Lebanon Cultural Events

Malaak Comic Launching

2007-11-16T17:24:00.000+02:00

Joumana Medlej is launching Lebanon's first comic action comic. Be sure to attend the book signing at Librairie Antoine.

Malaak: Angel of Peace
Tagline: Launching Lebanon's first action comic
Host: Librairie Antoine
Type: Music/Arts - Opening
Time and PlaceDate: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Librairie Antoine
Street: Hamra
City/Town: Beirut, Lebanon

Contact InfoPhone: 961.349.3508
Email: mana((at))cedarseed((dot))com

Website: http://www.malaakonline.com/

Artist: Joumana Medlej
Lebrecord Page and Interview: http://lebrecord.com/FA/FA0707-JM/index.html

Itinerary

2007-11-14T19:30:00.001+02:00

Arab Image Foundation launches Hashem El Madani: Itinerary

41 photographs in 33 locations in Saida, the old city.

Hashem El Madani’s photographic work is tied to the city of Saida in South Lebanon where he has worked for over 55 years and founded Studio Shehrazade. Motivated by the wish to expand his business, he set out to become the collector of portraits of all of Saida’s families. Madani photographed people in the studio, on the street, at home, in places of work, promenade and sometimes during out-of-city excursions. His unique archive reflects the very fabric of an Arab town that has experienced major political and societal shifts.

The Madani Project takes the archive of Studio Shehrazade as study material to understand the complex relationship which ties a studio photographer to his working space, his equipment and tools, economy and aesthetics, and further explore his ties to his clients, society and the city in general. Initiated by Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation (AIF), the project meets Zaatari’s interest in living situations that testify on modern traditions and complex social relationships as well as AIF’s commitment to preserving, indexing and studying photographic collections in the Arab world.The Madani Project takes shape as a series of thematic exhibitions, Publications, interventions and videos centered on Hashem El Madani and his archive.

“Hashem el Madani: Itinerary” looks at portraiture in the place of work, specifically at portraits of individuals, shop owners or workers, standing at the door of shops they owned or worked in. By identifying locations of 41 photographs, the project retraces Madani’s path while working in Saida’s streets, in the early fifties. In its first phase, 41 photographs are placed in 33 locations in the old city, and indicated on a location map. In its second phase, 31 additional photographs will be placed in locations outside the old city.

For more info:
http://www.prinsclausfonds.nl/en/what_we_do/network_partnerships/hashemelmadani.shtml

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2007-11-09T20:46:00.000+02:00

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ORDO

2007-11-08T22:57:00.000+02:00

Ordo is a French Marine whose early life was full of broken relationships, including a brief marriage with an underage nymphet named Estelle that was busted up when her mom hauled her back home. Sixteen years later, his shipmates spot his old wedding photo in a celeb magazine article on hot star-of-the-moment Louise Sandoli. Seems the sexy blonde used to be Estelle, but Ordo has difficulty believing the inexperienced, immature girl he once married could be the confident superstar his mates now tease him about.

Genres: Art/Foreign and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min.
Production Co.: Cinemaginaire, Gemini Films, Madragoa Filmes, Maia Films
Funding: Canal Plus, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Institut de Cinema Catala
Filming Locations: Portugal
Produced in: Canada

Playing at Club Social in Achrafieh at 7:00pm on Sunday, November 11th. Free Entry

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La Traversée by Elisabeth Leuvrey

2007-10-07T15:47:00.000+03:00

Every summer, crowds of people cross the sea between France and Algeria, mainly between Marseilles and Algiers, a motley crew of men and women laden with suitcases and stories.

At sea, you are no longer in France and not yet in Algeria. And vice versa. In this state of limbo, between two shores and two countries, the talk comes thick and fast, often out of necessity. In this strange enclosed world on board a ship, La Traversée shows these men and women who relate their stories.

Playing tomorrow Monday Oct 8 @ 8:30pm at Metropolis Art Cinema, Masrah el Madina (Hamra). Click here for more details.

Saddam Hussein, histoire d'un procès annoncé

2007-10-02T22:44:00.001+03:00

An investigative documentary that takes us behind the scenes to reveal the genesis of, and the stakes involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein. During fifteen months, Jean-Pierre Krief, the director, led the inquiry in Iraq, Jordan, the United States, and elsewhere, interviewing the Iraqi Special Tribunal judges, Hussein’s defense lawyers, victims and their lawyers, high-ranking U.S. administration officials, investigators, and experts involved in the trial.
This unique investigation uses documents, testimony, and images that have never been seen before in an attempt to clarify the shady areas that surround the most talked about trial of contemporary times.

How did the Iraqi Special Tribunal come to be set up? What role did the American administration play in its setting up and operating?

Playing Friday, Oct 5, 8:30pm at Metropolis Art Cinema, Masrah el Madina (Hamra)

For more information: www.metropoliscinema.net or call 03-793065

Fee: 3000LL

BARAKAT !

2007-10-01T18:23:00.001+03:00

BARAKAT ! (Enough!)

Algeria/ France - 2006
Direction: Djamila Sahraoui
Screenplay: Djamila Sahraoui, Cucile Vargafting
Camera: Katell Dijan
Editing: Catherine Gouze
Sound: Olivier Schwob
Music: Alla
Cast: Rachida Brani, Fettouma Bouamari, Zahir Bouzrar, Malika Belbey
Format: 35 mm
Time: 90 min.
Original Version: Arabic

Synopsis
In an Algeria which is still the victim of fundamentalist fanaticism, two women who very much remind us of Thelma and Louise set off in search of the younger woman’s husband, kidnapped because of his courageous articles. Their journey, full of danger and discovery, will also allow the two friends to get to know each other better and accept their respective generational differences.

Playing on Thu, Oct 4, 8:30pm - 9:30pm
At: Metropolis Art Cinema, Masrah el Madina (Hamra)
For more information: www.metropoliscinema.net or call 03-793065
Fee: 3000LL

Metropolis

2007-09-28T21:58:00.000+03:00

Plot

Note: There are multiple versions of Metropolis. The original German version remained unseen for many decades. Of this version, a quarter of the footage is believed to be permanently lost. The U.S. version, shortened and re-written by Channing Pollock, is the most commonly known and discussed.

The film is set in the year 2027, in the extraordinary Gothic skyscrapers of a corporate city-state, the Metropolis of the title. Society has been divided into two rigid groups: one of planners or thinkers, who live high above the earth in luxury, and another of workers who live underground toiling to sustain the lives of the privileged. The city is run by Johann 'Joh' Fredersen (Alfred Abel).

The beautiful and evangelical figure Maria (Brigitte Helm) takes up the cause of the workers. She advises the desperate workers not to start a revolution, and instead wait for the arrival of "The Mediator", who, she says, will unite the two halves of society. The son of Fredersen, Freder (Gustav Fröhlich), becomes infatuated with Maria, and follows her down into the working underworld. In the underworld, he experiences firsthand the toiling lifestyle of the workers, and observes the casual attitude of their employers (he is disgusted after seeing an explosion at the "M-Machine", when the employers bring in new workers to keep the machine running before taking care of the men wounded or killed in the accident). Shocked at the workers' living conditions, he joins her cause. Meanwhile his father Fredersen learns of the existence of the robotic gynoid built by the scientist Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) and orders Rotwang to give the robot Maria's appearance. (Rotwang had wanted to give the robot the appearance of Fredersen's dead wife, Hel; both men had been in love with her, but in the end she had married Fredersen). By doing so he wants to spread disorder among the workers that would give him the pretext to carry out a retaliatory strike against them.

The real Maria is imprisoned in Rotwang's house in Metropolis, while the robot Maria becomes an exotic dancer in the city's Yoshiwara nightclub, fomenting discord among the rich young men of Metropolis. The workers are encouraged by the robot Maria into a full-scale rebellion, and destroy the "Heart Machine", the power station of the city. However, the destruction of the machine leads to the city's reservoirs overfilling, which floods the workers' underground city and seemingly drowns their children, who were left behind in the riot. (The children are in fact saved in a heroic rescue by Freder and Maria, without the workers' knowledge.) When the workers realize this, they attack out into the gridlocked and confused upper city, foreshadowing the "destruction of the enemy in the citadel" ending still seen in films. The crowd breaks into the city's entertainment district and captures the robot Maria, whom they believe is responsible for drowning their children. They burn the robot at the stake, and when Freder sees this, he believes that it is the real Maria and despairs. However, Freder and the workers then realise that "Maria" is in fact a robot, and see the real Maria being chased by Rotwang along the battlements of the city's cathedral. Freder chases after Rotwang, resulting in a climactic scene in which Joh Fredersen watches in terror as his son struggles with Rotwang on the cathedral's roof. Rotwang falls to his death, and Maria and Freder return to the street, where Freder unites Joh and Grot, the workers' leader, fulfilling his role as the "Mediator".

Source: Wikipedia

Playing tomorrow September 28, 2007 at Le Tournesol Theatre (Tayouneh roundabout) - 8:30pm
Six musicians from Lebanon, Germany and France will accompany the film live with a musical composition specially created for this unique screening.

For more info: (01) 381290

Don't miss it.

Beirut Street Festival

2007-09-26T21:45:00.000+03:00

Beirut Street Festival 2007
3-month festival began on Sunday, 9 September

Launched three years ago, the Beirut Street Festival celebrates arts and culture by bringing performances to the street. The fourth Annual Beirut Street Festival, which began on September 9, will continue this tradition by offering three months of theater, dance, music, exhibitions, and workshops throughout the city.

The Beirut Street Festival is organized by Zico House, a local cultural association, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture. Mustapha Yamout, founder of Zico House, is particularly happy with the festival this year because there is so much local participation. In addition to having more Lebanese performers than ever, the festival is also being sponsored locally. Zico House inaugurated a partnership this year with Bank of Beirut, which has agreed to support the festival financially for the next five years.

The festival began on Sunday, 9 September, with performances in two locations. Performance artist Nadim Deaibess presented a work titled "Sakan" in front of the famous (now defunct) Beirut Theater in Ain Mreisse, For two days, Deaibess "lived" in front of the shuttered theater. The second performance was an interactive show entitled "Les Orbilys," performed by the French duo Compagnie d'Outre Rue at three locations in Verdun.

From the Ministry of Tourism

Event: Hiking

2007-09-25T17:00:00.001+03:00

What: Hiking in Ehden Cedar Reserve
Where: Ehden
When: September 30th, 2007
Time: 9:00 am
Contact Info: (70) 813001
Webpage: www.esprit-nomade.com
Organizer: Esprit Nomade

Franz Schubert

2007-09-25T04:36:00.000+03:00

At the AUB Assembly Hall. Monday September 17, 2007 at 8:00pm. All are welcome.

Less Roses

2007-09-25T04:26:00.001+03:00

Less Roses
9th of August - 1st of November 2007

Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut is very pleased to invite you to its new show Less Roses curated by the German artist, Elger Esser : “ Less Roses is an odd title for an exhibition; as odd and difficult as it is to curate a show in Lebanon, a country that is constantly revisited by political turmoil. This show is not a political statement, it is about art that speaks for itself. Can art represent without the temptation of embellishment? Art can be subversive without being politically correct . In the Title “ Less Roses “ Less expresses the danger of disappearance…but also less can be a sign of concentration on quality…Roses: Flowers are a symbol of natural beauty …“ E.E. Elger Esser invited artists and friends to join him in this adventure. All of them made new works for the Beirut show, Elger Esser and Felix Schramm came to Beirut and are making on site works :

Moritz Altmann

Yto Barrada

Elger Esser

Peter Hopkins

Glen Rubsamen

Felix Schramm

For more information: http://www.sfeir-semler.de/current/less_roses/less_roses.htm

Zatoichi

2007-09-25T04:16:00.001+03:00

In my own personal opinion Takeshi Kitano does not compare to Shintaro Katsu. But the movie is actually a good movie. I will not spoil it for you.

Playing at Tonga in Hamra on Tuesday Sept 25th.

Click here for more details.

Hiking in Lebanon

2007-09-25T04:02:00.000+03:00

Esprit Nomade organizes 2 Hikes on Sunday September the 30th

Sunday September 30, 2007: Autumn colors in Ehden Cedar Reserve
- Regions: Ehden Cedar Reserve
- Highlights:
  - Wild trails
  - Spectacular landscapes
- Level: 2 levels:
  - Medium: ~5 hours at slow pace
  - Easy: ~4 hours, few uphill, slow pace
- Gathering time: 09:00
- Price:
  - $20: Early booking before Friday 7pm
  - $25: Normal price
  - Price includes: transportation, guides & local guides, Reserve entrance fees
- Notes:
  - The program may be changed in case of unexpected events (weather, political, ...)

Sunday September 30, 2007: Walking, canoeing & "Dolce Far Niente" in the Palm Islands
- Regions: Palm Islands, Tripoli
- Highlights:
  - Crystal-clear water
  - White sandy beach
  - Canoeing around the island
  - If lucky, sea turtles & flying fish (already happened many times)
  - Panoramic landscapes on the Makmel mountains
- Level:
  - Well... get on the boat, get off the boat, lay on the sand, put your feet in the water.
- Gathering time: 09:30
- Price:
  - $16: Early booking before Friday 7pm
  - $21: Normal price
  - Price includes: transportation, guides, boat, canoes.
- Notes:
  - No facilities on the island (showers, toilets, tents, restaurants, ...)
  - The program may be changed in case of external events (bad sea, bad weather, political events...). It would be replaced by a cultural tour with seafood lunch by the sea.
  - Will be repeated every Sunday between September 30 & October 21

For more information check http://www.esprit-nomade.com/

The Spanish Movie Fesival

2007-09-25T03:12:00.000+03:00

INSTITUTO CERVANTES and IESAV present the Spanish Movie Festival at Beryte Theater from September 25th till September 29.

Tuesday 25th: La calle sin sol
Wednesday 26th: Mi adorado Juan
Thursday 27th: El capitán Veneno
Friday 28th: Cielo negro
Saturday 29th: Sierra maldita

Check the calendar for more details.

فيلم وثائقي لهادي زكاك:” اصداء شيعية من لبنان”

2007-09-24T18:53:00.000+03:00

يعرض في الساعة الثامنة مساء الإثنين 24 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2007 في قصر الأونيسكو الشريط الوثائقي “الشيعة أصداء من لبنان” كتابة هادي زكاك وإخراجه. المنتج المنفذ جيري موزير.

الفيلم من 52 دقيقة، ويتناول عبر مقابلات مع سياسيين ومواطنين عاديين الأوضاع اللبنانية كما يراها الناس من منظار الطوائف. البداية هذه المرة مع الشيعة وسيليها جزءان آخران، واحد عن السنة وآخر عن المسيحيين.

Click here for details

Contact us

2007-01-02T04:58:00.000+02:00

For any questions or suggestions, please contact Mr. Maroun Kassab at this email:

lebcultevents{at}gmail.com

Thanks

About Us

2007-01-01T21:53:00.000+02:00

Lebanon Cultural events was developed to fill a gap in the spread of cultural information in Lebanon. It was realized as part of LebRecord's vision to create an expanding network of information that could be shared over the internet, and other communication mediums, and still be all in one place.

Everyone is invited to participate in this project. Any suggestions are welcome.

The Lebrecord team.

Lebanon Cultural Calendar

2007-01-01T21:39:00.000+02:00