Emilia-Romagna – Calendar Of Events 2010

2010 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS IN THE EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION

From Rembrandt to Gauguin and Picasso. The enchant of painting
Rimini, until March 21, 2010
Three great exhibitions with art masterpieces famous all over the world choose Rimini as their venue. Sixty-five masterpieces are exceptionally housed in the ancient rooms of Sismondo Castle in Rimini. Here it is possible to admire works by Rembrandt, Velasquez, Van Dyck, Tiepolo, Manet, Gauguin, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, Matisse that are usually kept among the most admired “European Art Collections” in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
An extraordinary occasion – absolutely not to be missed – for those who want to see European masterpieces without going overseas.
Beside the main exhibitions, two other initiatives are taking place:
the exhibition of contemporary art Painting in Italy. Real and intimate landscapes (entrance included in the ticket price) and the initiative Piero della Francesca and the art treasures in Rimini, an unusual itinerary to discover the historic and artistic Rimini under the guide of Antonio Paolucci.
www.riminiturismo.it

Time: from Monday to Thursday and on Sundays 9am – 7pm, on Fridays and Saturdays 9am – 8pm.
Entrance fee: 10 €, reduced for groups 8 €, reduced for schools 6 €.
Advaced booking and tickets (single, groups, schools) call the info line 0039. 0422.429999 (from Monday to Friday)
For general information and hotel booking address to the information tourist office RiminiReservation ph. 0039.0541.53399

Fiori Natura e Simbolo, dal seicento a Van Gogh
Forli, Musei San Domenico from January, 24 to June, 20, 2010
This exhibition guides the visitor to the discovery of the flowers painting beginning with Caravaggio (XIV century) and ending with van Gogh (XIX century).
Masterpieces of Caravaggio, Cagnacci, Gentileschi, Dolci and others, who beautifully painted flowers and nature are shown.
Appiani, Runge, Hayez, Delacroix, Courbet, Bazille, Fantin-Latour, Manet, Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, De Nittis, Boldini, Zandomeneghi, Böcklin, Klimt, Van Gogh and Previati: artists that painted with a pure vision, a sort of magic point of view that creates a new reality in their art.
www.turismoforlivese.it

Pittura toscana-An exhibition about 19th and 20th century Italian paintings
Piacenza, Galleria Arte Moderna Oddi-Ricci, until May 2, 2010
This exhibition brings together forty extraordinary works of the twentieth century, presenting masterpieces of Macchiaioli and post-macchiaiolo schools, as well as the experience of the “Italians in Paris” and of those painters who have spent a significant period of their artistic career in Tuscany.
These oil paintings form a single private collection, capable, quite rightly, of entering into a dialogue with the Permanent Ricci Oddi Collection in Piacenza, temple of Italian painting of the nineteenth century.
Tickets: 6,00 euro, 4,50 euro
Information phone: 0039 0523 320742
info@riccioddi.it, http://pittura-toscana.riccioddi.it/pitturaToscana.html

Le Domeniche delle Mariette – Mariette’s Sundays
Forlimpopoli, January 31, 2010
A new – or maybe an old – way to discover, recover and maintain the traditions of our grandparents.
Don Pasta, dj and food and wine lover, presents “Food Sound System”. It is a book that describes a combination of food and wine with music, in a fusion of sounds, scents and tastes.
www.casartusi.it

Cento Carnevale d’Europa – Cento-Carnival of Europe
Cento (Ferrara), from January 31 to February 7-14-21-28, 2010
This carnival has a long tradition – first noticed in XVII century – and it is the only one twinned with the most famous Rio’s Carnival. Today it has become an international event, yet spectacular and exciting. The enchanting parade is a hymn to playfulness and fun. unforgettable.
For information ph. 0039 051 90 42 52-7, info@carnevalecento.com
Ticket on line http://www.carnevalecento.com/biglietti.asp
Entrance fee: 15 Euro, Reduction:11 euro Children (up to 120 cm high) for free

Fellini la grande Parade
Bologna, from March 14, 2010
MamBo and Cineteca di Bologna put together their efforts to organize the fizzy exhibition “Fellini la grande Parade” opening next spring in Bologna. The collection, whose curator is Sam Stourdzè, consist of photos, pictures, articles, film and works of art inspired by the famous director and it will be the heart of a new section dedicated to the Maestro in the Museum of modern art in Bologna.
For information
Press office Cineteca – Bologna
Contact: Patrizia Minghetti
Phone +390512194831
cinetecaufficiostampa@comune.bologna.it
www.cinetecadibologna.it
Press office MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art – Bologna
Elisa Maria Cerra
Phone +39051 6496653
ufficiostampamambo@comune.bologna.it
www.mambo-bologna.org

Ciliegi in Fiore – Blooming Cherry Trees Festival,
Vignola/Modena from March 20 to April 11, 2010
Vignola – located in the province of Modena – is the beginning of the so-called “Food and Wine Trail” and a Renaissance town in the Po plain, that has been celebrating the production of outstanding cherry trees variety for 40 years.
During the Festival the entire town is “blooming-cherry-trees” themed with events, concerts, exhibitions, peculiar Restaurants menus, tasting sessions and related activities to enjoy. The costume parade, which is set in the 16th century, is the most important event that celebrates the blossoming of cherry trees. www.cittacastelliciliegi.it

Porcolonga di Primavera – Culatello di Zibello’s trail
From April 15 to April 25, 2010
This is an interesting way to discover the area of the musician Verdi and the Culatello Ham. Porcolonga is a bike and boat marathon tour organized every autumn. Professional guides lead the cycling tours, where you can choose among 9 routes (from 31 km to 50 km long). Some of them run along the charming landscape of Po River’s embankment. In each ride you will stop for visiting important monuments such as Royal Palace in Colorno, the Sanvitale Fortress in Fontanellato, Verdi Theatre and others. Then, there will be at least two tasty stops at farms or restaurants taking part in the “Strada del Culatello di Zibello”. Here you can get back your energies tasting recipes, salted pork meats such as Culatello, Strolghino, Spalla, cheeses such as Parmigiano Reggiano, desserts and wines. Visiting dairy farms and wineries, participants can purchase local products and wines, which will be delivered upon arrival, to avoid weight on the bike on the route.
www.stradadelculatello.it

SQUISITO! – YUMMY!
San Patrignano/Rimini from April 30 to May 3, 2010
Squisito is an event dedicated to the culture of good taste, good food, and to those who are never tired of trying new flavor combinations and sampling long forgotten culinary traditions. Michelin starred chefs, experts, journalists and gourmets meet each year to redefine contemporary cuisine, creating an itinerary of taste that goes beyond our nation.
The sixth edition of this unique celebration of food and wine is entirely organized and hosted by San Patrignano, which is a community that welcomes those seeking help with problems of drug abuse, without any discrimination due to ideological or religious differences, or social class.
www.squisito.org

Nove Colli – Nine hills
Cesenatico, May 23rd of Mai 2010
The Gran Fondo Nove Colli is a cycle race well known in all Europe and for the 2010 edition there will be interesting news. The number of participants rises up to 12.000 always maintaining the safety standards that have distinguished this competition over the years. Even if it is the Nove Colli’s 40th birthday, there will be no change about the route of the Gran Fondo, because it is loved the way it is, so many people return year after year to retrace those roads, riding in the Romagna passing through several different villages such as Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, St. Leo, Sant’Agata Feltria and Talamello in the Valmarecchia area.
“Nove Colli” is by now a source of pride not only to “G.C. Fausto Coppi” but to the town of Cesenatico and the cycling itself, too.
www.novecolli.it

Palio di Ferrara
Ferrara, 30 of May 2010
The Palio of Ferrara is an absolute must-see. It is the world’s oldest palio: its tradition was established by the City of Ferrara in 1279 and continued until 1869 (which is a record!). Today a thousand locals dressed as damsels and knights, men-at-arms and musicians take part in the palio.
It is held during the last Sunday of May not only because the spring is the best time of the year for open-air events, but also because May was the month of one of the most memorable palios ever – the one celebrating the crowning of Borso d’Este as the Duke of Ferrara.
There are eight contending contrade (i.e.streets) divided into four rioni (i.e. areas) within the city walls and another four borghi (i.e. suburbs) outside the walls. After the costume parade, the contrade have to run four races, one for boys (Corsa dei Putti or Palio di San Romano), one for girls (Corsa delle Putte or Palio di San Paolo), one for donkeys (Corsa delle Asine or Palio di San Maurelio) and the last one for horses (Corsa dei Cavalli or Palio di San Giorgio).
There are also competitions of flag-wavers and musicians that represent the eight contrade in seven different specialties: traditional single, traditional double, little team, big team, musicians and assignation of the “combinata” (sum of the best scores gained).
www.paliodiferrara.it

HERB FESTIVAL
Casola Valsenio/Ravenna, (Last Sunday of May) 2010
It is a true celebration of herbs and herb products, located in the area of Casola Valsenio, province of Ravenna. The purpose is to promote the culture of herbs and related products, as well as cuisine. Casola belongs to Sangiovese Wine Trail. This route also offers interesting landscape and natural resources. The gullies (calanchi) characterizing the foothills, vineyards, olive trees, pines, cypresses and brooms lead to “Romagna’s Chalk Vein”, an attractive destination for nature and speleology lovers due to the abundance of natural caves.
www.stradadelsangiovese.it

Matilda’s Feast
Reggio Emilia und surrounding area, from May, 29 to September, 2010
These charming hills, grand in their simple and severe beauty, spotted by old castles, ancient parishes and historical villages, still flourish of colors and beauties and impressive culinary traditions, memory of the vigorous life animating the area in the Middle ages.
But it is just under Matilda – the Great Countess, that these lands got a continental reputation, playing an important role in the quarrel between the Pope and the Emperor.
Countess Matilda of Canossa was probably the most popular ruler Reggio Emilia has ever had. This accounts for the several costume events that commemorate the main episodes of her life. The most renowned event is the parade held in Quattro Castella on the last Sunday of May, which re-enacts the day when Matilda was appointed the Emperor’s deputy in Italy (1111). The parade is led by famous personalities dressed as emperor Henry V and Matilda, who, accompanied by several followers, walk down the hill of Bianello up to a playground near the parish church. This is where the real show begins: with medieval games, scenes of everyday life and entertainment such as the quintana dell’anello (a quintain) and performances by flag-wavers, drummers and musicians. Another important event is the Palio Matildico in Vetto (second Sunday of July), with demonstrations by craftspeople and traditional games, a costume parade and an old-style market. The Rievocazione Storica Canossana in Ciano d’Enza (first Sunday of September) commemorates Matilda’s role in reconciling emperor Henry IV with Pope Gregory VII. The event features hundreds of costumed characters and a few personalities from Italian showbiz. www.matildedicanossa.it

Ricordanze di Sapori – Remembering old flavors
Parma and Piacenza, from June untill December, 2010

Culture, Art and Environment together with a great culinary tradition are the essence of this land, which is situated between the Apennines and the Po.
More than 20 castles which were residences, defensive bulwarks, centers of power, administrative and political seats, host today events in which culture and food are an inseparable couple.
It will be a great enjoyment discovering the taste of food, the value of culture and the pleasure of sitting at dinner in an old time atmosphere.
www.castellidelducato.it

Ravenna Festival
Ravenna and surroundings, June and July 2010
Once capital of the Western Roman Empire, the city of Ravenna hosts a summer music festival each year in its many impressive theatres and churches. The Byzantine basilicas, cloisters and piazzas provide superb backdrops that combine art and architecture with music in memorable performances.
Founded in 1990, the Ravenna Festival has become one of the most prestigious musical events in Italy. It attracts some of the finest artists, orchestras and opera companies in the world. The XXI edition of the festival includes mostly opera and classical music but also performances of dance and jazz, musicals, ethnic music, drama, film, conventions and exhibitions.
www.ravennafestival.org

Festa Artusiana – Artusi’s Celebration
Forlimpopoli/Forli-Cesena, June, 2010
The desire of seeking tastes is recreated in Forlimpopoli – Artusi’s hometown – every second-last Saturday of June for nine consecutive days during the Artusi Celebration. Organized since 1997, it is a way to quench our curiosity to know the details of that domestic place too often left aside because of our everyday hurrying up.
Eavesdropping the words of those ones working among scented vegetables, meats, pans, getting some ideas to surprise our own pleasure to experiment ourselves at the fires. Then, in the magical atmosphere of a town disguised as a cook, catching any perfume to fix it in the memory, finding our past or enriching our future.
The program is vast and the opportunities allow everybody to taste what is the most appreciated by his/her own palate, or to dare trying an unknown morsel: kitchen, music, theatre, dance, tasting, markets, Artusi’s prizes, scientific meeting, there are plenty of choices for everybody!
There is a dream living inside the feast; Artusi’s House, the starting point of our journey and the final aim to reach.
www.pellegrinoartusi.it.

Serate Estensi – Estensi evenings and historical re-enactments
Modena, June 2010
The best period for historical re-enactments around Modena is between June and September. In June, the Serate Estensi – festivals, tournaments, live shows, exhibitions, dances and costume parades, enlivens Modena. In July, Frassinoro (in the Apennines) celebrates its Settimana Matildica (Matilda’s Week): over 100 costumed characters roam the streets and medieval dishes are served in the local restaurants. In August there is Fiumalbo Autodafé, an open-air re-enactment of a trial by the Inquisition. The characters – monks, sorcerers and peasants – move about the town’s squares and courtyards and along the riverbank, followed by their public. September is the month of Finale Estense in Finale Emilia, which consists of two great costume parades (which involve over 1000 participants), concerts, dances and the Palio delle Cerchie. In the same period there is also the live draughts game in Castelvetro, homage to the illustrious guest of the local counts Rangoni, poet Torquato Tasso. The Lotta per la spada dei Contrari (“struggle for the Contrari sword”), held in a Savignano sul Panaro in September, is the commemoration of an old rivalry; the old medieval village comes alive with reconstructions of old workshops and taverns, market stalls, jesters, damsels, fire-eaters and tricksters.
www.comune.modena.it/seratestensi/index.htm
www.artcityemiliaromagna.com

Giornata Verde – Green day
in the Apenninnes of Emilia-Romagna, June 2010
The Green Day has the aim to promote and to show the most beautiful green areas of the Emilia Romagna region.
From Piacenza to Rimini parks, woods and protected area will be opened and will offer events and entertainments mostly for free.
Animal watching, trekking, wine and food tasting, a lot f music and more.
www.appenninoeverde.org

Palio del Niballo
Faenza/Ravenna, June 27, 2010
Seeing the Palio del Niballo is like living and enjoying a day in 14th-century Faenza. The palio, held on the last Sunday of June, attracts an increasing number of visitors every year, thanks to its successful traditional, yet exciting, formula. Flag-wavers, knights, and drummers dressed in the colors of the town’s five contending “rioni” (i.e. areas) – White, Yellow, Black, Red and Green – flood the most charming parts of the old town centre, accompanied by the pounding of drums. The palio consists in hitting a revolving dummy with a spear. The dummy is fashioned as a Saracen warrior (called the “Niballo”) and the idea is to get your horse to run past faster than the Niballo turns. In June, before the palio, the rioni warm up with flag-waving and music competitions and the Bigorda d’Oro (a palio for younger racers). And of course, banquets go on for weeks, and visitors are welcome to join in!
www.prolocofaenza.it
www.paliodifaenza.it

Concerti all’Alba – Concerts at dawn by the sea
Cesenatico/Forli-Cesena and surroundings. From June to August, 2010
What an unforgettable experience is listening to good music by the sea at dawn. “Concerts at dawn” is a delightful opportunity, given to all music lovers, in the enchanting natural scenery of the beach. The success of public of the previous edition has been really great and unexpected.
www.comune.cesenatico.fo.it/turismo

Notte Rosa – Pink night
Adriatic coast of Emilia Romagna. July 2, 2010
For one night the entire Riviera turns pink. There will be shows, events, theatre sets, and scenery. Each resort will interpret the theme in a creative and original way, offering everyone an unforgettable night of intense emotions.
The whole Riviera will become an enormous stage where everyone has a part to play.
La Notte Rosa will take place all along the coast, from the Lidos of Comacchio to Cattolica, but the heart of the event is the Riviera of Rimini.
On both an Italian and international level, the Riviera of Rimini aims to be a place where people can meet and proposes its own unique way of interpreting the desire to experience music, fun, entertaiment and nightlife.
The Riviera of Rimini is a holiday destination where it is possible to build solid social relationships: the night offers its own particular brand of magic and the opportunity to experiment them. The night is a way of life; it is sweet, relational and pink.
www.lanotterosa.it

Riviera Beach Games
Adriatic coast of Emilia Romagna, July 30 to August 1, 2010
It is a sort of Olympic Games on the beach taking place on the 110 km of the Adriatic Coast. Professionals and amateurs of different beach sports – about 300.000 participants – will meet here to play and compete in beach volley, beach soccer, beach tennis, foot volley, beach hockey, frisbee, regattas, “pedalonghe” (spectacular games with pedalò), swimming, rope’s draught and marbles play.
Taking part to the games is really easy both for adults and kids. An occasion for families to have genuine fun.
www.rivierabeachgames.it

Palio della Voga
Cervia/Ravenna, August 2010
The Palio della Voga – Rowing Race is a rowing challenge among coast lifeguards and takes place in the port. Events are planned for more than a week. Activities are tailor made for children and grown-ups and are held along the canal-harbor – from the rowing school for the youngest to the shows of Newfoundland dogs, water life-saving especially trained dogs, and the final challenge among lifeguards, also including a Pink Trophy for female ones. www.comunecervia.it/turismo

Sand Scultpures
Cervia/Ravenna, August 8 to September 12, 2010
The World Sand Sculptures Championship takes place every year in Cervia at the Cervia Beach Park – the largest beach stadium placed on a public beach.
Forget about works of art exclusively made with brushes, colors and clay! Art can also be expressed through sand, provided that the grains are amalgamated with plenty of water and creativity. In Cervia, countries from all over the world come together, discovering the importance of simplicity. As Oscar Wilde put it, simple pleasures are the last resort of complex souls. So, about twenty champions divided into ten twosomes from all over the world meet on the Adriatic coast in a stadium that can host over 2,000 spectators – the only stadium in Italy capable of hosting beach games. Grain by grain they will ‘build’ an unforgettable event.
This event – unique for Italy – is part of other important world ‘sand sculptures’ events organized in the U.S. and in the East.
www.turismo.comunecervia.it

Dama Vivente -
Castelvetro/Modena, September 11-12, 2010
The “Dama Vivente” is an amazing checker game played in the square where children and girls constitute the pieces.
During the biennial event, audience can admire smart historical pageants, shows with soldiers, archers, acrobats, funambulists, waders and musicians, that go through the streets of the village. The celebrated years are the “full renaissance” but stages and vestures go across 1400 and the end of 1500 European courts. Icons are strictly copied from the most famous iconoclasts of that period like Tiziano and Michelangelo, Lotto and Parmigianino. www.cittacastelliciliegi.it

http://damavivente.synthasite.com

Festival del Prosciutto di Parma
Parma, September 2010
The festival involves the municipalities of the traditional area for the production of the King of Hams and delivers a myriad of tastings as well as cultural and artistic events.
A well-tested formula that allows gourmet tourists to see the authenticity of the product through a guided tour in the producers’ companies.
A unique chance to discover that the 10 million Parma Hams produced each year by the 164 companies of the Parma Ham Consortium, are still made today like they were two thousand years ago, using only two ingredients: the prized Italian pig leg and a pinch of sea salt.
www.festivaldelprosciuttodiparma.com

Verdi’s Festival
Parma and surroundings from 1 to 28 October, 2010
The festival is entirely dedicated to the works of the composer Giuseppe Verdi, whose famous melodies reverberate, still in the present days, in the renowned theatres all over the world.
Verdi was a central figure in Italian and international culture of the 19th century and his works have enjoyed uninterrupted popularity.
The composer’s personality and his many and varied interests influenced his works; his view of an overall unity of the elements of opera is the primary characteristic of his dramaturgy and what makes it innovative within the Italian tradition.
Audience will profit of an extraordinary ensemble of outstanding musicians, which perform in enchanting location as Teatro Regio.
Related to the festival, the city hosts also exhibition, guided tours, seminars, conferences and last but not least an endless offer of food and wine delicacies.
www.teatroregioparma.org

Wine Food Festival
Emilia Romagna Region, autumn 2010
The Wine Food Festival is on where you can try all sorts of traditional Italian produce, from chestnuts to balsamic vinegar, culatello (i.e.the kings of hams), cold cuts, mushrooms and truffles.
The wine food festival involves the entire region from Piacenza to Rimini and it gives to visitors the chance to enjoy some of Italy’s most beautiful towns and medieval locations. Try hotel and agriturismo (i.e. rural guesthouses) offers in Coriano for the olive festival, while Ferrara is hosting the Festa della zucca – pumpkin festival. Then experience the Emilia Romagna truffle festival is in Mondaino, or treat yourself in Compiano with banquets and health spa retreats.
www.winefoodfestival.it