Events starting in August 2018

Events 1–15 of 15

Andrea Motis at Vail Jazz Festival
  • Music
  • Denver

Andrea Motis at Vail Jazz Festival

With 8 albums on her résumé, the 23-year old Barcelona-based trumpeter and vocalist is wowing audiences worldwide with her jazz, bossa and swing renderings.

Aug 1 – Aug 2, 2018

Curatorial Residency: Alejandro Alonso Diaz
  • Visual arts
  • Los Angeles

Curatorial Residency: Alejandro Alonso Diaz

Curator Alejandro Alonso Díaz takes part in the residency program of 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Mónica.

Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2018

Andrea Motis Quintet at Standford Jazz Festival
  • Music
  • San Francisco

Andrea Motis Quintet at Standford Jazz Festival

Barcelona-bred prodigy Andrea Motis returns to SJW to share her acclaimed trumpet and vocal talent, accompanied by her own band, the SJW 50/50 Jazz Orchestra, and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.

Aug 4, 2018

Spirit of the Beehive by Victor Erice
  • Film
  • New York

Spirit of the Beehive by Victor Erice

Erice’s film is part of this year’s lineup of the Outdoor Cinema International film Festival celebrated at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Aug 8, 2018

Pablo Ferrández at Grant Park Music Festival
  • Music
  • Chicago

Pablo Ferrández at Grant Park Music Festival

The 25-year old Spanish sensation, cellist Pablo Ferrández, makes his Festival debut with Prokofiev’s rarely heard Sinfonia “Concertante”, Vaughan Williams’ powerful “Symphony No. 4” and Ives’ “The Unanswered Question.”

Aug 10 – Aug 11, 2018

Iker Karrera Dance Company at the 37th Annual Battery Dance Festival
  • Performing arts
  • New York

Iker Karrera Dance Company at the 37th Annual Battery Dance Festival

Iker Karrera Dance Company presents its acclaimed piece “#7fm,” born from the research of Karrera’s own movement.

Aug 13 – Aug 14, 2018

Link by Jorge Palacios
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Link by Jorge Palacios

The public sculpture entitled “Link” will be installed on Flatiron Plaza North as part of the exhibition “Jorge Palacios at The Noguchi Museum.”

Aug 16 – Nov 6, 2018

Eva Novoa at IBeam Brooklyn
  • Music
  • New York

Eva Novoa at IBeam Brooklyn

This summer Spanish pianist and composer Eva Novoa performs two concerts with two different bands, one of them being her new trio.

Aug 18 – Sep 14, 2018

Ana Esteve Llorens: Correspondence
  • Visual arts
  • Austin

Ana Esteve Llorens: Correspondence

“Correspondence” features a new series of weaving-objects through which artist Ana Esteve Llorens explores the relation between abstraction, memory and the process of making.

Aug 18 – Nov 11, 2018

Esperanza Fernández: Un recital de cante
  • Music
  • New York

Esperanza Fernández: Un recital de cante

Sevilla-born singer Esperanza Fernández accompanied by guitarist Gabriel Gonzalez presents a night of Flamenco cante at Teatro Circulo’s new recital space.

Aug 24, 2018

Falla! A multimedia performance on Manuel de Falla's works
  • Music
  • New York

Falla! A multimedia performance on Manuel de Falla's works

Perspectives Ensemble, conducted by Ángel Gil-Ordóñez, performs two Manuel de Falla’s masterpieces with animation artist Kevork Mourad.

Aug 25 – Aug 26, 2018

Step Forward / joining Minds at Burning Man 2018
  • Urban Culture
  • Black Rock Desert, NV

Step Forward / joining Minds at Burning Man 2018

The Spanish street theater group Carros de Foc presents “Step Forward / Joining Minds” at the 2018 edition of the Burning Man Festival.

Aug 26 – Sep 3, 2018

Fever
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Fever

A selected group Spanish artists participate in an exhibition that explores the different takes on climate change through thought-provoking and poetic interpretations.

Aug 30 – Sep 30, 2018

Guillermo Mora: Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow
  • Visual arts
  • Savannah

Guillermo Mora: Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow

Continuing with his challenge to the nature and current state of artistic disciplines, in “Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow,” Guillermo Mora playfully presents an inventive, almost surreal, conception of contemporary painting in four site-specific installations.

Aug 30 – Jan 6, 2019

CreArt Music Festival 2018
  • Music
  • New York

CreArt Music Festival 2018

The festival, directed by Guillermo Laporta and Josefina Urraca, merges classical chamber music with contemporary dance, theater, and immersive sound, light and projection design.

Aug 31 – Sep 2, 2018