Nærøyfjord
December 14, 2009
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Sozinho…
December 12, 2009
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Alvin Batiste & the Jazztronauts
December 11, 2009Master jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste is a living repudiation of the old adage ‘Those who can, do, those who can’t teach’. For many years head of the music programme at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Batiste put his students’ needs above his own career as a musician, devoting himself to teaching jazz and musicianship at the historically black university. Under-recorded and under-known by the larger audience, Batiste is a superb musician whose supple sound moves from free jazz to ballads to avant-garde. He’ll be at Snug Harbor for one night with his current line-up of Jazztronauts, an always hot band that has been home to many of his finest students.
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Méditerranée, de Courbet à Matisse
December 10, 2009‘Méditerranée’ explores the lure of the northern Mediterranean on artists between 1850 and 1925, as they sought out the authenticity of untouched fishing villages and the legacy of Greco-Roman mythology. Among some celebrated canvases (Picasso’s ‘Flute de Pan’, Matisse’s ‘Luxe, Calme et Volupté’) and rarely seen loans from regional collections, other highlights include fine Monets, luminous pointilliste works by Cross and Signac, the rich complexity of Bonnard and Bracque’s colourful short-lived Fauve phase at l’Estaque.
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Amnye Machen
December 9, 2009
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Red Raw
December 7, 2009Comedy old-timers Reg Anderson and Colin Ramone show the stand-up newborns how it’s done. At only a quid, what better way to start the week.
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Dancer in the Dark
December 6, 2009Here’s a chance to see a preview of Lars von Trier’s latest film – the musical, ‘Dancer in the Dark’ – in the impressive confines of a former church turned ‘pop temple’. The maker of ‘The Idiots’ and ‘Breaking the Waves’ won the Cannes Festival’s Golden Palm for best film for this production, which also garnered a best actress award for the emotive performance of its star Björk. Expect a musical that is both mutant and engaging.
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Style & Humour: Lucie & PP Porges
December 5, 2009A fascinating exhibition documenting the odyssey of Viennese Jews Lucie and Paul Peter Porges and their respective work as a fashion designer and cartoonist. Born in the late-1920s in the same hospital in Vienna, both fled the city as children, eventually meeting at art school in Geneva in 1945. Lucie worked in various couture establishments in Paris after the war and designed for Pauline Trigère, New York’s only French fashion house. Her husband Paul is a well-known cartoonist for ‘Mad Magazine’ and ‘The New Yorker’. The exhibition consists of examples of their work, material relating to their life in Vienna and splendid contemporary photos by Peter Rigaud.
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Barmaley
December 3, 2009A host of Russian pop stars turned out for the recent opening of Barmaley, a new club owned by singer Oleg Gazmanov. It hasn’t exactly got the hippest name in club history – Barmaley was the pirate in a Russian version of the Dr Dolittle story – but it’s housed in an elegant 18th-century mansion. Despite the pop star crowd, the club is aiming for the masses with beer starting at 25R. In September a 200 seat cinema will open in the venue.
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