Events taking place on November 9, 2017

Events 1–16 of 23

The Silver Way: China, Spanish America, and the Birth of Globalisation by Peter Gordon
  • Literature
  • New York

The Silver Way: China, Spanish America, and the Birth of Globalisation by Peter Gordon

The Americas Society hosts this book’s launch in a conversation between the author, Spain’s Consul General in New York Rafael Conde de Saro, Mexico’s Consul General in New York Diego Gómez Pickering and AS/COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth.

Nov 9, 2017

Jesús Chamizo, the Architect of Images
  • Design
  • New York

Jesús Chamizo, the Architect of Images

Spanish photographer Jesús Chamizo is best known for his architecture series, building images based on the emotions that space produces through lines, angles, light, perspectives and shapes.

Nov 8 – Dec 10, 2017

The dog in the manger by Lope de Vega
  • Performing arts
  • Washington, D.C.

The dog in the manger by Lope de Vega

D.C.-based Theatre Company We Happy Few presents “The Dog in the Manger,” one of the best-known plays by Spanish Golden Age playwright Lope de Vega.

Nov 8 – Dec 2, 2017

Staged readings from Spain’s Golden Age
  • Performing arts
  • New York

Staged readings from Spain’s Golden Age

Artistic director Leyma López presents a series of staged readings written by Spanish female playwrights.

Nov 7 – Dec 5, 2017

El Caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega
  • Performing arts
  • New York

El Caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega

Mariano de Paco Serrano directs this Spanish Golden Age theatre piece by Lope de Vega on show at Teatro Círculo.

Nov 3 – Nov 12, 2017

Immigration in Ibero-America at FotoWeekDC
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Immigration in Ibero-America at FotoWeekDC

This photography exhibition depicts how Ibero-American countries have opened up to foreign people, celebrating the diversity that have led to today’s merged cultures.

Nov 3 – Dec 17, 2017

XIII Fuego Flamenco Festival
  • Performing arts
  • Washington, D.C.

XIII Fuego Flamenco Festival

GALA Hispanic Theatre continues its 42nd season with the 13th International Fuego Flamenco Festival that brings leading flamenco artists from Spain and the United States to Washington audiences.

Nov 3 – Nov 12, 2017

Beatriz Ruibal: Inventory of What Might Have Been and (Never Was)
  • Visual arts
  • Miami

Beatriz Ruibal: Inventory of What Might Have Been and (Never Was)

In this exhibition, Spanish artist Beatriz Ruibal reflects on her career-long aesthetic research into the impossibility of recreating the affective memory that shapes us.

Nov 3 – Dec 15, 2017

Murillo: The Self-Portraits
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Murillo: The Self-Portraits

This exhibition conmemorates the IV Centenary of the birth of Baroque painter of the Spanish Golden Age, Esteban Murillo, born in Seville in 1617.

Nov 1 – Feb 11, 2018

Sergio Prego: Rose-colored Drift/To the Students
  • Visual arts
  • Houston

Sergio Prego: Rose-colored Drift/To the Students

New York-based artist Sergio Prego creates unfamiliar perceptual and spatial situations in order to examine contemporary realms of experience, taking inspiration from the performative or experiential turn of the 1960s.

Oct 28 – Jan 27, 2018

Bitter Bites: Tracing the Fruit Market in the Global South
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Bitter Bites: Tracing the Fruit Market in the Global South

Spanish artist Claudia Claremi together with Daniel Santiago Salguero and Raja’a Khalid examine the history, geography, and economy of the fruit market in the contemporary global scene.

Oct 27 – Dec 10, 2017

Valor, agravio y mujer
  • Performing arts
  • New York

Valor, agravio y mujer

In this comedy from Spain’s Golden Age, playwright Ana Caro criticizes the customs of her era and the position of women in the social order while ridiculing through parody the erotic myth of Don Juan.

Oct 27 – Dec 15, 2017

Through the Eyes of Picasso
  • Visual arts
  • Kansas City

Through the Eyes of Picasso

This major exhibition explores Pablo Picasso’s life-long fascination with African and Oceanic art, as well as works from the Americas, uniting his paintings and sculpture with art that fueled his own creative exploration.

Oct 20 – Apr 8, 2018

Dali & Schiaparelli
  • Design
  • Tampa

Dali & Schiaparelli

Dali & Schiaparelli, presented in collaboration by The Dali Museum and Schiaparelli Paris, is the first exhibition dedicated to the creative relationship and works of Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali.

Oct 18 – Jan 14, 2018

Nabucco starring Plácido Domingo
  • Performing arts
  • Los Angeles

Nabucco starring Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo takes on the title role in the Los Angeles Opera production of “Nabucco” composed by Giussepe Verdi.

Oct 14 – Nov 19, 2017

Films Across Borders: Stories of Migration
  • Film
  • Washington, D.C.

Films Across Borders: Stories of Migration

Showcasing international tales of courage, hope, and determination, this careful selection of documentary and dramatic films will captivate you with stories of immigrants and refugees struggling to find a place to call home.

Oct 8 – Dec 12, 2017