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line or at the door from 7.30pm. It also does a popular easy-listening Sunday brunch (€35
or €55 for two adults and two children).
Piccolo Teatro
THEATRE
( 02 4241 1889;
www.piccoloteatro.org
; Via Rovello 2; box office 10am-6.45pm Mon-Sat, to 5pm Sun;
Cordusio)
This risk-taking little repertory theatre was opened in 1947 by Paolo Grassi and
none other than the late, great theatre director Giorgio Strehler, and then embarked on a
nationwide movement of avant-garde productions and Commedia dell'Arte revivals. Ad-
ditional programming, including ballet, goes on at the larger, second sibling space over at
the
Teatro Strehler
(
02 4241 1889; Largo Greppi;
box office 10am-6.45pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-6.30pm Sun;
Lanza)
.
Alcatraz
( 02 6901 6352;
www.alcatrazmilano.com
; Via Valtellina 25; 11pm-4am Fri & Sat Sep-Jun; 70, 3, 4,
7, 11)
Founded by Italian rockstar Vasco Rossi, Alcatraz is now a multifunctional venue for
live concerts, DJ sets, fashion shows and a weekly dance club. The 1800 sq metre, former
garage space rocks to the sound of Latino, house and revival on Friday and classic rock
'n' roll on Saturday.
CLUB
Shopping
Milan's interior and industrial designers have showrooms throughout the city, with a num-
ber of them in the streets surrounding Piazza San Babila. Younger labels and a hip new
breed of multibrand retailers can be found in Brera, Corso Como, Corso Magenta, Porta
Ticenese and Navigli, while midrange labels and chains line bustling Via Torino, Corso
Vercelli and Corso Buenos Aires.
Aspesi
(
www.aspesi.com
;
Via Monte Napoleone 13; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat; San Babila, Montenapoleone)
The size
of this Antonio Citterio- designed shop is a clue to just how much Italians love this label
- Aspesi outerwear is
de rigueur
for mountain and lake weekends. The arty industrial
sprawl is ironically at odds with an essentially practical marque: sportswear at its most un-
derstated.
FASHION
