The City Council of A Pobra do Brollón presents the program of cultural events for the end of July and August. With at least three events per week, this summer in Guimaralia it will be impossible to get bored. ‘We believe that cultural management should be one of the differentiating elements of the municipal policy of A Pobra. This program affects the affirmation of our identity, the creation of the Guimarães. ’Finally, we are working on a cultural management model for rural Galicia," says the mayor, Jose Lois Maceda.
The cultural program is joined by an offer of guided tours of the city council. Comment on this Ricardo Rodicio, Councillor for Culture: ‘These events are the perfect complement to the tourist programme. This summer we probably have the widest offer in the south of the province of Lugo’.
Concert and film cycles
A series of concerts on the terraces and another of open-air cinema are the two highlights of the program. The series of concerts, ‘With feet on the terrace’, brings five artists to the bars of Guimarães, starting with the multifaceted artist Xurxo Souto on July 31st, on the terrace of O Fogón. In August, the cycle continues with O Leo i Arremecághona (day 7), Xosé Constenla (day 14) and Pardo (day 21). The day will end. 28 with local artist and member of Los Árboles, Ale González.
On the other hand, the film cycle ‘The Way on the Big Screen'’, a project subsidized by the O Teu Xacobeo plan, includes the screening of five outdoor films. All screenings will be on August nights in the Samugueiros recreational area, in the center of A Pobra do Brollón. Three of the films will have themes related to the Camino de Santiago: the animated film The Apostle (day 1), the movie Pilgrimages (day 15) and The Way (day 29). The winner of the Goya Awards will also be screened. Champions (day 8) and the children's film Ralph Breaks the Internet (day 22).
For three Saturdays in August, there will be a third cycle of solidarity events. Includes the screening of two documentaries – The Pretty Girl e The desert madman – both with a cost of €2, entirely allocated to UNHCR. This solidarity cycle includes a talk and screening by the artist and human rights defender, Mohamed Said Hamdad, under the title ‘Wet Papers’.
For children and adults alike
There are also activities designed especially for the little ones: the counters Charo Pita (with his show ‘Without Barriers’ on the morning of August 5) and Storyteller Box the morning of August 21. The last Saturday of July, the Ceiling Wizard will perform at the Casa da Cultura for all audiences and there will be another magic show on the day August 18.
The event program is completed with Pilgrimage of San Lorenzo on August 10 in Cereixa, and July 28 the presentation of the novel Pillabán, Pillabán in which its author Amador Castro Moure tells the story of María Castaña, a native of Cereixa.
