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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]