Newsletter: October 9 - 22

Announcements / CET Events:

Oct. 9
Buon compleanno, Sarah!

Oct. 18-22
Midterm Exams. In bocca al lupo!
The CET Center will be open until 20:30 pm Monday-Wednesday during exam week.


TBA
Fiorenza International Soccer Award Reception.

This week in Florence:

Tuesday, Oct 12
La Traviata by Verdi
English Church of St. Mark’s www.concertoclassico.info


Wednesday, October 13, 6 pm
Commemorative concert for Arthur Benjamin and Cecil Armstrong Gibbs; includes songs by both composers as well as Francis Toye and Frank Bridge.

Sunday, Oct 17
Little Fall Fair, Piazza S.Spirito (all day)

Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, 47th Chestnut Festival 
Marradi, http://www.sagradellecastagne.it/

Wednesday, October 20, 6 pm
Lecture: Bronzino: A behind-the-scenes look at the organization of the first monographic exhibition of the Italian Mannerist painter Agnolo di Cosimo, known as Bronzino (1503-1572). It will also explore the ways in which the exhibition serves as a platform for reaching out to new audiences in new ways, linking the city's cultural institutions to make Florence ‘the city of Bronzino' from September 2010 to January 2011.

October 21-24
Creativity Festival. For events, locations and details, see www.festivaldellacreativita.it.




October 21 (through December 10)
50 Days of Film – Festival at the Cinema Odeon
For more information, see www.odeon.intoscana.it








Anxious to explore? Suggestions in/around Florence:

tomba etrusca, La Montagnola

Sunday, Oct. 17
“Un viaggio nel tempo” Guided (in Italian) bus tour of Etruscan tombs, gardens, villas, and ceramics museum. 9:30 am – 6 pm. Meeting point at the train station. To reserve your spot on the bus, you just have to call 055/5001495

















Italian phrase of the week:

“A chi nulla tenta, nulla riesce”
(Those who attempt nothing accomplish nothing).


Siate coraggiosi! Be brave! Take advantage of your time in Italy!

Original Sound Movie Schedule Oct 21 - Dec. 2010
ORIGINAL SOUND – ASTRA 2
Piazza Beccaria Reduced ticket €6.00 (Italian and foreign Students from Monday to Friday)


OCTOBER 2010
Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th
EAT PRAY LOVE shows: 3.00 - 5.30 - 8.00 - 10 30 pm

Monday 18th
THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION
(GB 2009, 118') by James Ivory shows 3.45 - 6.00 - 8.15 - 10.30 pm

Monday 25th Tuesday 26th
SOMEWHERE with Italian Subtitles
(USA , 98’) by Sofia Coppola shows 4.30 – 6.30 – 8.30 – 10.30 p.m.


NOVEMBER 2010
Tuesday 2nd
SALT with Italian Subtitles
(USA 2010 – 100’) by Phillip Noyce shows 4.30 - 6.30 - 8.30 - 10.30 pm

Monday 8th
GROWN UPS
(USA 2010 - 102’) by Dennis Dugan shows 4.30 - 6.30 - 8.30 - 10.30 pm

Tuesday 9th
KNIGHT & DAY
(USA 2010 – 110’) by James Mangold shows 4.00 – 6.10 - 8.20 - 10.30 pm

Monday 15th
Tuesday 16th THE SOCIAL NETWORK
(USA 2010 - 120') by David Fincher shows 3.30 - 5.50 - 8.10 - 10.30 pm

Friday 19th – Saturday 20th – Sunday 21st - Wednesday 24th - Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th
HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
with Italian Subtitles (USA, UK 2010 - XXX' ) by David Yates shows 3.30 – 6.30 – 9.30 p.m.

Monday 22nd – Tuesday 23th – Thursday 25th – Fruday 26th - Monday 29th – Tuesday 30th
HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
with Italian Subtitles (USA, UK 2010 - XXX' ) by David Yates shows 5.00 – 9.00 p.m.

DECEMBER 2010
Wednesday 1st Thursday 2nd
WALL STREET – MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
(USA 2010 – 125’) by Oliver Stone shows 8.10 – 10.30 pm

Monday 6th LAST NIGHT (Usa, Fr 2010 - 90') by Massy Tadjedin. shows 4.30 – 6.30 – 8.30 – 10.30 pm

Monday 13th Tuesday 14th
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (USA, Spain– 108’) by Woody Allen shows 4.30 – 6.30 – 8.30 – 10.30 pm