January 2008

January Agenda

Highlights

Film Club: Tristana (Monday 7th January)

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable nature, despite his socialistic views about business and religion. But Don Lope's one weakness is women, and he falls for the innocent girl in his charge, seduces her, makes her his lover, though all the while explaining to her that she is as free as he. But when she acts on this freedom, Don Lope must deal with the consequences of his world-view.

Read more about Tristana on Wikipedia

Entry: 2 € (Friends free). Monday 7th January, 7.00 pm

Duo Berliner Pflanzen (Friday 11th January)

Dirk Bleicken (vocal) and Uschi Syring-Dargies (piano) will be performing satirical songs by Otto Reutter and Claire Waldoff from 1920's Berlin.

Tickets: 12 € (Friends 10 €). Friday 11th January, 8.00 pm

Click here to view the Concert Programme

Museum Gallery - Art Opening: Face to Face (Saturday 19th January)

Carnival is in the air and we think of fancy dress and masks, masks that hide the real persona...... Not so the masks created by Maria de São José. They attempt to reveal the thoughts and feelings of the artist. Her works express the subconscious imagery that is accumulated along time. Maria de São José works in different media although this series of exhibits is dedicated to masks in clay.

These "faces" were originally started in the seventies and finished just recently after adding the refining last touches. The faces behind the masks gave rise to a series of paintings and drawings some of which have been included in this exhibition.

The artist, who was born in Portugal in 1949, studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Lisbon, majoring in Painting. She lived in the States for 17 years, where she further developed her talents in Art and Design at the Art Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, as well as Graphic Design at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Since 1969, she has been exhibiting all her different media, drawings, paintings and masks in group shows in Portugal, Germany and the United States. Her masks will be on show in the Museum Gallery of the Museu do Trajo de São Brás de Alportel, from 19th January to 5th March 2008. The exhibition has the appropriate title "Face to Face".

São José sometimes use the pseudonym "Saint".

Saturday 19th January, 6.30 pm

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Jazz @ The Museum: Zé Manel Martins Quintet (Sunday 20th January)

We are pleased to invite you along to the Friends' Jazz Club and enjoy a sparkling, swinging start to the New Year with Zé Manel Martins – Afro Latino Quintet. They will surprise you with a variety of influences, with Angolan, Brazilian and Portuguese rhythms. The quintet comprises Zé Manel Martins (Angola) - guitar/vocals; Kim Brandão (Angola) - bass; Carlos Morais (Brazil) - drums; Kordeiro (Angola) - kongas; and Sadjo (Guinea) - kora & djambé.

Be sure not to miss it - and bring either your instrument to participate in the jam session after the concert, or bring your dancing shoes!

Click here to download the poster for this event

Entry 7 € (Friends 5 €). Sunday 20th January, 5.00 pm

Guitar Quartet Saturday 26th January)

Guitar quartet Concordis was formed in 2005 by four guitarists from the Algarve who teach at the music academies of Albufeira, Faro, Olhão, Portimão and V.R de Santo António. The aim of the musicians, Fernando Ponte, Rui Mourinho, Rui Martins and Eudoro Grade through the wonderful timbre and rich harmonious sound produced by four guitars, is to accomplish a musical project of an original and diverse perspective from a vast already existing repertoire to brand new works in a context of different styles and musical language.

Click here to see the artistic CV of Eudoro Grade | Concert Programme

Entry: 14 € (Friends 12 €). Saturday 26th January, 8.00 pm

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