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Last minute holiday giveaway, til midnight tomorrow! 7 Dec 2012 | 04:21 pm
Hurry and leave Susan Van Allen a comment about who inspired your love for Italy for a chance to win a heap of wonderful Italy-inspired books.
Sirens announce “code red” high tide. 1 Nov 2012 | 12:56 am
Tricks only this Halloween in Venice. The 140 cm tide is acqua molto alta—very high—and the 35kph winds and accompanying rains keep treaters and everyone else holed up this All Saints' Eve.
New Hop-on, Hop-off Vaporetto sounds exclusive and informative. 31 May 2012 | 02:07 pm
The Vaporetto dell'Arte debuts June 1, and with any luck will allow curious ticket holders to travel more comfortably, and more informed.
Grandi Navi: Two Demonstrations say “Open Season” 14 Apr 2012 | 02:40 am
There's lots of activity around the opening of "cruise season" in Venice, and citizens are mobilizing to continue to protest their presence. It's a rainy weekend in the forecast, so it's hard to say w...
Klimt (and Hoffman) Conquer the Correr 5 Apr 2012 | 09:02 pm
The time is la Belle Èpoche, the place is Vienna. Women are still corseted, but Freud is probing their psyche; Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffman 'secede' in igniting a new world of Viennese art and archi...
Emma and Effie (and Claudia!), Movie Making Most Venetian. 9 Mar 2012 | 05:00 am
Last December, Emma Thompson arrived in Venice for "Effie," along with Dakota Fanning, Claudia Cardinale, husband and co-screenplay writer Greg Wise, and an opportunity to make believe that in Venice,...
Combining Carnevale with Cruise Ship Protest: only in Venice 19 Feb 2012 | 07:46 am
Sun and Carnevale costumes create the perfect backdrop for revelers to get serious about their disapproval of Venice cruise ship traffic.
Out, out, big ships — and bring your mask. 15 Feb 2012 | 03:39 am
Demonstrators protest cruise ships, Carnevale style, and you can join them.
Ice Soup, or, Venezia Gelata 8 Feb 2012 | 02:21 am
The winter of 2012 has brought arctic temps and meters of snow throughout Italy and the rest of Europe; weeks of sub-freezing temps here in Venice have turned the lagoon into a concoction resembling ...
Auguri per un Anno Solare 1 Jan 2012 | 11:53 am
Warmest wishes for a 2012 as bright, promising, and peaceful as a sunrise on the Dolomites.
