These 133 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 4 at 7:30pm
Cinema La Compagnia · Firenze
Sixty years after the devastating flood that struck Florence, Cinema La Compagnia hosts the premiere of Angeli del Fango – La Meglio Gioventù europea. Director Marco Spagnoli and original volunteers present the documentary recounting the historic youth mobilization.
November 9 at 4:30pm +2
La Compagnia · Firenze • 7€ intero/ 6€ ridotto ridottissimo a 5€
Over eighty hours of archival footage and unseen backstage material capture Sofia Coppola directing Marie Antoinette at age thirty-four. Eleanor Coppola directs this documentary, screening in English with Italian subtitles at La Compagnia.
November 9 at 6:30pm +6
La Compagnia · Firenze • 7€ intero / 6€ ridotto
Set against 1936 Tokyo as soldiers march outside, Nagisa Ōshima’s 1976 masterpiece arrives at La Compagnia in a restored full version, tracing the radical, obsessive love affair between an ex-geisha and a innkeeper that pushes pleasure past moral bounds.
November 9 at 8:30pm
Cinema La Compagnia · Firenze
See where Jane Campion's singular vision began. Her rarely screened debut Two Friends traces a teenage friendship in reverse, from bitter end to bright beginning, paired with Eleanor Bishop's short Girl Time.
Every day
Teatro Della Pergola · Firenze • 21-37 €
Silvio Orlando takes on Ciampa for the first time in Pirandello's sharp tale of jealousy and appearances, staged at the grand 1656 theater where Verdi's Macbeth premiered.
Nov. 6 & Nov. 7 at 8pm
Teatro Puccini · Firenze
Paolo Calabresi brings Tutti gli uomini che non sono to Teatro Puccini for a stage performance, running across two evening dates in Florence.
November 7 at 5pm (This weekend)
Teatro del Borgo · Firenze • Free
Verdi and Mendelssohn in a tiny neighborhood theater, for free. Quartetto Hortensia brings Romantic string quartets to Teatro del Borgo, Florence's community stage far from the tourist crowds.
November 7 at 9pm (This weekend)
Teatro delle Spiagge · Firenze • 10-12 €
Journalism, music and song merge at Teatro delle Spiagge in In Marcia - Appunti di un esodo, a theatre and music production by and featuring Fabrizio Saccomanno and Marco Schiavone that reflects on theatre as listening and care.
November 4 at 8:30pm
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella · Firenze
Sixty years after the catastrophic 1966 flood, over 150 singers from three combined choirs gather inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella for a memorial concert performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
November 4 at 8:45pm
Teatro Verdi · Firenze
Italian singer-songwriter Malika Ayane takes the stage at Teatro Verdi for a live evening performance.
November 4 at 5pm
Accademia delle Arti del Disegno · Firenze
Vocalists Alice Bolla, Giedrė Kisieliūtė, Eleonora Visentin, Nicola Micheloni and other performers take the stage at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno for this musical program exploring twentieth-century vocal works.
November 4 at 9pm
Certosa di Firenze · Firenze • Free
Beethoven echoes off 14th-century stone as the Orchestra della Toscana takes over the Certosa del Galluzzo. A free night of classical music inside Florence's hilltop charterhouse, with maestro Michele Campanella at the piano.
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Wed, Nov 4 · 9:15 PM
Chiesa di Santa Monaca · Firenze
25-30 €
Wed, Nov 4 · 9:00 PM
Teatro del Borgo · Firenze
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
Mama Florence Cooking Classes & Events · Firenze
€ 1-€ 195
Wed, Nov 4 · 9:00 PM
Nelson Mandela Forum · Firenze
39-85 €
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
360 Cooking Class Florence · Firenze
€ 0-€ 59
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
V. Maggio, 45r · Firenze
€ 579.99
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Via Romana, 41r · Firenze
€ 150
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella · Firenze
€ 109-€ 129
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
360 Cooking Class Florence · Firenze
€ 0-€ 195
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Enoteca Alessi · Firenze
€ 59
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Via Romana, 41r · Firenze
€ 105
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Via dell'Anguillara, 38r · Firenze
€ 0-€ 99
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Via Romana, 41r · Firenze
€ 300
Wed, Nov 4 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Puccini · Firenze
17.50 e 26 euro
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Ristorante La Chicca · Firenze
€ 75
Wed, Nov 4 · 8:00 PM
Florence National Central Library · Firenze
Free
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:30 PM
Firenze
€ 95-€ 205
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Via de' Bardi, 58 · Firenze
€ 0-€ 60
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Cucineria La Mattonaia · Firenze
€ 0-€ 139
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:00 PM
Florence · Florence
€ 0-€ 87
Wed, Nov 4 · 8:30 PM
Teatro di Rifredi · Firenze
19 €
Wed, Nov 4 · 6:20 PM
Cucineria La Mattonaia · Firenze
€ 0-€ 159
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
360 Cooking Class Florence · Firenze
€ 1-€ 60.9
Wed, Nov 4 · 5:00 PM
Via Ghibellina · Firenze
€ 0-€ 119
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella · Firenze
Free
Thu, Nov 5 · 5:00 PM
Firenze
€ 110-€ 160
Thu, Nov 5 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Cartiere Carrara · Firenze
35 €
Thu, Nov 5 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Puccini · Firenze
$0
Fri, Nov 6 · 8:30 PM
Auditorium Santo Stefano al Ponte Vecchio · Firenze
€ 30-€ 35
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 PM
Mandela Forum · Firenze
€75 – €110
Fri, Nov 6 · 5:00 PM
BiblioteCaNova · Firenze
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 PM
Teatro Verdi · Firenze
Free entry
Fri, Nov 6 · 9:30 PM
Tenax · Firenze
Posto unico 31,05 euro
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 PM
Basilica di Santa Croce · Firenze
Free
Sat, Nov 7 · 6:00 PM
Sala Vanni · Firenze
€10 – €15
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:30 PM
Auditorium Santo Stefano al Ponte Vecchio · Firenze
€ 40-€ 45
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:00 PM
Hard Rock Cafe Firenze · Firenze
$33-$35
Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 PM
Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto · Firenze
5-10 €
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:30 PM
Teatro Nuovo Rifredi · Firenze
19 €
Sat, Nov 7 · 8:30 PM
Auditorium Santo Stefano al Ponte · Firenze
35-55 €
Sun, Nov 8 · 6:00 PM
Sala Vanni · Firenze
€10 – €15
Sun, Nov 8 · 6:00 PM
Via Camillo Cavour, 8 · Firenze
€ 880
Sun, Nov 8 · 5:00 PM
Pastamania - Experience in Florence · Firenze
€ 110-€ 160
Mon, Nov 9 · 9:30 PM
Nuovo Teatro Lippi · Firenze
15 €
Tue, Nov 10 · 6:30 PM
Avamposto - Cinque Punte · Firenze
Free
Tue, Nov 10 · 9:00 PM
Tenax · Firenze
Tue, Nov 10 · 5:00 PM
Institut français Firenze · Firenze
Free
Tue, Nov 10 · 8:30 PM
Teatro della Pergola · Firenze
21-37 €
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