Category Archives: Announcements

Dance casting for the next Jug Band Colline Metallifere video (deadline: Feb. 9, 2024)

In a nutshell: if you know how to twist and you would like to be part (from home) of the next Jug Band Colline Metallifere video, send a clip of your best twist dancing to +393317539228 (Whatsapp or Telegram). For more context, read on…

1. Introduction

A moment of the Nov. ’23 “forestudio session”.

On Nov. 1, 2023, with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere we recorded six tracks in the “forestudio” (one of our mobile studios in Southern Tuscany. The post-production has been completed, and we considered that it would be cool for one of these tracks to have a video.

The song is called Tatti Twist. The lyrics are in English, and they tell the story of a foreign guy who likes Tuscany, and eventually relocates…you guess…in Tatti, our home base. In this video it would be nice to see some of you folks dancing: so, we decided to launch a casting for dancers. Namely, we are looking for guys or gals who will provide some twist moves.

2. To be part of the casting

2.1 Shoot a video where you are dancing some twist. Maximum duration: 15 seconds. If you have any doubts, see this page for technicalities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_(dance)). PLEASE NOTE – THE SONG IN THIS VIDEO IS NOT THE ONE YOU WILL BE DANCING ON FOR OUR VIDEO, BUT THE GROOVE IS THE SAME:

2.2 Send the video to the Jug Band Colline Metallifere casting team

Together with the video, please also send a few lines of presentation about who you are, where you live, and why you would like to be in our video.

3. Deadline

The deadline to submit you material is February 9 (CET).

4. What happens after?

4.1 By February 23 you will be re-contacted by our casting team. If you have been selected, you will also received the instructions to be part of the video. The production will take place roughly bettween Feb. 24, and May 5, 2024.

4.2 At the end of the production phase, all the selected participants will receive a nice JBCM gift, in addition to credits in the video, which will have international visibility (to give you an idea, please consider https://www.pibinko.org/in-the-media/, in addition to a netowkr of contacts of a few tens of thousands of people in our social networks).

5. Miscellanea

5.1 Please note that Wolfgang, our one-string bass player, has been participating to Twist contests in the Sixties, and that we collaborate with various dance professionals.

5.2 Depending on the nature of the “dance company” that we will assemble, this casting might be used to develop ideas for other events and initiatives with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere, the pibinko.org network, Tattistampa, Il Casino Booking, and other partnering organizations.

5.3 If you are intetested to sponsor the production of the video, please contact micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228

5.4 The participation to the video will not require you to move from your home.

6. For more information

Foto di testa: fonte Wikipedia

Dec. 13-21, 2023: The Fourth Jug Band Colline Metallifere Winter Fest

This is the flyer for the Fourth Winter Fest organized by the pibinko.org network, in collaboration with those who are willing to collaborate (names of individuals and organizations will be disclosed as the festival unfolds). While the first three editions were set in the Farma Valley, a lesser known location in Southern Tuscany (some 100 km South of Florence), in this round we will propose a travelling event, with a dozen or so stops in three Tuscan provinces. At this stage the finer details are intentionally omitted. Partly for non-business confidentiality agreements, partly in order to turn this into some kind of treasure hunt , partly because some of the stops will be defined in “co-design” mode.

It is to be noted that, in addition to the three past Winter fests, the organizers have proposed an average of one event per month since 2007. So, even though the flyer looks somewhat obscure (also to our Italian-reading audience), for once please trust us and ride the wave.

For more information on places and times of what will happen:

From the pibinko.org network: Expatriati Network, serving all expatriates

After many years of relationship with various forms of expatriates (aka “expats” in the English-speaking world), and having visited various digital communities for them, with the pibinko.org we have decided to launch our own sandbox for the exchange of experiences between expatriates.

If you are Facebook users, please subscribe to http://www.facebook.com/groups/expatriatinetwork/. For all others, micalosapevo@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228.

The service will be in “beta version” for some weeks.

Zen, one of the “tre cani rossi” (three red dogs) visiting La Combriccola in Torniella, Southern Tuscany

Following the presentation of the “Tre cani rossi” wine by Az. Agricola I Cipressi in Capannoli (Pisa) at Bar Vineria La Combriccola in Torniella, Southern Tuscany, half way between Siena and Grosseto, on Aug. 20, and following the testimonial by Claudio “Bob” Spinosi, today it was no less then Zen, one of the actual three red dogs, who visited La Combriccola. See him below.

For more initiatives by the pibinko.org network at La Combriccola since you may also see: https://www.pibinko.org/en/?s=combriccola

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

Tre Cani Rossi now available at Bar Vineria la Combriccola in Torniella, Southern Tuscany

You can now buy “I Tre cani rossi” red wine by Azienda Agricola I Cipressi in Capannoli (Pisa) at Bar Vineria La Combriccola in Torniella, Southern Tuscany. This is along the old state road from Grosseto to Siena. The initiative was launched after a double map & wine tasting session in the Farma Valley on August 20, on the side of the palla a 21 tournaments in Piloni.

Below is one of our testimonials, Claudio “Bob” Spinosi, on the Combriccola doorstep.

To learn about other initiatives we organized at La Combriccola since 2007 also see anche: https://www.pibinko.org/en/?s=combriccola

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

Monitoring Light Pollution with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: A Case Study Comparing RGB Images and Night Ground Brightness

This is an article by our BuioMetria Partecipativa partner Luciano Massetti from the Institute of Bioeconomy at the National Research Council in Florence, which I am glad to share:

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/9/2052

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

Soundtrack: Il cielo è di tutti (the sky is everybody’s), Jug Band Colline Metallifere cover:

Mar. 25, 2022, Scansano (Tuscany) – Presentation of the pibinko.org Activities for the year (Culture, Environment, Open Innovatio, Music)

Following the interviews in February (see link, in Italian), and waiting for the first Spring tour with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere (April 8-9 in Trentino and Emilia Romagna), we have decided to respond to various expressions of interest in the area of Scansano, Southern Tuscany, to propose a sort of “mini open day”. We will be explaining what we have been preparing during the Winter, in terms of activities in the our historical lines of work: culture, environment, open innovation, and musica. We will be up and about in Scansano between 7PM and 10PM. Part of the event will be streamed. The event is intended to be in Italian, but if you will need hints in English, we will be glad to provide them during the course of the evening.

For an introduction we invite you to review this page: http://www.pibinko.org/the-pibinko-org-network-on-culture-environment-and-open-innovation-our-services-feb-2022/, in addition to the concert/interview that we had in Milano last December with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere (see link)

For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org