Waiters are happily obsolete here, as plates of prime and nicely priced sushi parade along the bar on a conveyor belt. Whenever something tasty cruises by, just grab it and eat it. If you’re still hungry, grab some more. Your collection of fluorescent colour-coded plates are then tallied up at the end. Excellent and speedy service in a modern and spacious interior. Prices for two pieces range from G3.75-G9.75 (£1-£3).
Pietro Annigoni
24 01 2009Annigoni – who died in Florence in 1988 – is probably best known for his celebrity portraits, including those of the British Royals. Time magazine even featured his paintings on seven covers. In its determination to uphold the great traditions of the Renaissance, his work has resisted 20th-century trends. On show in this exhibition are some 150 works – many on loan form private collections – including the 1956 portrait of Princess Margaret, known as ‘The Good Samaritan’.
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Gaudeamus International Music Week 2000
21 01 2009Every year, more than 50 new compositions by young composers from around the world are presented during the International Gaudeamus Music Week in various venues around town. Often this is the only opportunity for these composers – and an audience – to hear the scores they have worked so hard on. Composers also become eligible to win the famously career-enhancing Gaudeamus Prize.
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Harvey Sid Fisher
20 01 2009Harvey Sid Fisher first insinuated himself into the dark subconscious of America’s entertainment industry with a show on public-access cable TV, which came across as an extended audition for one of those twisted cameos in a David Lynch movie. Accompanying himself on a piano, the self-styled actor-golfer-model-astrologer croons deadpan tunes about each sign of the horoscope, about arguments among couples, and golf. The visual complement to all of this sincere kitsch is an interpretive dancer who twists and gyrates through such favorites as ‘I am the God of Golf’. A minor cult legend of the LA night…
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Summer nights at the Parterre
19 01 2009The Parterre, near Piazza della Libertà, is one of Florence’s most popular outdoor summer venues and it offers a huge variety of activities. Starting in the late afternoon on Mondays and Wednesdays, kids are catered for with shows and games. Cocktails are served on the terrace at sunset and live concerts – jazz, world music, blues, hip hop – are held every night at 10pm. A bar, snack bar, ice cream and frozen yoghurt stands are nearby to fill your belly and sporting events are projected onto a giant screen.
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EGIPTO Abu simbel
14 01 2009
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Puccini Opera Festival
11 01 2009The shores of Lake Massaciuccoli, near Camaiore, provide a spectacular-and appropriate setting for the annual Puccini Opera Festival. The composer himself had a villa on the lakeside. A stage is built on the water while the audience are seated on terra firma and battle with the droves of indigenous mosquitoes. Take plenty of repellent and enjoy this year’s operas, three of Puccini’s most popular works, ‘Tosca’, ‘La Bohême’and ‘Madame Butterfly’.
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Downtown Reno
2 01 2009
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Fretwork Ensemble
1 01 2009Yet another group attempting the crossover between early and contemporary music, in this case a leading British ensemble complemented by equally prominent counter-tenor Michael Chance. The conspicuously British programme mixes the Renaissance and Baroque compositions by Gibbons, Byrd, Purcell and the like with works by 20th-century luminaries such as Michael Nyman and Thea Musgrave, both of whom have written pieces specifically for this ensemble. Rather archly, the concert also includes one work by Elvis Costello.
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