This week's agenda includes a number of concerts that cater to different tastes, from classical music celebrating Franz Liszt's bicentennial, to jazz with Yacoub Abu Ghosh Quartet at Canvas, to an evening with Ala Shahin at Music House, and an evening with different Jordanian bands and musicians at the Culture Palace. Tonight in the park across from the National Gallery of Fine Arts, VJ Um Amel joins DJ Ma'at for an evening of electronica and world beats against a remixed display of several musicals from Egyptian cinema including Lahn el-Wafa' (1955) starring Abdel Halim Hafez and Chadia; 'Afrita Hanem (1948) starring Samia Gamal and Farid El-Atrache; and Fatma (1947) by Ahmed Badrakhan with visualizations of social media, art, and design emerging from the revolutions of dignity spreading across the Middle East and North Africa. You also have a number of...

أجندة هذا الأسبوع مميزة في الجانب الموسيقي، مع عرض لفرقة أوركسترا عمان السيمفونية التابعة للمعهد الوطني، وعرض لعازفة البيانو زينة عصفور في بيت الموسيقى، وأمسية مع موسيقى الجاز بصبغة شرقية مع فرقة يعقوب أبو غوش في كانفاس، وأداء لطارق أبو كويك (الفرعي) مع دي جاي صوتوصورة، وليلة من موسيقى الراب العربي والكوميديا مع سام وشادي صلاح.

تضم فعاليات هذا الأسبوع أيضاً أمسيات أيام مجاز الشعر العربي في محترف رمال، ومسرحية مونودراما عن قصص غسان كنفاني، وعروض أفلام قصيرة عن المرأة في الهيئة الملكية للأفلام، وغيرها من معارض فنية متنوعة وأنشطة أخرى. تالياً التفاصيل.

الأحد ١٦ تشرين أول/أكتوبر ٢٠١١

أمسيات أيام مجاز للشعر العربي 2011، قراءة شعرية: الشاعر فوزي باكير، الشاعر صالح حيمور، الشاعر خالد شلبية، مرافقة موسيقية : علاء يوسف، في محترف رمال/جبل اللويبدة،...

This week, don't miss the screening of Mahmoud Al-Massad's documentary "This is My Picture When I was Dead," which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2010 and then won the Muhr Award for best documentary at the Dubai International Film Festival. It's Al-Massad's third feature-length documentary, and his previous documentary "Recycle" was awarded at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival in 2008. The Festival of Alternative Arts continues with a street labs evening that includes a film screening, music, and poetry, and a documentary screening on Thursday of "To Shoot an Elephant", an eye witness account of the war on Gaza. [caption id="attachment_8082" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Amman Symphony Orchestra"][/caption] As part of 7iber's residency at Makan, we're inviting you to "Blog On", where we're showcasing examples of how blogging plays a role in the lives...

[caption id="attachment_7644" align="alignright" width="269" caption="The Fuuls"][/caption] This week features lots of interesting music; Canadian rock group "The Last Supper" are performing tonight and tomorrow, after they cancelled their show in West Jerusalem which was scheduled for later this week (join the discussion on cultural boycott here). American folk/rock group the Fuuls are playing at Zara Expo on Wednesday. Jazz/Funk nights continue every Tuesday at Canvas with Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes. Bayt al-Ruwwad's Wednesday concerts of classical Arabic music and Jordanian oldies are on, this time at the Hussein Cultural Center. Acclaimed NY-based Japanese choreographer and director Ryuji Yamagochi comes to Amman with a dance and theater performance titled "Gathering Space," featuring Japanese vocalist Sizzle Ohtaka and performers from El Funoun Dance Troupe of Palestine, and borrowing text from Geichiro Takahashi’s “Sayonara Gangsters,” one of the most important...

This week's agenda has a high dosage of local young artists with two collective exhibitions opening; an Urban Art exhibition at Foresight32 featuring works by 22 artists, and a fashion art exhibition at Cafe des Artistes with works by 19 artists. Makan Art Space is screening Banksy's film "Exit through the Gift Shop" on Monday night, and Documentary Film Days kick off on Tuesday in collaboration between the French Cultural Center and the Royal Film Commission. Live Music is back at Canvas after a summer hiatus, this time with Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes playing a mesh of post funk, post jazz and post modern sounds in a repertoire of original compositions and reinvented jazz and rock standards. There's a lot more: an interesting architectural talk at the Engineers Association, a book launch at Readers, cycling, theater, concerts... so...

There's lots of live music going on around town this week; from jazz by Chapter 11, to hip hop by Jordanian band 962 Street and American band Havikoro , to classical Arabic music and Tarab by Bayt Al-Ruwwad and by Ayman Tayseer and Moroccan singer Fayrouz, to Western classical by the Amman Symphony Orchestra. You also have standup comedy shows, films by Latin women filmmakers, interesting talks, ongoing exhibitions, and more.. so read on for our weekly roundup. Sunday February 14, 2010 Book of the Week presentation and discussion, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm. Entre Cineastas - Arab and Latin Women’s Film Caravan: The Dark Camera/narrative feature by María Victoria Menis. Film House, Royal Film Commission. 7:00 pm. Monday February 15, 2010 Open Mic Night at Liquid Lounge. 7:00 pm till midnight. For reservations and participations call Hisham 0799998215. Entre Cineastas - Arab and Latin Women’s Film Caravan: Resistance/documentary by Lucinda Torre. Film...

Watch films from Arab and Latin women directors every evening this week at the Royal Film Commission's Film House. Get Rana Husseini to sign you a copy of her book "Murder in the Name of Honour". Listen to an interesting art talk by critic Sybille Omlin at Darat al-Funun. Enjoy live jazz by Chapter 11 twice a week. See Ghannam Ghannam's play "Return to Haifa" on Friday, and don't miss an exciting group of local artists and musicians performing in support of Gaza's children on Saturday. Check out the large number of ongoing exhibitions in Amman's art galleries, and more in our weekly roundup below: Sunday February 7, 2010 Book of the Week presentation and discussion, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm. Emad Alaeddin's Farewell concert for drummer Erik Kreft, at Dubliners, 9:00 pm. Entre Cineastas - Arab and Latin Women’s Film Caravan: Take Me Home/documentary by Mais Darwazeh,...

Music is the highlight of this week in Amman - so many concerts and gigs taking place. A group of local artists and musicians put together an event titled "Exit to School" to support the children of Gaza, and saturday's show features performances by al-Hannouneh group, Autostrad, Tareq Al-Jundi, Sahar Khalifeh, Arabic rappers Samm and Psycholas, and a new band led by Tareq Abu Kwaik called Al Morabba3. That's definitely one concert you don't want to miss. Starting this week, Chapter 11 will be playing two weekly live jazz gigs instead of just one. So besides Tuesdays at Canvas, you can enjoy their live show every Friday at the newly opened Cafe de Paris in Jabal Luweibdeh. There's Soprano Nicole Taylor singing spiritual music in celebration of African-American history month. It's also Wild Scotland Week in Amman, and it includes an exhibition, a fun talk about textile design, and a number of...

By Lara Marto As always, the French Cultural Center wisely picks the musicians it invites to perform in Amman to educate and entertain the public. Manu Codjia, the well known articulate jazz guitarist who is “among the most active sidemen on the French jazz scene and one of the most original guitarists playing jazz anywhere” - according to All About Jazz - performed Thursday December 3rd at the Royal Cultural Center at 8:00pm along with Phillipe Garcia on drums and Michel Benita on double bass. The show started a bit late, as always keeping the audience waiting at the door. A good crowd was anxious to listen to what Manu has to present. As the show went on Manu introduced himself and the band with a soft delicate voice and said that they usually play their own compositions but like to play...