Photoless Friday: what's on in Milan

What's on in Milan for today and the rest of the weekend?

"Hello Milan" is a good place to check...and it's in English!...More......

Here's a copy-and-paste from their website in English (yeah!): http://www.hellomilano.it/What'sOn/WhatsOn.htm

20 January 2012, Friday

20.00: Ballet at La Scala. “Excelsior”. Music by Romualdo Marenco. Conductor David Coleman. Etoile Roberto Bolle. €19/138. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza della Scala • M1/3 Duomo

21.00: Ballet. “The Swan Lake,” music by Tchaikovsky, performed by the Russian National Ballet Theatre. €28/53. Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Viale dell’Innovazione 1 • M1 Precotto + tram 7; buses 86, 87

21.30: Silent film. “Faust” directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. With live piano accompaniment by Antonio Zambrini. €3.50/5.50 + annual membership card €3. Spazio Oberdan, Viale Vittorio Veneto 2 • M1 Porta Venezia

22.00: Latin jazz. Performed by the Trio Sdo’. Admission free. Drinks purchase required. Fermento Art&Pub, Via Camillo Ugoni 18 • bus 92, tram 2

22.00: Live jazz-pop. Performed by Roberto Cecchetto, guitar, and Cristiano Calcagnile, percussion and electronics. Admission free with 2012 annual membership card (€25), donations welcome. Arci, La Scighera, Via Candiani 131• Passante Bovisa, tram 3, buses 92 and 82

21 January 2012, Saturday

16.30: Organ concert. “Beate Martyr, prospera” performed by Giulio Mercati, organ: poetry reading by Sandro Boccardi. Admission free. Basilica of San Vincenzo in Prato, Piazzetta Beria di Argentine on the corner with via San Calocero • M2 Sant’Ambrogio

17.00: Orchestral music. Music by Grieg and Nielsen, performed by the Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra, conducted by Giordano Bellincampi, with Paolo Bordoni, piano. €8/19. Teatro Dal Verme, Via San Giovanni sul Muro 2 • M1 Cairoli

18.00: Chamber music. Music by Bach and Morricone, performed by Wacky Brass Quintet. Free tickets will be available from last Tuesday at the Urban Center, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11/12. Entrance free. Palazzo Marino, Piazza della Scala 2 • MMI, M3 Duomo

19.00: Film preview, in English and Spanish, with Italian subtitles. "Another silence", directed by Santiago Amigorena. Starring: Marie-Josée Croze, Ignacio Rogers, Luis Ziembrowski, Alin Salas, Luc Vandal, Roger Frappier. Entrance €3.50/5.50 + annual membership card €3. Spazio Oberdan, Viale Vittorio Veneto 2 • M1 Porta Venezia

19.30: Opera sung in French, at La Scala. Les contes d’Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach. Orchestra conducted by Marko Letonja. €26/224. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza della Scala • M1/3 Duomo

21.00: Ballet. “The Swan Lake,” music by Tchaikovsky, performed by the Russian National Ballet Theatre. €28/53. Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Viale dell’Innovazione 1 • M1 Precotto + tram 7; buses 86, 87

22.00: Live swing for dancing. Lady Dillinger. Booking recommended, phone the mobile number 334.311.2926. €10, plus annual membership card. Jumpin’ Jazz Cultural Association, Viale Monza 140 (first floor) • M1 Gorla

22.00: Live music. Band Of Skulls, Milk White and Shiva Racket. Admission free, with annual membership card. Arci Magnolia, Via Circonvallazione Idroscalo 41, Segrate (east of Milan) • M1 San Babila, then bus 73 to Linate Aerop.-S.Felicino

22.00: Live funk, blues, swing. Performed by The Hawks. Admission free. Drinks purchase required. Fermento Art&Pub, Via Camillo Ugoni 18 • bus 92, tram 2

22.00: Live pop folk rock. Performed by “I Treni all'Alba” with Paolo Carlotto and Daniele Pierini, guitars, Sabino Pace, piano, and Felice Sciscioli, drums. Admission free with 2012 annual membership card (€25), donations welcome. Arci, La Scighera, Via Candiani 131• Passante Bovisa, tram 3, buses 92 and 82

22 January 2012, Sunday

Time to be confirmed: Football. Inter versus Lazio. Stadio Meazza San Siro, Via Piccolomini 5 • M1 Lotto + bus 49

11.00: Chamber music. Music by Nino Rota, Bohuslav Martinu and Alessandro Solbiati, performed by the Albatros Trio. €10. Palazzina Liberty, Largo Marinai d’Italia • trams 12, 27; buses 60, 73, 62, 45, 66, 92

11.00: Chamber music. Music by Beethoven and Nino Rota, performed by Antares Quartet. Free tickets will be available from last Tuesday at the Urban Center, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11/12. Entrance free. Palazzo Marino, Piazza della Scala 2 • MMI, M3 Duomo

20.00: Ballet at La Scala. “Excelsior”. Music by Romualdo Marenco. Conductor David Coleman. Etoile Roberto Bolle. €19/138. Teatro alla Scala, Piazza della Scala • M1/3 Duomo

21.00: Ballet. “The Swan Lake,” music by Tchaikovsky, performed by the Russian National Ballet Theatre. €28/53. Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Viale dell’Innovazione 1 • M1 Precotto + tram 7; buses 86, 87

21.15: Film preview, in English and Spanish, with Italian subtitles. "Another silence", directed by Santiago Amigorena. Starring: Marie-Josée Croze, Ignacio Rogers, Luis Ziembrowski, Alin Salas, Luc Vandal, Roger Frappier. Entrance €3.50/5.50 + annual membership card €3. Spazio Oberdan, Viale Vittorio Veneto 2 • M1 Porta Venezia

21.30: Live music. Very Short Shorts, Tempelhof, Cabeki. Admission free, with annual membership card. Arci Magnolia, Via Circonvallazione Idroscalo 41, Segrate (east of Milan) • M1 San Babila, then bus 73 to Linate Aerop.-S.Felicino

Enjoy!