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Culture Events: Picks for the weekend Not sure what to do at the weekend? Take a look at our picks, from venues both in and out of the capital, for Thursday through Sunday (8-11 March)
Thursday, 8 March Flute and harp recital at Cairo Opera House at 8pm Ines Abdel Dayem, newly appointed chairperson of the Cairo Opera House, on flute and Mona Wassef on harp will perform a selection of works byGabriel Fauré,F.J. Naderman,Maurice Ravel,Claude Debussy,Manuel de Falla,Astor Piazzollaand others. Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, Zamalek "October: Ten Days that Shook the World," a film by Serge M. Eisenstein.Screening at the Artellewa Gallery at 8pm From a selection ofnine international filmsscreening weekly atArtellewaunder the theme "revolution and resistance." On Thursday, they present the 1928 Soviet production, "October: Ten Days that Shook the World' by Serge M. Eisenstein. 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street,Ard El-Lewa, Giza, Cairo Bedouin music: Jerry-Can Bandat Mastaba Centre at 9pm El-Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music brings the Jerry-Can Band all the way from Sinai for a night of authentic Bedouin music. El Tabnoura Hall, 30A El-Balasa Street, Abdeen, downtown Cairo "Tank Girl" exhibition by Nadine Hammam at Gallery Misr Opening only one night before, Hammam explores female power in a male-dominated society through canvases and mixed media. 4A Ibn Zaki from Hassan Sabri Street, Zamalek, Cairo. Open every day from 10am to 10pm except Friday. Friday, 9 March "No Walls" Egyptian activists to paint on army-built walls starting at 1pm Artists call on members of the public to join them inpainting open streetson the seven remaining walls erected by the military in downtown Cairo. Qasr El-Aini Street, Sheikh Rihan Street, Mansour Street, Nubar Street, Falaky Street, Fahmy Street and Youssef El-Guindy Street Music Festival at Orouba Garden at 4pm Emerging and established Egyptian bands – such as Masar Egbari, Salalem, Taxi, Asphalt and Black Theama – will perform at the Orouba garden. Orouba Garden, Salah Salem Street, Nasr City Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" at the Cairo Opera House at 8pm A production of the Cairo Opera Company, Cairo Opera Choir and Cairo Opera Orchestra,"Tosca"comes to the Egyptian stage. Tonight's performance will be with soprano Elena Baramova (Bulgaria) and tenor Fabio Andreotti (Italy). Conductor: Nayer Nagui, director: Abdalla Saad. Cairo Opera House, Main Hall, Zamalek "Time and Place" exhibition by Gaziba Sirry at Zamalek Art Gallery In bright colours and raw lines, Gazbia Sirry in"Time and Place"creates a playground of vibrant characters walking around the spacious Zamalek Art Gallery. 11 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Saturday, 10 March Live painting performance by SHANK at Tache Art Gallery at 12:30pm Mohamed Fathi – more commonly known as SHANK – will be painting live in front of an audience for his project "Seven x Three." S-139 El-Sahara District, Designopolis, Km 38 Cairo/ Alexandria Rd., Sheikh Zayed, 6 October City El-Ghouri Tanoura Group at Wekalet El-Ghouri at 7:30pm Expect traditional dance, vibrant music and colourful performances by El-Ghouri Dance Group this Saturday. They play every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. 3 Mohamed Abdou Street, behind Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo "Bab Aziz" film screening at Sufi Bookstore at 7pm The newly opened Sufi Bookstore has been holding film nights every Friday. This weekend they show Tunisian film "Bab Aziz" about an old man and his granddaughter who travel across the desert on their way to a Sufi festival and meet interesting characters along the way. 12 Sayed El-Bakry Street, Zamalek, Cairo "Winter Garden" exhibition at Gezira Art Center This exhibition, organised by the Japan Foundation in Cairo, is a travelling exhibition featuring the works of 14 Japanese artists. 1 El-Sheikh Marsafy Street, Zamalek, Cairo Sunday, 11 March "Public Screen," a video art night at Lazoghly Square at 6pm Part of Mahatat Collective's initiative to bring art to public space, they will hold thefirst screening– in a series of many more over the coming months – of 17 short films by video artists. Lazoghly Square (Next to Misr Bank), Mounira, Cairo Opening of the "Voices of Syria" exhibition at the Mashrabia Gallery at 7pm A visual arts exhibition by dissident Syrian artists currently living and working in Syria, despite the dangerous political situation. Open daily (except Fridays) from 11am to 8pm 10 Champollion Street, downtown, Cairo "Gasping," a theatrical performance at Rawabet Theatre at 8pm Directed by Laila Saeed, the Alumni Community Theatre group brings "Gasping" – Ben Elton's hilarious and controversial farce that savagely rips apart that most sacred of institutions and big businesses – to the Rawabet Theatre. 2 Hussein El-Me'mar St. off Mahmoud Bassiouni St., next to the Townhouse Gallery Follow Arts & Culture updates on Twitter:@AhramOnlineArtsand on our Facebook page:Ahram Online: Arts and Culture http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/36237.aspx
