Casa Verona - eventi marzo 2026

The Olympic journey of Verona begins at Casa Verona, a new space for the community, at Palazzina 20 of the Arsenale, which will host the Olympic Village until March 29, 2026, where sports, culture, and community meet without physical and temporal barriers.

A narrative path that reflects and reinterprets the symbolic stages of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, with exhibitions, talks, workshops, music, shows, installations, interactive spaces: each area, from maxi-walls to experiential pathways, is designed to make the experience inclusive, contemporary, and engaging.

The event program:

Sunday, March 1

11:00 “Excellence and eudaimonia – the values of sport and studies on the impact of reading”

With Dr. Krystyna Wieszczek de Oliveira, researcher of the European project “LIFE – Literature for Empowerment” at Columbia University in New York and the University of Verona.
The history of the modern Olympic Games will be briefly retraced, born as a laboratory of excellence not only in sports but also in the arts, inspired by the Greek ideal of harmony between body and mind.

17:00 “Buzzati and the mountain: ‘Are they real or is it a dream?’”

Curated by Maria Teresa Ferrari in collaboration with the Buzzati Foundation. 
With the participation of Paolo Valerio, actor and director. 
Readings, videos, and images narrate the great love that Dino Buzzati (1906-1972) had for the mountain.

18:30 Silvia Ortombina - Tiny Idols

Costume Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympics.
Intervenes Gianmarco Pacione, Content Editor of Athleta Magazine.
Event in collaboration with Athleta Magazine.

Tuesday, March 3

18:00 Book presentation "From Amadei to Zlatan. The great strikers of Serie A", edited by Alessio Dimartino

An exciting journey among the strikers who have made generations of fans dream, with the participation of Angelo D'Andrea, author of the story dedicated to Luca Toni. Moderated by journalist Alberto Bruno Cristani.

Event in collaboration with Heraldo - Festival of Journalism in Verona and Sportdipiù.

Friday, March 6

20:00 Broadcast of the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games
The title chosen for the Ceremony is “Life in Motion”: a homage to life, understood as change and transformation, inspired by the language of art and its unique capacity to interpret the contemporary reality in continuous evolution. 

First major guests announced for the ceremony are Stewart Copeland, legendary drummer of the Police, and Meduza, ambassadors of house music worldwide.

Saturday, March 7

16:30 Champions without barriers
Ceremony for the delivery of equipment for practicing winter sports for skiers with disabilities (monoski).

Project Lions Club Verona Re Teodorico.

Following the broadcast of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics

Sunday, March 8

16:30 Screening of the film Il campione, directed by Jakub Cervenka

The film tells the intense story of Ondrej Nepela, legendary world champion of figure skating, torn between international success and the pressures of the regime. Free admission.

19:00 Debate with Jakub Krako and Henrieta Farkasova, former Paralympic athletes, medalists in para-alpine skiing, and Paola Fantato, Italian archer, Olympic athlete, and Paralympic medalist. Present the mayor of Verona Damiano Tommasi.

19:30 Concert by the Romani musical group Gipsy Devil / Ciganki diabli with Maria Cirova

Following the broadcast of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics

Monday, March 9

18:00 Book presentation “Giro di pista – Circuits and drivers who made the history of speed”.
By and with Diego Alverà. Moderated by journalist Paolo Sacchi

Friday, March 13

18:30 Presentation of the book “Chievo a perfect crime”
A meeting to tell a story that marked Italian football and the city of Verona.
With Raffaele Tomelleri, Fabiana Dalla Valle, and Luca Campedelli

Sunday, March 15

20:00 Broadcast of the Closing Ceremony of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games
Live from the Olympic Ice Stadium, the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Friday, March 20

16:00 The Haptic Eye, The art to touch 
Art is not just looked at: it is touched, explored, lived. An innovative project that brings the artistic experience beyond sight, transforming touch into a universal language.

Saturday, March 21

11:00 Let's play music together
Musical workshop for children aged 2 to 6

19:00 Spring Tango and Milonga

Sunday, March 22

11:00 “I have the most beautiful bottom in the world!”
Reading aloud on inclusion by Ingiroleggendo, to learn how to look at the world from an original point of view.

15:30 Funky Olympic: a journey between sound and art, where groove meets canvas

Wednesday, March 25 

19:00 Pallalunga and Narrating – Italy, the World Cup to conquer
A journey among emotions, memories, and azure dreams… waiting to write a new page of history.

Friday, March 27

14:30 Offside from Prejudice
A day to stop, listen, and look at sports from a different perspective. An afternoon where law, performance, and real experiences meet to discuss women's sports, overcoming stereotypes and opening new visions.

19:00 “I am not a lady” - Cat Shades with Veronica Marchi, Gabriella Morelli, and Maddalena Fasoli
A journey through iconic songs, between pop and identity, between music and freedom.
A narrative that crosses generations and once again centers on the strength of women.

Throughout the period of the Olympic Village, the Permanent Exhibition dedicated to the sports drawings of Bruno Prosdocimi will be open to visitors.