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	<title>Grit and Grazia: A Story of Venice, Voga, and a Few Unwavering Women</title>
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		<title>Grande Canal &#8211; Corteo Acqueo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May is the Mese del Decoro e Rispetto per la Città, Month of Decorum and Respect for the City. One of the first scheduled activities is a water procession, or Corteo of bache a remi (rowed boats) down the Grand Canal. The procession will depart from the rail station at about 10:00, and end in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2009/05/grande-canal-corteo-acqueo/</link>
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		<title>Gondola Gals: all-woman regata, Sunday, May 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Regata delle Palme is an annual event normally held the week before Easter. However, for the first time the field will be comprised of nine gondole, each with an all-female crew. The indominable Gloria Rogliani, una grande campionessa, came up with the idea to combine two campionesse (in bold below) with two esordienti (debutantes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2009/05/gondola-gals-the-nine-gondola-all-woman-regata-may-10-2009/</link>
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		<title>Vogo e ti Difendo: Saturday, April 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vogo e Ti Difendo (I Row to Defend You; By Rowing, I Defend You) is an annual event established by the Coordinamento Associazione Remiere. This Saturday morning, Aprile 25th, hundreds of local vogatori (men, women, Venetian, Italian, French, Australian, British, Russian, American&#8230;and more) will amass in the bacino di San Marco to row around the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2009/04/vogo-e-ti-difendo-saturday-april-25/</link>
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		<title>A preview of what&#8217;s to come.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After months of effort on two continents among some exceptionally talented and willing professionals, we&#8217;ve collaborated to bring forth just a sample of the documentary to come. The full project will be one and a half hours, and will cover many more aspects of this engaging culture, but with this preview we hope to give [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2009/03/a-preview-of-whats-to-come/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just been notified by Fractured Atlas that we&#8217;ve been approved for fiscal sponsorship. This means, effectively, that we&#8217;ll be able to accept tax-deductible cash and in-kind donations to fund our project. We could not be happier to have completed the next rung in our this magnificent project. Viva Venezia, viva la voga!]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/12/fractured-atlas-fiscal-sponsorship/</link>
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		<title>The Oblivious Barcaruòl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chance encounters are commonplace in Venice. People live, work, and commute cheek-by-jowl, the city&#8217;s close quarters ensuring constant social contact and a decided lack of privacy. This summer, while investigating why a certain composer was imprisoned in a monastery on the Giudecca in 1591 (long story), I happened across a fascinating document. It is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/11/the-oblivious-barcaruol/</link>
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		<title>Mary Grace joins the Vogadoc team.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re delighted to announce the addition of a stateside producer to our team. Read Mary Grace Higgs&#8217; profile on the Principals page. We think it is appropriate that a producer&#8217;s name on this particular project translates to Maria Grazie.]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/11/mary-grace-higgs-vogadoc-team/</link>
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		<title>Maria della Laguna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This striking portrait, housed at the Museo Correr, is of Maria Boscola. Mother of five boys, she lived in Marina di Chioggia during the 1700&#8242;s, raising produce and rowing it regularly in caorlina (in the days before channel markers, mind you), where it would be sold at the the Rialto markets. The banners she cradles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/10/maria-della-laguna/</link>
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		<title>Arzanà</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arzanà  is the term Dante used in the Inferno when referring to an arsenale (a word that&#8217;s Venetian by origin). This Arzanà , however, is the name chosen by unique cultural association whose passionate members scavenge Venice for boats and boat-related objects that are either in danger of either going to ruin or simply slipping into oblivion. These [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/10/arzana/</link>
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		<title>Interviewing the Experts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though there&#8217;s a great deal of detailed research to do, we wanted to get as many preliminary interviews as possible done before Shawn departed for the homeland. We managed to corral the president of the Coordinamento delle Associazioni Remiere, a local attorney who&#8217;s been participating regularly in regate for almost thirty years (as evidenced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://vogadoc.org/2008/09/interviewing-the-experts/</link>
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