November 12, 2002Jon Bon Jovi - tonight
(I'm from NJ, and appreciate my boys comin' out - first Bruce and now this.)
A short concert tonight at the fountains of Monjuic. 9pm. free
Medieval Market and Fair:
December 6-8th. 40 miles from Barcelona, Vic has a lovely flea market every Saturday in the center of town. Once a year it extends into a medieval fair with lots of food and music and fun for all ages. Trains run about every hour or 2 from Plaza Catalunya and Sants.
Oficina de Turisme de VIC
C/ Ciutat, 4 08500 - Vic
Tel: 93 886 20 91
E-mail: turisme@ajvic.es
Art:
Art a Porter presents :
Collective exposition of painters David Sanmiguel, Alez Bishop, Christel Balez, Alonso Castellanos, Jaume Montmany, Enrique Ramírez, Judy McCaig, and Marta Cucurella in Hamman c/Flassaders 42, in the Borne. Opening Thursday, November 28th 8pm. Performance by Cynthia Espínola and live music including singer, Tui Higgins; violinist, Ana Romagosa; Sax, Mathew Schilling. Sponsored by Cavas Giró i Giró. free
Pierrick Sorin
It's video, its 3d, it's ridiculous, is it art? It's very creative, free, and funny. Check it out.
Av. Marquès de Comillas, 6-8 Tel: 93 476 86 00 more info: www.lacaixa.es free
Film:
9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Opening: Friday 15 November, at 9 p.m. Alternativa '02 at the CCCB
http://alternativa.cccb.org
XCENTRIC - experimental cinema
Every Thursday and Sunday at the CCCB8.30 p.m. Xcentric, the program of avant-garde and experimental cinema, in addition to the established section of Counter-current images, this year sees new sections: Variations on the real and Open to debate.
http://www.cccb.org/xcentric
Price per session: 3.60 EUR/2.70 EUR or for 5 sessions: 12.02 EUR/ 9.62 EUR
Ticket sales at the desk of the CCCB during exhibition opening times and from the Tel-Entrada ticket sales service (902 10 12 12 and www.telentrada.com)
Also, if you haven't seen Monsoon Wedding (La Boda de Monsoon). It's still playing in Verdi and in golfas at Icaria. It's great. And continuing on the them of learning about a culture and family structure through their weddings, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is coming here soon, and is really fun, too. http://www.vealcine.com for times and locations.
Lecture:
Cultural exchanges: seen from the viewpoint of history
Thursday 14 November, at 7 p.m. Lecture by the Professor of History of the University of Cambridge, Peter Burke Part of Barcelona Debate 2002: Europe as a required subject.
A cycle of lectures to table a debate about Europe and education. At the CCCB.
Information and registration: tel:933 064 133 cursos@cccb.org
Price per session: 4.50 EUR / 3.60 EUR
Links:
http://www.bcn.es/BarcelonaArtReport/ Barcelona Art Reporthttp://www.totbarcelona.org/ Catalunya and then some
www.barcelonaconnect.com - Barcelona Newsletter and Community
www.samlardner.com - Sam just released a new cd. Let us know what you think of the new look.
If you're interested in floral art classes in english, or ashtanga yoga in english, or a great one month weekend photography course on weekends (in spanish in February) contact me and I'll send you the contact info of the teachers.
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Hasta la próxima,
christinecscharf@wanadoo.es
www.christinescharf.com
