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Parma mia! is a blog for ex-pats and English-language speakers in Parma as well as for tourists who want to learn more. We've got lots of tips and tidbits to share: where to buy your foreign foods, favorite restaurants, what's on for kids during the weekends, local agricultural fairs, where you can find a babysitter or chiropractor and hints on how to make it through the bureaucratic maze that is Italy (see tabs below). This forum is for you: please share your ideas/events with us at parmamia@gmail.com or on FB at Parma Mia.

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December 28, 2011

January in Parma




Kids:
Ice skating every day at Euro Torri.
Teatro delle Briciole, Teatro del Cerchio, EuropaTeatri, Theatro del Vicolo, offer shows for kids.
Activities at Libri e Formiche, RosaLimone (Jan. 14, 21 and 28), Atelier del Borgo.

Music:
Cori in Festa and Cori di Cuore
New Year Concert on Jan. 1st, tickets on sale at Teatro Regio.
Aperitivi alla Casa della Musica until May 2012 and Concerti until April with a season dedicated to Claude Debussy.
Nuove Atmosfere, a series of 13 concerts until May 2012.

Get ready to book your tickets!
Teatro Regio recently announced the 2012 program of the lyric season (Aida and Stiffelio) and of what promises to be a WON-DER-FUL concert season with great composers (Beethoven, Brahms, Bach) and great musicians (Emanuel Ax, Jordi Savall!!).
Estri Armonici 2012 season at Teatro al Parco.
Tutti per uno XL opening on Jan. 30 at Auditorium Paganini.


Art:
Very interesting exhibition: "Parma: immagini della città dal Ducato all’Unità d’Italia" at Fondazione Cariparma until Feb. 19.

Let it snow:
Schia is Parma's nice little ski resort.  Schia ski school can be found on facebook.
Check, or rather, double check weather and road conditions before driving up the mountain!




Out of town:
In Milano, "Brera meets Pushkin" art exhibition. French paintings (Gauguin, Cézanne, Renoir, etc.) in the Russian collections.