During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course … Continue reading Oppenheimer, movie in English (Original Version)
14 and 29 July - 10 and 25 August O beautiful age of deceptions and utopias! The musical fresco that Giacomo Puccini dedicates to youth, carefreeness, dreams and love will be staged for four performances. The bohemian life of the group of young, idealistic and penniless artists is set against the backdrop of the "French … Continue reading Puccini Festival: La Bohème
Cathedral of San Martino From March to October 2023 Friday 23 June, 6.30 pm Tobias Horn Organ concert Thursday 6 July, 6.30 pm Stefano Faggioni and Fabio Faggioni Organ and … Continue reading Cathedral Music, Cathedral of San Martino
12 and 26 August Two one-act plays, performed for the first time in 1918. With Il Tabarro, one act of Il Trittico, Puccini brings to the stage the events of a society in decline, of people who need to give a reason to their wretched life and betrayal, clandestine love is really a shock to … Continue reading Puccini Festival: The Tabarr & The Castle of Duke Bluebeard
Free Museum Sunday includes many museums and cultural places all over Italy. The Ministry of Culture allows free admission every first Sunday of the month to state museums and archaeological … Continue reading Free Museum Sunday
The Fosso dell'arte 2023 event in the historic center, scheduled in via del Fosso and piazza San Francesco is included in the Vivi Lucca calendar of events. The dates on April 15th, May 13th, June 10th, July 8th, September 9th. The promoter of the initiative is Fabrizio Barsotti, a painter from Lucca who has always … Continue reading Fossi dell’arte, 2023
Friday 22 to Sunday 24, September 2023 Where: Forum Boarium Via per Camaiore, 124 55100 Lucca (LU) Locality Monte S. Quirico Tournaments: OPEN A (>= 1700) OPEN B (>= 1400 <=1800) OPEN … Continue reading Lucca Chess Festival
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Prayer & Bible Study Gathering When? Sundays @ 1030am (no meeting December 10, 2023) Where? Lucca Centro Email for more information (see graphic.)
Drink, Speak Share Every Wednesday 9pm-11pm Baobab Bar - via Giovanni Guidiccioni, 123 Come on down and meet some lovely locals. A language exchange group from Italy that started 5 years ago and since then we meet regularly to practice languages in Lucca. The idea behind “Drink, Speak and Share” is to connect locals and … Continue reading Drink, Speak, Share Language Exchange
English speakers gather on Mondays for drinks and socializing in Lucca's primary weekly expat event. Mondays 4-6pm. See English Monday in Lucca on Facebook for current gathering place.
