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Culture Events: Picks for the Weekend Ahram Online recommends this weekend's top culture events (7-10 June), including music concerts, new art exhibitions and film screenings
Thursday 7 June Zeid Hamdan & Maryam Saleh at Darb 1718 at 8pm The Lebanese-Egyptian duo mix classics by Sheikh Imam with original music in their Arabic trip-hop project. Read more About Zeid and Maryam here. Kasr El-Shame'e Street, Al Fakhareen, behind the Hanging Church and Amr Mosque. Egyptian blind girls' orchestra at Wekalet Al-Ghouri at 8pm Al-Nour Wal Amal Orchestra consisting of over 30 blind girls, the pride and joy of Al-Nour Wal-Amal Association. The orchestra performs extensively in Egypt and has over 20 international trips on its resume. Read more about orchestra here. Wekalet Al-Ghouri, Mohamed Abdo Street, Azhar, Cairo Songs from classic musicals at the Cairo Opera House at 8pm The programme will include songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz, West Side Story, Showboat, The Sound of Music, Cats, Carousel, Les Miserables, No, No, Nanette, New York, New York and My Fair Lady. More info here. Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, Zamalek, Cairo Syrian clarinettist and City Band at El-Genaina Theatre at 8.30pm Formed in 2006 in New York, the Kinan Azmeh's City Band immediately gained recognition for its virtuosic and high energy performances. As soloist and composer, Kinan Azmeh has performed in many prestigious concert halls and cooperated with renowned musicians. More info here. Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Darrasa, Cairo Last day of Special Needs art exhibition at Al-Hanager Arts Centre "Spring in the Circle of Life", the exhibition by Egyptian artists with special needs, open since 29 May, will close on 7 June. It is organised by the Cultural Development Fund in collaboration with the Egyptian Society for Developing the Capacity of those with Special Needs. More info here. Cairo Opera House grounds, Zamalek, Cairo Friday 8 June L'argent screening at Sufi Bookstore at 7pm This 1983 French production discusses the story of a 500 Franc bill that goes from person to person until it reaches a naïve man, turning his life upside down. 12 Sayed El Bakry Street, Zamalek, Cairo “Travel, Revolution & Paper” Storytelling at Jesuits Culture Centre at 8pm Origami artist Osama Helmy hosts a storytelling session where he combines origami with singing and storytelling through personal accounts of his travels through Egypt, Tunisia and Syria in revolutionary moments. He will also be performing on 10 and 11 June at the Rawabet Theater in Cairo, and on 12 June at the Egyptian Public Library in Port Said. 298 Port Said Street, Cleopatra, Alexandria Huda Asfour (Palestine) concert at Geneina Theater at 8.30pm Palestinian oud player Huda Asfour kicks off her tour promoting her new album Mars. "My fascination with waves goes beyond my love of music. It is a fascination with the sea, the resonance of strings, the cyclic nature of life and more recently electrical waves in one of the most impressive pumps on earth, the heart."- Huda Asfour Azhar Park, Salah Salem Road, Cairo Saturday 9 June El-Ghouri Tanoura Group in 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 Dancing with the orchestra at the Cairo Opera House at 8pm The Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Petrdlik will perform works by Brahms, Béla Bartók and George Enescu. The violin soloist of the evening is Hossam Shehata. More info here. Cairo Opera House Main Hall, Zamalek, Cairo Ramy Atallah Quintet at El Sawy Culturehweel at 8pm Ramy Atallah and his quintet perform Latin Jazz. Wisdom Hall, 26July Street, Zamalek, Cairo “Carry on” exhibition at Artellewa Gallery This is the exhibition of the Arab Collaboration Project. It brings together six artists and writers from countries of the Arab uprisings to collaboratively develop a creative project over a 10-week residency. The participants are Ahmed Zidan, Aliaa El-Geredy, Ibrahim Jawabreh, Iman Hasbani, Jameel Subay, Rola Khayyat. 19 Mohamed Ali El-Eseary Street, Ard El-Lewa, Giza “The Holy Family in Egypt” exhibition at Picasso Gallery at 7pm The exhibition “The Holy Family in Egypt,” to open on Sunday at the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek, will include a selection of works by contemporary artists including Helmy Eltony, Mohamed Thabet, Mohamed Haji, Mostafa El-Razzaz, Mostafa Rahmy, Nathan Doss, Omar El-Fayoumy, Ramadan Ibrahim, Reda Abdel Rahman, Ragheb Ayad, Farid Fadel, Georges Bahgoury and Effat Hosny, among others. 30 Hassan Assem Street, from Brazil Street, Zamalek, Cairo Sunday 10 June “The Player” screening at Karmat Ibn Haine Culture Center at 6.30pm This 1992 US production follows a studio script screener who gets on the bad side of a writer when he refuses his script. Through a hilarious journey the film gives the audience a backstage pass to Hollywood. Ahmed Shawky Museum, 6 Ahmed Shawki Street, Corniche El-Nil, Giza “Gallery Collection” exhibition at Al-Masar Gallery The exhibition showcases a fine selection from exhibitions the gallery has held over the past four years, including works by the stars of 20th-century Egyptian modern art, pioneers of the third, fourth and fifth generations, and the young artists of today. On display will be works by Adel El-Siwi, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Essam Marouf, Georges Bahgory, Hamdi Attia, Ibrahim El-Dessouki, Mahmoud Abdullah, Sami Aboul Azm, Sami Abdul Azm, Kareem El-Qurity, Leila Ezzet, Omar El-Nagdy and others. (Open from 11am-9pm) Al-Masar Gallery, Baehler's Mansion, 157b 26 July Street, side entrance on Isaac Jacob Street (ground floor), Zamalek, Cairo “Elections” group exhibition in Darb 1718 Whether the artists are idealists, activists, reformists or anything else, the monumental moment of the elections touches people in a way that brings about intense creativity. Darb 1718 hosts this group exhibition portraying just that. Hind Samir, Ahmed Sabry, Hani Rashed, Sabah Naeem, Marwa Adel, Ali Abdel Mohsen, Ahmed El-Shaer, Atef Ahmed, Amira Parree, Hala Abu Shady, Neven Emam are all on show. (Open from 4pm-10pm) Qasr Al-Shamee Street, behind the Hanging Church and Amr Mosque, Old Cairo. Follow Arts & Culture updates on Twitter: @AhramOnlineArtsand on our Facebook page: Ahram Online: Arts and Culture http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/44075.aspx
