Culture Vultures brace yourselves! With two major festivals taking place and a myriad events, exhibitions, and concerts, you have on average 10 events to choose from every single day of this week.
The Karama Human Rights Film Festival opens today at the Royal Cultural Center, and for six days brings an amazing collection of documentaries, fiction and shorts in an eclectic and intense program that will also host panel discussions, theatre performances, a video art exhibition, and a special musical concert. (For film synopsis and other details check 7iber’s Google Calendar).
Public Intervention by Ben Washington
An exciting exhibition titled “the Utopian Airport Lounge” opens at Makan Art Space today; and features a series of public interventions around Amman by a group of local and international artists, curated by Juliana Smith. Check out 7iber’s map to find out where you can see the public interventions. You also have new exhibitions opening this week at Nabad Gallery, Orient Gallery, and Dar al-Anda.
The Columbia University Middle East Research Center hosts professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, to talk about sustainable development in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and horn of Africa.
Al-Balad Theater hosts Lebanese vocalist Rima Kcheich and dutch bassist Tony Overwater in a concert on Wednesday. This week’s music agenda also features Christmas concerts by Dozan wa Awtar choir with the Amman symphonietta and soloists from France, Kamilia Jubran, Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes, Bayt al-Ruwwad,and more.
The Amman International Stand up Comedy Festival is on (although word has it tickets are pretty much sold out). And there’s still more. So read on, and have a wonderful week.
Sunday December 5, 2010
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
Official Opening, Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 7:00 pm. For more information: 06 4617612.
Two girls from Egypt, Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 8:00 pm.
Exhibition Opening: The Utopian Airport Lounge, Makan Art Space/Jabal Luweibdeh, 6:30 pm.
Book Signing by Géraldine Chatelard and Jean-Michel de Tarragon, authors of “The Empire and the Kingdom: Jordan as seen by the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem (1893-1935)”, at the Jordan Museum/Ras al-Ain, 5:30 pm.
Lecture: Sustainable Development in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Horn of Africa, by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs/Columbia University, at the Columbia University Middle East Research Center, 6:30 pm.
Concert: Perfect and Insane Live at 10 Days of Activism, at al-Balad Theater, 7:00 pm. Ticket price 3 JDs.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Gabriel & Friends (Gabriel Iglesias, Larry Omaha, Edwin San Juan, Dean Obeidallah, Aron Kader), Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JD’s. Fore more information: 06 4790434.
Reading for All Festival, Jordanian Family Library Project, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm. Until 9th of Dec.
Exibition Opening: Livable Art, Dar Al Anda, 6:00pm.
Monday December 6, 2010
Lecture: “My Fiction Experience”, by Jordanian novelist Subhi Fahmawi, Shoman Cultural Forum, Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 6:30 pm.
Music: Open Mic, Bazzment/ Sweifya, 8:00 pm. For more information: 0797222291.
Exhibition Opening: Trendsetting, Nabad Art Gallery, 6:00pm. Until 4 January 2011.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Arabic Comedy Nights (Nabil Sawalha, Mohammed Salem, Motaz Atallah, Ola Roshdy, Meena Dimian), Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JD’s. Fore more information: 06 4790434.
French Film: Les Choristes, at the French Cultural Center, 5 pm and 7 pm.
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
Jordanian Short Films, Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 11:00 am. For more information: 06 4617612.
Please vote for me (China), Royal Cultural Center, Ballet Room, 4:00 pm.
Shout , (Syria/ Netherlands), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 6:00 pm.
Video Art, Royal Cultural Center, The Gallery, 7:00 pm.
Country Side (Russia), Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 7:00 pm.
Gaza Strophe (Palestine), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 8:00 pm.
Concert: Kamilya Jubran, Royal Cultural Center, Boiler Room, 9:30 pm. For more information: 06 4617612.
Film Workshop, Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 11:00 am. For more information: 06 4617612.
Tuesday December 7, 2010
Music: Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes, Canvas-Jabal Luweibdeh, 9:00pm. For more information: 06 4632211.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Arabic Comedy Nights (Nabil Sawalha, Mohammed Salem, Motaz Atallah, Ola Roshdy, Meena Dimian), Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JDs. For more information: 06 4790434.
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
Dolls- A woman from Damascus, Taking Roots (USA), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 11:00 am. For more information: 06 4617612.
The Iron Women of Liberia, Royal Cultural Center, Ballet Room, 4:00 pm.
Life after the fall, (Iraq), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 6:00 pm.
Video Art, Royal Cultural Center, The Gallery, 7:00 pm.
Private File (Egypt), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 8:00 pm.
Music: Kamilya Jubran, Royal Cultural Center, Boiler Room, 9:30 pm.
Theatre: Gaza Monologues, Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 7:00 pm.
Film Workshop, Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 11:00 am.
Seminar: Women’s Rights, Royal Cultural Center, Conference Hall, 1:00 pm.
Film Screening, Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 7:00 pm.
Gaza Monologues
Wednesday December 8, 2010
A voice and an instrument, Rima Kcheich and Tony Overwater, Al Balad Theater, 8:00pm.
Christmas concert, Performed by Dozan wa Awtar singers, Amman symphonietta, and soloists from France, Jordan Museum, 7:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JDs. For more information: 06 4613300.
Bayt al-Ruwwad group led by Sakher Hattar, Hussein Cultural Center, Ras al-Ain, 8:00 pm.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Laughter Night (Dean Edwards, Omar Elba, Sherry Davey, Brian Scott McFadden, Mo Amer, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JDs. For more information: 06 4790434.
Jordanian Local Talents Night, Al Hussein Cultural Center-Ras Al Ein, 7:00pm. Ticket price: 10 JDs. Fore more information: 06 4790434.
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
Shorts Film by Carol Mansour, Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 11:00 am. For more information: 06 4617612.
Vaclav Havel (Czech), Royal Cultural Center, Ballet Room, 4:00 pm.
Video Art, Royal Cultural Center, The Gallery, 7:00 pm.
Fighting the silence (Netherlands), Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 7:00 pm.
Agathe Clery (France), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 8:00 pm.
Dance: Give me a second (Spanish Performance), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 6:00 pm.
Seminar: International Law and Conflicts in the region, Royal Cultural Center, Conference Hall, 1:00 pm.
"Fighting the Silence", part of Karama Human Rights Film Festival
Thursday December 9, 2010
Christmas concert, Performed by Dozan wa Awtar singers, Amman symphonietta, and soloists from France, Jordan Museum, 7:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JDs. For more information: 06 4613300.
Live Music by a Local Band, Bazzment/ Sweifya, 8:00 pm. For more information: 0797222291.
12 Angry Lebanese
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
UN Stories on Human Rights, Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 11:00 am. For more information: 06 4617612.
Video Art, Royal Cultural Center, Round Theater, 11:00 am.
Seminar: Preventing Torture, And Panel Prisons: Cells or Rehabilitation Centers, Royal Cultural Center, Conference Hall, 1:00 pm. For more information: 06 4617612.
The other bank (Germany), Royal Cultural Center, Ballet Room, 4:00 pm.
12 Angry Lebanese (Lebanon), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 6:00 pm.
Video Art, Royal Cultural Center, The Gallery, 7:00 pm.
Children of Leningradsky (Russia), The Shoe Maker (KSA), Royal Cultural Center, Round Theatre, 7:00 pm. For more information: 06 4617612.
Me Too (Spain), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theatre, 8:00 pm.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Closing Nights (Omid Djalili, Dean Edwards, Sherry Davey, Mo Amer, Dean Obeidallah),Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JD’s. Fore more information: 06 4790434.
Open Session, Jordan Astronomical Society/Cultural Forum at the Jordanian Writers Association/ Shmeisani, 6:30pm.
Friday December 10, 2010
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
The Refugee Clown (Lebanon), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theatre, 3:00 pm.
Beirut, Truth & versions (Lebanon), Royal Cultural Center, Ballet Room, 4:00 pm.
“Moving the Mountain” and Closing Ceremony, Royal Cultural Center, Main Theater, 6:00 pm.
Al Layl Al Taweel (Syria), Royal Cultural Center, Main Theatre, 8:00 pm.
Christmas concert, Performed by Dozan wa Awtar singers, Amman symphonietta, and soloists from France, Jordan Museum, 7:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JDs. For more information: 06 4613300.
Karaoke Night, Paris Cafe /Jabal Luweibdeh -Paris Circle, 9:00pm. For more information: 0795152036.
Amman Stand – Up Comedy Festival
Closing Nights (Omid Djalili, Dean Edwards, Sherry Davey, Mo Amer, Dean Obeidallah),Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00pm. Ticket price: 25 JD’s. Fore more information: 06 4790434.
Saturday December 11, 2010
APN Annual Dinner, Land Mark Hotel, 8:00pm. For more information: 06 5673331.
1st Arab Social Media Forum, Regency Palace Hotel, 8:00am-9:00pm.
