Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Sunday 10 September Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Moondogs Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Music 7pm CAIRO Musion band, led by Mohamed Ibrahim, make the audience see what they hear through blending music with various arts such as marionette, mime, fine art, poetry, monologue, performances, and acting. El-Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Dance 8pm CAIRO Wailing of The Body (Performance) - Mohamed Shafik. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Embassy of Switzerland in Cairo 24 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahassen, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Abdel-Wahab songs performed by the National Arab Music Ensemble. Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, 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 5pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot (1979) directed by Siegfried Hartmann Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa Str., Azarita, Alexandria Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA An evening commemorating late film critic and historian Samir Farid. Screening of the short film titled Samir Farid (2013) directed by Mohamed Samir, followed by a discussion with the director and Hassan Samir Farid Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Cairo Symphony Orchestra: Season Opening Gala. Programme: Chabrier's "Espana" Rhapsody for Orchestra, Kodaly's:Dances of Galanta, Liszt's Dance of the Dead for piano and Orchestra, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Op. 24, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances. Soloists: Tadashi Suenaga, piano, A Cappella Choir, Choir Master: Maya Gvineria, Conductor: Ahmed El Saedi Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Hisham Gabr conducts the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Ati Metwaly) Monday 11 September Exhibition Last days CAIRO “Masterpieces XVI,” a unique collective exhibition showcases paintings and sculptures. The exhibition ends on 15 September. Zamalek Art gallery, 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO Men Al-Alif Ela El-Waw (From A to W) from Assiut And Mawal El-Wagaa (The Pain Song) by Matay. Theatre Club. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Music 8pm CAIRO Zikr and Sufi night Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Film 8pm CAIRO Screening of Buster's Mal Heart (2016) Balcon Heliopolis 26 Sohag street, Heliopolis, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Ignorance is Bliss, an interdisciplinary movement manifestation based on a chain reaction of over 600 written messages that people have left behind for each other. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Afronubia band Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Cyrano de Bergerac (Photo: Still from the film) Tuesday 12 September
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Drawings by children of the Talents Development Centre. Exhibition ends on 14 September Salah Taher gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Moondog Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Fallen Angels' Paradise Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO El-Otta El-Amya (The Blind Cat) from Damietta and Suez and Raqset El-Damm (Blood Dance) from Mansoura. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Music 8pm CAIRO Mawawil and Gamalat Shiha Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Condanced Histories: A choreographic and pedagogical one man show about his stories of dance, by Neopost Foofwa. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Townhouse Gallery 3 Hussein Al Memar St., Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film Amazing Earth (2004) Arts & Multimedia Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week In Anticipation of a Future Need to Know exhibition (Photo: part of promotional material) Wednesday 13 September
Exhibition Last days CAIRO Oil paintings by Abdel-Nasser Al-Saadani. Exhibition ends on 17 September. Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Zar music and songs by Mazaher, featuring Umm Sameh, Umm Hassan and Nour Al-Sab Makan, 1 Saad Zaghloul St, Al-Mounira, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO El-Otta El-Amya (The Blind Cat) from Damietta and Suez and Lewahdy (Alone) from Port Said. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Music 7.30pm CAIRO Voice band El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Exhibition 7pm CAIRO Ace of Spades, exhibition by Shatha Al-Deghady and Amado El-Fadni Soma Art School and Gallery, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek Cairo Exhibitions Opening 7pm CAIRO -Creativity without Borders, pottery by Tahani Adel in Ahmed Sabry Hall -China's Stories, photography by Sara Fouad in Ragheb Ayad hall -Breathe of Love, oil paintings by Jaidaa Zakaria in Hussein Fawzy hall Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy, Zamalek, Cairo Theatre 7.30pm CAIRO Win the War or Tell Me a Story, a play directed by Jessica Wallenfels, performed by Sayda Trujillo Dawar, 16 Adly St, 3rd Floor, Downtown, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Guitar Recital by Elhamy Khorshed Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 8pm CAIRO Storming by Nut Dance Company. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Institut français d'archéologie orientale - IFAO, 37 Al-Cheikh Aly Youssef Str, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Al-Hour band performs religious chants Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Concert by Dalia Farid and Wadi Music, featuring guest artist Osama Said Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film Victoria Goethe-Institut, 10, El-Batalsa Str., Azarita, Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Moon Dogs (Photo: Still from the film) Thursday 14 September
Exhibition Opening 4pm CAIRO Exhibition of installations and discussions by the students of CILAS, as a platform for expression Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts, 10, Darb El Labbana Street, infront of Al-Refai mosque, Cairo Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), a children play directed by Salah Al-Sakka The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station Theatre 7pm CAIRO Senet from Luxor and Maqtal Ghagareya (Death of a Gypsy) from Armant. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Music 7pm CAIRO Religious songs and hymns by Waslet Samaa band El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, Wisdom Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 7pm CAIRO Radiohead Tribute Night by Karma Police Magnolia. Leaves of Art 12 Mohamed Anis street, Zamalek, Cairo Music 7.30pm CAIRO Retro band performs songs written by poet Ahmed Haddad El Sawy Culturewheel End of 26th of July St, River Hall, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek Music 8pm CAIRO Rami Attallah Acoustic Jazz Trio ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Talents Development Centre's concert Arab Music Institute, 22 Ramsis St, Cairo Music 8pm Cairo Yehya Khalil concert Cairo Opera House, small hall, Zamalek, Cairo Dance 10pm CAIRO REN.Women performance. A poetic discourse between space, restriction and liberation. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo Film 1pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of film Cyrano de Bergerac Arts & Multimedia Library, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Exhibition opening 5pm ALEXANDRIA 12 edition of First Time group exhibition Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Music 8pm ALEXANDRIA Abdel-Wahab songs performed by the National Arab Music Ensemble Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), 22, El Horreya Road (formerly Fouad Street), Alexandria Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Asia Madani (Photo: still from performance video) Friday 15 September
Exhibition 2 - 8pm CAIRO Wanderings: a two-day exhibition of artworks by retiring NVIC administrator Tilly Mulder. 50% of proceeds go to the Girls Running Project. NVIC, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Puppet Theatre 6.30pm CAIRO Sahsah Lama Yangah (When Sahsah Succeeds), a children play directed by Salah Al-Sakka The Cairo Puppet Theatre, Next to the Al-Attaba Metro Station Theatre 7pm CAIRO El-Ard El-Wahshy (The Beastly Performance) from Shebin El-Kom and Ana we Ehna we Kolena (Me, us, and all of us) from Ismailia. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Dance 8pm CAIRO REN.Women performance. A poetic discourse between space, restriction and liberation. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September) Read more here Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO Concert by Mostafa Rizk Al Rabaa Cultural Centre, Fatimid Cairo, next to Al Aqmar mosque, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Concert by Gypsy Jazz Project Elbet Alwan, 15 Ahmed Heshmat St., Zamalek, Cairo Puppet Theatre 8.30pm CAIRO “Al-Aragouz wa Khayal Al-Zel” (The Shadow Puppet) Beit El-Sehemi El-Gamaliya, Al-Muizz St, Old Cairo Music 9pm CAIRO Asia Madani: Sudanese Folklore Night ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Wanderings exhibition by Tilly Mulder (Photo: part of promotional material) Saturday 16 September
Festival CAIRO Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here TBA Exhibition 2 - 8pm CAIRO Wanderings: a two day exhibition of artworks by retiring NVIC administrator Tilly Mulder. 50% of proceeds go to the Girls Running Project. NVIC, 1 Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street, Zamalek, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Fallen Angels' Paradise Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Opening 4pm CAIRO Culture in Color: two-day painting exhibition by Farah Shoukry Hanager Arts Center, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of Closed Doors Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Dance/Music 8pm CAIRO El-Tanoura Troupe for Cultural Heritage, whirling dervishes perform to live Sufi music Al-Ghouri Caravansary Mohamed Abdou St, off Al-Muaaz St and Al-Azhar St, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO El-Khanzeer (The Pig) by El-Gezira Theatre Club and Bab El-Fetouh (El-Fetouh Gate) from Ghazl El-Mahalla. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Dance 8pm CAIRO Ignorance is Bliss, an interdisciplinary movement manifestation based on a chain reaction of over 600 written messages that people have left behind for each other. The event is part of Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here Darb 1718 Kasr El Shamaa St. Misr El Kadima, Cairo Music 8pm CAIRO The Flying Concert: Fathy Salama Ft. DAAS El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo Music 8.30pm CAIRO Open Mic Night ROOM Art Space & Cafe, 10 Etehaad Al Mohamin st, Garden City, Cairo Music 7.30pm ALEXANDRIA Sacred Classical Arias Concert: Mozart, Haendl, Vivaldi, Mascagni, Gounod, Mahler, Rossini and others. Performed by sopranos Mirhan Damir, Christine Magdy and Mireille Banoub, mezzo Mariam El Tabbakh, bass-baritone Rafik Kamal and Mina Nabil Hanna on the piano Jesuits Church, 298 Port Said st, Alexandria Film 8pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of the French documentary Nuit eclare nuit by Laurent Thivolle. The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September) French Institute, El Nabi Daniel St. Off Fouad St., Raml station, Alexandria Alexandria Music ALEXANDRIA Event is cancelled -- Season Opening Concert: BA Chamber orchestra, conducted by Hisham Gabr. Programme: Rossini's Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri, Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56 and Schubert's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, great hall, Alexandria Event is cancelled Scroll to the bottom for the list of recommended exhibitions this week Yahia Khalil (Photo: part of promotional material)
Sunday 17 September
Festival CAIRO Breaking Walls Festival (7 - 17 September). Read more here TBA Exhibition Opening CAIRO “The White Smoke,” a solo exhibition by Ahmed Sabry Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Film 4pm CAIRO Screening of Closed Doors Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Opening 7pm CAIRO In The Anticipation of a Future Need to Know, video installations by Ash Moniz Townhouse Factory Space, 6 El Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo Film 7pm CAIRO Screening of One in a Million followed by Chaos, Disorder Cimatheque, 19a Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo Theatre 7pm CAIRO 7+ Ashbah Kamel Nagafa (7+ Ghosts of Kamel Nagafa) and Washm El-Ghayeb (The Absent's Tattoo), both from Suez. The plays are part of the 26th Festival for Egypt's Theatre Clubs (10-22 September) El-Samer Theatre, Next to the National Circus, Agouza, Cairo Tel: 02 33475408 Music 8pm CAIRO Arabic Rock Concert with Malaaz El Genaina Theatre, Al Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, 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 5pm ALEXANDRIA Screenings of short movies. The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September) Wekalet Behna, 1 Al Kanesa Al Maronya, Al Mansheyah Al Kubra, Qism El-Mansheya, Alexandria Film 7pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of Muito Romântico (2016), directed by Melissa Dullius and Gustavo Jahn, followed by a discussion with the directors Bibliotheca Alexandrina, auditorium hall, Alexandria Film 8pm ALEXANDRIA Screening of the Tunisian film Akher Wahed Fina (The last one of us). The event is part of the Premiers Gestes that focuses on the Mediterranean Youth Cinema (16-20 September) French Institute, El Nabi Daniel St. Off Fouad St., Raml station, Alexandria Alexandria 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 13 Sept- 4 Oct CAIRO Ace of Spades, exhibition by Shatha Al-Deghady and Amado El-Fadni Soma Art School and Gallery, 14 Maraashli Street, Zamalek Cairo Exhibition 14 - 16 Sept CAIRO Exhibition of installations and discussions by the students of CILAS, as a platform for expression Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts, 10, Darb El Labbana Street, in front of Al-Refai mosque, Cairo Exhibition 16 - 17 Sept CAIRO Culture in Color: two-day painting exhibition by Farah Shoukry Hanager Arts Center, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 10-14 Sept CAIRO Drawings by children of the Talents Development Centre Salah Taher gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 10-30 Sept CAIRO “Wings of Mexico,” two wings of bronze created by Mexico's world-renowned contemporary artist Jorge Marin Palace of Arts, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 7-20 Sept CAIRO An exhibition showcases 40 paintings created by children Talaat Harb Cultural Centre, 1 Al-Sayeda Nafisa St, Zeinhom, in front of Fathi Sorour Compound, Cairo Exhibition 10-17 Sept CAIRO Oil paintings by Abdel-Nasser Al-Saadani Music Library (Ziad Bakir) gallery, Cairo Opera Grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 12-24 Sept CAIRO “Twenty Plus: Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor,” an exhibition of sculpture and painting by an array of promising artists from Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor Khan Al Maghraby, 18 Al-Mansour Mohamed St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 13- 27 Sept CAIRO -Creativity without Borders, pottery by Tahani Adel in Ahmed Sabry Hall -China's Stories, photography by Sara Fouad in Ragheb Ayad hall -Breathe of Love, oil paintings by Jaidaa Zakaria in Hussein Fawzy hall Gezira Art Center, 1 Sheikh Marsafy, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 17 Sep- 26 Oct CAIRO “The White Smoke,” a solo exhibition by Ahmed Sabry Mashrabia gallery, 8 Champollion St, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Ending TBA CAIRO “Art for All,” a group exhibition of paintings by the likes of Georges Bahgory, Gihan Raaouf, Essmat Dawestashi, Effat Hosny, Abdel-Aal Hassan, Ayman Salah Taher, Mohamed Al-Tarrawi, Nagwa Al-Ashri, Fatemah Refaat Salama gallery, 36 Ahmed Oraby St, Mohandeseen, Cairo Exhibition 17 Sep - 1 Oct CAIRO In The Anticipation of a Future Need to Know, video installations by Ash Moniz Townhouse Factory Space, 6 El-Nabrawy Street, Downtown, Cairo Exhibition Ending TBA CAIRO “UBUNTU Revisited,” the gallery is exhibiting a selection of pieces from its personal collection by a range of different artists Ubuntu gallery, 20 Hassan Sabry St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition Ends 15 Sept CAIRO “Masterpieces XVI,” a unique collective exhibition showcases paintings and sculptures Zamalek Art gallery, 11 Brazil St, Zamalek, Cairo Exhibition 14 Sep- 7 Oct ALEXANDRIA 12 edition of First Time group exhibition. Fridays and Saturdays off. Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Update 13 September 2017 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
