Events

Spring Festivals are successful celebrations of international modern creativity organized by SHAMS Association and Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy) once every two years to present a wide range of the most prominent contemporary creations in music, theatre, dance, visual arts and literature.  Cengiz Ozek |Turkey| Shadow Puppet Theater &workshops (theater)20 & 21 April 2012 - 18:00 - Sunflower Theater 22 April 2012 - 18:00 - Beit El Fan (Tripoli) Classical Turkish Ensemble |Turkey| Turkish Coffee (Music)22 April 2012 - 20.30 - Sunflower Theater  The Tausi Women’s Taarab |Zanzibar| (Music...

In the framework of activities held by the group "Reddo el Masrah la Beirut" (Translated: Reclaim the Theater for Beirut) to protect Beirut Theater from the risk of demolition and closure, we invite you to attend a theatrical event and protest against the closure of the theater and against the diminishing cultural and public space in Lebanon, participating in the event is a big number of artists and concerned activists.  Following the event is a march towards Beirut Theater in Ain El Mreisseh. All theaters are Beirut Theater. Thank you FDZ and Ramzi Madi for the Video, and Youmna Habboush and...

UNCOVERED is a three-year research-based art and media project under the curatorship of Basak Senova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou. Three terms – “memory construction,” “commons,” and “control mechanisms” – form the conceptual springboard for the project UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1 documents the first phase of the project that culminated with an exhibition in September 2011, in NicosiaThe publication also introduces the archive that has been initiated as part of the research and includes texts by many international artists and the Lebanese Jalal Toufic and Lamia Joreigevlina...

A dinner organized by the Standing Commitee on Human Rights and Peace (SCORP) which is a part of the Lebanese Medical Students International Committee (LeMSIC) to be held between visually disabled participants from the Lebanese NGO Youth Association of the Blind (YAB) and blind-folded participants from all over Lebanon.  The aim of this event is to raise awareness about the difficulties that the visually disabled face in Lebanon due to the lack of appropriate facilities, as well as an effort for the participants to step into the shoes of a blind person for the duration of the dinner.  Ticket...

Nadine Mokdessi, metteur en scène libanaise, présente la pièce de théâtre d’Alberto LOMBARDO, intitulée : "Octave et les valeureuses". «Octave et les valeureuses » est une comédie qui mêle rire et détente.

Come and join us at the Avant-Premiere of "The Iron Lady" on Wednesday the 15th of February at 7.30 in ABC Ashrafiyeh. Don't forget to share with your friends !!! (Tickets are sold for LL50,000) We are counting on your support !!!!!!! Call us on 09-210285 to book your tickets.

Original title: Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand  Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate. Directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in 2004, Turtles can Fly is a must watch 98 minute drama about war, landmines and love. Screening at Nasawiya, Thursday at 7 pm. Anyone and everyone is welcome.

The committee of the families of the kidnapped and dissapeared along with the organization for the support of Lebanese in detention and in exile (SOLIDE), are holding a press conference on Friday, the 20th of January 2012 in the Press Syndicate Office in Ain El-Tineh, the objective of the press conference is to update the public on the recent developments concerning the dissapeared and kidnapped, and those detained and in exile, and also to declare a series of actions in support of this cause.   For more information please call: Bassem El-Hajj (03-724214)

Calling all campaigners with a cause! Are you still wondering how to get started with social media and which tool is right for your cause or organization? To help newcomers get a grasp on these powerful tools, the inaugural MADskills class, in collaboration with more than a dozen civil society partners, will host Share the MADness: A Social Media BarCamp for Lebanese Civil Society, on Saturday, December 17. During the daylong camp, participants can choose from more than two dozen sessions on social media tools and tactics and how to use them for social change. So far, suggested sessions...

Within the Frame of the National 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women   The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World The Outreach and Civic Engagement The Office of the Dean of Students at the Lebanese American University, in partnership with KAFA (Enough) Violence and Exploitation   cordially invite you to A Forum Theatre Performance by Live Lactic Culture - لبن Download related document

Under the patronage of Mr. Simon Abi Ramya, President of the committee of youth and sports. Skoun center and its partners are glad to invite you to a press conference to launch  a document on proposed amendments to the existing drug laws in Lebanon.   Saturday 3rd of December 2011, from 11:00 until 14:00 Riviera Hotel, Ain El Mraisseh, Beirut Spoken Language: Arabic

NO VACANCY The Last days of the Carlton [ I ] By Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza NO VACANCY is part of The Beirut Experience exhibition taking place at the Beirut Art Center (main venue) and The HANGAR (special venue). Curated and produced by attitudes, Geneva, it brings together 10 international artists selected for their interest in notions that are essential to the dual contexts of Beirut and Lebanon. These include architecture, urban planning, memory, history or cultural identity, as well as their capacity to adapt to the complex but stimulating Lebanese situation. The HANGAR co-produced...

On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of its inception, the Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union (LPHU) is honored to invite you to attend its central ceremony, in which LPHU, after three decades of dedicated work, will be releasing its position and assessment of the situation and reality of disability in Lebanon. The agenda of the ceremony: - Press conference - Speeches by the representatives of the Union branches and offices - Cocktail party - Concert   30 years of struggle, we paved the road and we are continuing the march

12 Angry Lebanese-the documentary- First Broadcast on Aljazeera English channel is on Wednesday 21 September at 22.00 UK time & 22 September at 12.00 UK time. For more info and to share news with you, please join Catharsis new Facebook page by clicking http://on.fb.me/kzCfG7 , then by clicking on “Like” Help us spread the word and stay tuned for upcoming events! Thank you for your continuous support.