Events starting in November 2019

The region’s premier annual showcase of modern Spanish-language cinema features a rich tapestry of narrative and documentary films from across the globe, including four films from Spain.

Spanish Ambassador Eduardo Garrigues presents the English translation of his book, in a conversation with Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

Fernando Valverde will present his latest work, “The Insistence of Harm,” in conversation with translator Allen Josephs at Union Market.

As part of 2019 Kids Euro Festival, Spanish visual and new media artist Elena Juárez will conduct a workshop where participants will create interactive light up postcards with conductive ink pens.

Spanish pianist Enriqueta Somarriba performs music by Spanish and Latin American composers –including Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Roberto Sierra and Alicia de Larrocha– and is joined by Chilean soprano Susana Leiva.

New York Classical Theatre presents a staged reading of “La fuerza de la costumbre,” a comedia from the Spanish Golden Age by Guillén de Castro y Bellvis.

The NMMWA, AFI Silver Theatre and the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain host the “Mujeres de Cine Film Series,” a traveling film showcase dedicated to promoting Spanish films and short films made by women.

As a prelude to the launch of the MAS program in collaboration with Spain’s Fundación ARCO, the Meadows Museum is displaying a recent painting by Madrid native Secundino Hernández.

The 2019 San Francisco Dance Film Festival showcases a documentary portrait of Spanish dancer and choreographer Sol Picó.

Gala Hispanic Theatre and the 15th International Fuego Flamenco Festival bring leading Flamenco artists from Spain and the United States to Washington audiences.

The columbine vessel’s reproduction makes a halt in Washington, D.C. during its North American East Coast tour.

María Encarnación Roca, Judge and Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Spain, lectures on “Family Law in Spain: From Women’s Limited Personal Status to Pioneering Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights in 40 Years.”

Acclaimed Spanish guitarist Andrea Gonzalez Caballero presents an evening of classical guitar music featuring some of Spain’s best-known composers.

The Flamenco Poets Society’s Café Cantante Series commemorates the 20th anniversary of the death of noted composer and pianist Joaquín Rodrigo.

Curator and Music Historian Adrian Loving offers a talk on the exhibition “Esto También Es Ibiza (This Too Is Ibiza),” followed by a panel discussion with guest Ibiza performers Dwaine Byrd and DJ Heather Femia.

This exhibition brings together Gabriela Albergaria and Jorge Otero-Pailos, two artists whose work focuses on nature and the associated themes of growth and decay, history and memory, continuity and change.