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It is carnival time in Spain. From now until Ash Wednesday (February 21st this year) — and in some places a little longer — it is a wild, weird and wacky season of masks, parades and parties. That is probably what gave the celebration its name: carne vale, Latin, meaning “meat, farewell.” Apokreo, its Greek […]
If you are in Barcelona these days and you want to deep into history you can discover the city’s anti-aircrafts batteries. Barcelona was bombed by the Franco’s airplanes during the Spanish Civil War and the Barcelona City Council, in recalling this event, wants to remember the civilian population that suffered the tragic consequences of the […]
In Barcelona
MACBA shows one of the most complete exhibitions of Pablo Palazuelo (Madrid, 1915), one of the key figures of Spanish art of the second half of the 20th century. It contains about 350 pieces –some of which have never been shown to the public before– and takes us on a journey through all the […]
It’s time for you to rediscover Opera. Write down these dates: weekend of 16 to 18 February. Those are the European Opera Days when opera companies all around Europe will celebrate 4 centuries of Opera.
Local residents, opera lovers or critics and existing and new audiences will have the chance to experience opera and discover that […]
We are now officially in Christmas season. If you visit Spain at this time of the year you will see
lights, lots of people carrying shopping bags, and countless Santa Claus welcoming people to the nearest El Corte Inglés (Spanish version of Marks and Spencer or Macy’s). Pretty normal, isn’t it?
Sooo, if it’s not sunny and […]
The World Press Photo exhibition is on show at Barcelona’s CCCB centre featuring some of the best Photojournalism of 2005. The World Press Photo award is one of the most prestigious in its field and is both a historical document of the main events of the last year and a display of the best in […]
Flexing its liberal muscle, Barcelona hosts the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival from 5-15 October in the Mercat de Les Flors. The event follows a strong tradition of documentary festivals in Barcelona at this time of year such as In-Edit and Docuopolis and features many films in their original language with Catalan subtitles. There are […]
The end of September brings the annual La Mercé festival - a celebration of the city’s patron saint “Mare de Deu de la Mercé”. The festival welcomes the autumn months and trusting that the bad weather that has plagued this summer clears up, most of the fun will take place outside. This year there are […]
If you see people climbing on top of each other in an attempt to reach for the sky in Valencia, don’t be alarmed. “Castelleres” are human towers and the tradition is taken very seriously mainly in Catalunya but also in Valencia. Mid-September sees one of the most well known events in Valencia - the Fiesta […]
Probably Barcelona’s biggest and most colourful street party, the Festa de Gracia gets underway on 15th August for one week transforming the small streets into a festival of colour, music, food and dance. Barcelona’s most bohemian neighbourhood was once a village seperated from the city itself and the independent spirit is never in more evidence […]
