REMEMBER MY NAME! After 35 years FAME comes back.

FamePageFAME is back!
Fame, Saranno Famosi, the Musical
is coming to Milan
at Barclays Teatro Nazionale.
The electrifying show, inspired to the legendary movie that opened 35 years ago, provides an open look at the New York City’s High School of Performing Arts, where sweat and hard work are the key factors to a successful life as a performer.
The plot follows a group of students across the acting, dancing and music faculties from 1980-1984 as they learn to master their craft and grow up alongside each other, rising to the various challenges that face them.Fame-12-1
The new version, directed by Federico Bellone reserves to its audience a nice surprise: every evening 10 people from the public, will be hosted on stage as part of the Auditorium of Fame School.
For more info
http://www.teatronazionale.it/tutti-gli-spettacoli/fame-saranno-famosi

 

Learn how to cook, to drink, to eat…in “green” paradise

Screen Shot 2016-04-29 at 09.02.33It’s called “Food & Drink Sensorial Cooking Seminar” .
Four (or six, for the luckier ones) days at the Agriturismo Podere Santo Stefano,Tuscany. In the middle of a breathtaking landscape, located in the heart of the Maremma, the italian sommelier Diana Zerilli among other Chefs, will hosts a guided seminar that includes: cooking lessons, tasting of the prepared plates, combination food & drink, Maremma’s extravirgin olive oil tasting, guided tour of the wine cellar and the oil mill in addition to Dinner with special menu combined with oil tasting.dieta-mediterranea.jpg-okThe lessons, who’s topics are Tuscany cuisine
Hand made pasta, Game, and Middle age cuisine, will take place from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. – lunch break – than from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Screen Shot 2016-04-29 at 09.03.18At the end of the course you will receive a participation certificate
and the recipes of the different prepared plates.
This is the perfect place to spend a relaxing holiday,
nearby very interesting and cultural places.
Daily fee: 380 € ( includes accommodation, international breakfast buffet, cooking lessons, wine tasting, welcome dinner, certificate.) vinoDaily fee without seminar participation: 150 € ( includes accommodation, international breakfast buffet, wine tasting). Minimum participants : 4 persons. Payment: 50% at registration, 50% on the 1st seminar day.Screen Shot 2016-04-29 at 09.01.01May 6/8, June 24/26, July 16/18, Aug 12/14, Sept 23/25
.For information, dates and registrations: zerillisommelier@gmail.com.
Ph + 39 345.38.91.151

Chic, Tasty & Sparkling? Berlucchi Lounge at Duomo !

Milan, April 6th Berlucchi from 7.30 pm at Mercato Duomo IMG_9347 copy
Davide
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Brut, Rosee and Saten Franciacorta Berlucchi ’61,
and including the new Nature, with five exquisite dishes large tapas like,IMG_9337 copy spanning from cold cuts, to veggies, to cheeses that representing
the Italian excellence in the world of gastronomy. IMG_9344 copy
The event will take place in the beautiful Franciacorta Lounge
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Easter Colomba and Italian wines classes by Diana

Colomba is a traditional Italian Easter yeast bread. It is shaped like a dove (colomba in Italian), the symbol of peace and resurrection.Soft and fragrant, colomba is a generous cake with butter and eggs, filled with raisins and candied orange peel.20160229_145836-1024x576The colomba could mean not only a peace message but also solidarity. Like in the case of the artisanal Colomba Arcobaleno (Rainbow Dove)  created by the Milanese sommelier Diana Zerilli  who supports gay rights and gay issues in Italy, such as marriage and child adoption. Her colomba is made with Sicilian Avola almonds, Calabria cedar, kneaded with Vernaccia Mormoraia, a traditional white wine from San Gimignano,d zerilli

Beside food, Diana passion  and expertise is (of course) wine. Twice a week, she gives classes and wine tasting at Hotel Rubens in Milan.

Each class will introduce an Italian region, with its local wines and food.

Here the current calendar
March 10th Wines from Valle d’Aosta
March 17th Wines from Veneto and Diana’s Chiantigno drink tasting
March 22th Wines fron Piemonte.
Classes will continue in April, after Easter Holidays.

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Each class costs 35 Euros.
If you are interested, you can contact Diana at zerillisommelier@gmail.com

Destination: Cirkopolis. Cirque Éloize conquers Milan

Screen Shot 2016-02-18 at 08.23.47An amazing, long journey is taking away the audience of Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan.
The voyage is guided by the spectacular cast, music, lights, and visual effect created by the Cirque Éloize Cirkopolis, a nearly two hour show directed by Jeannot Painchaud and Dave St-Pierre. It starts off with a back projection of a dreary factory populated by a crowd of people in grey overcoats designed by Liz Vandal,
while an employer is constantly stamping documents at his office desk. It reminded me of a scene of the recent movie Anna Karenina as well as Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and the underground world of Fritz Lang’s  Metropolis. The amazing video screen by Alexis Laurence follow the action with an intense zooming through buildings or tunnels, giving us the feeling of moving through space. Cirkopolis is taking us to forests, machines, buildings and finally a black and white circus tent.The 10 member extraordinary cast of acrobats and dancers use ropes, trapeze, a Chinese pole, teeter-board German wheel  in a variety of different acts that are pretty astonishing to behold. Screen Shot 2016-02-18 at 09.35.49One of the most touching moment is a romantic and unexpected pas de deux with a male dancer and a woman dress on a hanger. The great music by Stefan Boucher and the active choreography created by Dave St Pierre follow and animate constantly the show, like a modern ballet interacting with the  balancing acts.
At Teatro Arcimboldi till February 24th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUMPING WITH DUUM

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Sonics are the actor/dancer Antonio Villella aka Serafino and eight extraordinary aerial acrobats.

 

                                   Their new show is called DUUM and pays homage to the imaginary
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Sonics will bring on stage some breathtaking aerial acrobatics trying to make the Duum, the jump towards the earth surface.Screen Shot 2016-01-29 at 23.12.08
Duum is actually the sound of a jump. always invent new expedients searching for the right vibration, the secret that will make them leave the underworld forever.duum-sito-3

I loved the  show, the music and the costumes, created by Ileana Prudente and
Irene Chiarle

DUUM will be performing at Teatro Carcano in Milan till Sunday Jan 31th, then will take the Italian tour to Faenza, Bologna, Cividale, Tolmezzo, Sacile, Varese, Forlì.
Here You can check the full Duum Tour schedule.

 

 

“I am Romagnolo” 30 wines of Romagna

caliceFrom Friday Feb 26th to Sunday 28th  “Wine Festival I am Romagnolo” where quality food and wine enthusiasts will enjoy local Sangiovese, Albana, Pagadebit and more
Try the wines of 30 wineries of Romagna, dozens of winemakers of the territories of Forli, Faenza, Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini
Purchase the cup,  and ticket “Euroromagnoli”, enjoy the guided tastings tours.
Entrance to the Festival is free.
Info  at  Sono Romagnolo

HAPPY 90, JERRY !

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Jerry Lewis, the eternal adolescent, awkward and elegant, knowing and naïve, exhilaratingly brash and painfully shy. His energy and unpredictability was always there, a threat and a promise.

March 16 is Lewis’s 90th birthday, an occasion MoMA is celebrating with a retrospective of some of his finest films, all presented in rare 35mm prints.

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Each program comes with a surprise: selections of outtakes, screen tests, home movies, and behind-the-scenes footage chosen by Robert Furmanek, Mr. Lewis’s personal archivist of many years.

 

Düsseldorf Wehrhahnline it’s alive!

After Fifteen years of planning and construction,26179_Manuel_Franke_Heike_Kluss
Düsseldorf has completed an extraordinary collective undertaking.v

On February  20th, 2016  the City and its Mayor Thomas Geisel, will celebrate the opening of the Wehrhahnline, a new metro link that will run beneath the city centre, over a distance of 3.4 kilometres boasting six stations collaboratively designed by artists and architects.000426

 20th 2016 at 12 pm, Station Heinrich-Heine-Allee

 

 

Indian Cinema: a powerful tale and a sweet, fat, love story

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From Febuary 12th till 19th  Spazio Oberdan in Milan, presents a selection of the
River to River Florence Indian Film Festival.

The opening day will give a tribute to two great Indian directors
Deepa Mehta
and  Sharat Katariya

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Water. at 4,30pm
Directed by Deepa Mehta.
Set in 1938, when India was still a colony and Mahatma Gandhi was beginning its ascent. The little eight year old Chuyia is sent to live in a house where  the Hindu widows must live in eternal penance.Nominated at the 2007 Oscar.
Check the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewNn2r2P3g


Dum Laga Ke Haisha
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Directed by Sharat Katariya.
A funny story that revolves around the life of a small town couple. From overcoming his fear of the English language to dealing with an overbearing father, Prem discovers that his oversized wife, Sandhya, who he thought was a spanner in his business and life, will actually lead him to something cool.
Check the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ycJVEHq-w

a “drunky” panettone!

Meet Diana Zerilli, promoter, food events creator and wine connoisseur.d zerilli

Among his biggest hits, Eatingfrienship & Wines, tasting of Tuscan wines of Mormoraia Bocale held in Hong Kong in 2014. Specialist in relations between the producers of Italian wine, olive oil and homemade pasta with foreing markets including New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, among others.

As a writer, Diana published “I messaggi della buonanotte”, liro
a book about friendship and maternal love,
entirely made through a text messages collection.

 

Diana just released a new book out called “21 grammi” a collection of dishes that combine food to selected Tuscany wines. cover150x250

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For the Holidays, Diana created one of a kind Vernaccia Panettone, the traditional Christmas cake, enriched by a generous quantity of raisins that have been macerated in the S.Giminiano Mormoraia Vernaccia white wine, to enhance the cake fragrance.Panettone vernaccia 2

 

 

Available by order at zerillisommelier@Gmail.com
or at the five5Senses Store,
located inside the Barclays Teatro Nazionale in Milan.

 

THE ITALIAN GOLDEN BREAD FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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It’s the traditional Italian sweet cake of Veronese origins, most popular during the holidays. A traditional taller leavened cake, that when cut is the shape of star. Pandoro is baked  in a special star-shaped mold. pandoro-rhum

When sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar, it has the appearance of fallen snow on a mountain. Pandoro may be served with many types of creams or sauces, such as mascarpone topping, melted chocolate,or flavored whipped cream
or rum or filled with ic cream or custard.FRACCARo
I tried the amazing Fraccaro Pandoro, incredibly soft and hairy, thanks to 72 hours to slow rising and natural, with yeast, make a sweet Pandoro Fraccaro unique and inimitable.The softness of the dough sourdough with fine fresh butter, golden color and the star shape, decorated with a dusting of powdered sugar, pandoro_FraccaroSpumadoromakes this cake the perfect dessert to celebrate the Holidays.Store

You can find this great cake at Fraccaro Store Circonvallazione Ovest, 25/27 -Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso

LONDON TEDDY BOYS ARE BACK ! BUSINESSMEN NEVER IRON!

elenty 2 b wThe Eleventy Men’s SS 2016 collection is inspired by the London Teddy Boys of the 1950s, who brought back the notion of dressing well always and everywhere, creating their own hallmark style inspired by that of the dandies of the Edwardian era.
Dark jackets, drainpipe pants, waistcoats and major focus on details, biker jackets in washed black nappa, with zips flaunted as crucial elements,
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For the man who is always on the go, Eleventy proposes a range of suits, jackets and pants made from precious wools that have been specially treated to enhance their resistance to atmospheric agents and insulation, so that they become no-iron and are never creased.
www.eleventy.it/en/

Magic for the inner child within you

festival magia“Festival della Magia” a Festival of Magic hosted by comedian and magician Raul Cremona, brings to the stage some of the most interesting Italian magicians.
From Aldo Nicolini aka Uncle Potterfestival4, who mysteriously loses his head,

 

 

 

 

 

to the flamboyant Ottavio Belli festival magia 1who enchants the audience with daring disappearances  through blades of fire.
From Shezan who creates from nothing a dozen of lanterns,festival6
to the
14 year old Elisa Rossi playing her amazing Chinese rings,festival 2
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Mirko Menegatti’s traditional games with the doves.festival5
The poetry of Clown Carillon opens and closes the show with a triumph of soap bubbles festival 10
while the great host Cremona performs some magic numbers.
A special applause to an irresistible comedian GianLuca “Felipe” Beretta, who plays a dumb viewer involved in some tricks.
“A show is not only for children, but also for the inner child
within any adults” Cremona said.Raul_Cremona_©_Efrem_Raimondi_100_Sito
Till January 6th 2016 at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan.
Here Info for time schedule and tickets

 

 

Will Prince Désiré wake up the princess Aurora who falls asleep for a hundred years?

Sleeping Beauty, a ballet masterpiece with the wonderful music of PI TCajkovskij
and the iconic choreography of Marius Petipa will enchant again Milan audience
thanks to one of the most famous ballet companies in the world,
the New Classical Ballet of Moscow IMG_0428                                                                             featuring Stetlitsa Evgenii and Olga Kifiak,
both first soloists of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev, IMG_0337                                                while the finale will bring some very special Guests such as
Puss in boots and White Cat, Cinderella and the Prince
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.

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A magical fairy tale not to be missed.
At Teatro Manzoni in Milan
January 7th, 2016 at 9.00 pm
For info and tickets http://www.teatromanzoni.it

RAPUNZEL Remember this name…..

Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 12.26.16Successful return of the beloved family show “Rapunzel” a musical inspired to the Grimm Brother tale, revisited by Alessandro Procacci, Davide Magnabosco e Paolo Barillari.
Great Cast starting with Lorella Cuccarini as the evil Gothel,Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 12.29.01Alessandra Ferrari as Rapunzel, while the role of Rapunzel child, is greatly performed by 9 years old Valentina Critelli the winner of a popular TV Italian kid contest
Ti Lascio una Canzone”.
A big applause for the flamboyant Giulio Corso Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 12.29.41as Phil, a young robber who is trying to escape the royal guards and sheltering refuge in an old tower, where he will find Rapunzel , a young girl keep imprisoned by a witchy aunt.Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 12.27.04There are a lots of new characters, like the two talking flowers, the
guard “Hound” who speaks in Grammelot
and the mirror “Spiegel”, which reflects
the conscience of Rapunzel and inner thoughts.
In addition to that I loved some cartoon animated outdoor sequences Great Idea! 
A memorable moment: a multitude of lanterns flying over the audience.
Rapunzel will perform at Teatro Arcimboldi till Jan 10th 2016 then touring all over Italy .
Here dates and venues

Welcome to The Hole! If you’re not in the hole…you cannot get out of it!

Milan. Over 16 years old Italians are going crazy for THE HOLE, a sexy, shameless, provocative and terribly funny 2 hours Club-Circus-Theatre-Burlesque-Cabaret show playing now at the Teatro LinearCiak, IMG_8219turned into a club with tables and chairs for eating some serrano ham
or sipping a drik while watching the show.

 Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 09.43.38 Out of the ordinary, then, it is the story that binds the amazing stage performance of extraordinary artists who animate it: an Rocky Horror lookalike Master of ceremonies (the brave Filippo Strocchi) exhausted by a life of excess, find true love WITH with Maria Dolores, a sweet rabbit!  He decides to put his head in place, proud to present to friends and to the world the new love. Screen Shot 2015-12-19 at 09.40.55
The brazen hedonist organizes a big party at his villa to announce to those present and to the public, maintained by the sensual and governed by stalwart butlers ready to perform acrobatics and strip. The guests arrive and …what a croud. From two lesbo sexy acrobats
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, to a Fellinian clown singer, to an incredibly horny beast-boy who dares to show off his male attributes, to a fatty flying Marilyn, to four hilarious waiters and their accurate acapella version of Italian hits, to…more and more.
Even the intermission is a very funny moment where performers mingle with audience, allowing and encouraging to take hot and provocative selfies.IMG_8214

 

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The foyer is home every night after a show, animated by dj-set of the same artists who perform in a big red mouth used as a console.IMG_8233

A big applause to the all cast and a due standing ovation to the fearless host Filippo Strocchi (who previously performed as the amazing Rum Tum Tugger in “Cats“)
Filippo knows how to entertain the audience with songs , lyrics and an intriguing charme.

For more info Teatro LinearCiak
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