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13 May. The third edition of Appia Day, an outdoor programme of cultural events celebrating the Appian Way, takes place on Sunday 13 May from 09.00-19.00 at various locations in Parco dell'Appia Antica.The programme feat...
10 May. The Keats Shelley House hosts A Synæsthetic Poetry Reading by Rome-based American poet Moira Egan on Thursday 10 May at 18.30. Winner of The New Criterion Poetry Prize, Synæsthesium is an unusual exploration of e...
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3 May-26 June. Galleria Arte e Pensieri presents Ogni immagine un racconto (Every image a story), an exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Primarosa Cesarini Sforza. The works on display, which combine drawing, paintin...
17-18 May. The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia programme includes Beethoven's and Shostakovich's first symphonies conducted by Juraj Valcuha. Beethoven's triplo concerto for violin, cello and piano is performed b...
8 May. The EU has declared 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. This initiative was launched in Milan and all over Europe, with events emphasising European heritage and related values.European Parliamant member Silvi...
Ever noticed the green parakeets flying around Rome and wondered what they were and how they came to be living in the city? Rome actually has two distinct species: the rose-ringed parakeet (above), a tropical Afro-Asi...
24-26 May. Jakub Hrůša will conduct the S. Cecilia orchestra and chorus playing Brahms symphony no 1 and Dvořák's concerto for cello played by the popular young French cellist Edgar Moreau. It was the last solo concerto...
Santa Cecilia celebrates Haydn with a concert on 23 May.  In the lead-up to the 300th anniversary of Haydn's birth the Joseph Haydn Foundation is organising and financing the recording of all the composer's 107 symphoni...
8 May-22 July. Palazzo Cipolla presents an exhibition of about 400 watercolours of Sicily by Fabrice Moireau, the celebrated French watercolourist who undertook a "grand tour" of the Italian island. Moireau recorded vie...
Opera, ballet and concerts under the stars at the Baths of CaracallaRome's annual outdoor opera festival at the Baths of Caracalla also includes several ballet performances and concerts, on summer evenings from 13 June u...
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17 May-30 June. MAC Maja Arte Contemporanea presents Thàlassa | Ouranòs, an exhibition of ten diptychs by the Rome-based painter Georgina Spengler. Created with oil and charcoal on wood, the works take their starting poi...
Castel Giuliano gardens north of Rome contain more than 1,000 roses. The 2018 Festa delle Rose at the gardens of Castel Giuliano at Palazzo Patrizi takes place on 12-13 May from 10.00-19.00. Located about 7 km from Bra...
Rome cinemas showing movies in their original English language versions from 3-9 May. YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HEREA traumatised war veteran with a penchant for violence tracks down missing girls for a living. Directed by...
3-6 May. The seventh edition of Rome’s Nordic Film Fest has Storia e storie as its theme and takes place as usual at the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese.  The Eternal Road / Ikitie (Finland)The festival promotes the f...
4 May-30 June. The Keats-Shelley House presents Spirit of Place, an exhibition by London artist Louisa Albani, to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Albani has created a collect...
4 May-11 Nov. Fondazione Memmo presents _Ruine, the first solo show in Rome of German artist Kerstin Brätsch, and _KOVO, the exhibition of the collective KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers), curated by Francesco Stocc...
James Walston Memorial Lecture at AUR on 3 May 2018. The American University of Rome honours the memory of its late professor, James Walston, with The Rise (and Fall) of Demagogues, a lecture by AUR visiting professor D...
Canadian Club of Rome offers backstage talk with Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti at Auditorium Parco della Musica. 3 May. Two of Canada's most celebrated and original jazz artists - singer/pianist Elizabeth Sh...
Wanted in Rome's day-by-day guide to the best events and things to do in Rome throughout the month of May. 1 May. Celebrate Primo Maggio with the free concertone at Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano.2 May. Be amazed at the...
3-8 May. The 11th edition of the capital's Spanish Film Festival takes place at the Cinema Farnese Persol in Campo de' Fiori. The week-long event features a mixture of classic and contemporary Spanish-language cinema fro...
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