It may be a little distance from central Venice, but the Hungaria Palace Hotel on the Lido’s main street is well worth the hike. With a façade composed entirely of seashells from the nearby Adriatic coastline, the hotel is one of the island’s few tourist attractions of its own. Inside, the beds are springy, the [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Hungaria Palace Hotel
March 31, 2010Cosi
March 30, 2010You know the bread is fresh because you see flames leaping in a brick oven used throughout the day to bake flat crusty loaves. This edgy space with a high industrial ceiling begins the day as a coffee shop offering espresso-based beverages and muffins, scones, croissants and bagels. At lunchtime sandwiches are made with the [...]
Eklektika’s Women’s Nights
March 29, 2010Although Budapest doesn’t have a bar that caters exclusively to lesbians, women take over the Café Eklektika on the second Saturday of each month for the popular ‘Lesbian Party’. Drink, dance and mingle until dawn in a comfortable café setting, located in a side street just near Deak ter, Budapest’s busiest intersection. During the rest [...]
Donatoni World Première
March 28, 2010When Franco Donatoni passed away last year, he left a legacy and paved the way for a new renaissance in Italian music. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen delivers tonight the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association commission from this Italian avant-garde composer. Salonen studied with Donatoni in Italy and found him to be an energetic teacher who enthused about [...]
Singin’ in the Rain
March 27, 2010One of the most celebrated and beloved films of all time, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, has now been faithfully adapted for the stage. Transforming Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds’ timeless combination into a live theatrical performance, the screenplay writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green knew they would be taking a risky step. But with technical [...]
47 Ronin Memorial Service
March 19, 2010These two days of events mark the anniversary of the 47 Ronin incident, one of the most celebrated episodes in Tokyo history. On January 31 1703 (December 15 by old calendar), 46 samurai – one dropped out – whose master had been forced to commit ritual suicide for drawing his sword inside the Imperial Palace, [...]
Royal Observatory Greenwich
March 18, 2010Toulouse-Lautrec and the Spirit of Montmartre
March 16, 2010The art of Toulouse Lautrec has become inextricable from the lively and creative spirit of Paris’ Montmarte district. The exhibition ‘Cabarets, Humor, and the Avant-Garde, 1875 – 1905′, includes more than 400 works that illustrate this spirit, including more than 70 by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Among the collection are books and journals, prints, posters, drawings, watercolors [...]
The Immacolata
March 13, 2010Once a year, the Pope ventures into designer-label land to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception, traditionally the day on which pre-Christmas festivities in Italy begin in earnest. To celebrate the Virgin Mary, John Paul II visits Piazza di Mignanelli, next door to the Spanish Steps, and with the aid of the city fire [...]
Maria
March 12, 2010The latest project at the Roxy is the Tuesday night Maria session, when women DJs and performers from Vienna’s digital underground will be given the run of the place. Among those appearing in February are the electronic duo Ginanina, 2 Step DJ Soraya, Electric Indigo and FM4 radio regular Carina Schwann. Women artists will supply [...]
