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Around Town
Music, museum, books
Florin Ciocotisan, Alexandra Ginja, Andreea Retea
Music
The rock band Blackbeers is scheduled for three consecutive nights in Bucharest beginning March 16 at Big Mamou (Spl. Independentei 2A). They’ll be at The Dubliner March 17 (B-dul Titulescu 18) and The Harp (Stirbei Voda 1) on March 18. All shows start at 9 p.m, and admission for all is 10 RON.
Other rock acts include Taxi on March 16 at Backstage (Str. Gabroveni 14); Luna Amara on March 18 at Preoteasa (admission 10 RON). Kumm is scheduled March 23 at Backstage and March 31 at Yellow (Str. Edgar Quintet 10, admission 10 RON). Both shows begin at 9 p.m.
On March 24, DJ Food mixes at Escape (Str. Turturele 11, admission 20 RON).
Museum
Visitors at Grigore Antipa Museum can experience just about everything from Greenland to Greece and enjoy a cup of tea while they’re at it. The 171-year-old Museum of Natural History, located at Soseaua Kiseleff 1, offers documentary films and lectures along with tea and biscuits at 5 p.m. on the last Saturday of every month.
The admission price of two new lei, less than the cost of a movie ticket, is worth the tea and biscuits alone.
But there’s much more. In a recent presentation, Museum Director Dumitru Murariu showed rare photos of previously undocumented marine life discovered after the catastrophic tsunami that struck South Asia at the end of 2004.
Mysterious fossils more than 200 million years old were on the schedule for February after Mihai Popa returned from an international expedition of paleobotanists who probed the ice cap of northeastern Greenland.
Coming attractions include these illustrated lectures:
“I Climbed the Highest Peaks of the Seven Continents,” by Alpinist Constantin Lacatusu, March 18
“A Zoologist among Ruins - from Tomis to Troy”, by Dr. Corneliu Parvu, Apr. 29
“Friendships at the Antipodes - Two Months among Chilenos Rumanos,” by researcher Dorel-Marian Rusti, May 27.
The series ends in May. Reservations are recommended. E-mail auroras@antipa.ro or call 021-312.88.26, extension 137. For further information on conferences, visit antipa.ro/pconferinte.html.
Books
From March 8 to March 12, the National History Museum hosts 11th annual Book and Press Salon, organized by Amplus International Ltd. Over 100 international publishing houses, foundations, societies, book distributors, cultural and educational institutes are expected to participate.
Admission is free. Visitors may browse a wide variety of products at promotional prices.
Offerings include fiction, economic studies, textbooks, encyclopedias, criticism, memoirs, electronic books and other publications.
Organizers have also scheduled book launchings, debates, poetry recitals, music, raffles, competitions and more.
The schedule:
Wednesday, March 8, 2 p.m.-7 p.m.
Thursday, March 9, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Friday, March 10, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday, March 11, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday, March 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Web information: http://www.salonul-de-carte.amplus.ro/informatii.html
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