A Special Tribute to Comics in Italy

Comics and its fans will be the protagonists of the Autumnal season in Lucca and Milan, with two important events dedicated to the world of comics.

In fact, from October 29^th to November 1^st, inside the walls and in the picturesque squares of the stunning city of the Versilia area, the internationally renowned Lucca Comics & Games starts again. For more than 40 years, such an appointment gathers fans and people involved in the work (last year the presences were 130,000), attracted by the exhibition market and most of all by the several collateral events and projects.

So much that this year the organizers decided to give it the official name of “International Festival of Comics, Games and Illustrations” and to celebrate such a transformation with the title “The Evolution of the Species”.

Actually, the event’s programme schedules several initiatives, as well as the festival dates and locations are noticeably increasing. On October 17^th, the real exhibition will start in the historical location of the Doge’s Palace.

The historical centre, with many new stages, also this year will be the events’ fulcrum. Here you will find the Self Area, dedicated to the self-made comics, a space in the interests of free creativity and invention. The Music & Comics will draw the attention of visitors with all-involving happenings, with a competition in partnership with Mediaset (where winners will produce the theme song of a television cartoon), and most of all with the crucial moment of the Festival, Cosplay, where the fans take part to a funny parade in their favorite comics heroes’ clothing and walk the runaway on Music & Comics’ stage.

In addition, the Japan Area , conceived in order to host the more and more beloved Nippon comics, which this year has been turned into the Japan Palace (in the halls of the Real Collegio), where the culture of the Far East will be celebrated with Japanese language courses, courses of writing and traditional handicraft, and with many exhibitions according to the subject.

And also international guests, street writing, a pavilion dedicated to the kids television and another one dedicated to the games and their increasingly global diffusion, from the tables of the fans to the movies and videogames from all over the world.

So…It’s impossible to get bored here!

But in the case it is not enough for you, on November 14^th and 15^th you will have the chance to go to Milan for the special event called Fumettopoli, the other fantastic international exhibition market which takes place many times a year and that this year is at its 33^rd edition.

Here the location is more limited but the programme is as much rich. In the halls of the Ata Hotel Executive (in front of the Garibaldi station) many brand new and historical comics will be shared and sold, but also records, cds, dvds, household and gift items and various other things.

For comics’ lovers or just for all curious people, this will be an Autumn rich of appointments!

For further information about this and other events in Lucca and Milan, please visit our websites http://www.aboutversilia.com/ and http://www.aboutmilan.com/

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Milano Film Festival comes back - September 11th - 20th

From September 11^th to 20^th 2009, Milano Film Festival comes back in the cosmopolitan city of Milan with its 14^th edition.

This acclaimed event was born in 1996 as a short film festival-competition for the young Milanese filmakers only, giving in this way the chance to put under the spotlight marginal works; however, in 2000 it set up the first international feature film competition.

This year, the 14^th edition presents a calendar rich of events, and it schedules the opening of two different international competition: (more…)

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Nippon Kōbō: from a Japanese Point of View

Forma, the International Center for Photography in Milan, will host until 6^th September a very original exhibition entitled “Nippon Kōbō”, which means “Japanese Laboratory”.

In other words, we are dealing with a homage to the Japanese world and to its particular photographic art.

The exhibition’s aim is to show the evolution of the Japanese photography by highlighting the variety of themes, the wide range of languages and most of all one of the most characteristic features of the Japanese culture: the relationship with the surrounding environment poised between ecstatic contemplation and irretrievable pain.

On this occasion, the notable Milan’s center for photography has selected 130 (more…)

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Chase Art Collection for the first time in Milan

Until September 15^th, Milan’s Royal Palace of art and culture placed in Piazza Duomo, will host for the first time in Italy, the unique art exhibition “Chase Art Collection”.

We are talking about an American art collection, which gathers works created by renowned artists, such as Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and many others.

A unique collection, which was born in 1959 from an idea of (more…)

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Milan pays homage to the Woodstock Generation

On the occasion of 40^th anniversary of the notorious Woodstock Festival, Milan Triennial organizes until 20^th September a special exhibition entitled “Woodstock – The After Party”, in honor of all the generations belonging to the last 40 years who have a great passion for rock music.

As commonly known, the Festival took place for the first time in August 1969 in Bethel (a town located in the State of New York) and lasted for 3 days during which there were great international artists like Jimi Hendrix and Santana.

In addition, the concert is considered by many to be a great historical landmark of 70’s America, because it gave life to the Woodstock Nation, a sort of youth generation / movement which strongly opposed to any kind of social obligation, by defending their ideals of freedom, peace and love.

This event is not just a simple commemoration of one of the most important (more…)

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After its Restoration, an Exhibition dedicated to the Wedding of the Virgin, by Raffaello

We will have the chance to marvel at the wonderful “Wedding of the Virgin” created by the great Raffaello not for much longer; in fact, since last March, it came back in the halls of the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Gallery), after the several restoration works which brought this artwork back to its natural splendor.

This year, the ancient Milan gallery celebrates its 200^th anniversary and it has decided to do it in a big way, by (more…)

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The Wonderful Summer of Milan

Hey Guys…Finally it’s Summer!

And for all of you who, despite the warm days and muggy weather, decide to remain in the city of Milan, a wonderful summer has just begun: La Bella Estate di Milano 2009!

In fact, the most expected series of summer events has come back, and the city of Milan organizes for you all summer long, from 16^th June to 30^th August, 400 different appointments to (more…)

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The Florence leg of Cavendish and Petacchi

The Giro d’Italia 2009 - at its 92° edition and 100° anniversary this year - Florence leg will see a special competition between an English and an Italian cyclist, both actors of this particular edition of the race.

Yes, because presented on last December at the Gran teatro La Fenice in Venice, the arrival, after 21 legs and 3,395 km, will not be in Milan this year - as usual is, starting from 1950 - but in the capital city of Rome. It could be defined as a backlinks race, from North to South and a little bit to the North again, a very hard race for sprinters taking part on it, even without the usual hard obstacle represented by Alps at the end of the path.

The Tuscan leg of the tour will see the crossover of the provinces of Lucca, Massa Carrara, Pisa and Florence. The Lido di Camaiore - Florence leg is characterized by a pretty linear way of 176Km - with just one exception represented by the Montemagno climb, just a little bit more difficult for participants - ending the race in viale Abram Lincoln in Florence, near to the historic cycle track of the Cascine area. Except for potential intrusion of Farrar, Davis and Goos, the protagonists of such leg will be with no doubt the English cyclist Cavendish and the Italian Petacchi.

Departure of the Tuscan leg will be at 1,25 p.m. and the expected arrival at about 5,00 - 5,30 p.m.

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Milan and the International Furniture Fair

On April Wednesday 22^nd, the International Furniture Fair will come back to the city of Milan, still rich of innovations and surprises despite its 48 seasons.

The International Furniture Fair of Milan, together with the long series of Milanese trade shows, such as the one showing furniture and lighting elements, is the most important event in this sector and it boasts of international prestige and also of a universally renowned reputation. (more…)

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A Week in the pursuit of Culture

As every year, the extraordinary initiative organized by the Department of Cultural Heritage is come back for promoting the Italian culture: the 11^th Week of Culture.

In fact, in all the Italian cities from April 18^th to 26^th, museums, archaeological excavations, churches and monuments will open their doors to visitors, so that for a whole week the spaces of culture will have no metes and bounds.

Tourists, schools children and simple citizens who can’t wait to enjoy a couple of days in the interests of culture, will be the protagonists of this project, and the most important and beautiful places of our country’s culture will be invaded.

In fact, the slogan (more…)

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