Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 4 December
Exhibition opening CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by the Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio. The exhibition runs until 5 January Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Film 3pm CAIRO Screening of Whiplash (2014), directed by Damien Chazelle. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Sunday Screenings: Drifters, Oh My! Oh Agami! Screening will be followed by Q&A discussion with director Hani Eskander. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO December German Night: screening of Jerichow. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Arabic music concert featuring Eman El-Essely. El Sawy Culturewheel-- Wisdom Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Family concert with young violinists Mariam and Amira Abouzahra accompanied by Horus Piano Duo: Nora Emody and Ahmed Abouzahra (Hungary/Egypt). Read more here Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO 4th edition of Cinephilia Filmmakers to Watch Series 2016.
ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Short Film Forum, screening of 7 films, part of Cinéfondation Competition – Cannes Film Festival 2015 (Second Part). Total duration: 146 min Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Written by late vernacular poet Beram Al-Tunsi. Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El Saedi. Programme: Mozart's Symphony in C Major K. 551 “Jupiter”, Requiem for Soli, Choir and Orchestra. Soloists: soprano Maria Fajtova, alto Gala El-Hadidi, tenor Amr Medhat, bass Reda El Wakil. A Cappella Choir with choir master: Maya Gvineria. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Amira and Mariam Abouzahra with Horus Piano Duo (Photo: from the Family concert's promotional material)
Monday 5 December
Theatre 11am CAIRO A play titled Atfal Laken Abtal (Kids but Heroes). Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo Tel: 02 23622647 Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Dynamics, a collaboration between artists Mustafa El Husseiny and Nehad Saeed. The exhibition runs until 26 December. Soma Art Gallery, 14 Maraashli St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Al-'etr Qessat Qatel play, directed by Nour Afifi. El Sawy Culturewheel-- Wisdom Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful), directed by Roberto Benigni. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Karaoke night. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Slavic Soul: music by Slavic composers, by Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Lecture 6pm ALEXANDRIA Music appreciation: The Enlightenment, the Viennese classical style and classic era forms: theme and variations, the Minuet and Trio, and the Rondo. By maestro Hisham Gabr. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium, Alexandria Book discussion 6.30pm ALEXANDRIA Discussion of Heeret Farah, a book by Mona Lamloum. Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Family concert with young violinists Mariam and Amira Abouzahra accompanied by Horus Piano Duo: Nora Emody and Ahmed Abouzahra (Hungary/Egypt). Read more here Alexandria Opera House, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Naseer Shamma performs with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Ahmed El Saedi at the Cairo Opera House in 2011 (Photo: Sherif Sonbol) Tuesday 6 December
Lecture 11am CAIRO Melook W Malikat (Kings and Queens), a series of lectures that aim to raise awareness about Islamic and Coptic antiquities. Children Creativity Centre, Beit Al-Eini, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo Exhibition Opening 6pm CAIRO “Solo,” a photography exhibition by Al-Ahram newspaper photographer Bassam Alzoghby Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul Street, Al-Mounira, Cairo Exhibition Opening 6pm CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Opening 6pm CAIRO Zaraeeb, an exhibition by French-Tunisian graffiti artist el Seed. The exhibition runs until 10 January. Art Talks, 8 El Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Poetry 6pm CAIRO Poetry evening featuring poet Marawan Sobhy. El Sawy Culturewheel-- River Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Solo, an exhibition by Egyptian photographer Bassam Alzoghby. The exhibition runs until 19 December. Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul St, Mounira, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Under the Skin, directed by Jonathan Glazer (2014). Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), 143 St, # 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil, traditional music of the Nile Delta, Nubian Fadeka, traditional Sudanese music and songs, Al-Jaafra music played by musicians from Aswan, traditional music from Eritrea. Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO A launch concert for Lemma La? (Why Not?), a new album by renowned Iraqi oud player and musician Naseer Shamma. Read more here. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Shahira Kamal's band in concert. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA El-Sandouq (The Box) theatrical performance, directed by Nadet Adel. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Science Film Festival (Photo: Science Film Festival's promotional material at the Goethe Institut Alexandria facebook page)
Wednesday 7 December
Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Fi Youm (In a Day) by filmmaker Karim Shaaban (2015).
Zawya, Odeon Cinema, 4 Abdel Hamid Said St off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Music 6pm CAIRO El-Sameteen troupe conducted by Reda Abd El-Aziz. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo Tel: 02 23622647 Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Makan, Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Choral Society, with the Cairo Festival Orchestra, presents: Franz Schubert's Mass in G, Four motets of W. A. Mozart and Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Conductor John Baboukis and accompanist David Hales. Malak Gabr Arts, Theatre, AUC New Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Film 6pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of the documentary film Banat Al-Ghouriyya. Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Andromida band in concert. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Cairo Choral Society (Photo: Cairo Choral Society's promotional material on Facebook)
Thursday 8 December
Festival 1pm-9pm CAIRO The second Nubian Festival which runs this year between 8 and 10 November. Souq Al-Fustat, between El Emam St and Hassan El Anwar St, Old Cairo Film 6pm CAIRO Screening of a selection of documentary films by filmmaker Ismail El-Nazer. Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Inshad 7pm CAIRO Inshad concert on the occasion of Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawy. Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo Tel: 02 23622647 Inshad 7pm CAIRO Waslat Samaa concert on the occasion of Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawy. El Sawy Culturewheel-- Wisdom Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Concert featuring Nashaz and Haraket Watar bands.
El Sawy Culturewheel-- River Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo
Music 8pm CAIRO Maqamat salon followed by recital. The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble, conducted by Salah Ghoubashi in a programme of classical Arab music and songs. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Piano recital by Elena Dzamashvilli Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert featuring marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz and her band. Cairo Opera House, open-air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Choral Society, with the Cairo Festival Orchestra, presents: Franz Schubert's Mass in G, Four motets of W. A. Mozart and Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Conductor John Baboukis and accompanist David Hales. Ewart Hall - AUC Main Campus, 113 Kasr El Aini St, Cairo Stand-up comedy 6pm, 8pm ALEXANDRIA Two shows by stand-up comedian Ali Qandil.
Teatro Eskendria, 5 Fouad St, Raml Station, Alexandria Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Strings concert by Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra. Violin soloist and conductor: Khaled El Showeikh. Programme includes works by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn and Piazzolla Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Metropolitan Opera's L'Amour de Loin (Photo: MET Opera's promotional material)
Friday 9 December
Music and activities 11am-9pm CAIRO Darb 1718 celebrates its 8th birthday, featuring workshops, a Christmas bazaar and a music concert. Pre-registration required. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Festival 1pm-9pm CAIRO The second Nubian Festival which runs this year between 8 and 10 November. Souq Al-Fustat, between El Emam St and Hassan El Anwar St, Old Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Aradi band in concert. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance, scripted and directed by Nabil Bahgat.
Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Oriental music night by musician Emad El-Sharouny. Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Reggae music by Sefsafa band. ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Egyptian pianist and composer Omar Khairat accompanied by BA Orchestra. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week
Sefsafa band (Photo: Sefsafa band promotional material on Facebook)
Saturday 10 December
Festival 1pm-9pm CAIRO The second Nubian Festival which runs this year between 8 and 10 November. Souq Al-Fustat, between El Emam St and Hassan El Anwar St, Old Cairo Music 4pm, 8pm CAIRO Two concerts by Egyptian band Massar Egbari. El Sawy Culturewheel-- River Hall, end of 26th of July St, Zamalek, Cairo Lecture 6pm CAIRO Cultural salon: “Port Said: Heroism and Victory” Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 El-Sayeda Nafisa St, Cairo Tel: 02 23622647 Open-mic performance 7pm CAIRO Yostafandi Al Mareekh, by Mashrou3 Al Mareekh. Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 7.55pm ALEXANDRIA Metropolitan Opera House in New York Live HD Transmission of L'Amour de Loin by Kaija Saariaho. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, small theatre, Alexandria Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Egyptian pianist and composer Omar Khairat accompanied by BA Orchestra. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week (Photo: Still from film Under the Skin)
Sunday 11 December
Discussion 6pm CAIRO Cultural Salon: “Masr Al-Mobde'a” on the occasion of Al-Mawlid Al-Nabawy. Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh St, Manial, Old Cairo Forum 6pm CAIRO “Jerusalem: The Capital of Arab Culture” Artistic Creativity Centre, Cairo Opera House Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Poetry 7pm CAIRO Poetry evening. Beit El-Shaer (Poetry House), Beit Al-Set Wasila, Mohamed Abdo St, Old Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Concert featuring Samaa Troupe for Inshad and Spiritual Music and Indonesia's Inshad Troupe. Qubbat Al-Ghouri (Al-Ghouri Dome), Al-Azhar, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai, performs dances and songs from Upper Egypt on mizmar, tabla and other traditional musical instruments. Beit El-Seheimy, Haret El-Darb El-Asfar, Qism El-Gamaleya, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO American Film Night: screening of Woman in Gold, directed by Simon Curtis (2015). Darb 1718, Kasr El-Shamaa, El-Fakhareen, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by Arabic Music Youth, featuring Mohamed Khallaf and Amira Farrag. The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez St, Islamic Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Christmas concert featuring mezzo-soprano Gala El Hadidi, accompanied by David Hales on piano.
Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Science Film Festival ALEXANDRIA Science Film Festival -- Egypt. The festival is part of the international event that takes place in several countries with screenings of over 100 films. Egypt participates with a selection of 14 films. The films are screened daily between 27 Nov and 14 Dec Various venues in Alexandria in addition to other cities.Check the programme here Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Layla Min Alf Layla (A Night from A Thousand Nights), a play directed by Mohsen Helmi starring Yehia Al-Fakhrani, Lotfi Labib, Mohamed Mohsen. Written by late vernacular poet Beram Al-Tunsi Beram Al-Tunsi Theatre, Alexandria Poetry & Music 4pm ALEXANDRIA 3al Bahr: poetry and music night featuring poets Mohamed Maghawry, Mohamed El Bahy and Youssef Hassan. Teatro Eskendria, 5 Fouad St, Raml Station, Alexandria Performance 5pm ALEXANDRIA El-Horeyya troupe for popular arts. Alexandria Creativity Centre, 1 Horreya St, Alexandria
(Photo: still from film Jerichow)
EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition ongoing CAIRO Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo Exhibition ongoing CAIRO A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products. Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo Exhibition 12-22 Dec CAIRO “There is Only One Rule….Love,” an exhibition of paintings by Rana Chalabi Al Kahila, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandiseen Exhibition 4 Dec - 5 Jan CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition bythe Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec - 7 Jan CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 3-15 Dec CAIRO An exhibition of copper artworks by Mohamed Rizk (1937-2008) Cordoba, 3A, Degla St, Mohandessein, Giza Exhibition 2-11 Dec CAIRO I am Present - Art Exhibition by Krista Cary. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6-19 Dec CAIRO “Solo,” a photography exhibition by Al-Ahram newspaper photographer Bassam Alzoghby Saad Zaghloul Cultural Centre, 2 Saad Zaghloul Street, Al-Mounira, Cairo Exhibition 6 Nov- 31 Jan CAIRO From Rags to Riches, an exhibition of 20 public artworks created using recycled materials. Switzerland Embassy, 24 Gamal El-din, Abul-Mahasen St, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 13 Nov- 22 Dec CAIRO Evasive Routes, Chapter 3 of CIC continuing exhibition series titled ‘If not for that Wall' CIC, 22 Abdel Khalek Tharwat St, 4th Floor, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 27 Nov- 15 Dec CAIRO Spaces of Time, by the artist Ahmed Chiha. Gallery Misr, 4A Ibn Zinky St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 9 Nov - 5 Dec CAIRO “Contemporary Art Group (1946),” a collective show features the works of its founder Hussein Youssef Amin, and members: Abdel-Hadi Al Gazzar, Salim Al-Habashi, Mahmoud Khalil, Samir Rafi, Maher Raif and William Morcous. Al Masar, Behler's Mansion, 157b, 26 July St, ground floor, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 27 Nov - 8 Dec ALEXANDRIA “Handcrafted Form: Traditions and Techniques from Japan”, a touring exhibition of handcrafted objects made from traditional materials with traditional techniques from all over Japan. Museum of Fine Arts, 6 Mansha St, Moharam Beik district, Alexandria
(Photo: fragment from Solo, Bassam Al Zoghby exhibition's promotional material)
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