Events starting in August 2018
Events 1–15 of 15
- Music
- Denver
Andrea Motis at Vail Jazz Festival
With 8 albums on her résumé, the 23-year old Barcelona-based trumpeter and vocalist is wowing audiences worldwide with her jazz, bossa and swing renderings.
Aug 1 – Aug 2, 2018
- Visual arts
- Los Angeles
Curatorial Residency: Alejandro Alonso Diaz
Curator Alejandro Alonso Díaz takes part in the residency program of 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Mónica.
Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2018
- Music
- San Francisco
Andrea Motis Quintet at Standford Jazz Festival
Barcelona-bred prodigy Andrea Motis returns to SJW to share her acclaimed trumpet and vocal talent, accompanied by her own band, the SJW 50/50 Jazz Orchestra, and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.
Aug 4, 2018
- Film
- New York
Spirit of the Beehive by Victor Erice
Erice’s film is part of this year’s lineup of the Outdoor Cinema International film Festival celebrated at Socrates Sculpture Park.
Aug 8, 2018
- Music
- Chicago
Pablo Ferrández at Grant Park Music Festival
The 25-year old Spanish sensation, cellist Pablo Ferrández, makes his Festival debut with Prokofiev’s rarely heard Sinfonia “Concertante”, Vaughan Williams’ powerful “Symphony No. 4” and Ives’ “The Unanswered Question.”
Aug 10 – Aug 11, 2018
- Performing arts
- New York
Iker Karrera Dance Company at the 37th Annual Battery Dance Festival
Iker Karrera Dance Company presents its acclaimed piece “#7fm,” born from the research of Karrera’s own movement.
Aug 13 – Aug 14, 2018
- Visual arts
- New York
Link by Jorge Palacios
The public sculpture entitled “Link” will be installed on Flatiron Plaza North as part of the exhibition “Jorge Palacios at The Noguchi Museum.”
Aug 16 – Nov 6, 2018
- Visual arts
- Austin
Ana Esteve Llorens: Correspondence
“Correspondence” features a new series of weaving-objects through which artist Ana Esteve Llorens explores the relation between abstraction, memory and the process of making.
Aug 18 – Nov 11, 2018
- Music
- New York
Eva Novoa at IBeam Brooklyn
This summer Spanish pianist and composer Eva Novoa performs two concerts with two different bands, one of them being her new trio.
Aug 18 – Sep 14, 2018
- Music
- New York
Esperanza Fernández: Un recital de cante
Sevilla-born singer Esperanza Fernández accompanied by guitarist Gabriel Gonzalez presents a night of Flamenco cante at Teatro Circulo’s new recital space.
Aug 24, 2018
- Music
- New York
Falla! A multimedia performance on Manuel de Falla's works
Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Ángel Gil-Ordóñez, performs two Manuel de Falla’s masterpieces with animation artist Kevork Mourad.
Aug 25 – Aug 26, 2018
- Urban Culture
- Black Rock Desert, NV
Step Forward / joining Minds at Burning Man 2018
The Spanish street theater group Carros de Foc presents “Step Forward / Joining Minds” at the 2018 edition of the Burning Man Festival.
Aug 26 – Sep 3, 2018
- Visual arts
- New York
Fever
A selected group Spanish artists participate in an exhibition that explores the different takes on climate change through thought-provoking and poetic interpretations.
Aug 30 – Sep 30, 2018
- Visual arts
- Savannah
Guillermo Mora: Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow
Continuing with his challenge to the nature and current state of artistic disciplines, in “Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow,” Guillermo Mora playfully presents an inventive, almost surreal, conception of contemporary painting in four site-specific installations.
Aug 30 – Jan 6, 2019
- Music
- New York
CreArt Music Festival 2018
The festival, directed by Guillermo Laporta and Josefina Urraca, merges classical chamber music with contemporary dance, theater, and immersive sound, light and projection design.
Aug 31 – Sep 2, 2018