Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of The Filth and The Fury Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 5pm CAIRO Screening of Pescador (Ecuador), part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO The Last Farewell, by Hany Rashed. Check our Art Alert here. Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion street, Downtown, Cairo
Soma, 14 Mohamed El-Maraashli St., Zamalek,Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Carga Sellada (Bolivia) , part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Decline of Western Civilization II Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Waslet Samaa band Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Egypt Resumes Giving, paintings by Farghali Abdel-Hafiz, and Sculpture by Abdel-Aziz Saab Zamalek Art Gallery, 11 Brazil St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Tanta Agua (Uruguay), part of Ibero-American Film Week, which runs till 21 March. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Film 8.30pm CAIRO Coffee and film night: screening Play It Again, Sam ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Theatre 8pm CAIRO Nights with Warsha: Doom's Day, musical theatre. Part of D-CAF festival AUC Falaki Theatre, 113 Kasr El-Aini Street (on AUC campus), Downtown, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Lecture 7pm ALEXANDRIA Cinema Lesson 7: “The Alexandrian Character in Egyptian Cinema” by researcher Samy Helmy Auditorium, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
Jazz Tales Festival, Rag Trads performing at Ewart Hall
Monday 20 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Gloria (Chile), part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of 45 Years Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Al-Maqam play Sawy Culturewheel, 26th of July St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO Kawareb Waraqia (Paper Boats), paintings by Nabil Ali Al-Kahila Gallery, 15 Al Batal Ahmed Abdel-Aziz St, Mohandessin, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Karaoke Monday ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Dance/Music 7.30pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Wekalet El-Ghoury, El-Ghuri Complex, Fatimid Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Frantz Balcon Heliopolis, 26 Sohag S., Heliopolis, Cairo Film 9.30pm CAIRO Screening of Asu Mare (Peru), part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo
Frantz (Photo: Still from the film) Tuesday 21 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Music 11am-6pm CAIRO Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz Workshop. Check the details here The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Decline of Western Civilization II Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Amores Perros (Mexico), part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Death Metal in Angola Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of West Beirut (1998) ADEF DECA 143, St no. 8, Muqattam City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Pianist Omar Khayrat and his orchestra. Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Gala concert by the Cairo Opera Company. Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Carmen Soliman concert 6th of October City, Giza, Misr University for Science and Technology, Tel 01094444273 Film 9.30pm CAIRO Screening of El Manazno Azul (Venezuela), part of Ibero-American Film Week Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm ALEXANDRIA Safha Raqam 13 (Page Number 13) play Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria D-CAF (Photo: part of promotional material for D-CAF) Wednesday 22 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Music 11am-6pm CAIRO Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz Workshop. Check the details here The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo Campus, Gerhart Theater Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Twelve Monkeys. Check our Art Alert here. Magnolia. Leaves of Art: 12 Mohamed Anis St, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Iman Shaker and Friends concert Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Pianist Omar Khayrat and his orchestra. Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 11am, 7pm CAIRO Le Petit Prince dance performance, based on the novel of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Choreography and staging: Georgia Moffa and Rebecca Dodge (UK) Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Hageen band (Photo: Hageen Facebook) Thursday 23 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Death Metal in Angola Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of 24 Hour Party People Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Sheikh Mahmoud El-Tohamy inshad concert Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Arab Music Heritage Ensemble performs classical Arab music. Arabic Music Institute, Ramsis Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Abdel-Halim Noweira Arab Music Ensemble. Al-Gumhouriya Theatre, 12 El-Gumhouriya St, Abdin, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Cat Stevens Tribute Night with Stand Alone kArkAdAn band ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Hageen, reggae band The Garage, Jesuit Cultural Center, 298 Port Said St., Cleopatra, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA The Alexandria Opera Company for Arab Music and Singing. Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre) Fouad St, Mahatat Al-Raml, Alexandria
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Exhibition opening 12pm CAIRO Forty Years in Egypt, retrospective painting exhibition for artist Britt Boutros Ghali ArtsMart, Km 28, Cairo-Alex Desert Rd., behind Total gas station, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Cinema Memory: Tribute to Mohamed Bakr Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz concert. Check the details here Ewart Hall, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir, Square, Downtown Cairo Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet), a free public performance by clowns in Al-Muizz Street, presented by Wamda and directed by Nabil Bahgat Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 7pm ALEXANDRIA Jazz Tales Festival. Jazz concert. Check the details here Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
The Last Farewell, exhibition by Hany Rashed (Photo: part of promotional material for the exhibition)
Saturday 25 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Theatre 5pm CAIRO Habibtak Ya Masr, Ala Fein (Your Love, Egypt, Where to?) play Hosapeer Theatre, off Galaa St., Downtown Cairo Exhibition opening 6pm CAIRO Le Harem, painting exhibition by Hossam Dirar Art Talks gallery, 8 El-Kamel Mohamed St., Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition opening 7pm CAIRO Paintings by Nazli Madkour Picasso Gallery, 30 Hassan Assem st., off Brazil St., Zamalek., Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Jazz Tales Festival: Jazz concert. Check the details here Ewart Hall, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Tahrir, Square, Downtown Cairo Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Metropolitan Opera (Live in HD): Idomeneo (W.A. Mozart Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Jazz Tales Festival. Jazz concert. Check the details here Great Hall, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria
Tanta Agua, part of Ibero-American film festival (Photo: Still from the film)
Sunday 26 March
Contemporary art festival CAIRO D-CAF festival for contemporary art. Check the full programme here. Various venues. Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of 24 Hour Party People Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of I'm Not There Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO El-Fan El-Sadeq with Mounir Sadek, performing songs by Mounir Mourad Sawy Culturewheel, 26 July St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7.30pm CAIRO Screening of A Footnote in Ballet History. Read more about the film here. Zawya, Cinema Odeon, 4 Abdel-Hamid Said Street, off Talaat Harb Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7.30 CAIRO NVICinema: Syria, Zaatari Djinn, followed by Q&A with Ruth Vandewalle Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO The Nile Troupe for Folk Instruments, conducted by Abdel-Rahman Al-Shafaai Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Film 8.30pm CAIRO Coffee and film night: screening of From Dusk till Dawn ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo The Little Prince (Photo: Illustration for the book by Antoine De Saint Exupery) 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
