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Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Concert

The Satanico Pop Tour is here and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are here in Lima to perform one of the city's highly anticipated shows. Famous for their ska/pop/punk sounds, this Argentinian band is making sure all their loyal fans in get the chance to see this popular band perform this month for their one night only show!

When: November 29
Where: Estadio Nacional
Cost: S/.21-S/.450
Tickets available at TuEntrada

Olga Tañon - Concert

El Cuerpo Humano, Real y Fascinante - Exhibition

This exhibition displays real bodies, complete and partial, that have been preserved by using an innovating technique called polymerization, which preserves human tissue with liquid silicon. The final result is a plasticized body at molecular level, showing the complexity of the many bones, nerves, blood vessels and organs of the human body. It's a great opportunity to observe and learn about how the human body works.

Feria Internacional del Libro - International Book Fair

The Feria Internacional del Libro, FIL, (Internacional Book Fair) is a major cultural event in all Latin-American cities which gathers a wide range of national and international editorials and authors that offer the public unique access to the world of books and literature. Organized by the Cámara Peruana del Libro (Peruvian Book Chamber), this year’s FIL will be the 14th in Lima, and promises to continue delighting people of all ages.

When: 9 am – 5 pm (Until August 5th)
Where: Vértice del Museo de la Nación – Av. Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja
Cost: S/. 1

Uds + Ellos = Yo - Theater

Celebrating 25 years in the entertainment business, Carlos Alcantara, one of the best comedians of the country, will present a show where he will remember the best characters and moments of his career. It's a show filled with humor and surprises!

El Circo de la Casa de Timoteo - Children's entertainment

Peru Vas: The Collection

The Wizard of Oz - The Musical

Maria Pía, Más Allá de la Ilusion - Children's Entertainment

Hi5- Children's Entertainment

Clavito el Puercoespin- Children's Theater

The play tells the story of Clavito, a porcupine, who reaches a hill in a search for friends, not knowing that his quills will annoy his neighbors: Ms. Hen, The Jumping Bunny, The Fatty Goat and the Naughty Cuy. Clavito was told to "go away, as far as possible", which breaks his heart. However, his neighbors soon realize they misjudged him, and that behind those quills lies a golden heart full of love.

El Cine Eden- Theater

In Indochina, 1931, Marguerite Duras lived a passionate history that led her to write "The Lover". "El Cine Eden" takes that story, focusing on the relationship of 2 brothers and their ill mother. The play will count with the performance of Mirella Carbone and will be under the direction of Alberto Isola, who combines theater and dance on stage.

Proyecto Peru Arte - Exhibition

Tierra de Tradiciones: Taquile y su Arte Textil - Exhibition

Taquile is an island located at the Titicaca Lake, Puno. Because of its remote location, the people of the island have managed to preserve ancient techniques, specially in their textile skills. Their textile art has been recognized by the UNESCO, which declared it "Master piece of the Oral and Immaterial Patrimony of Mankind". It's something worth watching!

Uh-Mitos - Exhibition

LIM_A : A_MIL - Exhibition

Gustavo Emé is presenting his latest work on this exhibition entitled "LIM_A : A_MIL".The exhibition shows a number of works where the artist has applied a visual effect on the Paracas textiles in order to make a run through 4 moments of the history of Lima: the prehispanic, colonial, republican and present day.

Hatun Maranga: Sociedad Prehispanica Planificada en Lima - Exhibition

La Falsificacion de las Tupac - Exhibition

Luz - Exhibition

Taller Cono Norte - Exhibition

The "Cono Norte" workshop started as a project by Jorge Villacorta in 1996, as a way of gathering a  large, creative production  of different projects that could be personal, from local artists or international ones. Today, Cono Norte is evoking the production of a folder dedicated to Jazz, with the participation of 10 Peruvian artists and foreigners, as well as a "woman power" folder in charge of several female artists.

Don Quijote - Ballet Performance

Hechicero (La Tarumba) - Circus Performance

La Tarumba, a prestigious circus group with 25 years of experience, presents "Hechicero" (sorcerer), a love story between Baltazar, a young man from Chincha, in coast of Peru, and Lucero, a girl from the community of Chopcca Paucara, in the highland part of the country. The spectacle intends to show the diversity of cultures we have and to help built a national identity based on tolerance and the acknowledgment of our diverse history. It's a show filled with magic, theater, circus, music, paso horses and others, making it a one of a kind presentation!

El Teatro del Gran Mundo:The Beginning - Theater

El Ultimo de los Amantes Ardientes - Theater

Para Morir Bonito - Theater

On the eve of her wedding, Camila- a 25 year old actress- and her fiance, Gaspar- a 60 year old writer- find themselves in a hot discussion about death. Gaspar claimed to be immortal, while Camila remains skeptic and starts questioning things like when will each of them die? who will die first? is it possible to die "nicely"? All of these questions captivate the audience in a fun way from the very start.

Esperando la Carroza - Theater

Toastmaster's Peru

Toastmasters is an international organization promoting local clubs where people come together to train in the art of public speaking, as well as leadership skills. Peru has two English-speaking Toastmasters clubs which provide a great opportunity to improve oratory skills, as well as perfect your English. The first club is the Lima Toastmasters Club, and the second, The International Toastmasters Club of Peru. They both meet on Thursdays at different times. For more information, click here.

Tinkerbell- A fairy Tell

The Jungle Book - The Musical

Universo Vibrante - Photography Exhibition

A reflection of two years’ work, Universo Vibrante (Vibrant Universe), portrays, once again, Estrella Levy Gazit’s passion for capturing light on her photographs. To contrast her last exhibition, Claroscuro (Chiaroscuro), the photographer has combined light and color in order to bring alive shapes of the real world and memories of her own. Gazit was born in Peru, but coursed her studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has devoted herself to photography ever since she was fifteen.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 9 am – 8 pm (Until July 31st)
Where: Galería John Harriman del Centro Cultural Británico – Jr. Bellavista 531, Miraflores
Free Admission

reHacer el Amor - Photography Exhibition

A suggestive photography exhibition, reHacer el Amor (To Remake Love) explores the importance of several elements in the sexual act, such as place and scenery… The exhibition is particularly focused on small hotel rooms from hostels in Lima.

When: Mondays through Sundays: 10 am – 9 pm (Until July 31st)
Where: Centro Cultural de España – Natalio Sánchez 181, Santa Beatriz
Free Admission

Ruraq Maki - Exhibition/ Sale

More than 50 artist and  traditional artisans from all over Peru will display and sell their works at the exhibition "Ruraq Maki" (hand made), at the Museo de la Nación. This exhibition takes place every year since 2007 and has always been a success. Come see some of the most incredible traditional Peruvian handicrafts!

La Velocidad del Tiempo - Photography exhibition

Mariano Zuzunaga is one of the most recognized Peruvian photographers in the world. This time he brings us "La velocidad del tiempo" (the speed of time), in which he has managed to capture instants where the speed created, in a specific moment, bubbles in the ocean, shadows in the wall or emptiness in a movie theater. The photographs show "the speed of time, of every time, of our time", says Zuzunaga.

Las Antipodas de Camboya- Exhibition

Vertice Art Gallery is presenting the latest work of artist Walter Carbonel. "Las Antípodas de Camboya" gathers a number of paintings, drawings and videos, in which the artist has intended  to highlight the irony of the globalization of art, and to question its importance in the global artistic world.

25 Años de Diseño Mobiliario: Carlos Cornejo - Exhibition

Interested in creative furniture design? Carlos Cornejo, designer and sculptor, presents an exhibition which shows a very imaginative approach to furniture design, managing to transform daily life situations into celebrated and original. Cornejo studied architecture and sculpture at the Visual Arts School at Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and has 25 years of experience in furniture design.

When: Tuesdays through Sundays: 11 am – 8 pm (Until August 9th)
Where: ICPNA Gallery – Av. Angamos Oeste 120, Miraflores
Free Admission  

Número 2 by "Huanchaco" - Exhibition

Número 2 is an exhibition about the second part of the comic story Superchaco, by Fernando Gutiérrez / Huanchaco. Here, Gutiérrez tells the tale of Superchaco and one of the most respected heroes of Peruvian history, Miguel Grau, together on the quest for the Huáscar vessel (Grau’s warship during the Naval Combat of Angamos). The story is told in a series of photographs, paintings, videos and drawings, and the characters are interpreted by Fernando Gutiérrez (Superchaco) and Germán Seminario (Grau) who is actually Miguel Grau’s great-grandson.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 10:30 am – 8 pm (Until August 1st)
Where: Galería Lucía de la Puente – Paseo Sáenz Peña 206 A, Barranco
Free Admission

Quilombolas - Tradición y Cultura de Resistencia - Photography Exhibition

Quilombolas, Tradición y Cultura de Resistencia (Quilombolas, Tradition and a Culture of Resistence) is an exhibition of twenty-seven black and white photographs of the black communities of Brazil. These communities are found in the Brazilian quilombos (Sao Paulo, Pará, Goiás, Bahía, Río de Janeiro, and other cities). The photographs were taken by André Cypriano, and they have already been exhibited in Buenos Aires (Argentina), La Paz (Bolivia), Montevideo (Uruguay), Asunción (Paraguay) and in fifteen Brazilian cities.

When: Mondays through Fridays: 9 am – 9 pm, Saturdays: 9 am – 3 pm (Until August 19th)
Where: El Ojo Ajeno, Centro de la Imagen – Av. 28 de Julio 815, Miraflores
Free Admission

Malestar en la Cultura - Art Exhibition

ARTCO Gallery will be hosting an exhibition with the works of Rocío Rendón. The artist has chosen to explore the duality of human conduct, using lenticular technology in order to magnify and give movement to her images. Rendón studied at ENSABAP (1998) and is the winner of the MOLAA Prize 08 in USA. “Malestar en la Cultura” (Discomfort in our Culture) is her second individual exhibition.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 11 am – 8 pm (Until August 7th)
Where: ARTCO Gallery – Roaud y Paz Soldán 325, San Isidro
Free Admission 

Platería Tradicional del Perú - Exhibition

ICPNA and Universidad Ricardo Palma present the sixth annual exhibition of Traditional Peruvian Silverworks – a selection of over four hundred pieces from a diversity of both private and public collections. The exhibition offers a wide and rich panorama of the influence of Incaic and Hispanic traditions on Republican silverworks.

When: Tuesdays through Sundays: 11 am – 8 pm (Until August 23rd)
Where: Germán Krüger Espantoso Gallery, ICPNA – Av. Angamos Oeste 160, Miraflores
Free Admission

Gisella Altuna - Singing Presentation

Gisella Altuna has the kind of voice that makes everyone fall in love with it the moment she starts to sing. A lover of the variety in music, Gisella includes jazz, bossa, latin, disco and Peruvian music in her repertoire. She studied singing at the National Conservatory of Music, and can sing and act in three different languages. Now, she will be giving weekly presentations every Friday and Saturday.

When: Fridays and Saturdays: 9:30 pm
Where: Fridays: Delphos Bistró at Hotel Los Delfines – Los Eucaliptos 555, San Isidro, Saturdays: Perroquet Restaurant at Hotel Country Club de Lima – Los Eucaliptos 590, San Isidro

Sculpture Exhibition at ICPNA

Interested in sculpture? ICPNA will be hosting an exhibition with the works of well-known artists who participated in a contest for the Premio Adquisición (Acquisition Prize). The winner was the talented Miguel Ángel Velit, whose popular metallic sculptures have been presented around the world, in countries like China, Hungary, Taiwan, Argentina and France.

When: Tuesdays through Sundays: 11 am to 8 pm (Until August 16th)
Where: Juan Pardo Hereen Gallery, ICPNA – Jr. Cuzco 446, Lima Centro
Free Admission

Bella Durmiente - Ballet Performance

Sleeping Beauty - the classical tale of the princess who falls into eternal sleep by the spell of an evil witch and can only be awoken by true love’s kiss comes to the theater! A beautiful ballet performance definetely worth seeing.

When: Fridays: 7:30 pm, Saturdays: 6:30 pm, Sundays: 11:30 am and 6:30 pm, Tuesday, 28th July: 6:30 pm, Wednesday 29th July: 6:30 pm (Until July 29th)
Where: Teatro Segura – Jr. Huancavelica 265, Lima
Cost: From S/. 20
For more information and tickets visit Teleticket

Esta Obra es un Desastre - Theater

Esta Obra es un Desastre (Noises Off!) is a comedy written by Michael Frayn and directed by Ricardo Moran that shows a hilarious story about a group of people involved in theater, trying to put together and perform a play in spite of their incompetence, their chaotic director and the love tangles between certain characters. The play will have actors like Renzo Schuller, Emilia Drago and Javier Echevarría performing. Pre-sales will only be until July 10th!

When: Thursdays through Sundays, 8 pm (Until September 20th)
Where: Mario Vargas Llosa Theater, Peruvian National Library – Av. De La Poesía 160, San Borja (Crossing of Av. Aviación and Av. Javier Prado Este).
Cost: S/. 15
Tickets Available at Teleticket

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega - Exhibition and Conferences

To commemorate 400 years since the publishing of ‘Comentarios Reales de los Incas’ (Royal Commentaries of the Incas), the Cultural Center Inca Gracilaso has organized an exhibition and a series of conferences on the life and works of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and how he has influenced humanity in the past centuries. After remaining a few months in Lima, the display will be taken to other cities in Latin America and Spain. 

When: Until August 2nd
Where: Cultural Center Inca Gracilaso – Jr. Ucayali 391, Lima
Free Admission
For more information visit their website at www.ccincagarcilaso.gob.pe

Afroperuanos - Photography Exhibition

Afroperuanos (Afro-Peruvians) is photographer Martín Alvarado’s second exhibiton. Here, his pictures capture the essence of Afro-Peruvian culture in our country: their traditions, daily life, art, leaders… Martín Alvarado is also producer of the cultural TV show, “Costumbres” (‘Customs’) and has also exhibited his photographs four years ago in ‘Este Es Mi Cariño’ (‘This is my Affection’).

When: June 5th to August 1st, Mondays through Fridays: 10 am – 7 pm
Where: Instituto Riva Agüero PUCP – Camaná 459, Cercado de Lima
Cost: General: S/. 2, Students: S/.1

La Soledad del Artista - Art Exhibition

A deserved tribute to the memory of Victor Humareda (1920-1986), the National Institute of Culture has prepared a recollection of the artist’s paintings as an exhibition that will be displayed in the Museo de la Nación. Victor Humareda’s works of art reflect his passion for painting harlequins, ballerinas, bullfighters and landscapes from a very traditional Lima. Not only will you admire Humareda’s unique talent, precision and perfection, but also contemplate the works of one of the greatest painters in Peruvian history.

When: June 4th to August 1st , Tuesdays through Sundays: 9 am – 5 pm
Where: Museo de la Nación – Av. Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja
Free Admission

Mal de Juventud - Theater

Written in 1926 by the German author Ferdinand Bruckner, it tells the story of the desire, repression and turbulence of a group of young medicine students gathered in a pension, who are in a constant destructive game with their sexuality, the excess and mutual dependence in their search for giving sense to their lifes.

When: Thursday to Monday, 8:00 pm. (From July 13th to the 27th)
Where: Teatro Centro Cultural PUCP - Camino Real 1075, San Isidro
Cost: s/.25
Tickets available at Teleticket

Stand Up Comedy: Humorbo

Carlos Galdos: Nadie me Quita lo Bailado

International Symphonic Concert Season

Kimbafá: La Ciudad Suena

Kimbafá, a show which mixes rhythm, percussion and Afro-Peruvian dance, transforms these elements into language, with many underlying themes that exemplify the flamboyant elements of everyday life in Lima. Every instrument in the show comes together in perfect harmony. Lima is a city that is crying out and wants desperately to be heard. Kimbafá and its different sound portrays Lima in different stages: Lima at dawn, Popular Lima, a Joyful Lima. The show is a manifestation of people who enjoy their roots deeply and express their joy freely without boundaries.

La Asombrosa Fabula del Rey Ciervo

This is a fun, magical story written by the Italian Carlo Gozzi, who was inspired by classic characters of the comedy art. It's about king Deramo, who was turned into a deer by the first minister, Tartaglia so that he could keep the throne. Directed by Giovanni Ciccia and an amazing cast this play promises to be one of the favorites of 2009.

Postales de Lima- Exhibition

Lima's Art Museum (MALI) is presenting "Postales de Lima" (Postcards of Lima), an exhibition that gathers a selection of around 70 pieces of work from the first half of the XX century. The selection revises the meaning of those images, and incorporates different phenomena that define the multicultural identity of the city of Lima.

La Bella y la Bestia - Children's Theater

Se Busca Marido Cama Adentro – Theater

“Se Busca Marido Cama Adentro” (Live in Husband Wanted) is a one woman comedy show with Johanna San Miguel. The show explores the many things a woman is capable of doing to get a man, keep him and eventually kick him out.

When: 9 a.m. Tuesday (Until Tuesday February 24th)
Where: Satchmo theater – Av. La Paz 538, Miraflores
Cost: S/.30
Tickets available at Teleticket

El Soldadito de Plomo - Children's Theater

Does the name Hans Christian Andersen sound familiar to you? Well it should because he is one of the most famous fairy tale writers to have ever existed and, for a limited of time, Teatro Larco will be presenting one of his works live on stage. The Brave Tin Soldier, one of Andersen’s classics, is a tale of toy soldiers who have the special power of becoming alive at night. Watch the excitement and drama unfold as one particular soldier tries to woo the girl of his dreams. 

When: 5:15 pm Saturdays and Sundays (Until February 15)
Where: Teatro Larco - Avenida Larco 1036, Miraflores
Cost: S/.21
Tickets available at TuEntrada

AmCham Institutional Lunch