COLOMBIA’S NATIONAL DAY 20th JULY

COLOMBIA’S NATIONAL DAY 20^th JULY

Celebrating Colombia’s Culture

                                                                            Photo: Courtesy of LOCO7 

Join us on Sunday 17th July 2011 to celebrate Colombia’s National day!

A full day of entertainment for the whole family including ZUMBA^® jam session with Colombian instructors; children workshops with EL TALLER; traditional national games; the big puppets of LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company, directed by Colombian born Federico Restrepo; CIRCOLOMBIA and much more…

The best of Colombian music, food and traditional drinks.

Entrance is free but registration is essential as places are limited.

Please register at: colombiaindependencia2011@hotmail.com

Date: Sunday 17 July 2011

Venue: Hammersmith Town Hall

King Street Hammersmith, W6 9JU

Tube: Ravenscourt Park (District Line)

Time: 13:00 to 22:00 hours

For more information:

events@colombianembassy.co.uk

colombiaindependencia2011@hotmail.com

Tel: 020 7637 9893

* Zumba Instructors from

Maloka www.malocauk.com

Lets Do Zumba www.letsdozumba.com

Organized by the Embassy of Colombia in the UK, the General Consulate in London and Digame Arts Sponsored by CAMACOL, RIA MONEY TRANSFER and SOLIMAN TRAVEL

HECTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE AND JUAN ESTEBAN CONSTAIN AT THE HAY FESTIVAL WALES 2011

Literature

HAY FESTIVAL WALES 2011

                          Héctor Abad Faciolince                  Juan Esteban Constain

26 MAY – 5 JUN 2011

Hector Abad Faciolince talks to Rosie Boycott

OBLIVION

Friday 3 June 2011, 10am • Venue: The Moot

Colombian writer Hector Abad Faciolince will be in conversation with Rosie Boycott this year at Hay on Wye 2011. Faciolince is the author of Oblivion A Memoir, published in 2010 by Old Street Publishing and translated by Anne McLean and Rosalind Harvey.

With the support of the Embassy of Colombia and EPM

Juan Esteban Contain, Colombian historian and author will also be in Hay on Wye 2011 invited by the British Council to cover the festival for The Daily Telegraph and Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.

For more information: http://www.hayfestival.com

CHILDREN OF THE ANDES SPONSORED WALK

SUN 1 MAY 2011 - RICHMOND PARK

The charity Children of the Andes (COTA) is organising a 10 mile sponsored walk along the River Thames on May 1st to raise funds for their work with Colombia’s most vulnerable children.

COTA is a small UK registered charity supporting Colombia's most vulnerable children.  COTA does this by supporting local projects which provide education, support vulnerable families, help make communities safer and help young people develop the skills and confidence they need to build independent and fulfilling lives.  Last year over 4000 children were reached.

If you would like to attend, please register as soon as possible contacting COTA.

For more information go to www.childrenoftheandes.org, call 0207 549 0225 o email events@childrenoftheandes.org. 

Academic Workshop

SENSORY EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION:

NEW THEMES IN PERCEPTION AND ACTION

18 -19 APRIL 2011

Academic workshop organised by the Institute of Philosophy at University of London and the Department of Philosophy at National University of Colombia; academics from both countries will present their most recent works on the topic; as part of the British Academy UK – Latin America and the Caribbean Link Programme. University of London, Stewart House.

To see full programme: click here

APRIL: CIRCOLOMBIA AT THE ROUNDHOUSE

CIRCOLOMBIA RETURNS WITH URBAN AT THE ROUNDHOUSE

4  – 16  APRIL 2011

Forget everything you know about circus. Circolombia is nothing like the animal jumping circus you remember as a child. Circolombia is gritty, modern, full of attitude and comprised of a motley crew of exuberant young artists, whose awe-inspiring acrobatic prowess is matched by their high voltage energy. Urban features some of the best performers from Circo Para Todos (Circus For All), Colombia's national circus school and the first professional circus school in the world for disadvantaged young people, which produces world-class performers.

‘One of the world’s most exciting youth circus troupes’ – Daily Telegraph

‘A show with real attitude’ – Guardian****

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH

Time: 7.30pm, plus Saturday matinees 2.30pm

For more info: www.roundhouse.org.uk