10 essential plans for this weekend in Barcelona

The third edition of the Biennale Ciència i Ciutat reaches its final stretch full of cultural activities:.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
24 February 2023 Friday 16:07
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10 essential plans for this weekend in Barcelona

The third edition of the Biennale Ciència i Ciutat reaches its final stretch full of cultural activities:

This weekend ends the Ciutat i Ciència Biennial, this year focused on the fact of living. This year's edition, which began this Tuesday, aims to analyze the opportunities offered by science to face current challenges and make possible more sustainable life models. For this, there is organized a wide range of activities for all audiences. There are scheduled a series of debates on various topics, such as assisted reproduction and science and writing scheduled for Friday afternoon. It also highlights the screening of films, such as Hidden Figures or the interactive documentary The Green Divide (Friday 24). In the performative field, the Biennale Ciència i Ciutat proposes the work Els ulls de l'etern germà (Saturday 24), and the dramatized reading of Oxígeno by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann (Sunday 25). On both Saturday and Sunday you can see artistic installations around the city, such as Ornitographies, by Xavi Bou or Embolisme 'por soleá', by Paula Bruna. The entire program can be consulted on the official website of the Biennale Ciutat i Ciència.

Queralt Lahoz tour closing with guest artists, in the Paral·lel 62 room:

The singer from Santa Coloma de Gramanet will put an end to her Pureza tour this Saturday, February 25, at Paral·lel 62 at 9:00 p.m. A unique and special concert that comes after succeeding at Music Moves Europe and that will be attended by top guests such as Baiuca, La Plazuela, Lia Kali, La Sra. Tomasa or Las Ninyas del Corro. Her LP Pureza de ella was named in numerous publications as one of the best albums of 2021, with which she has toured more than 80 concerts throughout the Peninsula, Europe and the US.

The duo made in Barcelona B1n0 arrives at the Auditorium:

Flexible and groundbreaking, the project of friends Emili Bosch and Malcus Codolà (B1n0) is structured from the absence of a fixed singing figure and the infinite options that result. In this exceptional performance at the Audiori de Barcelona at 8:00 p.m. they will have the company of leaders of the current Catalan music scene, such as Núria Graham or Ferran Palau.

Premiere of The quiet girl, a moving story of a girl invisible to her family:

Colm Bairéad adapts Claire Keegan's novel in this coming-of-age drama. Set in rural Ireland in 1981, The Quiet Girl tells the story of a reserved girl who lives withdrawn among her large and hostile family. Her parents send her to spend the summer at the home of wealthier relatives, where the mysterious silence of Cáit will meet the warmth of a home and idyllic landscapes. There, the little girl will echo the secret that this adoptive family keeps quiet. The Quiet Girl is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars, making history as the first Gaelic-language film to do so.

Irati, Paul Urkijo's medieval fantasy that portrays Basque mythology:

Set in the year 778, in the western Pyrenees, Irati tells the story of a Basque warlord who calls on his ancestral gods for help when his land is threatened by the ruthless armies of the Frankish Emperor. This is the second film by Paul Urkijo from Vitoria, who won the Grand Audience Award at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival.

Till, the crime that changed everything, by Chinonye Chukwu

The film tells the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's tireless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins ​​in Mississippi. Critics point to the overwhelming performance of Danielle Deadwyler (Watchmen) as one of the highlights of the film.

They were all my children, a critique of post-war North American society at Teatre Lliure:

David Selvas presents the staging of the famous play Arthur Miller at the Teatre Lliure. The story features two former partners of an aircraft parts factory which, during World War II, served up some faulty parts and led to the deaths of many soldiers. One paid for it with jail and the other was released and ended up getting rich. Years later, their respective children will unleash the tragic consequences of that catastrophe. Tots eren fills meus is a vindication of the value of youth and their ideals in the fight for a more just society.

You and I, the story of a couple forced to live together, in the Fenix ​​Room

Marta Genís and Ricard Salom star in this absurd genre proximity theater comedy suitable for all audiences. It tells the story of two people facing the passage of time, her dementia and his obsession, and who are violently forced to stay together. Tu i jo, winner of the Boira Theater Award in 2010, is a piece that captivates from its beginning due to the themes it deals with and the situations experienced by the characters.

Un mundo en pause, seen by Chamo San:

Since February 9, the N2 gallery in Barcelona has been hosting Impasse, an exhibition with the artist's latest creations. The cartoonist and illustrator portrays a series of characters who, due to various circumstances, experience a moment of pause, an interruption in their daily existence.

An exhibition on Dalí and Cadaqués that opens the new Wonder Photo Shop exhibition space:

Meli, Cadaqués, Dalí is an exhibition of photographs by Melitó Casals, known as Meli, a photographer who captured the landscape and people of Cadaqués. Among these was Salvador Dalí, with whom he maintained a great friendship. This photographic exhibition, which until now could only be seen in the Cadaqués Museum, reflects the changes in this small town in l'Alt Empordà over almost forty years.