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Today’s Comment of the Week: Advice for the Study Abroad Student Headed to Bologna!
Wonderful Reader Corra22s, commenting on Object #12 – Tickets to the Premiere, writes: As a current twenty-year-old soon-to-be studying abroad in Bologna (a whole year early!), I really enjoyed your reflections and your hilariously illuminating recount of class relations. I was wondering if you could give me any advice or suggestions for doors I should Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #12 – The Tickets to the Premiere
It was during my study-abroad year in Bologna that my friend Roberto and I decided to write a musical. Not just for fun, not just for some school play or party or anything immature like that—no, we were going to be great and famous writers of musicals. Wilson & Benedetti! And why not us? Roberto Continue reading
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The Futurists in Fat City
Just the other day it was the discovery of Charlie Chaplin’s novella. Now comes another article about Bologna: Diners at the Bologna location were dubbed “experimental passengers,” seated in a room that resembled a fuselage, and served dishes named for an airplane’s various gear. Engine noises blared in lieu of Wagner. The experimental passengers came away Continue reading
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The Novella and the Tramp
Do you recognize this man? (Hint: He’s a genius.) If you guessed “Charlie Chaplin, film star,” you’re partially right. The correct answer is “Charlie Chaplin, film star and novella-ist. The Hollywood Reporter has the news: The only book Charlie Chaplin ever wrote has been restored and will soon be published by an Italian film restoration Continue reading
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