Until 28th March 2010
Civic Museum of the Eremitani, Padua

Until 28th March 2010 you will have the opportunity of visiting the exhibition ‘Caravaggio Lotto Ribera. Four centuries of masterpieces’ at the Civic Museum of the Eremitani, in Padua. It is a great exhibition with more than fifty masterpieces representing not only Italian and European painting but also the artistic tastes of one of the greatest Italian critics such as Roberto Longhi. The artworks, in fact, come from the Roberto Longhi Foundation of Florence and the exhibition, in fact, wants to pay homage to his great collecting adventure. Roberto Longhi, who was defined as a ‘Master’ by Paolini, became famous for having arranged, in Italy, the first great exhibition about Caravaggio in 1951. And the most interesting section of the exhibition is, perhaps, that one dealing with the Seventeenth century and in particular the well-known ‘Little boy bitten by the green lizard’, by Caravaggio. As far as the displaying itinerary as a whole is concerned, it goes throughout different centuries: from the Thirteenth century to the painting from Bologna of the Fourteenth century until the Seventeenth century. Among the most relevant artworks of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries, there are, with no doubts, the ones by Dosso Dossi and Lorenzo Lotto (See the gallery). TD

Last 23rd February 2010 the extraordinary cast of the Heineken Jammin Festival 2010 was presented during a press conference at Punta San Giuliano: the Aerosmith, the Cranberries, the Massive Attack, the Black Eye Pies, the Green Day, the 30 Second to Mars, the Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, the Skunk Anansie and many others will be on the main stage of the HJF at San Giuliano Park from 3rd to 6th July 2010. All the artists will present their show on a single date in Italy in the incredible and magic frame of San Giuliano Park. Venice is perfect to be reached by train and by car from all Italy and Heineken Jammin Festival is that kind of event which can offer the town an idea of freshness: it is not just a tourist place but, should the need arise, it can turn into an exceptional location for music and concerts.

The show will take place inside the Park which will be properly prepared for this occasion, 2 Stages, RELAX Area, SPORT Area, refreshment bars, Camping, Cinema and meeting areas for those who want to deepen the knowledge of the subject ‘music’ as a job. In addition, a great novelty of this year will be an enormous restaurant which will serve typical dishes of Veneto cooking and a service of rubber boats that will allow those who want to, to reach Venice by water.
As far as the price of tickets is concerned, a whole day inside the Park will cost 50 Euros plus advance sale, three days of no-stop music (from 3rd to 5th July or from 4th to 6th July) 130 Euros plus advance sale and the ticket for all four days of the show will be sold at 160 Euros plus advance sale. The sale will start on line from 24th February on ticket one.
PROGRAMME
3rd July 2010
Headliner: Cranberries and Aerosmith (Steven Tyler included) plus four groups to be defined
4th July 2010
Headliner: 30 Second to Mars and Green Day plus Rise Against
5th July 2010
Headliner: Black Eye Pies and Massive Attack, Lite Show
6th July 2010
Headliner: Pearl Jam, Ben Harper and Skunk Anansie plus Gossip and WolfMother

For further information follow us on our Blog dedicated to the event by clicking here.

6th – 16th February 2010

Also this year a great Renaissance style Garden will be set up in St. Mark’s Square, during the Carnival of Venice 2010. The same garden where the most relevant performances will take place: it will be crossed by a long catwalk where Ferruccio Soleri will present his performance as an extraordinary Arlecchino; where Bianca Brandolini d’Adda, the angel of this year will land; where the masks for the Best Carnival Costume Contest and the most well-known Drag Queens taking part to the Contest devoted to them during the Carnival, will parade.

All the main performances of Venice Carnival will have such Garden as their central place which, for this edition, will be adorned with fruit, flowers and flavours. A huge winged Lion based on great artist Arcimboldo’s style, thus made of apples, artichokes, radicchio, cabbages, cappuccio and carrots, will be place on the background of the catwalk.
The Coldiretti, which has seen to the arrangement of the Garden both last year and this year, assures the presence of 4766 plants, 26 square metres of grass carpet, 1200 yellow primoroses, which will frame the central platform that will welcome guests and performances.
Inside the Garden just opposite the catwalk there will be a lounge area called ‘Stella Lounge’, opened from the morning to midnight and run by Stella Events, which for many years has looked after of the Terrazza in front of the Red Carpet of the Mostra del Cinema. ‘Suite Stella’ will welcome events to which celebrities, politicians and famous professionals take part, by offering fingers food and the best wines and cocktails. TD

The official programme of Carnival Sensation 2010 has been presented in Venice. Also this year, for the last time, it is based on Marco Balich’s and Venezia Marketing Eventi’s arrangement. It will be a moderate and high-quality Carnival, like the one of last year.
The great opening party will take place in St. Mark’s Square on 6th February 2010: in early afternoon for children with clowns, people who will make up children, puppet shows, men on stilts and candy floss; for adults, from 9.00 p.m. the Carnival opening show, ‘Arlecchino servant of two masters’ interpreted by the amazing Ferruccio Soleri.

SAN MARCO – MIND
Let’s go on with the programme of the Square. On Sunday 7th at Midday Bianca Brandolini d’Adda will descent from the Bell Tower, in a sumptuous dress created, just for this occasion, by Giambattista Valli, an art and comedy Italian stylist living in Paris, and she will land on a platform inside the Garden set up in St.Mark’s Square. Just afterwards there will be the Marie Parade and the on of Historical commemorations.
On Monday 8th, Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th there will be Sensation Tango: St. Mark’s Square will be crowded with tango dancers, professionals and not. Everybody will have the opportunity of undertaking this king of dance by following the instructions of the most experienced dancers.
On Fat Thursday 11th February there will be several shows starting from 12.00 a.m. First of all the Art Comedy of the ‘Gemelli Veneziani’. Then the ‘Invasati’, that is giant animated ficus Benjamin, ‘Operation Escargot’, namely a big fairy tale snail going around the garden, ‘Insects’, that is a parade of huge insects, and ‘Carillò’, a Catalan show with a huge clock made of animated characters: all these will stay in St. Mark’s Square during the following days too. Selections for ‘The best Carnival Costume Contest’ will begin too: the election will take place on 14th February, among the jurors there will be also Fabrizio Plessi, a well-known Venetian artist and Angela Missoni.
On Friday 12th February the Drag Queens will compete in the Contest dedicated to them: at the end of the competition there will be two winners, one for the best look and one for the best performance.
Saturday 13th February from 8.30 p.m. the majorettes COMPATRUM from Rome will parade in a very colourful Carnival style towards the Garden of St. Mark, presenting the fire show by the French artists La Salamandre, whose performances will take place also on Sunday 14th on St. Valentine’s Day.
Monday 15th February Sensation Tango is back
Tuesday 16th February, for the end of the Carnival there will be a surprise  great Seventies’style Musical Event.

S. POLO DISTRICT – SIGHT
In Campo S.Polo there will be lots of performances for children. Exceptional guests will be Bjorn and Ursula: an extraordinary animated polar bear and its mate will explain the wonders of the Pole world. Campo Bella Vienna will be the location for many Aperitif Lounges with dj sets starting from 6.00 p.m. and then live concerts until 11.00 p.m. In Erbaria ‘El rosto del sultan’, with ‘cicheti and specialties on a ‘bragozzo’, that is a typical Venetian boat, anchored on the bank.

DORSODURO – HEARING
This is the youth district with a plenty of music. First of all in Campo Santa Margherita: dj set and lots of ska-reggae. On Saturday 13th, Terminal Crocierre of the Harbour will be the ideal location for an amazing party. On Saturday 13th February: The Wonderdock, with Motel Connection Live, Dj Albertino, Italoboyz, RdioDj and Giulio Veronese.

CANNAREGIO- TASTE
Sunday 7th February will start with ‘Festa Veneziana’: an extremely coloured water parade and the flavours of the district will open the traditional event with Fritoin Express, lots of street animation such as the ‘Bon Appetit’ and many Venetian gastronomic specialties. During all the week there will be tasting and cook lessons by great chefs. Moreover ‘the course of taste’, from Friday 12th, a culinary itinerary you cannot miss, throughout the taste district.
CASTELLO – TOUCH
After the success of last years the ‘Carnival in the Dark’ is back: it is an itinerary in complete darkness in order to discover all the senses. In addition to this, owing to the collaboration with the Biennale of Venice, the Carnival of Creativity will be held: a long sequence of workshops for adults and children.

SANTA CROCE – SMELL
‘Oriental perfumes and chocolate’ will be one of the greatest shows of the Carnival: a stand with spices, aromas and teas reminding us Oriental countries.

12th -13th February 2010

More than 900.000 visitors are about to reach Venice for Carnival Sensation 2010. In addition to amusement in the squares and campi of the town several parties will be given in exclusive locations. Besides the one previously mentioned, that is the ‘Cavalchina Gran Ball’ we cannot forget the parties at Palace Grassi, the prestigious venue of the Art Collection of Francois Pinault, famous throughout the world for its numerous exhibitions and international cultural events, which will be the location of two fashionable parties on 12th and 13th February. The theme of the parties will be the Neo Burlesque: an exciting mixture of elements coming from different entertainement traditions: circus, 20th century Anglo-American Burlesque, music hall, Neo-Vaudeville, in the name of elegance, amusement and surprise.
The evening includes dinner, music  and performances from 8.00 p.m. For information and reservations: Anna Maria Gilardi ( mailto: annamaria.gilardi@oltrex.it) Tania Danieli

6th February 2010

Ferruccio Soleri with ‘Harlequin servant of two masters’ will mark the opening of the 2010 Venetian Carnival on the night of 6th February in St. Mark’s Square. After Nobel Prize Dario Fo, who opened the edition of last year, another great artist will start the ten days of fancy dresses, shows, colours and music. The show he will performed in the most famous square in the world will be an adaptation created by his cooperation with the film director Stefano De Luca and realized just for the Venice Carnival.
Ferruccio Soleri has even played the role of the protagonist of ‘Harlequin servant of two masters’ 2064 times and not by chance he is considered the most famous interpreter in the world of the well known Venetian fancy dress. Marco Balich, the Venice festival’s artistic director, declaring that nobody but Soleri could mark the opening of the festival, has invited him for the night of 6th February 2010. The show will take place in St. Mark’s Square where a fantastic garden based on the most well-known fairy-tales will be created: a green itinerary with plays of mirrors and sculptures, and a big door where the majestic Lion of the last edition will stand out, but this year it will be adorned according to Arcimboldo’s paintings. A place where visitors can walk and, above all, can parade as protagonists, by showing their fancy dresses. Tania Danieli

july 2010
Parco San Giuliano

Last year it was cancelled because of the crisis but this year there are no excuses: the Heineken Jammin Festival will take place at San Giuliano Park - Venice and organization has already started. Many are the names of the guests which go around the show circles but the most confirmed foreigner groups for such event could be the Pearl Jam and the Green Day, while Ligabue as far as Italian music is concerned.
Another rumoured important event deals with the postponement of the show on July, in order to avoid the superimposition with the Soccer World Championship or maybe to be sure that bad weather phenomena cannot ruin the concerts like it had already happened in 2007. The HJF could also last longer, thus involving two week ends and being enriched with different free admittance events.
Recently, after the first visit, last September, and the first meeting with the Mayor Massimo Cacciari, the organizers of the event have come back to the lagoon in order to start the planning of the festival: in September there was also Roberto De Luca, President of Milano Concerti, a company of the Live Nation galaxy; on the latest days just Rivi of the Studios company, which arranges all the structures for the Festival, has arrived.
In order to be always informed about the event, we advise you to  keep in contact with us and our website specifically devoted to such great show.

13th February 2010
La Fenice Theatre

Also this year La Fenice Theatre will host, during the Carnival of Venice 2010, precisely next Saturday 13th February, the Cavalchina Ball Party: it dates back to the XVIII and XIX centuries and it has been successfully renewed since 2007 as it is considered the Venice Carnival top event by lots of people. Organized in order to support La Fenice Theatre, the Cavalchina is a charming and striking private party to which an international public, composed of the leaders of some important associations born to safeguard Venice or to support the big Drama Theatres, take part. The 2010 Cavalchina theme will be ‘The beauties and the beasts’.
The new event of this fourth edition will be the Cavalchina Awards created for two celebrities, a national and an international one, whi have always distinguished themselves for their innovative, artistic and personal attitude. The 2010 Cavalchina Awards will be given to Ornella Vanoni and Grace Jones who, with their creative talent and extremely personal style, have been able to get a unique aura making them the symbols of an artistic innovation which is well-known all over the world.
PROGRAMME OF THE PARTY
The programme of the party will begin at 8.00 p.m. with the arrival of the guests that will be received in the Foyer where the buffets with the appetizers will be served, while in the Main Hall, cleared of the armchairs and specially equipped with a mirror-like floor, a classic orchestra inspired by the St. Mark’s square big cafés ones, will play danceable pieces of the late XIX century. The guests who want to, will have the opportunity to walk down the stage of the theatre, introduced by the patroness and presenter Yvonne Sciò.
Different points of the theatre will host some make-up corners by the Maison Chanel that will preview its new lipstick.
At 9.30 the first part of the comic-acrobatic shows will take place in the Main Hall with the performance of an artist with sheets followed by a special pas de deux between the acrobat and a white horse ridden by Mario Luraschi (this show was performed for the Maison Gianfranco Ferrè too). The show will go on with the live performance of the Marinetti sisters who will sing an international repertoire of the Thirties and Forties, accompanied by the Maniscalchi Orchestra.
The buffet dinner will be served at 10.00 p.m. in the ‘Sale Apollinee’ and in the ‘Sala Rossi’: while dining a small orchestra will play background music in the Sale Apollinee and in the Foyer, while the Maniscalchi Orchestra will play in the Main Hall with danceable plays of the Thirties and the Forties. At 11.15 p.m. the second part of the show will start in the Main Hall with the performance of the quick-change artist Ennio Marchetto, drawn by his show Carta Diva (performed for the Comité francais pour la sauvegarde de Venise too). In the Foyer there will be open bars and in the Sale Apollinee desserts and drinks will be served non-stop. In the meantime about 200 young people will be free to get inside the theatre for the rest of the soirée and at 12.00 p.m. the Cavalchina Awards will be delivered to Ornella Vanoni and Grace Jones.
At 12.30 a.m. the Main Hall will become a disco, first with the dance group Discoinferno which will performed with dances of the Seventies and Eighties (dances performed also by some young people of the Comité francais pour la sauvegarde de Venise too), then, from 2.00 a.m. till dawn, with the DJ Alexandre Toesca coming from Paris. TD

29th August – 21st November 2010
Giardini, Arsenale

Last 22nd January 2010 the new Director  of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, Kazuyo Sejima, with the President of the Biennale, Paolo Baratta, met, at Ca’ Giustinian, the representatives of the 54 Countiries participating in the next Biennale which will take place from 29th August to 21st November 2010 at the Giardini dell’Arsenale. The title chosen by Kazuyo Sejima for the 12th International Architecture Exhibition is ‘People meet in architecture’, a title explaining the aim of the exhibition of this year: to help people and architecture to relate to one another and thus to bring the debate about the role of architecture in our society back to the forefront. Each architect on display will have his or her own independent area, being the curator of himself or herself. The area at the disposal of the architects, the artists or the technicians of every countries, will have to be created by considering the physical experience which will be enjoyed by the visitors of the exhibition. TD

From 6th to 16th  February

This year, the unfailing appointment with the most famous Carnival in the world, which, for some years, has availed itself of the lively planning by Marco Balich, will take place from 6th to 16th February 2010. All your senses will be stimulated by the enthralling sequence of events. Like every year, the city will explode with fun and huge festive crowds will fill the salon of St. Mark’s Square, where in 2010 a huge garden will be set up too, and other thousands squares where you will have the opportunity to see free shows, period costume parades, concerts and living history, children’s entertainment, wide all-night dancing, food tasting and other sensory experiences.

Major events:

Carnival Opening Show
Saturday February 6th , 9.00 pm.
A show in St Mark’s Square, with a great artist, to open the Carnival 2010 in the name of fun and culture.

The Tradition – the Flight of the Angel – Sunday, February 7th, 12.00 am
The Tradition – The Festa delle Marie – Sunday, February 7th, 3.00 pm (from San Pietro di Castello)
The tradition – the Historical Re-enactments – Sunday, February 7th, 3.00 pm and Sunday, February 14th, 1.00 pm

Drag Queen Beauty Pageant
Friday, February 12th, 9.00 pm, St.Mark’s Square.

A new European competition. In the jury, the Compagnia de Calza “I antichi”.  2010 Masked Costume Contest
From Thursday 11th to Sunday, February 14th, 3.00 pm.
The symbol of the tradition of Carnival. An international jury, chaired by the Oscar Award Gabriella Pescucci and the Compagnia de Calza “I Antichi”.

Tango Nights in St. Mark’s Square.
Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th and Monday February 15th, 9.00pm

Commedia dell’Arte.
From Thursday 11th to Sunday February 14th , Piazzetta San Marco.

Mardi Gras in St. Mark’s Square.
Tuesday, February 16th, 8.00 pm. A feast to close the 2010 edition in the name of music.

The Venetian Feast.
Sunday, February 7th, 11.00 am, Rio di Cannaregio. In collaboration with A.E.P.E. and Coordinamento Remiere.

Campo del Gusto – Campo San Geremia.
From Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th February, 10.00am – 7.00pm.
In partnership with Regione Veneto and in cooperation with Unione Cuochi del Veneto (Association of the Cooks of Veneto).

Carnival in the Darkness, Corderie dell’Arsenale
From Saturday 6th to Tuesday 16th February, 11.00am – 8.00pm
New edition with new paths and surprises. In collaboration with Istituto dei Ciechi di Milano.

Burlesque at the Venice Carnival 2010.
From Saturday 6th to Saturday February 13th

The Flight of the Donkey – Ferretto Square.
Sunday, February 14th, 12.00 am

Sensation Opening Party – Mainland.
Saturday February 6th, from 10.00 pm.

Tania Danieli