It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us at the Grand Carnival Buffet.

Our Fancy Dress Party will be held in the Ballroom of the Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal
on Saturday, 18^th February 2012, from 7:30 p.m.

It will be a costume party, so dress up as your favourite character! There will be live music and a DELICIOUS BUFFET with local culinary specialties.

Euro 60,00 per person, drinks included

For any information please apply to:

Tel.: ++39 041 27 52 200
info@carltongrandcanal.com

Looking for a special Valentine’s Day Gift idea?
Give your loved one Venice! Its lights, its reflections and its magical atmosphere are so favorable to love!
What better choice than a romantic weekend in Venice and an intimate Valentine’s dinner at the restaurant La Cupola on the Grand Canal?

A romantic escape for two at the Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal is the best way to celebrate Valentine’s Day! For a stay of charm in Venice choose the best, choose the Carlton Hotel on the Grand Canal!

Book now: info@carltongrandcanal.com / ++39 041 27 52 000

The Christmas Season is a wonderful time for a vacation in Venice. Whether you’re looking for a cozy getaway or a festive party, we, at the Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal, have got the right settings, food, wine and ambiance to celebrate Christmas or the New Year in style and serenity. Check out our special menus for Christmas Eve Dinner, Christmas Day Lunch and New Year’s Eve and also our EARLY BOOKING PROMOTIONS!

CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER
Euro 65,00 per person
Drinks not included

CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH
Euro 70,00  per person
Drinks not included

NEW YEAR’S EVE GRAND GALA DINNER
Euro 250,00 per person
Wines, water and Coffee included

Toasting Champagne  excluded

An evening of entertainment and fine dining on the Grand Canal!

The duo “Francesco Nardo” will perform live on a varied repertoire while our Chef Arturo Granato will delight your taste buds with an original menu that includes 5 courses.
A fantastic opportunity to experience the magic of Venice and spend an unforgettable evening full of fun, music and flavours.

Just 45.00 euros per person (5 course menu, excluding drinks).
Book now: Tel.: 041-2752200 / info@carltongrandcanal.com. Do not miss this opportunity!

Immerse yourself in the exciting atmosphere of our Mid-August Party. Our chef Arturo Granato will prepare  a myriad of succulent delicacies to celebrate the Summer Festival!

Dance, have fun and treat yourself to an exclusive party at our restaurant La Cupola, along the Grand Canal in Venice.

Enjoy live music, dancing and a well-earned night of fun!
It will take place Saturday, August 13, 2011 at our Restaurant La Cupola.
Book now, do not indulge!

Euro 70.00 per person.

For reservations: call us at ++39 041-2752200 or write to info@carltongrandcanal.com

From 11th May to 25th June the Arsenale della Danza of Venice hosts at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale and the Teatro Malibran, new creations from individual educational and research projects. The guest programme therefore involves institutions, national and international academies and companies involved in training for contemporary dance, with particular attention to the projects working in disadvantaged areas.

From 11 May to 13 May 2011 
BABYLON – THE THIRD HEAVEN
Teatro Malibran – Venice
At 20:00
Tickets: Full € 15.00

The choreographer Ismael Ivo, artistic director of the Dance section of the Venice Biennale , reflects through dance, the multicultural reality of today. The title echoes  the idea of ​​the mixture of languages, cultures and arts across the world and that  constitutes the real wealth and the expectation of a better future.

12 May 2011 
POROROCA
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale – Venice
At 20:00
Tickets: Full € 15.00

The Lia Rodrigues company will present one of the performances produced  from the experience of  involving the inhabitants of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the study of dance and  in the production of performances. For years  she has transferred her activities in one of the most difficult realities of the South American continent, aware of the importance that art has in social progress and emancipation of people. The company will be joined by a second company, equally committed to social projects   and currently being organized within the context of the collaboration with the SESC in São Paolo, Brazil.

14 May 2011 
REFORM CLUB
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale – Venice
At 20:00
Tickets: Full € 15.00

Michele Di Stefano and his MK company have authored Reform Club with some of the students in the Dance-theatre course at the “Paolo Grassi” School of Dramatic Arts in Milan, established and directed by one of the leading Italian critics in the field, Marinella Guatterini, and modelled after the major European schools. Michele Di Stefano is part of a group of choreographers, such as Jérôme Bel, Kinkaleri, Anna Huber, who move and operate in an important sphere of experimentation for European dance, defined by critics as “non-dance” or “anti-choreography”. The product of radical thinking that refuses the theatre of representation, non-dance is expressed in conceptual operations or resolved in ironic gestures in which everything is dance, therefore “staging” alienation.
The Reform Club is an imaginary place where the protagonist of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne accepts the bet that he can circumnavigate the globe in a restricted amount of time. The journey and its many unexpected events are met with unflappable detachment and unlimited faith in an order that seems inscribed onto the Earth itself, but looking closer, it is also a cheerful acceptance of the labyrinthian nature of the world.

15 May 2011 
TALENT ON THE MOVE
Teatro Malibran – Venice
At 18:00
Tickets: Full € 15.00

The Academy of Dance in Rotterdam with choreography by Jiri Kylian, Mauro Bigonzetti, Nacho Duato, 
Regina van Berkel, Neel Verdoorn, listopad Bruno, Jérôme Meyer & Isabelle Chaffaud.

24 and 25 June 2011 
WORLD PREMIERE 
BRILLIANT CORNERS
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale – Venice
At 20:00
Tickets: Full € 20.00

Considered as a purist of dance, in which the sensual and physical quality of movement stands out, Israeli artist Emanuel Gat is currently one of the leading choreographers on the international scene. His new production, Brilliant Corners, which explores the ephemeral art of dance, which is born, dies and is always renewed in the circumscribed space of a gesture, will make its world premiere debut in Venice on June 24 at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (with a repeat performance on June 25). The production was created as part of the European Network of Performing Artsprogramme that the Biennale advances and shares, for dance, with the Dance Umbrella Festival of London and theDansens Hus centre in Stockholm.

In the extraordinary setting of the Palazzo Grimani in Venice the exhibition “Veronese. The story of Esther revealed. “ was inaugurated on Wednesday 20th   April.

The three masterpieces by Veronese from the ceiling of the church of San Sebastiano are exceptionally presented at eye level. The paintings depict “the Repudiation of Vashti“, “Esther crowned by Ahasuerus” and the “Triumph of Mordecai”.

In 1555 Paolo Veronese, just 25 years old, received a major commission from the prior of the convent Hieronymite of Venice: the decoration of the new church of San Sebastiano, work that engaged him for over twenty years.

His presence makes San Sebastiano one of the most representative places for the artist, who with his paintings and his fictitious architecture turns the sober structure designed by Scarpagnino into a rich and colorful organism.

After the renovation completed in January 2010, the paintings of the Renaissance painter  have regained the dazzling brightness of the coloring and this exhibition is a unique opportunity to see them before they return permanently to their original location at the conclusion of the exhibition.

It ‘s also a wonderful opportunity to visit the Palazzo Grimani, only a few steps from Campo Santa Maria Formosa. The building maintains the architectural elements and decorations by Francesco Salviati, Federico Zuccari and Camillo Mantua, stucco and paintings by Giovanni da Udine. And also it is possible to enjoy the original collection of of ancient art – Greek and Roman, and also drawings, tapestries, gems, cameos, pottery and more.

Museo di Palazzo Grimani
Monday: 9:00 – 14:00 (Ticket office closes 13:15)
Tuesday to Sunday: 9:00 to 19:00 (ticket office closes 18:15)
Ticket: 7.00 Euro
Reduced price: Euro 5.00

This year the Parco San Giuliano di Mestre Venezia will host the amazing musical event that has come to the thirteenth edition, offering the best of international rock.

Hot dates are from 9 to 11 June 2011, three days of great music to live and listen live!
Here are some of the stars in the program:

June 9: Coldplay, in their only Italian date
June 10: Negramaro, for the first date of the new tour
11 June: Vasco Rossi, in his first live appearance for 2011.

And not only. The large area of the Parco San Giuliano (over 700,000 sqm.) will host a second stage where a lot of new band will perform:

Thursday, June 9, 2011
Coldplay
Cesare Cremonini
Beady Eye
We Are Scientists
Echo & The Bunnymen
+ guests

Friday, June 10, 2011
Negramaro
Fabri Fibra
Interpol
Verdena
Elbow
+ guests

Saturday, June 11, 2011
Vasco Rossi
All Time Low
Pretty Reckless
+ guests

Many entertainment areas will enable all participants and fans to live a unique experience!
The Hotel Carlton on the Grand Canal is located in a strategic position, providing access to Parco San Giuliano in minutes.

Punta della Dogana presents the exhibition In Praise of Doubt. The former customs house of Venice was transformed by the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando into Centre for Contemporary Art from the François Pinault Foundation.

This new exhibition, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, collects historical pieces and new works including several site-specific projects that question the idea of uncertainty, our convictions about identity, and revisit the relationship between intimate space and the space of artwork.

Sixty-five works by twenty great artist, among them are the minimalist Donald Judd, Edward Kienholz, Roni Horn, Sigmar Polke, Bruce Neuman and two of Pinault’s favorite artists , Maurizio Cattelan and Jeff Koons.

In Campo della Salute, in front of the Centre of Contemporary Art of Venice, stands “Vater Stadt” the monumental bronze statue by the German artist Thomas Schutte which raises the question of what is monumental, what is sculpture, what is collector’s item. The Schutte’s father is impressive, uncommunicative, and his condition is aggravated by the concept of State which is represented old and disarmed in his dressing gown.

This exhibition will go together with another exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, “The World is yours” which will be presented from 2nd June 2011. Its opening will coincide with that of the contemporary art Venice Biennale, and will bring together works by some 40 artists from 20 countries

IN PRAISE OF DOUBT – Punta della Dogana -Venice
10 April 2011 to 31 December, 2012
Hours: 10-19 (Ticket office closes at 18)
Closed on Tuesdays
Tickets: € 15, free for up to 11 years

In the spectacular setting of the Bru – Zane Palace begins the new musical season 2010-2011, which will last until June 5 and revealing new facets of romantic French music.
The Spring Festival evokes the artistic period of transition from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century with the renewal of French style.
Info: www.vivaticket.it