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Events at St. James
Operatic Concert Tonight at the Church

Where & When
Date: Tuesday, October 23
Time: 21:00
Location: St. James
Firenze Lirica Presents "Melodramma"

 

Firenze Lirica is holding an operatic concert of arias and duets  at the Church tonight, October 23, at 9:00 PM.

 

Soprano - Silvia Pacini

Mezzosoprano - Silvia Mazzoni

Tenor - Mattia Nebbai

Baritone - Mauro Buda

Pianist - Gianni Fabbrini

 

Free entrance.  

Halloween Party

Where & When
Date: Saturday, October 27
Time:16:00-18:00
Location: Undercroft
Children's Lending Library Annual Halloween Party

 

Start getting ready... paint your fingernails black... gather up your spiders, your hat, your cauldron and your broom stick and fly on over to the Children's Lending Library's Annual Halloween Party! Saturday October 27 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM! All the usual attractions... lots of creepy crafts, gruesome games and spooky snacks... See youuuuuuuu there!

 

 

 

Adult Forum

Where & When
Date: Sunday, October 28
Time: 10:00
Location: Undercroft
James Bradburne to Speak

 

James Bradburne, the director of Palazzo Strozzi, will speak at the Forum this Sunday, October 28.

Grab a cappuccino and join us in the Undercroft.

 

Acolyte Revolution!

Acolyte Training
 
Training for acolytes is being offered to older children, teens, and adults during Sunday School. The new Guild of Acolytes will be inter-generational for those who desire to serve at the Altar on Sundays. Please contact the Church Office if interested.
 
Your St. James
Weekly Food Drive

Where & When
Date: Sundays
Time: 9:00 & 11:00
Location: Church
Help the Hungry  

 

Every Sunday in Church, the St. James Foodbank is collecting donations of food. Please support this important ministry by donating any of the following items: canned tomatoes, canned beans, 1 liter packages of long shelf life milk, 500 gram packages of pasta, 1 kilo packages of rice, 80 gram and 160 gram cans of tuna, coffee, crackers, small boxes of juice, merendine.  

 

The shopping cart will be at the back of the Church, waiting to be filled!

   

Grazie di cuore! 


 

St. James' Townhouse Available for Bookings

Contact: townhouse@stjames.it
Come Stay in the St. James' Townhouse

St. James' Town House, in the heart of Florence, is the perfect place to stay with friends or family. We are centrally located near the train station, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, and many other favorite places to visit. We accept reservations for a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 3 months. Your stay with us is considered a donation to St. James Church. Contact us for availability and further information. Everyone is Welcome at St. James' Town House!

 

St. James' Town House is a three story apartment with its own entrance on via Bernardo Rucellai, next to the church rectory and part of the parish complex. It is a spacious 3-bedroom, 3-bath apartment, furnished with antiques, including a beautiful 1826 John Broadwood fortepiano, and overlooking the church and the rectory garden. It is fully equipped with linens for both bed and bath, along with kitchen supplies. There is satellite television that includes many English language programs, a washing machine, microwave oven, and iron. The bedrooms and living room are air conditioned. Off- street parking within the grounds of the church for one car.

 

Events in Florence
The Richmond Duo - Concert at the British Institute

Where & When
Date: Wednesday, October 24
Time: 18:00
Location:
Lungarno Guicciardini, 9

Music by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Bohuslav Martinu, and Astor Piazzolla


 Margaret Bruce (pianoforte) and Moshe Friedman (violoncello) play Beethoven's Sonata in A major Op 69, Martinu's Sonata N° 1 and Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango.
 

 

All are welcome.

Library and Cultural Centre

Palazzo Lanfredini

Lungarno Guicciardini, 9

50125 Firenze

 

 

Talking Pictures at the British Institute

Where & When
Date: Wednesday, October 24
Time: 20:00
Location:Lungarno Guicciardini 9
Mahler
 
The British Institute will show Ken Russel's "Mahler" on Wednesday, October 24, at 8:00 PM.


Sala Fiamma Ferragamo
Harold Acton Library
 
Cena a Teatro

Where & When
Date: Friday, October 26
Time: 20:00
Location: Casa del Popolo, Fiesole

A School in Sri Lanka

 

The Associazione Fabio Jonathan (Onlus) is holding a charity dinner at the Casa del Popolo, Fiesole, at 8:00 PM on Friday, October 26, to raise funds for building a school in Sri Lanka.

 

There will be a delicious Tuscan dinner accompanied by belly dancing.

 

Donation: adults €20, kids €10

 

Reservations: 338 8553158 or info@fabiojonathan.org

 

Una scuola in Sri Lanka - Associazione Fabio Jonathan Onlus

www.fabiojonathan.org/   

 

 

 

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. 

    Hymn 707. Words: Francis Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), alt. 

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Firenze, Italy
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