Fiestas de Santiago Apostol & Other July Events
July (2009) Events in Salamanca
FESTIVALS
- Fiesta de Santiago Apóstol Feast Day of Santiago Apóstol
When? July 25
Where? Throughout the city
What? In Salamanca and its surrounding towns, the feast day honoring Catholic saint and Spanish hero Santiago Apóstol includes processions, bull runs and bullfights, drinking, eating and more.
EXHIBITIONS
- Un Mundo Feliz A Happy World
When? May 15 - September 27
Where? DA2
What? A collaborative installation focusing on the creation, distribution, use and cultural implications of images - ranging from commercial images to street graffiti - within the social and political spheres.
- Marc Bijl Arrested Development
When? May 15 - September 20
Where? DA2
What? The first solo exhibition in Spain for Dutch artist Marc Bijl, who explores the close ties that signs, icons and language have with different multimedia brand names, the mass media or different forms of violence.
- Fotografías en el Museo del Comercio Photographs in the Museum of Commerce
When? June 19 - July 12
Where? Museo del Comercio (Av. de Campoamor)
What? Exhibition of historical photographs of the Central Market.
- Grabados Brasileños del Siglo XX Brazilian Etchings of the 20th Century
When? July 1 - 30
Where? Palacio Maldonado (Plaza de San Benito 1)
What? Exhibition of the best etchings - a very popular art in Brazil - of the past century.
THEATRE & CINEMA
- Tantas voces So Many Voices
When? July 10
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Stage performance based on characters from the stories of Italian author Luigi Pirandello, 1934 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thirty roles are played by just seven talented.
- Auto de los Reyes Magos Drama of the Three Wise Men
When? July 7
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Stage production of the 12th-century Spanish play Auto de los Reyes Magos, which tells the religious tale of the three wise men and their search to find the Christ child as well as King Herod's reaction to his birth.
- Fedra Phaedra
When? July 17
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Flamenco - ballet performance telling the tragic story of Phaedra, of Greek mythology.
- La fierecilla domada The Taming of the Shrew
When? July 21
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Stage production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
- Sueño de una noche de verano A Midsummer Night's Dream
When? July 24
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Production of Shakespeare's famous "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
- El Caballero de Olmedo The Gentleman from Olmedo
When? July 28
Where? Cloister of the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca (C/ Fonseca 4)
What? Stage production of Lope de Vega's golden age drama.
CONCERTS & MUSIC
- 20th Century Vox
When? July 10
Where? Santo Domingo de la Cruz (Arroyo de Santo Domingo)
What? Jazz music, part of the "Jazz in the street" series.
- The Elements
When? July 11
Where? Patio Chico (between the two cathedrals)
What? Jazz music, part of the "Jazz in the street" series.
- José María Clarés
When? July 12
Where? Patio Chico (between the two cathedrals)
What? Jazz music, part of the "Jazz in the street" series.
- Blue Harlem
When? July 18
Where? Santo Domingo de la Cruz (Arroyo de Santo Domingo)
What? Jazz music, part of the "Jazz in the street" series.
- Fernando Viñals Quintet
When? July 19
Where? Patio Chico (between the two cathedrals)
What? Jazz music, part of the "Jazz in the street" series.
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