Exhibition
Ninot exhibition: 4 Feb to 15 March
Feb 2
The annual Ninot Exhibition opens this Saturday, 4 February and runs until 15 March.
For those of you who don’t know a lot about Fallas yet, ninots are figurines (often life-sized) which make up part of a falla. Every year, each of the clubs which build a falla puts one ninot into the exhibition where the public vote for their favourites.
Route 66 Idiomas language school students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a close-up look at over 750 ninots and vote for their favourite models. The winners of the public vote in the “mayor” and “infantil” sections will be declared “indultat” and saved from being burnt on 19 March (they are then kept in the Fallas Museum).
Tickets for the last 2 weeks of the exhibition and weekends usually sell out fast. So if you want to visit to exhibition, get down to Nuevo Centro shopping centre (metro stop: Turía) as soon as you can to avoid queues and disappointment.
For those of you who are new to Fallas, the pictures above should give you an idea of the calibre of previous winners of the prestigious honour that is being chosen as Ninot Indultat. For more information, check out fallas.com.
Indiana Jones at the City of Arts and Sciences
Dec 14
Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition
If any Route 66 Idiomas Language School students are looking for an escape from Christmas, the City of Arts and Sciences is offering an adventurous alternative.
On 22 December, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum will open the Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology exhibition. This is the European premiere of the exhibition, which will be in Valencia until 16 September 2012.
Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology will not only feature a vast and exclusive collection of Indy props, models, concept art and set designs (from the Lucasfilm Archives), it will also display a wealth of historical and cultural facts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Geographic Society.
Information and tickets
Tickets are on sale here. Adult tickets are 15 euros and reduced admissions 11.55 euros.
To find out more about the exhibition, visit the official website (available in English, Spanish and French).
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Open Doors by the beach
Sep 19
On the three weekends from 23 September to 9 October, thirteen historic houses in the Valencian districts of Canyamelar, Cabanyal and Cap de Francia (by the city beach) open their doors to the public.
Route 66 Idiomas Language School students shouldn’t miss this opportunity to see inside a bit of the city’s history. Keep reading for opening dates and times, maps…
Jornadas de puertas abiertas 2011
La Plataforma Salvem el Cabanyal y la editorial Media Vaca nos invitan a visitar la XIII edición de Puertas Abiertas, que este año abre al público 13 casas típicas en los barrios del Canyamelar, Cabanyal y Cap de Francia.
Los visitantes tendrán la ocasión de conocer la exposición Bienvenidos al Cabanyal, que consiste en una colección de 99 historias, recuerdos y noticias ilustradas por 40 artistas gráficos a partir de testimonios de vecinos y vecinas que viven o han vivido en Cabanyal, así como fragmentos de obras literarias y escritos varios.
Programa:
Del 23 de septiembre al 9 de octubre de 2011
Puedes ver el programa completa y un mapa de las casas aquí.
Horario:
Sábados y domingos de 11.00-14.00 y de 17.00-21.00.
Inauguración:
Viernes 23 de septiembre a las 20 horas en L’Escorxador, calle San Pedro, 27
Happy Fallas! – Bones festes!
Mar 14
Everyone at Route 66 Idiomas language school would like to wish you Happy Fallas!
To get you in the mood, here are some pictures from the Exposición del Ninot.
If you have any Fallas pictures you’d like to share, why not send them to us?
See you all soon!
