is hosting a documentary exhibition dedicated to Clara Maffei Organized by the Municipality of Clusone and the Clara Maffei Committee the exhibition entitled Clara Maffei in Clusone curated by Claudio Rota and Irene Ferretti presents an important selection of works including paintings letters and objects to tell the story of the complex life of the Countess restless and elegant protagonist of one of the most famous salons of the time and in particular her relationship with the City of Clusone a place where she owned a house and which she loved deeply throughout her life.Educated the Bergamasque Clara Maffei created in her Milanese salon a meeting point for the most important exponents of art and literature of the time all of whom shared an openness to the growing patriotic climate where he had the opportunity to meet Giuseppe Mazzini Clara Maffei offered her unconditional support to the national uprisings in an Italy still under Austrian rule and yet to be built she reopened her salon to the literati and artists of the time forging deep bonds of friendship with many of them Among the works on display in the exhibition are precious testimonies that together with an extraordinary portrait by Francesco Hayez restore an atmosphere between Romanticism and Risorgimento struggles between the actuality of the historical figure and the need to reinterpret our identity “The project concerning Countess Clara Maffei is a further step in the path of rediscovery and enhancement of the great figures who have made the history of our City As an Administration we cannot but be proud of the goals achieved also thanks to the contribution of external actors such as the Clara Maffei Committee to whom my thanks go,” said Clusone Mayor Massimo Morstabilini “Clara Maffei was a figure who left an indelible mark on the history of our City and our country,” said Alessandra Tonsi “This initiative is the crowning achievement of those proposals dedicated last year to the figure of the contessina which saw the participation of various entities in the area that have committed themselves with dedication intending to return to Clara the care that she gave to Clusone Special thanks to the Clara Maffei Committee and the CRA of Piario This is a tribute to an extraordinary woman who dedicated her life to the ideal of a free and united Italy which can still be an inspiration today.” “A certain tarnishing of the image of Countess Clara Maffei began after the unification of Italy when a new generation of intellectuals took over from the heroes of the Risorgimento and the decline in the twentieth century continued until the Countess was confined among the relics of a bygone era and in the verses of Guido Gozzano’s ’L’amica di nonna Speranza.’ Today on the cultural circle that saw her as a protagonist on her own physical image lost in oleographs are bringing to the surface an extraordinary woman who knew how to make friendship and relationships her guide during such troubled and mournful periods as those of our wars of independence,” explained Claudio Rota curator of the exhibition and chairman of the Clara Maffei Committee “Thanks to these discoveries and in conjunction with them the Clara Maffei in Clusone project was born which seeks to describe and reframe a character so complex and decisive for Italian identity.” The exhibition is accompanied by free guided tours (Sept 22 at 4 p.m.) and thematic activities for children related to the exhibition (Aug creative workshop for children ages 5 to 11; free participation with reservations required via email matclusone@gmail.com) The Clara Maffei Committee has also promoted three paths that feature Countess Clara Maffei as a protagonist: one of a cultural and scientific nature for the creation of historical-artistic exhibitions concerts and presentation of books and lectures that focus on the reinterpretation of the person of Clara Maffei of which the exhibition is a part; a path of building a social network around a cultural welfare project which sees the participation of some protagonists of the territory of the Upper Seriana Valley as well as the support of Consorzio R.I.B.E.S; the confluence of the two paths in the restoration project of Clara Maffei’s funeral monument placed at the Monumental Cemetery in Milan) 25 also open Monday through Thursday from 3:30-6:30 p.m For info and opening hours: https://www.museoartetempo.it/ Italy (AP) — As Italy gradually emerges from its two-month coronavirus lockdown tourism operators in the hard-hit Val Seriana valley look ahead with trepidation at an uncertain summer season that could make or break them An Associated Press photographer ventured into towns in Italy's hard-hit Bergamo province along the Orobie mountain range to capture residents' hopes — and doubts — as they await the return of summer visitors “It is a powerful tragedy that has touched chords that not even during the war had been touched,” says Claudio Trentani an Italian Alpine Club mountain hut at the base of the 2,521-meter (8,271-foot) Mount Presolana a 30-minute drive from the city of Bergamo Trentani sees no good way to manage social distancing in his 60-square-meter hut where he serves food and drink The place was packed with hikers before the government coronavirus lockdown emptied it for months runs a bigger chalet on adjacent Mount Pora an 1,880-meter (6,168-foot) mountain that is a popular skiing destination serving 2,000 people a day in the winter and 300 in the summer He calculates winter losses of about 60% due to the lockdown that started March 8 He has remained open to provide groceries to 10 families living on the mountain where the Serie A Atalanta soccer team trains every summer Mayor Mauro Marinoni said there are 15 official COVID-19 deaths but he suspects the true toll is higher He says 30 people died this March compared to only four the year before who own a sports apparel shop in the town and run one of the biggest tennis clubs around They rely on summer tourism for about half of their income — and they still don’t have a clear idea how much business they can count on The club is sanctioned by the tennis federation which gives them hope that individual athletes can train even if summer camps are out of the question church bells rang up to four times in a day during the worst of the coronavirus crisis Mayor Angelo Migliorati said the town usually records three deaths from January to March but this year saw 32 Only seven count as coronavirus deaths because not all the dead were hospitalized or tested Migliorati is looking forward to a summer of economic and psychological recovery He says after months of being shut inside people will be looking for "the well-being that only nature can give.’’ “I am convinced we will have many visitors The mountain offers ample space for social distancing,” he said predicts that visitors will be eager to return to “living with nature’s rhythms.” But local tourism operators are still worried about their ability to safely manage a possible onslaught of visitors he thinks he could open as early as May 18 for registered athletes with their own climbing equipment He has sanitized the gym and is ready to measure visitors' temperatures before allowing them in who runs an organic farm and restaurant with her husband Stefano Gusmini they are delivering produce to keep money coming in before restaurants can re-open on June 1 spent all his savings to repair his adventure park after a storm in October knocked down trees he worries about managing new safety requirements including taking temperatures and sanitizing equipment But he cannot afford financially to miss this season the prospect of revival is the only thing that keeps him going “There isn’t a family who didn’t have a bereavement The only thing left to do is to get up again,” Fregona said Follow AP pandemic coverage at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak rewritten or redistributed without permission has been passionate about cooking since childhood He began his culinary journey at a hotel institute and then honed his talent by working as an apprentice at the acclaimed restaurant of Chef Ezio Santin "Antica Osteria del Ponte," just outside Milan he ventured overseas to the renowned "Rex Il Ristorante" in Los Angeles he moved to Hong Kong to manage the "Toscana" at "The Ritz-Carlton Hotel," an iconic destination for fine dining Bombana has been honored with numerous awards The first came in 2002 when the Italian Institute of Cuisine for Foreigners (ICIF) awarded him as the "Best Italian Chef in Asia." In 2006 he was appointed "World Ambassador of White Truffle" by the Piemontese Cavour Regional Enoteca in Italy earning him the nickname "King of White Truffles." Umberto launched his most ambitious personal project: "8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA," a tribute to Federico Fellini's classic 1963 film the chef proved to be a master of his craft receiving two MICHELIN Stars within 11 months of its opening and the third MICHELIN Star the following year becoming the first Italian restaurant outside of Italy to receive such an honor he has maintained this prestigious recognition Bombana opened "8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA" in Shanghai in 2012 followed by "Opera BOMBANA" in Beijing in 2013 and "8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA Galaxy Macau" in 2015 through his enterprise group "Octavo Management Group," Umberto manages a range of different restaurants in Hong Kong including the Two MICHELIN-Starred "Octavium," "REX Wine & Grill," "Venédia Grancaffè," "Nove Chinese Restaurant," "Nove At The Fringe," and in Kowloon "Cannubi Enoteca Cucina," "TUBER Umberto BOMBANA," and "Kilo Steakhouse." notable mentions include the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants Diner's Club Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI) Do you want to discover the latest news and recipes of the most renowned chefs and restaurants in the world La nostra società utilizza inoltre cookie funzionali per registrare informazioni sulle scelte dell’utente e per consentire una personalizzazione del Sito; ad esempio Questi cookie possono essere installati dalla nostra società o da Terze parti In caso di disabilitazione di questi cookie la qualità e l’esperienza di navigazione potrebbe non essere soddisfacente Questi cookie sono installati da social media per consentire la condivisione dei contenuti del presente Sito Essi sono in grado di monitorare la navigazione compiuta anche in altri siti e creano un profilo dell’utente sulla base dei suoi interessi Ciò potrebbe avere un impatto sul contenuto e messaggi visualizzati sugli altri siti visitati non sarà possibile utilizzare o visualizzare questi strumenti di condivisione per l’installazione e l’uso di tali cookie occorre il consenso dell’utente Per maggiori informazioni consulta la pagna cookies policy Right after the end of the afternoon session the two players dropped in for a crowded and intense meet-and-greet session where they signed autographs and took photos and selfies with the Atalanta fans So many youngsters showing up for our lads as usual Have a flick through our best snapshots from the event Our meet-and-greets with the players at the Temporary Store have drawn to a close at the end of Atalanta's preseason game against Locarno: opening time from 4 pm to 7.30 pm All official Atalanta merchandise is also available on the online store In the year of “Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023,” the City of Clusone celebrates one of its great exponents of pictorial art with two special initiatives dedicated to him and part of the “Cifrondi ’23” project: the monographic exhibition Antonio Cifrondi “pittor fantastico” and the first online mapping of the artist’s works that can be visited in ValSeriana and the cities of Bergamo and Brescia.Antonio Cifrondi "pittor fantastico" the monographic exhibition dedicated to Cifrondi curated by Enrico De Pascale with Luca Brignoli representative of the different fields practiced by the artist: sacred painting will be open from April 15 until September 3 Cifrondi was a leading exponent of that Lombard artistic tradition otherwise known as the “painting of reality” (whose exponents include Moretto which has in its human and sincere adherence to the facts and people of daily life its distinctive feature Remembered by the sources for his executive rapidity and technical virtuosity Cifrondi who was a contemporary of Fra’ Galgario and slightly older than Giacomo Ceruti known as il Pitocchetto produced over the course of half a century more than four hundred works (altarpieces scenes of everyday life) partly still preserved in churches and private homes in the Bergamo and Brescia area the two canvases with Stories of Cambises painted by the painter around 1690 return to Palazzo Marinoni Barca after exactly one century there will be a projection on the Fanzago Astronomical Clock Tower in Piazza Orologio of the new videomapping dedicated to the “Cifrondi ’23” project The second project that the Municipality of Clusone dedicates to Antonio Cifrondi in 2023 with the aim of offering a widespread path of discovery and enhancement of a precious collective heritage is the first online cataloguing of all the painter’s visitable works preserved in public places - churches institutional buildings - of the city of Clusone Lovere and the cities of Bergamo and Brescia An activity realized with the contribution of Regione Lombardia and the valuable support of Main Sponsors Bettineschi s.r.l Galleria LUISA DELLE PIANE Milan and SINERGIA S.P.A avails itself of the collaboration of the Accademia di Belle Arti G particularly the students of the courses in Digital Applications for Visual Arts (lecturer Agustín Sanchéz) and Engraving Techniques and Special Graphics (lecturer Cinzia Benigni) The exhibition Antonio Cifrondi "pittor fantastico" can be visited Friday 3:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-12 p.m Accompanying the exhibition is a catalog published by Lubrina Bramani editore with essays and entries by Enrico De Pascale For information: www.visitclusone.it/mostra-cifrondi “Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture: an exciting challenge which stimulated us to want to imagine and promote a project that would be able not only to highlight Clusone but also to connect Bergamo and Brescia and the territory of the two provinces This was the motion that drove the Administration in the search for an initiative capable of combining the totality of these aspects the painter Antonio Cifrondi was identified as the figure that encapsulates the essence of the challenge we set ourselves: he is Baradello by birth worked and spent the last years of his life in Brescia leaving a very rich and varied pictorial production Through a conspicuous nucleus of carefully selected works-some of which have never been exhibited before-from museum institutions and private collections in Italy and abroad it will be possible to discover the style and work of one of the greatest artists from Cluson was greater: to leave a mark of this initiative over time something that would remain even after the exhibition was over the City of Clusone has therefore shared and created a significant itinerary through the places where it is possible to admire the works of Antonio Cifrondi: an action that looks beyond borders uniting more than twenty municipalities and intending to return to citizens the beauty and passion for culture as an invitation to live and experience art knowledge and the charm of the heritage that surrounds us,” declare Massimo Morstabilini Mayor of the City of Cl usone and Alessandra Tonsi Events and manifestations of the City of Clusone “The promotion of tourism in the territories and the emergence of local vocations,” explains Regional Councillor for Tourism “is one of the main objectives of my councillorship I am really pleased that the OgniGiorno inLombardia call represents an opportunity to enhance the artistic tradition of Lombardy through an intervention that fits fully into the concept of the great event ”Bergamo-Brescia capitale italiana della Cultura 2023." “The exhibition Antonio Cifrondi ”pittor fantastico" (the definition is by an 18th-century historian) comes seventy years after the celebrated exhibition I pittori della realtà in Lombardy (Milan 1953) that revealed Cifrondi to the general public and forty from the last anthological exhibition held in Clusone (1983) in the rooms of Palazzo Marinoni Barca (now home to MAT) It is an initiative that puts to good use the results of the most recent research on the painter-conducted for the most part by brilliant young scholars-which has helped to clarify many aspects (not all) of the artist’s boundless catalog and his biographical story The different sections of the exhibition and the catalog restore his multifaceted production in the areas of sacred and history painting over a sufficiently broad chronological span - from about 1690 to 1730 - to grasp his important advances on a stylistic and technical level," comments Enrico De Pascale Aggiornamento Numerazioni Maglie Primavera 1 2024/2025 Atalanta a Monza per blindare il terzo posto New Balance nuovo sponsor tecnico Atalanta Copyright © 2024 Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A | P ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): 1 Musso (1' st 29 Carnesecchi); 5 Godfrey (27' st 43 Bonfanti, 1' st 33 Hateboer), 4 Hien (1' st 19 Djimsiti), 23 Kolasinac (1' st Toloi); 77 Zappacosta (1' st 45 Palestra), 8 Pasalic (1' st 25 Sulemana), 7 Koopmeiners (1' st 47 Steffanoni), 22 Ruggeri (1' st 20 Bakker); 46 Giovane (1' st 51 Bonanomi), 11 Lookman (1' st 54 Diao Balde); Touré (1' st 53 Michieletto). Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini. SPRING (3-4-2-1): 31 Rossi (1' st 40 Vismara); 2 Tavanti (1' st 15 Asiatico), 5 Ramaj (8' st 19 Gaffuri), 3 Maffessoli (1' st 25 Isoa); 7 Ghezzi (1' st 13 Gobbo), 4 Mensah (1' st 20 Martinelli), 8 Riccio (1' st 17 Gariani), 6 Simonetto (1' st 23 Bonsignori Goggi); 11 Capac (1' st 24 Orlando), 10 Cassa (8' st 21 Mencaraglia); 9 Baldo (1' st 18 Jonsson). All.: Giovanni Bosi. GOALS: 7' and 48' st Diao Balde, 40' st Michieletto Mattia Pecis began his career in the restaurant world at a young age and eventually took charge of the pasta section His professional journey led him to work in prestigious Italian kitchens including the restaurant of Norbert Niederkofler in Alta Badia where he learned the importance of sustainability and the use of local ingredients Pecis had the opportunity to work alongside Carlo Cracco He started as a sous chef at the Cracco restaurant in the Galleria in Milan participating in prestigious events and cooking for celebrities like Michelle Obama and Rihanna Pecis was chosen to lead the team at the new Cracco Portofino restaurant a project that combines culinary excellence with the valorization of local producers Pecis’s culinary philosophy is based on the careful selection of raw materials and collaboration with local farmers and fishermen he personally goes to the market and port to select the freshest ingredients Pecis reflected on the importance of balancing work and personal life influencing his vision of sustainable work in the restaurant sector Cracco Portofino has become a benchmark for high-class cuisine in Liguria The restaurant has received praise from major gastronomic guides and has solidified its reputation as a place of culinary excellence Pecis continues to explore new ideas and techniques always keeping a focus on quality and innovation at the heart of his kitchen Update shirt numbers Clubs Primavera 1 2024-2025 Atalanta in Monza to consolidate third spot Fiorentina-Atalanta between Champions and Scudetto Atalanta vs Inter: a fight for the Scudetto Broadcasters and photographers authorisation Copyright © 2022 Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A | P Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman was among the nine goalscorers as Atalanta began their 2023/24 pre-season campaign on a blistering note after a decent first season for Gian Piero Gasperini side where he scored 13 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions has proved his worth again in his very first pre-season game for Atalanta Termina 10-1 la prima amichevole stagionale ✌️ Our first friendly ends 10-1 ✅#GoAtalantaGo ⚫️? pic.twitter.com/PvzNohir67 — Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) July 16, 2023 Atalanta thrashed Representatives of Clusone City 10-1 to begin preparations for the coming Serie A season on a flyer Ederson opened the scoring for Atalanta when he put them ahead in the first half with a well-taken goal to become the first goalscorer for Atalanta this pre-season But that was just the beginning for Gian Piero Gasperini’s men as new signings Adopo and Bakker scored as well to end the first half 3-0 in favour of Atalanta Atalanta continued the pressure and they got their fourth goal four minutes into the second period through Joakim Maehle to put the result beyond any reasonable doubt It became a one-way course for Gasperini's men who scored four more goals through Koopmeiners Zortea and Højlund to lead 8-0 before Representatives of Clusone City pulled a goal back in the 83rd minute which proved to be a mere consolation goal as the 25-year-old Super Eagles player who had started his journey from the bench came on to help his team pile more misery on their hapless opponents #Atalanta-Rappresentativa Città di Clusone | 10-1 | 44' 2°T ????? #Lookman ne fa due di fila!????? @Alookman_ bags a brace!#GoAtalantaGo ⚫️ — Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) July 16, 2023 Nigeria's Lookman came off the bench later in the second half to grab a brace after Representatives of Clusone City were 8-1 down on the day to finish the match 10-1 Atalanta will look to make it two wins from two matches when they play their second pre-season game Lookman would love to continue his scoring form This article was most recently revised and updated 2 years ago Log in to leave a comment