Cairo Live Events Guide gets a new author!

Dear friends of CLEG,
as of today there will be a new contributor to the pages of this blog. Don, who has already written reviews for these pages, will be writing posts adding more content to CLEG and minimizing holidays shutdowns. Thanks to Don, for the first time CLEG will not close for holidays despite the fact that I will be away. Hope this will be a welcome news to all CLEG readers, especially the ones who will spend Christmas and New Year in the city.

From me, Cairowanderer, a wonderful holiday season to you all and see you in 2010 for another exciting year of cultural events in Cairo.

WEEKLY AGENDA MUSIC DEC. 19 - DEC. 25

Saturday, December 19, 2009
- Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marcello Mottadelli with soloists Ines Abdel Daïm (flute) and Peter Olah (flute) present works from Dvorak, Doppler and Rachmaninov in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Bell’s Ensemble Christmas concert at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM
- Salalem (Modern Egyptian folk) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM

Sunday, December 20, 2009
- Abdel Halim Nowera Ensemble for Arab music in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Christmas carols concert with Gala El Hadidi accompanied by David Hales (piano) in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Saint Augustinus Choir and the Hymned Heart Christmas concert at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- El Nil Troupe for Folk Instruments at Beit El Suheimi, 8:30 PM
- Bashir (Nubian music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Blue Tone Quartet (Jazz standards) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM
- The Nubian Drums Troupe led by Intesar Abdel-Fattah at the Ghouri Palace, 7:00 PM

Monday, December 21, 2009
- Egyptian Philarmonic Society conducted by Ahmed Al Saedi with soloist Victoria Kapralova (cello) present Christmas Flair, works from Bach, Couperin and Vivaldi, in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Wust El Balad at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
- Nass Makan at the Makan, 9:00 PM
- Screwdriver (Rock’n’roll) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
- One Voice Choir led by Mohab Atef present Christmas Carols at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Manal Mohieddin harp recital (accompanied by String Quartet) at the Ghouri Caravansaray, 7:00 PM

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
- El Resala Troupe Christmas Concert at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Tahmer Fahmy chamber music concert in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Mazaher Ensemble (Zar music) at the Makan, 9:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM

Thursday, December 24, 2009
- Cairo Opera Ballet Company and Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi present Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Neveen Allouba Christmas concert with special guest Ashraf Suwailam in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Sahra Band (Rai music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Crash Boom Bang (Funk and dance floor covers) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
- Eskendrella Band (Contemporary Egyptian music) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM

Friday, December 25, 2009
- Cairo Opera Ballet Company and Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi present Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Hassan Sharara (violin) Christmas concert in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Om El Nour Choir Christmas concert at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Salalem (Arabic music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Hossam Samir covers Farid El Atrash (Arabic music concert) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Resala Band Christmas concert at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM

MEMORY and FUTURISM Festival Program for tonight, Wednesday December 16, 2009

This is the program for tonight at the Italian Cultural Institute 3, Sheikh El Marsafi st., Zamalek 7:00 PM:

Installation «Disposition», by Collectif Position (http://disposition.fr/)

followed by a French and Italian video screening:
- Abba Mao by Pascal Lièvre ( France , 2001) 4’
- Axis of evil- L’axe du mal by Pascal Lièvre ( France , 2003) 5’30
- Savoir aimer by Pascal Lièvre ( France , 2004) 1’45
Electronic poetry :
- Diavolo Figura by Antonio Poce, Elmerindo Fiore, Giampiero Gemini, Giovanni Fontana (Italy, 2008) 6’30
- Under construction by Zhenchen Liu (China/France, 2007) 10’
- Steps by Zbig Rybczynski (Pologne, 1987) 25’
- D’après le Cuirassé Potemkine (1925) by Sergei Eisentein.

Debate on video-art, futurism and cinema with screening of futuristic documents at the presence of Marc Mercier, director of Instants Vidéos, and Giovanni Lista, professor of contemporary art.

Fore more information please visit also http://www.zinclafriche.org/mef

ARABSHORTS.NET - Arabic indipendent films online

The Goethe Institute in Cairo launched the first website to feature Arabic independent films online. Click here to read an article on the subject featured on Al-Masry Al-Youm website.

I will put the link to Arabshorts website in the Useful Links column for permanent future reference.

The meeting with Michelangelo Pistoletto has been cancelled

I know it is late but just found this in the mailbox: 

With deep regret, the Italian Cultural Institute announces that, due to force majeure, the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto will not be able to perform at the 25th Alexandria Biennial for Mediterranean Countries, nor to attend the meeting scheduled on 15th December December 2009, at 7.00 pm, at the Theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo.

MEMORY AND FUTURISM FESTIVAL at CFCC

The Memory and Futurism Festival consists of conferences, ateliers, seminars, various projects and visual art installations, aiming to introduce contemporary multimedia art to the audience. More specifically, Memory and Futurism aims to get to the core of visual art as conceived by the futuristic vision of reality.

There will be film screenings, debates about “Cinema, Video, Art and Futurism” and two ateliers opened to young artists. In the “Searching for Marinetti” atelier, Marc Mercier, artistic director of Instants Video, will talk about Marinetti with Giovanni Lista, an Italian prominent scholar and researcher of the history of Futurism. The “On Video Interaction” atelier will explore various forms of multimedia and interactive art with Renaud Vercey and Bruno Voillot, in collaboration with Mohamed Youssef, a plastic and multimedia artist.

The Festival will take place from December 6^th to 13^th at the Centre Français de Culture et Coopération in Alexandria, the native town of the founder of the Futurism Movement, Filippo Marinetti, who spent his childhood and youth there. On December 16^th and 17^th, the Festival will move to the Centre Français de Culture et Coopération in Cairo.  

For more information about the program, click here (French only)

2nd EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL at City Stars Cinemas in Cairo from Wednesday December 16 to Tuesday December 22, 2009

With the support of: Europa Cinemas, Media International, The Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Egyptian Film Centre, French Cultural Centre, Unifrance, CNC, TV5 Monde, The Netherlands Embassy, Holland Film, Goethe Institute, British Council, Holiday Inn and Aroma, the 2nd European Film Festival will present the following movies at City Stars, Cinemania Theaters:

Many thanks to Tarek and Karima for drawing my attention to the festival and for providing the movie schedule.

WED / MER 16
1:00 PM This is England (UK / Royaume-Uni)
3:30 PM Los Abrazos Rotos / Broken Embraces (Spain / Espagne)
6:30 PM Pranzo di Ferragosto / Mid-August Lunch (Italy / Italie)
9:30 PM Coco Avant Chanel / Coco Before Chanel (France)

THUR / JEU 17
10:30 AM Tiramisu (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
1:00 PM Vier Minuten / Four Minutes (Germany / Allemagne)
3:30 PM Dunya & Desie (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
6:30 PM La Journée de la Jupe / Skirt Day (France)
9:30 PM Los Abrazos Rotos / Broken Embraces (Spain / Espagne)

FRI / VEN 18
10:30 AM Vier Minuten / Four Minutes (Germany / Allemagne)
1:00 PM Tiramisu (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
3:30 PM Coco Avant Chanel / Coco Before Chanel (France)
6:30 PM De laatste dagen van Emma Blank / The Last Days of Emma Blank (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
9:30 PM Un Prophète / A Prophet (France)

SAT / SAM 19
10:30 AM De laatste dagen van Emma Blank / The Last Days of Emma Blank (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
1:00 PM Le Temps qu'il Reste / The Time That Remains (France- Palestine)
3:30 PM La Journée de la Jupe / Skirt Day (France)
6:30 PM This is England (UK / Royaume-Uni)
9:30 PM Dunya & Desie (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)

SUN / DIM 20
10:30 AM Pranzo di Ferragosto / Mid-August Lunch (Italy / Italie)
1:00 PM Un Prophète / A Prophet (France)
3:30 PM De laatste dagen van Emma Blank / The Last Days of Emma Blank (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
6:30 PM Los Abrazos Rotos / Broken Embraces (Spain / Espagne)
9:30 PM Le Temps qu'il Reste / The Time That Remains (France- Palestine)

MON / LUN 21
10:30 AM Dunya & Desie (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
1:00 PM Coco Avant Chanel / Coco Before Chanel (France)
3:30 PM Pranzo di Ferragosto / Mid-August Lunch (Italy / Italie)
6:30 PM Tiramisu (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)
9:30 PM Vier Minuten / Four Minutes (Germany / Allemagne)

TUE / MAR 22
10:30 AM La Journée de la Jupe / Skirt Day (France)
1:00 PM Los Abrazos Rotos / Broken Embraces (Spain / Espagne)
3:30 PM Le Temps qu'il Reste / The Time That Remains (France- Palestine)
6:30 PM Un Prophète / A Prophet (France)
9:30 PM Agora (Spain / Espagne)


Click here to find programme schedule with available subtitles

DON'S REVIEW - The CSO with Andreas Spörri and Yasser Ghoneim

The Cairo Symphony Orchestra shone under the welcome return of guest conductor Andreas Spörri in the concert of 5 December 2009.

The orchestra did a beautiful, stirring rendition of that perennial concert favorite, Mussorgsky's “A Night on Bare Mountain”. Many of us were first exposed to this piece in the chilling sequence in Walt Disney’s Fantasia, where the exultant bat-headed sorcerer, from on top of his mountain stronghold, conjured forth an orgiastic sequence of ghosts, bats, and demons. The film version is different, arranged by the conductor Leopold Stokowski, and has a more redemptive ending with a choir

Never afraid of difficult pieces (both technically and musically), Spörri next tackled Shostakovich’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor, with Cairo’s own Yasser Ghoneim as soloist. This piece demands the very highest level of musicianship from the soloist playing in a key not natural for the violin.

At least from a technical viewpoint, Yasser mastered the extremely difficult score, but it took its toll – he was sweating profusely in the cold auditorium after the first movement. I doubt there are many real fans of this harsh, mournful piece and in fact it has largely fallen out of the repertoire. Although Ghoneim did not make a believer out of me or my friends, it must be said that the audience was highly appreciative of the performance and he was warmly applauded.

The concert closed with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in e-minor, and in contrast with the previous concerto, is a much-beloved and often performed work. Here, Spörri guided the orchestra to play as one. A special notice for the horn soloist, who did a beautiful solo in the second movement.

We’ll hear more from Spörri this season.

Mark your calendars for February 27 or 28, when he will lead Cairo in a Berlioz, Khachaturian, and Shostakovich triple bill.

Don’t miss May 8, when Spörri pays tribute to the master, Richard Wagner, in selections from Rienzi, Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Die Walküre and Tannhäuser. Even if you hate opera, and even if you hate German opera, the orchestral highlights of Wagner’s operas are some of the most moving music ever written.

Finally, Spörri will conduct the 15 May concert performing one of his own pieces, along with selections from von Weber, Walton, and Mozart.

Ghoneim may not have another opportunity to solo this year, but he will very ably support the orchestra as second violin leader.

December 11, NAGUIB MAHFOUZ birthday

Today, the great Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz would have been 98 years old. He left us an incredible amount of wonderful books. I had read already some and admired him both as a writer and a person when I arrived in Cairo, just few days before his death. I remember watching his funerary procession live in the hotel television and I recall how moved I was.

He wrote in one of his books "Seeing that everything eventually disappears, sorrow will certainly not be the exception to the rule". He might be right, but today, more than three years later, I am still sorry he is not with us anymore.

WEEKLY AGENDA MUSIC Dec. 12 - Dec. 18

Saturday, December 12, 2009
- Christmas Concert with soloist of the Cairo Opera Company and the Cairo Celebration Choir conducted by Nayer Nagui in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
- Massar Egbari (Contemporary Egyptian rock) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM
- PVA Arabic Music Ensemble conducted by Wael El Mahallawi in the Malak Gabr Theatre of AUC New Cairo Campus, 5:00 PM

Sunday, December 13, 2009
- Wang Jue (China/Piano) plays music from Ravel and Brahms in the Golden Room of the Mohamed Ali Palace in Manial, 8:00 PM
- Horus Ensemble (Germany) baroque concert in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Alexandria Opera Ensemble for music and Arab singing at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Ryan Skinner (USA) kora recital in the Sharjah Gallery in AUC New Cairo Campus, 7:00 PM
- El Nil Troupe for Folk Instruments at Beit El Suheimi, 8:30 PM
- Samaa Sufi Inshad Troupe led by Intesar Abdel-Fattah at the Ghouri Palace, 8:00 PM
- Bashir (Nubian music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Offbeat (Rock) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM
- The Riff Band Christmas Special at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM

Monday, December 14, 2009
- Salalem & Autostrad (Jordan/Arabic rock) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Wust El Balad at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Al-Hadra Troupe led by Sheikh Goda Heykal (Sufi music) at Beit El Suheimi, 7:00 PM

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
- Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi and Cairo Opera Choir present Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Michael Quinn & the Bourbon Kings (Americana/Roots music and rock) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
- Nass Makan at the Makan, 9:00 PM

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
- Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi and Cairo Opera Choir present Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Elena Dzamashvili piano recital in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Mazaher Ensemble (Zar music) at the Makan, 9:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM
- Ali El Haggar (Arabic music) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM

Thursday, December 17, 2009
- Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi and Cairo Opera Choir present Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Yahya Khalil Ensemble (Jazz) in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- National Arab Music Ensemble conducted by Selim Sahab at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Sahra Band (Rai music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Azrak Samawi (Rock) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM
- Habashi and the Jazz Caterers (Upbeat Funk Jazz) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
- Al-Ashq Al-Mohamady troupe led by Sheikh Walid Shahin (Sufi songs) at the Taalat Harb Cultural Centre, 7:00 PM

Friday, December 18, 2009
- Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nader Abbassi and Cairo Opera Choir present Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Omar Khairat (Piano) at El Sawi Cultural Center in Zamalek, 9:00 PM
- Sweet Sound Ensemble with Mounir Nasr El Din in the Open Air Theatre of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Bell Group Christmas recital at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Salalem (Arabic music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM

The renowned Italian artist MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO in Cairo

On Tuesday 15th December, at 7.00 pm, at the Theatre of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo, there will be a meeting with Michelangelo Pistoletto, guest of honour at the 25th Alexandria Biennale for Mediterranean Countries, which will be held from 17th December 2009 until 31st January 2010. The Biennale is one of the leading art events in the world and its aim is to fortify the cultural and artistic dialog not only between Egypt and its neighboring Mediterranean countries but to extend it all over the world as well. Thanks to Love Difference, a movement founded by Pistoletto, in 2002, it was possible to host him in Egypt, presenting, at the Biennale, the installation: Ten Less One.

The large framed mirrors placed around the walls of the room are intact, at first. The mirror offers its surface to physical life, as a witness to its unlimited extent in space and time.

When the mirror is shattered its reflective power is not lost, it is multiplied, as many times there are fragments. During the performance, the breaking of each framed mirror is like a small galactic explosion that multiplies the particles of reflection, and remains in the exhibition as the memory of a precise instant of the past ceaselessly reflected in a new present.

One mirror remains intact in reference to the seed of the unending regeneration of light and life. There is a dramatic power in this virtual, art process that corresponds to the real. Yet the drama is resolved in emotional moments that, by reflection, lead us to think of our own existence. 

Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in Biella in 1993; he was an animating force and a leading figure of the Arte Povera, like Anselmo, Boetti, Kounellis, Merz, Paolini e Zorio; he is considered one of the greatest artist in the worldwide artistic scene, frequently invited from the major museums, he took part in the most important group exhibitions (Documenta, Münster and Biennale).

About the MAKAN

Last issue of Al-Ahram Weekly had a great article by Osama Kamel about the MAKAN. Now you can find it in the online version as well.
Click here to read it.

ITALIAN MOVIE AT AUC

The American University in Cairo, Office of Student Development, and ITACA, present Gabriele Muccino's movie "L'ULTIMO BACIO" (THE LAST KISS),  2001, tomorrow Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Room CP17 SSE, of AUC New Cairo Campus. Free entry.
The movie will be introduced by Vincenzo Mattei and presented with English subtitles.
 

L'ultimo bacio narrates episodes in the lives of four friends in their early thirties, scared by fatherhood and wishing to escape… escape, either far away or back into an eternal adolescence. Contemporary Italian society is portrayed in this movie with a post-modern filter, enacting the irreconciled tension between the sake of perfection and the reality of life.

Classical Music Scene in Egypt on Facebook

Musicians and classical music lovers in Egypt have created an open group on Facebook.
You can find like-minded virtual friends, information about performances, articles, pictures, and whatever rotates around classical music in general.

The address is http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=18766715856

YASSER GHONEIM

Considered one of the young stars of Egyptian classical music, the violinist Yasser Ghoneim joined the Cairo Conservatoire at the age of seven and studied with several professors, amongst which the late secretary general of the Tchaikovsky Competition, Irakly Bridzy. He is currently studying with Marlis Yones-Khan.
He made several tours with the Conservatoire Orchestra, including one to Germany in 1998, and played with the Mediterranean Sea Orchestra. He also gave concerts as soloist with the Akhenaton Chamber Music Orchestra at the Sayed Darwish Theatre in Alexandria and at the Cairo Opera House.

WEEKLY AGENDA MUSIC Dec. 5 - Dec. 11

Saturday, December 5, 2009
- Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andreas Spörri with soloist Yasser Ghoneim (Violin) present works from Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Jesus’Heart Choir Christmas Concert in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Yehya Khalil (Jazz) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Farid El Bably (Iraq/Oud) and his group at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM
- Beshir (Modern Egyptian Folk) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM

Sunday, December 6, 2009
- Fathy Salama’s Sharkiat (North African fusion) in the Open Air Theatre of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Odessa String Quartet (Ukraine) with Mohamed Hamdy (Clarinet) in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Ashra Gharby (Conemporary Egyptian music) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM
- El Nil Troupe for Folk Instruments at Beit El Suheimi, 8:30 PM
- Bashir (Nubian music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Rashad Fahim Trio (Jazz standards and originals) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:30 PM
- The Nubian Drums led by Intesar Abdel-Fattah at the Ghouri Palace, 8:00 PM

Monday, December 7, 2009
- Wust El Balad at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Mahmoud Bayoumi present works by Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, Händel and Sayyed Darwish in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
- “Take the Floor” (USA/Ballroom, Latin and Theatrical Dance) in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- City Band (Contemporary Egyptian music) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Nass Makan at the Makan, 9:00 PM
- Cairo Choral Society conducted by John Baboukis presents Joseph Haydn's Creation in All Saint's Cathedral in Zamalek, 8:00 PM

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
- “Take the Floor” (USA/Ballroom, Latin and Theatrical Dance) in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 6:00 PM & 9:00 PM
- Cairo Choral Society conducted by John Baboukis presents Joseph Haydn’s Creation in the Malak Gabr Theatre at AUC New Cairo Campus, 7:00 PM
- Yazan Al Roussan & Autostrad (Jordan/Arabic rock) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 10:30 PM
- Mazaher Ensemble (Zar music) at the Makan, 9:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray 8:30 PM
- Klaket (Egyptian songs) at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- DJ Ramsi Lehner at the Goethe Institute in Dokki, 8:00 PM

Thursday, December 10, 2009
- “Take the Floor” (USA/Ballroom, Latin and Theatrical Dance) in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 6:00 PM & 9:00 PM)
- Heritage Ensemble for Arab Music at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Sahra Band (Rai music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM
- The Riff Band at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM

Friday, December 11, 2009
- “Take the Floor” (USA/Ballroom, Latin and Theatrical Dance) in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Cairo Choral Society conducted by John Baboukis presents Joseph Haydn’s Creation in the Ewart Memorial Hall at AUC Downtown campus, 8:00 PM
- Jong Ki Choi, (Principal clarinetist of Cairo Symphony Orchestra) recital at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Salalem (Arabic music) at the After8 Pub, 10:00 PM

YEHYA KHALIL at the Cairo Jazz Club

Tomorrow, Thursday December 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM the famous jazz percussionist Yehya Khalil will perform at the Cairo Jazz Club.
For reservations and house rules, click here.