in the city's cathedral over the decades. Open Monday to Saturday 09:30-12:30 and 15:00-18:30; Sunday and Bank Holidays 09:30-12:30. Tickets: Full: €5 Reduced: €3. Entrance is free for residents of Prato, children under 3 and tour group guide. At Pizza dell Duomo, Prato (PO). For further information and booking tel: 0574 29339.

Range of exhibitions year round. Open daily from 10:00 to 19:00. Entrance costs €5 full price and €4 reduced. For further information see website or call: 0574 5317. At 277 Viale Della Repubblica, 59100 Prato (PO).

Open 09:30-12:30 and 15:00-19:00 between November and May. 09:30-12:30 and 16:00-19:00 from June to October. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Entrance costs €3 on weekdays and €4 on weekends. At 74 Via di Galceti, 59100, Prato (PO). For further information and booking contact: 0574 460 503 or Email: info@csn.prato.it

The Style of the Tsar exhibition includes approximately 150 works of art from some of the most important Russian and Italian museums. The exhibit illustrates how cultural, trade and diplomatic relationships developed between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Italy, with a focus on the trading on Italian textiles. The exhibit is on display at the Museo del Tessuto (Textile Museum), Via Santa Chiara, 24, Prato. Everyday from 10:00 until 19:00 (ticket office closes at 18:00, the museum is closed December 25 and January 1). Ticket prices vary from €7 - 9. Tel: 800 714049 (Italy Only). Email: info@museodeltessuto.it

Egyptian Mummy Exhibition at the Civico Archeologico Museum of Chianciano, via Dante, Chianciano, (SI). Open from 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 19:00 until November 1st. Open Saturday, Sunday and holidays during November and December with the same opening time. From December 16th 2009 until 6th January 2010 open every day except Monday. Tickets: €5 full, €4 reduced, €2.50 for groups over 20. For further information and booking contact: 0478-30471 museoetrusco@libero.it, museo@comune.chianciano-terme.si.it

Federico Barocci (1535 - 1612) was an Italian Renaissance painter as well as a printmaker. The exhibition is taking place at the Museum Santa Maria Della Scala, Piazza Duomo, in Siena from 10:30 until 18:30 daily. Tickets price without booking €6.00, Tickets price with booking €5,50. Reduced group rates (more than 15 visitors) are €4,50 and €4,00. For all students, people over the age of 65 and disabled people reduced-rate tickets are €3,50 and €3,00. Children under the age of 11 years old are free. For more information Tel: 0577 224811 / 0577 224835 Email: infoscala@comune.siena.it

Museo Civico Archeologico in Chianciano, via Dante. Tickets €5,00 full price, €5,00 reduced. Everyday 10:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:00. Closed Monday. Tel: 0578 30471 Email: museo@comune.chianciano-terme.si.it

In the countryside town of Sinalunga (outside of Siena) will celebrate the Patron Saint of Martin with the 26th annual cart race of homemade carts down the streets of the town. The cart race is held on Sunday, November 8th. The festival begins Friday, November 6th at 15:00 and continues until Sunday, November 8th at 20:00. For further information Tel: 0577 890538 E-mail: info@prolocosinalunga.it

from September 2009 to May 2010 the entire city of Siena celebrates the 700 years from its 'Costituto'. The festival includes events taking place every weekend (Friday to Sunday). The events include entertainment, art, music, markets and food. For the complete program see the website. For further information tel: +39 0577292340 Email: urp@comune.siena.it