Cinema in Rome

Cine Detour , Via Urbana, 107 French Cinema. Inside the French istitute, they have a super good selection. In French with italian subtitles. 5 euros. Largo Toniolo, 22 Cinema delle Provincie Goethe Institut This is the german Institut in Rome.They often do projections of very nice movies (in german with english or italian subtitles), and generally for free.

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Art in Rome

MAAM (Museum of the Other and of the Elsewhere). This was a former salami factory occupied by homeless immigrants and now hosts one of Rome’s most important contemporary art spaces, with installations and paintings by more that 300 artists from around the world. Open on Saturday, FREE entrance but a donation is welcome. Via Prenestina, 913 Villa Medici (the French Academy)is one of Rome’s most beautiful nobile villas, right above piazza del Popolo. Every Thursday it host an art exposition. Have a look here for the program. FREE entrance. Viale della Trinitá de Monti, 1 CRAAK! (festival of drawn and …

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Libraries in Rome

All around Rome there are public libraries where you can study or borrow books, movies and music for free. Open the MAP to discover where they are or search here a specific book on there database. I’ve also just discovered a very alternative and indipendent library in the zone of Centocelle, called BAM (Biblioteca abusiva Metropolitana, which is something like: Metropolitan Unlawful Library). Here you can navigate on internet, play chess, or borrow a book for free. The place is definitely unconventional, also a bit dusty and with a lovely cat around.  BAM on facebook. The address is: Via dei …

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Multi-ethnic food in Rome

This is a selection of places where to eat multi-ethnic food in Rome. If you want to suggest others don’t hesitate to write me! MOROCCO Atlas – Fast food in the Zone of Centocelle (near MetroC Mirti). Soup of the day, gree tea, handmade bread and meat cooked in the typical tajine. Via degli Aceri 104, Centocelle INDIA / BANGLADESH Banglar Shaad Good and aboundant indian food In the zone of Torpignattara. Via della Maranella 36 Indian Fast Food next to Piazza Vittorio. The food is good, even if the people are a bit unfrendly. Via Mamiani, 11 ETHIOPIA / ERITREA Unkown …

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Kefir

Dove trovare il Kefir a Roma, e soprattutto, cos’é il Kefir? Innanzitutto io ce l’ho e chi lo vuole mi puó contattare e glielo do volentieri e gratis. (per ora zona Flaminio) Il kefir é un tipo di yogurt che proviene dal Caucaso (la tradizione vuole che l’abbia portato Maometto) che si puó fare in casa aggiugendo al latte i grani di kefir, che sono tipo dei funghetti bianchi e mollicci. Una volta che stanno nel latte, oltre a riprodursi trasformano il latte in yogurt creando ogni sorta di fermento e lactobacillo utile alla salute (vedi la microflora specifica). In particolare é …

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Non-tourist Rome: a guide from the underground

This is a Little Guide of Rome made by locals. Here you find tips on where to go if you are searching for cheap, authentic and non-touristy places. in particular you’ll find info on: History and roman dialect in a nutshell Festivals and live music Restaurants, pizzerie and multiethnic food parks squats  (occupations for social purposes such as concerts, festivals and expositions) Critical Mass and bike-kitchens We get no-profit from this guide, we don’t receive any compensation from the suggested places and we wrote it simply because we love our city. If you travel in a real way, you’ll have …

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