March Newsletter

CET News and Events

March 2
Cooking Class at InTavola

March 3-7 Traveling Seminar to Catania 
March 3: Walking Tour of Catania, dinner with CET Siena and Catania students

March 4: Guest Lecture, “Sicily: Traditions of the Past and Future", meeting with Addio Pizzo, Aperitivo at Cortile Alessi with Sicilian students

March 5: 
Full-day guided tour of Mt. Etna

March 6: Free time!

Events in Florence 

March 8
International Women's Day (Festa della donna). Free museum entrances! Women's Day and Fat Tuesday (martedi' grasso) happen to fall on the same day this year. Parties and events throughout the city.

March 12-14 
Taste Festival. Stazione Leopolda

March 12 
Picasso, Miro', Dali': Angry Young Men. Palazzo Strozzi (March 12-Summer 2011)

March 16 Celebrating 150 Years of Italy! 

Events in Piazza della Signoria: 
7 pm Parade

10 pm Dance Performance

11 pm Concert
Midnight Fireworks

Events in Piazza S. Croce
7-10 pm Readings from the Divine Comedy
10:30 pm Concert

There will also be booths set up in Piazza del Duomo. Palazzo Vecchio and the other state musuems will be open until 1 A.M. 



On-going:

Films at the Odeon 
click here for showtimes


Every Tuesday: Language Exchange and Aperitivo
see here for info


Every Wednesday: British Library Lecture and Film 
see schedule here 

Outside Florence

March 6, 8, 13: Carnevale a Viareggio