Buongiorno Venezia

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)

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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)

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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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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)

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* 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)

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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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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

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* 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
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* 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

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* 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
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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
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MEMBERS OFFERS: ACCOMMODATION
and The HURRY UP! Limited Offer

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