This coming weekend, of Friday 23 on monday 26, the Catalan Center has planned a lot of activities. We had several excuses, Sant Jordi and the International Day of Outer Catalonia, and we wanted to take advantage of them.
to begin with, Friday 23, St. George's Day, with a stall of books and roses at the Chez Rafael restaurant (a place in Paris, the center of the city of Luxembourg). At this stop, open from 16.00 a 20.30, you can find the latest news in Catalan and Spanish, in addition to very good offers. Each buyer will receive the gift of a rose.
In the same restaurant, from the 20.30, the traditional Sant Jordi dinner of the Catalan Center will be held. The price of this evening's menu is 35 euros. In addition to the food, it includes a small poetry recital organized by the Center's hard-working volunteers. If you want to book, call the (00352) 691 425565 or write to our address from Contact.
That same evening from 19.00, if you want more poetry, begins the Spring of Poets to Culture factory Esch-sur-Alzette. to begin with, there will be a small buffet for dinner, which will be followed by a tribute to the poet Taslima Nasreen (Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament) and a poetry recital hosted by Judith and Vania Lecuit (alto cello).
The Spring of Poets, a poetry festival that has been celebrated for more than twenty years all over the world, continues Saturday with a jazz concert at the Italian Institute of Culture at 11.30 and with the Grande nuit de la poésie on Saturday evening from 19.00 at the abbey of Neumünster. As in the last five editions, the Catalan Center will be represented there, in this case, by the poet Susanna Rafart.
The last event of the Spring will be on Sunday 25 d’abril, at 11.00, at the Simoncini Art Gallery (Notre Dame Street, Luxembourg City). Wednesday 25 it's April, in addition, International Day of Foreign Catalonia. During this day dedicated to Catalans scattered and organized around the world, a series of events will be held and the FIEC will publish more information on the right to vote for Catalans abroad. If you want more information, take a look at the previous message on this page.
Just in case you haven't had enough, Monday 26 there is still an activity planned. In this case, gastronomy, to end as we began. A Catalan chef will give a master class at the High School of Bonnevoie. Taking advantage of his presence, we set up a Mediterranean cooking workshop open to the public and to the Lycée itself. From the 17.00 i per 60 euros (includes classes and dinner), you will be able to take part in this interesting cooking workshop and prepare the dinner that we will eat together afterwards (from the 19.00). The price of dinner is 45 euros (all included). To register, write to our Address.
And remember that the 3 in May Maria del Mar Bonet will visit us for an exceptional concert and that the 4 of May you will have the opportunity to have dinner and chat with the mathematician Claudi Alsina (him: "The vitamins of mathematics"), that the next day he will deliver a conference on Gaudí's mathematical secrets at the University of Luxembourg.