Gratis eventos Mayo 2019- May 2019, Bogota free events or low-cost events


Bogota Exhibitions


1- 'Around cinema' Exhibition at Museo de Bogota
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa Samano
From April 11 to June 9, 2019



Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano - FPFC and Museum of Bogotá, Casa Sámano hold this exhibition about the Seventh Art in Bogota. Through posters, fragments of movies, vintage photos and other documents, this exhibition shows Bogota's film cultural heritage.

Free admission!
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2- University of Disaster
Place: Claustro de San Agustin Cra 8 n.7-21
From : Feb 23rd to May 26th 2019

University of Disaster concerns the lives transformed by the excesses of the industrial-military complexes working in harmony with the development of new accelerated communication and surveillance technologies.

Radenko Milak, who is also an expert in Eastern European cinema, manages to sharpen, a socio-historical, philosophical and trans-political perspective, highlighting the links between war and cinema. Radenko Milak is an artist who lived closely the wars of dissolution of Yugoslavia, and the consequent marginalization of Bosnia from Western Europe.

Free admission!

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3- Tierra de/ por medio exhibition  

Place : MAMU
From April 11th to July 15th, 2019


This exhibition is a perspective of the land ownership history in Colombia: a phenomena having harshly affected territories, communities and the country's history. It shows how ideals inherited from the independence struggle against the banana republics' corruption .

















Free admission!


4- Exhibition "Hoy como ayer"at Archivo Nacional 
Place: Archivo Nacional Calle 6B #5-75
From April 29th to July 5th, 2019 
The General Secretariat of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá begins its cycle of exhibitions this year with a photographic exhibition showing unpublished images about the urban, architectural and social changes of Bogota, in the last 150 years.


Free admission!

More info: 
http://www.bogota.gov.co/temas-de-ciudad/gestion-publica/exposicion-fotografica-historia-de-bogota


5- Exhibition Pedro Nel Gomez " Nation tales"  at Museo Nacional

Place: Museo Nacional de Colombia
From April 29th to July 5th
Pedro Nel Gómez exhibition seeks to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of this Antioquian artist and recognizes his work as one of the most representative in Colombia, in the twentieth century.

More info: 
http://www.museonacional.gov.co/noticias/Paginas/Pedro_Nel_actividades.aspx



Activities in Bogota


Thursday, May 2nd

1- Movie screening " Dos ángeles y medio"( 1958)  
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa Samano
Time: 4 pm

A Bogota film treasure, lost during 58 years, and recently found  by Patrimonio Filmico Colombiano. 



2- British movies cycle at Universidad Central Cine Club
Place: Auditorio Fundadores Universidad central
Time: 14h30 "Room at the Top"
           17h30: " Look back in Anger"




This British cinema cycle shows movies of the second half of the 20th century, based on different perspectives and cinematographic genres influenced by the English Free Cinema, one of the great cinematographic movements in history,  splitting the history of British cinema, because it managed to get closer to the United Kingdom popular classes.












More info:
https://www.ucentral.edu.co/cineclub/cinebritanicociclo=Cine%20británico&mes=465&ano=2019

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

1- British movies cycle at Universidad Central Cine Club
Place: Auditorio Fundadores Universidad central
Time: 14h30 " Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" 
           17h30: A Taste of honey










More info: https://www.ucentral.edu.co/cineclub/cinebritanicociclo=Cine%20británico&mes=465&ano=2019

Saturday, May 4th, 2019
1- British movies cycle at Universidad Central Cine Club
Place: Auditorio Fundadores Universidad central
Time: 14h30 " A Kind of loving" 
           17h30:  "The loneliness of the long distance runner"



More info: https://www.ucentral.edu.co/cineclub/cinebritanicociclo=Cine%20británico&mes=465&ano=2019

2) Talk: Colombian Political Cartoon at MAMBO
Place: MAMBO
Time: 11 AM

Vladdo, Cartoon drawer, Diana Uribe and the writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez will reflect on the role played by caricature on the journalism history, and the role it plays today and its impact on a world in which the traditional media compete with the increasingly powerful and influential social networks, a field in which humor and satire are gaining great relevance.

Free admission!
More info: 
https://www.mambogota.com/actividad/opinion-y-humor/



Sunday, May 5th

1)  Arpegios : Children and youth camera ensamble Concert at Museo de Santa Clara

Place: Museo Santa Clara. Cra. 8 # 8-91
Time: 12:00 m
Created in 1994, the Arpegios camera ensemble is the result of a pedagogical musical work made by violin teacher Luz Stella Bojacá.
The repertoire includes music from the Baroque and Classic periods, with some pieces of Colombian music.


Free admission!

More info: 
http://www.museocolonial.gov.co/programacion/calendarioactividades/Paginas/02_mayo_Concierto_de_conjunto_de_camara_infantil_y_juvenil_Arpegios.aspx


2) Ecological walks organized by Bogota Environment Secretariat

Place: Different places in Bogota following the walk you choose to attend


1
DOMINGO        MAY. 05
USAQUÉN (1)
INTERMEDIO A AVANZADO
08:00 A.M. - 13:00 HORAS
CALENDARIO AMBIENTAL - RESERVA LA AGUADORA - SANTA ANA - CONMEMORANDO EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DEL COMBATIENTE DE INCENDIOS FORESTALES
2
MIÉRCOLES MAY. 08
C. BOLÍVAR
INTERMEDIO
08:00 A.M. - 13:00 HORAS
PASQUILLA
3
VIERNES          MAY. 10
CHAPINERO (2)
INTERMEDIO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
CALENDARIO AMBIENTAL - QUEBRADA LAS DELICIAS - CONMEMORANDO EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS AVES
4
DOMINGO        MAY. 12
SANTA FE (3) & LA CANDELARIA (17)
INTERMEDIO A AVANZADO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
SAN FRANCISCO VICACHÁ
5
MIÉRCOLES MAY. 15
KENNEDY (8)
BÁSICO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
CALENDARIO AMBIENTAL - PEDH LA VACA - CONMEMORANDO EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS AVES MIGRATORIAS
6
SÁBADO
MAY. 18
USME (5)
INTERMEDIO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
USME RURAL
7
DOMINGO        MAY. 19
SAN CRISTÓBAL (4)
INTERMEDIO A AVANZADO
08:00 A.M. - 13:00 HORAS
CALENDARIO AMBIENTAL - RESERVA EL DELIRIO - CONMEMORANDO EL DÍA INTERNACIONAL DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD
8
VIERNES          MAY. 24
SANTA FE (3) & TEUSAQUILLO (13)
BÁSICO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
"Camina con tu animal de compañía" (Perros y Gatos)
PQ. NAL - PARK WAY Y RÍO ARZOBISPO - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL - PQ. SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
9
DOMINGO         MAY. 26
C. BOLÍVAR (19)
INTERMEDIO A AVANZADO
08:00 A.M. - 13:00 HORAS
RESERVA LA REGADERA
10
MIÉRCOLES   MAY. 29
PUENTE ARANDA (16)
BÁSICO
08:00 A.M. - 12:00 M.
CANAL RÍO SECO - CONMEMORANDO EL DÍA MUNDIAL DEL RECICLAJE LLEVA TU BOLSA Y SALVA EL PLANETA


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Monday, May 6th. 2019

1- Indian Dance in Colombia Sponsored by Indian Embassy in Colombia
Place: Teatro Libre Calle 62 n. 9A - 65
Time: 7 PM

Free admission!

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

1- Talk: Poetry in Romance languages

Place: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Library 3rd Floor
Time: 3pm to 5pm



Utadeo, proud to be one of the International Poetry Festival of Bogotá hosts, invites poets Corina Oprae (Romania) and Milenka Torrico (Bolivia), and the poets José Manuel Lucía Megías (Spain), Claudio Pozzani (Italy) and Stéphane Chaumet (France).

Professor Carlos Eduardo Sanabria from the Humanities Department of Utadeo will be in charge of talking with the five international poets, who have one thing in common: writing in Romance languages.

These languages ​​are hereditary of Latin, a language which spread throughout Europe after the expansion of the Roman Empire. Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Languages are nowadays the results, of the different shapes taken by Latin in Europe.


Free admission!

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2) Serenate to our trees " Matik, Matik" 

Place: Cra 11#67-20
Time: 8PM


Free admission!

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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

1- Exhibition opening: " La naturaleza de las cosas"

Place:National University- Museo de Arte
Time: 5pm


This exhibition shows some works of German scientist Alexander Von Humboldt, who at the beginning of the 19th century visited Colombia. Exhibition includes around 100 artistic and historical works.

Free admission!

More info: 




Thursday, May 9th, 2019

1- Movie screening " Raices de Piedra"( 1961)  
Place: Museo de Bogota, Casa Samano
Time: 4 pm

A Bogota film treasure, about past Bogota social realities, that still until nowadays. 



2- Talk: Academia, International Cooperation and Peace Building at Capaz: German Colombian Peace Institute

Place: Instituto Capaz Claustro de San Agustin
Time: 5 PM



Free admission!


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Friday, May 10th, 2019

1- Minako Sako: Japanese Dance 

Place: Auditorio Universidad de los Andes
Time: 7pm




Saturday, May 11th, 2019


1- British movies cycle at Universidad Central Cine Club
Place: Auditorio Fundadores Universidad central
Time: 14h30 "This sporting life"



           17h30: " The caretaker"








Monday May 13th, 2019







Tuesday May 14th, 2019

1- Familia Bombo Concert (Chile) 

Place: Auditorio Mario Lacerna Universidad de los Andes
Time: 7pm







Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

1- Celebrate 208 years of Paraguay Independence

Place: Cra 7a # 93-1 
Time: 7pm

Free admission with previous registration at: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conmemoracion-del-208-aniversario-de-la-independencia-nacional-tickets-61236338537?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse


Thursday, May 16th, 2019

1- " Dulce y Salada" Dir. Jorge Pachoaga Movie Premier at Cinemateca Dsitrital



Place: Cinemateca Distrital
Time: 6 PM


Free admission!

More info: 
https://www.cinematecadistrital.gov.co/sites/default/files/2018/progago/12/prog_mayo.pdf


2- Javeriana Symphony Orchestra and Luis Gabriel Mesa,  pianist (Colombian music) 


Place: Auditorio Fabio Lozano U Tadeo
Time: 7h30 pm




Entrance: 7000 COP


3- Gaza Documentary Screening at State of Palestine Embassy 

Place: Calle 45 n. 14-76
Time: 4pm

Nakba Day Commemoration (Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakba, meaning "Day of the Catastrophe") is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut). For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that preceded and followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.


Free admission!

More info: Asuntos Culturales Embajada de Palestina <cultura@embajadapalestina.co>


Friday, May 17th, 2019

1- City Bands Festival 


Place: Auditorio Fabio Lozano U Tadeo
Time: 4h00 pm



This festival hold by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota has ten bands participating under different categories: children, youth, university and six invited groups.

Program:

1- Banda Filarmónica Juvenil  | Invitada
David MacKenzie, director invitado (Estados Unidos)

2- Banda Sinfónica Javeriana | Universitaria y especial
César Augusto Villamil Medina, director

3- Banda Sinfónica Salesiana del Niño Jesús | Invitada
Rogelio Arturo García, director

4- Banda Sinfónica de la Escuela de Formación Artística de Tocancipá | Invitada
Germán David Hernández, director

Free admission!


2- " La Gran Película del Mundo" Dir. Andres Upegui, Movie Premier at Cinemateca Distrital

Place: Cinemateca Distrital
Time: 6: 30 PM


Free admission!

More info: 
https://www.cinematecadistrital.gov.co/sites/default/files/2018/progago/12/prog_mayo.pdf


Saturday, May 18th, 2019

1- City Bands Festival 


Place: Auditorio Fabio Lozano U Tadeo
Time: 3h00 pm


This festival hold by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogota has ten bands participating under different categories: children, youth, university and six invited groups.

Program:
Banda Sinfónica de Fómeque, Cundinamarca | Invitada
Cristian Camilo Rodríguez Tapasco, director

Banda Sinfónica Fundación Nacional Batuta | Juvenil
Francisco Javier Córdoba Yela, director

Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Colegio San Jorge de Inglaterra | Invitada  
Omar Andrés Cifuentes Gil, director

Banda Filarmónica Juvenil | Invitada
David MacKenzie, director invitado (Estados Unidos)

Free admission!

More info: 
https://www.utadeo.edu.co/es/evento/culturales-y-deportivos/xiv-encuentro-distrital-de-bandas-ofb/home/1


2- Artbo weekend: A city tour trough Art in Bogota May 17th, May 18th, May 19th

Place: Different locations in Bogota





ARTBO was launched in 2004 under the vision of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, which recognized the role of cultural and creative sectors in the city's economic development and created a model for promoting and spreading contemporary art. Since then, ARTBO’s objective has been to promote and position Bogotá as a destination for culture and business; to strengthen the commercial viability and promotion of visual arts; and to provide a place for cultural exchange and public education.
ARTBO | Weekend is a free event and open to the public, offering a special program
in extended hours, in 67 exhibition spaces of the city, among which there are the main galleries, self-managed spaces , museums and cultural institutions from Bogota.
In its third edition, ARTBO | Weekend will approach the different languages of plastics arts through : Circuits, Forums, Editorial Meetings, and Happenings.
For three days, you can enjoy different events and guided visits in the exhibition spaces of the Downtown circuits, Macarena, Teusaquillo, Chapinero, and San Felipe.
Free admission with previous registration at: https://www.artbo.co/Fin-de-Semana

More info: 
Full free activities program: 

Sunday, May 19th 2019

1- City Bands Festival 


Place: Auditorio Fabio Lozano U Tadeo
Time: 10h00 am



Program: 
Banda Sinfónica Marianita Colegio Santa Mariana de Jesús | Infantil
Ricardo Álvarez Ramírez, director

Banda Sinfónica Infantil I.E.D. Colegio Toberín | Infantil
Rocío Cárdenas Cifuentes, director

Banda Sinfónica Infantil Salesiana del Niño Jesús | Infantil
Cristian Camilo Morales González, director

Banda Filarmónica Infantil Colegio Enrique Olaya Herrera | Infantil
Darwin Arturo Trujillo Rodríguez, director

Banda Sinfónica Infantil Gimnasio Vermont | Infantil
Carlos Arturo Díaz Cuitiva, director

Banda Sinfónica Centro Don Bosco | Invitada
Rubmarth Gabriel López Toro, director

Banda Sinfónica Infantil Colegio San Jorge de Inglaterra | Infantil
Julián Andrés Vásquez Henao, director





Monday, May 20th, 2019





Tuesday, May 21st, 2019


1- International symposium: "Territories between memories, reconciliation and development alternatives"

Place: Paul Rivet Auditorium ICANH  Calle 12 n. 2-41
Time: 8h30 AM




The Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH), the Institute of the Americas (IDA) and the French Institute of Andean Studies (IFEA) hold this international symposium intending to reflect from different perspectives: sociocultural changes, the challenges of development and redefinition of territorial control on many regions of the country. since peace agreements signature with the FARC-EP.


Free admission !




Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
1- Afrocolombian Festival at Valle del Cauca House : African dance workshop

Place: Casa del Valle del Cauca en Bogota
Time: 7 pm to 8 h30 pm



Free admission!

More info: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/597627184056972/



Thursday, May 23rd, 2019


1- Talk about Colombian South- Pacific Music with  the Balanta Family


Place: Teatro Colon
Time: 3pm to 5 pm





2- Afrocolombian Festival at Valle del Cauca House : Marimba workshop

Place: Casa del Valle del Cauca en Bogota
Time: 6h30 pm to 8 pm



Free admission!

More info: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/597627184056972/

3- Macedonian Music: Dzambo Aguserri Concert

Place: Auditorio Mario Lacerna Universidad de los Andes

Time: 7pm









Friday, May 24th, 2019


1- Afrocolombian Festival at Valle del Cauca House : Concert Afrocolombian music

Place: Casa del Valle del Cauca en Bogota
Time: 8 pm to 9 pm


Free admission!

More info: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/597627184056972/



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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

1-  "La Miel es mas dulce que la sangre" theatre play at Universidad de los Andes

Place: Auditorio Mario Laserna Calle 19ª # 1-82 Este
Time: 7pm





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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

1- " The little Prince" Movie Screening at Cine Club " El Rollo"

Place: Auditorio mayor Hermanos Sanjuán, sede Macarena A el miércoles 29 de mayo a las 2:00 p.m. 

Time: 2 PM




Free admission!


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Thursday, May 30th, 2019

1- Butoh Dance Performance at the Japan Center

Place: Japan Center Universidad de los Andes 2nd Floor
Calle 18a # 0-07  Bloque Ñ


Time: 7 pm



Free admission with previous registration at: 






Friday, May 31st, 2019

1- Gender, Right- Wing populisms and Peace

Place: Universidad Nacional Salon Oval Edificio de Posgrados de Ciencias Humanas
Time: 9 am to 12:30 and 2pm to 4 pm

In Colombia, the discourse on the “ideology of gender” became popular in the framework of the endorsement of the peace agreements signed with the FARC-EP. 
Today, discourse continues to permeate public sphere and threatens to limit the the transitional justice instruments' transformative work stipulated on the peace agreement, including differential approaches for the women right's respect.


Free admission!

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2- Africa Talk 

Place: La Macarena neighborhood
Time: 5pm


Free admission with previous registration at: 
WhatsApp 3143514579

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