What can you do this week? Billie Eilish’s concert and visits to the secret sites of the city
The week that begins, with Jordi Garrigós
Some of the things we expect not to lose ourselves in the next seven days
I will go In the first of the two concerts that Billie Eilish will do at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. I would say that he has never recovered the freshness and genius of his debut, when he was a teenager revolutionized the mass pop pan thanks toWHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?of 2019. That overflowing and unonic essence will surely never return, but Eilish continues to demonstrate that he is one of the great singers of his generation. WithHit me hard and softHe resumed the path of good criticism and a year after seeing the light in Catalonia.
I will visitFlorescencethe new exhibition of one of the most interesting Catalan artists of this decade, Marria Pratts. Underground art militant from Barcelona since he was practically a teenager, Pratts is an emerging but consolidated name that walks his paintings around the world. Iconic, dazzling and debtor of Tàpies and Miró, presents these days a new sample in the Mayoral Gallery with two conductive wires: the death of the mother and the birth of her son.
I will read The new Gloria de Castro novel. After winning the 2022 llibreter award withThe moment before impactCatalan returns to the present with a story focused on an idea in which many will find a mirror: every family can be a small hell if you have never learned to love. Those who approach for the first time will find a surgical author when pointing out and with bad milk as a flag. It is titledSolemn templesand it is published by Ediciones del Periscopio.
The week ending, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets
Notes on what we have seen, heard, tasted and, ultimately, lived in the last seven days
I have celebrated The premiere of the third season of the series Big Boyswhich can be seen in Filmin. This British comedy is one of the most tender and endearing proposals in recent years and comes to the end accompanying the characters in their university passage to working life. We really want to know how your friendship will evolve at that time in your life, which will surely be accompanied by some tears of emotion.
I have passed For the market that the clothing brand Vintage Susi Sweet Dress organized the weekend in the courtyard of the parish of San Félix African, in the Eixample of Barcelona. With a selection of more than a thousand styles dresses VintageT -shirts, skirts, frogs …, the offer was endless and was specially designed for lovers of romantic style with an aesthetic remembered in the 50s. The illustrators Flavita Banana and Amaia Arrazola also passed with their new books, there was a braid workshop and a demonstration.
I have signed up to one of the visits of the Architecture Week 2025. This is Espais Ocults, a guided tour of unique spaces of the city, unknown and usually inaccessible, accompanied by experts that offer a detailed historical and architectural explanation. This year’s route focuses on an emblematic area of the city: the Montjuïc mountain. Under the motto Tempus Huido: International Exhibition 192910 singular spaces can be visited that allow us to understand the evolution of this environment and how it has changed over time.
I have not been able to stop thinking about The book Borgen syndromeby Núria Varela, which proposes to discover why women abandon politics. The author reflects on the absence of women in places of decision -making that is born from a statistical reality: the number of women leaders who have left their political positions in recent years is very high – what the author has defined it as a Borgen syndrome, in honor of the Danish series -, since currently the heads of state.
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