Cup in prison: increase the number of operators hired
Twenty thousand phone calls since the service was activated at the Santa Maria Maggiore prison six months ago; 5,500 per month and 300 per day, handled in two daily shifts of four hours each. These are the numbers of theUlss 3 Serenissima ‘s Cup booking system, which can now count on 3 more hires than the initial 6, arriving to involve 9 inmates selected from the approximately 270 inmates of the Venetian facility. All of them are Italian, between 25 and 45 years old, many of them university graduates and with computer skills useful to conduct their duties. Workers with regular contracts, paid, who are gradually being framed on a permanent basis. And one of them has been promoted, finding himself conducting his duties outside at the Angel Hospital. The review of these first months was made on Monday, on the day dedicated to St. Basilides, patron saint of the prison police, announcing a novelty: the inauguration of a second room, also inside the prison and blessed by Patriarch Francis, to enhance the service.
Megaflora has arrived in Venice
“Megaflora” has landed in the lagoon. Until Sept. 28, the garden of the Giancarlo Ligabue Museum of Natural History hosts the sculpture by British artist Alice Channer. Made with a casting of shiny aluminum sand from a 3-D scan, the work originates from the digital manipulation of a common plant element and ends up transforming into a metallic hybrid. Exhibited en plein air for the first time, following its success at the Royal Academy of London’s Summer Exhibition 2022, “Megaflora” measures itself against the lagoon context and presents itself as a point of contact between the museum’s scientific collections and contemporary artistic imagery. “In its placement among fossils, minerals, botanical and zoological collections, the work dialogues with an encyclopedic knowledge centered on the natural world,” points out museum director Luca Mizzan, “it triggers a reflection on the transformation of matter, the preservation of the living and the role of artistic imagination in an age marked by ecological crisis and technological dominance.”
“Doctor, can children travel?”
Can children travel? Put like that, it seems a meaningless question : “Why not?” comes the reply. We all remember trips to go “on vacation.” You load up the car and leave for the sea, nearby, or the mountains, far away. Going to the colony was not a trip, it was an adventure because you went alone!
But now let’s put the question in context. I have the two parents on the other side of the desk, with a baby in my arms, blissfully not giving a damn about adults and minding his own business, when the fateful question comes. And I point out that it is now a recurring question, and these few lines are a reminder of the first time. “Doctor, can children travel?” I have studied pediatrics, I have been a dad, but I have not studied travel agency. All right, says the usual little voice, let’s go step by step and not be rushed, “When would you like to leave and where would you like to go?” I’m hoping for an answer like, “At the grandparents’ in Verona.” Or “We have a house in the mountains….” Illusions.
A World of Potential: mostra permanente Procuratie Vecchie di Venezia
A World of Potential: free admission for all!
Are you in Venice and looking for ideas for current exhibitions or museums open today? If you’re in the San Marco area, you might visit “A World of Potential” at the Procuratie Vecchie,an interactive path that takes us on a discovery of our strengths to find out how together we can make a difference. The path of
The House of The Human Safety Net, which to celebrate three years since its inauguration has decided to open its spaces to free admission with voluntary donation, is the place where people can connect with the values and mission of The Human Safety Net, the movement of people helping people born to unleash the potential of those living in vulnerable conditions so that they can improve the living conditions of their families and communities.
