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Events taking place on May 16, 2019

Events 1–16 of 20

Heritage
Albuquerque

¡Resiliencia! The Experience of Jewish Communities in Spain and the Americas

This festival features a week of films, music, food, exhibits, and lectures highlighting the extraordinary journey of the Jewish people to Spanish-speaking countries.

May 16 – May 23, 2019

Sketching the future
Washington, D.C.

Fair Water: A Right of All

This new program is dedicated to the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, sustainability and diplomacy in the arts, and will include a series of events running from May to September.

May 16 – Sep 27, 2019

Visual arts
Washington, D.C.

Fair Water: La Cascada by Luzinterruptus

Almost a thousand of recycled plastic buckets are turned into a waterfall in a large-scale art installation by Spanish anonymous collective Luzinterruptus.

May 16 – Sep 27, 2019

Visual arts
Washington, D.C.

Water: The Mirror of Life at Fair Water

This new photo exhibition shows how projects focused on providing water and sanitation services can impact local communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

May 16 – Sep 27, 2019

Film
Los Angeles

Young & Beautiful and Arrebato at LA OLA Showcase

“LA OLA Showcase” presents a new series of special one-off screenings as part of its ongoing effort to create a bridge between Spain and the Americas by bringing groundbreaking independent cinema to select cities in the US.

May 13 – May 19, 2019

Film
Washington, D.C.

The Light of Hope and Krisis at JxJ

Now in its 29th year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival presents a robust lineup of international film premieres, including the Spanish movies “Light of Hope” by Sílvia Quer and “Krisis” by Daniel F. Amselem.

May 12 – May 25, 2019

Performing arts
Los Angeles

El Gato Montés: The Wildcat

Plácido Domingo, one of the finest and most influential artists in the history of opera, stars in El Gato Montés, a tale of love, passion and death by Manuel Penella.

May 4 – May 19, 2019

Visual arts
New York

The Welcomes / As benvidas / Las bienvenidas

Curated by James D. Fernández and Luis Argeo, “The Welcomes / As benvidas / Las bienvenidas” is an exhibition of early twentieth-century photographs of Spanish (Galician) immigrants in New York.

Apr 16 – May 25, 2019

Film
Houston

The History Through Cinema

This new festival brings some of the best Latin American and Spanish films to Houston to explore the Hispanic-American history from the 15th century to the present.

Mar 27 – Nov 6, 2019

Visual arts
Savannah, GA

Jaume Plensa: Talking Continents

Jaume Plensa presents large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature, and psychology to draw attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity.

Mar 1 – Jun 9, 2019

Film
Washington, D.C.

Spanish Cinema Now+

The first edition of Spanish Cinema Now+ includes four movies nominated for a Goya, the most important national annual film award, in the category of best new director, showing the new values of Spanish cinema.

Feb 28 – May 29, 2019

Visual arts
Baltimore

Monsters & Myths. Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s

Nearly 90 Surrealist masterworks of the 1930s and 1940s by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, and André Masson are presented through a timely lens –that of war, violence, and exile.

Feb 24 – May 26, 2019

Visual arts
New York

Joan Miró: Birth of the World

This exhibition presents Miró’s signature painting “The Birth of the World” in relation to other major works by the artist, including 60 paintings, works on paper, prints, illustrated books, and objects.

Feb 24 – Jun 15, 2019