The festival, under the artistic direction of Antonetta Carrabs and Elisabetta Motta, is now in its 6th edition and has as its theme The Culture of Peace: The Basilica of Monza and Queen Teodolinda witnesses of peace and heritages of humanity.

Thursday, October 16 | 6 pm.00
Teatro Binario 7, Sala Picasso - via Turati 8
IL FUTURO IN UNA POESIA
Projectionof the docufilm The Future in a Poem produced by Zeroconfini Onlus and Antonica SRL, presented out of competition in Venice during the 74th Venice International Film Festival. 

The protagonists are the poets: Maria Grazia Calandrone, Antonetta Carrabs, Anna Maria Farabbi, Gianpaolo G. Mastropasqua, Luciano Monti, Massimo Morasso, Giancarlo Pontiggia who confront and discuss the value of poetry, but above all the need to help combat cultural tensions, xenophobia, terrorism and violence particularly on women that is increasing at a dizzying pace in our communities.

Followed byround table with some of the featured poets

Admission is free with reservations required: eventi@lacasadellapoesiadimonza.it

Friday, October 17 | 10 a.m.30
Spazio Manzoni 16 - via Manzoni 16
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE - Schools Project
Conference by Franco Bonisoli, former Red Brigades militant, and Giovanni Ricci, son of Carabinieri officer Domenico Ricci, who fell in Via Fani and was a member of Aldo Moro's escort.

Introduced by Antonetta Carrabs, moderated by Elisabetta Motta

Participation is reserved exclusively for schools
Saturday, Oct. 18 | 6 p.m.30
Reggia di Monza, Salone d'Onore - viale Brianza 1
LA SPIRITUALITÀ COSMICA E CRISTIANA DI SAN FRANCESCO
Lectio magistralis by Davide Rondoni, writer and president of the National Committee for the celebration of the eighth centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. The historical and human story of Francis rises to a universalistic symbol of peace, fraternity, ecological consciousness and dialogue between cultures. Interpreting and spreading this message means becoming promoters of a culture of peace and civic responsibility. The figure of St. Francis of Assisi has inspired art, literature civil and political thought, helping to define over the centuries a community ethos based on dialogue, reciprocity and social justice.

Musical intervention on the cello by Mario Torresetti
Introduced by Antonetta Carrabs and Elisabetta Motta

Admission is free with reservations required: eventi@lacasadellapoesiadimonza.it

Sunday, Oct. 19 | 8 p.m.30
Reggia di Monza, Salone d'Onore - viale Brianza 1
CONCERT FOR PEACE
With: Vincenzo Zitello - harp
Fulvio Renzi - violin
Master Vincenzo Zitello, internationally renowned composer and concert performer, pioneer of the Celtic harp in Italy, together with violinist Fulvio Renzi, invites the audience to a unique concert, the result of more than fifty years of research and musical creation. Zitello's deeply poetic music transforms each note into an inner journey, an invitation to find peace, harmony and contemplation. The encounter between the Celtic harp and the violin gives birth to an intense and universal dialogue, capable of speaking of beauty, light and reconciliation. A concert conceived as a message of peace: where music flourishes, hope can sprout

Admission is free with reservations required: eventi@lacasadellapoesiadimonza.it