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XXI European Film Festival

The members of the European Union, the European Commission Delegation and the Film Library of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru present the XXI European Film Festival. This year, there will be exhibitions of films from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Finland, Sweden, the UK and Switzerland as a guest country. Today, it can be said that the festival has become a cultural event. For descriptions of the films (in Spanish), please click here. For event locations, click here.

When: October 28th-November 15th
Where: Various Locations
Free Admission

 

Acho 2009 - Bullfighting Fair of the Lord of Miracles

When: November 1st, 3:30 pm.
Where: Plaza de Acho - Jr.Hualgayoc cuadra 2, Rimac
Cost: S/. 67.68 - S/. 198.56
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Vírgenes Urbanas - Photography Exhibition

In Vírgenes Urbanas (Urban Virgins), artist Ana Orbegoso has combined colonial paintings from Cuzco with elements of contemporary urban life, creating a singular effect that highlights the true value of Peruvian women today. Orbegoso's photographs find a balance in the fusion of the traditional Andean culture and the modern, urban reality. The exhibition is part of the festival Mirafoto 09.

When: Tuesdays through Sundays: 9 am - 5 pm (Until November 15th)
Where: Museo de la Nación - Av. Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja
Free Admission

 

II Concurso Escolar de Historieta - Contest

The Centro de la Imagen invites all students coursing their penultimate or their last year in school (cuarto y quinto de media) to participate in the II  Comics Contest for Scholars, the goal of which is to raise awareness about the importance of comics as an essential means of communication. The jury will composed by prominent artists, like the popular Huanchaco, Cherman, Nicolás Yeroví and Natalia Iguiñiz. Prizes include scholarships, Faber Castell products, an Ipod Shuffle, a Panasonic camera and much more!  Your comics may be delivered at Centro de la Imagen until November 10th. Bases for the contest may be acquired at your respective schools. 

When: Until November 10th
Where: Centro de la Imagen - Av. 28 de Julio 815, Miraflores
Free Admission
For more information: click here

 

Caricias- Theater

When: Thursday to Monday, 8:00 pm (Until December 21st)
Where: Teatro de la Alianza Francesa- Av. Arequipa 4595, Miraflores
Cost: s/30
For tickets: click here

 

Festival de la Tradición a Beneficio de GrupoVida

When: Sunday, November 1st, 2:30 pm
Where: Plaza de Acho, Rímac
Cost: s/20
For tickets:Teleticket of Wong and Metro

 

Gran Semana de Lima - Cultural Event

The Gran Semana de Lima (Great Week of Lima) is a major cultural event in which the streets of Lima will become the ideal stage for a never-ending celebration of art, gastronomy, culture and music. It will be an event filled with parades, concerts, sports contests, performances, and many, many susprises! Everyone's invited - no exceptions.

When: Friday 23rd October - Sunday 1st November
Where: All around Lima
Free Admission
For more information: click here

 

Eternity- Video/Photographs Exhibition

When: Until November 14th
Where: Revolver Gallery- General Recavarren 298, esq. con Gálvez, Miraflores
Free Admission

 

María Julia y el Árbol Gallinero- Children's Theater

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 4:00pm (Until December 13th)
Where: CCPUCP (Av. Camino Real 1075, San Isidro)
Cost: s/15-s/25

 

Mesas de Centro en Acero - Exhibition

In 2008, Corporación Aceros Arequipa S.A. (Arequipa Steel Corporation) organized the 1er Concurso Regional de Carpintería Metálica (1st Regional Contest of Metallic Carpentry) in which contestants were faced with the challenge of creating a very imaginative center table. The idea was to encourage the growth of metallic carpentry in furniture design and promote regional development. The best designs will be exhibited for a week as very interesting artistically functional proposals.

When: 29th October - 6th November
Where: Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma - Av. Larco 770, Miraflores

 

El Hombre LLuvia, El Cielo y la Tierra- Exhibition

When: Until November 7th
Where: Centro Cultural San Marcos- Av. Nicolas de pierola 1222 Parque Universitario, Lima
Free Admission

 

Escultura de Árbol y Arte Itinerante- Recycled Materials Sculpture

As part of the festival Amo Amazonía, the artist Francisco Burga will intervene at the Parque de la Amistad with a 5-meter wide sculpture made of recycled metal and plastic bottles as well as messages of kids from Lima and the communities of Puerto Firmeza, ANIA, Colegio André Malraux, Mukmu and Puckllay in the rainforest.


When: Until November 25th
Where: Parque de la Amistad- Between Av. Benavides and Av. Caminos del Inca
Free Admission

 

Lámparas Verano 2010 by Silvana Llosa - Exhibition

With a passion for light and the way it creates different atmospheres, Silvana Llosa has dedicated her talent to exploring new ideas for contemporary illumination. Lámparas Verano 2010 is a collection of her most beautiful lamps, in which she has found a balance between mood, light and color. This will be her second individual exhibition.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 10 am - 9 pm, Sundays: 11 am - 7 pm
Where: Galería Índigo - Av. el Bosque 260, San Isidro
Free Admission
For more information call 440-3099

 

La Noche de los Asesinos- Theater

When: Thursday to Sunday, 8:00pm (Until November 15th)
Where: Auditorio Municipal de San Isidro- Calle La Republica 455, San Isidro
Cost: s/15- s/25
For tickets:Teleticket of Wong and Metro

 

Mikashi Mikashi, en la Ruta del Kamishibai - Exhibition

Mukashi Mukashi, en la Ruta del Kamishibai (Mukashi Mukashi, on the Kamishibai Route) is a performance inspired on the Japanese technique Kamishibai for storytelling - a technique in which, as the storyteller narrates the story, paper images in a small wooden theater are shown to the audience. For this spectacle, Pepe Cabana Kojachi, the storyteller, has combined the popular Kamishibai with small wooden theaters made by Peruvian craftsmen (the traditional Ayacuchan retablo) - a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cultures. The event also includes an exhibition.

When: Mondays through Fridays: 10 am - 9 pm, Saturdays and Sundays: 3 - 6 pm
Where: Sala Multiusos de la Biblioteca Municipal - Calle La República 455 El Olivar, San Isidro
Free Admission

 

Mukashi Mukashi, en la Ruta del Kamishibai - Theater

Mukashi Mukashi, en la Ruta del Kamishibai (Mukashi Mukashi, on the Kamishibai Route) is a performance inspired on the Japanese technique Kamishibai for storytelling - a technique in which, as the storyteller narrates the story, paper images in a small wooden theater are shown to the audience. For this spectacle, Pepe Cabana Kojachi, the storyteller, has combined the popular Kamishibai with small wooden theaters made by Peruvian craftsmen (the traditional Ayacuchan retablo) - a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cultures.

When: Saturdays and Sundays: 4 pm (Until November 1st)
Where: Auditorio Municipal de San Isidro - Calle La República 455 El Olivar, San Isidro
Cost: S/. 20

 

Casa Cor Perú 2009- Design Exhibition

This year Casa Cor Perú 2009 opens its doors to present the most modern advances in sustainable design. 62 professionals will be participating in the event, showing modern, creative and fresh ideas that are friendly to the environment. They have decorated  42 different rooms of the old Rossel House, making it look like a beautiful old fashioned European village house that blends perfectly the contemporary with the antique. It's a great opportunity to see some of the greatest decorative and architectonic proposals!


 

When: Tuesday to Sunday (Until November 1st)
Where: Casa Rosell-Ríos - Av. Grau 428, Baranco
Cost: s/20- s/25

 

Oscilando Como El Paisaje - Art Exhibition

Oscilando Como El Paisaje (Oscillating Like The Landscape) is artist Carolina Kecskemethy's 7th individual exhibition. Her work here consists of great wall murals in which she combines landscape paintings and digital drawings with floral and erotic motifs, and focuses poetically on time, travel and the landscape. All of the exhibits intertwine among themselves to transmit different aspects of Kecskemethy's message. 

When: Tuesdays through Saturdays: 10 am - 7:30 pm, Sundays: 10 am - 6 pm
Where: Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso de la Cancillería - Jr. Ucayali 391, Lima 1
Free Admission

 

Hijos del Sol y de la Tierra - Photography Exhibition

As part of the festival Amo Amazonía (I love the Amazon), photographer Monica Newton will exhibit a selection of 21 photographs of villages in the depths of the Amazon. Ever since the start of her career as a photojournalist in 1991, Monica has traveled extensively throughout the Peruvian jungle, always capturing on film the essence of the Amazon people. Nowadays, she considers these Hijos del Sol y de la Tierra (Children of the Sun and Earth) her mentors and teachers, because they have taught respect, care, gratitude, and to love life and nature as the most valuable things on this Earth.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 10 am – 7:30 pm, Sundays: 10 am – 6 pm (Until November 1st)
Where: Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso de la Cancillería – Jr. Ucayali 391, Lima
Free Admission

 

Cabaret- Theater

It's the dawn of the 30's in Berlin, Germany. A young American has arrived in town looking for inspiration to write his novel. A British singer is the sensation of the "kit kat klub", the hottest cabaret of the moment. A German young man sings a Nazi song, while the Master of Ceremonies cheers up the night at the Club: Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Life here is beautiful!...And when destiny gathers all of the characters together, will the growing threat in the country affect them? why wake up when you can dream? An amazing musical  you must not miss!



When: Thursday to Monday, 8:00pm. Starting November, only on Wednesdays (Until November 25th)
Where: Teatro Marsano- General Suarez 409, Miraflores
Cost: s/30-s/70
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Sirvase un Payaso- Theater

There are four clowns working at the Julieta Café; Manchi, Fito Fito , 23 and Micky. They serve the best clients that come to enjoy the most tasty menu (though they only sell beer). The four naughty clowns manage to have a good time with their crazy life and promise to steal a smile out of you!




When: Wednesdays, 9:00pm. (Until November 25th)
Where:Teatro Julieta- Pasaje Porta 132, Miraflores
Cost: s/20
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

4th Amateur Championship of Impro Sport

Ketó is presenting the 4th amateur championship of Impro Sport. There are eight teams of the Ketó school that will participate in this theatrical sport-like contest. It's a great opportunity to get a good laugh and support your favorite team!

When: Wednesdays, 9:00pm. (Until November 11th)
Where:Satchmo Cafe Concert- Av. La Paz 538, Miraflores
Cost: s/20
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Don Juan Regresa de la Guerra- Theater

Don Juan, a soldier that's fiscally and mentally destroyed after World War I returns to his home looking for his lost girlfriend, which he abandoned before going to war. It's a fascinating story that takes place in an atmosphere where the characters are filled with emotions like pride, disappointment, optimism and madness. Directed by Jorge Guerra and the Centro Cultural PUCP, the play promises to fill everyone's expectations!




When: Thursday to Monday, 8:00p. (Until December 14th)
Where:Teatro del CCPUCP- Av. Camino Real 1075, San Isidro
Cost: s/35
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Volpone - Theater

A satyrical comedy by Ben Jonson, directed by Roberto Ángeles, about noble (and not so noble) Limenian men whose main interest in life is to make their fortune grow, no matter how absurd things might get or the cost others have to pay at the expense of their ambition. Volpone (interpreted by Alberto Ísola) is a wealthy man who, with the help of his parasytical servant, Mosca, pretends to be on his deathbed in order to fool those who dream of his inheritance. A very promising performance, set in colonial times, Volpone is definitely an opportunity to have a good laugh!

When: Thursdays through Mondays, 8 pm (Until December 14th)
Where: Teatro Británico – Jr. Bellavista 527, Miraflores
Cost: S/. 25
Tickets Available at Teleticket

 

1st Bike Tour Around Lake Titikaka

The 1st bike tour around Lake Titikaka organized by CTP cycling club will visit all towns located on the shores of the highest navigable lake on earth in approximately 7 days.  Those will be unforgettable days living direct contact with the nature, the lake and the people in their native communities.  The timing and season are ideal under bright full moon light. It's a great experience you shouldn't miss!!

When: October 31st- November 6th
For more information call 433 7981 or click here.

 

Apuntes de Viaje-Exhibition

The Cuban master José Bedia is presenting his latest work at Enlace Art Gallery. The exhibition is  composed of around 16 paintings, where the artist has managed to express how he feels about history, sociocultural surroundings, ethnic minorities and his own life.


When: Monday to Saturday, 11:00am- 8:00pm. (Until November 5th)
Where: Enlace Arte Contemporaneo- Av. Pardo y Aliaga 676, San Isidro
Free Admission

 

La Chunga- Theater

When: Thursday to Sunday, 8:00pm (Until December 13th)
Where:Teatro Mario Vargas Llosa- Av. De la Poesia 160, San Borja
Cost: s/15
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Una Mirada al Paisaje Ancestral de los Yánesha - Exhibition

This exhibition has been organized as part of the cultural festival Amo Amazonía (I Love Amazonía). It includes drawings, songs, maps and documentaries that tell the history and vision of the Yánesha indigenous tribe. The Yánesha people live at the heart of the central Peruvian jungle, and they possess a very important oral tradition that keeps alive their culture, beliefs and ancestral roots.

When: Mondays through Sundays: 8:30 am – 8 pm (Until November 3rd)
Where: Galería L’imaginaire, Alianza Francesa de Lima – Av. Arequipa 4595, Miraflores
Free Admission

 

 

ustedes + ellos= yo

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!

When: Friday to Monday, 8:00 pm. (Until December 28th)
Where: Teatro Canout - Av. Petit Thouars 4550, Miraflores
Cost: s/33
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

Centro Abierto 09 - Exhibition

This year, the Museo de Arte de Lima (Lima Art Museum), Alta Tecnología Andina and Fundación Telefónica called on Peruvian and Latin-American artists to create specific site projects for the Centro Histórico de Lima (Historical Downtown Lima). The artists came up with very creative and unusual proposals, the best of which will be exhibited during La Gran Semana de Lima (Great Week of Lima) and carried out over the next few months.

When: October 23rd to November 1st
Where: To be published here on October 23rd
Free Admission

 

Paucartanpu - Theater (Event in Cusco)

Paucartanpu is a show in charge of KUSIKAY, a group that specializes in the creation of shows where elements like theater, circus performances, dances and music merge in a magnificent expression of folklore. This time, the show has been inspired on the traditional party of the Virgen del Carmen, that takes place in Paucartambo (Cusco) during the month of July.



When: Monday to Sunday, 7:30 pm. (Until November 14th)
Where: Kusikay Theater - Union Street 117, Cusco
Cost: s/105
Tickets available at Tuentrada

 

Amigos Invisibles - Children's Theater

When: Saturdays and Sundays, 4:00 pm. (Until December 13th)
Where:Teatro Mario Vargas Llosa of the National Library- Av. De la Poesia 160, San Borga
Cost: s/15- s/25
Tickets available at Teleticket

 

¡Asu Mare! - Comedy Show

When: Mondays, 8:30 pm. (Until November 30th)
Where: Satchmo Theater -Av. La Paz 538, Miraflores
Cost: s/.50
Tickets available at Teleticket