Don’t let the cold and rainy weather keep you home in the evenings, because Amman’s arts and cultural agenda is packed this week, with a little something for everyone.
The Jordan International Theater Festival continues until Thursday, with shows from Kuwait, UAE, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq, Oman, and Palestine.
You also have a number of interesting independent film screenings followed by discussions with the directors; “The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni” by director Rania Stephan is screening at Rainbow Theater on Monday, and a number of documentaries and short films by Lebanese director Hadi Zakkak are screening at the Royal Film Commission on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jazz Nights at Canvas return with the Yacoub Abu Ghosh Quartet, this week featuring guest musicians Tamer Abu Ghazaleh and Mariam Baraka from Egypt.
This is just a glimpse. Read on for details on these events and more exhibitions, talks, dance performances and concerts.
Sunday November 20, 2011
Book Signing: “Steps of Joy.. Readings in Jordanian Films” [Arabic], by Jordanian writer and film critic Najeh Hassan, at the Royal Film Commission, 7:00 pm.
Open discussion on the experience of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party, with Dr. Ahmad Al-Abyad, one of the party’s founders, at Al-Dar Al-Jami’iya (across from the northern gate of the University of Jordan), 6:00 pm.
Jordan International Theater Festival
C.V, written and directed by Ahmad Moghrabi/Jordan, at the Hussein Cultural Center/Ras al Ain, 5:30 pm.
Clan Macbeth / Italy, at the Osama Mashini Theater/Jabal Luweibdeh, 7:30 pm.
The Bet / UAE, at the Royal Cultural Center/ Round Theater, 7:30 pm.
Monologue / Kuwait, at the Royal Cultural Center / Main Theater, 9:00 pm.
Monday November 21, 2011
Film Screening: The Three Disappearances of Suad Hosni, by Rania Stephan, followed by a discussion with the director, at Rainbow Theater, 7:30 pm.
Lecture: Jordanian Economy – Reality and Challenges, by Dr. Tayseer Smadi, at the Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 6:30 pm.
Jordan International Theater Festival
Street of the Incident/Iraq, at the Osama Mashini Theater/Jabal Luweibdeh, 5:30 pm.
The Bet / UAE, at the Royal Cultural Center/ Round Theater, 7:30 pm.
Leo the African / Morocco, at the Royal Cultural Center / Main Theater, 9:00 pm.
Film Screening: Capitalism – A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore, at the Writers Union/Shmeisani, 6:00 pm
Tuesday November 22, 2011
Echoes from Lebanon:
Screening of two documentaries: Shiite Echoes from Lebanon, and Sunni Echoes from Lebanon, followed by a discussion with director Hadi Zakkak, at the Royal Film Commission, 7:00 pm.
Mexican Film Screening: Under the Same Moon, at the Shoman Foundation, 7:00 pm.
Jordan International Theater Festival
Black Light / Palestine, at the Hussein Cultural Center, 5:30 pm
Street of the Incident/Iraq, at the Osama Mashini Theater/Jabal Luweibdeh, 5:30 pm.
One Dark Morning / Oman, at the Royal Cultural Center/ Round Theater, 7:30 pm.
Leo the African / Morocco, at the Royal Cultural Center / Main Theater, 9:00 pm.
Jazz Night with Yacoub Abu Ghosh Quartet (featuring guest musicians Tamer Abu Ghazaleh and Maryam Baraka from Egypt), at Canvas – Jabal Luweibdeh, 9:00 pm. Cover charge JD 5. For reservations call 06 4632211.
Wednesday November 23, 2011
Concert: Bayt Al-Ruwwad Group led by Sakher Hattar (classical Arabic music), at the Hussein Cultural Center, 7:30 pm.
Jordan International Theater Festival
Black Light / Palestine, at the Hussein Cultural Center, 5:30 pm
One Dark Morning / Oman, at the Royal Cultural Center/ Round Theater, 7:30 pm.
End of the World / Jordan, at the Royal Cultural Center / Main Theater, 9:00 pm.
Book Discussion: Why Science, at the University of Jordan Library/Amman Hall, at 6:00 pm.
Echoes from Lebanon:
Screening of “Beirut through Cinema”, “War Cinema in Lebanon”, and “Beirut.. Points of View”, followed by a discussion with director Hadi Zakkak, at the Royal Film Commission, 7:00 pm.
Exhibition Opening: A Story for Each Painting, by the Late Ismail Shammout & Tamam El Akhal, at Orfali Gallery/Um Uthaina, at 6:30 pm.
Thursday November 24, 2011
Closing Ceremony of the Jordan International Theater Festival, Royal Cultural Center, 7:00 pm.
Saturday November 26, 2011
Jerusalem Spring: traditional and artistic Palestinian Dabkeh by the Jerusalem group for Palestinian Folklore, at the Hussein Cultural Center/Ras al Ain, 7:00 pm. Tickets JD 5 and J 10. For info call 06/5920393
