Starting soon! We’re planning to offer both beginner and intermediate levels.
VISIT THE COURSE REGISTRATION PAGE FOR DETAILS AND PRICES.
Animeu als vostres amics de parla no catalana!
Ajudeu-nos a aconseguir un bon nombre d’estudiants
Data d’inici s’anunciarà aviat! més informació
Saturday Dec 17th from 11am to 1pm
ROGER SMITH HOTEL
501 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
(IF NOT RESERVED YET)
RSVP rsvp@friendsofcatalonia.com
Thank you for RSVP by Wed Dec 14th with the NAME and AGE of every participating kid. After this date, we cannot guarantee presents for everybody
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 /kid; $5/adult
11:00-12:00- brunch, workshop and storytelling
12:00-01:00- Christmas carols and “Caga Tió
Catalan children are not passive participants in receiving their gifts. Unlike many other children who simply go to sleep with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads and awake to gifts. Catalan children have to work hard for their gifts. While singing a traditional Caga Tió song, they use sticks to beat the Caga Tió until he poops their gifts! Yes, you read that right – the Caga Tió poops gifts and sweets. In case you don’t know Catalan, “cagar” is to poop. So, a “Caga Tió” is the Poop Log. Cute, huh. Well, I do think those smiling little Caga Tiós are quite sweet, so we just had to have one in our house. My kids adore their Caga Tió. They treat him like a pet, making sure he is warm and well fed.
(from a text by Jennifer Lo Prete)
During the upcoming week, several Catalan movies will be screened as part of the SPANISH CINEMA NOW FESTIVAL at the Lincoln Center (December 9-22).
Among others, New York audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy the Catalan film PA NEGRE (BLACK BREAD), by Agustí Villaronga, which is the official Spanish candidate to the Oscars, or the documentary BARCELONA, ABANS QUE EL TEMPS HO ESBORRI (BARCELONA BEFORE), by Mireia Ros. Also featured is LOS PASOS DOBLES (DOUBLE STEPS) by Isaki Lacuesta, winner of the Golden Conch, the top prize at the San Sebastián Film Festival 2011.
Mireia Ros, 2011
Sunday Dec 11, 4:45 pm
Saturday Dec 17, 2:45 pm
Q&A with director Mireia Ros after the December 11 show
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
PA NEGRE (BLACK BREAD)Agustí Villaronga, 2010
Friday, Dec 16, 6:45pm
Q&A with actress Nora Navas and producer Isona Passola after the December 16 show
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
Isaki Lacuesta, 2011
Thursday, Dec 15, 7:00pm
Tuesday Dec 20, 2:00pm
Director Isaki Lacuesta, screenwriter Isa Campo, and producer Luisa Matienzo in attendance at December 15 screening
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
The above Q&A’s were made possible thanks to the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.
For more information visit:
www.filmlinc.com/films/series/
At the same time, (S)MOVIES, an international conference on Contemporary Spanish and Catalan Cinema, is also taking place in New York from December 12-17. Organized by the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Consulate General of Spain in New York, it has
received support from the Institut Ramon Llull, and is part of the Catalan Days series.
The program includes lectures, roundtables, presentations, screenings and a short movie series. Among others, producer Isona Passola and actress Nora Navas will be debating the topic Pa Negre and the Devastation that War Causes in Society. The debate will be moderated by Nekane E. Zubiaur.
Other roundtables, debates and screenings will feature Isaki Lacuesta, José Luis Guerín, Jordi Balló, Josep M. Català, among others.
For more information visit: www.creatingconvergence.com/
Finally, from December 8-14, the New York Film Archives, with the support of the Consulate General of Spain in New York and the Institut Ramon Llull, will be presenting THE FORGOTTEN SPANISH NON-FICTION CINEMA AND ITS RENEWAL.
Filmmakers José Luis Guerin and Isaki Lacuesta will be present to discuss their films in person. Lacuesta will be there for the screenings of his work on Sunday and Monday, December 11 & 12. Guerin will be there on Tuesday, December 13 for a Q&A following WORK IN PROGRESS and will introduce the screening of CORRESPONDENCE.
For more information visit:
http://anthologyfilmarchives.
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