CULTURE CALENDAR

THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES

21 & 22 October - Novi Bitefartcafe

Pioneers of the Acid Jazz scene have been responsible for some of the UK’s biggest R&B tracks. The Brand New Heavies are back. Funk royalty and pioneers of the 90’s Acid Jazz scene, The Brand New Heavies have sold over 2.5 million records, achieved sixteen UK Top 40 singles and released two double Platinum-selling albums.

These genre-bending musicians picked up Best Dance Act at the 1994 BRIT Awards and in the same year, earned an MTV Award for Best R&B Video for ‘Dream on Dreamer’.

THE BESTBEAT - THE BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND

5 October – mts Arena

According to the prestigious American magazine Newsweek, The Bestbeat is ranked among the 30 best Beatles tribute bands in the world. In the band’s 17-year long career, the musicians performed in various parts of the world, and the most important performances for the

band took place in 2014 as part of Beatle Week in Liverpool, when The Bestbeat held 14 concerts in clubs where The Beatles gave a concert, among which the Cavern Club is certainly the most important.

BELGRADE JAZZ FESTIVAL

26-30 October

The venues, Belgrade Youth Center and the MTS Hall will present 21 concerts within 10 programs and almost 150 musicians from all over the world, with a representative presentation of the most talented acts from the Serbian jazz scene. This year’s main

program will include projects by 5 Serbian artists, a record number in the event’s recent history, reflecting the rise of Serbian jazz on the global stage, with constant recognition our young artists receive all over Europe and the world.

IL DIVO

14 October - Štark Arena

This concert in Belgrade, but also the whole tour, will celebrate the life we need so much after all, but it will also be a tribute to ensemble member Carlos Marin, who died as a victim of Covid-19. The international music world attraction, the IL DIVO

ensemble, will hold an international music festival in 2022 with memorable concerts in 60 select cities around the world. The name of the tour is “IL DIVO – BIGGEST HITS!”

The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1336 rsd

At the age of forty-six General Simon Bolivar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolivar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life...

China

Edward Rutherfurd 1255 rsd

From Hong Kong to Beijing to the Great Wall, from the exotic wonders of the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City to squalid village huts, the dramatic struggle rages across the Celestial Kingdom. This is the story of the Chinese people, high and low, and the Westerners who came to exploit the riches of their ancient land and culture.

Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed

Paul Cronin 2510 rsd

Herzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his frequent collaborations with mercurial actor Klaus Kinski - including the epics Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo, and the terrifying Nosferatu - and more recently with documentaries such as Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Into the Abyss, Herzog has built a body of work that is one of the most vital in post-war German cinema. Here, he reflects on his legendary and inspiring career.

Just Like You

Nick Hornby 1741 rsd

On an average Saturday morning in a butcher’s shop in North London, Lucy and Joseph meet on opposite sides of the counter. She is a teacher and mother of two, with a past she is trying to forget; he is an aspiring DJ with a wide-open future that maybe needs to start becoming more focused. Lucy and Joseph are opposites in almost all ways. Can something life-changing grow from uncommon ground? Nick Hornby’s brilliantly observed, tender and brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who may not be just like you at all.

Ask Iwata

Hobonichi 2956 rsd

Satoru Iwata was the global president and CEO of Nintendo and a gifted programmer who played a key role in the creation of many of the world’s best-known games. He led the production of innovative platforms such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii, and laid the groundwork for the development of the wildly successful Pokemon Go game and the Nintendo Switch. Known for his analytical and imaginative mind, but even more for his humility and a people-first approach to leadership, Satoru Iwata was beloved by game fans and developers worldwide.

Factfulness

Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Roennlund 1174 rsd

At last, a book that puts all the bad news in perspective- and brings us surprisingly positive data that show the state of the world has in fact improved over the last 50-200 years. Acclaimed by Bill Gates and Barack Obama, named an Observer ‘best brainy book of the decade’ - destined to be a perennial bestseller and non-fiction classic. (let’s make that a fact!)