From January to December, the Mirabello Cultura festival organized by the House of Poetry in Monza offers a series of initiatives within it: from poetry to theater to music, with numerous meetings and conferences.
Art, literature and music, once again, come together to form a hub of great interest for the entire area.
FEBBRAIO
Saturday, Feb. 21 | 5 p.m.
Monza Civic Museums, Via Teodolinda 4
Unforgettable Women: "Jeane Hebuterne and Amedeo Modigliani. Love and Death in Early Twentieth-Century Paris"
Dramaturgy Antonetta Carrabs. Introduces Alberto Crespi, art critic.
Readings by Antonetta Carrabs, Iride Enza Funari and Anna Pennati
MARCH
Sunday, March 22 | 6 pm.00
Theatro Binario 7, Via Turati 8
Anime del fiume
World Water Day curated by Elisabetta Motta.
Projection by Bruno Zanzottera. Texts by Chiara Corno read by Lilli Valcepina. Music by Vincenzo Zitello
Thursday, March 26 | 6 p.m.
Musei Civici di Monza, via Teodolinda 4
Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soapwoman of Correggio
Women Unnamable Crime. Literary concert.
Dramaturgy Antonetta Carrabs. Introduces Milena Provenzi, psychiatrist.
Readings by Antonetta Carrabs, Raffaella Fossati, Iride Enza Funari and Anna Pennati
Sunday, March 29 | 6 pm.30
TBinario 7 Theater, 8 Turati Street
Water and Sea in the Balance of the Earth
Curated by Silvia Messa with Maddalena Jahoda
Water Flowing in Brianza
by and with Antonio Messa
APRIL
Thursday, April 16 | 6 pm.00
Musei Civici di Monza, via Teodolinda 4
Laura Conti, mother of Italian environmentalism
Dramaturgy Antonetta Carrabs. Introduced by Corrado Beretta, head of Valorization Area Consorzio Villa Reale e Parco di Monza.
Readings by Antonetta Carrabs, Iride Enza Funari and Anna Pennati
Wednesday, April 22 | 9 pm.00
TThe Triante Theater, Via Duca d'Aosta 8/A
Living Matter
Curated by Silvia Messa. Screening of the docu-film Erion WEEE Consortium and Libero Productions. Speaker: Mattia Teruzzi, environmental scientist
MAGGIO
Saturday, May 16 | from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.00
Musei Civici di Monza, via Teodolinda 4
European Night of Museums - "Under the Stars with Grazia"
Acurated by Antonetta Carrabs.
The night of poesti is dedicated to Grazia Deledda on the 100th anniversary of her death. Reading.
Sunday, May 24
La Bella di Monza 11th edition
5 p.m.30 | Niso Fumagalli Rose Garden: Guided tour with Master Gardener Carlo Pagani.
Presentation of the Regina Margherita rose.
6:45 pm | Hall of Honor of Villa Reale: Costume Dances. Readings of the poetry of Carducci, D'Annunzio, Pascoli dedicated to Queen Margherita.
Lecture by Maestro Carlo Pagani "The man and the rose, a long love story".
Introduced by Elisabetta Motta.
JUNE
Saturday, June 13 | 6 pm.00
Teatrino di Corte, Villa Reale, viale Brianza, 1
Orfeo
Poetic performance of music and dance by Vincenzo Zitello and Elisabetta Motta with poets Davide Ferrari and Paola Turroni. Guest Luciano Ragozzino publisher.
SundayJune 21 | 6:30 pm
Musei Civici di Monza, via Teodolinda 4
European Music Festival
Concert curated by Antonetta Carrabs.
Saturday June 27 | 9 p.m.
Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Via Montecassino
Song of a Simple Life. Tribute to St. Francis 800 years later.
Literary concert. Dramaturgy Antonetta Carrabs. Readings by Antonetta Carrabs and Anna Pennati.
Concluding Events
GENNAIO
Saturday, Jan. 24 | 4 p.m.30
Magdalena Room, 7 Santa Maddalena Street
Perfect Murder: fiftieth anniversary of Agatha Christie's death
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Agatha Christie's death (Jan. 12, 1976) staged readings and excerpts from the films based on the writer's most famous novels.
A curated by Antonetta Carrabs and Ettore Radice
