[ Events, Exhibition ] Until 31 Dec 2011: Italy towards 2011

Italy’s 150th anniversary approaches in 2011. The Unification of Italy is celebrated with original documents, films and photos. Admission: Free.

(Mon-Thu 09.30-18.30, Fri-Sun 19.30)

Il Vittoriano, Via San Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia) Tel. 066780664

[ Events, Roman sport, Sport Fixtures ] 2009-10: Super 10 rugby in Rome and L’Aquila

Benetton Treviso, Super 10 champions 2009

Italian premier league rugby with local team Olimpic Roma and nearby L’Aquila during the 2009-10 season.

12 Sep (16.00): L’Aquila vs Viadana
19 Sep (16.00): Roma vs Prato
26 Sep (16.00): Roma vs Rovigo
30 Sep (16.00): L’Aquila vs Prato
4 Oct (16.00): Roma vs Treviso
24 Oct (16.00): L’Aquila vs Parma
31 Oct (15.00): Roma vs Petrarca
29 Nov (15.00): L’Aquila vs Roma
5 Dec (15.00): Roma vs Gran Parma
6 Jan (15.00): Roma vs Parma
10 Jan (15.00): L’Aquila vs Gran Parma
(break for Six Nations)
27 Mar (15.00): L’Aquila vs Petrarca
3 Apr (16.00): Roma vs Viadana
10 Apr (16.00): L’Aquila vs Venezia
17 Apr (16.00): Roma vs Venezia
24 Apr (16.00): L’Aquila vs Rovigo
1 May (16.00): Roma vs L’Aquila
8 May (16.00): L’Aquila vs Treviso
15/22 May (tbc): Semi finals
29 May (tbc): Final

Rugby Roma Olimpic, Rugby City, Via delle Tre Fontane 5 (M Magliana ‘B’ line) Tel. 065923799 www.rugbyroma.com

Stadio Tommaso Fattori, Via della Croce Rossa, L’Aquila (Abbruzzo) Tel. 0862645305 www.laquilarugby.com

[ Culture&Events, Events, Exhibition ] 9 Oct-7 Feb: Dada and Surrealism rediscovered

Max Ernst

A major international exhibition dedicated to the Dada and Surrealist artistic movements at Rome’s Vittoriano complex and curated by art historian, poet and philosopher Arturo Schwarz. Some 500 oils, sculptures, collages, readymades, sketches andmore retell the story of the birth, growth and main events of the these two revolutionary movements. Amongst the most famous works on display are those of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Rene Magritte.

Admission: €10, €7.50 (Mon-Thu 09.30-19.30, Fri Sat till 23.30, Sun till 20.30)
Complesso del Vittoriano, Via San Pietro in Carcere (M Colosseo ‘B’ line) Tel. 066780664

[ Events, Roman sport, Sport Fixtures ] 2009-10: Basketball with Lottomattica Roma

30.11.08, Lottomatica Roma vs La Fortezza Bologna (© All rights reserved. Girovagando/Flickr)

Virtus ‘Lottomattica’ Roma, the Italian capital’s top basketball team plays its home games at the PalaLottomatica sports centre in the city’s southern EUR suburb. The Playoffs usually start each May. Roma came second in 2008 but failed to make the final in 2009 and have so far also failed to make much of an impression in the Euroleague. Champions Siena have won the scudetto three years running - 2006-7, 2007-8 and 2008-9 and are favourites again in 2009-10. Could 2009-10, however, be Roma’s season?

Serie A
11 Oct (18.00): Roma vs Cremona
25 Oct: Roma vs Avellino
8 Nov: Roma vs Biella
29 Nov: Roma vs Cantù
13 Dec: Roma vs Teramo
3 Jan: Roma vs Milano
10 Jan: Roma vs Solsonica
24 Jan: Roma vs Caserta
7 Feb: Roma vs Treviso
14 Feb: Roma vs Avellino
28 Feb: Roma vs Ferrara
14 Mar: Roma vs Pesaro
21 Mar: Roma vs Siena
3 Apr (20.30): Roma vs Montegranaro
18 Apr: Roma vs Varese
8 May (20.30): Roma vs Bologna
May 2010: Quarter-final playoffs
Tickets: €10-€40, reductions for under-16s (18.15 start unless stated)

Euroleague
22 Oct: Roma vs Tau (France)
12 Nov: Roma vs Tel Aviv (Israel)
10 Dec: Roma vs Moscow (Russia)
16 Dec: Roma vs Maroussi (Athens, Greece)
13 Jan: Roma vs Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Tickets: €10-€40, reductions for under-16s (20.30 start unless stated)

[ Events, Exhibition ] 21 Oct-31 Jul: Non Angli sed Angeli, a pilgrimage a mission

The Venerable English College opens its subterranean spaces for the first time, with an exhibition that explores the history of the College, from its foundation as a hospice in the 1300s to its transformation into a seminary in 1579. The visitor can share the incredible experiences of those pilgrims who made the long and arduous journey from England to Rome in this period, while also discovering what life was like for those Jesuit priests who made the return journey from the English College itself to Elizabethan England, on mission and in secret. We invite you to experience what it was like to hide in a priest hole, visit a 16th Century London prison and even cross the English Channel ! Non Angli sed Angeli is an exhibition that promises to surprise and intrigue you.