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A middle school in Calenzano is still reeling after a photo of a girl’s backside was shot by bullying boys on a cell phone and then passed around from one schoolmate to another until the entire school got wind of the photo. It all happened while in religion class, when a boy pulled down the 13-year-old girl’s trousers in order to get a snapshot of her bare bottom. He and his friends then mocked her into silence and the photo began circulating on cellular phones throughout the school for several days until the intimidated girl fi nally told her parents about what happened. Needless to say, her mother was outraged and appalled. After failing in several attempts to speak with the school principal, the woman went to the police and reported the crime to local Carabinieri. After days of humiliation and embarrassment, the girl’s mother decided to pull her from the school continued from pg. 1 and enroll her in a private school in order to save her daughter from the pain of being incessantly heckled in the school corridor. A verbal battle consequently ensued between the girl’s mother, who accused the principal of not punishing the boys enough for their act; the school principal, who issued a memo advising all girls attending the school that they were not to come to school wearing low-rise pants; and the mother of the accused, who contends that even though her son made a mistake, ‘he didn’t even touch the girl’. According to the boy’s mother, the three-day suspension from school, which he did received from the principal, was punishment enough. Instead, the school principal remains strong in her conviction that she ‘did the right thing’ in punishing the boy and issuing the memo banning low-rise pants. Meanwhile the victim of the crime has been forced to change schools in order to overcome the trauma caused by such an experience. Reversing the brain drain U.S. initiative aimed at encouraging Italian entrepreneurs Five of Italy’s best engineering and science students have kicked off the fi rst edition of a novel work-study exchange program, called the Fulbright-BEST (Business Exchange and Student Training) Silicon Valley Exchange Program, launched by the U.S. Embassy in Italy. The six-month pilot program will allow these students to gain valuable knowledge and experience in California’s own Silicon Valley, where they will attend business classes at the Santa Clara University of California and work as interns in one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing companies. U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Ronald Spogli, has stated that ‘the BEST Program is designed to encourage entrepreneurship in Italy by allowing students, young managers and regional and municipal offi cials to learn fi rst-hand how entrepreneurship in the U.S. works.’ The Fulbright BEST program is part of a larger initiative set up by the U.S. Embassy called ‘Partnership for Growth’, aimed at enhancing economic dynamism in Italy and stimulating economic competition through new and innovative business ventures. For more information see http://italy.usembassy.gov
www.thefl orentine.net quindicinale/every other week redazione via Santa Maria 32r - 50125 Firenze tel/fax +39 055 2306616 info@thefl orentine.net www.thefl orentine.net direttore responsabile Silvia Bini editor in chief Nita Tucker managing editor Linda Falcone news editor Brenda Dionisi cultural editor Jane Fortune events Marco Badiani this issue’s contributors James Douglas, Sabine Eiche, Mary Ann Pinto, Deirdre Pirro, Samuel Jay Keyser, Richard Keenan, P.M. Louis and Ellen Wert pubblicità/sales Giacomo Badiani pubblicita@thefl orentine.net classifi ed & subscription Giovanni Giusti annunci@thefl orentine.net subscription@thefl orentine.net graphic design Leo Cardini - agilelogica.it layout Cathy Gale web Antonio Lo Iacono - agilelogica.it printer La Marina, Calenzano (Fi) editore B’Gruppo s.r.l. via Valentini 10 - 59100 Prato �� Registrazione Trib. di Prato n.4 del 12/09/06 The much-anticipated three-year event schedule prepared by the Fondazione Strozzi was presented last week, marking the debut of Florence’s newest cultural alliance. The Fondazione Strozzi unites the city’s public and private sectors, becoming the leading authority on cultural events in the city. It is a bona fi de cultural think tank alla fi orentina, aimed at promoting ‘creativity and innovation’ and thereby ensuring the city’s centuries-long dedication to maintaining its artistic and cultural heritage. The threeyear schedule is an ambitious one, offering not only seven world-class art exhibits, but also a wide array of concerts, seminars, encounters and multimedia events to be held in a transformed Palazzo Strozzi. The renovated palazzo will boast a bar, bookshop and restaurant in hopes of welcoming over hundreds of thousands of visitors at a time. The 2007–2009 program is, in part, dedicated to the contemporary art and culture world, an area which has recently become a battleground for debate due to the general lack of interest by public offi cials in this specifi c realm of artistic expression. Aside from the events scheduled, which celebrate modern and contemporary art, general director of the Fondazione, James Bradburne, announced that the 1,500-squaremetre Strozzina will become the offi - cial home of contemporary art in the city and will showcase photography, design and architecture and video and digital art exhibitions celebrating the work of the world’s most highly acclaimed contemporary artists, such as Bill Viola, James Turrell, Damien Hirst and Candida Hofer. The Strozzina will also be an impor- News Close encounters for culture Fondazione Strozzi presents far-reaching calendar tant springboard for Tuscany’s young and up-and-coming contemporary artists. Bradbourne also added that Fort Belvedere ‘will probably host modern and contemporary sculpture exhibitions as of 2008’, though things are still up in the air regarding this possible venue, while Palazzo Strozzi’s main fl oor will host the classic ‘internationally recognized’ art exhibits, which will attract visitors from around the globe. Fondazione Strozzi’s fi rst event is the much-anticipated Cézanne a Firenze exhibition, running from March 1st to July 29th, which will showcase the private art collections of Egisto Paolo Fabbri and Charles Alexander Loeser alongside several of Cézanne’s impressionist masterpieces. Next up is an exhibit celebrating female fashions from the 1980s and 1990s, with pieces by Issey Miyake, Vivian Westwood and Thierry Mugler on display, running from October 2007 to January 2008 and in collaboration with Pitti Discovery. In 2008, three mega-events are in store, starting in spring with an exposition on ancient Chinese art, Celeste Impero, after which it will travel to Rome. From July to December, Palazzo Strozzi will host Dipingere a luce which will showcase circa 60 Impressionist masterpieces. Later in autumn, an event called Donne al potere will be held in celebration of two queens hailing from the infamous Medici family. The largest and most important event of 2009 will be an interactive event dedicated to Galileo Galilei, called Macrocosmo, beginning in spring. It will be followed in autumn by exhibit which will journey through illusion and reality in art, Dolci inganni. �� 3 Thursday 8 February 2007 Florence NEWS Table of CONTENTS Florence News Silver River sings the blues Big Brother gets bigger Memory train remembers Holocaust National News Media empire thwarted Promises in progress Sport News Time to draw the line Rossi pens new Yamaha deal Movies Reviews The Holiday An Inconvenient Truth Stranger Than Fiction Breaking and Entering EVENTS 1- 5 6 7 8 9 - 13 What’s happening in Florence Up Close & Personal An Interview with Antonina Bargellini Mosaics Italian Voices ‘Mah’ 14-15 The past in wax at ‘La Specola’ Jane’s GEMS Culture & Customs To whom we owe it all Culture & Customs The night the bridges came falling down Travel & Leisure Seeing in the rain The Arts Making connections through theater The Arts Stark contrasts Classifi ed 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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