Eduard Gaertner 1801-1877 Thursday, Jul 15 2010 

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This exhibition plays tribute to the celebrated Biedermeier painter Eduard Gaertner. Known for their simplicity and clarity, his light-drenched pictures depict views of Berlin in the mid 19th-century before the founding of the German Reich. His subjects include everything from monuments and churches to cabarets, factories and country estates. It is the first time all Gaertner’s works have been brought together in a single show. As well as marking the second centenary of his birth, the exhibition is timed to coinicide with a host of events celebrating the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of the kingdom of Prussia.

 

The Triumph of French Painting Monday, Jul 12 2010 

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This exhibition includes over 50 major French paintings from the 19th and early-20th centuries, from neo-classicism to post-impressionism. ‘The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse’ is sponsored by the Baltimore Museum of Art and JP Morgan. Among the immortals on display are Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, and Picasso. An art lover’s delight, this show will be one of the highlights of the season.

 

Rose Theatre Saturday, Jul 3 2010 

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56 Park Street, SE1 (020 7593 0026)

London Bridge or Cannon Street tube/rail. Open 10am-5pm daily (last entry 4.30pm). Admission ?3; ?2 5s-15s; ?2.50 students, OAPs, disabled. Credit MC, V.

Website: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/rose

The remains of the
sixteenth-century Rose, the first of four playhouses to be built at
Bankside, were rediscovered in 1989 during excavations on a site where
new office buildings were due to be erected. The extensive remnants,
some two-thirds of the original site, would have been built over were
it not for the campaigning of a group of actors, scholars and ordinary
theatre-loving punters. Currently there’s a sound and light exhibition,
with a video narrated by Sir Ian McKellan, aimed at raising awareness
of the Rose. In the longer term, the Rose Theatre Trust wants to see
the site fully excavated (during which time the public can watch the
archaeologists at work) and open to all – this is pending further
funding being raised.

 

Japoni Santé Saturday, Jun 19 2010 

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Minimalist Japanese meets sumptuous French in a marriage made in culinary heaven. This pretty eatery in the busy Halsted/Armitage shopping neighbourhood is painted in vivid red and blue with hanging lamps above silky gold banquettes. Sample sushi and sake, grab a meal to go or linger over a full meal and wine. The new menu emphasises smaller, sharable portions. Traditional French dishes combine with Japanese sauces, while Japanese dishes take on a French flair. Try crispy soft-shell crab salad, seafood tempura or marinated sea bass with miso sauce.

 

Gaslight Wednesday, Jun 16 2010 

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Gaslight is the suspenseful thriller of the diabolical Mr Manningham who embarks upon a well-laid plan to drive his wife insane. Accused of losing her own belongings and unnerved by the dimming gaslights, Mrs Manningham is at wits end and believes everyone to be plotting against her. Enter the mysterious inspector Rough, who makes grueling accusations about her husband, and the story takes a harrowing turn. This Broadway and Hollywood classic will make you rethink what hides in the dark of shadows.

 

The Revolt of Colour Monday, Jun 7 2010 

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Nice exhibition, shame about the title. All the paintings on display are from the Madrid-based Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza collection and cover the period from the last phase of Impressionism near the end of the 19th-century to early-20th century avant-garde. Gauguin, Monet, Picasso, Matisse and Pissarro are all represented among the 50 works on show. Among the 33 artists, there are only two women though, Gabriele Munter and Natalia Gontcharova. Maybe Carmen didn’t get to choose.

 

Abnormal Cinema Sunday, Jun 6 2010 

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The pocket-sized Sidecar club dedicates a season of its regular cinema night to celluloid misfits and mutants. Highlights include the February14 projection of ‘Yo, El Vaquilla’, the story of a real Spanish criminal who’s still managing the odd escape, even these days. The film is followed by a ‘rumba and delinquency’ party with live music. ‘Blue Demon in the Shadow of the Bat’ on February 28 is also comes accompanied by a party, paying homage to the Mexican comic-book heroes who inspired the film. Entry is free as long as you have a drink.

 

Compañía Sara Baras – Mad Queen Juana Saturday, Jun 5 2010 

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Spain’s foremost flamenco dancer Sara Baras, having wowed audiences in London and Paris, brings her spectacle ‘Juana la loca’ to Madrid. Queen of Castille, Juana’s tormented childhood led to a behaviour during her reign that earned her the possibly unfair moniker of ‘the Mad Queen’, and Baras gives this biography a sensational flamenco treatment. Superbly choreographed, each different flamenco ‘palo’ (rhythm) represents a different phase of Juana’s turbulent existence. Baras is accompanied by the excellent José Serrano, ten other dancers, three ‘cantaores’, two guitarists, a violinist and a percussionist.

 

Savage Garden Thursday, Jun 3 2010 

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Australian pop-duo Savage Garden bring their brand of effervescent pop to Joburg. Singer-songwriter Darren Hayes and instrumentalist Daniel Jones are touring to promote their emotionally charged second album, ‘Affirmation’. More intimate than their self-titled début album, it contains more of the bland soft rock that has made them so popular. They even performed the title track from the album during the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in their native Australia.

 

The Via Crucis Monday, May 31 2010 

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Rome and Easter have always gone hand-in-hand and the traditional Good Friday Stations of the Cross, leading from the Roman Forum to the Colosseum, has been an annual event since Paul VI reintroduced it over three decades ago. The ritual, however, with its stop-pray-start routine, is rapidly becoming a real Via Crucis for the increasingly ailing Pontiff. A very big deal for believers, the ceremony attracts as many people as the Urbs et Orbis Easter message in St Peter’s Square two days later.

 

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