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A Labyrinth of Stories

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by Gregg Chadwick From the Giardini Tiziano Scarpa’s “Venice Is a Fish: A Sensual Guide” provides a unique, almost magical, means of exploring the canals and alleyways of Venice. Be warned, this is not another guidebook that will lead you on a shopping excursion from Piazza San Marco to the Rialto Bridge, but instead Scarpa’s volume is almost a book of spells that will enchant you and subsequently haunt you. Scarpa grew up in Venice and the ghosts of his past flicker in and out of our view as he leads us through the labyrinth of stories that is Venezia. We embody the feet, legs, hearts, hands, faces, ears, mouths, noses, and eyes of those who have come before us. Their senses conjured by Scarpa summon us to a dance of time. We meet Casanova and Vivaldi, Titian and Veronese, Ruskin and Maupassant. Venetian Water Scarpa reminds us that for centuries, each viewpoint in Venice has been recorded in verse, paint, and song. The weight of beauty as much as the high water ...

Powerful New Yorker Cover References Charleston Shooting

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New New Yorker cover by Barry Blitt titled 'Nine' # CharlestonShooting

Getty Acquires Bernini Sculpture

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Santa Monica, CA The Getty Museum snaps up a Bernini bust, adding heft to L.A.'s Baroque holdings http:// fw.to/azVqbSI  

Congrats to the Golden State Warriors!

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Gregg Chadwick  ‏ @ greggchadwick     21s 21 seconds ago Sant a Monica, CA Bay Area Celebrates as Warriors win first NBA championship since 1975 http:// nyti.ms/1emnmLY  

Festa della Repubblica Italiana 2015!

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