Exhibitions and fairs
ALFAZ DEL PI ART AVANT
Oct 19 at 10.00: A meeting of painting enthusiasts has been organised by the Artavant Association which will take place at the beach library. For more information please contact the tourist info office.
SPANISH & NORWEGIAN EVENTS
From October 18-26 a number of Hispano-Norwegian events have been planned to further integrate the Norwegian and Spanish communities, concerts, meetings and exhibitions. More info near the date.
INTERNATIONAL DAY
Sunday, October 27: The Sports Centre will once again be hosting International Day – a spectacular annual event to celebrate the diversity of Alfaz del Pi.
More info neat the date.
ALICANTE ALICANTE HAS FALLEN
The exhibition ‘Alicante has fallen, the war finishes here’ commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War is taking place at the Casa de las Máquinas in Alicante city.
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 09.3013.30. It is closed on Mondays. Admission is free.
A visit can also be tied in with a guided tour of the Séneca and Balmis air raid shelters, which take place every Wednesday at 18.00, Fridays and Saturdays at 12.00 and 18.00 and Sundays at 12.00.
General admission to the guided tour is €5 and must be booked in advance by email at cmemoriahdalicante@gmail.com or by telephone on 690 004 431.
The telephone booking service is available from Monday to Friday from 10.00-13.30 and 17.00-20.00. The tours are in Spanish but can be arranged in other languages for groups of 10 people or more. Prior notice is required. Casa de las Máqiunas is situated at the junction of Calle Portugal and Calles Italia.
OCEAN RACE EXHIBITION
Exhibition looking at Spain’s involvement in the Volvo Ocean Race at the Volvo Ocean Race museum in Alicante port. The display contains more than four decades worth of exhibits showing the country’s role in what is one of the toughest sailing races in the world.
Open Tuesday to Thursday and Sundays from 10.00-14.00 and Friday and Saturday from 10.0018.00. Admission is free
A NIGHT WITH BRUCE DICKINSON
Dec 7, 2019: Iron Maiden vocalist, Bruce Dickinson has plenty to talk about and will be undertaking a speaking tour of Spain in December. The evening is based on his book, What Does This Button Do?
As is to be expected there are just 666 tickets available for the Alicante show, which is at the Teatro Principal.
The show will be in English and prices range from €43.50 to €65 and on sale now through www.instanticket.es
TITANIC: THE RECONSTRUCTION
Until November 10: Titanic: The Reconstruction, exhibition at La Lonja del Pescado. The centrepiece is a 1:30-scale – 12 metre-long, 4.2 metre-high and 3.9 metre-wide reconstruction of the doomed vessel. It also contains the recently restored Brush D.24 car, manufactured in Detroit in 1909, which was linked to the boat, but never made it on-board and the original painting El Sueño del Titanic by Enrique Gran, amongst other jewels. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10.30-21.30, except August, when it opens from 16.30-22.00.
It is closed on Mondays. General weekday admission is €8, at weekends this increases to €10 and tickets are available from www.instanticket.es
CALLOSA D'EN SARRIA CONCHA FLORES VAY
Permanent artistic paintings exhibition open on Saturdays from 11.00 to 14.00 For more information or to view Concha Flores Vay's works please visit her website www.cuadrosvay.com or call 645 882 644
CALPE OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTINGS
Until October 30 artist Toñi Paredes Suarez will display oil and acrylic paintings at Librería Europa Bookshop, Calle Oscar Esplá 2, Calpe, 965835824. admission free. Monday to Friday 10.00 - 14.00 & 17.00 - 20.00. Saturdays 10.00 - 14.00.
JAVEA ARTS & CRAFT MARKET
Every Sunday through out the summer a variety of market stalls are on the promenade in Javea Port, where all products on offer are handmade by the stallholders.
Gifts and products include toys, handbags, jewellery, clothes, paintings and crafts. from 11.00 until 14.00.
LA NUCIA SPANISH LESSONS FOR RESIDENTS
This year, the School for Adults in La Nucía will offer again ‘Spanish Courses for Foreign Residents’.
The lessons will start in October and end in June, next year. The courses will be taught by qualified teachers, in small
groups and in a friendly environment.
Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and conversation!
The School offers the following free courses (30 € annual subscription only):
Monday: Basic Level (4pm – 6pm) Tuesday: Intermediate (4pm – 6pm),
Wednesday: Advanced level (4pm – 6pm).
If you are interested in learning Spanish, please come and see us at the University Department (next to the Auditori), from 9am to 3pm.
Call 965870328 or 678626908. The School for Adults is located in the new building of the former Public School of San Rafael, at the Avenida Porvilla. Free parking at the underground car park, opposite the Auditori.
TEULADA/MORAIRA THE UNIVERSE OF TASTE (SPICES)
Until October 28 The Auditori Teulada Moraira will host: a exhibition of herbs and spices, showing how culinary herbs and spices have a high cosmetic and medicinal value, how they are able to seduce by their aromatic and power and improve recipes. The exhibition, opened on July 11, and is open to the public Wednesday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 18:00 to 20:00 . For more information please visit https://www.catedracarmencita.ua.es/
VALENCIA MY SECRET GARDEN
Until October: Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences is hosting an exhibition named “My Secret Garden”.
The area surrounding the City of Arts and Sciences has welcomed another exhibition to its installations comprised of six large format structures created by Arne Quinze that are inspired by nature and which seem to flourish. They represent the research that the artist has performed on nature’s diversity.
Arne Quinze was born in Belgium and currently lives and works in Belgium, and Los Angeles, in the USA.
REMEMBER TO VISIT THE BALCONY!
The balcony of Valencia’s city hall is still open to the public. If you’re in Valencia, don’t miss the chance to enter the government building and take a look over the plaza del Ayuntamiento from its balcony, most known for being where the Fallera Mayor tells the firework specialist to light the ‘Mascletà’ displays every day during the Fallas. As well as the balcony, anyone who so wishes can take a look at the plenary room, the Crystal Hall, the air-raid shelter and the historical museum, all in different rooms inside the main building; a luxury that used to be reserved for the authorities and representatives not too long ago. All these rooms can be visited on from Monday to Friday, from 08.00 to 15.00 and are free of charge.
‘VAN GOGH ALIVE’ REACHES VALENCIA
The unique exhibition on the works and thought process of the Dutch mastermind will be in Valencia until October 20.
This is no ordinary exhibition. It is a 3D experience with over 3,000 images covering 800 m2 of floor
space, adding touches of technology such as 40 high-definition projectors, moving images with surround sound and six-metretall screens; all to make you feel like you’ve entered the mind of Van Gogh.
Over 400,000 people have already been amazed by ‘Van Gogh Alive’ in its stops in Malaga, Seville, Alicante and Madrid, and now we can finally enjoy it here in Valencia.
The exhibition is on show on the third floor of the city’s Ateneo Mercantil, located at plaza del Ayuntamiento, 18. It is open to the public from 09.00 to 22.00 seven days a week and tickets cost €12 for adults but there are discounts for minors, students, families, large groups and disabled, retired and unemployed people; they can be purchased from the exhibition’s official website, www.vangogh.es or at the city’s Information and Tourism offices.
MARS. THE CONQUEST OF A DREAM
Exhibition at the science museum
in the City of Arts and Sciences with the red planet as the main protagonist. Further information about the City of Arts and Science and the exhibition is available from www.cac.es/en/home
VILLAJOYOSA THEATRE AT VILAMUSEU
Villajoyosa are giving a guided theatrical tour of their latest exhibition ‘Escalvas de la Belleza’ (Slaves to beauty), this is a novel and fun way of viewing and learning about the different pieces on show.
Of the 150 pieces on show, 115 are being seen for the first time, and there are some that have great archaeological value.
The theatrical visits are
every Thursday at 19.30 and Saturdays at 11.30 and cost an extra €2.
The museum is open daily from 10.00 to 14.00 and 18.00 to 21.30 Tuesday to Saturday, Sundays and holidays: 10.00 to 14.00. Normal entry costs €3.