SPAIN arts & culture's Spring / Summer 2014 Program

2014 Spanish Cultural Program U.S. & Canada Spring / Summer

COVER BY BOA MISTURA Boa Mistura were born in Madrid in the early 2000s. This group of friends, who met while painting graffiti on the walls of their neighborhood, has become a leading artist collective in the street art scene worldwide. Based in the capital of Spain, this multidisciplinary team works mostly in the public space, and has developed projects in South Africa, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Norway and Panama among other countries.

“Boa Mistura” is Portuguese for “good mixture”, and refers to the diversity of style and perspectives inherent to each member of the group. They understand their work as a tool to transform the streets and to strengthen bonds among people. Furthermore, they strive to fulfill their responsibility towards the city through their passion for what they do.

Their work has been exhibited in the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, the Bienal del Sur in Panama, the Reina Sofía Museum, Casa Encendida, DA2 Museum and CAC Málaga. In addition, they have collaborated with national and international non-profit organizations (ONCE National Organization of Spanish blind people, Oxfam, Intermon, Amnesty International) and they have given lectures in universities on the topic of art and social transformation.

Boa Mistura’s proposal for SPAIN arts & culture cover refers to the feeling of passion for what they do, for color and for life. The hand represents the strength and the workforce of the people, as well the power of creation: everything comes out from your hand, and all the dreams are within your reach. www.boamistura.com

If one feature distinguishes the European experience from all others, this would definitely be the unique dynamism of its urban life. The Greek and Roman legacy is still very much alive across the continent, especially in the plazas and markets of Mediterranean cities. The creative power of the city and its extraordinary capacity to constantly generate new cultural expressions will be the recurring theme of our Spring/Summer season.

Starting with the vibrant cover by street art collective Boa Mistura, this catalogue is packed with fresh proposals that look at the urban scene from a variety of perspectives. Transforming Cityscapes, a fascinating show on how architects and urban planners are reinventing the Iberoamerican city landscape, will open at the Art Museum of the Americas, AMA in Washington, just days after the inauguration of TAPAS Spanish Design for Food, our spectacular exhibition on design applied to gastronomy.

In the meantime, SPAIN arts & culture is deeply involved in Transit, a collective project on urban renewal, managed by the city of Baltimore and EUNIC (European Union of National Institutes for Culture). The screening of Hic et Nunc at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum will showcase the most recent political video art from the streets of Spain, while the latest Spanish indie bands will tour the US on the wake of the South by Southwest Festival.

Literature, theater, film, fashion, visual arts and much more will complete a fully loaded program designed with passion and love for your enjoyment both in the US and Canada.

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Highlights //// • design • architecture • urban culture • visual arts • FILM • LITERATURE • MUSIC • PERFORMING ARTS • KIDS

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City Agenda /// • ALBUQUERQUE • ATLANTA • AUSTIN • BALTIMORE • Boston • Chicago • CLEVELAND • Dallas • houston • los angeles • miami • minneapolis • MONTREAL

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• new york • otTawa • philadelphia • PITTSBURGH • portland • SAN DIEGO • SAN JUAN • san francisco • SANTA FE • SAVANNAH • seattle • toronto • vANCOUVER • washington DC

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ARCHITECTURE, VISUAL ARTS, Urban Culture, DESIGN, FILM, KIDS, MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS, LITERATURE From Spain

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Design Houston February – March

El Último Grito

Rice University Art Gallery in Houston has commissioned Spanish design studio El Último Grito to create a new site-specific installation.

El Ultimo Grito, Installation for Abierto Mexicano de Diseño,

When

Through March 16 WHERE

Rice University Art Gallery 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX Info

www.ricegallery.org www.eugstudio.com

Design Miami May – July

Mexico City, 2013

El Último Grito expand upon their approach to design and architecture in which they rely on their hands, bodies, and inexpensive materials to “free” themselves from traditional methods of production. Over the course of a few days, Grito and a team of volunteers covered a lanky, snaking plywood armature in bubble wrap and secured it with packing tape to make an organic, lumpy shape that sprouted legs and a mushroom-like spine. Covered with a decorative “skin” of bright orange and black stickers designed by Grito, the final installation is a wildly patterned, eccentric form existing as functional public seating, contemporary sculpture, and graphic design.

Think with your Hands

Art and technology merge in this interactive exhibition.

When

May 8 – July 3 WHERE

CCEMiami 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL Info

www.ccemiami.org www.spainculture.us

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Think with your hands comprises over a hundred works by the renowned designers Pep Carrió and Isidro Ferrer, including drawings, notebooks, collages and objects. Viewed through the touch-sensitive screen of a mobile device, the artworks multiply their content and get activated by means of 3D animations, augmented reality, videos and audio material.

TAPAS

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Design Washington DC January – March

Spanish Design for Food

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Curated by designer/architect Juli Capella, and organized by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), TAPAS showcases imagination and talent targeting the taste buds, where design and haute cuisine go hand in hand.

The exhibition is divided in three sections: the kitchen, about preparation and utensils; the table, for objects used to sample food; and the meal, on food design, where Spanish chefs, designers, architects, wineries and restaurants reflect upon the last 25 years of Spain’s avant-garde experimental blending of design and food. Tapas is a festival of shapes and materials in the most diverse styles, nourished from a rich store of ingenuity, experimentation and sensuality.

TAPAS. Spanish Design for Food presents a rich panorama of the most recent Spanish design as applied to cuisine.

When

Through March 23 WHERE

Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th Street NW, Washington DC Info

www.spainculture.us www.accioncultural.es

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Architecture New York May

Spanish architects Carmen Espegel, Maria Hurtado de Mendoza, and Iñaqui Carnicero present their work on collective housing at the AIA NY. When

May 29, 6 p.m.

WHERE

Center for Architecture AIA NY Chapter 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY Info

www.aiany.org

Architecture Washington DC April – May

Social Housing in Spain

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This event intends to be the first in a series of international programs highlighting exemplary housing design around the world. For the first program of the series, the Housing Committee of the AIA NY Chapter has invited three leading architects from Spain who are currently teaching in the tri-state area. Carmen Espegel, María Hurtado de Mendoza (estudio.entresitio), and Iñaqui Carnicero will discuss innovative projects that represent Spain’s strong social commitment to housing.

Encounters

Installation created to discover and explore the work of architect Luis Vidal and partners, Marta Cumellas and Oscar Torrejón, over the last 10 years.

Heathrow Terminal 2 exteri or © LHR Airports

When & WHERE

April 10 – May 3 Encounters Exhibition April 30 Presentation and Book Signing with Architect Luis Vidal.

District Architecture Center 421 Seventh Street, NW Washington DC Info

www.luisvidal.com www.aiadc.com www.spainculture.us

Encounters is a meditational space to experience the architectural queries and needs of the 21st Century through the critical eye of architect Luis Vidal. Matters of infrastructure, sustainability, city growth, technology, innovation, and interdisciplinary practice are shown through a “vertical garden” planted by hand in the space.

Viewers will go on a personal journey along the conceptual map of Luis and his collaborators - including Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano and Arup - for an intimate view of the principles that make their brains tick, the values that move them, and the commitment they share. Welcome to the world of one of the most controversial figures of contemporary architecture.

Transforming Cityscapes

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Architecture Washington DC February – March

Winning Entries of the 8th Ibero-American Architecture and Urban Design Biennial

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The 2012 Ibero-American Architecture and Urban Planning Biennial (IAUB) comes to the OAS AMA. The biennial focuses on lifetime achievements, outstanding works of architecture, publications, research projects and ideas presented by architects and architecture students. Every two years, a jury of representatives of each field selects the best projects, comparing and contrasting various architectural and urban design initiatives in the countries that comprise the Ibero-American community. The exhibition includes architectural and urban planning projects, publications, research, proposals and videos from 2009-11.

When

January 30 – March 16 WHERE

AMA | Art Museum of the Americas 201 18th Street, NW Washington DC Info

www.AMAmuseum.org www.spainculture.us

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#Urbanistas Spanish Street Art Becoming Public Art

Mario Suárez Journalist and art curator, who has worked for several magazines and papers of art and culture such as El País, GQ Magazine, Esquire…

He is the author of several books about street art and illustration.

In May 2008 something or possibly everything changed in the street art world. The Tate Modern in London put on the first major exhibition of a movement, which emerged in the 1960s in the United States. ‘Street Art’ was the name of this controversial show where six international artists painted the walls of the museum. Among them was a Spaniard, Sixeart, today known as Sixe Paredes. The exhibition placed urban artists in a different context and enabled young audiences to understand that the visual language of the street also had institutional support. The Spanish presence was significant, and the exhibition was accompanied by a series of art interventions completed by Spanish artists in the neighborhood around the Tate Modern. As Spanish street art went around the world, these artists became more in demand and their work became more photographically reproduced.

Two decades earlier, a movement of graffiti and urban art had arisen in Spain that was unique in the world. By the mid-1980s, when democracy in this country was still a baby, a pictorial energy emerged in the streets of Madrid and spread throughout the world. It was the ‘Indigenous Madrid Graffiti’ also known as ‘Los Flecheros’ (The archers), formed by a number of artists who signed their graffiti with an arrow, and they were associated in the popular mind with the boom of punk music which was happening in Spain. The most representative of this trend was the graffiti artist Muelle, a young boy whose face nobody had

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seen, but who received pages and pages of coverage in the newspapers. A documentary film for national TV was even made about his life. Muelle was considered the first great Spanish graffiti artist, the forerunner of today’s urban art. Muelle shared the European scene in the eighties with other big names like the French artist Blek Le Rat.

In the decade of the nineties, graffiti in Spain had a low presence because of restricting laws, but in the decade beginning in 2000, different crews and artists with important international standing began to appear. One of these pioneering artists who made the move outside of Spain was Suso33, a classic image maker who spent his first years as a graffiti artist with the mythical names from the ending of the eighties. Today he is a veteran creator who works not only on walls, but also with painting and video art, examples of which are in the collection of the Reina Sofia museum.

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Along with Suso33, other Spanish urban artists began to emerge and they were engaged in a natural evolution towards street intervention.

This group created a more aesthetic and conceptual form of art.

The artists were Eltono, a french artist living in Spain, Nano 4814, Spok, 3TTMan, SpY, Borondo, SrX, Remed, Okuda, Sixe Paredes, Uriginal, Btoy, Aryz... Artists who today work with international urban artists such as Banksy or Shepard Fairey (Obey) at festivals of street art or large-format mural interventions.

In the past five years in Spain, a crew of five urban artists called BoaMistura have become important. Step by step, they broke into the street art world. With their project ‘Crossroads’ they made interventions in disadvantaged neighborhoods in countries such as Panama, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, and Algeria, with the firm intention of recovering degraded areas through urban art with the help of the local community. On the walls that BoaMistura paint, they usually present positive messages of love, hope, or solidarity. In 2012, they took over the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, with significant international reaction. BoaMistura and other street artists were also responsible for the work in June 2013 in the Madrid Congress Fair (IFEMA), with the largest Spanish interventions of street art during the Festival of Urban Trends, MULAFEST.

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Also interesting are the interventions of the Spanish artist known as Belin in New York City (Manhattan), between 12th Avenue and 50th Street, made at the end of 2013, as well as the addition of the large murals that the Spanish Illustrator based in London, Ricardo Cavolo, painted in Toronto (Canada) at YUL airport. By mid-2014, the Spanish artist, Escif, will be prominent in the circuit of world street art. He will be the only urban artist from Spain who will participate in one of the most important international events of world street art, the Baltimore Open Walls in the United States.

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Towards Public Art The special nature of urban art to recover street spaces through its own creativity is a gray area between what is thought of as public art and what is thought of as urban art. Currently, there are many Spanish artists working at this frontier who uniquely endeavor to reach the audience in a democratic way. People like Diana Larrea, Santiago Morilla, Itziar Barrio, Jorge Rodríguez Gerada, Marlon de Azambuja, Todo Por la Praxis, among others, are artists who work with urban intervention but take it to the territory of visual art, challenging the viewer and moving the artistic project from the street level to that of museum spaces.

This is not a guerrilla or aesthetic art practice; it is more conceptual with an intellectual discourse that goes beyond the work itself. In this way of working we also find the Spanish artist Juanli Carrión who lives in New York, whose next project ‘Outer Seed Shadow’ will be presented in 2014. This project will take place in the Soho district as a large intervention similar to a community garden made from plants originating from the home countries of the many immigrants who live in the city. At the same time, also in May 2014, the Spanish art collective mmmm…, will take part of the residency project ‘TRANSIT. Creative Placemaking with Europe in Baltimore’, about the urban regeneration of the Highlandtown neighborhood.

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Urban Culture Baltimore March – May

Open Walls Baltimore

Spanish Urban artist Escif participates in the second edition of this international festival of site-specific street art in Baltimore’s Station North neighborhood.

When

March – May TBA WHERE

Station North Arts & Entertainment District Baltimore, MD Info

www.europeinbaltimore.org www.stationnorth.org/projects/ open-walls-baltimore

Urban Culture New York May – December

A public art project in the form of a community garden, artist investigates through florathe diversity of migrant communities and their experience in New York City.

When

May 15 – December 15 WHERE

Duarte Square Thompson St & Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY Info

www.outerseedshadow.org www.spainculturenewyork.org

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Station North Arts & Entertainment District, the first state -designated district in the United States, will host Open Walls Baltimore 2014, an international festival of site- specific street and installation art. Fifteen outstanding artists from across the world, selected by curator Gaia, will create large-scale painted murals and installations on publicly and privately owned buildings.

Outer Seed Shadow #01

A project by artist Juanli Carrión, in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation takes the form of a public art installation. Over the past year Carrión has been carrying out interviews with immigrants living across Manhattan, allowing them to tell their stories of arrival in their own words and symbolically, in the form of plants they’ve selected that best represent themselves and their countries of origin. With the great variety of plants derived from dozens of interviews, the artist has created a 2,000 sq. ft. interactive community garden in the shape of Manhattan installed at Soho’s Duarte Square.

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Urban Culture Baltimore May

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The coalition of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Washington DC is partnering with the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts for the project TRANSIT, a series of events focusing on Baltimore and European perspectives on urban culture and community development funded by the European Union.

One of TRANSIT’s main events will be the residency project by the Spanish art collective mmmm… They will develop a site-specific collaboration with the community of Baltimore’s Highlandtown neighborhood. Previous projects by mmmm… include the Meeting Bowls, a group of large objects shaped like bowls with seating space to accommodate eight people. Located in Times Square, New York, nearly 20,000,000 pedestrians interacted with the installation in eight weeks during 2011.

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When

May TBA WHERE

Highlandtown Baltimore, MD Info

www.europeinbaltimore.org www.creativealliance.org www.mmmm.tv

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Urban Culture New York February – March

Hispanic-American Fashion Culture

Series of events aims to empower the Latin community of New York by sharing successful Latin experiences in the fashion industry.

When & WHERE

February 11 & 25, 7 pm March 11 & 25, 7 pm April 10, 7 pm May 12, 7 pm Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY March 3 & 18 Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Seventh Avenue at 27 St., New York, NY Info

www.nyork.cervantes.es www.fitnyc.edu

Urban Culture New York February

by Marcela GuitĂŠrrez

The project Hispanic-American Fashion Culture aims to empower the Latin community of New York City by sharing successful Latin experiences in the fashion industry. Through this series of events, (illustration, audiovisual, crafts, design) the Instituto Cervantes New York, with the collaboration of The Museum at FIT, intends to become the first platform to encourage contemporary Latin fashion initiatives and support a new generation of professionals.

Programs will engage visitors in conversations with a network of leaders in the Latin fashion world. The series also aims to act as a catalyst for young people by providing a vision of new and inspiring professional pathways.

Branding A City: Barcelona and Fashion

A lively conversation regarding the impact of fashion in the branding of cities.

When

February 11, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE

FIT Fashion Institute of Technology Katie Murphy Amphitheatre 227 W. 27th St., New York, NY Info

www.fitnyc.edu www.spainculturenewyork.org

Desigual

Media expert Gema Requena and a representative from Desigual will explain how fashion Brands will explain how fashion brands can become city ambassadors, projecting the values and characteristics of a town. The speakers will discuss how they have contributed to the dissemination of an image of Barcelona as a fashion oriented metropolis.

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Urban Culture New York June – July

SPAIN FRESH FEST, the 1st Festival of Spanish Emerging Culture in NYC, aims to give visibility to projects connected to Spain via art circuits.

SPAIN FRESH.

SPAIN FRESH FEST is a cultural celebration of emerging culture from Spain in New York City. The program includes more than 20 artists and cultural agents from a variety of disciplines: fine arts, performance, video, music, editorial, digital art and gastronomy among others.

The festival will take place in several venues located in Brooklyn, Queens and Lower Manhattan, from public spaces to art galleries or museums. SPAIN FRESH FEST is curated by Javier Moreno, the first recipient of the artist in residence program from the Spain-USA Foundation.

When

June – July TBA WHERE

Various Locations Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens.

Info

www.spainfreshspace.com www.spainculturenewyork.org www.spainculture.us

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Visual Arts Miami January –March

Esto no es un museo... presents mobile artifacts that function an expanded concept of “a museum”, or as an alternative to it.

When

January 16 – March 7 WHERE

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL Info

www.ccemiami.org www.accioncultural.es

Visual Arts Santa Fe February – March

Travel in time and across the globe to explore Spain’s graphic arts from mid-16th to 19th centuries as seen through the eyes of the British Museum in London.

When

Through March 9 WHERE

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue,Santa Fe, NM Info

www.nmartmuseum.org

THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM...

Doménec Montserrat (Autor)

Esto no es un museo... (This is Not a Museum...) seeks to catalogue and reflect on mobile artifacts that traverse the public space and collide with the conventional museum exhibition. Instead of extending the lineal space on the museum’s walls, these artifacts reformulate the functions of the exhibition to a nomadic form, providing opportunities for direct and self-guided participation.

The project expands the development of the social research and educational experience conceptualized as “a museum” or rather, provides an alternative to it.

Renaissance to Goya

Figures Dancing In A Circle, Francisco de Goya (1746-182

8), c. 1816-24, Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

This exhibition brings together for the first time prints and drawings by Spanish and other European artists working in Spain from the mid 16th to the early 19th century. It provides a compelling overview of more than 200 years of artistic production, including many works which have never before been on display. The New Mexico Museum of Art is the only American venue in this international tour.

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The Experience of Seeing

This exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, offers a fresh assessment of the late period in Miró’s work. The exhibition brings together 51 paintings, drawings and sculptures made in the period between 1963 and 1983 that testify the artist’s playful ingenuity until the very end of his life. Bold and colorful paintings employing his personal visual language alternate with near-abstract compositions.

Although Miró had experimented with sculpture in earlier periods, it is only in the late years that painting and sculpture stand in direct dialogue with each other—a principal feature of this exhibition.

ALTA MODA

by Mario Testino

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The exhibition Alta Moda – literally “high fashion” in Spanish – is a series of photographic portraits of Peruvians wearing traditional and festive attire from the mountainous region of Cusco. It represents a bold departure for Testino from his work for fashion magazines.

Alta Moda by Mario Testino is accompanied by a series of related public programs that will additionally serve to reinforce the Institute’s mission of promoting greater awareness and understanding of the culture of Spain in the United States through a steadfast dedication to advancing scholarship in the humanities and the arts.

Visual Arts Seattle February – May

The Seattle Art Museum is proud to host Miró: The Experience of Seeing, featuring 51 paintings, drawings, and sculptures made between 1963 and 1983.

When

February 13 – May 25 WHERE

Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Ave., Seattle, WA Info

www.seattleartmuseum.org

Visual Arts New York February – March

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, under the chairmanship of Oscar de la Renta presents a series of photographic portraits by acclaimed photographer Mario Testino.

When

Through March 29 WHERE

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute 684 Park Avenue (at 68th Street) Info

www.qssi.org

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Visual Arts Dallas May – August

The first large-scale exhibition of the Kunsthalle’s superb collection of drawings by Spanish masters from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

When

May 25 – August 24 WHERE

Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX Info

www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org

Visual Arts New York May – January 2015

Featuring films by Catalan artist Jordi Colomer alongside works by 25 contemporary artists responding to the remnants of Modernism in Latin America.

When

May 1 – January 11, 2015 WHERE

The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street), Bronx, NY Info

www.bronxmuseum.org

The Spanish Gesture

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spani sh, 1617-1682), Assumption of the brown wash over black chalk. Hambu Virgin, rger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett 1665-70. Pen and brown ink, (38570).

The Kunsthalle of Hamburg holds one of the most significant collections of Spanish drawings found outside of Spain, containing works by Alonso Cano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdés Leal and Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. This is the first exhibition to present the exquisite collection on a large scale, 123 years after they were purchased. As part of the continued collaboration between the Meadows Museum and the Museo Nacional del Prado, the jointly organized exhibition will present around 80 drawings, first in Dallas, then Madrid.

Beyond the Supersquare

Jordi Colomer. Avenida Ixtapaluca (Houses Courtesy: Joost Vanhaerents art collection, for Mexico). Video installation. Master HD. 2009.

Brussels (Belgium).

Beyond the Supersquare brings together a select group of contemporary artists whose insightful work addresses the remnants of the Modern Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The exhibition will feature two video installations by Catalan artist Jordi Colomer, Avenida Ixtapaluca (2009) and Co-Op City (2010), which explore human movement within the urban conditions of the built environment in Mexico City and The Bronx. Works by Leonor Antunes, Alexander Apostol, Felipe Arturo, Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Los Carpinteros, Livia Corona, Fernanda Fragateiro, Carlos Garaicoa, Quisqueya Henriquez, Runo Lagomarsino, Daniela Ortiz, Mauro Restiffe, and Pedro Reyes included.

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El Greco: 400 years

Visual Arts WASHINGTON DC, MONTREAL, OTTAWA March

The United States and Canada celebrate El Greco in their main art museums, respectively supported by the Embassy of Spain.

Washington DC When & WHERE

El Greco (Domen National Galler ikos Theotokopoulos), Saint Ma y of Art, Widen er Collection rtin and the Beggar, 1597-1599 , oil on canvas wit h wooden

March 22, 12 – 4 p.m.

National Gallery of Art West Building Lecture Hall.

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The National Gallery of Art, in coordination with and supported by the Embassy of Spain will hold a symposium to celebrate the art of El Greco in the 400th anniversary of the artist’s death (1541-1614). Spanish scholars Fernando Marías, professor of art history (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-RAH ), and Luis Alberto Pérez, curator, (Museo del Greco), along with an array of international experts, will discuss El Greco’s career focusing on his early years in Greece and Italy and his renowned work completed in the city of Toledo, Spain.

The anniversary of El Greco will also be celebrated in Canada, where professor Fernando Marías will participate in roundtables about the artist at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada.

MONTREAL When & where

May 3 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1380, Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, QC

OTTAWA When & where

April TBA National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON Info

www.nga.gov mbam.qc.ca www.gallery.ca

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Visual Arts New York, Washington DC March, April

Hic et Nunc About democratic paradoxes

Hic et Nunc is a curatorial project presenting a selection of twelve videoart pieces that show how art can function as a symbolic act of resistance to face the amends of our society.

NEW YORK When & where

March 1 – 9 Temp Art Space 7 Walker St, New York, NY March 6 – 9 Moving Image Art Fair New York 269 11th Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets, New York, NY

Washington DC When & WHERE

April 10 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 700 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC Info

www.tempartspace.com www.hirshhorn.si.edu www.spainculturenewyork.org www.spainculture.us

Avelino Sala Autrui, 2011, 7’23’’

Twelve audiovisual works give answers to some social inequalities and political humiliations, providing an interpretation of politics, from the idea of the aristotelic zoón politikón (political animal).

The project aims to reflect on the existing relationship between art and resistance. The context references the most immediate present, putting an emphasis on the need to find the origin of the current political-social slit from the classical theorization of what should be the State.

Hic et Nuc is curated by Imma Priento. The featured artists are Daniel G. Andújar, Eugenio Ampudia, María Cañas, Mateo Maté, Chus García-Fraile, Jordi Colomer, PSJM, Avelino Sala, Marta de Gonzalo y Publio Pérez, Núria Güell, Jorge García, Pelayo Varela.

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Rethinking Spanish Cinema of the Post-Transition

Film New York February – March

Film series with round table exploring overlooked aspects of Spanish cinema from the 1980s.

When

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This cycle of four Spanish films from the 1980s gives New York audiences the chance to watch little known films from the post-transition period. Organized in collaboration with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the cycle culminates with a round table of experts on contemporary Spanish cinema from Madrid and New York.

¡Cine Magnífico!

February 27 – March 1 WHERE

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of NYU 53 Washington Square South New York, NY Info

www.nyu.edu/kjc

Film Albuquerque May

Albuquerque’s Latino Film Festival ¡Cine Magnífico!

By bringing Ibero-American cinema and related outreach programming to Albuquerque, ¡Cine Magnífico! responds to New Mexico’s deep and diverse multicultural heritage. 47.6% of New Mexico residents identified as Hispanic or Latino in 2011, the highest rate of any state. With ¡Cine Magnífico!,New Mexico residents and visitors gain a new, unique way to explore this cultural richness. The festival exhibits contemporary documentaries, shorts, and feature films from Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Latinos in the US.

¡Cine Magnífico! is New Mexico’s only film festival presenting the voice and vision of Latino cinema.

When

May 30 – June 2 WHERE

National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM Info

www.cinemagnifico.com

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Film US & Canada January – April

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

PORTLAND When & where

February 10 – 20 Northwest Film Center 934 SW Salmon St., Portland, OR

MIAMI When & where

February 20 – 25 Coral Gables Art Cinema 260 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables, FL

VANCOUVER When & WHERE

February 21 – 27 Vancity Theatre 1181 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC

CHICAGO When & WHERE

March 1 – 30 Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N State St., Chicago, IL

TORONTO When & WHERE

February 26 – March 26 The Royal 608 College St., Toronto, ON

Washington DC When & WHERE

April 3 – 6 AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD Info

www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us www.spainculture.ca

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The Festival of New Spanish Cinema is six years old and it remains as young and fresh as ever, with a bevy of new talents that, against considerable economic odds, still manages to produce sharply-observed engaging works that stretch across every cinematic genre. See your favorite actors in romantic comedies, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, thoughtful dramas an eye-catching documentary that flirts with fiction. Come and join us in celebrating Spanish film creativity!

A Thousand Forests in One Acorn

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Literature New York May

An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction

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Edited by Valerie Miles, Mil bosques en una bellota (A Thousand Forests in One Acorn) (Open Letter, 2014) compiles the work of twenty-eight celebrated and influential fiction writers in Spanish language from the second half of the 20th century. The book also includes interviews by Valerie Miles, in which the writers chat about their choosing for the anthology, their influences during their career, and their professional goals. The anthology featuresworks by Mario Vargas Llosa, Javier Marías, Ana María Matute, Enrique Vila-Matas, Carlos Fuentes, and Juan Goytisolo among others.

On the occasion the publication of the English version, Open Letter Books, in collaboration with the Spain-USA Foundation, is organizing a series of events with some of the featured authors during Book expo America in New York and other cities.

The most influential Spanish-language writers of the second half of the 20th found in one extraordinary literary collection.

When

May 29 – 31 WHERE

BookExpo America (BEA) at the Javits Center 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY Info

www.bookexpoamerica.com www.openletterbooks.org www.spainculture.us

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Visual Arts New York February

The winner of the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 2013 speaks with Carlos Cruz-Diez about the artist’s unknown photographs in black and white.

When

February 4, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE

Americas Society 680 Park Avenue (at 68th Street), New York, NY

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Carlos Cruz-Diez, La Burriquita, El Silencio, Caracas, Venezuela, 1952. Image courtesy Image courtesy of the Antonio Muñoz Molina

of the artist.

Considered one of the most prominent contemporary Spanish writers, Antonio Muñoz Molina and exhibition curator Gabriela Rangel will speak at Americas Society with artist Carlos Cruz-Diez about his unknown photographs in black and white of vernacular culture and folklore rituals in his native Venezuela. Cruz-Diez will participate in the conversation via videoconference.

Info

This panel discussion will be held as part of Within the Light Trap: Cruz-Diez in Black and White, an exhibition that gathers a condensed body of photography made by the artist since the 1940s.

Literature Montreal April – May

Eduardo Lago

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Spanish writer will meet with his Canadian readers at the Blue Metropolis Festival.

When

April 29 – May 4 WHERE

Montreal. Various venues TBC Info

www.bluemetropolis.org www.spainculture.ca

Eduardo Lago. Photo by Malpaso

Spanish writer Eduardo Lago (Madrid, 1987) visits Montreal to participate in the International literary festival Blue Montreal.

Lago is a novelist, a translator, and literary critic. He teaches at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence College, and was the director of the Cervantes Institute in New York from 2006 to 2011.

His novel Llámame Brooklyn (Call me Brooklyn) won Premio Nadal, Spain’s oldest and most prestigious literary award, in 2006. Other titles are Cuaderno de México (Mexican Notebook), Cuentos Dispersos (Scattered Tales), Ladrón de mapas (Map Thief) and Siempre supe que volvería a verte, Aurora Lee.

Poetas por Km2 Poetic festival

Jaime Largo & Xavier Olmos

Poetry readings, poetry slam, humor, music and performance shape Poetas Por Km², a festival that fosters alternative ways of poetic expressions. This project arrives to New York for the first time after nine iterations in Spain, featuring the finest contemporary samples of literary creativity from both sides of the ocean. An inter-generational celebration of poetry as a craft, Poetas Por Km² brings from Spain Accidents Polipoètics, Ajo, Eduard Escoffet, Javier Gallego Crudo, Josep Pedrals, María Salgado, Peru Saizprez and Sole Parody, who will share the stage with American poets such as Urayoán Noel, John Giorno, Edwin Torres and Robert Fitterman.

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Literature New York May

Poetas por Km² is not a poetry festival, it’s rather a poetic festival.

This is the premise of one of the most ambitious projects of the literary landscape in Madrid.

When & WHERE

May 15 – 16 Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus New York, NY May 18 – 19 Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY TBA Instituto Cervantes New York 211 E 49th St., New York, NY Info

www.poeticofestival.es www.spainculturenewyork.org

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Aside from the well known and established industry of festivals, alternative music flourishes in Spain through the D.I.Y culture.

Pitchfork critic Jean Pelly draws a rich panorama of the bands to watch in 2014 in the Spanish indie scene.

Electronic sounds and dance floors currently dominate the idea of Spanish music in America, thanks to the international success of a few acts: the breezy dance-pop band Delorean, the rhythmic, blissed-out El Guincho, and most of all the dance producer John Talabot (who also runs a local label, Hivern Discs). But across the ocean, rock dreams still prevail—from indie and electronic pop to hardcore punk and experimental music, there are countless groups coalescing in various underground scenes, using scrappy guitars, analog tools, and simple melodies. Young labels like Famèlic, Canada, and La Castanya are at the heart of this. Along with the major Spanish festivals like Primavera Sound and Sónar Festival have come smaller homebred micro-festivals. In the face of economic crisis and Barcelona’s tourist playground, the new breed of Spanish D.I.Y. has created a culture they can control.

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Son Bou by Dani Canto

Visiting Spain in 2012, I was often recommended the fledgling punk label Famèlic, run in part by the angular, hyperactive punk band Furguson. The music surged with a youthful energy that was undeniable. Formed in 2011, Famèlic was inspired by the lawless spirit of the hardcore scene in their native Vic. Famèlic now books a grassroots festival in Vic, Festival Hoteler, thrown at a friend’s hotel. I was unsurprised to learn that a great Famèlic band will be traveling to SXSW: Univers, a jangling indie pop group with deadpan vocals and the mechanized thud of a retro Phil Spector act, but sung in Catalan. Their LP comes out in March following an immersive 2012 EP.

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MUSIC The new breed of Spanish D.I.Y

SVPER soundcloud.com/svper Formerly known as Pegasvs, this poised, darkly-shaded electronic pop band experiments with analog synths and smart, obscure influences like electronic provocateurs Psychic TV and Italian New Wave star Franco Battiato. On their excellent 2012 self-titled LP, the Barcelona duo of Sergio Pérez García and Luciana della Villa fused drum machines, krautrock flourishes, and dissonant synth noise with aerodynamic sing-song hooks.

There is a romance to their mood-heavy Spanish-sung sound, which juxtaposes images of the sea and fields with their comparatively industrial approach.

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Luciana says the financial crisis has lead to the scene becoming more transient—shops and venues open and close, artists come and go. “The economic crisis is felt in all the country and in the music scene too,” she says. “A few years ago people used to go to every show they liked, but now you have to choose because maybe you can’t afford everything.” The sense of movement can have positive effects, too.

Svper is at work on their next LP, to be released in 2014, and they’re headed to Austin for the SXSW festival in March. Fans of Svper should hear the widescreen dream pop of electronic duo Desert, who are also bound for SXSW, as well as the more experimental duo ·Y·, who make noirish minimal music inspired by coldwave, early industrial, and eery film soundtracks.

SON BOU sonbou.bandcamp.com Indie pop, the noisy lo-fi kind that was first popular through labels like Slumberland in the 90s, is huge in Spain. The Barcelona garage trio Son Bou work from this tradition of reverb-laden twee while honing their own approach—heavy on guitar fuzz with featherlight vocals and sharp melodies. It was a strong enough sound to help spawn the existence of their small label, Hao Discos.

According to co-founder Maria Elisa Gomez, she and her friend Nacho started the label in 2012 to put out Son Bou’s 7” vinyl EP.

Gomez calls it an exciting time for independent music in Spain— a wave of new energy that began around 2012. From the outside, the Barcelona scene can seem disjointed, with separate electronic, indie rock, and punk interests. But Gomez says these scenes are overlapping more in 2014, resulting in expanded audiences and cross-pollination. Genre restrictions are more often dismissed, which Gomez says is evident in bands like Ciudad Lineal, El Último Vecino, Y, Sect, Antiguo Régimen, and Wind Atlas. When I ask about labels similar to Hao Discos, Gomez mentions Boston Pizza and Discos Humeantes, labels she looks up to “not only in terms of the music but also their way of doing things.”

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More U.S. favorite Spanish bands that you should know about…

El Guincho www.elguincho.com Delorean www.dlrn.net John Talabot www.soundcloud.com/ john-talabot Pional www.soundcloud.com/pional Los Planetas www.losplanetas.es

BELGRADO belgrado.bandcamp.com Belgrado is not the kind of Barcelona band you’re going to catch playing an early slot at Primavera. In fact, you’re not going to see this driving black-and-studs post-punk group anywhere unless you know how to locate the squats and youth houses. Should you track them down, the hyper-underground Belgrado typically don’t charge money for their shows—a testament to the fiercely independent, anarchist spirit of their music. “We do it for beer,” the guitarist, Fergu, tells me about their approach to gigging. “DIY!!!”

Beginning in 2010, Belgrado have released two of the better Spanish LPs I’ve heard—2011’s Belgrado and 2013’s Siglo XXI have a palpable goth streak, drawing influence from 1980s coldwave. The catchy 2011 single “Clockwise” is a highlight of their catalogue, as are the Siglo songs sung in frontwoman Patricia’s native tongue (she was born in Poland). Belgrado will tour the U.S. in April surrounding an appearance at the New York City punk festival New York’s Alright, which will also feature a set by the excellent Spanish post-punk band SECT, in which Patricia drums. SECT’s song titles like “Masters and Slaves” and “Police repression” articulate their roots in UK anarcho-punk; their 2012 self-titled album from Discos Enfermos is a must-hear for those intrigued by Spanish punk.

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But Una Bestia Incontrable, a psychedelic Catalan-sung hardcore hybrid, took the spot as the best active band from this scene with the release of their 2013 debut LP, Observant com el Món es destrueix.

SXSW 2014

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Music Austin March

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South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference is the world’s leading event of the music industry. During the day, SXSW offers attendees the opportunity to explore the future of the music industry at panels, talks, the Trade Show, Music gear expo and other conference activities at the Austin convention Center.

At night, SXSW showcases an amazing array of musical performances from over 2,200 regional, national and international bands. Every year SXSW festival goers gather around inside Red River’s own Red Eyed Fly for a night of amazing acts from Spain. Sounds from Spain will bring forth a lineup of native favorites to nationally renowned talent.

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Spanish bands Arizona Baby, Lori Meyers, Betunitzer, Kiko Veneno, and Soledad Vélez showcase in SXSW 28th edition.

When

March 7 – 16 WHERE

Festival SXSW 500 E Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX Info

www.sxsw.com www.spainculture.us

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Music Chicago, New York March

FUEL FANDANGO LIVE SHOW

Fuel Fandango is a band that combines the strength of rock, the energy of dance music, the spirit of flamenco, and the accessibility of pop When & WHERE

March 15 Castle Club 632 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL March 22 Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette St., New York, NY Info

www.castlechicago.com www.fuelfandango.com www.joespub.com

Music Washington DC, New York May

Electric beats join hypnotic melodies in Le Parody’s music, bursting in a controlled explosion of sounds and references difficult to classify.

When & WHERE

May 16 Tropicalia 2001 14th St NW, Washington DC May 18 Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY Info

www.tropicaliadc.com www.forwarddc.com www.spainculture.us

Fuel Fandango

Nita and Ale Costa are Fuel Fandango. Music partners since 2009, they combine Nita’s background in flamenco and copla with Ale’s expertise in dance music. Driven by their passion for innovation, Nita and Ale will tour across the US. Don’t miss their unique style, a blend of groovy electronic beats with a flamenco feel and the energy of rock and roll.

Le Parody.

FOLKTRONIC

Victor Garrido

Dial your lover’s number in a rotary phone. Dance in the cyberpunk future. Black and white movies. Scent of the Pacific and color of the Mediterranean. What best defines Le Parody is that it’s almost impossible to define. Andalusian Sole Parody provides the name (stressed on the next-to-last syllable, unlike the English word), and acts as the loop composer, ukulele player and voice. Cuban Frank Santiuste’s trumpet contributes to the tempered, enveloping harmony of this very personal project. Their interest in poetry and their exploration of electronic sounds, takes Le Parody to perform in the electronic music festival Forward 2014 in Washington DC, and in the poetry festival Poetas por Km2 in New York.

Juan Perro

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Music U.S. Tour March

El ritmo perdido Washington DC When & where

March 3, 6 p.m.

Howard Theater 620 T Street, NW, Washington DC

NEW YORK When & where

March 4 Instituto Cervantes New York March 5, 7:30 p.m.

Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY

BOSTON When & WHERE

March 10 Observatorio de la lengua y las culturas hispánicas en los EE.UU. Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

Harvard University 2, Arrow Street 4th fl. chr #430 Cambridge, MA

CHICAGO When & WHERE

March 8 Instituto Cervantes Chicago 31W Ohio St., Chicago, IL

AUSTIN Pending

After fronting the legendary band Radio Futura during the 80s, Juan Perro launched a very successful solo career and emerged as a true role model for a new generation of up and coming singers and songwriters in his native Spain. His new book, El Ritmo Perdido, studies the contribution of black culture to Spanish music. In his work, the writer explores Spanish popular lyrics and expands over the different genres, rhythms and themes that have marked his musical career. Juan Perro will present both his book and his music in a unique tour of concerts and presentations across the US.

When & WHERE

March 11 & 12 Festival SXSW Music Fest Day Stage, Austin, TX

OTHER CITIES When & WHERE

March 17 – 29 El Paso, Phoenix, Tucson, Los Ángeles TBA Info

www.lahuellasonora.com www.spainculture.us

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Music New York February

In their Music of the Americas debut the ensemble will perform vocal and instrumental music written in the Americas during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

When

February 27 WHERE

Hispanic Society of America Audubon Terrace, Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets, New York, NY Info

www.as-coa.org

Music Seattle February

Musica Ficta

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Founded in 1992, Musica Ficta is one of Spain’s leading early music groups. The program includes pieces by musicians active in the Americas, such as Juan de Araujo, Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, and Tomás de Torrejón; peninsular musicians whose work was widely disseminated in the New World, such as Alonso Lobo and Francisco Guerrero; as well as anonymous music in Nahuatl and Quechua. Musica Ficta´s conductor Raúl Mallavibarrena, born in Oviedo, started his musical studies with his father and later studied guitar with Carmen Ross in the Conservatorio Superior of Madrid. He began his career as conductor at age of 17, specializing in Renaissance and baroque music.

Hesperion XXI: Folias Antiguas y Criollas

From the Ancient World to the New World Jordi Savall, photo credit David Ignaszewski When

February 28, 8 p.m.

WHERE

Town Hall Seattle 1119 Eighth Ave (at Seneca Street) Seattle, WA Info

www.earlymusicguild.org

Jordi Savall and his famous ensemble combine forces with the Mexican folklore ensemble Tembembe Ensamble Continuo to present Folias Antiguas y Criollas: From the Ancient World to the New World. Special guest harpist Andrew Lawrence King joins the ensemble of seven, with works by Diego Ortiz, Pedro Guerrero Moresca, Código Trujillo, and Colonial and folk music from all over South America.

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FESTIVAL CASALS. TRÍO ARBÓS

Music San Juan March

Prestigious chamber band Trío Arbos performs with the Puerto Rican clarinetist George Morales in the famous Festival Casals of Puerto Rico.

Trio Arbós

Trío Arbós is one of the most important chamber bands of the Spanish music scene. Their repertoire ranges from masterpieces of classicism and romanticism to the music of our times. This time they will perform with the Puerto Rican clarinetist George Morales, and they will feature a diverse program including music from composers such as Béla Bartók, Joaquín Turina, Enrique Fernández and Maurice Ravel.

Sorolla and America: A Musical Salute to the Exhibition

When

March 13 WHERE

Sala Sinfónica Pablo Casals Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré Ponce de León Ave. #22, San Juan, PR Info

www.festcasalspr.gobierno.pr

Music Dallas April

Presented by the Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation, pianist Marta Espinós will perform a selection of Spanish music in a program inspired by the spirit and content of the Sorolla exhibition.

Pianist Marta Espinós

The Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation is proud to present a performance by Spanish Pianist Marta Espinós. Inspired by the spirit and themes of the pieces in Sorolla and America, Espinós created a program of musical pieces by Spanish composers who were contemporaries of painter Joaquín Sorolla. The musical program reflects the spirit and themes found throughout the exhibition including the sea, children playing on the beach, and landscapes.

When

April 16 WHERE

Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX Info

www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org www.achucarrofoundation.org

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Performing Arts U.S. TOUR March

Flamenco Festival “One of the year’s biggest dance events in New York City” The New York Times

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FEATURING: GALA FLAMENCA: ANTONIO CANALES, CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ, KARIME AMAYA, JESÚS CARMONA One of the greatest flamenco masters, Antonio Canales, will be joined by Carlos Rodríguez, known for his bold mix of contemporary dance and traditional flamenco; the riveting Karime Amaya, who has earned praise following in the footsteps of her great-aunt, the legendary Carmen Amaya; and the young sensation hailed as the future of flamenco, Jesús Carmona.

When & where

February 26 / Gainesville, FL February 27 & 28 / Miami, FL March 2 / Philadelphia, PA March 4 / Washington DC March 6 & 7 / New York March 8 & 9 / Boston, MA March 13 / San Diego, CA March 14 / Northridge, CA

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Flamenco Festival 2014 celebrates its twelfth year in New York featuring over 80 dancers, vocalists and guitarists direct from Spain in a mesmerizing display ranging from Flamenco Puro to contemporary innovations. The tour continues through the US with passion, drama and lighting footwork in a two-week celebration of flamenco. The series entitled BEYOND FLAMENCO will bring some of the country’s most creative and charismatic new generation of artists.

BALLET FLAMENCO EVA YERBABUENA / AY! / LLUVIA Enthralling audiences with her explosive footwork, graceful movement, and innovative choreography for more than 15 years, but mostly appreciated for her duende, the soulfulness and emotional depth that is the hallmark of great flamenco dancers.

When & where

AY! March 8, Lluvia March 9 / New York

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ESTRELLA MORENTE / AUTORRETRATO (SELF PORTRAIT) Estrella Morente has dazzled audiences and critics alike with her compelling performances of flamenco and popular Spanish songs that brings a fresh approach to the Andalusian tradition.

COMPAÑÍA ROCÍO MOLINA / AFECTOS At the forefront of modern flamenco, with her unique blend of Flamenco, classical bolero, and traditional popular dance.

When & where

March 20, 21 & 22 / New York

ISRAEL GALVÁN / LA CURVA

Featuring the famous Spanish flamenco cantaora Rocío Bazán and New York’s Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Free pre-concert presentation with Antonio Muñoz Molina, Igal Perry, and Angel Gil-Ordóñez.

When & where

March 22 & 23 / New York, NY

When & where

March 4 / Chicago, Il March 6 / Miami, FL March 8 / New York March 11 / Toronto, Canada March 12 / Cleveland, OH March 14 / Berkeley, CA March 15 / Sonoma, CA March 16 / Los Angeles, CA March 19 / Rockville, MD March 21 / Savannah, GA

FALLA AND FLAMENCO / EL AMOR BRUJO

BEYOND FLAMENCO

ROCÍO BAZÁN / FLAMENCO RECITAL

This program will introduce Americans to a new generation of musicians that embrace flamenco’s roots while re-inventing them, each in their own unique style, updating Spanish music for the 21st century.

One of the finest new flamenco singers will present an extraordinary recital of traditional flamenco.

When & where

Marzo, 17 / New York, NY

ROSARIO TOLEDO / PINTORESCA

This explosive young dancer presents a tour-de-force exploration of her path to flamenco.

INFO

For venues, hours, other events, classes & workshops visit: www.flamencofestival.org

When & where

A flamenco maverick revered for his brilliant footwork and intriguing contemporary choreography deeply rooted in traditional flamenco.

When & where

March 13 & 14 / New York

March 13 / New York, NY

SONIA OLLA

Established in New York, Ms. Olla will join forces with singer Ismael de la Rosa for an evening of dynamic flamenco.

When & where

TOMATITO / AN EVENING OF FLAMENCO Multiple Latin Grammy winner considered the finest guitarist of his generation. Tomatito thrillingly blends traditional flamenco and jazz in his music.

When & where

March 6 / Austin, TX March 8 / Miami, FL March 11 / Irvine, CA March 12 / San Francisco, CA March 14 / Cleveland, OH March 15 / New York March16 / Boston, MA March 18 / Washington DC March 20 / Savannah, GA March 22 / San Juan (Puerto Rico)

March 20 / New York, NY

AARON DIEHL & DANI DE MORÓN / FLAMENCO MEETS JAZZ

A creative collaboration that showcases two extraordinary instrumentalists from beloved musical traditions of Spain and the United States.

When & where

March 14 – 16 / New York, NY March 19 – 21 / Savannah, GA

SILVIA PÉREZ CRUZ

Captivating singer and performer; Cruz is a winner of both a Goya Award – Spain’s most prestigious film awards – for best original song in acclaimed film Blancanieves.

When & where

Marzo 22 / New York, NY

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Performing arts CANADA TOUR March

Israel Galván La Edad de Oro

Israel Galván is a genius of gesture, a maverick known for his spellbinding 21st-century flamenco.

Ottawa When & WHERE

March 18 National Arts Centre 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON

Vancouver When & WHERE

March 22 – 23 Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC

TORONTO When & WHERE

March 29 TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. Koerner Hall 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON

Jaime Largo & Xavier Olmos

MONTREAL When & WHERE

March 30 Place des Arts – Théâtre Maisonneuve 175, Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest Montréal, QC Info

www.nac-cna.ca/en/ www.rcmusic.ca/venues/koerner-hall www.vidf.ca

Famous for his power, precision and fast, brilliantly complicated footwork, Galván stuns and astonishes.With deep knowledge of classical flamenco, Galván presents a new pared-back aesthetic of his own invention--a new alphabet of the human body. Bessie Award-winning La Edad de Oro strips flamenco to its bare essence, sculpting a form steeped in tradition and intoxicated by the moment. Galván is joined by David Lagos (vocalist) and Alfredo Lagos (guitar).

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Coldwater

Performing Arts Los Angeles January – March

A new play by Mar Gómez Glez at Son of Semele Company Creation Festival

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Paul is an academic-turned-taxi driver, trying to reconnect with society through the relationships that cycle in and out of his cab. Anne is an Ob/Gyn still haunted by her transcendental experiences in Afghanistan. Damon is a green beret confronted with a crack in his reality. The three trajectories intertwine and merge as they drive towards Coldwater Canyon. This thought-provoking play teases out the surreal in our lives, while delivering a macabre, mordant, and mystifying story.

Medea’s Got Some Issues

A cab driver, a doctor, and a green beret face the disintegration of their realities one evening in Coldwater Canyon. Will they reconstruct their place in the cosmos?

When

January 15 – March 2 WHERE

3301 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA Info

www.sonofsemele.org bluecubetheater.wordpress.com

Performing Arts Washington DC July

Capital Fringe Festival

Joshua Morgan & Lisa Hodsoll © No Rules Theatre Company

Medea’s Got Some Issues is the English version of the hit parody from Spain. More than 2,400 years after the premiere of the original Medea, playwright Emilio Williams presents the mitigating and sordid factors surrounding her infamous case, from the sexual haste of her husband, Jason, to the misogynistic and xenophobic environment of classical Corinth. This production is a co-presentation by No Rules Theatre Company and SPAIN arts & culture. Joshua Morgan directs.

The show stars No Rules company member Lisa Hodsoll, who delivered a standout portrayal of Medea at the fall 2013 “New Plays From Spain” reading series in Washington DC.

An irreverent and madcap dark comedy inspired by the classic tragedy, Medea’s Got Some Issues is the English version of the hit parody from Spain.

When

July 10 – 27 WHERE

Capital Fringe Festival Venue TBA Info

www.NoRulesTheatre.org www.capitalfringe.org/ www.spainculture.us

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Performing Arts Miami February – August

Microtheater Miami

Microteatro Miami is a theatrical concept consisting of 15-minute plays for 15 spectators, which are performed in shipping containers.

Por Ellos When

January 23 – February 23

Porque me quejo When

February 27 – March 30

Where

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL Info

www.ccemiami.org www.microtheatermiami.com

Performing Arts San Juan February

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Microteatro (Microtheater) is an innovative theatrical experience consisting of fifteen minute small plays performed for a maximum audience of 15 people inside a shipping container. All the plays are written and performed in Spanish.

Circo Fest 2014

Located in the Old San Juan City and the municipalities of Mayagúez, Ponce, Caguas and Vieques, Circo Fest 2014 seeks to encourage the presence of street performing arts.

When

February 13 – 22 WHERE

San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Ponce, Caguas and Vieques Info

www.circofestpr.com

This is the premiere of the International Circus and Street Performing Arts Festival in Puerto Rico. The festival will takes the streets of the island with engaging performances and workshops through several municipalities.

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Kids Washington DC March – April

Platero y yo

A bilingual presentation of a poignant classic by Juan Ramón Jiménez, one of the greatest writers of modern Spanish literature.

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A theatrical adaptation of the Spanish classic for children. A young poet and his little donkey Platero deepen their friendship as they adventure through their enchanting Andalusian village through changing seasons, encountering local children, eccentrics, and gypsies.

Guyi Guyi by Periferia Puppet Theatre

When

March 24 – April 5 WHERE

GALA Theatre 3333 14th Street, NW, Washington DC Info

www.galatheatre.org

Kids Atlanta, Miami July

Acclaimed Spanish puppetry company Periferia Teatro de Títeres perform Guyi-Guyi, The Ugly Duckling, about a crocodile born into a family of ducks.

MIAMI When & WHERE

July 19 Key Biscayne Community Center Village Green Way Key Biscayne, FL July 20 Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus 627 SW 27th Ave., Miami, FL

Acclaimed Spanish puppetry company Periferia Teatro de Títeres perform Guyi-Guyi, about a crocodile accidentally born into a family of ducks. Upon learning he is not like the others, our hero goes through various difficulties to become himself. Through play and humor Guyi-Guyi explores the fear of not fitting in and what happens when others see you differently. Based on the children’s book by Taiwanese author Chih-Yuan Chen, Guyi-Guyi is a new take on the classic story “Ugly Duckling.”

ATLANTA When & WHERE

July 22 – August 3 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, GA Info

www.puppet.org www.teatroavante.com www.periferiateatro.com

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25th

anniversary

For 25 years Taberna del Alabardero has served the best, most authentic Spanish cuisine to Washingtonians in an atmosphere of ambience and elegance. As we proudly celebrate our 25th anniversary this March, we invite our patrons to be delightfully reminded why we have been classified by Zagat as the “RollsRoyce of Spanish” restaurants in the nation’s capital. Our commitment to continuously innovating the Spanish traditional food combines with the best staff eager to welcome you into a fresh, savory contemporary, romantic, business and memorable experience.

1776 I Street NW (Entrance: 18th Street between H and I) Washington DC 20006 (202) 429 2200 facebook.com/ Taberna.Alabardero.Washington twitter.com/ChefTaberna_DC

www.alabardero.com

CITY AGENDA: CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA FILLED WITH CULTURE From Spain

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CITY AGENDA

ALBUQUERQUE

More information and updates at: www.spainculture.us www.spainculture.ca

V Visual Arts

F Film

F Film

Testimonies of War

Experiments in Cinema Festival

¡Cine Magnífico!

A photography exhibition to understand why the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920 is among the world’s most visually documented revolutions.

When

January 30 – March 31 Where

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM info

www.albuquerque.cervantes.es

F Film

Mexican Revolution Film series The series is part of the year-round celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Mexican Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution.

Enamorada When

February 12

El Compadre Mendoza When

February 26

Ora sí ¡Tenemos que ganar!

When

March 13

De todo modos Juan te llamas When

March 27

Experiments in Cinema bring to Albuquerque audiences a dynamic program of contemporary moving image art from a variety of Spanish speaking countries.

This year there is a slight focus on Spain with the program created by Spanish curator and film director Antoni Pinent.

When

April 14 – April 20 Where

¡Cine Magnífico! is New Mexico’s only film festival presenting the voice and vision of Latino cinema.

When

May 30 – June 2 Where

National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM info

www.cinemagnifico.com

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM info

www.albuquerque.cervantes.es

M L Music / Literature

Festival Cervantes.

Writing Art A café, a brewery or the City of Albuquerque itself will turn into a temporary creative space in which the public will be encouraged to play an active role.

When

April 25 – 26 Where

Marble Brewery 111 Marble Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM info

www.albuquerque.cervantes.es

ATLANTA K Kids

Guyi Guyi by Periferia Puppet Theatre Acclaimed Spanish puppetry company Periferia Teatro de Títeres performs Guyi-Guyi, The Ugly Duckling, about a crocodile born into a family of ducks.

Through play and humor Guyi-Guyi explores the fear of not fitting in and what happens when others see you differently.

When

July 22 – August 3 Where

Where

Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, GA

info

www.puppet.org www.periferiateatro.com

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM www.albuquerque.cervantes.es

info

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CITY AGENDA

AUSTIN

BALTIMORE

BOSTON

P Performing Arts

U Urban Culture

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO

TRANSIT. Creative Placemaking with Europe in Baltimore

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona

Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

When

Public art intervention by Spanish collective mmmm…. In the Highlandtown neighborhood.

Where

May TBA

info

Highlandtown Baltimore, MD

March 6, 8:00 p.m.

The Long Center 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin, TX www.flamencofestival.org

SXSW 2014: SOUNDS FROM SPAIN Spanish bands Lori Meyers, Betunitzer, Kiko Veneno, Arizona Baby, Soledad Vélez, and Juan Perro showcase in SXSW 28th edition.

When

March 7 – 16

info

March 8, 8 p.m.

March 9, 3 p.m.

U Urban Culture

Spanish Urban artist Escif participates in the second edition of this international festival of site-specific street art in Baltimore’s Station North neighborhood.

When

Festival SXSW 500 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX info

www.sxsw.com www.spainculture.us

Festival

When

Where

Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Av.,Boston, MA info

www.flamencofestival.org

Open Walls Baltimore

May TBA

Where

ts in Cinema

Where

A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK

www.europeinbaltimore.org www.mmmm.tv

M Music

Experimen

When

Where

Station North Arts & Entertainment District Baltimore, MD info

www.europeinbaltimore.org www.stationnorth.org/projects/openwalls-baltimore

M L Music / Literature

Juan Perro.

El ritmo perdido Conferences and concerts based in the book “El ritmo perdido” by Santiago Auserón (Juan Perro).

When

March 10 Where

Observatorio de la lengua y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos Faculty of Arts & Sciences Harvard University info

www.lahuellasonora.com www.spainculture.us

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CITY AGENDA

CHICAGO

More information and updates at: www.spainculture.us www.spainculture.ca

P Performing Arts

F Film

M Music

Soul of Flamenco National Tour

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

FUEL FANDANGO LIVE SHOW

Flamenco Vivo brings an exciting evening of flamenco to the stage featuring accomplished artists from the U.S. and Spain.

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

Fuel Fandago is the band combining the forcefulness of rock, the energy of dance music, the spirit of flamenco, and the accessibility of pop.

When

March 30 Where

Pick - Staiger Concert Hall - Northwestern University 50 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL info

www.pickstaiger.org

When

March 1 – 30

“As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times When

March 4, 8 p.m.

Where

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL info

www.flamencofestival.org

Where

Where

Castle Club 632 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL

info

www.castlechicago.com www.fuelfandango.com

Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N State St., Chicago, IL www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE

When

March 15

info

L Literature M L Music / Literature

Juan Perro.

El ritmo perdido Conferences and concerts based in the book “El ritmo perdido” by Santiago Auserón (Juan Perro).

When

March 8 Where

Instituto Cervantes Chicago 31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL info

www.lahuellasonora.com www.spainculture.us

POESIA EN ABRIL 2014 In collaboration with the Poetry Foundation, Contratiempo and De Paul University, the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago presents the 6th edition of Poesía en abril, a multicultural and multidisciplinary festival of poetry “en español”.

When

April 24 – 26 Where

Various venues info

poetryinapril.wordpress.com

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CITY AGENDA

CLEVELAND

dallas

P Performing Arts

M Music

V Visual Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE

Sorolla and America: A Musical Salute to the Exhibition

The Spanish Gesture: Drawings From Murillo to Goya in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg

“As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times

Pianist Marta Espinós will perform a selection of Spanish music in a program inspired by the spirit and content of the Sorolla exhibition.

When

March 12, 7:30 p.m.

Where

The Cleveland Museum Of Arts, Gartner Auditorium 11150 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, OH info

www.flamencofestival.org

When

The first large-scale exhibition of the Kunsthalle’s superb collection of drawings by Spanish masters from the 16th to the 18th centuries.

Where

May 25 – August 24

info

Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX

April 16 Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org

When

Where

info

www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org

P Performing Arts

V Visual Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO

Sorolla and America

Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

When

March 14, 7:30 p.m.

Where

The Cleveland Museum Of Arts, Gartner Auditorium 11150 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, OH info

More than one hundred paintings and drawings demonstrating the massive American success of Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923).

When

through April 19 Where

Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX info

www.meadowsmuseumdallas.org

www.flamencofestival.org Sorolla and America

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CITY AGENDA

HOUSTON

LOS ANGELES

D Design

V Visual Arts

V Visual Arts

El Último Grito: New Installation

Elena Bajo

LATINO/US Cotidiano

At 18th Street Arts Center, Elena Bajo develops site-specific work confronting ideas of space under conditions of chance and contingency.

A national traveling exhibition and photobook visualizing, through twelve of the most talented photographic voices working internationally, the U.S. Latino experience today.

Rice University Art Gallery in Houston has commissioned Spanish design studio, El Último Grito to create a new sitespecific installation.

When

February – March Where

Rice University Art Gallery 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX info

www.ricegallery.org www.eugstudio.com

When

January 13 – March 28 Where

18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA info

www.18thstreet.org

P Performing Arts

Coldwater A new play by Mar Gómez Glez at Son of Semele Company Creation Festival.

When

January 15 – March 2 Where

3301 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

When

Through February 23 Where

Museum Of Latin American Art (MOLAA) 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, CA info

www.molaa.org

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

When

March 11, 8 p.m.

Where

info

www.sonofsemele.org

Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA info

www.flamencofestival.org

/US

INO

LAT

iano

Cotid

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P Performing Arts

P Performing Arts

P Performing Arts

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona

The Four Little Girls

Golden Tongues II

In a garden of enchantment, four young girls, who through their games, that are both fresh and malicious, evoke our adult lives of love and death.

A festival of adaptations of Spanish Golden Age plays by LA playwrights.

When

April – May

“A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK When

March 14, 8 p.m.

Where

Valley Performing Arts Center 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA info

www.flamencofestival.org

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE

Where

Promenade Playhouse 1404 Third Street Promenade Santa Monica, CA

When

March 19, 8 p.m.

Where

Center For The Art Of Performance At UCLA, Royce Hall 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA info

www.flamencofestival.org

Where

University of California Los Angeles William A. Clark Memorial Library 2520 Cimarron St., Los Angeles, CA info

www.c1718cs.ucla.edu

info

www.theatreapicasso.com www.promenadeplayhouse.com

V Visual Arts

Patricia Fernández

MIAMI V Visual Arts

As Artist Lab Resident, Patricia Fernandez continues her ongoing reconstruction of the mass exodus after the Spanish Civil War, La Retirada.

This Is Not a Museum.

Mobile Devices Lurking

When

The project Esto no es un museo...

(This is not a museum...) consists of the documentation and reflection on the construction of mobile artifacts that function as elements for an expanded conception of “the museum,” or rather, as an alternative to it.

April 14 – June 27

“As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times

When

July

Where

18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA info

www.18thstreet.org

When

January 16 – March 7 Where

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL info

www.ccemiami.org

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CITY AGENDA

MIAMI F Film

P Performing Arts

P Performing Arts

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

FESTIVAL FLAMENCO ON TOUR

Soul of Flamenco National Tour

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

“A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK

Flamenco Vivo brings an exciting evening of flamenco to the stage featuring accomplished artists from the U.S. and Spain.

When

Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona.

February 27&28, 8 p.m.

February 20 – 25

When

Where

ESTRELLA MORENTE

Coral Gables Art Cinema 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL info

www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us

When

March 6, 8 p.m.

TOMATITO When

Adrienne Arsht Center 1300 Byscaine Blvd., Miami, FL Info

Microtheater Miami: Por Ellos / Porque me quejo

www.flamencofestival.org

Microteatro Miami is a conceptual theater piece consisting of 15 minute plays for 15 spectators, all of which are performed in containers.

Rituales en Haití

Por ellos When

January 23 – February 23

V Visual Arts

When

February 27 – March 30

Where

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL info

www.ccemiami.org www.microtheatermiami.com

info

www.flamencovivo30years.org www.fourarts.org

V Visual Arts

New Outsider Art from Cuba Featuring work by outsider artists living and working in Cuba, the exhibition will be held at the Centro Cultural Español in Miami.

When

This is the first major solo museum exhibition by the Magnum Photo photographer Cristina García Rodero in the United States.

When

Porque me quejo

Where

The Society of the Four Arts 4 Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL

March 8, 8 p.m.

Where

P Performing Arts

When

March 19

Through March 29 Where

MDC Museum of Art + Design Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College 600 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL info

www.mdcmoad.org

March 14 – May Where

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL info

www.ccemiami.org

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MINNEAPOLIS

K Kids

P Performing Arts

V Visual Arts

Guyi Guyi by Periferia Puppet Theatre

ConVivir

EL GRECO: 400 YEARS

Flamenco, hip hop, and Sephardic music and dance fuse to offer a compelling vision of the future.

The anniversary of El Greco will be celebrated in Canada, where professor Fernando Marías will participate in roundtables about the artist at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada.

Acclaimed Spanish puppetry company Periferia Teatro de Títeres perform Guyi-Guyi, The Ugly Duckling, about a crocodile born into a family of ducks.

When & WHERE

July 19 Key Biscayne Community Center Village Green Way, Key Biscayne, FL July 20 Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus 627 SW 27th Ave. Miami, FL

When

April 4 & 5, 8 p.m.

April 6, 2 p.m.

Where

Cowles Center 528 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN info

www.zorongo.org www.thecowlescenter.org

D Design

Think with your Hands Art and technology merge in the “Think with your hands” interactive exhibition.

When

May 8 – July 3 Where

Centro Cultural Español 1490 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL info

www.ccemiami.org www.spainculture.us

Where

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1380, Sherbrooke Street West Montréal, QC info

mbam.qc.ca www.spainculture.ca

info

www.teatroavante.com www.periferiateatro.com

When

May 3

MONTREAL P Performing Arts

Israel Galván: La Edad de Oro

L Literature

Eduardo Lago in Montreal The Spanish writer Eduardo Lago visits Montreal to participate in Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival.

When

April 29 – May 4

The flamenco dancer will perform his Bessie award-winning show La Edad de Oro. When

March 30 Where

Place des Arts – Théâtre Maisonneuve 175, Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest Montréal, QC info

www.laplacedesarts.com

Where

Montreal, various venues TBC info

www.bluemetropolis.org

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CITY AGENDA

NEW YORK V Visual Arts

P Performing Arts

V Visual Arts

ALTA MODA

by Mario Testino

El Quijote

Javier Infantes’ Paintings

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, under the chairmanship of Oscar de la Renta presents a series of photographic portraits by acclaimed photographer Mario Testino.

When

Through March 29 Where

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute 684 Park Avenue (at 68th Street) New York, NY info

A carnivalesque adaptation of Cervantes’ masterpiece. Through Don Quijote’s adventures, the production presents the illusion of an utopian world with a festive and colorful spirit.

A journey towards our inner selves, through the places where our emotions and memories are collected.

When

When

February 1 – 10

Where

Tenri Cultural Institute 43 W 13th St., New York, NY

info

www.tenri.org

January 23 – May 21 Repertorio Español 138 East 27th Street, New York, NY wwww.repertorio.org

Where

info

www.qssi.org

V Visual Arts

Visions and Nightmares An exhibition exploring the central role of drawing in Spanish art, from the sixteenth through nineteenth century.

When

January 17 – May 11 Exhibtion tour with curator February 28, 7 p.m.

Film Screening: Blancanieves la película March 5, 6:30 p.m.

Symposium: From Inquisition to Enlightenment WHERE

The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave at 36th St. New York, NY info

www.themorgan.org

V Visual Arts

U Urban Culture

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity

Branding A City: Barcelona and Fashion

The Drawing Center will present the first major museum exhibition to focus on the visualization and drawing practices of master chef Ferran Adrià.

A lively conversation regarding the impact that fashion has in the branding of cities.

When

February 11, 6:30 p.m.

January 25 – February 28 Where

The Drawing Center Main Gallery, The Lab 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY info

When

Where

FIT Fashion Institute of Technology Katie Murphy Amphitheatre 227 W. 27th St.,New York, NY info

www.fitnyc.edu www.spainculturenewyork.org

www.drawingcenter.org

tivity

on Crea Ferran Adrià: Notes

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V Visual Arts

V Visual Arts

U Urban Culture

Antonio Muñoz Molina: The Omnivore Realism of Photography

Exhibition by Manon Harrois, Maria Lynch and Avelino Sala

Hispanic American Fashion Culture

When

Aggregation, Amalgam, Architecture, Being Blue, Circulation, City, Coagulation, Collage Confabulation, Disposition, Fiction, Magazine, Movement, Overlook, Painterly, Performativity, Rhizome, Sculptural, Space, Split, Tact, Test, Time, Walk.

Where

February 7 – March 16

The winner of the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature 2013 speaks with Carlos Cruz-Diez about the artist’s unknown photographs in black and white.

February 4, 6:30 p.m.

Americas Society 680 Park Avenue (at 68th Street) New York, NY info

www.as-coa.org

When

Where

Abrons Art Center 466 Grand Street, New York, NY info

www.residencyunlimited.org

Series of events (illustration, audiovisual, crafts and design) that aim to empower the Latin community of New York City by sharing successful Latin experiences in the fashion industry.

When & WHERE

February 11 & 25, 7 p.m.

March 11 & 25, 7 p.m.

April 10, 7 p.m.

May 12, 7 p.m.

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY March 3 & 18 Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Seventh Avenue at 27 St., New York, NY info

P Performing Arts

La zapatera prodigiosa La zapatera prodigiosa (‘The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife’) is a thoughtfully-provoking play by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca, directed by Andrés Zambrano at Repertorio Español.

L Literature

Tell Me the Truth Presentation of the book, Tell Me the Truth, a project created by artist Gema Alava.

When

Where

When

Where

www.newyork.cervantes.org

Repertorio Español 138 East 27th Street, New York, NY info

www.repertorio.org/zapatera

F Film

Tribute to Elías QuErejeta

February 10, 6:30 p.m.

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY

February 7 – May 2

www.nyork.cervantes.es www.fitnyc.edu/museum.asp

info

Screening of several films produced by Elías Querejeta, selected by his daughter, Gracia Querejeta: La caza, El espíritu de la colmena, Cría cuervos, Mamá cumple 100 años, Tasio, Familia, Los lunes al sol, El sur, Siete mesas de billar francés & El desencanto.

When

February 12, 19 & 26, 6:30 p.m.

Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY info

www.newyork.cervantes.org

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NEW YORK L Literature

P Performing Arts

F Film

Luna Miguel

La casa de Bernarda Alba

Rethinking Spanish Cinema of the PostTransition

Poet, journalist & editor presents her anthology, Vomit, which encompasses the work of several American poets such as Dorothea Lasky, David Fishkind, Ellen Kennedy, Jordan Castro & Tao Lin. When & WHERE

February 13, 6:30 p.m.

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY February 15 Mellow Pages Library 56 Bogart St., Brooklyn, NY info

“Silence! Silence!” These are the first and last words spoken by Bernarda Alba, the tyrannical mother who attempts to dominate and control her five unmarried daughters. In this repressed environment, Lorca creates an explosion of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion.

When

February 25 – May 22 Where

Repertorio Español 138 East 27th Street, New York, NY

Film series with round table exploring overlooked aspects of Spanish cinema from the 1980s.

When

February 27 – March 1 Where

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of NYU 53 Washington Square South New York, NY info

www.nyork.cervantes.es www.mellowpageslibrary.tumblr.com

www.repertorio.org

L Literature

M Music

Nada

Musica Ficta Columbus: Gateway to the New World

Paco Cao Psychological Cocktail Services, Theory and Practice

In their Music of the Americas debut the ensemble will perform vocal and instrumental music written in the Americas during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Learn to create cocktails based on MoMA’s permanent collection with artist and expert psychological cocktail maker Dr. Paco Cao.

As February 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Carmen Laforet’s novel, Nora Glickman (Queens College) and Israel Rolón-Barada (Framingham State University) will discuss their extensive research on the writer’s work. A dramatized reading will follow.

When

February 21,6:30 p.m.

Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY info

www.newyork.cervantes.org

info

When

February 27 Where

Hispanic Society of America Audubon Terrace, Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets, New York, NY info

www.as-coa.org

www.nyu.edu/kjc

V Visual Arts

When

February 27 & April 3 Where

MoMA 11 West 53 Street New York, NY info

www.moma.org www.pacocao.es

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V Visual Arts

V Visual Arts

F Film

Rómulo Celdrán

Hic et Nunc.

About democratic paradoxes.

Flamenco Documentaries

“The works on display belong to the ZOOM and MACRO series on which Rómulo Celdrán has been working for years. Both series rediscover our world of everyday objects under a fascinating oversized vision.

When

February 13 – April 12 Where

Hasted Kraeutler Gallery 537 West 24th Street, New York, NY info

www.romuloceldran.com www.hastedkraeutler.com

P Performing Arts

Flamenco Festival New York “One of the year’s biggest dance events in New York City” The New York Times When

Hic et Nunc is a curatorial project presenting a selection of twelve videoart pieces that show how art can function as a symbolic act of resistance to face the amends of our society.

When & WHERE

March 1 – 9 Temp Art Space 7 Walker St., New York, NY March 6 – 9 Moving Image Art Fair New York 269 11th Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets, New York, NY info

www.tempartspace.com www.moving-image.info

M L Music/ Literature

Juan Perro.

El ritmo perdido

March Where

Various Locations, NY info

www.flamencofestival.org

Conferences and concerts based in the book “El ritmo perdido” by Santiago Auserón (Juan Perro).

When & WHERE

March 4 Instituto Cervantes New York 211 E 49th St., New York, NY March 5, 7:30 p.m.

Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette St.,New York, NY info

www.lahuellasonora.com www.spainculture.us

As part of the Flamenco Festival, several documentaries will be screened. Curated

by Mariola Rodríguez.

When

March 5, 12, 19 & 26, 6:30 p.m.

Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY info

www.newyork.cervantes.org

P Performing Arts

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona “A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK When

March 6 & 7, 8 p.m.

Where

NY City Center 131 W. 55th St. (Btw. 6th & 7th), New York, NY info

www.flamencofestival.org

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NEW YORK P Performing Arts

M Music

V Visual Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE

Flores de Música Ensemble at the Hispanic Society

Gema Álava: Crisóstomo Dialogues

“As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times

The acclaimed Spanish harpsichordist Ignacio Prego presents his new chamber music project at the Hispanic Society in New York. Violinist Joan Plana and cellist Maria Martinez will join FLORES DE MUSICA in a program dedicated to the Spanish and Italian repertoire of the Baroque Era.

When

March 8, 7:30 p.m.

Where

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium 881 7th Av. (W 57th St. & 7th Av.) New York, NY info

www.flamencofestival.org

M Music

Escolania de Montserrat The exceptional boy choir from the Escolania de Montserrat performs in the United States for the first time in their 800-year-old musical history.

When

March 12, 6 p.m.

Cedar Grove High School 90 Rugby Road, Cedar Grove, NJ

When

March 13 Where

Hispanic Society of America 613 W.155th St., New York, NY

L Literature

Where

AC Institute 547 W. 27th St. #210 South Gallery II New York, NY info

www.artcurrents.org

L Literature

2014 Poetas por Km2

Paper Pores Piel inédita

by Gabriel Amor

Poetas por Km2 is not a poetry festival, it’s rather a poetic festival. This is the premise of one of the most ambitious projects of the literary landscape in Madrid.

Tattoo-inspired poetry woven into a multimedia performance with flamenco music.

May 15 – 16 Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY

When & WHERE

When

March 13, 7 p.m.

March 14, 7 p.m.

Calvary Episcopal Church 31 Woodland Ave., Summit, NJ

McNelly Jackson bookstore 52 Prince Street (between Lafayette & Mulberry), New York, NY

info

When

March 13 – May 10

info

www.hispanicsociety.org

March 13, 7:30 p.m.

St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue 1 West 53rd Street, New York, NY

www.classicalmovements.com

Álava explores the interconnectedness between public, private and interpretative aspects of art with participatory installations, drawings and encounters.

May 18 – 19 Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY

Where

info

www.mcnallyjackson.com

info

www.poeticofestival.es www.spainculturenewyork.org

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M Music

V Visual Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO

FUEL FANDANGO LIVE SHOW

Approach to Manhattan II

Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

Fuel Fandago is the band combining the forcefulness of rock, the energy of dance music, the spirit of flamenco, and the accessibility of pop.

Santana has shifted from his earlier work in Chicago to the Manhattan skyline with this exhibition.

When

March 20

Where

George Billis Gallery 521 West 26th Street, B1 between 10th and 11th Avenues, New York, NY

When

March 15, 8 p.m.

Where

Jazz At Lincoln Center. Rose Theater Broadway At W. 60th St., New York, NY info

www.flamencofestival.org

March 22 Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette St., New York, NY info

Flamenco Vivo brings an exciting evening of flamenco to the stage featuring accomplished artists from the U.S. and Spain.

When

March 16 Where

Performing Arts Center Purchase 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Harrison, NY info

www.artscenter.org www.flamencovivo30years.org

Where

info

www.joespub.com www.fuelfandango.com

www.georgebillis.com www.enriquesantana.com

L Literature

P Performing Arts

Los traductores del viento

Falla and Flamenco

P Performing Arts

Soul of Flamenco National Tour

When

Book launch of novel by Marta López-Luaces. With the participation of José Ovejero.

When

March 20, 6:30 p.m.

Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY info

www.newyork.cervantes.org

A New York Flamenco Festival co-presentation by PostClassical Productions and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.

When

March 22 & 23 Where

Salvatore Capezio Theater At Peridance 126 E. 13th Street, New York, NY info

www.postclassical.com

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NEW YORK V Visual Arts

L Literature

M Music

El Antipoeta & Antiprofesor Nicanor Parra

Ibero-America: Encounter of Art and Literature

POETICA

To celebrate the poet’s 100th birthday, this exhibit will showcase his work as professor at the University of Chile, which he in turn connects with his poetry.

Curated by Marcelo Porta.

The relationship of art and poetry in the Spanish language, experiences and stories by poets: Eduardo Mitre, Isaac Goldemberg, Yolanda Blanco, writers: Nicolás Toscano-Liria, Marie-lise Gazarian and artist Mónica Sarmiento Castillo.

When

March – April March (TBA) Round Table: Nicanor Parra a los 100 Años Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th Street, New York, NY

When

April 2, 7 p.m.

Where

Americas Society 680 Park Ave. (at 69th Street) New York, NY info

POETICA is a multi-disciplinary piece combining live original jazz/new music and recited poetry.

When

April 23 – 26 Where

Seeds 617 Vanderbilt Ave (Bergen & St. Marks) Ground floor, New York, NY info

www.seedsbrooklyn.org www.alexiscuadrado.com

V Visual Arts

www.newyork.cervantes.org

info

www.bi-coa.org www.as-coa.org/literature

New Spanish Photography

V Visual Arts

M Music

Epsilon Kappa: Writers and Artists during the last fifty years

Collective exhibition featuring 10 Spanish photographers under 35 years old.

Visuality II

IberoAmerican writers and artists from the past fifty years will be exhibited through a collection of around 60 paintings, photographs, collages and interviews.

April 16, 7:30 p.m.

Spectrum 121 Ludlow St., Floor 2; Ring bell for 2 New York, NY

When

April 26, 7:30 p.m.

National Opera America Center 330 7th Ave., New York, NY

A music performance where video, light and sound intersect in innovative forms.

When

April – May Where

Instituto Cervantes 211 East 49th St., New York, NY info

www.nyork.cervantes.es www.bi-coa.org

info

www.creartproject.com

When

May – June Where

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of NYU 53 Washington Square South New York, NY info

www.nyu.edu/kjc

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M Music

U Urban Culture

M Music

Ignacio Prego plays the GOLDBERG VARIATIONS by J.S. BACH

Outer Seed Shadow #01

NOCTUM

Spanish harpsichordist Ignacio Prego presents in NY one of the main keyboard works from the Baroque Era written by J.S. Bach.

When

May 2, 6 p.m.

Where

Paul Hall. The Juilliard School 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY info

A public art project in the form of a community garden, artist investigates through flora the diversity of migrant communities and their experience in New York City.

When

May 15 – December 15 Where

Duarte Square Thompson St. & Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY www.outerseedshadow.org www.spainculturenewyork.org

V Visual Arts

M Music

Beyond the Supersquare

Le Parody. Folktronic Electric beats join hypnotic melodies in Le Parody’s music, bursting in a controlled explosion of sounds and references difficult to classify.

When

When

May 18

Where

Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY

May 1 – January 11, 2015 The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street), New York, NY info

www.bronxmuseum.org

When

May 21, 7:30 p.m.

Spectrum 121 Ludlow St., Floor 2; Ring bell for 2 New York, NY May 23, 7:30 p.m.

The DiMenna Center 450 W 37th St., New York, NY info

www.creartproject.com

info

www.juilliard.edu

Featuring films by Catalan artist Jordi Colomer alongside works by 25 contemporary artists responding to the remnants of Modernism in Latin America.

US premiere of the multidisciplinary chamber opera by Cre.Art Project.

Where

info

www.poeticofestival.es

P Performing Arts

We Women Do It Better!

Nosotras lo hacemos mejor!

An attractive psychologist teaches a very spicy, sexy and funny “Workshop on Professional Growth”.

When

May 23 – June 29 Where

Thalia Spanish Theatre 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, NY info

www.thaliatheatre.org

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NEW YORK

OTTAWA

A Architecture

M Music

C Culinary Arts

Social Housing in Spain

Circles of Influence

National Capital Region Culinary Competition

Spanish architects Carmen Espegel (espegel-fisac), Maria Hurtado de Mendoza (studio, entresitio) and Iñaqui Carnicero present their work on collective housing at AIA NY. When

May 29, 6:00 p.m.

Where

Center for Architecture AIA NY Chapter, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY info

www.aiany.org

Pablo-Heras Casado leads Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a program of Pierre Boulez and George Benjamin respectevely.

Pierre Boulez When

May 31

George Benjamin When

June 1

Where

Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rose Theater Broadway and 60th Street, New York, NY info

www.oslmusic.org

The Vanier Community Service Centre organizes in partnership with La Cité Collégiale and The Embassy of Spain the 2nd annual culinary contest “Espoirs culinaires de la région de la capitale nationale” as a fundraising activity.

When

March 4 Where

Les Jardins de La Cité La Cité Collégiale 801, Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, ON info

www.cscvanier.com

L Literature

U Urban Culture

A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish Language Fiction

SPAIN FRESH FEST 1.0. REMAKE

Presentation of the recent publication in English of A Thousand Forests in One Acorn by Valerie Miles, an Anthology of the Best of Spanish Language Fiction of the 20th and 21st century.

When

May 29 – 31 Where

BookExpo America (BEA) at the Javits Center 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY info

www.bookexpoamerica.com www.spainculture.us

SPAIN FRESH FEST is the first Festival of Spanish Emerging Culture in NYC. It aims to give visibility to projects connected to Spain inserting them in different art circuits.

When

June – July (TBA) Where

Various locations, NYC info

www.spainfreshspace.com www.spainculturenewyork.org

P Performing Arts

Israel Galván: La Edad de Oro The flamenco dancer Israel Galván will perform his Bessie award-winning show La Edad de Oro. When

March 18 Where

National Arts Centre 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON info

www.nac-cna.ca/en/

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PHILADELPHIA

More information and updates at: www.spainculture.us www.spainculture.ca

F Film

P Performing Arts

P Performing Arts

Luis Buñuel Film Series

Spanish Tapas

Soul of Flamenco National Tour

The National Autonomous University of Mexico in Canada organizes a film series of the Spanish director Luis Buñuel (Calanda, Spain 1900 – Mexico D.F., Mexico, 1983).

A musically and visually exciting multi-cultural program with dance, and live music.

When

February and March (TBC) Where

55, Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Québec (TBC) info

www.canada.unam.mx

V Visual Arts

EL GRECO: 400 YEARS The anniversary of El Greco will be celebrated in Canada, where professor Fernando Marías will participate in roundtables about the artist at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada.

When

April TBA Where

When

February 1, 7:30 p.m.

Where

Yardley Community Centre 64 South Main Street, Yardley, PA info

www.bcpac.org www.alboradadance.org

P Performing Arts

When

March 14 Where

Allentown Symphony Hall 23 N. 6th St., Allentown, PA info

www.flamencovivo30years.org www.allentownsymphony.org

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona “A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK When

National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON

February 26, 7:30 p.m.

info

Kimmel Center For The Performing Arts, Merriam Theatre 250 Broad St., Philadelphia, PA

www.gallery.ca

Flamenco Vivo brings an exciting evening of flamenco to the stage featuring accomplished artists from the U.S. and Spain.

Where

info

www.flamencofestival.org

Flamenco Festival

enca

On Tour: Gala Flam

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PITTSBURGH

PORTLAND

SAN DIEGO

P Performing Arts

F Film

P Performing Arts

Pittsburgh International Children’s Festival-Performance of El Retablo’s Animales

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona

El Retablo puppet company, has a unique style that combines tradition and innovation in exploring everyday objects, such as gloves, derby hats of various colors, a rubber boot, a sock, tubing and other items in a puppet creation.

When

May 14 – 18 Where

Cultural District Pittsburgh, PA

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

When

February 10 – 20 Where

When

Northwest Film Center 934 SW Salmon St., Portland, OR

March 13, 8 p.m.

info

Spreckles Theatre 121 Broadway #600, San Diego, CA

www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us

Where

info

www.flamencofestival.org

info

www.pghkids.org www.titereselretablo.com

“A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK

M Music

Ignacio Prego, joins the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Monica Huggett Spanish Harpsichordist Ignacio Prego will make his debut as soloist with the period-instruments orchestra based in Oregon and leaded by its artistic director, the world-acclaimed violinist Monica Huggett, playing the CPE BACH D minor Wq.17 harpsichord Concerto.

When

July 8 – 12 Where

Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, Newport & Florence info

www.pbo.org www.oregonbachfestival.com

P Performing Arts

Henry VIII The Artistic Director of “Shakespeare’s Globe”, Dominic Dromgoole, selected the Fundación Siglo de Oro to represent Spain at the Globe to Globe International Festival.

When

July – August Where

1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA info

www.fundacionsiglodeoro.org”

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Fashion Art Spanish designer Manuel Fernandez dresses and the artistic representations of ten Puerto Rican artists bind in Fashion Art. When

February 27 – May 25 Where

Museo de las Américas Cuartel de Ballajá, Segundo piso Viejo San Juan, PR info

www.museolasamericas.org www.fashionartinstitute.org

More information and updates at: www.spainculture.us www.spainculture.ca

MP Music / Performing Arts

Casals Festival of Puerto Rico Trío Arbos, a Spanish prestigious chamber band, performs with the Puerto Rican clarinetist George Morales during the famous Festival Casals of Puerto Rico.

Circo Fest 2014 Circo Fest 2014 is the 1st International Circus and Street Performing Arts Festival of Puerto Rico. Located in the Old San Juan City and the municipalities of Mayagúez, Ponce, Caguas and Vieques, Circo Fest 2014 seeks to encourage the presence of street performing arts in the island.

When

Where

April 2 – 10

March 13 Fine Arts Miramar Cinema Café 252 Avenue Juan Ponce De León San Juan, PR www.festcasalspr.gobierno.pr

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

When

When

March 22, 11:00 p.m.

Where

Heineken Jazz Festival Anfiteatro Tito Puente, San Juan, PR

February 13 – 22

Where

San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Ponce, Caguas and Vieques

info

www.flamencofestival.org

info

www.circofestpr.com

ur: Tomatito

stival On To

Flamenco Fe

Spanish Cinema European Film Festival “Hecho en Europa” The Festival premiers European Films in Puerto Rico as well as organizes conferences and meetings between its European guest and the local movie industry.

info

P Performing Arts

F Film

When

Where

252 Avenue Juan Ponce De León San Juan, PR info

www.hechoeneuropa.org

SAN FRANCISCO P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

When

March 12, 7 p.m.

Where

Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA info

www.flamencofestival.org

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SAN FRANCISCO P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE “As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times When & WHERE

March 14, 8:00 p.m.

Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall 101 Zellerbach Hall, University Of California, Berkeley, CA March 15, 7:30 p.m.

Green Music Center, Weill Hall 1801 E. Cotati Av., Sonoma, CA info

www.flamencofestival.org

P Performing Arts

The Fifth String: Ziyab’s Passage to Cordoba A new play based on the colorful life of Ziryab, the 9th century musician and cultural guru preformed by an ensemble of musicians, actors and clowns.

When

May

Where

Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA info

www.goldenthread.org

SANTA FE V Visual Arts

P Performing Arts

Renaissance to Goya: prints and drawings from Spain

FESTIVAL FLAMENCO ON TOUR

Travel in time and across the globe to explore Spain’s graphic arts from mid16th to 19th centuries as seen through the eyes of the British Museum in London.

When

Through March 9 Where

New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM info

www.nmartmuseum.org

“A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK TOMATITO When

March 20, 8 p.m.

ESTRELLA MORENTE When

March 21, 8 p.m.

Where

Savannah Music Festival Lucas Theatre For The Arts 32 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA info

www.flamencofestival.org

SAVANNAH

SEATTLE

V Visual Arts

V Visual Arts

Spanish Sojourns: Robert Henri and the Spirit of Spain

Miró: The Experience of Seeing

The exhibition highlights the influence of Spanish culture on famed American artist Robert Henry through an exhibition including over 40 of his paintings.

When

Through March 9 Where

Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center 207 West York Street, Savannah, GA info

www.telfair.org

The Seattle Art Museum is proud to host Miró: The Experience of Seeing, which will bring together 51 paintings, drawings and sculptures made in the period between 1963 and 1983 that testify to the artist’s playful ingenuity to the very end of his life.

When

February 13 – May 25 Where

Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Ave., Seattle, WA info

www.seattleartmuseum.org

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M Music

H Heritage

P Performing Arts

Hesperion XXI: Folias Antiguas y Criollas

50th Annual Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists

Israel Galván: La Edad de Oro

Jordi Savall and his famous ensemble present Folias Antiguas y Criollas: From the Ancient World to the New World.

When

February 28, 8 p.m.

Where

Town Hall Seattle 1119 Eighth Ave (at Seneca Street) Seattle, WA info

www.earlymusicguild.org

The Canadian Association of Hispanists celebrates his Annual Congress, at Brock University in St. Catharines. A special occasion as this year is the 50 anniversary.

When

March 27 – 30 Where

Brock University 500 Glenridge Ave., St. Catharines, ON

The flamenco dancer Israel Galván will perform his Bessie award-winning show La Edad de Oro. When

March 29 Where

TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning Koerner Hall 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON info

www.rcmusic.ca

info

TORONTO M Music

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE “As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times

www.brocku.ca www.hispanistas.ca

F Film

Festival of New Spanish Cinema North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film arrives in Toronto for the first time, with five premiers, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

When

Where

York University 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON

info

www.yorku.ca

Where

The Royal 608 College St. , Toronto, ON

info

www.pragda.com www.theroyal.to www.spainculture.ca

www.flamencofestival.org

After the successful experiences in Strathclyde, Cadiz, and Kent at Paris, the IV Symposium of the Nineteenth-Century Hispanists International Network will be held at York University in Toronto.

April 25 & 26

February 26 – March 26

Massey Hall 178 Victoria St., Toronto, ON

IV Annual Symposium of the NineteenthCentury Hispanists International Network

When

When

March 11, 8 p.m.

H Heritage

Where

info

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VANCOUVER F Film

A Architecture

A Architecture

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

amid.cero9 Lecture

Transforming Cityscapes. Winning Entries of the 8th Ibero-American Architecture and Urban Design Biennial

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premiers, featuring the latest award winning films that allow you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

When

February 21 – 27 Where

Vancity Theatre 1181 Seymour St., Vancouver, BC

Public lecture by Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda of Madrid’s amid.cero9 at The School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia.

When

March 24 Where

UBC Robson Square 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC info

www.sala.ubc.ca

P Performing Arts

Israel Galván: La Edad de Oro The flamenco dancer Israel Galván will perform his Bessie award-winning show La Edad de Oro. When

March 22 – 23 Where

Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC info

www.vidf.ca

When

January 30 – March 16 Where

info

www.pragda.com www.viff.org

The IAUB comes to AMA: works of architecture, publications, projects presented by architects and students of the Ibero-American community.

WASHINGTON DC A Design

TAPAS. Spanish Design for Food TAPAS, Spanish Design for Food presents a rich panorama of the most recent Spanish design as applied to cuisine.

When

January 24 – March 23 Where

Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain 2801 16th Street NW, Washington DC info

www.spainculture.us www.accioncultural.es

AMA | Art Museum of the Americas 201 18th Street, NW, Washington DC info

www.museum.oas.org www.spainculture.us

M Music

Juan Perro.

El ritmo perdido Juan Perro, former lead singer of Radio Futura and one of the most eminent names within Spanish rock, will be playing at The Howard Theatre this March.

When

March 3, 6 p.m.

Where

Howard Theater 620 T Street, NW, Washington DC info

www.lahuellasonora.com www.spainculture.us www.thehowardtheatre.com

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P Performing Arts

P Performing Arts

V Visual Arts

Flamenco Festival On Tour: Gala Flamenca: Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: TOMATITO

El Greco: 400 years after

Multiple Latin Grammy winner Tomatito is considered the finest guitarist of his generation.

An international symposium organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, coordinated with and supported by the Embassy of Spain, which will celebrate the art and legacy of El Greco.

“A generous warm-hearted and very satisfying evening. Not forgetting sexy” The Stage, UK When

March 4, 8 p.m.

Where

GW Lisner Auditorium 21st & H St. NW, Washington DC info

www.flamencofestival.org

M Music

Escolania de Montserrat The exceptional boy choir from the Escolania de Montserrat performs in the United States for the first time in their 800-year-old musical history.

When

March 16, 3 p.m.

Where

The Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD info

www.classicalmovements.com

When

March 18, 8 p.m.

When

Where

GW Lisner Auditorium 21st St.& H St., Washington DC info

www.flamencofestival.org

March 22, 2 – 4 p.m.

Where

National Gallery of Art 6th and Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC info

P Performing Arts

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL ON TOUR: ESTRELLA MORENTE “As everyone in Spain knows, when she sings, it can be difficult to take your eyes off her” The New York Times When

March 19, 8 p.m.

www.nga.gov

K Kids

Platero y yo A bilingual presentation of a poignant classic by Juan Ramón Jiménez, one of the greatest writers of modern Spanish literature.

When

March 24 – April 5

Where

The Music Center At Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Rockville, MD info

www.flamencofestival.org

Where

GALA Theatre 3333 14th Street, NW Washington DC info

www.galatheatre.org Flamenco Festival

On Tour: Estrella Mor

ente

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Washington DC F Film

F Film

V Visual Arts

2014 Environmental Film Festival: STOP! Rodando el Cambio

Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2014

Hic et Nunc.

About democratic paradoxes

A road trip takes us along the Spanish countryside, and into Portugal and France, making stops along the way to meet individuals and collectives who have chosen to live a simpler life.

The documentary is presented in part of a series at the Environmental Film Festival.

When

March 28, 6:45 p.m.

Where

American University, Center for Environmental Filmmaking Forman Theater, 201 McKinley Building, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema.

When

April 3 – 6 Where

AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD info

www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us www.afi.com/silver

Hic et Nunc is a curatorial project presenting a selection of twelve videoart pieces that show how art can function as a symbolic act of resistance to face the amends of our society.

When

April 10 Where

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 700 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC info

www.hirshhorn.si.edu www.spainculture.us

info

www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org www.spainculture.us www.rodandoelcambio.com

A Architecture

H Heritage

Encounters

From History to Science in the Early Modern Atlantic

Installation created to discover and explore the work of architect Luis Vidal and partners, Marta Cumellas and Oscar Torrejón, for the last 10 years.

When

April 10 – May 3 Encounters Exhibition April 30 Presentation and Book Signing with Architect Luis Vidal Where

District Architecture Center 421 Seventh Street, NW Washington DC info

www.luisvidal.com www.aiadc.com

A one-day symposium about the role of indigenous people, ethnographers, and naturalists in the Spanish Atlantic in the development of early modern science.

When

April 29 Where

Mexican Institute of Culture 2829 16th St. NW, Washington DC info

www.instituteofmexicodc.org

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V Visual Arts

V Visual Arts

P Performing Arts

Pepa Leon From Wholecloth

Carabanchel: Book Release and Artist Talk

La Verbena de la Paloma

Works in acrylic and ink on canvas by Spanish artist Pepa León.

When

May 3 – 31 Where

A reception and artist talk marking the release of a new book with text and photographs by Mark Parascandola about the Carabanchel prison in Madrid.

When

Open Studio dc 1348 Florida Ave NE, Washington DC

June 4, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

info

Where

www.pepaleon.com www.reyesdavis.com

Studio 1469 1469 Harvard Street Rear, NW Washington DC

M Music

www.parascandola.com

Teatro Lirico of DC’s production of one of the most beloved zarzuelas (Spanish operetta). Sung in Spanish with English supertitles.

When

June 10 Where

Gala Hispanic Theater 3333 14th St. NW, Washington DC info

www.teatroliricodc.com

info

Le Parody. Folktronic Electric beats join hypnotic melodies in Le Parody’s music, bursting in a controlled explosion of sounds and references difficult to classify.

When

May 16 Where

Tropicalia 2001 14th St NW, Washington DC info

www.tropicaliadc.com www.forwarddc.com www.poeticofestival.es

L Literature

First Congress of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language “The Hispanic Presence and the Spanish Language in the United States: Unity in Diversity” When

June 6 – 8 Where

Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Bldg 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington DC info

www.anle.us hispanismo.cervantes.es

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V Visual Arts

BERNARDÍ ROIG AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION

COMING NEXT FALL/ WINTER From Spain

The Spanish artist will participate in the Intersections series of contemporary art projects organized by The Phillips Collection in Washington DC. Roig will show his works in the context of the museum historic architecture and permanent collection.

P PERFORMING ARTS

BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA U.S. TOUR During its 35 years, the Ballet Nacional de España (BNE) has performed in the most renowned theaters in the world.

This fall, U.S. audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy emblematic works of the company such as Sorolla, Suite Sevilla, Bolero, and Farruca, under the direction of Antonio Najarro.

F FILM

FESTIVAL OF NEW SPANISH CINEMA North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns to Ottawa this October, with five premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films of the season.

V Visual Arts

LATINO/US Cotidiano The U.S. Tour of this national traveling exhibition arrives in San Antonio, Texas and New York this fall. This show and photobook showcases the U.S. Latino experience today through twelve of the most talented photographic voices working internationally.

THE NEW SPAINRED WEBSITE IS HERE!

Abel Azcona. Spain.

Created to showcase and discover the best Spanish creative production, SPAINRED is a dynamic professional network open to emerging and established artists and cultural organizations across Spain and the U.S. The long-awaited new version of SPAINRED has arrived. See what’s different: new design, new interactive features and new profile page for cultural organizations!

Connect with other artists, apply for grants and open calls, keep up with the news, present your work, search for project partners, and launch your initiatives.

Become a member of this interactive, lively and member-oriented social site to take advantage of the many possibilities SPAINRED has to offer.

Chapter 1. Carla Tramullas. New York

2013 Memories. Lourdes

Carlota Pradera. Miami.

www.spainred.us What are you working on? Join SPAINRED and discover the most talented Spanish creative work.

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