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Vicenza "English news" restarts
Martedi 13 Agosto 2013 alle 16:00
Dear Readers, so why does VicenzaPiù have a renewed column in English? The simple answer is because more and more people use the language. Italians who communicate with foreigners, American soldiers, African immigrants, business men, artists, tourists, and so on. We are not sure who our readers will be, so please identify yourselves! And tell us what you would like us to write about ([email protected]).
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Life in the current economic climate is a struggle for many, although one doubts whether this applies to Diego Fontana, the disgraced chief of the council's decentralisation department, who despite hiding his second job, and lacking the requisite degree to be manager, still holds his position. The GDV, anxious to stay in with the mayor, Fontana's childhood buddy, ignored these misdeeds, when interviewing him about the failure of the council's summer holiday programme for pensioners to gain bookings.
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A new lease of life
Domenica 6 Maggio 2012 alle 22:22
Life in the current economic climate is a struggle for many, although one doubts whether this applies to Diego Fontana, the disgraced chief of the council's decentralisation department, who despite hiding his second job, and lacking the requisite degree to be manager, still holds his position. The GDV, anxious to stay in with the mayor, Fontana's childhood buddy, ignored these misdeeds, when interviewing him about the failure of the council's summer holiday programme for pensioners to gain bookings.
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St. Mark's Day is traditionally the day the inhabitants of the Serenissima take heart and throw themselves into the Adriatic for the first swim of the season. I didn't quite make it, lured as I was to see the new Peace Park opposite the Del Din or Dal Molin US base. Dalla Pozza's men were out in force, perhaps to discourage any enterprising beggars. I've noticed in the past their alacrity at holding up the mothers and children coming out of the school just after the first US base, Ederle, in Viale della Pace (Peace Avenue!) from using the zebra crossing outside, in order to allow the kids to inhale the exhaust fumes of the traffic roaring past.
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Our cat-eating microcosm
Domenica 29 Aprile 2012 alle 20:40
St. Mark's Day is traditionally the day the inhabitants of the Serenissima take heart and throw themselves into the Adriatic for the first swim of the season. I didn't quite make it, lured as I was to see the new Peace Park opposite the Del Din or Dal Molin US base. Dalla Pozza's men were out in force, perhaps to discourage any enterprising beggars. I've noticed in the past their alacrity at holding up the mothers and children coming out of the school just after the first US base, Ederle, in Viale della Pace (Peace Avenue!) from using the zebra crossing outside, in order to allow the kids to inhale the exhaust fumes of the traffic roaring past.
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", says lovelorn Juliet on learning the true identity of Romeo. What's in a name? A great deal, judging by the protests on all sides regarding the recent realisation that the Dal Molin American base is not to be! The libertine ex-premier's Defence Secretary, La Russa apparently renamed the place Dal Din, in honour of a partisan who died during the German retreat at the end of World War Two.
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What's in a name?
Domenica 22 Aprile 2012 alle 19:47
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", says lovelorn Juliet on learning the true identity of Romeo. What's in a name? A great deal, judging by the protests on all sides regarding the recent realisation that the Dal Molin American base is not to be! The libertine ex-premier's Defence Secretary, La Russa apparently renamed the place Dal Din, in honour of a partisan who died during the German retreat at the end of World War Two.
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This uninspiring Friday afternoon, the gentle rain from heaven seems inexorable rather than merciful, as described by Portia when exhorting Shylock to let Antonio off the hook in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. OK, I admit we need it, it hasn't rained properly for a long time, but then, I doubt if Portia had to travel by bicycle, a dodgy venture in the Berican city at the best of times, soul-destroying in the rain.
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All work and no play...
Domenica 15 Aprile 2012 alle 12:53
This uninspiring Friday afternoon, the gentle rain from heaven seems inexorable rather than merciful, as described by Portia when exhorting Shylock to let Antonio off the hook in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. OK, I admit we need it, it hasn't rained properly for a long time, but then, I doubt if Portia had to travel by bicycle, a dodgy venture in the Berican city at the best of times, soul-destroying in the rain.
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The GDV has dedicated much space this week to the vexed question of Dal Molin. First of all the curious puddles emerging in the Peace Park due to a lack of foresight in planning. A harbinger of worse to come, as some fear real damage to our town's water supply. It is not impossible that they could have been avoided if the environmental checks sought by Variati, and refused by ‘Commissario' Costa had been carried out.
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The human dilemma
Sabato 7 Aprile 2012 alle 14:10
The GDV has dedicated much space this week to the vexed question of Dal Molin. First of all the curious puddles emerging in the Peace Park due to a lack of foresight in planning. A harbinger of worse to come, as some fear real damage to our town's water supply. It is not impossible that they could have been avoided if the environmental checks sought by Variati, and refused by ‘Commissario' Costa had been carried out.
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Always on the lookout for freebies - and I'm sorry, Coviello, but Città , the free offshoot of the GDV is my source (Coviello's note: «Don't worry, Bob, I'm for free...dom press»)- I cycled frenetically across town from Ferrovieri to the Conservatory in order to pick up a complimentary ticket to listen to the Sound of Poetry in the foyer of Dr. Hullweck's Mausoleum. Freebies usually attract the same faces, including my own, so I was surprised not to recognise any of the other guests. This was a sort of promotion of a nascent department of the Conservatory dedicated to contemporary music, as far as I could understand. Music by Billy Strayhorn and Federico Benedetti accompanied poems by Shakespeare, Petrarca and a certain Elio Pagliarini.
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Vicenza freebies
Domenica 1 Aprile 2012 alle 12:16
Always on the lookout for freebies - and I'm sorry, Coviello, but Città , the free offshoot of the GDV is my source (Coviello's note: «Don't worry, Bob, I'm for free...dom press»)- I cycled frenetically across town from Ferrovieri to the Conservatory in order to pick up a complimentary ticket to listen to the Sound of Poetry in the foyer of Dr. Hullweck's Mausoleum. Freebies usually attract the same faces, including my own, so I was surprised not to recognise any of the other guests. This was a sort of promotion of a nascent department of the Conservatory dedicated to contemporary music, as far as I could understand. Music by Billy Strayhorn and Federico Benedetti accompanied poems by Shakespeare, Petrarca and a certain Elio Pagliarini.
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The race for mayor of London, my native city, is hotting up. Two top candidates are Boris Johnson, incumbent Tory, and the former maverick Labour mayor he replaced, Ken Livingstone. As befits a capital city, both are colourful, though not coloured. Livingstone's best remembered, and now generally accepted, change was the introduction of a tax for cars entering central London. Of course it's not a magic solution, but within limits it works. Money to spend on public transport and slightly fresher air.
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Fresh air
Domenica 25 Marzo 2012 alle 21:34
The race for mayor of London, my native city, is hotting up. Two top candidates are Boris Johnson, incumbent Tory, and the former maverick Labour mayor he replaced, Ken Livingstone. As befits a capital city, both are colourful, though not coloured. Livingstone's best remembered, and now generally accepted, change was the introduction of a tax for cars entering central London. Of course it's not a magic solution, but within limits it works. Money to spend on public transport and slightly fresher air.
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A friend of mine from the Deep South near Naples assures me that his part of Italy was better off under the Bourbons. A thriving economy and a trade surplus. There seems to be a lingering discontent with the Italian state in these parts too. A discontent that is often distorted by hypocrisy, shrill and vulgar language bordering on hate talk, with a particular vehemence towards immigrant communities.
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A question worth asking
Domenica 18 Marzo 2012 alle 21:24
A friend of mine from the Deep South near Naples assures me that his part of Italy was better off under the Bourbons. A thriving economy and a trade surplus. There seems to be a lingering discontent with the Italian state in these parts too. A discontent that is often distorted by hypocrisy, shrill and vulgar language bordering on hate talk, with a particular vehemence towards immigrant communities.It was therefore with some scepticism that I saw a stand vaunting a banner with the words ‘Stato Veneto' in one of the little alleys connecting Piazza dei Signori to Corso Palladio. Continua a leggere
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Last week, I left you with the vista of Piazza dei Signori from the top of Contrà del Monte. In the Monte del Pietà itself there is a fascinating exhibition throwing perspective onto the history of local craftsmanship. This is an exemplary way of using our monuments to underline the continuity of artistry, or craftsmanship perhaps, which defines Vicenza's heritage. As I have written elsewhere, Palladio seems to me Vicenza's glitzy wrapping, whereas craftsmanship expresses her soul. Are there any real artisans left in Venice? Certainly, most of the lace placed enticingly next to a loom in Burano comes from Taiwan. Ok, the Murano glass at its best is still worth a look.
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Imagine ...
Lunedi 12 Marzo 2012 alle 21:06
Last week, I left you with the vista of Piazza dei Signori from the top of Contrà del Monte. In the Monte del Pietà itself there is a fascinating exhibition throwing perspective onto the history of local craftsmanship. This is an exemplary way of using our monuments to underline the continuity of artistry, or craftsmanship perhaps, which defines Vicenza's heritage. As I have written elsewhere, Palladio seems to me Vicenza's glitzy wrapping, whereas craftsmanship expresses her soul. Are there any real artisans left in Venice? Certainly, most of the lace placed enticingly next to a loom in Burano comes from Taiwan. Ok, the Murano glass at its best is still worth a look.
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