Events in Amman, April 3 – 9

الأحد 03 نيسان 2011

This week, the Amman International Theater Festival continues with Algerian play “El Malira” and poetry in theater. Abdel Hamid Shoman’s cinema forum is screening Danny Boyle’s latest film: 127 Hours, and Darat Al-Funun is screening the Lebanese/French film Around the Pink House.

Orfali gallery is hosting an interesting talk about Iraqi antiquities after the 2003 war, and two new exhibitions will be opening at Jacaranda and Zara galleries.

This month’s Amman Tech Tuesdays will be about Electronics, and will move to a bigger venue: the Hassan Auditorium at the University of Jordan.

There’s more; live music, talks, theater, flea market… so read on, and don’t forget to email us photos or reviews of events you attend.

7iber’s calendar is compiled in collaboration with Waw al-Balad magazine.

Sunday April 3, 2011

The 17th Amman International Theater Festival
Theater: El Malira (Algeria), Royal Cultural Center, 9:00pm.

Poetry within Theater, Royal Cultural Center-Round theater, 8:00pm.

Book of the Week, presentation and discussion, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm. For more information: 0788541166.

Concert by National Music Conservatory, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:30 pm. For more information: 06 4767222.

Monday April 4, 2011

Tango Night, Cafe Paris, Jabal al Waibdeh-Paris Circle, 9:00pm. For more information: 0779279095.

Exhibition Opening
Karima Ben Otman solo exhibition
, Zara Gallery, Grand Hyatt Amman, 6:30pm. Until 25 April.

Tuesday April 5, 2011

Amman Tech Tuesdays: Electronics Edition, Jordan University/Al-Hassan Auditorium, 7:00 pm.

Live Music: Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes, post-modern funk fusion, Canvas-Jabal Al Weibdeh, 9:00pm. For more information: 06 4632211.

Film: Around The Pink House, Darat al Funun, 6:00pm. Lebanese film by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige will be screened in Arabic, with English Subtitles. Tel: 0(6) 4643251.

127 hours (UK) Dirctor : Danny Boyle, Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 6:30 pm.

Wednesday April 6, 2011

An Illustrated lecture – Iraqi Antiquities after the war of 2003, Orfali Gallery/Um Uthaina, 6:30 pm. For more information call 065510603

Music: Bayt al-Ruwwad group led by Sakher Hattar, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:30 pm.

Concert: Ayman Tayseer and Fadwa Malki, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:00 pm. For more information: 0776311454.

Thursday April 7, 2011

Theater: Sahat Al-Ain (Sound Association), Royal Cultural Center-Main theater, 6:00pm.

Friday April 8, 2011

Concert by the National Sport Club, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 6:00 pm. For more information: 4773731 06.

Theater: Sahat Al-Ain (Sound Association), Royal Cultural Center-Main theater, 6:00pm.

Saturday April 9, 2011

Theater: Sahat Al-Ain (Sound Association), Royal Cultural Center-Main theater, 6:00pm.

Exhibition opening
Fall and Expulsion, by the Artist Iyad Kan’aan,
Jacaranda Images, 5:00pm. Until 30 April.

Concert organized by Jerusalem Day Committee, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:00 pm. For more information: 5920393 06.

Karakeeb Market, Al Maa’ref School-Khalda, 10:00am-7:00pm. For more information: 0796153510.

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