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CARNIVAL FOR CHILDREN

Venice, during winter, has a special charm and Carnival with its fun and games, costume parades and colourful folklore would be such a good experience for children.

Some places in the city can be very crowded, so follow the directions and choose the less crowded days

Here is a selection of events for children:

Kids Day – Peggy Guggenheim Collection Free workshops for children between 4 and 10 years of age which take place every Sunday from 3.00 to 4.30 pm.
Get moving! Dance, performance, music – Teatrino of Palazzo Grassi, on February 3 and 17

9. International Children’s Carnival – Venice Biennale, Ca ‘Giustinian (S. Marco)

from Saturday February 3  to Sunday February 11

In the House of Carlo Goldoni,  Shrove Tuesday with puppets play, on stage and … masked! February 13th from 2 pm (children 5-10 years of age) free

Fablab for Kids – Scribbling Machines – Fab Lab Venezia at VEGA on 03/02/2018

Ice Skating in Venice – Campo San Polo

Ice Skating in Mestre – Piazza Ferretto

Luna Park in Riva Sette Martiri until February 13th

Ciclò Circus Itinerant shows in different locations of the Venetian mainland on February 3-4-5-8-9-10-11-12-13

Mestre Carnival Street Show – Piazza Ferretto on February 3-4-8-9-10-11-12-13

The Children’s Carnival at Malamocco on February 13th
Carnival 2018 Children and the Theater at… Malcontenta February 4-11-13

During the Carnival, the Stories of Children exhibition will offer a special programme with activities for children and adults alike. Until February 13th the exhibition at the Children’s Provincial Institute of Santa Maria della Pietà shall be enriched with workshops on masks, animated readings and thematic tours.

 

From “DeTourism”

 

The start date of the Venice Carnival 2018 is Saturday, January 27th, when the Canale di Cannaregio becomes the scenery of the first part of an evocative evening show. The following day, Sunday, January 28th the Venetian festival on the water continues with the second part of the festival, which includes a water procession at noon of the Voga alla Veneta Rowing Associations.From Saturday 3rd February we enter the living with the masks contest, the Feast of the Marys – the parade leaves at 2.30 pm from San Piero di Castello and reaches Piazza San Marco at 4 pm after traveling via Garibaldi and Riva degli Schiavoni – and others appointments in the streets and squares of the city.

Televenezia is media partner of the event.Sunday, February 4th is the Flight of the Angel to officially open the Carnival with the spectacular descent of the Angel of the Carnival on Piazza San Marco at 12 pm.

The guest who will fly from the Campanile di San Marco on the square below will be the Maria winner of the 2017 Carnival, or the splendid Elisa Costantini.During the following week, the festivities continue between the masks of the competition and the activities related to the theme of the carnival 2018: in Piazza San Marco every day from 11.00 to 17.00 masks, actors and actors reproduce the craft and workshop activities of the eighteenth-century Venice. On Sunday 11th February the Volo dell’Aquila will take place, while during the day the masks will continue, with the final of the competition of the most beautiful mask. We report that the name of the guest who will play the Eagle in 2018 has not yet been announced. The Venice Carnival ends on February 13th – Shrove Tuesday – with the coronation of the Maria of the Carnival 2018 at 4.30pm and the Svolo del Leon at 5pm; both events in Piazza San Marco.

It isn’t Carnival without the “fritole”, typical of this period, since the Renaissance. In the 18th century they are considered the national sweet of the Serenissima.
The fritole used to be prepared using pig’s lard instead of oil, in the calli, in quadrangular wooden huts by the fritoleri, they even had their own association.  During carnival time you can find frittelle everywhere but lyou can make them at home like Venetians do.
Frittelle in the Venetian way (for 6 persons)
200 g of 00 flour
50 g of sugar
50 g of raisins
10 g of baking powder
1 l peanut oil
2 dl milk
1 egg
Icing sugar and salt, as much as needed
In a bowl, mix the flour, egg, salt, raisins (previously steeped in water or grappa) and the baking powder diluted in half the quantity of milk. Add the remaining milk and bring the mixture together to form a soft batter. Cover it and let it raise in a warm place for about one hour. In a deep but not very large pan, heat the oil and when it’s hot, throw in one by one little balls of the batter with a spoon. They’re ready when they have a nice brown colour. Drain with a slotted spoon and transfer them to a large plate lined with oil-absorbing cooking paper. Dust with icing sugar!

From “DeTourism”

“When I seek another word for music, I never find any other word than Venice” (Friedrich Nietzsche)

And if Venice itself is identified with music, there are also many opportunities to attend musical or dance events. Here a selection  for you:

• Toniolo Theater in Mestre – Ballet Company of Györ. Romeo and Juliet Saturday January 13, 2018; Trio Boccherini Monday, January 22nd.  Read more
  Candiani Cultural Centre, Candiani Groove January – March 2018
• Sale Apollinee at La Fenice Theatre, Fondaco dei Tedeschi,  Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi and other places Jazz &, from January to April
•  Fenice, Musikamera Venezia Season 2018
• Palazzetto Bru Zane, Concerts for families January – May and Concerts in Venice January – June
•  Goldoni Theatre, Evolutions – Dance
• Giorgio Cini Foundation, Bottari and Tarantelle, Carnival Music in Campania, January 26
• Palazzo Cavagnis, Concerts, January 2018

 

From “DeTourism”

Travelling is a pleasure already dreamed and “arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.” (Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities)

Imagining a trip to Venice, getting lost in the alleys and enjoying the view of sunsets or the feeling of  the water in the canals, all these are sensations that you can see in your mind but that  you can experience only on site:  follow the sustainable itineraries away from  the tourist paths to discover unusual glimpses of the city or following the cultural routes to discover the heritage in the city districts.  Others will imagine themselves wearing a mask in the Carnival of Venice, but in any case there are experience, sensations, emotions that you can live only here, related to the events of a city that is different and unique.
Discover Venice and its silence, the sound of your footsteps,  the bitter cold in the foggy days; in the limpid ones you can even see an incredible mountain view from the lagoon. You can do it, respecting the city and living it in harmony with the daily life of Venetians.

We wish you a wonderful 2018 full of happy and safe travels!

From “DeTourism”

If you are planning a visit or a vacation in Venice during the Christmas season, you can experience the city like the Venetians do since the crowds of the tourist season are gone. Why don’t tour the churches with the paintings of the Nativity?
In the Church of san Giuseppe di Castello, on the tympanum above the portal, there is a bas-relief representing The Adoration of the Magi by Giulio dal Moro. On the main altar, the Adoration of the Shepherds is the work of Paolo Veronese; another of his paintings, the Nativity of Christ , is in the Church of san Sebastiano.
And the discovery continues: in the Church of santa Maria dei Carmini, Nativity with Saints by Cima da Conegliano; in the Church of san Nicolò dei Mendicoli the Adoration of the Magi by Alvise Benfatto; in the Church of san Trovaso, the Adoration of the Magi by Domenico Tintoretto and in the Church of san Zaccaria, the Adoration of the Shepherds by Antonio Balestra; in the Basilica of San Giovanni e Paolo the Adoration of the Shepherds by Paolo Veronese.
The Nativity by Tiepolo can be admired in the ceiling of the Church of santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati) while in the Gallerie dell’Accademia the Triptych of the Nativity by Giovanni Bellini and in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, the Adoration of the Shepherds by Jacopo Tintoretto. Do not skip the Museum of Icons where you can admire the Nativity scene in an icon from the second half of the 15th century.
In the Church of Scalzi, near Venice railway station, on show two glass cribs, Murano Glass Christmas from December 16th to January 20th 2018. Other nativity scenes in the Terra dei Tiepolo in various locations in the mainland.

From “DeTourism”