Joaquín Cortés
March 10, 2008
Joaquín Cortés, devilishly handsome and dressed by Jean Paul Gaultier, indulges in a frenetic show of foot-stamping, sweat-spurting, shamelessly attention-seeking flamenco dance with interludes of rapturous applause from the audience. With his private clan of musicians and singers to frame him, JC attains new heights in Latino kitch in this highly theatrical performance entitled Mi Soledad (My Solitude). Leave your boyfriend at home. O-lé. Tickets are €20-€58
9.30pm/7pm on Sunday
Tívoli theatre
C/Casp 8-10
08010 Barcelona
Milk
March 10, 2008
Chic and unpretentious, Irish-owned bar/bistro Milk has the best Sunday brunch in town and a nightly happy hour from 7pm until 9pm, when you can get an elegant cosmopolitan double the size of anywhere else in town for half the price. Ideal for that first date. Soulful music and toilet walls lined with comic strips complete the experience.
Open 6.30pm-3am Mon-Sat; noon-3am Sun.
C/Gignàs 21
08002 Barcelona
Tel: 93 268 09 22
Wushu
March 10, 2008
Wushu has a wok and knows how to use it. In fact, this restaurant knew how to use it so well, whipping up a range of Asian treats (pad Thai, lo mein and laksa) and sending them tumbling in generous potions into mammoth plates, that queues began to form. Now in bigger but no less lovely premises, Wushu offers good Asian grub rarely found in Barcelona, courtesy of expert Aussie chef Bradley Ainsworth.
Kitchen open Tue-Sun, 1pm-4.30; 7pm-11pm
Wushu restaurant and bar
Avda. Marqués d’Argentera 1
08003 Barcelona
Metro: Barceloneta
Tel: 933 107 313
The noble passion of collecting
March 10, 2008
The exhibition “The noble passion of collecting - Arts works from Hungarian private collections” that will continue in the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts till April 20th displays about 600 artworks form 65 private collections.
This exceptional selection includes works from the Middle Ages to the present day - Gothic wooden statues, orthodox icons, a 17th century Brussels tapestry, oriental rugs, Hungarian porcelain, Art Deco furniture, silver jewellery and oriental ceramics from the cargo of sunken ships.
The gem of collection is a crystal cow called the Milky Way. This piece of art was created for the annual Cow Parade, and just returned from its special trip to Vienna where it was displayed in the café window. This sparkling cow is decorated with 13,500 Swarowsky crystals and illuminated from within.
Museum of Applied Arts
IX. district, Üllői út 33-37
Closed on Mondays
Family Silverware Exhibition
March 10, 2008
A new exhibition in Hungarian National Museum features the amazing collection of silver tableware from the 18th and 19th century.
The collection of gold and silver works of art that represents country’s culture and history was started over 200 years ago. Many of the pieces were obtained by the museum during the Socialist period when many were forced to part with precious heirlooms, and acquired from Pawn Store Company, that used to be a monoplist in the antiques market in Hungary.
In addition to table silverware crafted in Hungary, the collection also features some works made outside the territory of the former Habsburg Monarchy, especially the splendid works of Viennese goldsmiths.
The exhibition will continue till 24th March, on the second floor of the Hungarian National Museum.
Address: VIII district, Múzeum krt. 14-16
Open: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00
The Kills
March 10, 2008
I keep having to check my ticket. Can this be right?
The UK’s favourite scuzz-rock heroes, daters of Kate Moss, wearers of leather and chelsea boots, cooler that a polar bear’s icebox, supported by the equally cool, equally rare in Paris the Gossip? And a chance to catch up-and-comers Pete and the Pirates?
L’Olympia, 6:30pm
28 Boulevard des Capucines
75009 Paris
France
Alicia Keys
March 10, 2008
Wallet? Keys? Hopes and Dreams?
She’s hot, intelligent AND she can sing? These three virtues, rarely experienced together (however much they try to make us believe it), intermingle and explode in the lovely Alicia Keys. Go and hear her in action on March 16th. The venue is Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona (Barcelona) NB. This is NOT the Olympic stadium on Montjuïc, but a 12,500-seater basketball stadium slightly out of town. The show starts at 9pm and you have the added pleasure of getting out at a Metro station called Gorg.
Avinguda Alfons XIII, s/n
08921 Badalona (Barcelona)
Metro Gorg
Tickets: €48-€58
Impulsive creations by Blanca Gala, in the limelight at the Eurostars Las Adelfas 4*
March 10, 2008
The Eurostars Las Adelfas 4* (Cordova) presents, from 7 March to 4 May, an exhibition of work by Blanca Gala. Blanca Gala defines her creations as the result of a “controlled impulse”, causing the appearance of “a tension, more spiritual and physical, charged with great lyricism”. Read more
The Eurostars Ciudad de Córdoba presents light-filled paintings by José Mario Fajardo
March 10, 2008
The Hotel Eurostars Ciudad de Cordoba 4* presents, from 6 March to 6 May, an exhibition by José Mario Fajardo. The exhibition comprises a series of canvases in which Fajardo carries out a conscientious investigation of light in all its forms. Read more
Stereophonics
March 3, 2008
In October of 2007 Stereophonics’ sixth album, ‘Pull the Pin’, came out. It entered the album charts on number one in England. In Holland they’re also very popular, their last concert was sold out in an instant. So you’d better get your tickets quick if you want to enjoy the Stereophonics this Sunday in the Heineken Music Hall!
Sunday March 2, 2008
Doors open at 18.30, concert starts at 20.00
Order tickets online
Stereophonics
Heineken Music Hall
ArenA Boulevard 590
1101 DS Amsterdam
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