
Online newspaper based in Matera
EcocNews is registered at the Court of Matera in the press register n. 2/2021
Editor in chief: Mariateresa Cascino. Founder and editorial director: Serafino Paternoster
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Esch2022 presented the cultural programme of the European Capital of Culture project, along with all the associated projects related to tourism and sustainable development.
The just-completed evaluation by the independent team of evaluators of the Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Novi Sad showed that the Kaleidoscope of Culture keeps getting better ratings from audiences each year.
The Artistic Advisory Board will play an important role in Bodø2024’s development of an artistic programme at a high international level, in line with the criteria for the European Capital of Culture concept. It will participate in the planning and assessment of the artistic program developed by Bodø2024 during the coming preparatory years, through announcements and commissions.
Happy, angry, sad, mystical, with strands of colourful hair, red round noses and hilarious shoes – what kind of associations do you have? The clown is one of the most authentic theatrical styles, in which the actor does not have tricks in the bag that he can rely on, but is alone, naked with his peculiarity that explodes.
In 2022, the Kaunas 2022 program “Memory Office” will invite the audience to a year-long cultural research of Kaunas DNA. An extremely rich and multi-layered artistic program will lead to a brave confrontation with the city’s complex past like a mirror that helps you get to know yourself and your humanity better.
The art of the circus, contemporary dance and music are united in a Greek-French collaboration, presenting an interdisciplinary art project in progress, inspired by the inhabitants and the urban landscape of Elefsina and Bagneux, France.
It’s official: Stefan Schmidtke is the managing director of the European Capital of Culture 2025 GmbH. The internationally renowned cultural manager and programme maker comes from Döbeln in Saxony and has led outstanding cultural and theatre festivals in Europe and Germany in recent years.
The ’Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture’ project was shortlisted for the European Trend Brand of the Year 2021 at the upcoming European Cultural Brand Awards, which will be awarded for the sixteenth time in Dresden, on 11 November 2021.
After a long wait, the last episode of the James Bond saga, the secret agent in the service of Her Majesty that has fascinated international audiences for years, has been released in cinemas all over the world. An audience that this time will see Matera, the European Capital of Culture for 2019, among the protagonists.
After twelve years of anticipation, the official title of European Capital of Culture is back in Lithuania. The country’s second-largest city Kaunas and the surrounding Kaunas district are ready to become one big European stage next year – the grand opening is scheduled for January 22, 2022.
The week of visual arts of the Kaleidoscope of Culture will be opened in Novi Sad’s Gallery Square, a place that traditionally belongs to visual arts and which in the future will be turned into a space for nurturing existing and creating new lasting values.
LEEDS 2023 and Leeds Dance Partnership announce support for dance and movement based artists and organisations in Leeds. Leeds has selected 5 independent dance and movement artists and organizations. As part of their planning for their Year of Culture, they will work closely with these artists and organizations to develop exciting new projects that complement the world-class dance offering in their city.
From 16 september until 16 October 2021, an art competition will invite schoolchildren to participate in discovering or exploring Space. This special programme for children and young persons will play a key role in the activities that form part of the European Capital of Culture festivities.
After having interviewed Steve Green, Bob Scott, Franco Bianchini, and Chris Torch today we ask the same questions to another ECOCs expert, Beatriz Garcia, Associate Director – Centre for Cultural Value, University of Liverpool.
Macnas, master storytellers in spectacle, present Gilgamesh, a film which will premiere on Sunday 12 September at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway. A 22-minute film shot on location in the west of Ireland, Gilgamesh will be screened in front of a live, socially distanced, in-person audience, followed by a live ‘In Conversation’ with director Noeline Kavanagh and playwright Marina Carr. There will be three screenings throughout the day, with a limited in-person audience per government guidelines.
Distinguished sculptor Andreas Lolis presents, for the first time ever in Elefsina, the visual arts installation “Behind the theater,” highlighting the theatrical side of everyday life.
Continuing the remarkable tradition of Elefsina in Installation Art, as it was developed through the Aeschylia Festival, the courtyard of the Old Olive Mill opens up once again, to welcome internationally renowned sculptor, Andreas Lolis, for a site-specific installation, titled “Behind the theater,” produced by Eleusis 2023 European Capital of Culture and co-organized with Aeschylia Festival. The official opening will take place on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at 20.30, behind the open theater of the Old Olive Mill.
The entire region of Esch2022, including Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg's second biggest town, the 10 Pro-Sud towns in Luxembourg and the 8 towns in France that make up the Communauté de Communes Pays Haut Val d'Alzette (CCPHVA) will be put on the radar of tourists thanks to the project Esch2022, European Capital of Culture. At the breakfast meeting on 26 August, the Esch2022 team and its partners presented their strategy supported by a wide range of projects and initiatives that will highlight the region and enhance its long term development.
In 2022, the Kaunas 2022 program “Memory Office” will invite the audience to a year-long cultural research of Kaunas DNA. An extremely rich and multi-layered artistic program will lead to a brave confrontation with the city’s complex past like a mirror that helps you get to know yourself and your humanity better.