Featured Events in Florence in February, 2025 (February Updated)

Come along to meet members of Flo's friendly local artist network and practice drawing from our life model. We'll welcome you with hot drinks and biscuits to help the inspiration flow! The session will not be tutored so you will need to work independently and bring your own materials (including boards/easels if required). Come along from 6:15 to get settled in. We do not want the fee to be a barrier to taking part. Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss before booking. You'll need reasonable mobility in your hands. Please contact us if you have any additional access needs. Our centre is wheelchair accessible with parking on site, ramped access to the studio door and level throughout. We have an Access toilet. Information Source: Florence Arts Centre | eventbrite

Starting with the Saracen jousting, a popular event celebrated in the city of Arezzo, the exhibition aims to document war games using prints and drawings from various periods in the Uffizi Gallery, especially the numerous examples of helmets, weapons and armour from the famous collection of the Stibbert Museum. These knightly tournaments became popular in the Middle Ages and continued into the Renaissance, including the Crossbow Palio, which required contestants to have skills in precision, and the ancient Game of the Bridge, a contest of strength to conquer the Ponte Vecchio on foot. Visitors will see the most iconic piece in the exhibition, a 16th-century Buratto or Saracen quintain on loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello. Probably a celebration to mark the marriage of Francesco I and Bianca Cappero in 1579, the changes over the centuries have transformed it from a Saracen nobleman to the European warrior we see today. The exhibition emblem is another prestigious work of art, Stefano Della Bella’s Knight in Armour, made for the procession and loaned by the Uffizi Gallery. The sumptuous, ornate costumes and robes evoke the sheer splendor of participating in these spectacular events designed to celebrate the great and the good. In another painting loaned from the CR Florence Foundation, Stefano Della Bella depicts a night procession in the Boboli Gardens in 1637. Arms and armour are loaned by Florence’s Museo Stibbert, which has one of the richest collections of material on the ancient game of bridge in Pisa. Stibbert also loaned a fine set of 17th-century crossbows richly inlaid with hunting scenes, made by a workshop in southern Germany. And the collection of the Ivan Bruschi Foundation lends an interesting letter of challenge from “the unconquered, most glorious and ever-victorious King of the Indies, Brato”, issued to announce the version of the Saracen tournament that was held on August 26, 1674 in honor of Cardinal Corsini, Bishop of Arezzo.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND HEATS: click here for a tentative list of races and times!Join us for the 10th Annual Creighton 2K Rowing Challenge! We have 8 different age categories for both men and women as well as 3 age categories for kids ! Your entry fee covers your entry in the individual 2,000-meter race, the individual Half Marathon (21,097m) Row, a relay, or all of these races! (Kids 14 and younger and adults 70yrs+ will do 1,000-meters for the individual race). The 4-person team relays consist of 4 rowers who will each complete 500 meters of the 2,000-meter race. Relays can be all women, all men or coed (must have at least 2 women). We also have a family relay division; a family must have at least 2 children under the age of 18. Finally, there is a couples relays! Each pair will row 500 meters a piece, with each relay consisting of 1,000 meters. Couples must have at least one woman! This is the second year we'll be hosting a 21,097m individual row - the Half Marathon Row. It is one of the first races of the day and will run throughout the morning. Tickets are $30/person for Early Bird Tickets (through December 31, 2024). The price is $35/person starting January 1, 2025. Your registration fee covers your entry into all events (i.e. indiviaual and relays). Registration CLOSES on Thursday 11:59pm Feb 6, 2025! We will announce the times of each event the week of the competition, so make sure you include your email when registering! Please email jcd64173@creighton.edu with any questions. *** If your gym, company, or organization would like to sponsor the event, please email Joy at jcd64173@creighton.edu. Sponsors will have their names on the back of the event t-shirt as well as other sponsor options. Event Categories by Age: 1/2 Marathon Row (women's and men's) Women's 80+ and Men 80+ Women 70-79 and Men 70-79 Women 60-69 and Men 60-69 Women 50-59 and Men 50-59 Women 43-49yrs and Men 43-49yrs Women 36-42yrs and Men 36-42yrs Women 27-35yrs and Men 27-35yrs Women 18-26yrs and Men 18-26yrs Girls 15-18 (not in college) and Boys 15-18 (not in college) Girls 12-14 (1000m) and Boys 12-14 (1000m) Girls and Boys Under 12yrs *Team Relays have no age category - can be coed (2 women and 2 men), all women, OR all men (2000m). Couples relays (1000m). Family relay (2000m) must have at least 2 children 18 or under (not in college). **Awards will be given for the top 3 finishers in each category at the end of the day! ***There will not be tshirts included with registration this year. Information Source: Creighton Rowing | eventbrite

Join us on the 2nd Saturday of every month for one of San Diego's best small business pop-ups! Enjoy a day of local artists, crafters, food and more! Vendors:TBA Project by: @alternativeent Information Source: Alternative Entertainment Marketing & Events | eventbrite

Join us for a fun-filled evening at Taco's Downey Factory for our Gal-entines Paint and Sip Sing a long event! Grab your homegirls/ homeboys and get ready for a night of painting, sipping, and singing your hearts out. No artistic skills required - All canvases are pre traced out for you . Your ticket includes:Traced out canvas and all art supplies, 3 delicious tacos in your heart shaped taco platter with all the fixings and a variety of salsas and chips and 1 complimentary Shot of the night. Sounds and Jams will be played by Dj Suzie Q as we sing along with Rosie Cortez. Dont miss out! This event is open to everyone! Alcoholic drinks sold separately Information Source: eventbrite

The rustle of silks and feathers under muted conversation was probably the last thing heard by the tragically and unexpectedly deceased at the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball. With a mystery under each feathery façade, unmasking the killer may be quite a challenge. It’s up to you to determine which partygoer is guilty, bring this crime to justice, and save the party! Attend the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball and help get this soiree back on track by trading clues with other guests, gathering information, and solving the crime before the masked menace gets away! Get ready for a glamorous evening of mystery, intrigue, and murder at this masquerade ball murder mystery party! Your ticket includes a nice meal, a super fun show, and even the opportunity to participate as a suspect if you'd like. Seating is limited, so don't miss out by delaying your purchase. Information Source: Tenacious Grace Ministries | eventbrite

The rustle of silks and feathers under muted conversation was probably the last thing heard by the tragically and unexpectedly deceased at the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball. With a mystery under each feathery façade, unmasking the killer may be quite a challenge. It’s up to you to determine which partygoer is guilty, bring this crime to justice, and save the party! Attend the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball and help get this soiree back on track by trading clues with other guests, gathering information, and solving the crime before the masked menace gets away! Get ready for a glamorous evening of mystery, intrigue, and murder at this masquerade ball murder mystery party! Your ticket includes a nice meal, a super fun show, and even the opportunity to participate as a suspect if you'd like. Seating is limited, so don't miss out by delaying your purchase. Information Source: Tenacious Grace Ministries | eventbrite

Our Art Crit group is a supportive and friendly group who critique one another's work - challenging one another to develop and supporting one another to do so. If you'd like to come along, please bring a piece of your work to share OR an image of another artist's work which you'd like to talk about. We'll welcome you with hot drinks and biscuits to get the discussion flowing :-) Then we'll set off with a framework similar to this, and adapt as we go: The idea is to present work blind, to get a new perspective from a viewers’ point of view and to find out how an audience engages with the piece. 1.DESCRIBE – What is it? What are you seeing? 2. ANALYSE- How can you see those things? Is it about the colour, shapes, texture, scale etc? 3. INTERPRET- Is there an obvious meaning? What can it mean? Does this come across effectively? 4. JUDGEMENT- Is it working? If not, why? How can it be resolved? Do parts work? (This helps to build up critical thinking around the work) 5. MOVING FORWARD – How could the work be developed? What next? Are there any known artists working in the same way? Are there any related areas of research which could help push the work in new directions? Information Source: Florence Arts Centre | eventbrite