Picnic: during Pride Week in Milan it is celebrated at Cascina Merlata

Nothing better than a picnic to enjoy a day outdoors, and then this is the best time: perfect weather, lots of sun, plus the June 18th is picnic day. It falls on a Friday, while working, but there is the whole weekend to lie down on a lawn and relax, and there are many opportunities: among the most special events in Milan there is the Picnic Arcobaleno scheduled for Sunday 20 June a Cascina Merlata. A whole day, which falls within the Milan Pride Week, organized by Urban cultural sea and Rainbow Families Association.

An event under the banner of welcome, inclusiveness and sustainability dedicated to all families, with debates and activities (always free) for the little ones but also for adults, and lots of it good food to eat on the lawns of the Cascina Merlata park, adjacent to the Expo headquarters, which has been transformed into one of the most beautiful in Milan and from which you can access the new residential area of ​​UpTown.

The program is packed: for adults we start at 11 with the reading of some points of the Political Document 2021 of Milan Pride with the representatives of the Rainbow Families Association, the Rainbow Coordination and the Milano Pride and we continue with another appointment oneducation for differences at school and then finish in the afternoon (at 4 pm) with the presentation of the book Rainbow generation by Micaela Ghisleni. For the children, however, they will be there for the whole day workshops – all free, and upon reservation – to build kites and games, to try alternative printing with recycled materials, to create a family portrait with René Magritte and the apple.

The food? Anyone who wants can bring it from home, but you can also easily choose at the moment. The program provides pizza for lunch, to take away or by booking a table, snack with sweets from the Irene di Mare pastry shop urban cultural, appetizers and even pizza for dinner or formusical aperitif: from 6.30 pm the singer-songwriter Andrea Marino will play guitar and voice the repertoire of the great Italian songwriters, from Battisti to Pino Daniele. On www.cascina-merlata.net the detailed program, emails and numbers to access appointments by reservation. In the gallery above some images

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