July Gratis Events- Bogota cultural Free/ low cost events
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Bogota July Exhibitions
1- Midwifery : Ancient wisdom and current practice
Place: Museo del Oro
From: May 24th, 2019 to Oct 20th, 2019
This exhibition explores the Afro-Pacific midwives traditional knowledge: the identity essence of present and future generations. Medicinal plants characteristics and uses recalls traditional knowledge, humanized childbirth, body care and health.
2- 50 years of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"are commemorated with three murals in the Central Hall of the National Library of Colombia
Place: Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia Calle 24 5-60 / Bogotá
Time: Lunes a Viernes 8 am - 6 pm/ Sábados 9 am - 4 pm
From: June 1st to Dec 31st 2019
The Ministry of Culture, the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, the Embassy of the United States in Colombia, the Colombo Americano Center and the National Library of Colombia, worked together to bring two great representatives of urban art in Colombia and the United States: Gaia and Guache.
As part of this initiative, the urban artists Gaia and Guache, painted three walls on the central hall of the National Library of Colombia, in the framework of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Literature Nobel Prize: Gabriel García Márquez.
Free entrance!
More info:
http://bibliotecanacional.gov.co/es-co
3- Tierra de/ por medio exhibition
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!
Place: Galería Santa Fe (Cra. 1ra, between Calle 12 C and 12 D)
Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
From June 26th 2019 to Aug. 18th, 2019
This exhibition made by Juan David Laserna Montoya aims to review, through photographic series, the diverse current situation of Bogotá's school infrastructure.
Free admission!
More info:
http://www.idartes.gov.co/es/agenda/exposicion/claustros-liceos-gimnasios5- "Campo Abierto" Exhibition at Cinemateca Distrital
From June 13th to July 20th
Place: Cinemateca Distrital
This exhibition brings together contemporary visual artists who work on understanding or showing the meaning of land and rural contexts in Colombia.
Free admission!
More info:
https://www.revistaarcadia.com/cine/articulo/10-eventos-imperdibles-en-la-nueva-cinemateca-de-bogota/75993
Bogota July Events
http://www.ambientebogota.gov.co/web/sda/caminatas-ecologicas
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
1- Talk: Arab culture's influence on Western culture
Place: Palestinian Embassy Calle 45 n. 14-76
Time: 4pm to 6pm
Free entrance with Previous registration at:
cultura@embajadapalestina.co
2- Movie screening "Todo está bien" ( Venezuela, Germany)
Place: Casa la Soledad
Time: 6h30 pm
As the public health system collapses, a pharmacist, a traumatologist, a social activist and two cancer patients face the same doubts of millions of Venezuelans trying to survive in a country on chaos: To protest or give up? , Emigrate or keep going?, Lose hope or keep the faith?
Free entrance with Previous registration at:
https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-esta-todo-bien-invitados-especiales-tickets-62933079535?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
1- Campo- Ciudad Lab exhibition : Rural- Urban Lab Exhibition
Place: Plataforma Bogota
Time: 6 PM
Free admission!
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Thursday, July 4th, 2019
Place: Auditorio Principal Edificio 310, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional
Time: 5 PM
China will be the world's leading economy after 2020. Recently, the trade war between China and the United States has caused uncertainty not only for markets, but also for international geopolitics. China's economic transformations and its globalizing commitment represented in the Belt and Road Initiative, are just the tip of the iceberg of a series of tectonic changes affecting global order. How does Colombia face it? Where are Colombia - China relations going ?
Free admission!
More info:
http://iepri.unal.edu.co/eventos/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=375&cHash=f2fee8643ef60316165b2d3019b374d7&fbclid=IwAR2MIHp1Ih1VEAOUnT-v-AbbKr4xcQk4KZ2NIXjiW2_490wOoh3m5mnfJfUFriday, July, 5th, 2019
1- Guided Visit about Colombian Land sociology
Place: MAMU, Sala de Exposiciones Temporales Piso 3.
Time : 4pm to 5pm
This visit will make us reflect about the land social uses through notions of imaginary territory and social cartography.
From a sociological perspective, this visit will talk about Colombia's current situation, relating it to the Final Peace Agreement, referring to 'Rural Reform' point, as a transversal aspect for an effective peace building in the country.
Free admission!
2- Coca Nasa project presentation
Place: Ojo Rojo Visual
Time: 7pm
The Coca Nasa project is an initiative created by the Nasa indigenous community from Cauca Region.
This project is born around the coca leaf and its ancestral value and aims to underline its cultural meaning, and the importance of farmers growing it.
David Curtidor, assistant manager of the project, will talk about its socio-cultural value, and the indigenous communities need of managing their biological heritage.
This event is organized within the framework of the exhibition Coca: "The Lost War" by Carlos Villalón, currently exhibited at OjoRojo Fábrica Visual.
Free admission!
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/ojorojofabricavisual/?fref=tsSaturday, July 6th, 2019
1- Hike in Bogota Eastern hills : San Francisco path, along the Vicacha River
Time: 7h30 am
Place: In front of Quinta de Bolivar ( Calle 21 N. 4A -30)
Free admission with previous registration at:
http://190.26.194.251/virtualizacion/Formulario.php
http://190.26.194.251/virtualizacion/Formulario.php
More info:
http://idpc.gov.co/programate-con-los-recorridos-patrimoniales-y-urbanos-en-julio/Sunday, July 7th, 2019
1- Yoga in the Park
Place: Parque el Virrey
Time: 8h30 am
Free admission!
Monday, July 8th, 2019
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
1- Movie screening at Casa La Soledad " Beautiful Things" (Italy, Switzerland)
Place: Casa la Soledad Calle 39 n. 20-30
Time: 6h30pm
Free admission!
More info:
https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-beautiful-things-giorgio-ferrero-y-federico-biasin-tickets-64752012011Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
1 - " Narco Cultura" Movie Screening
Place: Ojo Rojo Visual Cra 5 n. 26 C 62
Time: 7pm
Free admission!
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
1- The coca leaf: knowledge plant circuit
Place: Gold Museum
Time: 3pm
We will visit the Cosmology and Symbolism Area at the Gold Museum to learn about the knowledge plants used by pre-Hispanic societies, where coca leaves were used by shamans and priests for religious purposes. Because of its stimulating effects for American native people, coca was and still a vital source of wisdom and power.
At the MAMU, we will visit the temporary exhibition Tierra de / por medio to discuss the current use of coca leaves and reflect on phenomena having harshly affected Colombian territory, communities and the country's history.
Free admission!
More info:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/la-hoja-de-coca-planta-del-conocimiento2- Colombian Popular Education Talk
Place: Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación Salon 1
Time: 4 PM
Free admission with previous registration at:
josemartibogota@gmail.com
Friday, July 12th, 2019
Saturday, July 13th, 2019
1- "Calle 10" Guided Visit : a historical street located in La Candelaria neighborhood
Place: In front of Bogota Cathedral entrance, close to Plaza de Bolivar
Time: 9 AM
This visit will show the historical importance of this street for the city and even the country, as it was part of the aqueduct called Agua Nueva in 1757.
Free admission with previous registration at:
http://190.26.194.251/virtualizacion/Formulario.php
More info:
http://idpc.gov.co/programate-con-los-recorridos-patrimoniales-y-urbanos-en-julio/?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=Boletn_julio_Museo_de_Bogot&utm_medium=email
2- Methodologies and good practices for creating urban communities
Place: Casa de la Lluvia de Ideas Calle 12b Sur # 21 A Este
Time: 2pm to 6pm
The Arto Arte Collective welcomes us in their home: La Casa de la Lluvia. Their work is about ecological and artistic interventions in San Cristóbal neighborhood. There they are working on the proposal "Laboratorio Comunidades Fucha" to strengthen what they have learned so far, and to be able to consolidate the proposal of eco-neighborhoods in this area of the city.
More info:
https://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/es/comunidades-culturales-para-la-paz/san-cristobal/eventos/laboratorio-ciudadanias-en-movimiento
Sunday, July 14th, 2019
Monday, July 15th, 2019
1- Ottoman miniature painting talk
Place: Class Room SD702 (Ed. Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Universidad de los Andes)
Calle 21 #1-20
Time: 3pm to 5 pmThis talk will be hold in English
Ottoman miniature painting is one of the most important elements to know the Ottoman court period. Suleyman the Magnificent reigns (1520-1566) and especially Selim II reigns (1566-1574) in the second half of the sixteenth century, were the Golden Age of the Ottoman miniature. The talk will offer a brief overview of the miniature painting practices and the different representations.
Free admission ( Max. 30 attendees) with previous registration at: a.monroyd@uniandes.edu.co
More info:
1- Ottoman miniature painting talk
Place: Class Room SD702 (Ed. Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Universidad de los Andes)
Calle 21 #1-20
Time: 3pm to 5 pmThis talk will be hold in English
Ottoman miniature painting is one of the most important elements to know the Ottoman court period. Suleyman the Magnificent reigns (1520-1566) and especially Selim II reigns (1566-1574) in the second half of the sixteenth century, were the Golden Age of the Ottoman miniature. The talk will offer a brief overview of the miniature painting practices and the different typologies representations.
Free admission ( Max. 30 attendees) with previous registration at: a.monroyd@uniandes.edu.co
More info:
Wednesday, July 17th, 20191- Ottoman miniature painting talk
Place: Class Room SD702 (Ed. Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Universidad de los Andes)
Calle 21 #1-20
Time: 3pm to 5 pmThis talk will be hold in English
Ottoman miniature painting is one of the most important elements to know the Ottoman court period. Suleyman the Magnificent reigns (1520-1566) and especially Selim II reigns (1566-1574) in the second half of the sixteenth century, were the Golden Age of the Ottoman miniature. The talk will offer a brief overview of the miniature painting practices and the different typologies representations.
Free admission ( Max. 30 attendees) with previous registration at: a.monroyd@uniandes.edu.co
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2- "The great Dictator" Movie screening at Colombian National Library
Place: Auditorio Aurelio Arturo, Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, Calle 24 n. 5-60
Time:6 pm
Place: Casa La Soledad
After the death of his father and the reunion with a childhood friend, Carlos begins a journey into the past by recalling his childhood in the Colonia Roma in Mexico City, in the late 1940s; in particular, he recalls his infatuation with Mariana, the mother of a schoolmate. Based on the famous novel "The Battles in the Desert" written by José Emilio Pacheco.
Place: Auditorio Aurelio Arturo, Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, Calle 24 n. 5-60
Time:6 pm
Chaplin makes a parody of German Nazism and portrays the sufferings that the Jews of the time went through. Charle Chaplin manages to create a dramatic comedy that for almost two hours will show the sufferings of a former soldier who has betrayed the regime and tries to scape with his beloved.
Free admission!
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Place: Casa La Soledad
Time" 6h45 pm
After the death of his father and the reunion with a childhood friend, Carlos begins a journey into the past by recalling his childhood in the Colonia Roma in Mexico City, in the late 1940s; in particular, he recalls his infatuation with Mariana, the mother of a schoolmate. Based on the famous novel "The Battles in the Desert" written by José Emilio Pacheco.
Free admission!
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1- "Mariposas" ( Butterflies) Opening Exhibition
Place:Luis Angel Arango Public Library, Sala de Exposiciones, 2nd Floor.
Time: 5PM
Since Ancient times, the beauty of butterflies and the magic of their metamorphosis have fascinated many cultures.
Butterflies were seen as a symbol of female divinity, vital breath, the dead warriors' soul, or the spirit of Ancestors ...; others relate them with witches and demons or with fairies, nymphs and angels.
Nowasays, scientists study on detail these winged insects' biology, endowed with an amazing ability to see and orient themselves, and their presence guides Scientists to know the ecosystem's conservation level.
During the Exhibition Opening you will have the chance to be part of a guided visit made by the exhibion curators: Karim Leon and Patricia Londono.
Free admission!
More info:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/un-mundo-de-mariposas-exposicion2- Project talk: The influence of Narco life in Colombian culture
Place: Ojo Rojo Fabrica Visual
Time: 7pm
This is an introduction of the project: NARCOLOMBIA: Images, Sound and Ethics of Narco-aesthetics.
By mapping the effects of "narco life" on the fields of production and cultural consumption in contemporary Colombia, this talk mixes the views of some of the most notable narco-aesthetic manifestations: from the narcocorrido to "narco- products" as "narco-tours" in Medellín and the recent attempts by the government to censor the Pablo Escobar cult.
After a brief introduction about the crossings between anthropology and contemporary art, the talk will focus on discussing the proliferation of images and sounds, and social life of "narco".
This is a research-creation project, started in 2017, started by X.Andrade, Omar Rincón, Lucas Ospina, from Universidad de los Andes.
Free admission!
More info: OjoRojo Fábrica Visual
Friday, July 19th, 2019
1- " Good bye, Lenin" Movie screening at Colombian National Library
Place: Auditorio Aurelio Arturo, Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, Calle 24 n. 5-60
Time:6 pm
The German Cinema and Talk cycle begins with a little gem of German movie: "Good bye, Lenin!"
This is the story of a woman who goes into a coma before the fall of socialism in Berlin, and how she comes out of it when the regime has fallen. Besides being a critique of the socialist regime in Berlin, this film is a warm story showing how far a child can go to protect his mother.
Eliana Cuellar García, cultural program coordinator of the Goethe-Institut Kolumbien, will be in charge of the first talk in this cycle.
Free admission!
Saturday, July 20th, 2019
1- Cordoba Wetland Night Hike
Place: Humedal Cordoba
Time: 5 PM
Fee: 12 000 COP- 1 Person/ 20 000 COP- 2 Pers.
More info:
http://humedalesbogota.com/2019/07/07/actividades-para-el-mes-de-julio-2/
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Tuesday, July 23th, 2019
1- Going deeper into Colombian Independence history: Remembered and forgotten heroes walk
Place: Parque Santander ( meeting point: at the park statue)
Time: 11 am
Free admission with previous registration at:
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Place: Casa La Soledad Calle 39 # 20-30
Time: 6h30 PM
In the Andean worldview, women and the land are strongly interrelated. Both the woman's body and the earth are life givers. In a current context of agriculture industrialization based on using chemical pesticides and GMOs, women assume the role of land protectors. This film shows the daily struggle of five women from the Peruvian Andes, to keep a traditional and organic way to cultivate the land.
Free admission with previous registration at:
https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-sembradoras-de-vida-alvaro-sarmiento-y-diego-sarmiento-tickets-65559900427?fbclid=IwAR2rTRgpGLkxnC5iBH_CByjj1S5KPC8ItKsfEGjtZMq2z4EeoD1YJF2dh7k
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https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-sembradoras-de-vida-alvaro-sarmiento-y-diego-sarmiento-tickets-65559900427?fbclid=IwAR2rTRgpGLkxnC5iBH_CByjj1S5KPC8ItKsfEGjtZMq2z4EeoD1YJF2dh7k
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
1- Talk about Colombian cultural identity through the early 20th Century Colombian music
Place: Centro de Eventos Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango
Time: 5pm to 6pm
Luis Antonio Calvo (1882-1945) was one of the most popular Colombian musicians of the first half of the twentieth century. Some of his music pieces such as "Lejano azul", "Malvaloca" and "Intermezzo No. 1" remain unforgettable for many Colombians.
Calvo's sad and melancholic world and his musical production reveals not only a fascinating and complex personality, but the early 20th Century society's prejudices, fears, and aesthetics.
Free admission!
More info:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/bogota/actividad/porque-en-el-dolor-tambien-se-canta-luis-calvo-y-la-musica-nacional-colombianaThursday, July 25th, 2019
1- Movie screening Buster Keaton's"The General"
Place: Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia Calle 24 n. 5- 80
Time: 6 pm
Free admission!
Place: Casa Quinta de Bolivar
Time: 6h30 pm
The Soul of Maize (1995) shows the social conflicts between Spanish authorities and several indigenous and mestizo women from Tunja, at the end of the 18th century. Chicha, an indigenous ancestral maize drink, was persecuted by colonial civil and ecclesiastical authorities, arguing that its production did not generate taxes, violated public order, morals and Catholic religion.
Free admission!
More info:
https://issuu.com/casaquintadebolivar/docs/programacion_cmqb_julio_2019?fbclid=IwAR2Yd9exbh90EydzGzpztrJAOa-ihXqGp-7z0dhIXBPwyYPprTisRX-NnM8Place: Casa La Soledad
Time: 6h30 pm
Free admission with previous registration at:
https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-bag-it-is-your-life-too-plastic-suzan-beraza-tickets-64824475752?fbclid=IwAR11FGVvZ3vFnqYHlBtSXDoMZCTWu8mfBaDGj_DBwgOwxUp_0S6hSg5jcJQ
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Friday, July 26th, 2019
1- Hike in Bogota Eastern hills
Place: Sede Venado de Oro Instituto Humboldt
Time: 6am
Free admission with previous registration at:
recorridos@humboldt.org.co
More info:
https://issuu.com/casaquintadebolivar/docs/programacion_cmqb_julio_2019?fbclid=IwAR2Yd9exbh90EydzGzpztrJAOa-ihXqGp-7z0dhIXBPwyYPprTisRX-NnM82- " La vamo' a tumba'" Pacific Region Dance workshops
Place: Casona de la Danza. Av. Circunvalar N°17-01 Este
Time: 6pm to 9pm
The Cali Popular Institute of Culture -IPC- will visit Casona de la Danza.
During this day, three halls of the Casona will be open to attendees in an itinerant way, to let them be part of the music and dance expressions of Colombian Pacific Coast.
Free admission!
More info:
http://www.idartes.gov.co/sites/default/files/noticia_documentos/Convocatoria%20Formación%20Julio.pdfSaturday, July 27th, 2019
Place: Las Cruces neighborhood
Time: 9 am to 5 pm
"Jovenes en Movimiento por la Cultura y la Paz" has the mission to promote the rights and talents of Bogota´s youth through actions leaded by young people themselves, in different areas as: arts, sports, education, culture and entrepreneurship.
Free admission!
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
1- Documentary screening at National Library
Place: Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
Time: 6 pm
How did the FARC ex-combatants live the peace process? What have they done to overcome exclusion and taboos from Farc victims? In this documentary by Patricia Ayala and Ricardo Restrepo, we will see how two artists from the Farc ex-combatant group reintegrate into civilian life through music.
With this documentary, the National Library of Colombia begins the cycle of Colombian documentaries. Each month a different documentary will be screened, and its director will be present to talk with the audience.
Free admission!
More info:
http://bibliotecanacional.gov.co/es-co/actividades/agenda/detalleevento?IDEvento=273&Evento=Documentales%20colombianos:2- "Homo Botanicus" (Colombia) movie screening at Casa La Soledad
Place: Casa la Soledad
Time: 6h30pm
Free admission!
More info:
https://www.eventbrite.co/e/ambulante-presenta-homo-botanicus-con-presencia-de-cristian-castro-coprotagonista-del-film-tickets-66239673647?fbclid=IwAR3INap1fQJHp-Y_weXsu516jbjvzlgrIu0rL0CHr1OgVu5o11j7xj_oR04
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
1- How to make a bookstore?
Place: Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
Time: 6 pm
Small bookstores are temples founded by and for reading lovers. These are spaces created for book survival, delicately organized by a good bookseller, having a good coffee and a cultural agenda created for adults and children. Ana María Aragón, from Casa Tomada, and Yolanda Auza Gómez, from Wilborada 1047, begin this cycle by telling us how their bookstore's idea came true.
With them we begin our cycle of conversations with booksellers who are in charge of small bookstores in Bogota.
Free admission!
More info:
http://bibliotecanacional.gov.co/es-co/actividades/agenda/detalleevento?IDEvento=271&Evento=Ciclo%20de%20libros,%20libreros%20y%20librer%C3%ADas:%20historias%20en%20pequeños%20formatos.%20¿Cómo%20una%20idea%20se%20convierte%20en%20una%20librer%C3%ADa?
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