April 1 to 4, 2021: worldwide release (online) of 'The New Gospel', tickets (8 euros) at www.ntgent.be, subtitles in Dutch, French, Italian and English.

2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. Purgatorio (Purgatory), Public Call for Dante Alighieri’s the "Divine Comedy" was a project of Matera 2019, co-produced by the Matera-Basilicata 2019 Foundation and the Ravenna Festival/ Alighieri Theater, with the support of the Municipality of Matera and the Municipality of Ravenna, in collaboration with Teatro delle Albe/ RavennaTeatro, artistic direction, devised and directed by Ermanna Montanari and Marco Martinelli

"This is CBN Science – Creativity webinar" is a a part of the DeuS Project , led by Matera European Capital of Culture 2019 and developed by Open Design School .

Light, a metaphor of life and rebirth. But also energy, fire, heat. Perhaps, for these reasons, many European capitals of culture have chosen to dedicate a space of their activities to this theme. Individual actions and artistic works, chapters, but also entire bidbooks are dedicated to light. Let's take a look at some of them.

Becoming a European Capital of Culture does not only mean organizing cultural events throughout the year, highlighting the richness and diversity of cultures in Europe, but above all it means raising the sense of belonging of European citizens to a cultural common space.