Parolario [Lario word(s)] Festival

[from the Italian language press]:

Dal 25 agosto al 9 settembre torna a Como "Parolario" il festival all'aperto con 110 appuntamenti, 130 scrittori, una decina di filosofi, mostre, proiezioni e la fiera del libro su bancarelle.

Corriere della Sera, Milano, Italy - giovedì 23 agosto 2007 - di Severino Colombo

From August 25th [today] to September 9th returns to Como “Parolario” (Words on the Lario lake) the open air festival with 110 appointments, 130 Writers, about ten Philosophers, exhibitions, movies and the Book's Fair on stalls.

Of absolute relief it is the cycle of philosophical conversations “Between the Sacred and the Profane” with, among others, Gabriele Mandel Khan, deep expert of the Qur'an and Sufi master (among his students, the folk singer Franco Battiato), who will speak of "Sufism, the Way to Knowledge and Peace" (Friday, August 31st, 6.30 pm, Piazza Cavour).

Then, on September 4th in Piazza Cavour the former Rabbi of Milan, Giuseppe Laras, will speak about love in the Hebrew thought at 6.30 pm, while the patriarch of Venice Angelo Scola with the philosopher Giovanni Reale will discuss "The value of the contemporary man" at 9 pm.

All events of the Parolario Festival are free and open to the public.
More infos and full program at: http://www.parolario.it/calendario2007.htm

[picture: Como, piazza Cavour by night. Photo: http://www.larioonline.it/lagodicomo/immagini.asp]