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Venezia e unica!
Piazza San Marco
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Venetian masks
The Venetian gondola was the primary form of transportation in Venice from the 12th century until speedboats roared into the canals in the late 20th.
The island of Burano in the lagoon of Venice
This is just a small glimpse of how much Venice has to offer. Having spent 3 days in the Venetian lagoon, I didn’t have enough time to see everything in the area. I highly recommend it as a weekend get-away, nonetheless if you want to travel around the somewhat lesser known islands of Murano, Burano, Lido or Torcello, you need to spend at least 4 to 5 days in the region.
Great food, the central island of Venice is well-organised, while the timing couldn’t have been better – mid March, just before the tourist season kicks in and one week before the Easter break.
Romanian-language theater coming up early March in Luxembourg
Carlo Goldoni’s comedy ‘The Boors’
Romanian amateur theatre club ‘L’Avant-scène is soon to present its latest production – an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s ‘The Boors’ – at Luxembourg’s cultural hotspot ‘neimënster’ in Grund.
Staged on March 2nd and March 3rd 2016 in Salle Robert Krieps, the play will be performed in Romanian, with French subtitles.
Tickets
Tickets cost 20 euros and can be booked via neimënster’s website or by phone, dialing +352 / 26 20 52 444.
Salle Robert Krieps
About the Teatre Club
The Romanian amateur theatre club in Luxembourg ‘L’Avant-scène’ was set up in March 2009 and is affiliated to the Cultural association of the European institutions in Luxembourg (Cercle culturel des institutions européennes). The club consists of Romanian officials working in several European institutions (mainly in the European Commission and the European Parliament).
About the play
Also known as ‘The Cantankerous Men’ (Venetian: I rusteghi), is a comedy by Carlo Goldoni. It was first performed at the San Luca theatre of Venice towards the end of the Carnival in 1760. It was published in 1762. The ‘Boors’ are four merchants of Venice, who represent the old, conservative, puritanical tradition of the Venetian middle classes, who are pitted against Venice’s “new frivolity”.
About Carlo Goldoni
Born to a prosperous middle-class family in Venice, Carlo Goldoni displayed a theatrical inclination from early childhood. Soon after the turn of his eighth birthday he was playing intently with toy puppet-theatres and composing his first theatrical plot.
Goldoni’s theatre output includes five tragedies, sixteen tragicomedies, one hundred and thirty-seven comedies, to which must be added, in the service of music, two sacred pieces, twenty entr’acte, thirteen dramas, forty-nine drammi giocosi, three farces and fifty-seven scenarios. For further info click here.
Why Employ Disabled People? Attend the seminar & celebrate Diversity Day in Luxembourg
“Employing a disabled person is not an act of charity, it is potentially a wise business decision” (Evenbreak 2014).
Besides the many moral, ethical and legal reasons why organisations should consider employing disabled people, the business case for it has largely been neglected. A persisting myth among employers is that employing disabled people is an expensive risk. Is it so?
To celebrate Diversity Day Luxembourg, Time For Equality invites you to look into the business benefits of employing disabled people and to challenge some of the current perceptions and stereotypes about disability
“Why Employ Disabled People?“
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 12 noon – 2 p.m.
Luxembourg (venue to be communicated)
We are proud to partner for this event with Evenbreak, an innovative, not-for-profit social entreprise set up in the UK by Jane Hatton, to help inclusive employers attract more talented disabled people and to help disabled jobseekers find work with employers who will value their skills.
During the workshop Jane Hatton, Evenbreak’s Founder and Director, will be sharing with us – via a live webinar – her unique perspective coming from her personal experience, both as a HR expert and entrepreneur, and as a disabled person herself.
The main aims of the webinar are:
- To identify the business case for employing disabled people
- To explore the implications of inclusive practice
- To be confident around disabled people.
There will time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.
The workshop is free and open to all interested people, with a special focus on employers, recruiters, HR-staff, people in charge of organizations and associations. Registration is required. Language: English. A French translation of Jane Hatton’s presentation will be available.
For information and registration, please send an email to: info@timeforequality.org
If you are not based in Luxembourg, and would like to follow the event online please contact us at info@timeforequality.org
This content was originally published on timeforequality.org, therefore the copyright belongs to the website and the registered non-profit organisation in Luxmebourg.
Happy Easter!
Dear fellow bloggers and followers, I wish you all a Happy Easter!
Thanks for joining me in this adventure!
Time For Equality @Migrations Festival in Luxembourg
All photos were taken by © Roxana Mironescu on March 14 and March 15, 2015 @ LuxExpo in Luxembourg, during the Migrations Festival.
For more information on Time For Equality, please click here.
To know more about the Migrations Festival, an annual event held in Luxembourg, click here.
TFE Stand @Migrations Festival 2015
TFE Stand @Migrations Festival 2015
TFE Founder Rosa Brignone with Gabriele Del Grande and Giuseppe Catozzella in Luxembourg
L’Odyssée vers l’Europe
Giuseppe Catozzella presenting his book in Luxembourg
L’Odyssée vers l’Europe @ Migrations Festival in Luxembourg with Gabriele Del Grande and Giuseppe Catozzella as special guests
L’Odyssée vers l’Europe @ Migrations Festival in Luxembourg / March 2015
All photos were taken by © Roxana Mironescu on March 14 and March 15, 2015 @ LuxExpo in Luxembourg, during the Migrations Festival.
For more information on Time For Equality, please click here.
To know more about the Migrations Festival, an annual event held in Luxembourg, click here.
Lenacay concert @ Migrations Festival Luxembourg 2015
I discovered this band, Lenacay, from Barcelona, at this year’s Migrations Festival @ Luxexpo in Luxembourg, on Saturday night when they played a nice fusion of flamenco, rock and rumba music.
I am a big fan of flamenco and latin music, therefore, their music appealed to me instantly, but irrespective of one’s music tastes, the lead singer Paola Domniguez has an amazing voice, mastering flamenco as perfectly as hard rock or alternative beats. Moreover, the band’s other female member, Carolina Morgado, dances flamenco during their shows, which really brings value to their overall performance.
LENACAY is an experimental music project that fuses flamenco and different languages of musical expression. It´s an innovative journey through time that runs from flamenco roots and culture, to electronic beats, rumba melodies and rythm patterns, funky basslines and electric guitars.
If you haven’t heard of this band before, make sure you check their official website and Youtube account.
Photos were taken on March 14, 2015 in Luxembourg © Roxana Mironescu.
Lenacay guitarists Luxembourg 2015
Lenacay band in Luxembourg
