11-20 July 2003. This is one of Europes most important jazz festivals, with ten days of music from morning to well after midnight in scattered venues and out on the streets. Events to look out for are those with Keith J...
Covent Garden: two people sitting at a caf, telling stories, exchanging experiences. Choreography: Alicia Bonfiglioli. Music directed by Massimiliano Tisano
18, 21 and 23 July. Nocturnal visits to the Fori Imperiali start at Trajan's markets and then move on to the Torre delle Milizie, open to the public after many years of closure.
9-18 July 2003. A programme of concerts organised by the prestigious Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Concerts take place in beautiful churches and squares around the city.
A book of stories written by passengers on Rome's public transport system has been published under the title "Parole in corsa". The 173 tales were selected from more than 300 sent to the Trambus web site (www.trambus.com...
An unreleased film starring the late Alberto Sordi, the popular Roman star of movies including "Un americano a Roma", could be shown in the Piazza Campidoglio in the autumn, Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni has suggested. "L...
An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) has opened in the Vatican that gives instructions to users in Latin. "Inserito scidulam quaeso ut faciundam cognoscas rationem", the initial screen commands. The cashpoint can only be us...
4-12 July. Festival dedicated to the cultures of sub-Saharan Africa, with debates, dance, theatre, folk music, film screenings, exhibitions and food. Sat 5 July is dedicated to the independence day of Capo Verde, an arch...
1-6 July. A 19th-century executioner, played by Ninetto Davoli, describes the people whose heads he's cut off in a surreal monologue that takes spectators through Villa Borghese (21.30). The meeting point is at the Giard...
Gay Pride week in Rome opens on Sat 27 June. There will be seven days of music, cinema, theatre, and conferences along the Tiber Bank between Porta Portese and the Isola Tiberina. The annual Gay Pride parade takes place...
Until 6 July. Documents from the state archives provide a snapshot of the 1953 elections in Italy. At the time the centrist majority, led by Christian Democrat Alcide De Gasperi, provoked protest from the left-wing oppos...
27 June-2 Aug 2003. The dance festival directed by Gian Mesturino celebrates 25 years with a rich programme. It opens with a performance by the Compagnia del Nuovo di Torino and former Cullberg Ballet star Pompea Santoro...
Every Mon 30 June-14 July. A series of film screenings on the panoramic Terrazza Caffarelli explores the cinema of Greek director Theodoros Anghelopulos. The screenings coincide with the exhibition "Riflessi di Bisanzio....
3 July 2003. In Double Pointes: One & Two, choreography by Greco in conjunction with Pieter Scholten, with Greco and Bertha Bermudes Pascual. This young dancer and choreographer was born in Puglia, works in Holland and i...
Every Tues 1-22 July. A series of concerts on the Capitoline Hill.
Tues 1 July music by Giachino Rossini performed by the Roma Ensemble.
Tues 8 July music by Mozart performed by the Ensemble Gaudeamus, conducted by F...
4-6 July 2003. An intense immersion in tango and its culture starting every afternoon with free lessons on the various styles of the dance, and continuing into the evening with performances to live music in Piazza Carign...
3-19 July 2003. Balletto del Teatro alla Scala in West Side Story, music by Bernstein, choreography by Joey McKneely based on Jerome Robbins, with David Miller and Ekaterina Solovieva.