Until Sat 2 Aug
BENEFACTORS – SALA MUNTANER
EuroGames Barcelona 08
Thu 24 – Sun 27 Jul
Barcelona is going to play host to the EuroGames Barcelona 2008, the European championship for gay, lesbian and transsexual sportsmen/women and their friends. An amazing event which will involve more 30,000 people and which for a few days will transform Barcelona into the authentic European capital of sport and gay and lesbian culture.
EuroGames Barcelona 2008 will consist of 28 sporting events together with a range of cultural and leisure activities based in and around the city. The event will make its mark on Barcelona for a few days as more than 5,000 sporting participants descend upon the city from all corners of Europe.
Sportive Disciplines: Aerobics, Badminton, Ballroom, dancing, Basketball, Beach volleyball, Bowling, Bowls – Pétanque, Canoeing, Cycling, Floorball, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Rollerblading, Rugby, Running, Sailing, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Table tennis, Tennis, Track and field, Volleyball, Waterpolo, Wrestling.
Cultural Program: Ceremonies, forums, festivals, parties, tourism, etc. More info Buy tickets
EuroGames is sport, fun and culture. More info
Maceo Parker & WDR Big Band
Sat 26 Jul 08
Maceo Parker performing at the 2002 Bonnaroo
music festival in Manchester, Tennessee
9:30 pm at L’Auditori (Lepant, 150) 26 – 50€ Buy tickets
Maceo Parker is a noted American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown’s hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Parker’s rhythmic and rapid playing style draws on the earlier innovations of be-bopper Charlie Parker (no relation), and Cannonball Adderley, mixed with Brown’s own innovations in funk music. (Taken from www.wikipedia.org).
At the beginning of 2007 Maceo had a chance to fulfill one of his dreams in working with a Big Band. Working with Grammy Award Winners the WDR Big Band, he broadcast and performed a live series of shows paying tribute to Ray Charles and putting Maceo’s own funky music to a Big Band setting.
This has led to his latest release Roots and Grooves a live recording taken from these shows which also features Dennis Chambers and Rodney “Skeet” Curtis. (Taken from www.maceo.com).
GREC 2008 Festival -Mon 21 Jul
Until Sat 2 Aug
Numbers of Good Family
Until Sun 31 May 09
At CosmoCaixa Barcelona (C/ Isaac Newton, 26) Free admission
Tue – Sun & Mon (Holiday) from 10am – 8pm / Summer (23 Jun – 14 Sep) Mon – Sun from 10am – 8pm
What have in common a lobster, a car and a bubble of champagne? And two chairs with two hands and two feet? The family of numbers has accompanied us since the primitive epoch and even nowadays it is here to the service of our progress.
Along five millenniums there has been arising different families of numbers, in order to resolve problems that required an increasing creativity: the natural numbers, the whole numbers, the rational numbers, the real numbers and the complex numbers.
The numerical development has permitted to count, to order, to situate, to compare, to distribute, to calculate, to codify… and to have a language that nowadays turns out to be essential, so much for the everyday life as for the development of the science and the technique. (Taken from http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es).
Bruce Springsteen
Sat 19 and Sun 20 Jul
Sat 10pm and Sun 9:30pm at Camp Nou (C Aristides Maillol, 12) 57 – 71€ Buy tickets
Bruce Springsteen is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered around his native New Jersey. His eloquence in expressing ordinary, everyday problems has earned him numerous awards, including eighteen Grammy Awards and an Academy Award, along with a notoriously dedicated and devoted global fan base. His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily life. He has sold over 65 million albums in the U.S.
(Taken from www.brucespringsteen.net and www.wikipedia.org)
Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona
Sat 19 Jul
7:30pm at Estadi Olímpic Montjuic (Passeig Olímpic, 17-19) 5€ & 12€ Buy tickets Timetable
The “Meeting Ciutat de Barcelona” has recovered its position in the international calendar thanks to the 20th European Athletics Championships Barcelona 2010. This event will be one of the test events held before the Championships in 2010. Beginning of this year and until the date on which the Championships will take place, the city gets back one of its sport identity symbols and relaunches athletics in a crucial moment marked by the increase of the number of runners in important and popular athletic events.
The Meeting that will take place on 19 July in Montjuïc comes back with the important responsibility of offering to all sport fans a high quality show in order to make the people who live in Barcelona and who are interested in this sport, enthusiastic about it at the same time, to foster the passion for this sport, and to encourage young people to practice athletics, the number one Olympic sport.
As it happened in former times, many celebrities from all around the world and top athletes will come to the Meeting to achieve great results. Having the Olympic Games three weeks later this event will be the best motivation for athletes on their way to reach qualifying standards to participate in Beijing. (Taking from www.rfea.es)
GREC 2008 Festival – Fri 18 Jul
Until Sat 2 Aug
