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Aug. 4, 2024 Voices and Music Waiting for the Stars in Torniella (Southern Tuscany), feat. Giulia Damico

Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9.30 PM in the scenic Piazza della Cisterna in Torniella, Southern Tuscany, there will be an evening of “voices and music” waiting for the stars.

The guest star for this event will be Giulia Damico, a jazz singer and songwriter from Turin, who will present her own repertoire in a set with vocals and electronics.

Giulia Damico is active on various projects and collaborations, among which the SYMPATHEIA quarter, winner of the best music award at the Proscenium festival in Assisi; the “Giuseppe Verdi dresses pink” by Fabio Giachino with Flavio Boltro and Gavino Murgia and the vocal tribute to Thelonious Monk in “Spherical Perceptions”.

With the idea of connecting the musical part of the show to the local surroundings, there will be opening readings related to Torniella and the Farma Valley.

The event is promoted by Pro Loco Piloni-Torniella, with the support of the local library and the pibinko.org network

The 2024 Palla eh!/palla a 21 Tournaments are on!

Tomorrow, July 20, the Summer series of the ancient game of palla eh! (or palla a 21), is starting. There will be six tournaments in Southern Tuscany, between Siena and Grosseto:

July

  • 20-21 Tirli (Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto)
  • 27-28 Scalvaia (Monticiano, Siena), with Sagra della panzanella

August

  • 3-4 Ciciano (Chiusdino, Siena), with sagra del Ciaccino
  • 10-11 Torniella (Roccastrada, Grosseto)
  • 17-18 Piloni (Roccastrada, Grosseto)
  • 24-25 Vetulonia (Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto)

If you don’t know the game, please visit our page https://www.pibinko.org/palla-a-21-or-palla-eh/, or write to micalosapevo@pibinko.org for more information.

Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus

The Associazione Palla Eh Vetulonia is planning for Sunday, July 14, 2024 in Vetulonia, close to Castiglione della Pescaia, Southern Tuscany, a event dedicated to promoting the ancient game of palla eh! for kids.

Thanks to the presence of some players of the teams which in the Summer week-ends will be participating in the official tournaments between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto (July 20-21 in Tirli, July 27-28 luglio in Scalvaia, Aug. 3-4 in Ciciano, Aug. 10-11 agosto in Torniella, Aug. 17-18 in Piloni and Aug. 24-25 agosto in Vetulonia), the kids will have a chance to learn the basics of the game and to try it in a series of demonstration games.

The campus will be from 4PM to 6.30PM in Principe Umberto square.

The initiative is recommended from age 6 and above. Participation to the campus is free, but an advance registration to vetuloniapallaeh@gmail.com is appreciated.

July 7, 2024 6PM. Night Sky Quality and Land Quality at the Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi, Saturnia (Southern Tuscany)

After last February’s event in Scansano, we touch base once more on night sky quality (and Buiometria Partecipativa, participatory night sky quality monitoring). This time we will be in the awesome setting of Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi in Saturnia (Southern Tuscany), combined with a typical product tasting and a visit to the Paride Pascucci exhibition…food for the body and for the mind.

Admission is free but a reservation is required at +390564601280 or info@poloaldi.it

Order now your Gran(i)Tour 2024 T-shirt!

The Gran(i)Tour schedule as of Apr. 24

Also Mauro Tirannosauro has verified: the first batch of T-shirts is ready, so we can start their distribution to support the 2024 Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour.

What is the peculiarity of this apparel? All drawings and all of the printing process is made by hand, just like Gutenberg!

To order your T-shirt please write to  micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228, indicating the number of shirts per size. The cost of one T-shirt is 20 Euro, plus shipping. In general, we like the idea of delivering our products personally, or that we can give them to you directly at one of our events, but this is not always possible, so shipping is an option!

For more details about the Gran(i)Tour: https://www.pibinko.org/granitour24en/

Ixtlan Agricamping in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, is open and waiting for you!

Our friends from Agricamping Ixtlan in Tatti, Southern Tuscany, told us the the camping is now ready to receive guests. In addition to the camping, we remind you of the products from their farming activity, in addition to various situations which you may experience in this hamlet in the Metalliferous hills.

For more information: https://agricampingtatti.it…and don’t forget that this year we have the Tatti Twist!


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The Gran(i)Tour is advertised by the Institute of Italian Culture in Stuttgart

The June Gran(i)Tour has been advertised by the Institute of Italian Culture in Stuttgart among “Other happenings in the institute’s area of operation”…in the past we have collaborated twice with Institutes of Italian Culture: in 2007 for the palla a 21 mission to Chicago and in 2008 with the Institute in San Francisco for the “Square around the ball” photo exhibition, so we appreciate this form of attention.

June 16, 2024 – Jug Band Colline Metallifere live in Tennental with the Gran(i)Tour

Sunday, June 16, 2024 the Gran(i)Tour will bring us to Tennental, some 30 km South-West of Stuttgard, Germany, to entertain the participants to the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of biodynamic agriculture with our “music & territory” repertoire!