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New in town
By Oana Vasiliu
With festivals allowed to take place with up to 75,000 people, as long as they are vaccinated or show a negative PCR test, the last month of summer is looking unusually busy. MUSIC
ARTS Discover how design meets nature and explore the way the four primordial elements (fire, water, earth, and air) communicate with the four essential elements of design (point, plan, line, and form). On August 11, at 8 PM, One Night Gallery will be presenting this year’s first outdoor art show. The experience and the exhibition’s journey are created by RIZI, the artist duo
Summer Well Festival is going to happen at
who will merge the two worlds by showcas-
the Stirbey Domain in Buftea between August
ing architectural installations throughout the
12-15, with a line-up that includes Woodkid,
gardens on Molière Street (entrance located
Balthazar, Golan, L'Imperatrice, and many
on Amiral Constantin Balescu street). The international competition. The story takes
exhibition is hosted by Gradina TVR Moliere
place in a small town in Romania and talks
with an important historical background and
Festival will take place between August 28 -
about the private balance existing in each one
a story spanning across 65 years, which began
September 26, bringing some of the world’s
of us, a balance that is much less stable than
with the very first professional TV broadcast
greatest orchestras to the Bucharest stage.
we might imagine. Emanuel Parvu, Bogdan
in Romania.
others. Tickets are still available. As previously announced, the Enescu
Expirat Halele Carol, Quantic, Gradina
Farcas, Dragos Dumitru, Vasile Muraru,
Urbana, and Teatrul de Vara Mihai Eminescu
Ana Popescu, Olimpia Malai, Kira Hagi, Ion
will continue to stage weekly live perfor-
Bechet, Ioana Bugarin, Cezar Antal, and An-
mances, with a special focus on Romanian
drei Aradits play the main characters.
alternative artists.
FOOD
"Intregalde" directed by Radu Muntean will also be released on August 6, having had
ROMANIAN CINEMA
its official premiere at the Cannes Film Festi-
"Unidentified", directed by Bogdan Apetri,
val, in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section.
professor of directing at Columbia Univer-
The film tells the story of three friends who
sity in New York, will be released on August
are on a year-end humanitarian trip. Traveling
6. The film premiered at the Warsaw Film
in a jeep on the unpaved mountain roads of
Festival, where it won the Jury Prize in the
the Intregalde village, they meet a lonely old man who needs to go to a sawmill where he claims to work. When their car gets stuck in
Chef Marius Tudosiei has opened another Ba-
the woods, the sawmill turns out to be aban-
cania Veche restaurant - Delicatese & Gradina
doned and they are forced to spend the night
- this time in the Romana Square. Check it out
with the old man, and their ideas of empathy
when you want to indulge yourself with some
and generosity begin to be questioned.
Romanian delicacies.
"No Rest for the Old Lady” (“Dupa 40 de
Gelato seems to be a keyword of this sum-
zile”), the fourth feature film by director An-
mer, with another great place recently added
drei Gruzsniczki, will be released on August
to the best-in-town list: Saint Gelato (26
20. It focuses on the friendship between Emil
Regina Elisabeta Boulevard).
Daravat, an old man who does not believe in
Get a taste of a new interpretation of Ro-
spirits (played by Mircea Andreescu), and Titi
manian cuisine at Soro Lume (the former Blid
(played by Valer Dellakeza). The action takes
restaurant - 33 Fluierului Street) with Chef
place in a village in the Oltenia region and the
Mihai Toader in charge.
story begins at the 40-day memorial service of Emil's wife, Smaranda.
Finally, enjoy some decadent cheese experiments at Forager (16 Nerva Traian).
