Events in Amman, Feb 27 – March 3

الأحد 27 شباط 2011

Tonight the Italian Cultural Association SOCIETA’ DANTE ALIGHIERI together with the Amman Municipality presents the award-winning Italian jazz trio “Luca Aquino Icaro” along with Jordanian band Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes in concert at the Hussein Cultural Center.

You also have the “Image Festival” this week, organized by the French Institute in partnership with Darat al-Tasweet and the Greater Amman Municipality, featuring exhibitions by 25 French and Jordanian photographers in 15 different venues in Amman.

Join an interactive discussion tomorrow on “the Role of the Arts in Civic Engagement” at the Landmark Hotel, and don’t miss this month’s Amman Tech Tuesdays on, you guessed it, Tuesday; where speakers will tackle how technology is being utilized towards activism and reform.

You have the chance to participate in a unique choir, called the Complaints Choir, where people collaboratively write lyrics, compose music, and perform in a concert that will take place this Wednesday at Al-Balad theater.

For details on these events and more, read on.

7iber’s calendar is compiled in collaboration with Waw al-Balad Magazine.

Sunday February 27, 2011

Jazz Concert: Luca Aquino Icaro Trio from Italy and Yacoub Abu Ghosh-Stage Heroes from Jordan, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 8:00 pm. For more information: 06 4640350.

Book of the Week, presentation and discussion, Department of the National Library, 6:00 pm.

Exhibition Opening

Photo and Graffiti, Nabad Gallery, 6:00pm. Until 1 March.

Stage Heroes

Monday February 28, 2011

Interactive Discussion: The Role of the Arts in Civic Engagement, Panelists: Samar Dudin, Steve Maler, Lana Nasser,Fadi Skeiker, Kate Clarke. Moderated by: Ahmad Hallak and Maura Clarke. At the Landmark Hotel, 7:30 – 9:00 pm.

Lecture: My Fiction Experience, by novelist Jamal Naji, Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 6:30 pm.

Live Music: Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes, post-modern funk fusion, Blue Fig, Abdoun. 9:00 pm. For reservations call

Tuesday March 1, 2011

Live Music: Yacoub Abu Ghosh and the Stage Heroes, post-modern funk fusion, Canvas-Jabal Al Weibdeh, 9:00pm. For more information: 06 4632211.

Amman Tech Tuesdays: Evolution Edition, Princess Sumaya University – Friendship Auditorium, 7:00 pm

Exhibition Opening

From our Land, Wild Jordan / Al Azraq Hall. Until March 25.

Stories on the Margin, LOYAK offices-Jabal Al Weabideh. Until March 31.

Amman from Wadi to Jebel, Jordan Photographic Society. Until March 31.

Film: Go With Peace Jamil, director Omar Shargawi, Royal Film Commission, 7:00 pm.

Film: A brand new life (Korea/ French), director : Ounie Lecomte, Abdel Hamid Shoman Foundation, 6:30 pm.

Wednesday March 2, 2011

Lecture: New Formats, Literary Reading, Instituto Cervantes – Assembly Hall, 6:00pm.

Music: Bayt al-Ruwwad group led by Sakher Hattar, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:30 pm.

Charity Concert, Al Hussein Cultural Centre-Ras Al Ein, 7:00 pm. For more information: 05 744552.

Thursday March 3, 2011

FreeMuse Concert: Complaints Choir, Al Balad Theater, 8:00 pm.

Lecture: Is Nuclear Energy Safe, Clean and Sustainable? Lecturer: Dr. Ayoub Abu Dayyeh, JAS Cultural Forum-The Jordanian Writers Association/ Shmeisani, 6:30pm.

Book Discussion “Amman, Memory of a Beautiful Time” by Fouad Mohammad Amin al-Bukhari, Royal Cultural Center/Conference Hall, 6:00 pm.

Exhibition Opening
Senior Faces, Adraj Gallary-Down Town. Until 31 March.

Mixed Passions, student artworks, Darat Al Tasweer. Until 15 March.

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