The Magdalena festivities continue in Masdache and in many coastal towns the festivities of the Virgen del Carmen continue, such as in Playa Blanca, Tinajo, Arrecife, Teguise and La Graciosa, and with them a great variety of cultural events.
In addition, this week the Canarias de Jazz & Más festival continues, bringing to La Graciosa one of the best timple players of the moment, Yone Rodríguez. The eighth island will also be the stage for a concert by the young orchestra of the Canary Islands.
In the Villa de Teguise, the Yorubafest Festival is celebrated this weekend, celebrating the culture of this African people that has had so much influence in the Caribbean. On the other hand, there are literary initiatives, a comedy show, and several cinematographic proposals both in El Almacén, as well as outdoors with the traveling cinema proposals from Tenique Cultural.
MUSIC
- Proximity Concerts. Concert by Judith Díaz
The initiative to bring music to the neighborhoods of Arrecife continues. On this occasion, the artist Judith Díaz offers a concert in Argana Alta.
When: Friday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Argana Alta Sociocultural Center, Arrecife
- Canarias Jazz Festival. Yone Rodríguez Quartet
Within the Canarias Jazz & Más Festival, we will have the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful concert by Yone Rodríguez, one of the greatest exponents of the timple of his generation.
His music is characterized by a fusion of styles with which he achieves an open and universal sound, always keeping the Canary Islands as the spearhead. In the concert in La Graciosa he will perform accompanied by his quartet.
When: Friday, July 19 at 8:30 p.m.
Where. Caleta de Sebo, La Graciosa.
Free admission until full capacity.
- YorubaFest. Art and Culture Festival
The 3rd YorubaFest of the Villa de Teguise is celebrated this weekend. It is an annual festival dedicated to spreading Yoruba culture including its art, music and language.
The event includes, among other surprises, a session of batá dances and drums, typical of Yoruba culture, and a talk on the Yoruba concept 'Iwa Pele' which could be translated as good character and which, according to the Yoruba, is fundamental for harmony and personal and community well-being.
The religion of the Yoruba, a people originally from West Africa (mainly in Nigeria and Benin) is the origin of syncretic practices such as Santería, in the Hispanic Caribbean, or Candomblé, in Brazil.
This year the festival is dedicated to the orisha Esu, one of the most revered deities in Yoruba culture, as he acts as an intermediary between men and gods. He is also the orisha of communication, the word and crossroads.
When: Saturday, July 20 between 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, July 21 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Where. Municipal tent, Villa de Teguise.
Free admission reserving a place.
- The Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands. Around the world in 8 Measures
The Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands (JOCAN) will tour the entire Canary archipelago with “Around the world in 8 measures”. Under the baton of Víctor Pablo Pérez sinfónico an orchestra of 40 musicians will perform in the Villa de Teguise on Sunday, July 21, but tickets are already sold out. The concert that still has tickets available is the one they will give on Monday the 22nd in La Graciosa.
The JOCAN is a project of the Government of the Canary Islands launched in 2016 as a tool for the training and orchestral practice of young musicians from the islands. On this occasion they will offer the Concerto for violin and piano by Mendelssohn and the Symphony No. 40 by Mozart. The tour began in Fuerteventura on July 19 and will end in El Hierro on July 29.
When: Monday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m.
Where. Inocencia Páez Sociocultural Center, La Graciosa.
Free admission until full capacity.
LITERATURE
- Literary recital. Reading of “Al jallo” by Ángel Guerra
Within the framework of the exhibition “Ángel Guerra, a writer from Lanzarote”, the Agustín de la Hoz House of Culture will host the reading of the story Al jallo.
Published in 1907, it tells a harsh story within a fishing community in the north of Lanzarote. The reading will be given by Mare Cabrera, Lana Corujo, Flora González, Guacimara Hernández, David Machado and Estefanía Camejo, together with Zebensuí Rodríguez who will make a brief literary introduction before the reading.
Ángel Guerra developed an intense literary, journalistic, essayistic and political career between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. He is an exponent of Canarian Regionalism and at the same time an intellectual who defended the disadvantaged of his time, vindicated the role of women and promoted equality.
When: Friday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Agustín de la Hoz House of Culture.
- XIV edition of the Radio Lanzarote Short Story Contest Summer 2024
The XIV edition of the Radio Lanzarote Short Story contest pays tribute to the writer Miguel de Unamuno one hundred years after his exile to Fuerteventura.
Those who want to participate must send a micro-story that does not exceed 100 words. The winner will get a dinner for two at the Jameos del Agua restaurant, the second prize is one of the unusual experiences for two people in Montañas del Fuego and the third prize is a brunch in the Cactus Garden.
When: Until August 31.
Where: Radio Lanzarote. More information.
HUMOR
- Omaira Cazorla
After the triumph of her latest shows, “Show Woman” and “Yo también fui hetero”, the Canarian comedian Omayra Cazorla continues with her mission: to start laughter.
Cazorla carefully prepares her monologues to create an atmosphere of fun in which the public can disconnect from their daily worries and have a good laugh.
When: July 18 at 8:30 p.m.
Where: Municipal Theater of San Bartolomé.
Tickets at 18 euros.
CINEMA
- Summer Traveling Cinema. The Mission
The Traveling Cinema of the Tenique cultural association continues, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the seven town councils, this week La Misión is screened.
After its premiere, in 1986, this film achieved great critical and public success, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival that year. The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone and the interpretive duel between Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons, together with the impressive landscapes of Iguazú, contain the rhythm, the spectacularity and the power of capturing one of the best adventure films.
When: Friday, July 19 at 9:00 p.m.
Where: Plaza Pedro Alcántara, Arrecife.
Free admission until full capacity.
- Buñuel Cinema. Anatomy of a fall
The Buñuel Cinema of El Almacén offers the second screening of the film “Anatomy of a Fall”. It is a judicial thriller that dissects a marital relationship through the trial of the wife after a fatal fall of the husband.
The film has received many awards. Oscar for Best Screenplay, Palme d'Or in Cannes for Best Film. Two Golden Globes, 6 César from the French Academy and also the Goya for best European film.
When: Thursday, July 18 at 8:30 p.m.
Where: El Almacén, in Arrecife.
Ticket at 3 euros.
- Summer Traveling Cinema. The Secret in Their Eyes
The Traveling Cinema of the Tenique cultural association continues, in collaboration with the Cabildo de Lanzarote and the seven town councils.
The secret of their eyes is a Spanish-Argentine co-production, which managed to be the most successful film of 2009 in our country and one of the highest grossing in the history of cinema in Argentina with more than two and a half million viewers.
In 2010 it won the Oscar for best foreign film. The absorbing criminal plot, the intense love story and the interpretation of some protagonists in a state of grace are already part of the history of good cinema.
When: Saturday, July 20 at 9:00 p.m.
Where: Plaza Pedro Alcántara, Arrecife.
Free admission until full capacity.
- Buñuel Cinema. The Zone of Interest
This film by British director Jonathan Glazer addresses the Holocaust with a new look that shows the daily life of Nazi executioners.
The work uses the aesthetics of reality television and dissects, with surgical spirit, the day-to-day life of a family clan dedicated to the most terrifying of normalities.
When: Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: El Almacén, in Arrecife.
Ticket at 3 euros.
FOR CHILDREN
- Perenquén Festival. Art and family
The Perenquén Festival includes activities for the whole family such as art workshops, shadow and gestural theater and lots of music.
When: Saturday, July 20 between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Where: El Almacén, Arrecife.
Free admission or five euros depending on the activity.
