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NEXT: ISRAEL featuring Company E and Israeli choreography
The Embassy of Israel, Washington DC, the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, DC present an extraordinary and unique program of choreography by a gathering of some of the world’s...
February 25, 2012 - 7:30pm
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Success of Social Policies in Venezuela
• Opening remarks: Ambassador Jorge Valero
Vice Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Relations for North America and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
President of the UN Economic and Social...
February 4, 2012 - 5:00pm
La Maleta Mexicana (The Mexican Suitcase)
The story of three lost boxes, found in a closet in Mexico City in 2007, that disappeared in the chaos of Europe at the beginning of World War II. Contained in the titular suitcase were 4,500 photo negatives, the work of three young European...
February 4, 2012 - 4:00pm
Silvestre Pantaleon
The story of an elderly man from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Agustin Oapan, Guerrero, Mexico. Silvestre Pantaleon follows the protagonist as he struggles to pay for a curing ceremony and provide for his family. He dedicates himself to the...
February 4, 2012 - 1:00pm
Cielo Rojo (Red Sky)
Bernie, Manuel, and Nestor just graduated from high school, and have no plans for the future. Unsatisfied with the opportunities Costa Rica presents, the boys decide to concentrate on mundane activities. However, over the course of a few days,...
February 3, 2012 - 6:30pm
Zamora, Tierra Y Hombres Libres (Zamora, Free Land and Men)
Venezuela, middle of 19th century. Polarization between Liberals and Conservatives in Venezuela marked the political agenda of the period. The inequalities of colonial society kept farmers and slaves under the oligarchy's yoke. Ezequiel Zamora a...
February 3, 2012 - 6:30pm
Estranho Caso de Angélica (The Strange Case of Angelica)
Isaac is a young photographer living in a boarding house in Régua. In the middle of the night, he receives an urgent call from a wealthy family to come and take the last photograph of their daughter, Angelica, who died just a few days...
February 3, 2012 - 6:30pm
Eso Que Anda (Van Van Fever)
Since 1969, Juan Formell and The Van Van have been, without any doubt, the most popular Orquestra in Cuba. Throughout their national tour, in 2006, more than 1 million dancers vibrated with their music, it tells their story in their first 40...
February 2, 2012 - 6:30pm
Casa De Areia (The House of Sand)
Filmed entirely on the magnificent, sandy coast of northern Brazil, Áurea's saga begins in 1910, in Maranhão, where her fanatical husband has relocated his family to start a farm. Desperate and pregnant, Áurea longs to return...
February 2, 2012 - 6:30pm
A Un Metro De Ti (A Stop Away From You)
Sebastián and Paula are the first two kids to get lost in the subway in Santiago, Chile, back in the 70’s, their lives then becoming intertwined. They were living ordinary lives in the city until today, when they encountered again...
February 2, 2012 - 6:30pm
Dudamel: Let the Children Play
Children's and youth orchestras are emerging in many countries of the world, inspired by the Venezuelan musical and educational program " El Sistema", which immerses children in the world of music, art, team work, discipline,...
January 27, 2012 - 6:30pm
The Life of Fish (La Vida de los Peces)
At a house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home...
January 27, 2012 - 6:30pm
Jews between Legend, Arts and Theater in Renaissance Italy
From the age of emperor Constantine the Great to the Renaissance, the Italian Jews were represented in legends, paintings, and theater based on the Legend of the Discovery of the True Cross. This work provided the subject for some of the Italian...
January 25, 2012 - 2:00pm
Korean Cinema Series: The Man from Nowhere (Jan. 12 & 27, 2012)
Amid the darkness of drugs, gangs, and human exploitation, young and bubbly So-mi (Sae-ron Kim) is a ray of light. Her single mother warns So-mi to stay away from their quiet, reclusive neighbor, Tae-sik (Won Bin),...
January 12, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
January 27, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
FREE
Korean Cinema Series: My Dear Desperado
My Dear Desperado
Times are tough for young people, even in Korea. With a new high tech job, a new place to live in Seoul, and a new relationship, Se-jin (Jeong Yu-mi) is on her way to the perfect life—or so she thinks. When...
December 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
Free
The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun
Join us for the opening reception of The Silence of a Tiger by Im Taek Jun, an exhibition that reimagines one of the most recognizable images in popular Korean folk paintings: the tiger. Korean folk paintings, known collectively...
December 15, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
December 15, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Southern Cities/Ciudades Del Sur
The photographs in this exhibit give us an intimate look into life in Latin American and Spanish cities (Ibero-America) by Ibero-American photographers. With these images the artists give us a personal view of their cities, their people and their...
December 14, 2011 - 6:30pm
Free Admission
Violin Concert 'Gardens of Serenity' with Lewis Flores
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela cordially invites you to the concert 'GARDENS OF SERENITY',With Lewis Flores.Lewis Flores is a violinist born in Ciudad Bolivar in Venezuela. He began his study of violin when he was 7...
December 8, 2011 - 7:00pm
Free
Revolutionary Doctors
Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in celebration of the Day of the Latin American Medicine and also in the context of the 7th. Anniversary of the foundation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ...
December 2, 2011 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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