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.:. fairs / mobile Milan
april 14 through 19 2010
tel. [+39] 02 725941

Every year in April, Milan, the Italian capital of design, hosts the Salone del Mobile, an international fair attended by more than 1,300 exhibitors who come from around the world to display the latest tendencies in the furniture industry.
.:. The Salone is being held in the modern Fiera at Rho-Pero and is complemented by Euroluce, Salone Internazionale del Complemento d'Arredo and other specific exhibitions, with a special focus on the kitchen and the bathroom.
.:. Traditionally reserved to trade people - more than some 190,000 visitors are expected - it opens to the general public on Sunday 18.
.:. During the Design Week the city is a sort of non-stop event. Day by day information about the number of special events taking place in showrooms and stores around town are provided by trade magazines like Interni. Visit also the Fuorisalone guide (you can download it on your mobile phone) and Esterni web site, which presents projects of "public design".

Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Fiera Milano
Strada Statale 33 del Sempione 28

Rho Fiera

9:30am-6:30pm
Euro 20 (only on Sunday 18 open to the public)

.:. other / Lawrence Liang
monday march 29 2010
tel. [+39] 02 798760

Since 2005 international key opinion leaders of the digital culture form the agenda of Meet the media guru.
.:. The next guru is Lawrence Liang , leader of a think-tank based in Bangalore called the Alternative Law Forum. The question is if, in the era of user generated content and Creative Commons, is Intellectual Property sinking.

Meet the media guru
Mediateca di Santa Teresa
Via della Moscova 28
Sempione

Moscova

7pm
entrance free (online booking in advance)

.:. fairs / antiques along the banks
sunday march 28 2010
tel. [+39] 02 89409971

Dozens of stalls pack the banks along the canal, selling antiques, bric-à-brac, old prints and collectabilia. The market takes places on last Sunday of each month (excluding July).

Mercatone dell'Antiquariato
Naviglio Grande

Navigli

Porta Genova FS

dawn till dusk
free access

.:. opportunities / the FAI spring
saturday march 27 and sunday 28 2010
tel. [+39] 02 89780115

Every year, as a promotion for their activity, the FAI organizes the "Giornata FAI di Primavera" or FAI Spring Day, an open door weekend throughout Italy. Fascinating churches and palazzos otherwise closed to the public, or usually difficult to enter, can be exceptionally visited.
.:. The FAI (Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano) is a sort of National Trust of Italy, a private foundation allowing old mansions and buildings of historical importance - whose maintenance the owners can no longer afford - to be still open to the public.
.:. This year some 590 buildings in all Italian regions are involved. In Milan you can visit - among others - the Braidense National Library.

XVIII Giornata FAI di Primavera
various locations

entrance by donation, entrance free for FAI members

.:. fairs / contemporary art
march 26 through 29 2010
tel. [+39] 02 485501

A large show-cum-sale, MiArt is held in Milan's city trade quarter with an eye to making the general public more familiar with modern and contemporary art. The event, in which some 100 Italian and foreign galleries are taking part, is complemented by conferences and meetings. During the fair installations are displayed in the city and performances take place outside the pavillion.
.:. Because of the MiArt, on Saturday 27 many of the best art galleries in town are open till 10pm. A list can be found at the Start website.

MiArt ArtNow!
Fiera Milano City
Piazza Giulio Cesare
Fiera

Amendola Fiera

entrance from Porta Teodorico
11am-8 pm,
Mon 29 till 5 pm
Euro 15

.:. festivals / scrambled eggs
march 18 through 21 2010
tel. [+39] 348 8039149

Eighth Uovo theatre-dance festival, which takes the egg as its symbol of creativity (hence the title). it includes some of the most original performers on the international scene: from the Irish composer David Holmes, star of the Uovo elita Party at the Teatro dell'arte close to the Triennale on Saturday 20, to the English-German Gob Squad company. Some performances are staged at DiD Studio and at Teatro Franco Parenti.
.:. For the whole program, visit the Uovo website.

Uovo Performing Arts Festival
Triennale di Milano
Viale Alemagna 6
Triennale

Cadorna Triennale

Euro 15
(card Euro 25)

.:. cinema / southern cinema
march 15 through 21 2010
tel. [+39] 02 6696258

For twenty years now a festival offering the most interesting movie productions from Africa has been organized in Milan by C.O.E., an organization that centers on Christian values. In a multicultural dialogue, short and full-length movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America compete in different sections.
.:. The theaters involved are Auditorium San Fedele (MM Duomo, via Hoepli 3B), Spazio Oberdan (MM Porta Venezia, Viale Vittorio Veneto 2), Gnomo (MM Sant'Agostino, Via Lanzone 30), Centre Culturel Francaise de Milan (MM Cadorna, Corso Magenta 63) e Rosetum (MM Gambara, via Pisanello 1).
. .:. Collateral meetings and exhibitions take place at Casello Ovest di Porta Venezia - Casa del Pane (MM Porta Venezia). Details are here.

Festival del cinema africano
various locations

Euro 5, pass Euro 25

.:. opportunities / bike sharing has arrived
from december 2008
tel. 800 808181

Like many other European cities, Milan has started the public service of bike sharing as well, trying to decrease traffic and pollution.
.:. Tourists and visitors can choose a weekly or daily pass and register their account by using an online form at the BikeMi website, including the credit card number. With your code and the password you can get to any of the about 100 stations (largely in the city centre) and follow the instructions on the display.
.:. Take your bike, ride it for no more than two consecutive hours and then put the bike in any other BikeMi station.
.:. The service is not available under the age of 16.

BikeMi
various locations

Mon-Sun 7am-11pm
Euro 2.50 (daily pass), 6 (weekly pass), 36 (annual pass); the first 30 minutes are free, then Euro 0.50 every 30 minutes; 2 consecutive hours max