[For a general presentation of the Festival see the Nov. 28 post] Some visitors reached the valley already in the morning, enticed by the idea of getting to know this lesser know part of Tuscany. Indoor activities started early PM, with a printing workshop by Wolgfang Scheibe from Tatti, who delivered t-shirts, cards and other … Continue reading Farma Valley Winter Fest 2017: how did it go
This happened in the context of our memorial initiatives for the tenth anniversary of our mission to Chicago, Illinois. The report was first aired on July 9, 2017, in the “Sport Café” show by TV9 in, presenting a training session by players from Torniella, Piloni, and Scalvaia, as well as details on the construction of … Continue reading July 9, 2017 – Report by TV9 Grosseto on palla a 21
Where C is for culture, A for ambiente (environmento), IL for innovazione libera (open innovation), M for Music, and S for Sport. C June 28, 9PM, Torniella, Second edition of the palla a 21 ball construction course. June 30, 6PM , Massa Marittima (GR), opening of the photo exhibition by Alberico Mattei and Martina Busonero. … Continue reading pibinko.org Newsletter #11: CAILM…S
After the quick’n’dirty first setup of the Farma Valley Community billboard, here is our first update. You can find it entering the village of Torniella from the South, on your right, just after the post office. In addition to an updated and enriched list of events, going through August, we added a proper title on the top … Continue reading An update of the Farma Valley Billboard (as of June 3, 2017)
Tuesday, June 6, from 4PM to 8PM at Caffé Ricasoli, in via Ricasoli 20, Grosseto, there will be a presentation of the second part of the 2017 combined calendar of events, by pibinko.org, Attivarti.org and other partnering subjects. 2017 started as a peculiar year, as it marks the tenth anniversary of an initiative which was a … Continue reading Save the date: Tue. June 6 in Grosseto (Southern Tuscany) the pibinko.org Summer calendar presented @ Caffé Ricasoli
From April 26 to May 14 Attivarti.org hosted in Torniella, Southern Tuscany, two students from the Fossombroni High School in Grosseto. The students supported the association on two tasks: editing information material concerning the Farma Valley (using both pre-existings sources and new documentation acquired directly on the field) and helping with the promotion of the … Continue reading High School Internships with Attivarti.org: mission accomplished
During the last International Open Data Day, on March 4, 2017, we presented the first draft copy of the Farma Valley community map, with two events in Scansano and Castelnuovo Val di Cecina as warm-up and debriefing events. This map was the first result of an activity stated at the end of 2014, when we … Continue reading The first “hard copy” steps for the Farma Valley (Tuscany) community map
…it’s right below the little green arrow in the picture: Ersilia’s House is available for rent for short periods, during all of the year. Please write for enquiries. It is a large (five rooms plus bathroom) apartment in Piazza del Popolo, Torniella, part of the Roccastrada Municipality in Southern Tuscany. The two balconies facing the … Continue reading Ersilia’s House in Torniella, Southern Tuscany
The ball used in the game of “palla a 21” (or “palla eh!” (see some photo coverage of the 2016 tournaments), is made by hand, following the process illustrated by Ilo Ferrandi in this video. To date we know of four “palla makers”: Massimo Signori “the Boss” from Tirli, Eraldo Panti aka Calimero from Ciciano, … Continue reading The palla a 21 ball
News On April 14 the recording of the webinar we gave on April 7 concerning open-source geomatics, music, and rural areas was published. This is a 45-minute summary, with various live insets by Etruschi from Lakota, of the years of pibinko.org story. The presentation is in English and tuned to the free/open source software community, since we … Continue reading pibinko.org newsletter (April 17-23): a webinar recording and old card game tournaments