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A' Design Award & Competition
The annual A 'Design Award & Competition exhibition opens on Saturday, June 10th, 2017 at 6 pm at the SPAZIO RATTI, in Viale Spallino 1 in Como. A 'Design Award & Competition' is the world's leading annual competition for international design. A 'Design's awards are organized in a wide range of creative fields to highlight the designers of excellence who carry out their work from all countries in all disciplines. Participations in the competition are examined by a panel of judges of experts, eminent press representatives and established professionals. Winners of A 'Design Award & Competition's professional edition have the opportunity to exhibit their work free of charge, while digital edition participants are included in a video that shows their work. A' Design Award & Competition left Design projects Exhibition A' Design Award & Competition Open everyday 11am to 2pm and 3pm to 6pm Venue: Spazio Ratti (Ex Church of S. Francesco), viale Spallino 1, Como. Free Admission
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Swing all round by Swingingfolk
Live music and entertainment at the Chiostrino in the centre of Como. Don't miss it! Swing all round a cura di Swingingfolk left Music events by That's me Swing all round by Swingingfolk 8.30pm Location: Chiostrino Artificio, piazzolo Terragni 4 Reservation is advised by email lelecomplici.musicforgreen@gmail.com or by phone at +39.345 4393966 In case of bad weather the concert may be cancelled Ticket: 10€ included one drink For further information check the ARTIFICIO COMO site (Italian)
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A Theatre to discover - Guided Tours
The Teatro Sociale in Como opens its doors to the city, to citizens and to tourists who visit our city during this summer. How does the Royal seat look like? Why is that room called "Pasta"? What's upstage? And under the stage? Visitors will be accompanied to visit the halls, the "behind the scenes" and the mysterious places of the theater, usually inaccessible to viewers. The visit takes about one hour and includes a guided tour of the Foyer, the Pasta Room, the Main Hall, stage orders, galleries, the Painters' Hall, and then it will take you to the stage, dressing room, tailoring, Canonica, underpass and Arena. Visits are in Italian and English. It will be an unforgettable opportunity that will allow citizensa and visitors to feel closer to the beautiful Theatre. Teatro Sociale a hidden treasure left Guided Tour inside the beautiful Teatro Sociale in Como A Theatre to discover - Guided Tours 11am Venue: Teatro Sociale, piazza Verdi Fee: 5.
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Rebellious Lake Como. Guided Tour
Lake Como is a land of wonderful landscapes and history, but also the place where the adventures of smugglers, brigands and soldiers have been consumed. In this frontier land between Italy and Switzerland, the mountains just around the city Como were excavated to accommodate trenches, fortresses and hiding places. The woods have been inhabited by soldiers and the trails were crossed from one side of the border to the other by men with huge shoulder bags, often escaping from the guards of both countries. The Tour will guide you for a few hours (up to 5 hours) in the Spina Verde park, a nice green area of Como, where you can enjoy the natural beauty of the park, beautiful views of the city and the lake and learn very particular aspects of the local history. A few hours between natural beauties, foxholes, fortresses, ancient barracks of the border guards, trails suspended between two countries and stunning scenery. On this journey that combines the discovery of a wonderful nature,
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Guided Tour of Teatro Sociale
The Teatro Sociale in Como opens its doors to the city, to citizens and to tourists who visit our city during this summer. How does the Royal seat look like? Why is that room called "Pasta"? What's upstage? And under the stage? Visitors will be accompanied to visit the halls, the "behind the scenes" and the mysterious places of the theater, usually inaccessible to viewers. The guided visit takes about one hour and includes a guided tour of the Foyer, the Pasta Room, the Main Hall, stage orders, galleries, the Painters' Hall, and then it will take you to the stage, dressing room, tailoring, Canonica, underpass and Arena. Visits are in Italian and English. It will be an unforgettable opportunity that will allow citizensa and visitors to feel closer to the beautiful Theatre. Teatro Sociale in Como - a guided tour left A visits of the Theatre and its hidden secrets Guided Tour of Teatro Sociale 11am Venue: Teatro Sociale, piazza Verdi Fee: 5.
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Miss Apleton - Jazz at sunset
Third appointment at the Brunate Library sunset concerts: Saturday July 1st concert by Franca Barone, MISS APLETON - We Do Jazz. To accompany Franca Barone there will be musicians Cesare Pizzetti at "contrabbasso", Vincenzo Barbarito on drums, Giordano Alberti on piano and Tullio Ricci on sax. All the pieces of MISS APLETON will be played, the album of the artist's debut, which includes only unpublished pieces, composed, arranged and interpreted by Franca Barone herself. These will include some of the most famous jazz standards in the American songbook such as "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine". Sunset Concert calendar (Italian - PDF) Miss Apleton left Evening Jazz concert in Brunate Miss Apleton - Jazz at sunset 9pm Venue: Parco Franceschini, via Volta - BRUNATE (the location can be reached by the funicular from Como) Free entry (free offer) Brunate Municipality website (Italian)
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Walking around Rationalism
COMO CITY OF RATIONALISM The itinerary in Como dedicated to Rationalism tells the extraordinary architectural renovation that the city of Como underwent in '900, not only regarding the formal and plastic solutions adopted, but also the evidence of new urban landscapes. The itinerary starts off by Casa del Fascio, a building realized by Giuseppe Terragni between 1932 and 1936; this is considered one of the most important rationalist monument of the European architecture. Masterpiece of Italian rationalism, is a balanced and proportionate semi-cube in which the fullness and emptiness system is masterfully used. Today is the headquarters of the Guardia di Finanza. On the way from Piazza del Popolo to the gardens on the lake, you will find the Negozio Vitrum (1930) and the Metropole Suisse Hotel (1926-1927). Then you will reach the so-called “rationalist quarter”, situated between Viale Puecher and Viale Sinigaglia, that testifies the important architectural renewal operated by the
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Di cavallo in torre e di torre in cavallo
Opening Saturday Ocotber 10 at 4pm. This exhibition shows chess and contemporaty art chessboards. Artists: Enrico Baj, Giovanna Bolognini, Andrea Branzi, Alik Cavaliere, Francesco De Molfetta, Ugo Dossi, Marcel Duchamp, Michel Dumas, Paz Fígares, Paola Fonticoli, Francesco Garbelli, Giulio Paolini, Giò Pomodoro, Rodolfo Pozzi, Valdi Spagnulo, Alessandro Traina, William Xerra. The exhibition is organized with the support of Comune di Como and curated by Associazione Chess Collectors International Italia and Roberto Borghi. The exhibitio is organized by CCI Chess Collectors International. Mostra di scacchi, scacchiere e stampe d’arte contemporanea left Exhibition by Roberto Borghi Di cavallo in torre e di torre in cavallo Through October 31 (Tuesday to Sunday): 9.30am to 6pm Sunday November 1, special opening 9.30am to 6pm November hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9.30am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm Close on Mondays, December 8, 25 and 26, January 1. where: Pinacoteca Civica, via Diaz 84 The
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Textilities ... and Roses too
The Fondazione Antonio Ratti is pleased to present Textilities ... and Roses Too, a group exhibition to mark the Foundation’s 30th anniversary and the centenary of the birth of its founder, the textile designer, entrepreneur and collector Antonio Ratti (1915-2002). Textiles are sensual abstractions by linking tactile and optical properties, and embodying aesthetic as well as social and economic developments. Whereas in technical terms they are based on a binary structure (the intersection of threads), their characteristics (an appealing and analytical quality), emerge from complex, non-linear visual and material transfers across time and space. Antonio Ratti collected textiles – primarily samples, drawings and pattern books – as objects to study, as models to be copied, rearranged, reinterpreted and reproduced. Approaching textiles through the lens of microhistory – a concept developed in the 1970s by a group of Italian historians as an analytical tool to probe (material and
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Yarn: thread or story
Fabrics and accessories, silks and textile products that recount the beauty and excellence of Made in Como: this is what the exhibition "Yarn: Thread or Story " will be presenting from 29 July to 3 September 2015 in the suggestive setting of Serre di Villa del Grumello in Como. Fabrics and accessories, placed at disposal by the Como textile manufacturers, which recount the story of the people who designed, made and wore them. A sort of peek backstage to reveal aspects and anecdotes often unknown to most of us:from the famous people who wore themon special occasions, to leading stylists who transformed them into dream garments, without forgetting a number of interesting aspects tied to technology. The aim is to produce a real storytelling of Made in Como, emphasizing beauty, identity and uniqueness but also proudly underlining that this is the cradle of the textile product par excellence, in terms of fashion and technology , at the bottom of the success of so many famous world fashion