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Events
Events in September 2023
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| 28 August 2023 | 29 August 2023 | 30 August 2023 | 31 August 2023 |
1 September 2023(2 events)9:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – Kids’ Club offers activities and games for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Organized by Bethlehem Peace Center. Bethlehem Peace Center. 17:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The last day of Al-Haraja Market, a weekly market that offers handmade handicrafts, artworks, and food from cities all over Palestine and presents cultural activities that aim to preserve and promote Palestinian cultural heritage. Organized by Ramallah Municipality. Issa Zyadeh Street, Rashid al Haddadin Square. |
2 September 2023 |
3 September 2023(2 events)13:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – Farmer’s Market, organized as part of Sakakini Center’s Land Program, offers a variety of organic and local products. It aims to support small-scale farmers and to provide a platform where the local community can obtain uncompromised, healthy products (mainly fruits and vegetables). The garden of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. 15:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – Dawerha Market for second-hand products offers the opportunity to sell or purchase a variety of used items that are clean and in good condition. Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. |
| 4 September 2023 | 5 September 2023 |
6 September 2023(1 event)19:00: FILM SCREENINGS Cycling the Frame is a 27-minute English and German film in English, produced in 1988 and directed by Cynthia Beatt. It shows actor Tilda Swinton cycling around the Berlin Wall in 1988, accompanied by director Cynthia Beatt. Starting at a central point in Berlin, she roams a lake, countryside, and inner-city areas, poetizing the aggression of the wall and its effect on nature and people. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
7 September 2023(3 events)19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS An evening of stories and tales of Jerusalemite families that live between Palestine and asylum, documented by Tarek Bakri. It offers an inspiring journey into the history of the Jerusalemite neighborhoods through remarkable stories that he collected during the many years of his work of documenting the Palestinian reality. Khazaaen. 19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 2nd International Edition of Al-Makhrour Festival is an annual artistic and cultural festival organized by Inad Theater to raise awareness regarding the residents and farmers of Al-Makhrour Valley who are facing the imminent risk of forced evictions, arbitrary displacement, and biased laws that aim to change the identity of the so-called Area C, and to invite the solidarity of the local and international community. The festival uses cultural production as a tool to promote resilience, highlighting the role of the arts in discussing social issues and preserving Palestinian identity and collective memory. It hosts a variety of activities ranging from performing arts shows, voluntary activities, camping, short marathons, and environmental workshops that feature local, Arab, and international artists and collectives, as well as alternative music bands, along with a market of local handicrafts and food. Al-Makhrour Valley, Beit Jala. 20:00: CONCERTS Concert: DAM Band, organized by the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music and Yabous Cultural Centre as part of the Arabic music festival “Layali al-Tarab fi Quds al-Arab.” The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music Garden. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/events/6691710284238089/. |
8 September 2023(2 events)19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 2nd International Edition of Al-Makhrour Festival is an annual artistic and cultural festival organized by Inad Theater to raise awareness regarding the residents and farmers of Al-Makhrour Valley who are facing the imminent risk of forced evictions, arbitrary displacement, and biased laws that aim to change the identity of the so-called Area C, and to invite the solidarity of the local and international community. The festival uses cultural production as a tool to promote resilience, highlighting the role of the arts in discussing social issues and preserving Palestinian identity and collective memory. It hosts a variety of activities ranging from performing arts shows, voluntary activities, camping, short marathons, and environmental workshops that feature local, Arab, and international artists and collectives, as well as alternative music bands, along with a market of local handicrafts and food. Al-Makhrour Valley, Beit Jala. 9:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – Kids’ Club offers activities and games for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Organized by Bethlehem Peace Center. Bethlehem Peace Center. |
9 September 2023(4 events)19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 2nd International Edition of Al-Makhrour Festival is an annual artistic and cultural festival organized by Inad Theater to raise awareness regarding the residents and farmers of Al-Makhrour Valley who are facing the imminent risk of forced evictions, arbitrary displacement, and biased laws that aim to change the identity of the so-called Area C, and to invite the solidarity of the local and international community. The festival uses cultural production as a tool to promote resilience, highlighting the role of the arts in discussing social issues and preserving Palestinian identity and collective memory. It hosts a variety of activities ranging from performing arts shows, voluntary activities, camping, short marathons, and environmental workshops that feature local, Arab, and international artists and collectives, as well as alternative music bands, along with a market of local handicrafts and food. Al-Makhrour Valley, Beit Jala. 11:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – This two-day handbuilding pottery workshop will enable participants to create, color, and glaze clay pottery pieces. Al Sareyyet. 17:30: BOOK LAUNCHES – Hankash is a book for young adults that tells the story of the Palestinians through the biography of a scarecrow. Organized by Tamer Institute for Community Education. Seminar Hall, Book Fair, the Palestinian National Library. 19:00: THEATER Balad is a collective stand-up comedy show that features artists from the West Bank, the occupied Syrian Golan, and the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 in a rare experiment. It uses comedy to tell stories and discover cultural and geographical differences and similarities in Palestine. Performed by Hanna Shammas, Khalil Al-Batran, Diana Sweity, Raed Al-Shiyoukhi, Ebaa Munther, and Alaa Shehadeh. This work was produced as part of the Performing Arts Studio Grant 2022 of the A.M. Qattan Foundation. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
10 September 2023(3 events)19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 2nd International Edition of Al-Makhrour Festival is an annual artistic and cultural festival organized by Inad Theater to raise awareness regarding the residents and farmers of Al-Makhrour Valley who are facing the imminent risk of forced evictions, arbitrary displacement, and biased laws that aim to change the identity of the so-called Area C, and to invite the solidarity of the local and international community. The festival uses cultural production as a tool to promote resilience, highlighting the role of the arts in discussing social issues and preserving Palestinian identity and collective memory. It hosts a variety of activities ranging from performing arts shows, voluntary activities, camping, short marathons, and environmental workshops that feature local, Arab, and international artists and collectives, as well as alternative music bands, along with a market of local handicrafts and food. Al-Makhrour Valley, Beit Jala. 10:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – How to Be a Time Traveler is a children’s activity organized by Tamer Institute for Community Education in cooperation with the Danish author Anne Sofie Allerman. It aims to enable children to experience time in their bodies by singing, dancing, and sharing their dreams of the future. The activity will be repeated from 17:00 to 18:30. Children’s Space, Book Fair, the Palestinian National Library. 19:00: CONCERTS Il Mare in Mezzo – Suoni e canti dal Mediterraneo is an evening of song and dance from the Mediterranean, featuring Fabrizio Piepoli, Andrea De Siena, Giulia Pesole, and the Amwaj Choir. Presented by Dar Jacir and supported by the Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem. Dar Jacir for Art and Research. |
11 September 2023(1 event)14:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – A creative writing workshop with the Danish author Anne Sofie Allermann will explore the process of creative writing and the many ways in which time plays a role in it. Children’s Literature Resource Center at Tamer Institute for Community Education. For registration, please visit https://forms.gle/oTwe5CLp45jNnjT46. |
12 September 2023 |
13 September 2023(1 event)19:00: FILM SCREENINGS The Invisible Frame is a 59-minute English and German film in English, produced in 2009 and directed by Cynthia Beatt. The film tells the story of Cynthia Beatt and Tilda Swinton who return 21 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall to revisit the changes that have taken place. But the things that have stayed the same prove to be more interesting. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
14 September 2023(2 events)16:00: BOOK LAUNCHES – Al-Khazan (The Tank) is a graphic novel authored and illustrated by Aya al-Barghouthi, inspired by Ghassan Kanafani’s Men in the Sun. Organized by Tamer Institute for Community Education. Seminar Hall, Book Fair, the Palestinian National Library. 20:00: CONCERTS Concert: Walla’at Band from Acre, organized by the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music and Yabous Cultural Centre as part of the Arabic music festival “Layali al-Tarab fi Quds al-Arab.” The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music Garden. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1680129642459527?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D. |
15 September 2023(1 event)9:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – Kids’ Club offers activities and games for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Organized by Bethlehem Peace Center. Bethlehem Peace Center. |
16 September 2023(6 events)All day: THEATER All day Feminist Theatre Festival, themed “Through the Eyes of Women.” The Freedom Theatre. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/thefreedomtheatre. 11:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – This two-day handbuilding pottery workshop will enable participants to create, color, and glaze clay pottery pieces. Al Sareyyet. 17:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – Star Street Market is a bi-weekly market that offers local handmade handicrafts, arts, and homemade products and presents cultural and entertainment activities and workshops for children and the entire family. Organized by Bethlehem Municipality, the market will be held every other Saturday until the end of the year. Star Street. 17:30: BOOK LAUNCHES – Time is a philosophical picture book for children, written by Anne Sofie Allermann and illustrated by Anna Jacobina Jacobsen. The book is a colorful conversation between a grandmother and her grandson about the meaning of time. Tamer Institute for Community Education. 19:00: SPECIAL EVENTS End of Summer Wine Festival. Cremisan Winery Garden. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/CremisanWinery1885. 19:00: THEATER Triology performed by Shaden Band for Contemporary Dance sheds light on the moment that separates the past from the present, the apparent from the hidden, and reality from imagination through images of human memory and the hopes, disappointments, aspirations, experiences, and moments of pain and joy. The performance consists of a dance film, a live dance performance, and a dance video, trying to simulate the shadows of the bodies that inhabited places such as Nazareth and the Mansheya neighborhood in the not-so-distant past in an attempt to return to what preceded this moment of eternity. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
17 September 2023(1 event)13:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – Farmer’s Market, organized as part of Sakakini Center’s Land Program, offers a variety of organic and local products. It aims to support small-scale farmers and to provide a platform where the local community can obtain uncompromised, healthy products (mainly fruits and vegetables). The garden of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center. |
18 September 2023(1 event)14:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – A creative writing workshop with the Danish author Anne Sofie Allermann will explore the process of creative writing and the many ways in which time plays a role in it. Children’s Literature Resource Center at Tamer Institute for Community Education. For registration, please visit https://forms.gle/oTwe5CLp45jNnjT46. |
19 September 2023(1 event)18:00: BOOK LAUNCHES The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora, edited by Lisa Marchi, contains the diverse poetry collections of six contemporary women poets who live in the Arab diaspora. Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Iman Mersal, Mina Boulhanna, Nadine Ltaif, Maram al-Massri, and Suheir Hammad walk on a rope that is stretched taut above the globe to connect languages, culture, and faiths in a time marked by physical distancing, divisions, and tensions of all sorts. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
20 September 2023(1 event)19:00: FILM SCREENINGS Spaces of Exception is a 90-minute American and Lebanese film in English, produced in 2019 and directed by Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny. It profiles a Native American reservation alongside a Palestinian refugee camp. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
21 September 2023(2 events)All day: THEATER All day Feminist Theatre Festival, themed “Through the Eyes of Women.” The Freedom Theatre. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/thefreedomtheatre. 20:00: CONCERTS Siraj Choir presents a musical and theatrical performance that sheds light on the sheikhs who learned music, maqamat, and forms of intonation and religious supplication to begin their journey of composing and singing the most beautiful compositions of the twentieth century, adhering to their eastern Arab roots. The performance will include the participation of more than 40 male and female artists, led by Samer Bishara. Organized by the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music and Yabous Cultural Centre as part of the Arabic music festival “Layali al-Tarab fi Quds al-Arab.” Faisal al-Husseini Hall – Yabous Cultural Centre. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/events/228869666384434/?acontext=%7B"event_action_history"%3A[]%7D. |
22 September 2023(2 events)9:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – Kids’ Club offers activities and games for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Organized by Bethlehem Peace Center. Bethlehem Peace Center. 13:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 17th Taybeh Oktoberfest 2023 is a celebration of beer, culture, and good times. It invites visitors to experience the rich flavors of the finest classic and special edition brews in an atmosphere of lively beats of live music, entertainment, and delicious traditional cuisine. Organized by Taybeh Brewing Company. Taybeh Brewery. |
23 September 2023(2 events)13:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – The 17th Taybeh Oktoberfest 2023 is a celebration of beer, culture, and good times. It invites visitors to experience the rich flavors of the finest classic and special edition brews in an atmosphere of lively beats of live music, entertainment, and delicious traditional cuisine. Organized by Taybeh Brewing Company. Taybeh Brewery. 19:00: CONCERTS Jass Nabad Band (Feeling the Pulse) presents a musical performance, organized by A.M. Qattan Foundation as part of Masahat program. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
24 September 2023 |
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27 September 2023(1 event)19:00: FILM SCREENINGS Amussu is a 100-minute Moroccan film in Tamazight with English subtitles, produced in 2019 and directed by Nader Bouhmouche. The film shows the resilient villagers of Imider in southeastern Morocco, who resist with the little means they have – songs, dry bread, weekly protests, a flimsy camera, a film festival, and endless ingenuity, fearing that their fragile oasis might disappear and their livelihoods be destroyed as a result of the rapacious silver mine that has siphoned aquifer water for decades, drying out the almond groves that belong to a small Amazigh community. A.M. Qattan Foundation. |
28 September 2023(1 event)18:00: CONCERTS Spirit of Music presents a night of Oriental instrumental music by Bethlehem Academy of Music. Bethlehem Peace Center. |
29 September 2023(1 event)9:00: CHILDREN’S EVENTS – Kids’ Club offers activities and games for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Organized by Bethlehem Peace Center. Bethlehem Peace Center. |
30 September 2023(1 event)17:00: SPECIAL EVENTS – Star Street Market is a bi-weekly market that offers local handmade handicrafts, arts, and homemade products and presents cultural and entertainment activities and workshops for children and the entire family. Organized by Bethlehem Municipality, the market will be held every other Saturday until the end of the year. Star Street. |
1 October 2023 |
