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Dear friends, Here are some mix-and-match ideas to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Just dive into our recommendations!
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| | Now showing: Spanish Cinema Now+ 2020Now, more than ever, we would like to celebrate and share the best of Spanish cinema with you. Spanish Cinema Now+ 2020 will be presented as free online screenings. Registration is limited, so make sure to get your tickets! When working on the film selection a few months ago, Spanish filmmaker Pablo could not anticipate what the world would be like now. But it turns out to be perfectly appropriate for these times: the two films we are presenting dig into personal relationships between four walls. | |
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| | | | | Journey to a Mother’s Room On Saturday, April 18, from 4 pm to 10 pm
(UTC -04:00). Free, RSVP required. “A round-the-world trip of a mother and her daughter without leaving their house. A giant small movie. After watching it, you will call your mother… wanna bet?” —Pablo Berger | | | |
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| | | | | Killing God
On Saturday, April 25, from 4 pm to 10 pm
(UTC -04:00). Free, RSVP required. “A dark, very dark comedy. Fun, hilarious. A personal and irreverent paella, with ‘chunks’ from Buñuel, Valle-Inclán, and Álex De la Iglesia.” —Pablo Berger | | | |
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| | New playlist: Classical Music from EspañaNew playlist alert! From the Cultural Office, we keep bringing top-notch Spanish music to your home. Get inspired by this fine selection of the best classical composers and musicians from our country, chosen by Spanish Music Director Angel Gil-Ordóñez. And don’t forget to follow us on Spotify! | |
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| | | | About Music Director Angel Gil-Ordóñez With wide and remarkable experience across Europe, the U.S. and Latin America, the former Associate Conductor of Spain’s National Symphony Orchestra, Gil-Ordóñez, is nowadays the Music Director of D.C.’s PostClassical Ensemble, Principal Guest Conductor of New York’s Perspectives Ensemble, and Music Director of the Georgetown University Orchestra, among others. In addition, in 2006, he received the Royal Order of Queen Isabella, our country’s highest civilian decoration, for his devotion to sharing Spanish culture with the world.
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| | Google Arts & Culture: The MNACJosé Luis Brea, one of the most unique voices of contemporary critical thinking in Spain, talked about the RAM_Museum (or how the museum, like the Random-access memory, could be read and changed in any order). Have you ever imagined a museum without walls? Now you can visit the world’s major museums from the comfort of your home thanks to Google Arts & Culture. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2,000 leading museums and archives. Our pick today is The MNAC (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya) where you can take a 360º virtual tour of the museum: 1,376 works of the collection are presented in high resolution, featuring 418 artists –from the best Romanesque collection of mural paintings in the world, to Gothic, Modern and 20th-century Art. You can bookmark your favorite artworks and build your own gallery by picking and choosing from MNAC's collection, or from any other museums in the world. | | | |
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| | | | Want to learn more?
Visit MNAC's website and explore #elMuseuNacionalACasa. Take a more traditional virtual tour through its collection, or immerse yourself in interactive storytelling by downloading the new Second Canvas App. Finally, we invite you to read MNAC's blog to find out what goes on backstage at the museum, and share other activities #WithKids like coloring Xavier Cosé drawings and assembling puzzles from artworks of its collection. | | | |
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| | Free online films: Club de ReyesAcción Cultural Española (AC/E) has launched #ACEFilmoteca, a new initiative offering free online films during the stay-home order. The documentary Club de Reyes is our pick for you: | |
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| | | | | Club de ReyesDirected by Andrea Barrionuevo, 61 minutes. Watch the film.
For over forty years (1966-2014) a Spanish college in Madrid, el San Juan Evangelista, was a space for music, art and culture; a space of resistance. Club de Reyes tells the story of El Johnny through its promoter, Alejandro Reyes, and the various artists that performed there over the years. | | | |
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| | | | If you enjoyed the Club de Reyes soundtrack…
El Johnny has closed its doors for now, but we still can enjoy the music of the artists who performed there. We have created a playlist with a selection of some of the Spanish artists who played at this legendary club over the years.
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