On Saturday 10th July 2010, the latest exhibition by the renowned contemporary photographer Mimmo Jodice, “Figure del Mare”, will be inaugurated in the  halls of  Capri’s Charterhouse of  San Giacomo. The exhibition, promoted by the Fondazione Capri and curated by Roberta Valtorta, will remain open to the public until September 4th 2010.

From April 22nd to 24th  2010, the Island of Capri will host the 4th edition of the Capri Art Film Festival, a competition open to young Italian film directors. The festival will include a workshop, organized in collaboration with the New York Film Academy and the “Omero” School of Creative Writing, which will give young directors, actors, and set designers the opportunity to participate in the realization of a short film.

The program of the event will soon be published on the official Capri Art Film Festival web site.

From October 15th  to 17th 2009, the island of Capri will host the Capri Trend Watching Festival 2009, an international observatory of emerging trends in urban lifestyle. The event will include workshops, conferences, and meetings in which data gathered in 20 key cities by the International Observatory, Tomorrow Now, will be analysed and discussed.

From August 19th to Octobert 4th 2009, Villa Lysis, one time residence of the eccentric Count Jacques d’Adelsward-Fersen, provides the stunning venue for the photographic exhibition “Dioniso at Villa Lysis“: a celebration of the work of Wilhelm von Gloeden, author of famous tableaux vivants exploring the relationship between man, nature and history.

The Charterhouse of Capri will provide the venue for another high profile musical event on the island: the final date of Pino Daniele’s 2009 Electric Jam Tour, a tour which marks the latest evolution of the Neapolitan musician’s brand of “world music” and offers an anticipation of Acoustic Jam,  the mini-album due for release this autumn.

From August 30th to September 4th 2009, the Charterhouse of San Giacomo, founded by Count Giacomo Arcucci between 1363 and 1371, offers a spectacular setting for the International Arts Festival 2009 (download the PDF of the program – 532kb), the annual cultural event organised by the Friends of the Certosa Association.

A month long calender of events has been programmed for “Capri, i luoghi della parola – La parola degli Dei“, a literary review due to commence in Capri on August 2nd and conclude on September 1st. Organized by Libreria La Conchiglia, the review is dedicated to one of the most ambiguous and contradictory of divinities: Dionysus, the son born from one of Zeus’ adulterous love affairs.

From June 12th to August 14th 2009 the panoramic gardens and terraces of Anacapri’s Villa San Michele will host the “Concerti al Tramonto“, an unmissable weekly appointment with chamber music and jazz.