APRIL 15 - 22 (click here to read previous editions)

HI GUYS!!!!! HOW ARE YOU DOING??? Hope you are fine!!! Well, let’s see what’s on in Venice this week..

Movie Series : Monday 18 th , Room 9A at 8.05 p.m.

LAMERICA, by Gianni Amelio, starring Enrico Lo verso and Michele Placido,1994, 116 mins, Italian with English subtitles, color. A Southern Italian, working for an enterpreneur who sets up a fake business to get State subsidies, discovers Albania and its ties with Italy (Fascism and Emigration). 

Casa di Carlo Goldoni

San Polo, 2794.

Opening hours: 10 a .m. – 5 p.m. Closed on Sunday. Student ticket: 1,50€.
Palazzo Centanni is a 15th century building with a pointed arch facade facing the canal and visible from Ponte San Toma with a lovely courtyard and an open air stairway. Carlo Goldoni, the creator of modern theatre was born here in 1707. Each room has large television screens that show a number of various productions of Goldoni's work. (As well as being an exhibition space, however, the Casa del Carlo Goldoni continues to function as an important research centre with modern facilities and equipment).

Leonardo da Vinci: le Macchine di Leonardo

Chiesa di San Stae. Until May 9 th . Open daily form 9.30 a .m. 7.30 p.m. Student tickets: 4€.
Exhibition of Leonardo's flying machines.

Mariano Fortuny: Voyage in Egypt

Palazzo Fortuny, San Marco, 3780.
Opening hours: 10 a .m.- 6 p.m. Closed on Monday. Student ticket: 2,50 €.
A selection of about sixty pictures taken by the artist in Egypt in 1938.

Antonio e Giuseppe Sardi in Venice

Antonio (1580 ca. - 1661) and Giuseppe (1624 - 1699), father and son from Morcote, are a typical example of artistic emigration. They moved to Venice in the 16th century. It's their first photografic exhibitions in Italy.
Until May 8 th , 2005
Tuesday- Sunday 2-4 pm
FREE ENTRANCE

For information and material: Spazio Culturale Svizzero, Dorsoduro 810, 30123 Venezia
+39 041 52 25 996 , e-mail: svizzeravenezia@libero.it

GiorgioneMovied'Essai FOR STUDENTS JUST €4.50!!

Cannaregio 4612

SALA A : Crimen Perfecto, by Alex de la Iglesia , 104 min. At 6p.m., 8pm and 10pm. Saturday and Sunday also at 4p.m.

SALA B : Sideways, In viaggio con Jack, by Alexander Payne, 123 min. At 4.40pm, 7.10pm, 9.30pm.

Striscia, una zebra alla riscossa , cartoon, 84 min. On Saturday and Sunday at 2.45 p.m.

Wednesday 20 th and Thursday 21 th : 5.00, 7.15, 9.30 p.m., Heimat 3, by Edgar Reitz, 106 min.

Multisala Astra FOR STUDENTS JUST €4.50!

Via Corfù 12, Lido di Venezia

SALA 1 : Lemon Snicket, by Brad Silbering, 108 min. At 5.40pm, 7.50pm and 10.00 p.m. Not on Monday. Saturday and Sunday also at 3.30 p.m.

SALA 2 : Super Size Me, by Morgan Spurlock, 96 min. At 5.30pm, 7.30p.m. On Saturday and Sunday also at 3.30pm. Not on Monday.

At 9.30pm everyday (not on Monday). On saturday and Sunday also at 7.30pm: The woodsman , by Nicole Kassell, 87min.

ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE, April 14th , 9pm

Kahil El'Zabar - percussions
Joseph Bowie – trombone, percussions
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins - sax, percussions

A GREAT TRIO PLAYING AFROAMERICAN MUSIC.. JAZZ MUSIC WHICH HAS GONE BACK TO ITS ORIGINS.. unmissable!!

Student ticket: 10€. Normal Ticket: 12€.

For info: http://www.fred.net/jbowie/ehe.html

TOCNADANZA, April 15 th , 9pm

A series of dance shows at Teatro Fondamente Nuove dedicated to a number of new national and international coreographers and dancers. The first will be on April 15 th , performing: Francesco Ventriglia , Valerio Longo e Martina Laragione .

Student Ticket: 7€. Adult Ticket: 10€.

Zapata , Mexican Restaurant
Fondamenta Barbarigo, 2344, close to Campo dell'Angelo Raffaele. Open every day.
Mexican restaurant: tortillas, burritos, chili, a wide choice of beers…and above all cheap prices. A great place where spending time before going to Santa Margherita square to continue partying.

Ganesh ji , Indian Restaurant
Rio Marin 2426. Closed on Wednesday and Thursady morning.
Indian personnel and typical indian speciality. Average price menu 25€.

Frary's , Arab and Greek Restaurant
Fondamenta dei Frari 2558. Close on Tuesday.
In front of Frari Church a lovely cozy arab and greek restaurant proposes the typical middle eastern dishes, greek wines and desserts. Fish cous-cous on weekends. Special lunch 9€ all inclusive.

Suzie Café
Campo San Basilio, 1527, behind Fond.ta delle Zattere. Open 7 a .m. to 8 p.m.
Loved by studennts, this bar is located in a sunny suare close to the Zattere fondamenta.

Senso Unico
San Vio, Calle della Chiesa 684. Open 10 a .m. to 1 a .m. Closed on Tuesday.
Just two minutes from Peggy Guggenheim, this is a cozy british pub. Friendly atmosphere attended by true venetians and american students.

Caffé dei Frari
Campo dei Frari, S. Polo 2564. Open 8 a .m. to 10 p.m. Closed on Sunday.
Well known café where you can drink an excellent coffee, or a cocktail, in front of the marvellous Frari church, in an elegant liberty style atmosphere, enriched by art lamps made of paper, brass and glass beads. Very peculiar is the hole in the ceiling that visually connects the ground floor with the upper one.

Torino@notte
Campo San Luca, 459. Open 7 p.m. to 1 a .m. Closed on Sunday and Monday.
Night pub for young people and venetian musicians with choice of cocktails and beers and interesting live jazz session.

Taverna da Baffo
Campo Sant'Agostin 2346. Open 7.30 am to 2 am, closed on Sunday.
Antique tavern with marble columns and wooden ceiling, hosting live music and art exhibitions. Every Tuesday free buffet and Sushi Bar .

Centrale Restaurant Lounge
Piscina Frezzeria S. Marco 1659/b. Open 6.30 pm to 2 am. Closed on Tuesday.
Every night chill house and lounge music. Every Thursday at 7 pm the restaurant is a relaxing lounge with free buffet anad jazz and latin music.

Naranzaria
Campo San Giacometo, S. Polo 130.
Arriving at the market from the Rialto bridge, turn right and you will discover the treasures of one of the more fascinating areas of the city, the Erbaria. Here you find this exceptional restoration, once a bank where antique merchant transferred their money. Prices are affordable , you will find them exposed and you will not pay cover charge even if you eat at the tables with a breathtaking on the Grand Canal.

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW..SEE YOU THE NEXT NEWSLETTER!!!! CRISTINA, ILARIA, SABRINA

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