Amaranta Service
Scali del Monte Pio 7, Livorno
Tel. +(39) 0586 839772
Fax. +(39) 0586 213885
email: amarantaservice@virgilio.it

Founded in 1998, Amaranta Service organises a wide variety of cultural events and initiatives in the city of Livorno and the surrounding Province. These include guided tours, restoration projects, historical research, and educational visits. They also manage two of Livorno's small museums, Amedeo Modigliani's birthplace in Via Roma, and the Jewish Museum in Via Micali.

The Amici del Cinema ('Friends of the Cinema') association was founded in 1991 by Alfredo Casarosa. The aim of the association is to show a programme of independent high-quality films, alongside mainstream films, at the Cinema Quattro Mori, with the possibility of discussing the various themes arising from the films with other movie enthusiasts in Livorno.

The Amici della Zizzi Association was founded in 1986 by Riccardo Ripoli. It was named after Riccardo's mother (Zizzi) who died that year and who was well known for the work she did to help other people. The association aims to carry on this work by helping children from families in difficulty. In more than 20 years more than 500 children have been cared for by Amici della Zizzi in their two centres, one in Livorno and the other in Oretano (province of Pisa).
The association is run by voluntary workers, and they are always in need of extra help: people to play with the children, help them with their school work, people to cook and clean, to cut the grass, carry out maintenance work.  Anyone interested should contact Amici della Zizzi by phone or email.

Centro Culturale Vertigo
Scali del Pesce 11, Livorno
Tel/Fax +(39) 0586 210120
email: vertigoteatro@tiscali.it

Founded in 1994, the Vertigo cultural association now carries out a number of activities in Livorno, including courses in theatre and diction for children, teenagers and adults. The association also presents an annual programme of theatrical productions open to the general public. New in 2007 is a course dedicated to English through theatre, "Keats", in collaboration with the London School of Language and Drama and the British School of Livorno.

Livornese Botanical Group
c/o Museo di Storia Naturale
Via Roma 234,
Livorno.
Tel. +(39) 0586 852773
E-mail: info@gruppobotanicolivornese.it
Website: www.gruppobotanicolivornese.it

The group, which currently has 40 members, was founded in 1976 and organises courses, conferences, exhibitions, botanical excursions and carries out scientific research. See the What's On calendar for specific details.

Anthropology and Archaeo-zoology group
c/o Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo,
Via Roma 230,
Livorno 

Calendar of lectures 2007-2008 (on Tuesdays at 5.30pm)

October
2nd   Enrolments and presentation of the programme
9th   A. Amadei - Homo sapiens
16th Film on human evolution - "La Guerra del Fuoco" ('the war of fire')
23th E. Bedini -  The Exploitation of Fishing Resources in Antiquity
30th A. Amadei - The Neolithic: Historical Framework

November
6th   M. Bisconti - From the Economy of Hunting to Domestication
13th A. Borzatti -  From the Economy of Gathering Food to Agriculture: the First Cultivated Vegetables
20th F. Manenti - Birth of the Calendar
27th E. Bedini - Paleopathology in the Roman World: the Gladiators

December
4th  A. Amadei - Burials in Ancient Egypt
11th Christmas Dinner