La Milanesiana

In 2025, La Milanesiana, in its 26th edition, had the theme "Intelligence", suggested to Elisabetta Sgarbi by Massimo Cacciari. From July 2 to 5, the Ventidio Basso Theatre in Ascoli Piceno hosted four evenings (9:00 PM) that brought music, theatre, and cinema into dialogue.

• July 2 — Rita Pavone, "One foot in the past and a direct, open gaze to the future".
• July 3 — Cristina Donà with Saverio Lanza and I Terconauti.
• July 4 — screening of the film "L'isola degli idealisti" (2025), directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi.
• July 5 — "Fare un'anima", a show written and performed by Giacomo Poretti.

On July 4, the exhibition "Maurizio Bottoni. Il pensiero svelato nell'anatomia della natura" (Maurizio Bottoni. Thought revealed in the anatomy of nature) was inaugurated at the Civic Art Gallery. The 2025 edition in Ascoli Piceno also had free admission.