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Chiesa_Visitazione_Artigianelli.jpgWHAT: Inaugural concert featuring the Pergolesi Stabat Mater

WHEN: 7p, Friday, 31 Oct

WHERE: Chiesa degli Artigianelli
(Santa Maria della Visitazione), alle Zattere

WHO: Sara Bardino, Cristina Bertoldo,
a Fenice chamber orchestra, female-voice choir (I’ll be nestled among the soprani), all directed by Marco Paladin.

ENTRANCE: Gratis

Una Nuova Via Crucis for the Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione (or Chiesa degli Artigianelli), is a exhibition of contemporary sacred art. The exhibition is being held from Oct 31st ’til Nov 15th, but its opening is being heralded with a conference at 16.00, and an inauguration of the Via Crucis, 16 canvases donated by the Associazione Centro dell’arte, at 18.00.

At 7:00 pm, there will be a concert of the Pergolesi Stabat Mater along with the Rossini Quis est Homo (just for contrast).

The intimate, Rennaissance church (which has quite an involved history, but is the precursor to its neighbor, the opulent Gesuati), makes an ideal setting to experience this extraordinarily evocative work. You can also take the time to review the exhibition, explore the cloisters within, which are also connected to the Artigianelli religious cultural and conference center and lodging.

The music program lasts about an hour, and if you’ve never heard the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, I can only recommend that you prendere l’occasione…seize this opportunity.

Ci vediamo lì, allora?

Directions:

The church is located directly in front of the Zattere vaporetto stop. You can also reach it from the Accademia Bridge, just head straight for the Zattere. The entrance to the Artigianelli Cultural Center will be on the right (you can reach the church from inside) before you reach the Gesuati church, otherwise turn right at the Zattere and you’ll find the church just ahead on the right.

For more information about the event, location, and concert, call 041 522 4077.

3 for all

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What a fuss there was when vaporetto Line 3 (for season ticket holders only) began plowing the waters of the Grand Canal last January. One article in a British newspaper referred to the “poor tourist” who was restricted to only those vaporetti that were more numerous, more frequent, and made faster progress up and down the canal. Since most tourists had no idea they couldn’t get on any boat they chose, as would be the case anywhere else in the world, you can imagine the casino that resulted, and on a regular basis. Ma.

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Le Bandiere: Flags Swirl over San Marco

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We watched as the ships’ masts were revitalized this summer, but now, look what they were being prepared for. Sundays only, I believe, but splendid, no? Venezia di una volta (OK, with other than the EU and Italian flags, but you get my point). Should even be more impressive once the current Basilica and Piazza construction is compete.

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I rushed past a store in the center where you can pick up a Venetian flag with appropriate streamers, up the Mercerie across from Cartier and Luisa Spagnoli, for €30. However, a friend reminds me that the best place is Nicolaj, “the sporting goods/boating store at the corner of Fondamenta delle Erbe and Calle delle Erbe, between Campo Santa Marina and Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo; they always have beautiful flags outside. It’s one of my favorite angles in the city and I have spent many an hour waiting to capture the waving flags as they opened and flew in the wind!”

Nicolaj (with the j pronounced as an i, BTW)
Nicolaj N. & C. Bandiere, Salvagenti, Copertoni Impermeabili
Calle delle Erbe
Cannaregio 6103
041 522 3844

OK, I think we’re covered in the flag department!

Keeping an eye on the Grand Canal

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Check out ARGOS , the new system for keeping watch over the Grand Canal. It’s pretty self-explanatory, and quite fun. Just like any congestion map, colors on maps to indicate the amount of traffic and the speed, and the closed-circuit cameras provide expansive views up and down the length of the Canal…and a lot clearer than the available web cams. The new Ponte della Costituzione is specatacular viewed from above, in fact.

Whether or not we can get them to issue tickets to the boats over the speed limit, that’s another thing entirely…

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Corteo delle Donne

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Between the Storica and the transfer of the Serenissima, I’ve gotten completely behind on everything else around here, and am now swamped trying to catch up. More media to come, but in the meantime, here’re are some photos I took of the event from the best seat in the house. There are none of the Regata itself, because it’s very hard to take pictures when you’re rowing (that, and we had a real hothead for a timoniere – the helmsman – who never would have stood for it).

Behind the scenes at the Storica