Weekend calendar: Christmas Story Fair in Bucharest, Sibiu & Craiova Christmas markets, Lights of Caravggio, Jordi Savall in Timișoara and more
<h4 class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#474747">The season of Christmas markets and fairs kicks off this week in Sibiu, Craiova, and in Bucharest, while an exhibition on Caravaggio's influence opens in Timișoara. <o:p></o:p></span></h4>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">In Bucharest:</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#474747"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Christmas Story Fair<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#474747">This is the ninth edition of the event held at Bucharest’s Children Opera and the program covers 112 performances, interactive activities and workshops designed for young visitors. Children and families can participate in creative sessions at the Elves' Workshops, a VR Adventure in Santa's Sleigh, Santa's Sleigh Flight, the Time Tunnel, Grinch's Grotto, the Magic Elevator, or the Toy Carousel and the Magic Wheel. More details on the program are available <a href="https://www.operacomica.ro/se-deschide-primul-targ-de-iarna-din-tara-targul-poveste-de-craciun/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Hungarian Film Week<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">Until November 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">The Hungarian releases of the past year, awarded at international festivals or not yet screened in Bucharest, are part of the program. The event also screens Romania of the Hungarian films that were recently restored within the digitization program of the Hungarian Film Archive and showcases the Hungarian cinematographic world from Transylvania. </span>More details&nbsp;<a href="https://culture.hu/ro/bucuresti/evenimente/18-bukaresti-magyar-filmhet-2" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">SoNoRo<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">Until November 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">The public is invited to discover the connections between music and literature at chamber music festival SoNoRo, which runs this year an edition on the theme of Ex libris. The event takes place in Bucharest and in Cluj. </span>More details&nbsp;<a href="https://festival.sonoro.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Garden of Lights: Beauty and the Beast<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#474747">The Botanical Garden hosts another edition of the Garden of Lights event, this time with the theme of Beauty and the Beast. </span>More details&nbsp;<a href="https://gardenoflights.com/ro/bucharest" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Art Safari<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">Until December 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">This edition of the event celebrates women that have made a significant contribution to Romanian art and culture, among them Queen Marie and artist Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck. One show is dedicated to German photographer Sibylle Bergemann, while another features the emerging generation of artists. </span>More details&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsafari.ro/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Art films @ MNAR<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">Until December<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#474747">A series of documentaries on well-known names of art will be screened at the Auditorium Hall of the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR). </span>More&nbsp;<a href="https://mnar.ro/en/arhiva-evenimentelor/event/752-the-year-of-art-films-at-the-national-museum-of-art-of-romania" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">In the country:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">The Lights of Caravaggio. The Beginning of Modernity in European Painting, Masterpieces from the Roberto Longhi Collection<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#474747">The exhibition, which aims to highlight Caravaggio's influence among his contemporaries and his contribution to European Baroque, includes one painting by Caravaggio, alongside works by artists such as Lorenzo Lotto, Juseppe Ribera, Gian Battista Caracciolo, Dirck van Baburen, Mattia Preti, Gerrit Van Honthorst. More details <a href="https://mnart.museum/expozitia-luminile-lui-caravaggio/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#333333;background:white;mso-highlight:white">UnWorlding<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#333333;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Until March 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#333333;background:white;mso-highlight:white">This exhibition by artistic duo Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán, the Romanian artists based in Vienna, is open at the Art Encounters Foundation in </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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color:#474747">Timișoara. </span>More&nbsp;<a href="https://artencounters.ro/en/unworlding-a-rare-opportunity-to-explore-recent-works-by-the-artistic-duo-anca-benera-and-arnold-estefan/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
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white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#333333;mso-ansi-language:ES">Folias Antiguas y Criollas –Jordi Savall &amp; Hespèrion XXI, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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minor-latin;color:#333333">November 14<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#333333">The concert, held in Timișoara, explores the richness and diversity of Spanish and South American Baroque music traditions. Further info <a href="https://www.entertix.ro/evenimente/25402/concert-extraordinar-folias-antiguas-y-criollas-din-lumea-veche-pana-la-cea-noua-jordi-savall-hesprion-xxi-tembembe-ensamble-musica-ricercata-op-7-14-noiembrie-2024-sala-capitol-timisoara.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.<span style="background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in"><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">This year’s event, entitled </span><i style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">Christmas Unboxed</i><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">, is held in several venues in Sibiu. The city’s Grand Square hosts the 22-meter Ferris wheel and the 600-square-meter ice rink, the Lower Square hosts </span><i style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">Santa’s Land</i><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">, a venue dedicated to children, while in Huet Square visitors will be able to enjoy a walk under an installation of illuminated trees. More details <a href="https://targuldecraciun.ro/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>

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normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:
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mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in"><span style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71);">Visitors can see Santa's sleigh and elevator, meet Beauty and the Beast, and explore the setting inspired by sci-fi movies. More info <a href="https://www.primariacraiova.ro/ro/a/3186/pe-15-noiembrie,-craiova-devine-capitala-cr%C4%83ciunului!" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>

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