The Library of Contemporary Cultures schedules some twenty activities for the second quarter of the year

This cultural facility will host workshops, reading clubs, music cycles, cinema and conferences over the next three months.

The Library of Contemporary Cultures of the Mirador del Carmen Cultural Center begins tomorrow its programming for the second quarter of the year, which includes about twenty free activities.

Tomorrow Tuesday, April 7, at 7.30 pm, will be held the event ‘Cinema in the Octave: 10 years without Umberto Eco’.

On April 10 the activities will continue with the Dance Workshop: Lucid Movement. Contemporary Dance and theatrical tools, taught by dancer and choreographer Lucio A. Baglivo. It will take place at 8 p.m.

On April 15, at 6 p.m., there will be a Reading Club dedicated to the work of Javier Marías, ‘Corazón tan blanco’ (Alfaguara), and on April 21 a new session of Cinema in the Octave, on this occasion dedicated to Thomas Vinterberg, at 7.30 p.m.

On April 23, coinciding with Book Day, a translation and writing workshop will be held at 8 p.m.: ‘Antes de llegar a tus manos’ (Before reaching your hands), given by translator Elías Ortigosa.

On April 26 we will have an appointment with the Estepona Chamber Music Series. This time it will be the lyrical gala dedicated to ‘The Voice as a bridge between music and literature’. It will be at 12.30 p.m.

On April 30, the Mirador del Carmen will host the delivery of the IV Novel Prize ‘Ciudad de Estepona’, which this year will feature a musical performance by Javier Ojeda. At 19.00 hours.

On May 11, at 7.30 p.m., those interested can enjoy another session of Cinema in the Octave: The cinema of Sebastian Silva.

On May 20, at 6 p.m., the Reading Club will analyze the work ‘Comerás flores’ (Libros del Asteroide), by Lucía Solla.

On May 23, at 12 noon, the painting workshop ‘El artista ante el abismo: mi viaje desde la idea hasta la obra creada’ (The artist before the abyss: my journey from the idea to the created work) will be held. It will be given by the artist Leo Peralta.

On May 24, at 5 p.m., another session of the Estepona Chamber Music Cycle: ‘From descriptive music to literary romanticism’. The performance will be given by a Quintet with piano.

On May 26, at 7.30 p.m., the Cinema in the Octave will be dedicated to the filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino.

On June 6, the Library of Contemporary Cultures will join the Noche en Blanco with two activities. At 8.30 p.m., the conference ‘Dressing emotion: the eternity of David Delfín’, given by experts on the Malaga designer, and at 9.30 p.m., the poetry recital by Fernando Vacas and Juan Antonio Bernier.

On June 10, at 8 p.m., the writer Alfredo Taján will give a lecture to present the book ‘Cleopatra VII. Beyond the myth’.

On June 16, at 7:30 p.m., Cinema in the Octave will feature the filmography of Víctor Erice.

On June 21, at 12:00 noon, we will continue with the Estepona Chamber Music Series. It will be with the violin and piano recital ‘Poetry, folklore and identity’.

On June 24, at 6 p.m., the Reading Club will analyze the work ‘Mapa de soledades’ (Seix Barral) by Juan Gómez Bárcena.

Finally, on June 26, 27 and 28, the third edition of Flest, the Estepona Literary Festival, will take place.

For registration in the activities and consultations, interested persons can do it through the e-mail bcc@estepona.es.