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Poetry, novel, story, essay, film, music, philosophy and sociology will meet with the citizens of Cartagena during the months of April, May and June 2019. The program 'Read, Think, Imagine' of the Department of Culture of the Cartagena City Council will have a very plural program in this second quarter, in which all artistic expressions will have a place, as usual.
All the activities programmed in El Luzzy will be free.
In addition, a cultural offer has been prepared that complies with the principle of equality between male and female participants.
During the presentation today of Friday of the new programming of 'Reading, Thinking, Imagining', which have been the Councilor for Culture of Cartagena, David Martinez;
the director of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICC), Esther Baeza, and the writer and poet Ana María Alcaraz, the mayor has invited the people of Cartagena "to enjoy culture with bets of the greatest interest that mark the challenge we have fixed these years to make the Luzzy not only the center of the culture of the municipality, but a reference recognized in the Spanish cultural map.
As for literature, various authors will come to present their novels.
Among the proper names, it is worth mentioning the writer Rosa Huertas, who will speak about her latest work 'Mujeres que leían'.
Also present will be Montserrat Abumalham, Moroccan author of Lebanese origin, who will present her book 'Todos Extraños'.
In addition, the poet Ben Clark, Critical Eye Award among others, will speak about his anthology 'Armistice (2008-2018)'.
We must also remember the presence of reading clubs, with Elia Barceló.
The X Days of Historical Memory will also be part of the program, in collaboration with the Association of Historical Memory of Cartagena.
Within this framework, the autobiographical essay by Loreto Urraca 'Entre hienas' will be presented and the book of short stories "Abonico, Tales of repression sussurrada", by Tomás Vicente Martínez.
The plastic arts also have a place in the second quarter of 'Leer, Pensar, Imaginar'.
The critic Jose Alberto Bernardeau will speak about thirty years of art galleries in the region, which will accompany the gallery owners of Cartagena, which opens the program on Tuesday, April 2.
In addition, sociology will be present in the programming of the next three months of 'Read, Think, Imagine'.
The director of the Murciano Center for Public Opinion Studies (CEMOP) Juan José García Escribano will offer a talk on the functioning of Electoral Sociology.
PROGRAMMING OF THE FICCMOTECA
Within the offer of 'Reading, Thinking, Imagining' from April to June 2019, the films offered by the FICCMOTECA of Luzzy stand out.
To start the quarter, will be screened in the Auditorium of Luzzy 'The Reverend', a film by Paul Schrader starring Ethan Hawke.
This film is directed, according to the director of the FICC, Esther Baeza, by "one of the most personal and interesting North American authors, Paul Schrader".
It will be offered to the public on Friday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.
On Friday, May 3 at 8:00 pm, the Auditorium of the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center will screen the Italian film 'Lazzaro Feliz', by Alice Rohrwacher.
This film won the Special Jury Prize of the 2018 Sitges Festival and the Best Screenplay Award of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
The programming of the FICCMOTECA ends on Wednesday, May 22 at 8 pm at El Luzzy with the documentary film 'El silencio de otros', written and directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.
It will be screened in collaboration with the Association of Historical Memory of Cartagena.
In addition, during the presentation of the quarterly program of 'Reading, Thinking, Imagining', the poet Ana María Alcaraz announced that she will present her collection of poems 'The hidden face of the moon' at the Josefina Soria del Luzzy Library.
It will be on Wednesday, April 3 at 8:00 p.m.
The author has highlighted the facilities that 'Read, Think, Imagine' for the promotion of works.
In addition, Ana María Alcaraz stressed that this program of the Department of Culture of Cartagena "complies with the recommendations of UNESCO regarding the importance of the inclusion of women in cultural activities as a way to occupy the rightful place in the society".
Regarding her new book, 'The hidden face of the moon', Ana María Alcaraz says that she talks about "the decline of traditional societies."
The poet confesses that she did not plan to publish it, since she considers it "too intimate".
Alcaraz says it is a memory of his childhood.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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