November 2006

Highlights ¦ Agenda

Highlights

Splash of Colour: A New Art Experience (Saturday 11th)

The first of these new style art events will attract a broad audience. More than an art exhibition, the opening event – Saturday 11th – will feature a full day of entertainment - food, music, videos, theatre and a flamboyantly decorated gallery.   Refreshments / bar will be available from 11.00 am onwards.

This event will provide surprise, surrealism, stimulating all of the senses - sight, sound, taste, smell, touch. It will be a multinational event - readings in Portuguese, English, German. School children from São Brás will be participating in this event.

Marika Raake, Saroja van der Stegen, Anna Theuwees and Karsti Stiege will be showing their works. The photograph shown above, by Dutch photographer Constant, will also be part of the exhibition.

Nanook - guitar	Meinke, painting	Anna Theeuwes: "Kleur"

Programme

• 11.00 am — film 3 colours RED
• 12:45 - 1:45 pm — BLACK bean stew (music to eat by BLACK Sabbath / Deep PURPLE...)
• 2.00 pm — film 3 colours WHITE
• 4.00 pm— film 3 colours BLUE
• 4.00 - 6.15 pm — Workshop with Miriam Palacios
• 6.30 pm — Art experience starts!

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Iranian Theme Movies (Monday 6th)

Iranian double bill and Iranian food. Monday 6th at 5.00 pm and 7.30 pm

Tickets: 2 euros (Friends: Free).  Genuine Iranian food will be served! (not included in the ticket).

Choir Music Concerts

This month, two choirs from the Algarve will be singing at the Museu do Trajo de São Brás. The first concert is integrated in the 1st Meeting of Iberian Choirs (1º Encontro de Coros Ibéricos)

• Grupo Coral Notas Soltas (Vila Franca de Xira) sings Saturday 4th, 5.30 pm. Entrance free.
• Grupo Coral Adágio from Portimão (picture) sings Saturday 18th, 8.30 pm. Tickets: 10 euros (Friends: 8 euros)

Grupo Coral Adágio — Programme (Saturday 18th)

• Halicha Likeisariya (Mus. David Zehavi, Arr. Gil Aldema)
• Le Temps a Laissé Son Manteau (Charles d'Orleans and Roger Calmel)
• The succession of the Four Sween Months (Benjamin Britten)
• Ce Moys de May (Clément Janequin)
• Coro das Maçadeiras (popular Minho)
• Oração de Santo António (popular Algarve)
• Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit (Leslie Woodmath)
• Milho Verde (Fernando Lopes Graça)
• São Horas de Emalar as Troixas, (Fernando Lopes Graça)
• Gabriel's Oboe (Ennio Morricone)
• Berimbau (Vinicius de Morais)
• Negro Bem Bom (Habanera, Eliseo Grenet)
• S'na Mi Bog (Liturgia Ortodoxa Russa, anónimo - fim séc. XIX)
• Cunhataiporã (Música G. Espíndola, arr. Samuel Kerr)
• Hold On (Michael Paget)

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Be shaken by Oo-Boop-I-Do (Friday 3rd)

They call themselves a “20’s Hot Dance Orchestra” because they feature hot-dance and jazz music of the 20’s and 30’s. This ten piece band plays lively infectious music, excellent for pure fun dancing and entertainment.

Their music appeals to a wide audience - The 20’s music was so hot that we still know it today – the Charleston being the most famous rhythm of its time. The band made its debut performance on April 30, 2006 at the Spring Fair at the Museu do Trajo de São Brás.

Oo-Boop-I-Do – seen & heard on BBC TV & Radio, renowned for superb entertainment & silent tap dance! The band comprises trumpets – trombone – saxophones – clarinets – piano – banjo – tuba – drums ... plus stylish vocals. An international band, combining talents from Portugal, Brazil, Canada, Australia, England and Wales.

It’s splendid! – not to be missed. Oo-Boop-I-Do, featuring the most popular music of the 20th century, plays again in São Brás: Friday 3rd, starting at 8.00 p.m. Tickets: 12 euros (Friends: 10 euros)

Official Inauguration (Friday 24th)

Inauguration ceremony of the new facilities of the Friends of the Museum, in the presence of the Ministry of Culture - Friday 24th November, at 10.00 am.  The Friends' Choir will be singing.

Agenda November 2006: all events, by date

Events November 2006 as PDF-Document

See also: Regular Events

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