theory and practice of creativity

MONTHLY EVENT CALENDAR

ALL YEAR

ALL USA

More than 400,000 events and festivals in the US and the rest of the world: art, culture, music, sport. >

JANUARY

CINEMA / Park City / SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The place to be for premieres of next season's films. January 21-31, 2010. >

DIGITAL CINEMA AND ANIMATION / Bologna / FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL
Retrospectives, homages, special events. January 26-31, 2010. >

CONTEMPORARY ART / Bologna/ ART FIRST
Exhibitions, film screenings, performances by artists in Bologna. January 29-31, 2010. >

SCIENCE / Rome / FESTIVAL OF THE SCIENCES
A gathering of Nobel prize winners, intellectuals, politicians and scientists. >

FEBRUARY

COMMUNICATION / Barcelona / THE INFLUENCERS
Hackers, "anarchitects" and agents of dissent face the public. February 5-7, 2009. >

DANCE / Rome / EQUILIBRIO – NEW DANCE FESTIVAL
The latest news in modern choreography, with international guests. February 6-24, 2009. >

CINEMA / Berlin / BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Cinema, independent productions, shorts, retrospectives. February 11-21, 2010. >

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE / Parma / MINIMONDI
The festival of literature and illustration for children. From February 14 to March 8, 2009. >

THEATRE / Venice / THEATRE BIENNIAL
International theatre festival of the Venice Biennale. From February 20 to March 8, 2009. >

INNOVATION / Udine / INNOVACTION
A trade fair dedicated to knowledge, ideas and innovation. >

MARCH

VISUAL ARTS / Bologna / BilBOlbul INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL
The illustrated comic in film, music and literature. March 4-8, 2009 >

BUSINESS / Pisa / MANIFUTURA
The industry's festival. March 17-21, 2009. >

SCIENCE / Rome / FESTIVAL OF MATHEMATICS
Mathematics as a key to understanding reality. March 19-22, 2009. >

LITERATURE / Paris / SALON DU LIVRE
Conferences, events, readings and much more. March 19-24, 2010. >

ICT & WEB / Torino / SHARE FESTIVAL
Digital art and culture: workshops and performances. March 25-29, 2009. >

APRIL

JOURNALISM / Perugia / INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FESTIVAL
Events, competitions, workshops and many guests from Italy and abroad. April 1-5, 2009. >

INNOVATION & ENTERPRISE / Triveneto / FESTIVAL OF THE ‘BUSINESS CITY’
The revolution of the city-as-business. April 2-5, 2009. >

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT / Geneva / FESTIVAL OF INVENTIONS
The most important international event in the field. April 21-25, 2010. >

CINEMA / Trento / TRENTO FILM FESTIVAL
Exploration and adventure in the mountains. From April 21 to May 3, 2009. >

ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Milan / SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE
Installations and stands at the Rho fairgrounds. Many collateral events. April 22-27, 2009. >

ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Milan / FUORI SALONE
Everything that goes on outside official channels. April 22-29, 2009. >

CINEMA / Udine / FAR EAST FILM
The latest in Asian cinema: screenings and encounters. From April 24 to May 2, 2009. >

ART / Berlin / BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Artists, events, performances, all day and all night. 2010. >

MAY

CINEMA / Milano / INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The indipendent cinema: movies and documentaries. May 4-12, 2009. >

ECONOMY / Milano / LA CAMPIONARIA OF ITALIAN QUALITIES
The soft economy fair: expositions and meetings. May 7-10, 2009. >

LITERATURE / Torino / INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
Lectures by the great interpreters of our own times, conferences. May 13-17, 2010. >

CINEMA / Cannes / CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Films, special screenings and collateral events. May 13-24, 2009. >

DANCE / Torino / INTERPLAY FESTIVAL
Emerging contemporary dance trends in a dialogue with live music. May 18-26 2009. >

LITERATURE & MUSIC / Rome / ROME INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL
Conversations with international authors and musicians. From May 26 to June 25, 2009. >

ECONOMY / Trento / FESTIVAL ECONOMIA
Economics accessible to non professionals. From May 29 to June 1, 2009. >

JUNE

PHOTOGRAPHY / Madrid / PHOTOESPAÑA
Photography and visual arts from around the world. From June 3 to July 26, 2009. >

ART / Venice / VENICE BIENNALE
The best of international contemporary art. From June 7 to November 22, 2009. >

CINEMA / Bologna / BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL
The best of international biographical cinema. June 10-15, 2009. >

RAGAZZI / Rimini / MARE DI LIBRI
The festival for young readers. June 12-14, 2009. >

THEATRE / Milan / “NO ONE IS NORMAL FROM UP CLOSE”
Experimental theatre: a festival at the former Paolo Pini psychiatric hospital. >

ART / Basel / ART BASEL
The world’s premier fair of modern and contemporary art. June 16-20, 2010. >

THEATRE / Mantua / L' ARLECCHINO D'ORO
Europe-wide festival of stage and street theatre. June 19-28, 2009. >

MUSIC & THEATRE / Ravenna/ RAVENNA FESTIVAL
The highest forms of artistic experience, annually since 1990, in Ravenna. >

DANCE / Venice / BIENNIAL OF DANCE
The latest in international contemporary dance. June 20-28, 2009. >

ADVERTISING / Cannes & Lions / INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL
The world global meeeting place for those passionate of cretivity. 21-27 June 2009. >

ARTS & SCIENCES / Milan / LA MILANESIANA
Music, literature, cinema, dance and science. From June 22 to July 7, 2009. >

MUSIC / Glastonbury / GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL
Enjoy the Britain’s largest music festival. June 26-28, 2009. >

PHOTOGRAPHY / Brescia / INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL
The history of 19th-century photography and contemporary masters. >

JULY

SCIENCE / Spoleto / SPOLETOSCIENZA
The scientific "atelier" of the Festival of Two Worlds. From June 26 to July 12, 2009. >

ART / Santarcangelo di Romagna / INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Contemporary Italian creativity: theatre, visual arts, music, literature. July 3-12, 2009. >

THEATRE / Avignon / FESTIVAL D'AVIGNONE
One of the greatest showcases of avantgarde theatre. July 7-29, 2009. >

MUSIC / Perugia / UMBRIA JAZZ
Ten days of music and events: Italy’s most important jazz festival. July 10-19, 2009. >

MUSIC / Livorno / ITALIA WAVE
Stellar guests, new talents and the latest musical and cultural trends. July 16-19, 2009. >

ART / Murcia / MANIFESTA
From Trento to Bolzano, the biennial of contemporary art, “100 Miles for 100 Days”. >

AUGUST

CINEMA / Locarno / LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL
Cinema d’auteur: screenings, awards, encounters with the artists. August 5-15, 2009. >

THEATRE / Edinburgh / FRINGE FESTIVAL
Theatre, musicals, dance, opera: tradition and innovation. August 7-31, 2009. >

LITERATURE / Edinburgh / EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Authors from all over the world hosted by Literature Capital. August 15-31, 2009. >

STREET ART / Ferrara / FERRARA BUSKERS FESTIVAL
Mimes, clowns, actors and singers who make the street their stage. August 21-30, 2009. >

SEPTEMBER

CINEMA / Venice / VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
The international biennial of cinematographic arts. September 2-12, 2009. >

CINEMA / Isola di San Servolo / CIRCUITO OFF
Competitions, retrospectives and sections for emerging talents. September 2-5, 2009. >

CREATIVITY / Sarzana / FESTIVAL DELLA MENTE
How and why are ideas born? Encounters on creativity. September 4-6, 2009. >

LITERATURE / Pordenone / PORDENONELEGGE
Books and more: exhibitions, workshops, encounters. September 16-20, 2009. >

PHILOSOPHY / Modena, Carpi and Sassuolo / FESTIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY
Lessons from the great masters of contemporary thought. September 18-20, 2009. >

SCIENCE / Venice / THE DNA REVOLUTION
Drought, sustainable agriculture, the contributions of technology. September 20-22, 2009. >

CREATIVITY & INNOVATION / Amsterdam / PICNIC
Conferences and workshops: innovators and thinkers exchange knowledge and ideas. >

ARTS / Rome / ROMAEUROPA FESTIVAL
Music, dance, theatre, visual arts: modernity and memory. September 23-26, 2009. >

ARCHITECTURE / Venice / BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE
The International Biennial of Architecture. >

OCTOBER

CULTURE / Ferrara / INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
A weekend with journalists from all over the world. October 2-4, 2009. >

SCIENCE / Bergamo / BERGAMO SCIENZA
Round tables, encounters, workshops and shows. October 3-18, 2009. >

THEATRE / Modena, Carpi, Vignola / VIE SCENA CONTEMPORANEA FESTIVAL
The best of contemporary Italian and international set design. October 9-17, 2009. >

LITERATURE / Frankfurt / FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
Authors, publishers, illustrators, journalists and readers meet here. October 14-18, 2009. >

ARTS / London / FRIEZE ART FAIR
Artists from all over the world in Regent's Park. October 15-18, 2009. >

CINEMA / Naples / ARTE CINEMA
A festival of films on art, architecture, photography. October 15-18, 2009. >

CREATIVITY / Florence / FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY
A festival focused on creativity and its fields of application. October 15-18, 2009. >

CINEMA / Rome / ROMA CINEMA FEST
Premieres, the independent cinema and the Italian tradition. October 15-23, 2009. >

ICT / Milan / SMAU
Fair dedicated to Information and Communication Technology. October 21-23, 2009. >

PROBLEM SOLVING / Philadelphia / VIZTHINK
The annual conference of visual thinkers and mind mappers. October 25-27, 2009. >

SCIENCE / Genoa and other communities in Liguria / FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE
Scientists and philosophers dialogue on scientific knowledge. From Oct 23 to Nov 1, 2009. >

CULTURE / Aurland / TERRA MADRE NORVEGIA
A celebration and defense of good food and culinary culture: debates, concerts, shows. >

THEATRE / Milan / THEATRE FEST
Shows, events, guided visits from 0 to 3 euros >

DESIGN / Tokyo / GOOD DESIGN AWARD
Product design, architecture, environmental design, communications, awards. >

NOVEMBER

ARCHITECTURE / Barcellona / WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL
Architecture worldwide: projects, events and the WAF Awards. November 4-6, 2009. >

ARTS / Madrid / FESTIVAL DE OTOÑO
Spanish and international productions of theatre, dance, music and circus arts. >

COMMUNICATION / Milan / VISUAL COMMUNICATION
The fair/conference for visual communication and event services. November 5-7, 2009. >

ART / Torino / ARTISSIMA
International contemporary art fair at the Lingotto. November 6-8, 2009. >

ECONOMY / Bologna / R2B: RESEARCH TO BUSINESS
Research meets business: events, workshops, new businesses. November 12-13, 2009. >

DESIGN / Essen - Singapore / RED DOT DESIGN AWARD
International award for product design, communications design and design concept. >