Waterborne once again after much needed maintenance carried out at the shipyard Cantiere Casaril Sant’Alvise (the last one of its kind left in town for repair of vessels of this type). The Nuovo Trionfo will be present at the Arsenale from April 24 – 26 on Open Arsenale 2015. Everyone is invited to come aboard to inspect the work…
A Saturday morning excursion, lessons in the indigenous Venetian sailing—the Vela al Terzo—all around.
You would think, looking at the continuous images of each side of the Canal Grande, that photographer Daniele Resini went out and took one loooooong photo of each side of the entire canal all on the same day.
Hardly.
Nicknamed the Douanier (the customs agent), Rousseau was actually a self-taught former toll collector, alternately admired, teased and beloved as he pursued establishing his art. The exhibit is steps lightly, much as Rousseau did; there are also comparative works by renowned friends and contemporaries like Cezanne, Picasso, Seraut and Delauney. At the Doge’s apartment in the…
How often do you get to hear Baroque and Gospel selections in one concert…in Italy, in an ambience as brilliant and rich as the music itself? The Festival Galuppi celebrates music of the era in the places frequented by the composer. This year features teh Joy Singers performing ‘Consonanza’ with selections of Galuppi, Monteverdi, Handel, an…
A group of women vogatrici from the Remiera Giudecca rowing club, called Un Po di Donne (a few women), organized a vacation abroad, vogando (rowing Venetian style): starting and ending in Oxford, up and down the River Thames.
Not what, not where – but HOW: like having an expert in your pocket. For France and Greece, too! Called "a boon" by Publishers Weekly!
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Preview Grit and Grazia, the feature-length documentary on the voga alla veneta, the unique rowing style that has propelled Venice through the centuries from its inception right to the present day and the women who are fighting to keep it a part of Venetian daily life.
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On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower 13 meters below the high Adriatic.