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ETSY BIELLA 2019

After the great success of the first edition on 1 and 2 December 2018, Etsy Biella is back, an event aimed at artisans, vintage collectors and hobbyists.

Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June in the splendid setting of Cittadellarte – Pistoletto Foundation a market will be organized to discover and promote local crafts, learn about the realities of the area that treat vintage items and others that create new splendid objects for all tastes!

The event will be surrounded by street food banquets, workshops for children and art installations, all dedicated to recycling and sustainability.

During the market the following non-profit organizations will be present and with various fundraising initiatives: Bottega dei Mestieri (Craft Shop), Banca del Giocattolo (Toy Bank).

There will also be the Jolly Animations association with activities dedicated to children such as “make-up for children” and a bubble workshop.

Entrance to the exhibition hall will be free and customers, where they wish, will be able to buy products on display directly from the stalls set up by the artisans.

For the detailed program, see the page: EtsyBiella at Cittadellarte

We challenge the future – SMART HUMAN

Fourth appointment for “We challenge the future“, the initiative conceived by the Young Entrepreneurs Group of the Biellese Industrial Union and organized with the aim of providing a strategic overview of the technological frontiers that businesses are facing.

#SmartHuman Knowing how to be for know-how, a paradigm shift!

The role of the person at the center of digital evolution. It is a real paradigm shift of reality towards a closer integration between business, society and people. The interaction between man and machine will be addressed by highlighting critical issues and opportunities thanks to the concrete experience of ATM SpA and Hermès.

Speakers

Pierangelo Pollini Business Awareness Institute Partner & Founder

Sofia Allegra Crespi Business Awareness Institute Partner

Luca Migliore Sales, Marketing and Marketing Director ATM S.p.A. – Milan

Alessandra Borromini HR Director – Italy, Greece & Turkey Hermès Human Resources Department

Moderator Nicolò Bellon

An aperitif will follow in the garden

Free admission upon reservation. For registration see https://sfidiamoilfuturo.orangepix.it/smart-human

20 June – 18.30 Palazzo Gromo Losa (Biella)

PREMIO STREGA 2019

For the first time ever, the City of Biella welcomes the five finalists of Il Premio Strega 2019!

Benedetta Cibrario, Marco Missiroli, Claudia Durastanti, Nadia Terranova and Antonio Scurati are the finalists of Il Premio Strega 2019 edition and will also be the prestigious protagonists of the event evening of June 22nd at the Teatro Sociale Villani.

On stage, Maria Cristina Origlia, journalist of Il Sole 24 Ore and now assiduous collaborator of Fuoriluogo, will present the evening in the company of Elena Masuelli, journalist of La Stampa and Tuttolibri, who will interview the five finalists.

Event in collaboration with the Maria and Goffredo Bellonci Foundation.

With the patronage of the Municipality of Biella.

With the support of: BI young, Ramplast, Lions Biella Valli Biellesi, Lions Biella Host, Lions Biella Bugella Civitas, Soroptimist International Biella, Vittorio Giovannacci Library.

Media partner: La Stampa.

Social Media Partners: Btrees and Koodit.

The evening is free.

Skyrace Biella – Camino Mount

On Sunday 30 June 2019 the 19th edition of the Biella-Monte Camino skyrace will be held, organized by A.S.D. GSA Pollone (sports association that organizes skyrunning and trail running in the Elvo Valley and in the Oropa basin) of 23 km with 2,000 m. of positive gradient.

The BCM – which has become a must for the local skyrace circuit – will again be part of the 3C circuit (3 peaks) which involves two other important races: 28 July Mont Crabun and 15 September Ivrea – Mombarone, with a total of 55, 70 km traveled and 6,459 meters of positive gradient. Three companies located in three different realities and united together to enhance and try to lead each one to their own territory.

It starts from the center of the city towards the villages of the upper part of the Biellese, and then touches mountain landscapes until reaching the summit of 2,391 m. of the Monte Camino.

The last edition of the BMC has recorded a notable increase both of participants with important names also at international level, and of public.

For race entries:

https://www.gsapollone.it/biella-camino/iscrizione

“TO ME THE EYES”: the view must be preserved from an early age

TO ME THE EYES“: the view must be preserved from an early age and in the Province of Biella there is a project aimed at children, which only in the 2018/2019 school year underwent screening 3,317 pupils, of which:

921 of 4 years

1,170 of 6 years

– 1,226 of 11 years.

A synergy between the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired, and our Local Health Authority which is giving important results.

We have been collaborating with UICI [Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired] for many years – commented the ASL BI Commissioner, lawyer Diego Poggiofor the realization of this Project, which sees the ASL BI-optics protagonist in the phase of second-level controls in the Hospital, for those visits that result in possible pathologies. We are always at the side of the Union to guarantee this very important prevention service“.

The Regional President UICI Piemonte, Adriano Gilberti intervened to remember and thank the institutions and organizations that support the project: “The activity carried out in the 2018/2019 school year was completed thanks to the support of different realities present in the territory , like many Parishes of the Biellese, the Lions Biella Host, the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation, but also Municipalities and Organizations that have proved to be very sensitive to the issue. A final thank you goes to the ASL Ophthalmology Biella“.

For further information: ASL BI prevention of eye examinations

 

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“X & Y”. In Biella, reflections on the generational confrontation between father and son

On Sunday 16 June, in the context of the cycle of initiatives of the exhibition “Father and Son“, a show will be held that will see the artists of Opificiodellarte and the students of the Art’è Danza school in Biella. For the occasion, the performance of the “Sphere of newspapers” is also scheduled.

At Palazzo Gromo Losa, the show entitled X & Y will be staged, which will be preceded by the Walking Sculpture performance.

The topics of the exhibition focused on Pistoletto and on his father Ettore Pistoletto Olivero will be addressed with a different language, that of dance: the show, in fact, will provide dancing reflections on the generational confrontation, specifically aimed at the one between father and son.

The show, as mentioned, will be anticipated by the performance of the Sphere of newspapers, already protagonist last April 29th with the performance Walking Sculpture – by the Office of Learning Environments and Schools of Cittadellarte – which saw the participation of the students of the art school Sella and of the ITC Eugenio Bona.

For more information:

http://journal.cittadellarte.it/cronaca-biellese/x-y-biella-riflessioni-danzanti-sul-confronto-generazionale-padre-figlio

Pollone from the sky

Now in its 9th edition, the “Pollone from the sky” festival will take place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, with hot air balloons on both holidays, a helicopter for tourist flights that will fly on Sundays and kites for the fun of the smaller.

The musical evening on Saturday, after dinner with an Alpine grill, will see the Biella-based band Radiorock perform on stage.

The “Sunday market” includes 40 benches for hobbyists, non-profit organizations and other exhibitors. Guests will be the stand of the group “Asilo Frassati” of Pollone, of the “Piccoli Artigiani” workshop that will present their works inviting those present to participate in the works, and of the “Mani di Donna” hobbyists, with the participation of 15 hobbyists.

At the PalaFenoglio, the cultural part of the event, the exhibition “North Pole from Heaven” will be present; a shuttle will be available to get there.

For the little ones, there will be a section of the “Courtyard Games“, which will include 60 gaming stations positioned in the square. You can interact with all the games of the past, made entirely of wood, to entertain children of all ages in total safety, handing down the value and importance of traditions.

For info and reservations for balloon trips: 339 1556409 – 366 5918198

CISTÆRNA FESTIVAL 2019

On the occasion of Cistærna Festival Saturday June 15th the doors of the Biella museums will open!

At Gromo Losa Palace and at Ferrero Palace will be offered free entry and a special guided tour for all children under 25 at the exhibition “Father and Son. Ettore Olivero Pistoletto | Michelangelo Pistoletto” and “Sebastiano Ferrero and his sons”.

Hurry up!

For more information: Cistaerna festival

 

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Sow community 2.0

The first joint social call is on the way: three of the main social actors in Biella, the Cassa di Risparmio di Biella Foundation, Simetica Bank and the Diocese of Biella have decided to unite to create the new “Sow community 2.0” call for entries which will be officially presented next 17 June at Gromo Losa Palace and will open on June 18th.

The social entrepreneur Johnny Dotti, who was the testimonial of the project, spoke about it from the Vitamina B stage, the great event dedicated to the good that took place over the weekend.

Purpose of the project is to inspire new territorially coordinated social policies aimed at countering or preventing situations of economic hardship and the margins that affect ever larger categories of the Biella population.

Read the press release:

 

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