Music updates

I am updating with some great events this week. Please include these in your calendar!

MUSIC

Wednesday October 26 - Friday October 29, 2011

Sesame Street: Monsters Making Music! at the MUST Opera in Cairo, 6:30 PM

Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in Sesame Street Live "Elmo Makes Music."
at the Must Opera Cairo, 6th of October City, Al-Motamayez District, Next to Dar El Foad Hospital ,26th of July Mehwar, Egypt. tel: 16111, 16878.

http://bit.ly/TicketsSesameStreet

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

- Ahmed Harfoush (jazz vocals) & Akram el-Sharkawy at the Jazz Bar in Kempinski hotel
- A memorial service for Mina Daniel and the martyrs, with poets, speakers, and the choir project at the Jesuit Center, 7:00 PM

Thursday, October 27, 2011

- Dina El Wedidi and The Band at the Geneina theater, 8:00 PM
- Nubanour (Nubian) at the El Tanbura Hall, 9:00 PM

Friday October 28, 2011

- El Dor El Awal (Oriental music) at the Geneina theater, 8:00 PM

Movies updates

Movies
There is another interesting selection of Latin American movies being shown at the Cervantes

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Párpados azules (Blue Eyelids) at the Cervantes, 6:3o PM
It takes more than an idyllic to create perfect love. Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but she has no one to bring along. Would a stranger do?
Feature, Mexico, 2007, 98 min, by Ernesto Contreras. In Spanish (subtitles unspecified)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

La punta del Diablo (Devil's Point) at the Cervantes, 6:30 PM
A surgeon from Buenos Aires, wearied by personal problems and the endless cycle of work, leaves for a week's skiing vacation in the south. Instead, on impulse, he follows a young hitchhiker to a small fishing village, Devil's Point, in the north, on the coast of Uruguay. He makes fleeting acquaintance with some of the villagers, and learns that the only thing to do in winter is to wait for summer.
Feature, Argentina/Uruguay/Venezuela, 2006, 90 min, by Marcelo Paván. In Spanish (subtitles unspecified).

Arab Shorts 2011 at Goethe

Having been sent a kind reminder to post more events, and in a more timely fashion, here is another installment of interesting upcoming events this week!

Starting Thursday, October 27 to Sunday, October 31, 2011 the Goethe will be showcasing short films and video art at their venue in Bustan St. Downtown.

Click on the picture below to zoom in on the schedule:



And be for more information:

Weekly Agenda Music, Sunday October 23 to Friday October 28, 2011

Apologies for delay but here it is.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

- Celebration of the 23rd Anniversary of the Cairo Opera House in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Chamber Music Concert – Mahmoud Osman in the Small Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Konouz Ensemble for Arab Music – Mahmoud Darwish at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- White Lotus at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
- Samaa’ Band led by Intesar Abdel-Fattah at the Ghouri Palace, 8:00 PM
- El-Nil Troupe for folk instruments (Folk music and songs) at Beit Al-Suheimi, 7:30 PM

Monday, October 24, 2011

- Chiri band (Jazz) in the Wisdom Hall of El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- Soopar Lox (House) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray, 7:30 PM

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

- Opera "The Impressario" at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Flamenco Shaabi at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
- DJ Dina El Ghareeb at the After Eight Club, 9:00 PM

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

- Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Opera "The Impressario" at the Gomhouria Theatre, 8:00 PM
- Ali El Haggar (Egyptian Music) in the Wisdom Hall of El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 9:00 PM
- DJ Ramy (Boogie) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
- Al-Ghouri Tannoura Dance Group at the Ghouri Caravansaray, 8:30
- Mazaher Ensemble at the Makan, 9:00

Thursday, October 27, 2011

- Sehr Al Sharq Ensemble - Belal El Sheikh at the Open Air Theater, Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Flamenco Band and Music in the Wisdom Hall of El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:00 PM
- The Riff Band (Jazz) at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM
- Rango (Sudanese music) at El Tanboura Hall, 8:30 PM

Friday, October 28, 2011

- Gala Concert - Cairo Opera Orchestra in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House, 8:00 PM
- Camera Band in the River Hall of El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek, 8:30 PM
- DJ Junior at the Cairo Jazz Club, 9:00 PM

Cinema Updates

Music updates coming later today!

Saturday, October 22, 2011 (two events)

EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO (DEVIL'S BACKBONE) at the Jesuit Center, 6:30 PM
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Featuring Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega and Federico Luppi

It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces...

Film Screening "Wholetrain" GRAFFITI FILM at Townhouse Gallery Library, 7:00 PM
Directed by Florian Gaag
(89min)

This is the story of a crew of four “writers”, who observe the hierarchies, the values, the rules and the codes of the graffiti scene. Night after night they make off for the subway stations of the city, intent on leaving opulent images behind.

English subtitles
Arabic Graffiti – book and project presentation by the author, graffiti writer and cultural organizer Don STONE Karl

Street Art, Design & the Revolution – lecture by, designer, street artist Mohamed Gaber

Graffiti history and culture– Meet & Greet and Q&A with world famous graffiti crew MaClaim

Sunday, October 23, 2011

IL GATTOPARDO (THE LEOPARD) at the Italian Culture Institute, 6:00 PM (rerun at 8:00 PM)
Italy / 1936. Italian with English subtitles.
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Featuring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

THE BRIGHT STAR at the Open Air Theater, Cairo Opera House, 7:30 PM
UK

Directed by Jane Campion
Featuring Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw and Paul Schneider

The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats' untimely death at age 25.

Inshad Dini and Aghani Diniyya in Twentieth Century Egypt by Michael Frishkopf

I stumbled across this extremely interesting research (click here) on the practice of Inshad Dini (Islamic hymnody) in Egypt. This is a long but extremely interesting reading for those interested in this musical genre and a useful introduction in case you plan to attend one of the many performances of Inshad that regularly take place in Cairo.

Must See: Shaabi Music at Geneina

The shaabi music event "OUT OF THE PICTURE" at Al Azhar's Geneina Theater on Thursday, October 20, 2011 must be singled out this week. Kudos to Geneina theater for finally shedding some (spot)light on this very special local form that is sadly under-presented. (A concert on Saturday will also highlight an out-of-the-box group)

I, for one, will be making my way to Al-Azhar to check this event. The event starts 8:30 PM. Come early to get good seats, and get ready to rock it, shaabi style.

More details:

"In the context of searching for a new meaning for music suitable for political and social situation after the revolution of 25 January, and in the context of the spread of new types of music created by a new generation of Egyptian artists associated with shaabi neighborhoods, communities and weddings, El Genaina Theatre presents DJ Amr Haha accompanied by the popular stars Figo, Alaa' Fifty, and El Sadat Rap on Thursday 20th of October 2011 as part of the El Genaina Theater special program Out of the Picture. This concert will followed by a second concert on Saturday 22nd of October featuring the young star Ola El Mansoura accompanied by her band, and DJ Islam Chipsy with the drummers Khaled Mando and Islam To'to'."