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Hello!
Welcome to our second newsletter of 2008
Here comes summer and so Valencia begins to offer something up almost on a daily basis - expect more newsletters from now on in!
First up is today and all week - El Dia del Libro - National books day, traditionally you give your loved one a book and a rose, lovely idea, and there is a book fair being held to celebrate this annual event in the Jardines Viveros and the Museum de Bellas Artes - with a host of daily events and talks and signings throughout. 24 April to 04 May. more and a timetable of events here at their website
There is Dansa Valencia, always a lively and innovative calendar of performances.
There are new art exhibitions all over the city - most notably - El Greco at the Bellas Artes (combine a visit with a walk around the Gardens and the book fair)
There are music festivals all over the place in May -we highlight a couple for you in this newsletter, Reggae by the beach at Malvarrosa, 10dB just outside the city in Burjassot and also the Forward festival at the Feria de Valencia - there's a full list of them here
May is also the month of two major religious the first of which is the Day of the Virgin, it is to be seen to be believed...
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El Greco - From now until 15 June
At the Museum de Bellas Artes, a major exhibition of the work of El Greco, beware though, it looks like this is going to be as popular as the recent Sorolla exhibition, 2000 visitor a day so far!.
Institute Francais From now until 10 May
At the Institute Francais there's an exhibition entitled Ayer en Valencia - 50 years of the city in photographs.
If you haven't been to the Institute, this is a good opportunity to go, it's a lovely space in the Barrio del Carmen and they have a great cafeteria, so you could even have a coffee or a light lunch!
Institut français de Valencia, C/ Moro Zeit, 6, 46001. Tel. +34 96 315 30 95. www.ifvalencia.com
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POPEYE TORERO
26 April Plaza de Toros. 6:00pm
Here's a real curiosity, a musical comedy bullfight entitled Popeye Torero, 25 artists including a troupe of dwarves appear with bulls to delight and amuse all the family. tickets from El Corte Ingles and Servicam
10 - 11 May - Weekend of the Day of the Virgin.
There is bullfighting in the Plaza de Toros on both the Saturday and the Sunday at 6:00pm On Saturday - 6 bulls from Lola Domecq (El Torero) and Ruiz Manuel, Fernando Cruz and Juan Avila. On Sunday 6 Young bulls from Hnos. Torres Gallego with Jose Carlos Venagas, Pedro Marin and Juan Francisco Prado
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Day of the Virgin
Dia de La Virgen de los Desamparados
10-11 May
10 May is the weekend of the Day of the Virgin.
There is bullfighting in the Plaza de Toros on both the Saturday and the Sunday at 6:00pm
If you have never seen the festivities for the Day of the Virgin on the Sunday in the Plaza de la Virgen - It is a must, though if you don't like crowds, watch it on the television. The Plaza is absolutely crammed with people awaiting the appearance of La Virgen de los Desamparados who is carried out of the Basilica on the shoulders of 20 men - the crowd surges to touch her as she is carried around the Plaza de la Virgen and through to the Plaza de la Reina where she is taken back inside. Children and toddlers are lifted above the heads of the crowd to touch her and adults body surf too!
There are events the whole weekend, on the Saturday evening there is an orchestral concert under the stars and people tend to stay around all night in the square for a solemn Mass.
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CINECITÉ ESPAI
Savages
A brother and sister have to look after their abusive fatherwho has dementia and they have not seen for 20 years
Silk
Michael Pitt plays a nineteenth century French silk merchant who risks the destruction of his marriage to Kiera Knightley when he has an affair with a concubine on a business trip to Japan
Shine a Light
Scorseses movie about the Rolling Stones
Lars and the real girl
Lars brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the internet.
Elegy
Elegy charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. Based on Philip Roth's short novel The Dying Animal.
ALBATROS
The Counterfieters
Based on a true story, a huge counterfeiting operation set up by the Nazis. A Jewish con artist is handpicked in a concentration camp to head up the scheme intended to disrupt the Allied economies.
Savages
A brother and sister have to look after their abusive fatherwho has dementia and they have not seen for 20 years
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Amy is a seemingly normal young woman, adored by her parents and in love with her fiancé. Their future seems perfect until he proposes that they share their deepest, darkest secrets from their past with each other...things they have never shared with anyone. When Amy finally reveals her secret, everything will fall apart
CASSANDRA'S DREAM
Woody Allen Directs Colin Farrel, Ewan MacGregor, Tom Wilkinson
BABEL
IT'S A FREE WORLD / EN UN MUNDO LIBRE
The latest offering from Ken Loach
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.
JUNO
This comedy about a young girl and her pregnancy has become a surprise hit.
These films are on at The Ciné Cité Espai and at Babel and Albatros, to see trailers of all these films and information on times and venues - click here
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Dansa Valencia
The excellent Annual Dance Festival is back, from the 25th April to 04 MAY Ballet and dance from Spain and the world. If you love dance then check out the programme here! Includes performances by NDT2 full timetable here
Festival 10dB
GREAT FUN JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY
The wonderful 10dB festival returns to Burjassot on the 8th May - (what does 10dB stand for? 10 days in Burjassot!) Street theatre, theatre, cinema, concerts, including Chamboa and the legendary Flamencoa singer El Cigala, and a huge medieval market - lots of the fest is free entrance but even the entrance fees for the paid performances are great value. Where else can you think of where you could buy a combined ticket for five big-name concerts for only 68€? Tickets available online from Serviticket and servicam, except Andrés Calamaro whose tickets are available from ticktackticket - full timetable here
Forward Festival - 10 May 2008
Some of the best DJs and groups from the electro-funk/punk and rock scene will be coming together live in a brand-new two day (one day in Madrid and one day here in Valencia) electronic music festival to kick off summer with a bang. From dub stars Underworld to Spain's biggest glam rock groups Fangoria and Nancy's Rubias back to bootleg geniuses Soulwax, this promises to be a big night out.
UNDERWORLD · FANGORIA & NANCYS RUBIAS · SOULWAX · 2MANYDJS · LADYTRON · TIGA
DIPLO · ALEXANDER KOWALSKI live! · ISIS
Feria de Valencia pavilion 5. Tickets 50€ from fnac or ticktackticket
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Reggae by the Beach 17 May Port America's Cup
Valenciais about to host its first ever Reggae festival. Reggae by the Beach will be the biggest Reggae festival ever held this side of Europe. Featuring top reggae artists from Jamaica, such as Shaggy and the the ever popular Beenie Man, Jamaican reggae super star, plus special MC Daddy Ernie from Choice FM radio station UK and Chris Goldfinger from BBC Radio1.
Reggae by the Beach will be held by the stylish 39º27N (Thirty Nine degrees Twenty Seven North) overlooking the beach of Valencia, in the prestigious Port America’s Cup. Reggae by the beach site
JORGE DREXLER · 12 SEGUNDOS DE OSCURIDAD TOUR
Palau de la Música · 08 May
On 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award, which he won for composing the song "Al Otro Lado del Río" from The Motorcycle Diaries. This is his latest tour.
Tickets 22 & 30 Euros Servientrada.
SOS 4.8 - A FESTIVAL OF SUSTAINABLE ART ACTION IN MURCIA.
On 02 and 03 May 2008, SOS 4.8 will present transgressive representations of contemporary art, a cutting-edge musical programme and the Voices space. All this will benefit from the involvement of influential figures from the art world.
Friday 02 May
19:00 SEÑORLOBO (SPAIN) 20:00 SECOND (SPAIN) 21:00 JAMES (UK) 22:20 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT SOLO PERFORMANCE (EEUU) 23:40 KAISER CHIEFS (UK) 01:10 FISCHERSPOONER DJ DATE FEATURING WARREN FISCHER&JON KANE (EEUU) 02:50 THE PINKER TONES (SPAIN) 04:00 ÁNGEL MOLINA (SPAIN)
Saturday 03 May
19:00 MIQUI PUIJ DJ (SPAIN) 20:00 THE CABRIOLETS (SPAIN) 21:30 FANGORIA (+ NANCYS RUBIAS) (SPAIN) 23:30 DIGITALISM (GERMANY) 01:00 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (UK) 03:05 JEFF MILLS (EEUU)
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33rd AMERICAS CUP
Still no news on the America's Cup Front. We now await the next proclamation from The New York Judge. For all the latest news as we get it, our sailing correspondent, Mike O'Neill.Click here!
Barbara O'Neill
New Column from our Barbara, informative and fun as always - go here
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