Lídia Pujol and Carlos Nuñez, headliners at the Joan Brudieu International Music Festival
The 35th anniversary festival faces budget cutbacks but refuses to give up its quality offer
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?[Rec]? director Jaume Balagueró presents his latest film project ?Sleep Tight?
The popular Catalan director, Jaume Balagueró, explores suspense with a more classic narrative. His new project entitled ?Sleep Tight? will stray away from his famous horror films.
Catalonia awakes to Sant Joan hangover
Bonfires and firecrackers light up Midsummer?s Eve and 'cava' and 'coca' are a must at every table. Sant Joan marks the beginning of the summer.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona brings in the summer with new late night hours
The MACBA will open late for its summer season. Every Thursday and Friday from today to the 13th of September visitors can enjoy Barcelona?s Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) until midnight.
Bob Dylan and Kiss captivate Barcelona concertgoers
Nothing like celebrating summer solstice with rock and roll legends. Sant Joan festivities brought more than just fireworks and bubbling cava. Folk singer Bob Dylan and rockers Kiss captivated the city with their music in two concerts on Thursday.
The Sónar Festival, Europe?s cathedral of electronic music
The 2010 edition of Barcelona?s festival of ?advanced? music and multimedia art, Sónar, has been a huge success. A quality programme, combining big names with new bands, has congregated 84,000 people for a three-day dance party.
The National Archive of Catalonia to incorporate more than 30 years of material about exiled people
The National Archives of Catalonia will include over 30 years of material about exilement into their archives on Monday. The documentation will present Catalonia?s perspective on exilement, regarding people who left the country and people who arrived from
Joan Barril reaches the promised land in 2010
The Catalan journalist wins the Sant Joan Literary Prize for his novel ?Les terres promeses? (Promised Lands) set in late-fifties Cuba
Catalan poets on show in Paris
Today the Poetry Market of Paris has begun with Catalonia as its special focus. Catalan poets have read their poems in the 28th edition of the most important poetry fair in Europe.
Writers from around the world accuse the EU of being complicit in Tunisian repression
A newly approved Tunisian law prohibits citizens to criticise the Tunisian government in front of other countries and organisations. A band of writers met in Barcelona to take a stand against this action.
Disseny Hub Barcelona explores 3D digital manufacturing technologies
The European leading centre for design research and promotion presents a new series of events to overview 21st century changes in production processes. 3D technologies are said to become an essential tool for design professionals.
SonarKids 2010 repeats last year's success
Second edition of the electronic music festival aimed at the youngest audience
The Tate Modern takes the work of Catalan painter Joan Miró on the road
The travelling exhibition will start in London in April 2011 and will carry on in Barcelona and Washington D.C. It will discover the cultural origins of the famous artist, being the greatest exhibition on Miró in the UK.
The first wine produced from 100 year old vines has been released onto the market
The Slow Food association has released a red and a white wine produced from ancient vinyeards. The wines are produced with autochthonous varieties of grapes, which existed in the Lleida territories before the phylloxera plague in the late 19th century.
Barcelona's Summer Arts Festival begins
The Grec Festival has started. Barcelona main summer festival combines theatre, music, dance and circus. Its main spot is the openair Greek theatre, which hosts evening shows. However, spectacles cover the entire city from now on until early August.
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