Milan is alive, culture arrives in the city: 150 events from the center to the neighborhoods until January 6 | Click here

Never like this time the neighborhoods outside the “ring” are at the center of the winter programming the municipality of Milan. We had already tasted the summer schedule of Milan is alive and now it’s the turn of 19 of the 47 cultural entertainment projects that have won the municipal tender showing the ferment of neighborhoods, associations, theaters, clubs that experiment by offering stimulating shows, far from the dazzling lights of the historic center. The tender was funded by 2.5 million euros allocated by Ministry of Culture.

«It is the first year that, alongside the many events related to the Christmas, it will be possible to count on 150 appointments that offer the citizens shows, concerts and opportunities for socializing spread across all the Municipalities, gathered in a single program – explained the Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Milan Tommaso Sacchi -. It is a review that brings together small neighborhood associations with the great international protagonists of music, theater and dance. Each selected subject, in turn, represents a consortium of other realities active in the organization of culture».

Milan is alive, events not to be missed

In addition to the proposals that have won the tender, of which we propose a selection, other reviews are also included in the schedule such as theOffside Football Film Festival, which from 12 to 18 December at the Fabbrica del Vapore will see the screening of films dedicated to football, the Noir in festival, or rather the best of noir cinema and literature that can be appreciated at the Iulm, Rizzoli Galleria and Cinema Arlecchino. On the 13th the Teatro Menotti will organize an evening dedicated to Giorgio Gaber, with the participation of Gioele Dix; on the 17th the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory will host the concert of the MilanoContrArco amateur symphony orchestra.

From 8 to 11, children can watch the puppet show Sleeping Beauty in Italian, English, Russian and Arabic at theCarlo Colla & Sons Atelier. Again for the little ones until Epiphany, the Ditta Gioco Fiaba offers its shows at Magnete and in other places. On Thursday 22nd the Milano Est Musica festival will organize the A British Christmas concert at the Santa Maria Rossa Church in Crescenzago and on Friday 30th December the New Year’s Concert at the S. Cerri Auditorium. On 7 December, from 17.00, the premiere of La Scala will be projected on a giant screen installed in the octagon of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. The whole program of Milano è viva can be consulted on live.yesmilano.it.

Milan is alive, spirituality at the center of “The music of the skies”

During the Christmas period, La musica dei cielo could not be missing, a festival that since 1996 has promoted knowledge and dialogue between cultures, with particular attention to themes related to spirituality, through concerts in churches and theaters in Milan and Lombardy. The program inserted in Milan is alive, proposed by theBetami Association, provides twenty free appointments. Tomorrow the Orchestra of via Padova will be at the Church of the Cesare Beccaria Juvenile Prison, continuing for example with the double appointment of 9 and 18 with Cesare Malfatti and until 19 with concerts by artists from Ukraine, Turkey, Argentina , Syria, Albania, Mongolia, Poland and Italy. Noa, Gil Dor & Solis String Quartet will perform on the 21st, in this case for a fee, at the Church of Santi Gervaso e Protaso. The review also includes some concert-lessons, music workshops, educational courses and DJ sets. For the complete programme: lamusicadeicieli.it.

Milan is alive, with the master at Dal Verme: the work of Ludovico Einaudi

At the end of his tour, which sees him as the protagonist of 15 dates at the Teatro dal Verme until 18 December, the composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi on the 21st at 20.00 it will offer a preview of Winter Journey, a work performed by the I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra: «The protagonist is a migrant – explained the artist – It is an odyssey of a person seeking fortune in Europe, leaving his partner in his country of origin, with whom he is forced to communicate remotely. It’s the first time I’ve tried an opera in which I put together the text (written by the Irishman Colm Tóibín), voices, choir and music».

Einaudi has a personal bond with the Teatro Dal Verme, which turns 150 this year: «Before the outbreak of the Second World War, my maternal grandfather directed the operas of Puccini and Verdi there. This is why I am very close to Dal Verme, where I am also promoting Climate Space these days». This is the review focused on the relationship between urban areas and the environment: short films from all over the world, meetings with experts and soundtracks created by Italian and international artists: appointments selected by Einaudi himself with the curator Francesco Cara.

Each film is screened in three different time slots aimed at different audiences, starting with school children. “I have been dealing with the environment for several years and I think it is a topic that should touch everyone”, concluded Einaudi.

Milan is alive, ten chosen for you

THE SOUL OF THE SUBURBS
Widespread social theater shows, which will be held until 15 December at the CPIA in via Pontano 43, the CPIA in via Satta 23, at Quarta Parete and at Villa Litta Modignani in Affori. The multidisciplinary review, produced by Animanera promotes the dissemination of cultural and theatrical activities in peripheral urban areas. In all, ten shows will be offered that will revolve around the theme of discrimination in all its forms.
animanera.net
Until December 15th
Municipalities 2 and 9

THE WORD MAKES EQUAL
The monologue directed by Massimo Donato and interpreted by Eva Martucci tells the life and work of Don Milani through the words of three women: his mother Alice Weiss, a cultured noblewoman of Jewish origin; Eda, perpetual who follows Don Milani from the parish of San Donato in Barbiana; Carla, the pupil who lets the spectator enter the Barbiana school. The show will be presented in three different locations.
associazione.apis@gmail.com
12, 13 and 16 December
Municipalities 2 and 8

LIVING LIBRARY OF ARTISTS
Theater festival in the Rogoredo Santa Giulia district dedicated to all ages organized by the 4gatti association. From 14 to 16 December it will be anticipated by the free theater workshop and by reservation which aims to personally involve spectators aged 11 and over at the PoliSala Sianesi. Between one show and another, on the 18th there will also be Roba minima, of course!, the “melincomic” concert dedicated to Enzo Jannacci.
4gatti.it
17 and 18 December
Town Hall 4

THE ALLIANCES OF THE BODIES
Performative installations, talks, readings, shows, DJ sets and workshops are the ingredients of the new edition of the exhibition organized by Did Studio which until December 23rd focuses on the body and vulnerability in events taking place between the districts of via Padova and San Siro. Among the various proposals, the festival offers the possibility of accessing the use of an open sauna at the Kinlab in piazzale Segesta 3.
lealleanzedeicorpi.org
Until 23 December
Municipalities 2 and 7

ROMEO AND JULIET: A SUBURBS LOVE!
Theatrical review inspired by the work of William Shakespeare featuring five companies from the Milanese suburbs: eight performances between prose and dance that reinterpret Shakespeare’s drama in a contemporary key. The last appointments are scheduled for the 7th and 8th, with Piazza Fontana a love story, and the 10th and 11th with the show dedicated to teenagers Hey Rome, Hey Juliet.
ecoteatro.it
7, 8, 10 and 11 December
Town Hall 6

BRIGHT
Review of performing arts, workshops and participatory experiences. The project is curated by the Teatro delle Moire, in partnership with Extramondo, the TEA Association and Mutuo Soccorso Milano. The festival starts from the Aler building in via Porpora 43/47 to spread to neighboring places. The program includes four previews of theatrical, musical and dance performances, a literary club, two parties, two workshops on movement and moments dedicated to children.
teatrodellemoire.it
Until 18 December
Town Hall 3

ANCIENT FUTURE: UNIVERSE AND SCIENCE FICTION
Musical animation workshops for children aged 6 to 10 and musical practice for children up to 18, live soundtracks of silent science fiction films and a concert by the Swedish electronic composer Maria W. Horne with a female choir at the Church of Santa Maria Announced in the Red Church. This is the review of MMT Creative Lab which winds through different places in the area.
mmt.it
Until 18 December
Town Hall 6

NIGHT
Prove del 9 aims to create a path of social inclusion and cultural promotion with the direct involvement of the inhabitants of Municipio 9. After two months of work in the area, the Night show is staged in three theatrical and cultural venues. Stories of a fabulous neighborhood, for a total of six performances. The show sees the citizens and their teachers as protagonists, ie actors and actresses of PuntoTeatroStudio and valetTeatro.
teatrodelburatto.com
6, 10, 11, 18 and 19 December
Town Hall 9

SPACE ODYSSEY
From Homer’s Odyssey to that of the Afghan student Farid, the Dual Band theater company offers over thirty appointments, spread across three underground locations in the city: the Sky under Milan (Viale Molise), the air-raid shelter in Piazza Grandi and the Spazio Polline located in the Villapizzone Passante Railway Station. A rich program that on the 18th also includes a party at the Porta Vittoria station.
dualband.com
Until 22 December
Town Hall 4

LIQUID WORK
The Opera Liquida company, made up of inmates and ex-inmates actors, active for 13 years in the Milano Opera prison, comes out of prison with two performances of the show Noi Guerra! The wonders of nothing, written before the pandemic together with the imprisoned actors and directed by Ivana Trettel “to try to understand what happens to the human being who is hated or who fights against himself” at the Pacta Salone and Campo Teatrale.
operaliquida.org
6 and 21 December
Municipalities 3 and 5

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