Jul. 14, 2024 – Vetulonia (Southern Tuscany). 1st Palla Eh! Junior Campus

Announcements

The Associazione Palla Eh Vetulonia is planning for Sunday, July 14, 2024 in Vetulonia, close to Castiglione della Pescaia, Southern Tuscany, a event dedicated to promoting the ancient game of palla eh! for kids.

Thanks to the presence of some players of the teams which in the Summer week-ends will be participating in the official tournaments between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto (July 20-21 in Tirli, July 27-28 luglio in Scalvaia, Aug. 3-4 in Ciciano, Aug. 10-11 agosto in Torniella, Aug. 17-18 in Piloni and Aug. 24-25 agosto in Vetulonia), the kids will have a chance to learn the basics of the game and to try it in a series of demonstration games.

The campus will be from 4PM to 6.30PM in Principe Umberto square.

The initiative is recommended from age 6 and above. Participation to the campus is free, but an advance registration to vetuloniapallaeh@gmail.com is appreciated.

July 7, 2024 6PM. Night Sky Quality and Land Quality at the Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi, Saturnia (Southern Tuscany)

Announcements

After last February’s event in Scansano, we touch base once more on night sky quality (and Buiometria Partecipativa, participatory night sky quality monitoring). This time we will be in the awesome setting of Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi in Saturnia (Southern Tuscany), combined with a typical product tasting and a visit to the Paride Pascucci exhibition…food for the body and for the mind.

Admission is free but a reservation is required at +390564601280 or info@poloaldi.it

The Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour: how did it go?

Gran(i)Tour

Below you find some shots from the Jug Band Colline Metallifere. Between June 14 and June 29 we have moved from Southern Tuscany, Trentino, Munich, and various locations in Baden-Württemberg, proposing a series of concerts intertwined with the topic of grains, and more in general to interact on musica and relation between different territories.We have been at: La Foresta+Comun’orto Rovereto, Vits Cafe Munich, Tennental, Krone Alt Hoheneck (Ludwigsburg), Goldochsen Brauerei Spielbach, Huober Brezel Erdmannhausen, Tatty Stay and See Stuttgart, Beuerlbach-Crailsheim, Löwen Bartenstein, Clansman Ludwigsburg, Aalen Red Cross, in addition to a couple of street music gigs in Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. This was around 2700 km and 14 events in 16 days, closing at Bagno Baratti (Tuscany) on June 29.

In addition to the hosting venues, we would like to thank: Max Herman and his Mindful Mona Lisa project, Dario Guidetti, Luca Delucchi. Special thanks to Samuel Huber for the assistance and multiple ideas emerged during the stay in Erdmannhausen.

Please remember that:

  • some tour T-shirts are still available (vedi articolo).
  • On Soundcloud and Youtube you can listen to six songs from our most recent set list.
  • Our next concerts with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere will be: July 10 in Pomarance (Pisa) and Aug. 22 in Tatti .
  • all Gran(i)tour-related articles since March 6, when we launched the project, are available on https://www.pibinko.org/granitour24en/

For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228.

https://on.soundcloud.com/b5ixq3ZUuPWzLQBr5

June 25, 2024 – Gran(i)Tour in Beuerlbach, with a visit to grain experiments + Jug Band Colline Metallifere live

Gran(i)Tour

After a day off, where we had the opportunity of visiting the Bauer recording studios in Ludwigsburg, Germany, the Gran(i)Tour, starts its second half, with the most “rural” event of all our mission.

From 7.30PM it will be possible to visit Reiner Schmidt’s farm in Beuerlbach, North-East of Stuttgart. Here you may see different types of experimental grains on which four local families have been working for years.

The Jug Band Colline Metallifere performance will follow the site visit (around 9PM).

Pending a full report about the Gran(i)Tour, you can check out a few moments of the tour from the JBCM Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/jugbandcm/. For more information: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228

Simple hikes around Tatti (Southern Tuscany)

ASBUC

This map highlights some portions of the roads and trails selected by Amministrazione Separata Beni e Usi Civici (ASBUC) di Tatti, and deemed suitable for walks and hikes. These portions may be assembled at your leisure to compose itineraries around the village with for walks from one to four hours. These sections may be also downloaded in GPX format: https://www.pibinko.org/out/aspassointornoatatti-v20240531.gpx

For a full-screen version of the map, please use this link: https://www.pibinko.org/map/asbuctatti – if you are on a mobile device, and you click on the “pin” icon under the zoom buttons, you will be able to see your location on the map.

For more information: asbuctattigr@gmail.com

The Forestano Session EP is out, to warm up before the Gran(i)Tour

Gran(i)Tour

If you liked the “Tatti Twist” launched last aprile, you are boung to dig the other songs we recorded with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere during the past months. As a warm-up for the upcoming Gran(i)Tour you can find them on Soundcloud and YouTube…your choice:

Soundcloud:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jugbandcm/videos

Enjoy!

For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228

The recording of the #221 show featuring the Jug Band Colline Metallifere (May 21, 2024)

Gran(i)Tour, In the media, local

During the May 21, 2024 episode of #221 on TV9 Grosseto, we proposed four songs with a trio lineup, and explained a bit of the JBCM project as we approach the Gran(i)Tour.

For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228

Wolfgang’s Wheat as of May 23, 2024

Gran(i)Tour

In the midst of the preparations for the Jug Band Colline Metallifere Gran(i)Tour, Wolfgang will send periodic shots from his wheat field in the Bruna Valley, Southern Tuscany. For previous pictures: https://www.pibinko.org/en/?s=wolfgang%27s+wheat.