walking in venice… need a primer

November 30th, 2009


Exporting good manners

this week's newsletter talks of:

* Fee Fie WiFi Fo' Some
* Bars not paying their fair square?
* Casino boss leaves "red" faced
* Strike while the aluminium is hot
* Cardin's Italian roots
* How to walk in Venice: a primer

REMINDER:

* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 2 November 2009)

USEFUL. The "Acqua Alta" bulletin
DINING. Suggested restaurants
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a quiet heavy week…

November 23rd, 2009


Is everything permitted to save your job?

this week's newsletter talks of:

* Heads up on looking down.
* Temperatures up: snow falls.
* Dots nice, "art" dangerous.
* A stone's throwaway.
* A Franco-Venetian transition
* Heavy mettle: workers strike Alcoa.

REMINDER:

* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 2 November 2009)

USEFUL. The "Acqua Alta" bulletin
DINING. Suggested restaurants
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in this week’s newsletter

November 16th, 2009


Is Venice dead? Or reborn? how can it live again?

this week's newsletter talks of:

* A salute to the... Salute feast.
* Venice resurrected... in pink.
* Amp-le support for the opera.
* Biennale Architecture exhibits a sex change.
* Leonardo draws... a crowd.

REMINDER:
* 53rd Biennale - last days!!!
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 2 November 2009)

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this week’s issue

November 9th, 2009

this week's newsletter talks of:

NEWS. Bora blows big wind whipped waters.
NEWS. Prices whiz downhill at ski resorts.
NEWS. The Venice underground.
NEWS. Sir Franco Zeffirelli reigns at Arena di Verona.

REMINDER:
* 53rd Biennale - last days!!!
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 2 November 2009)

USEFUL. The "Acqua Alta" bulletin
DINING. Suggested restaurants
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this week’s issue

November 2nd, 2009

this week's newsletter talks of:

* The perils of "change" at the ticket booths
* Speak up: the renascence of a renaissance complaint process
* Stand up: the mayor reviews his options
* On call: conned by the concierge?
* Funding the Fenice Theatre on the tip of your tongue

REMINDER:
* 53rd Biennale - last days!!!
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 2 November 2009)

USEFUL. The "Acqua Alta" bulletin
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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this week’s issue

October 5th, 2009


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

The Olympic rings: will they chime for Venice? * The Gassman Cometh: hope for Venetian theatre * Imaginary threads in real media * Luck for life: 4000 x 12 x 20?

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 27 September 2009)
* The strikes calendar (updated)

DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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this week’s newsletter…

May 6th, 2009

(simply too busy to update the list…)


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

* Bridging the gap (or is that The Gap?) * Bagging business: street vendors fight back * Higher highway fees * A smashing good time, hard rock indeed * Royal farewell and fare not so well - Prince Charles in Venice

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated 24 april)
* The strikes calendar (updated 4 may)

DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
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this weeks newsletter

April 7th, 2009


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Museums exhibit initiative
* Kicking sand in the faces of Lido beach services
* IMOB: leaving so soon?
* Prince Charles in Venice

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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floating above the economy

March 23rd, 2009


This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* The Boat Show floats above the economy
* Barnstorming for preservation
* When two for one is a bad thing
* Shopkeepers insist on First Class treatment
* The Lido airport reopens

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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this week’s newsletter

March 16th, 2009

This week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:


* Boats instead of bromides
* Parking is such sweet sorrow: boat slips slip
* I went to Venice, and all I got was this crummy glass
* Fly the friendly skies: kites take wing
* The woe-begotten Calatrava Bridge

The REMINDER:
* 2009, the year of Futurism, with shows throughout Italy
* Art shows in Italy - Calendar of current events (updated)
* The strikes calendar (updated)
* Lying at the movies
DINING. Suggested restaurants
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIENNALE Art and Theatre
EVENTS: MUSIC, THEATRE, and EXHIBITS;
MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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