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Culture Events: Picks for the weekend
Not sure what to do this weekend? Take a look at our picks, from venues both in and outside the capital, for Thursday through Sunday (15-18 March)
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 15 - 03 - 2012

Egypt, weekend events, cultural events, music, art, Cairo
Thursday 15 March
Film Screening of "The Story of Jazz" in Sufi Bookstore at 5pm
A documentary film in parallel with the kick-off of theCairo Jazz Festivallater tonight.
12 Sayed El-Bakry Street, Zamalek, Cairo
DOXBOX Film Festival Global Day in the Mosireen Collective at 7pm
After the DOXBOX documentary film festival was cancelled, entities around the world are holding screenings of its films. In Cairo, Mosireen and Cimatheque will be screening three films along with a Q&A with the director of the last film, Nidal Al-Dibs.
19 Al-Adly Street, Floor 5, Apartment 28, Downtown, Cairo
Cairo Jazz Festival at El-Sawy Culturewheel at 8pm
The fourth round of the Cairo Jazz Festival brings performances tonight by Positive Energy (Egypt), André Carvalho Quintet (Portugal), The Eduardo Niebla Experience (Spain) and Adam Miller Group (USA). Full programme and interview with the organiserhere.
26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Rennie Harris Puremovement Dance Company (US) in the Cairo Opera House at 8pm
According to the official information released by the event organisers, "Lorenzo (Rennie) Harris (artistic director, choreographer) celebrates hip-hop culture on his own terms, by using some of the world's most influential forms of movement, music, and storytelling to revolutionise contemporary concert dance." More infohere.
Main Hall at the Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo
"Tank Girl" exhibition by Nadine Hammam at Gallery Misr
Hammam explores female power in a male-dominated society along with relationships between men and women through multi-layered acrylic canvases. Read our review and artist interviewhere.
4A Ibn Zaki from Hassan Sabri Street, Zamalek, Cairo. Open everyday from 10am to 10pm except Friday.
Friday 16 March
Drum Circle with Han Bennink in El-Sawy Culturewheel at 2.30pm
The Drum Circle Workshop will be run by Han Bennink (guest of honour at theCairo Jazz Festival) along with El-Darb El-Ahmar School.
Garden area, 26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Film screening of "Microphone Film" in El-Sawy Culturewheel at 5pm
In celebration of 10 years of underground creativity, theCairo Jazz Festivalscreens Microphone Film (2011) that documents underground art and music in Alexandria.
River Hall, 26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Cairo Jazz Festival live music in El-Sawy Culturewheel starting 5pm
Tonight's line up of local and international jazz musicians: Ahmed Nazmi Trio feat. Basel Rajjoub (Egypt/Syria), Elisabeth Lohninger (Austria), Eftekasat (Egypt), Rami Atalla Quintet (Egypt), and Artvark Saxophone Quartet (Holland). Full programme and interview with organiserhere.
26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Saturday 17 March
Cairo Jazz Festival's last official concerts in El-Sawy Culturewheel at 6pm
Line up for tonight includes: El-Dor El-Awal (Egypt), Akram El-Sharkawy Group (Egypt), Han Bennink, the "Guest of Honour" (Holland) ft Amro Salah Trio (Egypt), Michelle Rounds (Australia), Kumi Adachi Club PANGAEA (Japan). Full programme and interview with the organiserhere.
26 of July Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Cairo Symphony Orchestra under baton of a Swiss conductor Andreas Spörr in the Cairo Opera House at 8pm
The programme will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Overture to a comic Singspiel, The Impresario, K 486; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op 35 and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68. More infohere.
Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek
'La Belle Epoque' by Katherine Bakhoum in Safarkhan Gallery
In Cairo's Safarkhan Gallery, French-Egyptian artist Katherine Bakhoum invites the public to a heavenly world of Orientalist-style paintings and contemporary collages in her exhibition, La Belle Epoque. Read our reviewhere.
6 Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Sunday 18 March
Czech pianist Jitka Čechová in performance at Prince Mohamed Ali Palace at 8pm
Jitka Čechová will perform Chopin, Schumann, Smetana and Liszt. More infohere.
North East End of Manial Rhoda Island
Omar Khairat Music Concert in the Cairo Opera House at 8pm
Egyptian musical legend Omar Khairat takes to the Opera House stage again.
Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek
'92s Syria' Exhibition in Mashrabia Art Gallery
A collaboration between Syrian revolutionary artists showcasing their recent works. Read our preview of the exhibition and some artists' insightshere.
8 Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo, from 11am to 8pm
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