One of the events that has put Bagni di Lucca firmly on the map – its international celebration of women and their creative achievements – is about to take place at Ponte’s Casino from the 8th to the 14th of this month. Don’t miss out!

Here is the calendar of events:

And here are the contributing artists:

I’ve written extensively about the Festa or ‘Omaggio alla Donna’ in my blog. For reference I include the main articles below. They are not only a record of previous events celebrating women and all organised by the indefatigable artist Morena Guarnaschelli but they also comment on various aspects of both the contributions and the difficulties of women in today’s ever-troubled world.

2013

https://longoio.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/16/

2014

https://longoio.wordpress.com/2014/03/09/la-festa-della-donna-2014/

2015

https://longoio2.wordpress.com/2015/03/15/una-serenata-stupenda/

2016

https://longoio2.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/23450/

2017

Magic Moments at Bagni di Lucca’s Casinò

2018

https://longoio3.com/2018/02/18/international-womens-day/

Indeed, my first post on the event also happens to be the third ever post I wrote. (The first blog post was on March 7^th so now it’s six years that I’ve been continuously blogging. To-date there have been two thousand and eight posts from my hand.