Events starting in August 2017
Events 1–14 of 14
- Music
- New York
Sara Van and Eric Kurimski in Concert
Sara Van, proclaimed as “The Latin Janis Joplin” by the Spanish media, announces her first Manhattan show in collaboration with the internationally renowned guitarist, Eric Kurimski, protegé of the esteemed Peruvian master Carlos Hayre.
Aug 1, 2017
- Music
- Chicago
Pablo Sáinz Villegas at Grant Park Music Festival
The Grant Park Music Festival presents Pablo Sáinz Villegas, praised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar.”
Aug 2, 2017
- Visual arts
- New York
Juan Miguel Palacios at Strangers
Strangers will challenge what we recognize as human entities and the environments they inhabit.
Aug 3 – Aug 19, 2017
- Visual arts
- Dallas
Picasso/Rivera: Still Life and the Precedence of Form
A group of four paintings and one print explores the story of spirited rivalry and visual dialogue taking place between these artists in 1915.
Aug 6 – Nov 5, 2017
- Film
- Detroit
Mimosas
Screening of “Mimosas,” winner of Critics’ Week at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, presented by Cinema Lamont in collaboration with Arab American National Museum.
Aug 9, 2017
- Music
- New York
Pablo Sáinz Villegas & Friends: Americano Tour in New York
Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas presents a new program that journeys across the Americas, and is joined on stage by Pedro Giraudo on bass and Nacho Arimany on percussion.
Aug 12, 2017
- Music
- New York
A Summer Evening for Harp and Piano
Enjoy an enchanting summer evening of music for harp and piano with impassioned works by Granados, Falla, Boccherini, Mozart, Dussek, Debussy, Albeniz and Ravel.
Aug 13, 2017
- Performing arts
- New York
Elias Aguirre Dance Company at Battery Dance Festival
The Elías Aguirre Company performs “Pez Esfinge” and “Shy Blue” at the 36th Annual Battery Dance Festival.
Aug 14, 2017
- Performing arts
- New York
Olga Pericet at Repertorio Español
Olga Pericet includes interludes of song and instrumental guitar solos featuring guitarist Antonia Jiménez, and singers Manuel Lago and Miguel Lavi.
Aug 16 – Sep 3, 2017
- Performing arts
- New York
On the Way to the Sawmill by Marco Magoa
In addition to “Mare Nostrum, Finis Somnia Vestra,” Marco Magoa brings to New York this theater play about human misery.
Aug 19, 2017
- Music
- San Juan, PR
Jarabe de Palo in San Juan
The Spanish band presents their new album containing 21 of their best known songs plus an unpublished track versioned to piano and voice.
Aug 19, 2017
- Performing arts
- New York
Mare Nostrum. Finis Somnia Vestra
Mahmoud, a Syrian young man, takes a boat from Libya to the italian island of Lampedusa. When he wakes up, he can’t understand what happened at sea… He tries to remember, and through his memories we will know his life in Syria, his family, his dreams, friends.
Aug 20, 2017
- Music
- New York
Pedro Cortes' Flamenco Soul
Experience an evening of great music and dance with Pedro Cortés’ “Flamenco Soul.” Cortés was credited by The New Yorker for helping to keep Flamenco alive in New York City.
Aug 23, 2017
- Performing arts
- Moscow, ID
Mare Nostrum. Finis Somnia Vestra
University of Idaho presents Mare Nostrum. Finis Somnia Vestra, a play written, directed and performed by Spanish actor and theater director Marco Magoa.
Aug 25, 2017