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May 20/21/22 – Cibo Nostrum – Street cooking festival

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Zafferana Etnea and Taormina, May 20th,21st and 22nd 2018

Taormina Street Cooking Fest

Taormina main street, May 21st, from 7.00pm on

 

One event, two locations, three days to savoring the best of food production and national wine. Cibo Nostrum is “The Great Festival of Italian  Cuisine” organized by Italian Chefs Federation in collaboration with Charming Italian Chef, DseFIC and Conpait.taormina-cooking-fest-2017_

More than 22,000 visitors last year have crossed the threshold of Taormina Cooking Fest, giving the possibility to the Italians Chef Federation’s DSE to allocate a substantial donation to the Foundation LIMPE for research on Parkinson’s disease. This year part of the revenues of this seventh edition will be donated also to the Italian Parents’ Movement in favor of the awareness campaign against cyberbullying.

Taormina Cooking Fest is part of Cibo Nostrum, it is an “event in the event” in which it will be possible to taste dishes and ideas of over 150 chefs coming from the entire Italian and international culinary scene, accompanied by the biggest producers of the territory. The Cooking Fest will start on the second day, May 21st at 7.00 pm  along Corso Umberto, giving life to a walk through flavors, aromas and colors, with cooking shows of over 1000 participants cooks, 150 food stations and numerous wine tastings of the most important Sicilian wineries.

Click  here on the following link for the complete program

Here the Official Website

https://cibonostrum.eu/

Where to stay

Hotel Villa Carlotta Hotel Villa Ducale Hotel Villa Schuler Hotel La Pensione Svizzera

recommended by Taormina.it

 

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Sept. 2018 – Night opening of the Ancient Theatre

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Night opening of the Ancient Theatre

Till 11.00pm

Ticket: € 10,00 >> Buy ticket online

The ancient site will be open till 11.00 pm and the new lighting will show you the theatre as you’ve never seen it before!

 

DATES

From Saturday 1 to Monday 3 2018

Wednesday 5 September

Thursday 6 September

Tuesday 11 September

Thursday 13 September

Sunday 16: theatre closes at 3.00pm and re-open at 9.00pm

From Monday 17 to Friday 21 September

 

new dates may be added

 

CLICK HERE to watch the FB video realised by the Naxos Archaelogical Park

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May 12/26 – Exhib. La Sicilia dalle Infinite Perle

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La Sicilia dalle Infinite Perle

Paint Exhibition

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano from May 12 to 26 2018

Free Entrance

 

Three different exhibitions open to public:

> “Le manifestazioni gemelle” – In order to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bahà’u’llàh, founder of  Baha’i Faith, the exhibition  will dispay works realised by Karmil Cardone, Bruno Ceccobelli and Maria Ditaranto.
The Bahá’í Faith is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people. Established by Bahá’u’lláh in 1863, it initially grew in Iran (Persia) and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. Currently it has between 5 and 7 million adherents, known as Bahá’ís, spread out into most of the world’s countries and territories.

> an exhibition dedicated to Lily Daneu Giachery and his husband Guido Giachery

> a solo show of Salvatore Bonajuto Fiamingo, nephew in law of Lily and Guido Giachery

 

 

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May 2018 – Italian Opera Special Events

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San Giorgio Theatre (Via Don Giovanni Bosco), May 5, 12, 19 and 26 2018 @ 9.30pm

€ 20,00 entrance, drink included

Do you love Opera music? Special evenings organised on every saturday of May 2018 by the Italian Opera Taormina management.

The evening will be held in the Cine Teatro ‘San Giorgio’ where you will be offered a drink and can take in an extraordinary panorama view of Taormina.

Saturday 5th May >> Omaggio a Verdi – Homage to Giuseppe Verdi with Graziano D’Urso (barytone) – Elizabetta Zizzo (soprano)

Saturday 12th May >> I Tre Tenori – The Three Tenors with Marco Antonio Pastorelli, Federico Parisi,  Andrea Casablanca

Saturday 19th May >> Le donne di Puccini – The Women of Giacomo Puccini with Silvia di Falco, Martina La Malfa (soprans)

Saturday 26th May >> Italian Film Songs with Carmen Salomone (sopran) and Davide Benigno (tenor)

Tickets on www.italianoperataormina.com

Information and booking: info@italianoperataormina.com – mob. +39  340 6426230

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Apr. 30 – Food and Jazz Day Taormina

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International Jazz Day

Taormina town centre on Monday 30th April 2018. from 10.00am on

A perfect combination of food and music.

Jazz bands will perform in the main squares of Town and many restaurants and café will create special dish and cocktails inspired by giants of Jazz like Diana Krall, Nick la Rocca, Louis Armstrong and some Italian great jazz players like Francesco Cafiso and Dino Rubino.

On Monday 30th April, come and have a walk and something to eat in Town. Enjoy the music that will spread in the air: from 11.o0am to 10,30pm many jazz groups will play simultaneously in the squares and streets of town.

Here are the jazz bands that will play: Rino Cirinnà 4et, Giuseppe Asero 4et, Jank, 3 Brothers Gang, Jank, Sea Connection Trio, Alibrandi & Toscano duo, Size 46 street band, Emanuele Privitera 4et, Orazio Maugeri 4et, Adrien Marco 4et.

 

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ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY – #jazzday

In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe.
International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots, future and impact; raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding; and reinforce international cooperation and communication. Each year on April 30, this international art form is recognized for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity; eradicating discrimination; promoting freedom of expression; fostering gender equality; and reinforcing the role of youth in enacting social change.
(source: https://jazzday.com)

As soon as you arrive , you will feel the magical, mythical atmosphere spread all around which has enchanted visitors from all over the world for years and years.

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Jun./Jul. 2018 – Book Signing by “Spazio al Sud”

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SPAZIO AL SUD

by Associazione Arte e Cultura a Taormina

Book Signing of the works of Sicilian writers

Terrace of Hotel Isabella (Corso Umberto n. 58) – Summer 2018 @ 6.30pm

 

– Saturday June 16 – Book Signing of “Cetti Curfino” by Massimo Maugeri

– Sunday July 1 – Book Signing of “Vento di Mare” by Paolo Sidoti

– Friday July 13 – Book Signing of “Il Lieto Fine è Dispari” by Fabio Pinna

– Friday July 27 – Book Signing -of “Le Lunghe Notti” by Paolo Trischitta

 

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Jul. 14-20 – 64th Taormina Film Fest

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64th Taormina Film Fest

Taormina, from July 14th to July 21st 2018

Main locations: Congress Hall, Cinema Olimpia and Public Gardens of town

Artistic Directors: Silvia Bizio and Gianvito Casadonte

 

Rupert Everett, Richard Dreyfuss, Matthew Modine the international star of this year’s Taormina Film Fest.
Maurizio Millenotti, Michele Placido, Sabina Guzzanti, Monica Guerritore, Beppe Cino, Tony Sperandeo, Gaetano Curreri, Pietro Valsecchi, Michela Andreozzi, Martha de Laurentiis, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Adriana Chiesa, Donatella Palermo, Paola Ferrari de Benedetti and Maria Sole Tognazzi some of the Italian names.

 

“This year the festival – the artistic directors declare – endorses films directed by women and films with strong social themes, such as immigration, violence against women and refugees; for this reason the jury is made up by women only, either producers or actresses “.
Among the titles in the competition: Gotti by Kevin Caonnolly with John Travolta, Restiamo amici by Antonello Grimaldi, Seguimi by Claudio Sestieri, Dark Crimes by Alexandros Avranas with Jim Carrey, The hero by Cristiano Anania with Salvatore Esposito.

Taormina Arte Awards: to Rupert Everett for the direction and interpretation of The Happy Prince; to Maurizio Millenotti for costumes and career; to Matthew Modine, Richard Dreyfuss and Michele Placido.

The film shows will be held at Taormina Congress Hall.
Documentaries, shorts, masterclasses and the awarding of prestigious prizes Tauro D’Oro will frame and complete the Film Fest

 

Program 64° Taormina Film Fest

14 LUGLIO – Messina

Ore 20:00: Cerimonia di inaugurazione del festival al Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Presentazione della giuria del Festival Omaggio a Carlo Vanzina: Film Il cielo in una stanza di Carlo e Enrico Vanzina ospiti: Ricky Tognazzi e Simona Izzo videoconferenza. Aurelio De Laurentiis

15 LUGLIO – Taormina

11 AM: INAUGURAZIONE MOSTRA FOTOGRAFICHE– Primo piano, Palazzo dei Congressi Adolfo Franzò – (Woman/Actress) Elisabetta Pandolfino – (Scatto Mentale)

SALA B 11:00 : Io viaggio sola di Maria Sole Tognazzi 16:00 DOCUMENTARIO WHY KNOT – di Dhruv Dhawan – CANADA – 83” 18:00– DOCUMENTARIO Prima che il gallo canti – di Cosimo Damiano Damato 20:00 CORTO- Pray for Rome – di Ilaria Borrelli – ITALIA – a seguire FUORI CONCORSO : Io Dio e Bin Laden – di Larry Charles con Nicolas Cage – 93”

SALA A 16:00 IN CONCORSO Tatterdmalion –di Ramaa Mosley – USA – 110” 18:00 – DOCUMENTARIOLa libertà non deve morire in mare –- di Alfredo Lo Piero – 75” 20:00 CORTO- Mercury – di Khaleel Lee – USA a seguire IN CONCORSO L’Eroe – di Cristiano Anania con Salvatore Esposito – ITALIA – 90”

16 LUGLIO

SALA B 12:00 In conversazione Terry Gilliam con Silvia Bizio 16:00 FUORI CONCORSO– The Tale di Jennifer Fox – USA – 114” 18:00 CORTOPiù data che promessa – di Maria Grazia Nazzari – ITALIA a seguire DOCUMENTARIOLike a Pebble in The Boot . – di Hélène Choquette – CANADA – 73” – introduzione di Davide Morabito 20:00 – FUORI CONCORSOOcean’s Eight – Gary Ross 110”

SALA A 10:00 IN CONCORSO: Once upon a Time in November– di Andrzej Jakimowshi – POLONIA 18:00 IN CONCORSO::Ice Cream and the Sound of raindrops – – di Daigo Matsui – GIAPPONE – 75” 21:00 IN CONCORSOLeave no Trace – di Debra Granik – USA – 90”

17 LUGLIO

SALA B 10:00 A scuola di cinema – Gli studenti del corso di documentario della sede Sicilia del centro sperimentale di cinematografia di Palermo raccontano le loro esperienze 12:00 DOCUMENTARIO Sara’ paradiso – di Gaetano di Lorenzo – ITALIA 16:00 DOCUMENTARIOCOUNTRY FOR OLD MAN – di Pietro Jona e Stefano Cravero – ITALIA – 79” 18:00 CORTOAl di la’ del mare – di Fabio Schifiliti – ITALIA – a seguire DOCUMENTARIOSETTEPONTI WALKABOUT di Gianfranco Bonadies, Gianpaolo Capobianco, Michele Sammarco e Valeria Tisato – ITALIA – 45” introdotto dai registi

18 LUGLIO

SALA B 10:00 – Io e Lei di Maria Sole Tognazzi 12: :00 In conversazione Maria Sole Tognazzi con Silvia Bizio 14:00FUORI CONCORSO Transfert di Massimiliano Russo – ITALIA – 103” 16:00 CORTO Posso entrare – di Fariborz Kamkary – ITALIA – 17” a seguire DOCUMENTARIO Acqua e zucchero : Carlo di Palma, I Colori della Vita – di Fariborz Kamkary – ITALIA – Introduzione di Fariborz Kamkar 18:00 Monica Guerritore – in Conversazionecon Silvia Bizio 19:00 CORTO Il compleanno di Alice di Maria Grazia Cucinotta – ITALIA -15” a seguire DOCUMENTARIO – GREETINGS FROM AUSTIN – di Vittorio Buongiorno – ITALIA – 62” seguito da concerto di Don Diego Trio 21:00 :OUT OF COMPETITION – Gotti – di Kevin Caonnolly con John Travolta – USA –112”

SALA A 11:00 IN CONCORSOSeguimi – di Claudio Sestieri – ITALIA 19:00 IN CONCORSO Be kind di Nino Monteleone – ITALIA 21:00IN CONCORSO Road to the Lemon Grove – di Dale Hildebrand – CANADA/ITALIA

19 LUGLIO

SALA A 16:00 IN CONCORSO Mare di grano – di Fabrizio Guarducci – 92” 18:00 IN CONCORSO Restiamo Amici – di Antonello Grimaldi – ITALIA – 92” 20:00 CORTO Paura dell’ignoto– di Gabriel Jenkinson – ITALIA – 7” a seguire The Happy Prince FUORI CONCORSO– introdotto da Rupert Everett e Maurizio Millenotti

SALA B 11:00 CORTO Sicily my love – di Michael Roberts – ITALIA DOCUMENTARIO – Il raccontatore – di Giancarlo Mogavero – ITALIA – 30” 15:00 FUORI CONCORSO- In Bici senza sella di Alessandro Giuggioli – 100” 17:00 Sabina Guzzanti InConversazionecon Silvia Bizio 18:00 CORTOSunrise road – di Leopoldo Dondena seguito dal DOCUMENTARIOHANDS OF GOD – – di Riccardo Romani – 72” 20:00 out of COMPETITION Angel Face – di Vanessa Filho – FRANCIA– anteprima italiana – 108”

20 LUGLIO

SALA B 11:00 In conversazione Pietro Valsecchi con Silvia Bizio 12:00 DOCUMENTARIO La storia dimenticata di Camp Monticello di Matteo Borgardt – 50” 15:00 DOCUMENTARIO Mikael – di Massimiliano Varrese – ITALIA – anteprima mondiale – 59” 16:00 DOCUMENTARIO ‘Cca Semu – di Luca Vollu – ITALIA – 30” 17:00 In conversazione – Matthew Modine con Silvia Bizio

SALA A 16:00 CORTO- Le piccole cose – regia di Emiliano Caligani – 15 min. a seguire FUORI CONCORSO– Trauma is a Time Machine – di Angelica Zollo – USA

21:00 – CERIMONIA DI PREMIAZIONE AL TEATRO ANTICO
Free Entrance

 

SCHEDULE OF FILM FEST EVENTS

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Film Fest 4

 

Info

taorminafilmfest.it

taorminafilmfest.eu

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Jul. 5 – Piccolo Coro of Taormina

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July 5th 2018, piazza IX aprile @ 9.00pm

Free entrance

On the occasion of the celebrations for San Pancrazio, patron saint of Taormina (July 9th), the Little Choir of Taormina will sing some of the most popular kid’s songs of the last years on the main square of town piazza IX aprile @ 9.00pm.
The Piccolo Coro Don Bosco is composed by kids from 4 to 12 years and it is directed by Ivan Lo Giudice.

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Italian Opera Taormina – 2018

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April 2018 >> Every Saturday at 9.15 pm

From May to October 2017 >> Every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9.15 pm

San Giorgio  Theatre (via Don Bosco, behind piazza IX April)

€ 20,00 entrance, drink included

Do you love Opera music? The artists of the Italian Opera Taormina perform every week in Taormina. More than one hour of timeless arias from some of the most famous Italian operas.

An extraordinary journey with the most famous arias and duet from “Italian Operas”. You will hear music from great Italian operas interpreted by professional singers who have performed in the most important Italian and international theatres, performed with piano accompaniment.

The evening will be held in the Cine Teatro ‘San Giorgio’ where you will be offered a drink and can take in an extraordinary panorama view of Taormina.

Program changes every night. Tickets: € 20,00 (under 25 € 15,00) Box office:  11:00 – 12:00 a.m.  and from 7.00pm on concert dates
Tickets Online:  www.italianoperataormina.com or classictic.com

Info and booking: 0039 340 64 26 230 (mobile) – info@italianoperataormina.com

Here you can have a look at the program of each evening:

March 31 

April 7 – April 14 – April 25 – April 28

May 2 – May 4 – May 7 – May 9 – May 11 – May 14 – May 16 – May 18 – May 21 – May 23 – May 25 – May 28 – May 30

June 1 – June 4 – June 6 – June 8 – June 11 – June 13 – June 15 – June 18 – June 20 – June 22 – June 25 – June 27 – June 29

July 2 – July 4 – July 6 – July 9 – July 11 – July 13 – July 16 – July 18 – July 20 – July 23 – July 25 – July 27 – July 30

August 1 – August 3 – August 6 – August 8 – August 10 – August 13 – August 15 – August 17 – August 20 – August 22 – August 24 – August 27 – August 29 – August 31

September 3 – September 5 – September 7 – September 10 – September 12 – September 14 – September 17 – September 19 – September 21 – September 24 – September 26 – September 28

October 1 – October 3 – October 5 – October  8 – October 10 – October 12 – October 15 – October 17 – October 19 – October 22 – October 24 – October 26 – October 29  – October 31

November 2 – November 7 –  November 14 – November 21 – November 28

December 5 – December  12 – December 19 – December 26

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Feb. 23 – Candlelight tour of Taormina – M’illumino Di Meno

CANCELLED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

 

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Candlelight tour of Taormina

National Day of Energy Saving – M’illumino Di Meno (I Use Less Energy)

Taormina, Friday February 23@ 6.00pm

Experience the beauty of Taormina in an unusual way: a candlelight walk through the historic centre and a night visit of the Ancient Theatre.

In fact, on the occasion of the National Day of Energy Saving, the Association ‘Legambiente Taormina / Valle dell’Alcantara’ organises a candlelight walk through the historic centre of Taormina, from Porta Catania down to the Ancient Teathre.

The walk is free and open to all, just bring a candle or a solar torch as most of the public illumination will be switched off from 6.30pm to 8.30pm and the windows of many stores will be lit only by candles.

Gather at Porta Catania at 6.15pm of Friday 23rd February  The walk will begin at 6.30pm and will end with the visit of the Ancient Theatre.

From Radio 2 Caterpillar Press Release:

“Since 2005, every year, a broadcast of Radio2, Caterpillar, asks its listeners to turn off all the lights that are not really indispensable at 6 pm on a February afternoon. This year it will be Friday, 23. We celebrate the birthday of the Kyoto Protocol, humanity’s attempt to save the Earth from the destruction caused by climate change. A symbolic and concrete initiative – extinguishing the lights and bearing witness to the future of humanity – which immediately became very participatory: the Italian squares, the monuments – the Tower of Pisa, the Colosseum, the Arena of Verona -, the palaces symbol of Italy – Quirinale, Senato and Camera – and many houses of citizens. The Eiffel Tower, the Foreign Office and the Vienna Prater Wheel went off for M’illumino di Meno. In dozens of museums we organize guided tours at low light, in schools we discuss energy efficiency, in many restaurants you can have dinner by candlelight, in the square you make astronomical observation taking advantage of the reduction of light pollution. Since the beginning of M’illumino di Meno, in 14 years, the world has changed. Energy efficiency has become a major economic issue and the incandescent bulbs that Caterpillar was inviting to change with energy-saving lamps now simply no longer exist. Many Italians have photovoltaic panels on their roofs and all the governments of the world have made other agreements, in Paris in 2015, to reduce the damage caused by climate change. All less one. M’illumino di Meno has also become the festival of sustainable lifestyles, those that make you feel good without consuming the planet. There was little that became state law: two proposals, in the House and the Senate, have called for the establishment of the National Day of energy conservation and sustainable lifestyles. This year, Caterpillar and Radio2 dedicate M’illumino di Meno to the beauty of walking and walking. Because under our feet there is the Earth and to save it we must change step. The invitation for February 23, 2018 is to turn off the lights and go on foot: a march, a procession, a snowshoeing, a relay race, a marathon or a half marathon, a dance in the square or a piece of road behind the band country. For schools the Pedibus – go all together on foot – for those who go by car to do a piece on foot. You can do it on foot. For one day, February 23, 2018, we think with our feet.”

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