Events

Pour la deuxième édition, ALPHA participera au Marche de Noel organise a l’Institut français du Liban du  mercredi 5 au samedi 8 décembre prochain, de 10H à 18H ( samedi de 10h a 14h). A cette occasion, ALPHA vous proposera un vaste de choix de cadeaux, de produits du Sud Liban, de paniers surprises qui raviront vos proches pour les fetes...et encore pleins d'autres surprises! On vous attend nombreux! D'ici la suivez nous sur :http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ A+ L'equipe ALPHA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Gathering to demand and defend your right to Know   ACT for the Disappeared, the Committee of the parents of the disappeared and kidnapped in Lebanon and SOLIDE call on all citizens to gather on November 17, at 1:30pm at Mathaf, to demand and defend our right to know the fate of the missing and disappeared.   Why to gather on November 17? 17 November 1982. Following the radio call of Wadad Halwani, whose husband had just been kidnapped, the families and friends of the disappeared persons gathered for the first time to demand the release of their relatives. 17 November 2012, 30 years later...

If you don't visualize correctly this event please click here! Let's Comics! 2012   Dear friend of Comics, the 9th Art,   In the framework of the project "Lebanese Comics Festival – A cultural EuroMed window for young comics artists", under the patronage of the Italian Ambassador and the support of the European Union, COSV (Coordination of the Organizations for Voluntary Service) and SPGIL (Syndicate of Professional Graphic Designers and Illustrators in Lebanon) are really glad to invite you to the first-time in Lebanon   Music-Comics Jam   Saturday, 20th October 2012 at 16h30 at UNESCO...

To celebrate the anniversary of the National Coalition for Sustainable Transportation in Lebanon and the 20-year anniversary of Critical Mass in the world, the NCST and Critical mass invite you to participate in their event on Sunday September 30. Meeting point is at Beirut Water Front outside Beirut by Bike at 3:00 p.m. for the start of the bike parade. The route will take you by Mar Mkhayel Bus and Train Station to promote the rebirth of public transportation in Lebanon and those who suffered due to our unsustainable transportation system. Free bikes will be provided. Please feel free to...

Join us with your friends for the special screenings of "Marcedes", in the presence of the film crew. Thursday 14th and Friday 15th of June 2012 Screening hours: 7:30 and 10:00 pm Cinema Metropolis-Empire, Sofil- Achrafieh   Synopsis 60 years of the History of Lebanon seen throughout the story of the Mercedes Ponton (the 180 model) and its German-Lebanese "family" locally called "Marcedes". Marcedes: the story of a car, the story of a family, the story of a country. ستون عاما من تاريخ لبنان من خلال قصّة مرسيدس "المدعبلة" وعائلتها الألمانيّة-اللبنانيّة. مارسيدس: قصة سيّارة وعائلة ووطن.   -Best...

Lieu :Théatre du Tournesol, Avenue Sami el Solh,Beirut Date et heure : Samedi 26 mai à 20h30 Metteur en scène : Alain Plisson Acteurs :Troupe d’Alain Plisson   Synopsis : Il se passe quelque chose d'anormal. Les dix personnes conviées sur l'île du Nègre en ont la certitude. Pourquoi leur hôte est-il absent? Soudain, une voix s'élève, accusant d'un crime chaque invité. Commence alors une ronde mortelle, rythmée par les couplets d'une étrange comptine... Alain Plisson, qui a marqué de son empreinte la scène théâtrale Beyrouthine, met en scène aujourd’hui cette pièce écrite avec brio par Agatha...

لماذا المسيرة: لأن الحكومة تعهدت ببيانها الوزاري بأن يكون قانون إنتخابات جديد نافذاً قبل سنة على الأقل من إنتخابات 2013 . لماذا المسار: يرمز الى المسار القانوني لصدور قانون إنتخابات (الداخلية -الحكومة –البرلمان)  أهداف المسيرة: تذكير الحكومة وكافة الأطراف السياسية بضرورة أن يكون لدينا قانون إنتخابات ديموقراطي يتضمن كافة الإصلاحات التي نطالب بها.  التفاصيل اللوجستية التجمّع الساعة 12 ظهراً، أمام وزارة الداخلية، الصنائع. المسيرة ستسلك شارع كليمنصو ومن ثم الى نقطة الوصول النهائية أمام البرلمان. الشعارات: إصلاحات الحملة (النسبية،الكوتا النسائية،خفض سن الإقتراع...)

Zoukak would like to invite to ‘‘Silk Thread”; a site-specific performance investigating social structures that define and shape gender stereotypes as identified through local mythologies, fairy tales, modern legends, contemporary stories and actual events. Borrowing elements from story-telling, live art, installation and movement, the performance will inhabit a site, and the audience will be invited to travel within it, listening to the stories and witnessing events very closely. A fine line between reality and fiction is drawn, allowing the fantasy of the tales and the violence of actuality...

Study Trip to Jordan- land of Biblical and Qur’anic Prophets Saturday 28 April 2012 to Tuesday 1 May 2012  As part of its Study Trips program, that joins leisure with non-formal education and aims at fostering personal enrichment and mutual understanding, Adyan foundation is organizing a 4 day, 3 nights trip to Jordan, on the theme of Jordan, land of Biblical and Qur’anic prophets.  The travellers will be accompanied by 2 lecturers Fr. Dr. Joseph Bou Raad (Dean of the Faculty of Theological sciences and Pastoral studies at Antonine University), and Dr. Nayla Tabbara (Director of Cross-Cultural...

SCHEHERAZADE IN BAABDA A PLAY PERFORMED BY THE WOMEN INMATES OF BAABDA PRISON DIRECTED BY ZEINA DACCACHE PLACE: BAABDA PRISON DATE: April 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28, 2012   May 3, 4, 5, 10 & 11, 2012 At 3PM   Due To The Particularity Of The Location, Access To The Show Is Restricted To Authorized and Confirmed Reservations. Places Are Limited.   For Reservation, Please Call (03) 162 573, at least 10 days before the date of the show you wish to attend.   For More Info, Please Contact Catharsis on:  (03) 162 573 / (09) 914 932 / E.MAIL: info@catharsislcdt.org     With the support of Drosos...

What happens if you loose your phone? What happens if you loose someone you love? if you've lost your phone, you can buy another, If you've lost your son or daughter can you buy another one??? So we find a solution for all those lost people Join us this Friday April 13th, 2012 from 10.30 am till 11.30 am At Nejmeh Square, Facing the Lebanese Parliament TO DEMAND FOR A LAW FOR THE DISSAPEARED FORCEFULLY MISSING IN THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR To read the proposed law please visit: http://daleel-madani.org/resource/law-kidnapped

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.

On average, 1 woman dies every month from family violence in Lebanon. To honor their memories and press for the law to protect women from family violence, we will be marching through the neighborhoods of Beirut this Saturday, March 10 starting at 3pm. A protective law is our only hope to stop these murders. Please join us. And please wear black. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171190029664659/

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.