CONTEMPLATIVE – “What’s On Your Mind” an international philosophy festival will take place at Mishkenot Sha’ananim from May 18 – 20, 2011. The opening event of the Jerusalem Season of Culture, the festival will include discussions, tours, music, and dance. A complete schedule and description of events can be found on the festival site in English.
ACTIVE – A different kind of festival will take place in Yaarot Menashe from May 19 – 21, 2011. The Activism Festival is a place to connect, exchange information and have fun. Read more…
FILM – DocAviv 2011 will open on May 12, 2011 with the film “Life in a Day” a user-generated documentary film project by YouTube, produced by Ridley Scott, directed by Kevin MacDonald, and edited by Joe Walker, who will be a guest of the festival. An amazing movie you will want to see again and again (I do!). Read more about the festival, DocChallenge, and an interview with Artistic Director Sinai Abt on Midnight East… check the DocAviv site (English version) for info on films, special events and more.
Celebrating India in Israel – Film Festival at the Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa cinematheques. More information and links to the cinematheques on Midnight East.
MUSIC – May 12 – Tree & Rockfour at the Ozen Bar; Armageddon Jam at Kibbutz Ein Hashofet; Efrat Ben Zur at Levontin 7 with songs composed to poems by Emily Dickinson, 20:30.
May 13 – Shvil HaMif’al street festival, with The Raw Men Empire, Nili Fink, Michal Lotan, Kalbey Ruach and a secret band. Link to the location on the map if needed. It starts at 20:30 and it’s FREE!
Acollective at the Barby, doors open at 21:30, band starts at 22:45; a new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the Israeli Opera; Midnight Peacocks & Dirk Digler at Tmuna Theatre, 23:00; Umlala & C.U.N.T. at Levontin 7; Asi Zigdon at the Mizpeh Ramon Jazz Club
May 14 – Yehu Yaron at Tmuna, 22:30; Kitzu at Levontin 7
May 18 – Eran Sachs Primate Humiliation, Rogatka, 32 Yitzhak Sade Street, Tel Aviv, 20:00, 10 NIS
May 19 – Eatliz at the Ozen Bar
ART – May 12 – Night Cruise Jerusalem – walk through central Jerusalem to see this exhibit, details on Midnight East; First We Fall Then We Feel, a solo exhibit by Guy Yanai at the Alon Segev Gallery, 20:00; Gallery talk by Detel Aurand on his exhibit “Participation” at Zadik Gallery, 20:30;
May 14 – An exhibition of works by Moshe Ninio, Haim Steinbach, Christopher Williams, opening 20:00, Dvir Gallery on Nahum Street.
May 15 – Where the Streets Have No Name – a collaboration between artists and street children in India, the exhibit will be on display at the Jaffa Museum of Antiquities through May 25th;
Borders, a photography exhibit at Bezalel; Bezalel & Hamidrasha host artist Vito Acconci.
May 17 – Parterre, an exhibition of works by Barak Ravitz, Dvir Gallery on Nitzana Street.
May 18 – Miri Chais – Beyond the Real, festive opening at 16:30 as part of the Philosophy festival at Dwek Gallery, Mishkenot Sha’ananim.
May 19 – Bezalel, Yaffo 23, Jerusalem opens Life/Art, a series of live art actions that explore the precarious line separating art and life. Hillel Roman designed the gallery space and Ayala Landau the roof, the opening event will begin at 19:00 with a concert by D.J. Spooky, followed by a discussion with Dr. Roy Brand, Director and Chief Curator of Yaffo 23; Joshua Simon and Mushon Zer-Aviv, as part of the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Philosophy Festival “What’s On Your Mind?” More events to come at the gallery through June 24 – check back for updates!
May 20 – Open Houses – Houses from Within Tel Aviv May 20 & 21
ONGOING – “Work” a solo exhibit by Yuval Yairi at Zemack Contemporary Art Gallery, Rappaport Prize winners Sharon Poliakine and Oren Eliav at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; 6th Ceramics Biennale at the Eretz Israel Museum; William Kentridge: Five Themes at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem through June 18, 2011 – which should give visitors the opportunity to see this fascinating exhibit several times. The intersection of the different media – animated films, drawings, prints, theatre models, sculptures and books in an excellently designed exhibit offers an opportunity to engage with the work of South African artist William Kentridge.
DANCE –May 12 – Yoram Karmi’s Particle Accelerator at Suzanne Dellal, 21:00.
May 13 – Studio performance of Yasmeen Godder’s LOVE FIRE, Mandel Center, 1 Hatkuma Street, Jaffa, 14:00. An encounter with the waltz – imbued with color, curiosity and precise composition, Godder’s work transforms the stage into an intellectual playground of raw emotions…from Midnight East’s interview with Yasmeen Godder; Yoram Karmi – Fresco Dance Company presents Dancers Create;
Iris Erez – Homesick at Tmuna Theatre;
May 14 – Shlomit Fundaminsky’s My Enchanted One at Tmuna Theatre, 20:30.
May 20 & 21 – Inbal Pinto Avshalom Pollak Dance Company presents Rushes + at Suzanne Dellal.
THEATRE – May 16 – 18 – Hamlet, The Clown Prince – a guest production from India – Hamlet as seen through the eyes of a clown. Cameri Theatre, 20:30.
May 18 – 24 – The Human Scale, written and performed by Lawrence Wright, and directed by Oskar Eustis, is a solo piece that explores the conflict in Gaza. Wright performs the piece, which originated in his article on Gaza in the New Yorker, “Captives: What Really Happened in the Israeli Attacks.” The performance will take place in English, without translation into Hebrew. Wright’s history of al-Qaeda, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His successful one-person play, “My Trip to al-Qaeda” was made into a documentary film directed by Alex Gibney, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.
*Unless otherwise noted, events take place in Hebrew
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ADDRESSES:
Alon Segev Gallery, 6 Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv, 03-6090769
Barby, 56 Kibbutz Galuyot Street, Tel Aviv
The Beat Club, 124 Sderot Hanassi, Haifa, 04-8107107
Beit Tami, Shenkin Garden aka 16 Merkaz Ba’alei Hamelacha Street, Tel Aviv
Cameri Theatre, 19 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv, 03-6060960
Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, 4 Mazeh Street, Tel Aviv
Design Museum, 8 Pinhas Eilon Street, Holon, 073-2151515
Dvir Gallery, 11 Nahum Street, Tel Aviv; 11 Nitzana Street, Tel Aviv
Einav Cultural Center, 71 Ibn Gvirol Street, Tel Aviv, 03-5466228
Eretz Israel Museum, 2 Haim Levanon Street, Tel Aviv, 03-6415244
Ferrate Art Gallery, 6 Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv, 03-7581163
Haifa Cinematheque, 142 Sderot HaNasi, Haifa, 04-8104299/302
Hakatze, 4 Shushan Street, Jerusalem
Hasimta Theatre, 8 Mazal Dagim Alley, Old City of Jaffa, 03-6812126
Hateiva, 19 Jerusalem Boulevard, Hatzrot Yafo, Jaffa (parking level), 03-6822403
Herzliya Cinematheque, 29 Sokolov Street Herzliya, 09-9513361
Herzliya Museum of Art, 4 Habanim Street, Herzliya, 09-9551011
Holon Cinematheque, 6 Golda Meir Street, 03-5021555
Holon Theatre, 11 Kugel Street, Holon, 03-5023019
Inbal Multicultural Ethnic Center, 6 Yehieli Street, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv. 03-5166333
Inga Gallery of Contemporary Art, 7 Bar Yohai Street, Tel Aviv, 03-5181812
The Israel Museum, Ruppin Boulevard (near the Knesset), Jerusalem, 02-6708811
The Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics, 61 Weizmann Street, Holon, 03- 6521849
Jerusalem Cinematheque, 11 Hebron Road, Jerusalem, 02- 5654356
Khan Theatre, 2 David Remez Street, Jerusalem, 02-6303600
Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, 03-5605084
Mamuta, El-Dan House, Habikur Stairs, 58 – Ein Karem, Jerusalem, 02-774310485
Mann Auditorium, 1 Hoberman Street, Tel Aviv, 03-5289163
Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, 02-6292212
Mitzpe Ramon Jazz Club is located in the Darkei Habsamim neighborhood, on 8/2 Har Boker Street. For additional information call: 050-5265628 Moadon HaBeat,
Nahmani Hall, 4 Nahmani Street, Tel Aviv
Pub Hapara, Moshav Shavei Zion, 04-9525250
Ra’anana Performing Arts Centre, 2A HaPalmach Street, Ra’anana, 09- 9457773
Reading 3, 3 Hata’arucha Street, Tel Aviv, 03-7624000
Rosh Pina Cinematheque, 32 David Shuv Street, Rosh Pina, 04-6801453
Rothschild Fine Art Gallery, 140 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, 077/5020484
Sderot Cinematheque, 4 HaDekel Street, Sderot, 08-6849695
Suzanne Dellal Centre, 5 Yehieli Street, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, 03-5105656
Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2 Sprintzak Street, Tel Aviv. 03-6060800
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 27 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, 03-6077020
Tmuna Theatre, 8 Soncino Street, Tel Aviv, 03-5611211
Tzavta Theatre, 30 Ibn Gvirol Street, Tel Aviv, 03-6950156/7
Uganda, 4 Aristobolus Street, Jerusalem, 02-6236087
Yafo 23 Gallery, 23 Yafo Street, Jerusalem, 02-6249367
Yellow Submarine, 13 Erkevim Street, Talpiyot Industrial Area, Jerusalem, 02-6794040
Zadik Gallery, 16 Shimon HaZadik Street, Jaffa 077)495-6981
Zappa Herzliya, 85 Medinat Hayehudim Street, Herzliya, 03-7626666
Zappa Tel Aviv, 24 Raoul Wallenberg Street, Tel Aviv, 03-7626666
