Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 1 January Film CAIRO Screening of Babai. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Lecture 3pm CAIRO Talk titled “Whats your color?” by Mohamed Khedr Beyt El-Meamar, 4 Darb Al Labana, El-Darb El-Ahmar, Cairo. Tel: 0120 296 5078 Exhibition Last days CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Last days CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio. Runs till 5 January. Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Emad Abdel-Aziz in concert. El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra - New Year's Eve Concert. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad St), Alexandria Music 8pm DAMANHOUR Kawkab El-Sharq (Om Kalthoum) concert Damanhour Opera House, Damanhour Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Babai screening at Zawya (Photo: Part of promotional material for Babai)
Monday 2 January
Film CAIRO Screening of Babai. Read our Art Alert here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last Days CAIRO -Knights of Dai, an exhibition by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein.
-Out of Focus, by artist Atef Ahmed Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar St, from Batal Ahmed St, Mohandessin, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Sausage Party (+18) Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Angham concert Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Threads exhibition at Mashrabia (Photo: Part of promotional material for Threads) Tuesday 3 January
Exhibition Last Days CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Film CAIRO Screening of Babai. Read our Art Alert here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last Days CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Last Days CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 6pm CAIRO Art Jameel organizes second alumni exhibition of the Art Jameel Programme for Traditional Arts and Crafts. The exhibition will continue until 6 January. 4-6 January: between 9am and 9pm British Council, Agouza, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Talents Development concert Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Rageh Daoud concert Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sausage Party film (Photo: Still from Sausage Party) Wednesday 4 January
Film CAIRO Screening of Babai. Read our Art Alert here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said St, off Talaat Harb St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Last Days CAIRO Taha Belal & Gozde Ilkin. Read our Art Alert here. Gypsum Gallery, Gypsum, 5 Ibrahim Naguib St, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Performance 11am CAIRO Puppet and shadow theatre performance and Tanoura performance for special needs organisation Al-Haq Fel Hayah Talaat Harb Culture Center, 1 El Sayeda Nafisa St., El-Sayeda Zainab, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Theeb Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.15pm CAIRO Screening of three Egyptian short films Doum Cultural Foundation, 36 Abdelkhalek Tharwat St, Downtown, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Piano recital by Mushira Issa Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Ballet 8pm ALEXANDRIA Nutcracker Ballet, by the Cairo Opera Ballet company Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Work by Gozde Ilkin (Photo: part of promotional material by Gypsum for the exhibition) Thursday 5 January
Music 6pm CAIRO Om Kalthoum puppet show El-Sawy Culturewheel, Wisdom Hall, 26th of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo Poetry 6pm CAIRO Music and poetry evening Talaat Harb Culture Center, 1 El Sayeda Nafisa St., El-Sayeda Zainab, Cairo Culture salon 7pm CAIRO Creative Egypt culture salon discussing Christmas and Mouled, by writer Mohamed Baghat Creativity Center, Al-Amir Taz Palace, 27 Al-Soufeieh Street, Manial, Old Cairo Lecture 8pm CAIRO Maqamat Salon with guest speaker Emad Ashour, Egyptian cellist Beyt El-Ghenaa El-Araby, The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez street, Islamic Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Recital concert Beyt El-Ghenaa El-Araby, The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez street, Islamic Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Michelle Rounds (Jazz Project) Ft. Rami Attallah and Ayman Mabrouk Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St., off Mohamed Mazhar St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sherif El-Shazly & Shiva ROOM Art Space, 10 Etehaad El-Mohamin St, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Duo recital by Dina Abdel Hameed and Ghassan El-Yousef Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO National Arab Music Ensemble Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Opera Square, by the Cairo Opera Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Ballet 8pm ALEXANDRIA Nutcracker Ballet, by the Cairo Opera Ballet company Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Les Compagnons' christmas concert Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Arts and Multimedia Library, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week The Nutcracker ballet (Photo: part of promotional material by Cairo Opera House) Friday 6 January
Music 1pm CAIRO Korean Month: screening four episodes of Korean Drama W Two Worlds, with Korean food. Each Friday during January. Magnolia Leaves of Art, 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El-Hadraa band, on the occasion of christmas Alrabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, tel: 01011906907 Music 8pm CAIRO Opera Square, by the Cairo Opera Company Al-Gomhoriya Theatre, 12 Al-Gomhouria St, Abdeen, across from Abdin Palace, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sharara sextet Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert for French singer Eric La Garenne Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Ballet 8pm ALEXANDRIA Nutcracker Ballet, by the Cairo Opera Ballet company Alexandria Opera House, (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Korean series ‘W Two Worlds' (Photo: Still from W Two Worlds) Saturday 7 January
Exhibition Last Days 7pm CAIRO Apeirophobia exhibition, by Ahmed Abd ElGhany. The exhibition runs until 12 January. Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Asem St, off Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO Al-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage. Wekalet Al-Ghoury, Al-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Cairo Symphony Orchestra Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Opera 8pm CAIRO Opera Verdi's Nabucco, live streaming from the Metropolitan Opera Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 Opera 8pm ALEXANDRIA Opera Verdi's Nabucco, live streaming from the Metropolitan Opera Bibiotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Verdi's Nabucco (Photo: part of promotional material by The Met Opera) Sunday 8 January Exhibition Last Days CAIRO Zaraeeb, an exhibition by French-Tunisian graffiti artist el Seed. The exhibition runs until 10 January. Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Last Days CAIRO Two solo exhibits: Zeinab El-Saginy in venue I, and Ahmed AbdelKarim in venue II Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Sobhy Bedair and friends Cairo Opera House, main hall, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Song recital by Dalia Abdelwahab Arab Music Institute, 22, Ramsis Street, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Yasser Soliman and Hanan Arabic music performance Beyt El-Ghenaa El-Araby, The Beshtak Palace (Qasr Bashtak), Bayn El-Qasrayn, Moez street, Islamic Cairo Theatre 9pm CAIRO Wahed Tani (Someone Else), a play written by Mustafa Saad and directed by Shadi Sorour. Taliaa Theatre, Attaba Square, next to the Metro Station, Cairo Tel: 02 2593 7948 EXHIBITIONS this week
Exhibition ongoing CAIRO Permanent exhibition of the handicraft centre's products, including pottery, brass artworks and jewellery. Al-Ghouri Caravansary Imam Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Moaiz St with Al-Azhar, Cairo Exhibition ongoing CAIRO A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products. Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre 1 Al-Imam St, behind Amr bin Al-Aas Mosque, Al-Fustat, Old Cairo Exhibition 3-6 Jan CAIRO Art Jameel organizes second alumni exhibition of the Art Jameel Programme for Traditional Arts and Crafts. The exhibition will open on 3 January at 6pm and continue until 6 January, between 9am and 9pm British Council, Agouza, Cairo Exhibition 19 Dec - 19 Jan CAIRO Discursiveness: an exhibition by Yannick Jacquet, Fred Penelle and Dia Hamed. Medrar, 7 Gamal El Din Abou El Mahasen St. Garden City, First Floor, Apt.4, Cairo Exhibition 17 Dec- 3 Jan CAIRO -Knights of Dai, an exhibition by Ahmed Saber, Kareem helmy, Moawiya Hilal and Nagub Moein.
-Out of Focus, by artist Atef Ahmed Dai Gallery, 14 El-Ahrar St, from Batal Ahmed St, Mohandessin, Cairo Exhibition 9 Dec - 15 Feb CAIRO The Cairo Art Fair II ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Exhibition 30 Nov - 6 Jan CAIRO Taha Belal & Gozde Ilkin. Read our Art Alert here. Gypsum Gallery, Gypsum, 5 Ibrahim Naguib St, Ground Floor, Apt 2, Garden City, Cairo Exhibition 14 Dec- 5 Jan CAIRO Third Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition. Runs till 5 January. Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 4 Dec - 5 Jan CAIRO “Threads,”a solo exhibition by Mexican-Italian artist Carlos Torio Mashrabia, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition 1 Dec - 12 Jan CAIRO Retrospective: Photographs from the Collection, a group exhibition from the gallery's archival collection The Photographic Gallery AUC New Campus, AbdulLatif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Road 90 New Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec - 7 Jan CAIRO “Behind Closed Doors,” an exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Farid Safarkhan 6 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 11 Dec - 9 Jan CAIRO Two solo exhibits: Zeinab El-Saginy in venue I, and Ahmed AbdelKarim in venue II Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6 Dec- 10 Jan CAIRO Zaraeeb, an exhibition by French-Tunisian graffiti artist el Seed. The exhibition runs until 10 January. Art Talks, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 6 Nov- 31 Jan CAIRO From Rags to Riches, an exhibition of 20 public artworks created using recycled materials. Switzerland Embassy, 24 Gamal El-din, Abul-Mahasen St, Garden City, Cairo For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
