Barcelona’s newest literature festival, ‘42,’ will celebrate speculative fiction in November
The first edition this autumn will pay homage to acclaimed writers Víctor Nubla and Ana María Matute
June 18, 2021 10:00 AM
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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Sagrada Família to extend opening hours and welcome visitors on Fridays from June 18
Staff layoffs expected after seven-month partial closure
June 17, 2021 11:14 AM
Dalí’s former home city to add portraits and screenings of the artist this summer
Figueres, in northern Catalonia, already boasts the Dalí Museum and hopes to increase tourism this year
June 14, 2021 04:04 PM
‘Science friction’: art exhibit questions human supremacy over living world
Barcelona’s CCCB takes on anthropocentrism and reimagines relationship with other creatures
June 14, 2021 04:03 PM
Catalan film sweeps the board at Málaga Film Festival
Agustí Villaronga's The Belly of the Sea wins six awards including Best Picture
June 12, 2021 05:05 PM
Catalan team releases submission for AI song contest
AIMCAT members and AI combine to create ‘I feel the Wires’ for international competition
June 8, 2021 03:35 PM
First weekend of Primavera Sound 2022 sells out
Last tickets for second weekend still available as Phoenix joins line-up on June 11
June 8, 2021 03:18 PM
Small-scale Corpus Christi celebrations return to Catalonia
The UNESCO-recognized Patum de Berga, however, did not go ahead due to the pandemic
June 7, 2021 02:47 PM
Everything you need to know about music festivals this summer
Who’s playing where, what Covid safety measures are in place, and where you can get your tickets
June 6, 2021 12:29 PM
Barcelona's Plaça Reial to host 50 concerts through to November
The performances will take place in Barcelona’s Plaça Reial from this Friday until November
June 2, 2021 04:32 PM
Dani Karavan, sculptor of Walter Benjamin memorial in Portbou, dies at 90
Sculpture ‘Passatges’ in northern Costa Brava honors not only him, but all humans going into exile in search of freedom
May 31, 2021 11:38 AM
First afro-feminist theater being built in Barcelona
Project Periferia Cimarronas aims to build a new creative space for the Afro-descendent community in Catalonia
May 28, 2021 01:28 PM
Sun, beaches and books: Costa Brava's Calonge to become Catalonia's first full-time book town
Municipality encourages booksellers to set up shop in bid to boost local economy
May 26, 2021 12:35 PM
25,000 to attend Cruïlla music festival in Barcelona subject to daily testing
The event returns to the city on July 8, 9 and 10 with mostly local acts performing
May 26, 2021 12:26 PM
Human tower teams plan first show since pandemic in clinical Covid study
Two groups with 50 members each will form pillars in Valls to celebrate Sant Joan festival
May 25, 2021 04:00 PM
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