Highlights /4 events you can't miss in the next 3 weeks

All events / 29 current and upcoming events around the U.S. in the next 3 weeks

Fall Open Doors 2024in 18 days
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Fall Open Doors 2024

The Spanish Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. opens its doors once again to share the current exhibitions on show at the Beaux-Arts mansion.

Sep 27 – Sep 29, 2024

Spanish Young Music Talents & Ukraine: Pilar Miralles in Washington, DCin 15 days
  • Music
  • Washington, D.C.

Spanish Young Music Talents & Ukraine: Pilar Miralles in Washington, DC

Spanish composer Pilar Miralles visits the Spanish Cultural Center to present her newest work as part of the “Spanish Young Music Talents” program in a special collaboration with Ukraine

Sep 24, 2024

History of Hispanism: Spain and beyondin 14 days
  • Heritage
  • Washington, D.C.

History of Hispanism: Spain and beyond

Curated by Richard Kagan, one of the most acclaimed experts on the topic of our century, this exhibition explores the meaning of “Hispanism” as a concept applied to different areas and its evolution.

Sep 23 – Jan 17, 2025

AFI Latin American Film Festival 2024in 11 days
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

AFI Latin American Film Festival 2024

“The AFI Latin American Film Festival” showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections, including films from Spain and Portugal.

Sep 20 – Oct 10, 2024

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Seattlein 8 days
  • Literature
  • Seattle

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Seattle

As part of her U.S. tour, Spanish writer Pilar Adón presents her latest translated work, “Of Beasts and Fowls,” at Third Place Books Ravenna in Seattle.

Sep 17, 2024

Spanish Young Music Talents: Pilar Miralles in Atlantain 7 days
  • Music
  • Atlanta

Spanish Young Music Talents: Pilar Miralles in Atlanta

Spanish sound artist and composer Pilar Miralles will visit Georgia Tech as part of the “Spanish Young Music Talents” program, where the university orchestra will premiere her latest work.

Sep 16, 2024

Laura Pérez at SPX 2024in 5 days
  • Literature
  • Washington, D.C.

Laura Pérez at SPX 2024

SPX (Small Press Expo) 2024, the premier event for indie comics, cartooning, and graphic novels, presents “Totem” by Spanish graphic novelist and cartoonist Laura Pérez.

Sep 14 – Sep 15, 2024

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Portlandin 4 days
  • Literature
  • Portland

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Portland

As part of her U.S. tour, Spanish writer Pilar Adón presents her latest translated work, “Of Beasts and Fowls”, at Powell’s City of Books in Portland.

Sep 13, 2024

Spanish Cinema Now + 2024 in New Yorkin 3 days
  • Film
  • New York

Spanish Cinema Now + 2024 in New York

“Spanish Cinema Now +” is touring the US for the first time, bringing the best of recent Spanish cinema to a broader audience, with its second stop scheduled in New York City as part of NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center fall program.

Sep 12 – Nov 13, 2024

Mujeres de Cine 2024in 3 days
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

Mujeres de Cine 2024

The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. presents the 9th edition of “Mujeres de Cine,” featuring Liz Lobato’s “Tierra de nuestras madres” as well as Daniela Féjerman and Elvira Lindo’s “Alguien que cuide de mí.”

Sep 12 – Oct 24, 2024

LA Escena 2024in 3 days
  • Performing arts
  • Los Angeles

LA Escena 2024

The “LA Escena” Festival of Hispanic classical theater returns from September 12–17, 2024, featuring new interpretations of comedia at UCLA’s newly renovated Nimoy Theater as part of the fourth edition of Diversifying the Classics’ biennial celebration.

Sep 12 – Sep 17, 2024

Yerma at Le Moyne Collegein 2 days
  • Performing arts
  • Syracuse

Yerma at Le Moyne College

Adapted by Spanish playwright María Goiricelaya, this staged reading of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “tragic poem” tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain and her desperate desire for motherhood.

Sep 11, 2024

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Dallasin 2 days
  • Literature
  • Dallas

Of Beasts and Fowls by Pilar Adón in Dallas

As part of her U.S. tour, Spanish writer Pilar Adón presents her latest translated work, “Of Beasts and Fowls,” at The Wild Detectives in Dallas.

Sep 11, 2024

Ancestors: The Eternal Return by Jacqueline Unanuenow
  • Visual arts
  • Philadelphia

Ancestors: The Eternal Return by Jacqueline Unanue

This solo exhibition is inspired by the artist’s memories of her 1989 trip to Spain, where she studied the prehistoric paintings in the Altamira Caves of the Basque Country.

Sep 4 – Sep 29, 2024

IV Edition of LA Brisk Festivalnow
  • Performing arts
  • Los Angeles

IV Edition of LA Brisk Festival

The “LA Brisk Festival” celebrates its fourth edition by showcasing 53 plays, with more than 220 artists competing for the prize.

Aug 10 – Sep 24, 2024

Dalí: Disruption and Devotionnow
  • Film
  • Boston

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

Explore Salvador Dalí’s surrealist art alongside European masterpieces at MFA Boston, showcasing his traditional influences.

Jul 6 – Dec 1, 2024

She's a Knockout: Sport, Gender, and the Body in Contemporary Artclosing soon
  • Visual arts
  • Miami

She's a Knockout: Sport, Gender, and the Body in Contemporary Art

Explore resilience and women’s rights through athletic imagery by 11 global contemporary artists, featuring “Sol y Sombra” by Bianca Argimón on pioneering Spanish women bullfighters.

Jun 21 – Sep 14, 2024

Theatrum Mundinow
  • Design
  • New York

Theatrum Mundi

The Cervantes Institute in New York presents Theatrum Mundi, an exhibition that showcases unpublished images and plans of the Roman Theater in the city of Mérida in Spain.

Jun 19 – Sep 24, 2024

Tapas Tour DC 2024closing soon
  • Culinary Arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Tapas Tour DC 2024

This summer, the inaugural “Tapas Tour” will provide a gastronomic experience to discover Spanish restaurants in the DMV area and the culinary diversity of Spain.

Jun 16 – Sep 15, 2024

Not Your Regular Garden: Around Blooming, Around Reforesting by Doa Oanow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Not Your Regular Garden: Around Blooming, Around Reforesting by Doa Oa

“Not Your Regular Garden” hosts Spanish artist Doa Oa and a new iteration of her “Reforestando” project.

May 28 – May 25, 2025

DC.es: Outdoorsnow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

DC.es: Outdoors

“DC.es” showcases works by five Spanish artists on their perspectives of the world’s political capital on the outdoor fence of the Cultural Center.

May 28 – May 28, 2025

SPAINfographicsnow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

SPAINfographics

Explore the intricate relationship between Spain and the U.S. through this collective exhibition featuring the work of twelve Spanish infographists.

Apr 17 – Apr 30, 2025

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailosnow
  • Urban Culture
  • New York

Analogue Sites by Jorge Otero-Pailos

Artist and architect Jorge Otero-Pailos presents new sculptures in New York, highlighting the historical importance and potential in diplomacy and cultural exchange of modernist U.S. Embassies.

Apr 1 – Oct 31, 2024

Not Your Regular Wall: Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodrígueznow
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Not Your Regular Wall: Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodríguez

The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC presents the sixth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall,” featuring “Ramón y Cajal” by Spanish artist Brais Rodríguez.

Mar 14 – Dec 31, 2024