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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

 

Mariposas del Cielo: Encuentro de Cometas - Exhibition

Mariposas del Cielo: Encuentro de Cometas (Butterflies of the Sky: Kite Metting) is an exhibition that gathers the parcitipation of several countries typically involved in kite flying games, and looks to promote this unique tradition, as well as to encourage teamwork and creativity. Visitors will be taken on an imaginary journey through the history of kites and their presence in countries like China, Japan, Indonesia and India.   

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

 

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

 

Art in Galería Arte San Francisco

At the heart of Barranco, Lima's bohemian quarter, where artists and poets are born every day, lies the new art gallery "Arte San Francisco". The gallery is located at the Plaza San Francisco, a beautiful plaza surrounded by magnificent colonial architecture where you will also find the Iglesia San Francisco (San Francisco Church) and the poet José María Eguren's home. The gallery has various displays, including antiques, and painting and sculpture exhibitions.    

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 10:30 am - 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Galería Arte San Francisco - Plaza San Francisco 208, Barranco
Free Admission

 

Madrid Mirada, 14 Artistas Latinoamericanos- Photography Exhibition

When: Monday to Saturday, 10:00am-5:00pm. (Until December 19th)
Where: Centro Cultural de San Marcos-Av. Nicolás de Piérola 1222, Downtown
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

 

Aviones de Papel- Theater

When: Tuesdays, 8:00pm (Until November 24th)
Where: Teatro Británico- Jr. Bellavista N.527, Miraflores
Cost: s/20
For tickets: click here

 

Senda de Oro - Art Exhibition

Senda de Oro (Golden Pathway) is an art exhibition by Cuco Morales, a very respected Peruvian painter concerned with representing the beauty of nature in his creations. Here, the artist has worked with acrylics on canvas, combining them with copper and bronce dust to create a unique effect. His paintings are mostly done in warm colors in order to emphasize the overall message of his exhibition - the golden pathway.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 9 am - 9 pm (Until January 4th)
Where: Foresta Hotel & Suites - Vía Principal 165 Torre Real 3, Centro Empresarial de Camino Real, San Isidro
Free Admission
For more information: click here

 

Inventario - Art Exhibition

A very interesting artistic proposal, Inventario (Inventory) is an painting exhibition that gathers the most significant work of five artists from Trujillo: Oscar Alarcón, Juan Carlos Alvarado, Juan Chávez, Manolo Rodríguez and Silvia and Jean Paul Zelada. The artists have found their inspiration in the simple, ordinary objects and places of everyday life, and have chosen to represent them as though they were distantly contemplating them.   

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 11 am - 8 pm (Until November 21st)
Where: ARTCO Gallery - Roaud y Paz Soldán 325, San Isidro
Free Admission

 

Eternity- Video/Photographs Exhibition

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

 

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

 

Ofrendas: Máximo Laura - Exhibition

Máximo Laura is a contemporary self-taught artist whose work focuses on using textiles as a form of artistic expression. Laura was born in Huamanga, Ayacucho, a town in the Peruvian Andes, and is currently one of the most respected textile designers at a national and international level, having participated in over 60 individual exhibitions throughout his life. Ofrendas (Offerings) will be held as part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Museo de Arte y Tradiciones Populares del Instituto Riva-Agüero (Art and Popular Traditions Museum at Riva-Agüero Institute).

When: Mondays through Fridays: 10 am - 7 pm (Until December 1st)
Where: Instituto Riva-Agüero - Jr. Camaná 459, Lima 1
Cost: General: S/. 2, Students and C

 

Adolecentes- Photography Exhibition

When: Monday to Saturday, 10:00am- 9:00pm (Until November 10th)
Where: Sala de Arte de la Municipalidad de San Isidro-Calle La República 455, El Olivar
Free Admission

 

Póster: Revirtiendo el Ícono - Exhibition

Póster: Revirtiendo el Ícono (Poster: Reverting the Icon) is an exhibition which displays the extremes to which the human need for role models in a consumerist society move people to admire and elevate ordinary images to the status of universal icons. The artists have chosen to work with posters because of their particular significance as key elements in propaganda, such that they can confront the spectator by sarcastically showing human fanatism and people's  desperate need for idealized models.

When: Mondays through Fridays: 8:30 am - 8 pm, Saturdays: 8:30 am - 12 m (Until November 26th)
Where: Galería Le Carré D'Art - Av. Javier Prado Este 5595, La Molina
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

 

Un-Faces - Exhibition

 

When: Monday to Saturday. (Until November 12th)
Where: El Ojo Ajeno Gallery- Av. 28 de Julio 815, Miraflores
Free Admission

 

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

 

El Deseo y El Vértigo - Art Exhibition

El Deseo y el Vértigo (Desire and Vertigo) is Fernando Taboada's latest exhibition, in which the artist presents paintings, drawings and collages inspired upon the human eyes and body. His works consist of contrasts, traces of the human figure, and geometrical shapes - namely, the search for duality.

When: Mondays through Fridays: 11 am - 8 pm, Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm (Until November 21st)
Where: Galería Lucía de la Puente - Paseo Sáenz Peña 206, Barranco
Free Admission

 

Tú Eres Piedra - Art Exhibition

Fernando Jara is a self-taught artist who has worked and lived in Germany, New York and the Peruvian Andes. To many, it seems that time stops in every one of de la Jara's creations, transmitting an atmosphere full of awe and emotion. In this exhibition, his work combines light, paintings and drawings on smooth, rocky surfaces.

When: Mondays through Fridays: 11 am - 8 pm, Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm (Until November 21st)
Where: Galería Lucía de la Puente - Paseo Sáenz Peña 206, Barranco
Free Admission

 

Backstage - Photography Exhibition

In Backstage, her latest exhibition, photographer Sonia Cunliffe transports the observer to a world of movement, color, light and style, her images capturing the essence of one of the most popular fashion events in Latin America: Sao Paulo Fashion Week. Cunliffe has recently graduated from a Master Course in Photography at the Pan American School of Art in Sao Paulo. Backstage will be open to the public for a month.

When: Mondays through Saturdays: 9 am - 4 pm (Until November 15th)
Where: MAD Space - Av. Primavera 850 Chacarilla del Estanque, Surco

 

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

 

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