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I hope you all are geared up and ready to attend this wonderful event! The Festival is known worldwide and you definitely don’t want miss out on a chance to see many amazing performers live. During the festival week there are plenty of free music and dance performances in the city centre: FEX Programme. Check out www.granadafestival.org

From here you can download the official festival programme and the programme of the FEX activities.

Domingo 19 de Junio en Granada, extraño día de manifestaciones en la ciudad. El movimiento 15M convocó a más de 25 000 personas contra los recortes sociales, mientras que los seguidores del  Granada Club de Futbol celebraban el ascenso del equipo a la 1ª División. Y todo en un ambiente de fiesta. Lo dicho un extraño y especial domingo a casi 40º de temperatura.

Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, will inaugurate the eighth International Poetry Festival in Granada being held from May 9th to May 13th 2011.

On May 10th at the Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Mario Vargas Llosa will talk about his relationship with poetry and other literature-related issues. During the day,  there will also be recitals by the pianist Rosa Torres Pardo and the poet Luis García Montero.

On May 12th, the ‘Federico García Lorca’ prize will be awarded to Málaga poet María Victoria Atencia.

Destacados intelectuales comprometidos con la defensa de los derechos humanos, como Pilar del Río, Ángeles Mora, Juantxo López de Uralde o Federico Mayor Zaragoza, se reunirán en Granada para homenajear al escritor portugués José Saramago.

Bajo el título 'Recordando a José Saramago', la Universidad de Granada, a través de la Cátedra José Saramago, la Delegación General de Estudiantes y el Cineclub Universitario, han organizado una semana de actividades culturales dedicada a recordar su figura en la que se rendirá homenaje a la faceta más humana y comprometida del escritor portugués.

Autora de películas como "Sé quién eres", "El alquimista impaciente" o "Para que no me olvides", Patricia Ferreira ha destacado, especialmente en sus inicios, por su propensión al cine policíaco.

El festival busca promover la igualdad en un sector en el que solo un 7% de mujeres son directoras.

El festival continuará este año con la diversidad temática que ha caracterizado ediciones anteriores y que en esta ocasión incluirá aspectos relacionados con la conciliación laboral y familiar, el sexo en la madurez, la violencia de género, el empleo, la igualdad, la política y el deporte.

The pulsating excitement of top class tango dancing is featured for a week in Granada. A chance for all tango enthusiasts to see some of the world's best tango expressionist's perform.

This event aims to fill the whole city with rhythm and passion, with artists and shows, as well as parallel activities that go from dance classes and night time parties, through to street performances and meetings between artists and enthusiasts.



During the festival our Tango teachers Carina and William are going to offer a free Tango dance workshop at the school.

More information on: www.eltango.com

The festival is going to take place from 19 to 27.02.2011. It's a great opportunity to watch good dear old movies.

More information on: www.retroback.info

San Cecilio is celebrated on the first Sunday of February. On this day there is a pilgrimage that goes up to the Sacromonte to the catacombs of the saint. Here people celebrate this day with picnics, music and dancing.

San Cecilio was one of the three envoys sent by St. Peter to Spain for evangelization. When they were gathered in the catacombs of this mountain with nine other priests they were surrounded by the Romans and martyred. His disciples wrote the story in a lead sheet and hid it between two stones, one white and one black, that were thrown into the river Darro.

After that date were built an abbey and collegiate near the catacombs. During the pilgrimage, the girls of marriageable age touch the white stone if they want to get married or touch the other side of the stone if they dont want. So you know, the choice is yours.

Granada, thanks to its fascinating history and exceptional geographical location, makes a magnificent film set. Our beautiful city is also an extraordinary place to hold a cinema event, encounters between young professionals and the public, of the calibre of the International Young Filmmakers Festival of Granada.

We encourage all of you to participate in this year’s International Young Filmmakers Festival of Granada. You will find little gems to everyone’s liking, a wide variety of contents in which people of all types and all ages will find something to delight them. I am sure that the works screened will move you, amuse you and also make you think.

We from the school will assist sevarl evenings together with our students.

More information on: www.filmfest-granada.com

Granada's International Jazz Festival is one of Europe's oldest and sees both established and up-and-coming jazz artists perform at the Teatro Municipal Isabel La Católica. Previous line-ups include the likes of Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Haden and Art Blakey.

If you enjoy jazz and you like to be "where it is at", make sure you don't miss the Granada jazz festival. Hopefully we will be seeing you there.

You can find related information on the: International Jazz Festival Website.