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Fallas 2010: Na Jordana – 7th Place

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:April 8, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas / Photography / Video
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Na Jordana's monument impressed most in the evening hours, when its haunted mansion and creepy figures were lit up and given an extra air of spookiness. https://vimeo.com/10773203 The motto this…

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Fallas 2010: The Lights of Ruzafa

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:March 9, 2010
  • Post category:Fallas / Photography / Video
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This year, the competition for the Best Lights Display award has heated up! Two other commissions, Cuba-Literato Azorín and Cuba-Puerto Rico are challenging the perennial victors Sueca-Literato Azorín. "Enough of…

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IVAM – Mean Streets & My Mother’s Suitcase

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:February 17, 2010
  • Post category:Museums
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The weather hasn't been the greatest in the Valencian Community recently, so we spent one rainy afternoon at the IVAM -- Valencia's modern art museum -- where there's almost always…

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Valencia.Art – Festival of Contemporary Art

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:September 22, 2009
  • Post category:Culture / Festivals / Museums / Things to Do
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The 5th edition of Valencia.Art, a festival celebrating Contemporary Valencian art, is set to take place in the Centro del Carmen on the first four days of October. This is…

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Famous Drawings at El Centro del Carmen

  • Post author:mpowell
  • Post published:January 14, 2009
  • Post category:Culture
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Van Gogh: Cabeza de una Campesina Two centuries of hand-drawn sketches by some of the world's most famous artists have just gone on display at the Centro del Carmen --…

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We're Jürgen and Mike, from Germany and the USA. We've been living in Valencia on-and-off since 2008. Much of our time is spent traveling the world with For 91 Days... but Valencia is the city we call home, and to which we'll always return.
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