Events in Amman, Nov 15 – 21

الأحد 15 تشرين الثاني 2009

This week is packed full with very interesting events. We changed the title from “Arts and Culture” because we want to feature exciting events like the Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is bringing to Amman people like Joi Ito, Ceo of Creative Commons, Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of Mozilla and Reid Hoffman, Ceo of Linkedin. We at 7iber are also particularly excited about the first ever Creative Commons Arab World Salon, which will feature many fun and interesting presentations about CC for media, comics, creative economy, filmmakers, geeks, user-generated content, and more. (This is partly shameless self-promotion because we’ll be presenting the 7iber Cards competition and CC for Social Media Community Projects.)

It’s also a busy week on the art and culture front with the Jordan Theater Festival featuring 13 local plays every day until the 22nd (Check here this evening for the detailed schedule). You can catch two days left of the European Film Festival, and plenty more; Sharq’s album launch concert on Thursday, Live Jazz by Chapter 11 on Tuesday, Dalia Kury’s new documentary on Wednesday and Thursday. Read on for a roundup of the week’s events, and keep checking the calendar on the right of the page for updates during the week.

Sunday November 15

Exhibition Opening
“Advertising and Design Enter the 20th Century” by the German Graphic Designer and artist Lucian Bernhard, Jordan Gallery of Fine Arts, 6:00 pm. Till December 14.

European Film Festival
Sweden: Leaps and Bounds, Hussein Cultural Center, 5:00 pm.
Finland: Ricky Rapper, Hussein Cultural Center, 8:00 pm.

Book
Presentation and Discussion of “Promises of Islam” by Roger Garaudy, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm.


Jordanian Theater Festival
, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Monday November 16

Global Entrepreneurship Week
Entrepreneurs Forum, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, 4:00 – 6:00 pm.

Creative Commons Arab World Salon
At Al-Balad Theater, 6:00 pm

European Film Festival
Finland: Ricky Rapper, Hussein Cultural Center, 5:00 pm.
Spain: 14 Kilometers, Hussein Cultural Center, 8:00 pm.

Jordanian Theater Festival, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Screening of Short Art Films, Makan Art Space, 7:00 pm.

Round Table “The Story that Will”, a discussion on storytelling in Arab and Spanish traditions, Cervantes Institute, 5:00 pm.

Tuesday November 17

Film
Relentlessly Courageous: New Trends and the Other Egyptian Cinema, Darat Al-Funun, 6:30 pm.

German/ Mongolian film: The cave of the yellow dog, Abdul Hameed Shoman Library, 7:00 pm.

Global Entrepreneurship Week
Speed Networking Session, PSUT, 5:00 – 7:00 pm.


Jordanian Theater Festival,
Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Chapter 11 – Live Jazz at Canvas. 9:00 pm.
With Yacoub Abu Ghosh on Bass, Tareq Abu Kwaik on Drums, Shadi Khashram on Guitar, Aram Hairabiddian on Soprano Sax, and David Tadevossian on Trumpet. For reservations call 079 – 5328301.

Chapter 11

Wednesday November 18
Jordanian Theater Festival, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Documentary Screening
Banat Bab-Allah, by Dalia Al-Kury, Al-Balad Theater, 8:00 pm.

Music
Bayt Al-Ruwwad Group led by Sakher Hattar, Classical Arabic Music, Bayt Al-Shi’r, Jabal el-Jofeh, 8:00 pm.

Amman Symphony Orchestra, Al-Hussein Cultural Center, 7:30 pm

Beit El Ruwwad

Thursday November 19

Concert
Launch of Sharq’s First Album, Al-Hussein Cultural Center, 7:30 pm.

Banat Bab Allah


Documentary Screening
Banat Bab-Allah, by Dalia Al-Kury, Al-Balad Theater, 8:00 pm.

Lecture
Origin and Geological Evolution of the Moon, Lecturer: Prof. Abdul-Qader Abed,  Jordanian Astronomical Society/Haya Cultural Center, 6:30 pm. For more information 06 5534754.


Jordanian Theater Festival
, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Friday November 20
Jordanian Theater Festival, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

Saturday November 21

Global Entrepreneurship Week:

Success stories; Rayadeyyat, PSUT, 5:00 – 7:00 pm.

Jordanian Theater Festival, Royal Cultural Center, the Directorate of Arts and Theater, and the Nabil Mashini Theater. For more information 06 4636391

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