The television thriller of the moment and a lifelong pastry shop: what you cannot miss this week
What perhaps you have missed and what surely you cannot miss: the cultural and leisure proposals of 'Ara Diumenge'
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The week ahead, with Jordi Garrigós
Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days
I will go to the first concert by Mercury Rev in a Barcelona venue in over twenty years. The legendary American band, a rarity of independent rock full of tonalities and experimentation, will be at Apolo on Monday to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of their most celebrated records, All is dream, released just after the album that gave them worldwide fame, Deserter's songs. Seeing them outside of a festival is a sensory and atmospheric experience that is more than recommended.
I will repeat the wonderful chocolate palmier from Pastelería López, in the heart of the Born neighborhood, in Barcelona. Not everything is hostile in one of the most gentrified spots in the city: there are still survivors like this traditional pastry shop specialized in mille-feuille. My favorite pastry is their chocolate palmier, a delight without comparison. Warning: if you are not very hungry, order something else, because you have never seen such a large specimen in your entire life.
I will visit the exhibition Josep Maria de Sucre, activist and visionary artist at the Vila Casas Foundation. It is a tribute to the painter, poet and art critic of the 20th-century Catalan avant-gardes. The artist explored human psychology through the face, by means of faces, masks and portraits, works of very disturbing expressive intensity and depth. It has just opened and you will be able to see it until mid-January.
The week that ends, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets
Notes on what we have seen, felt, tasted and, in short, lived in the last seven days
I have enjoyed a lot the series Furious, which you can watch on Disney+. The story begins with a dead man who seems to have suffered an overdose, but hides the story of a serial killer who seeks revenge after having suffered all kinds of abuse at the hands of rich and powerful men. Emmy Rossum shines as the lead police officer.
I've gotten hooked on La noche más oscura, the true crime podcast that, from Ràdio Vilafant and Ona Digital, has been reviewing the darkest episodes of true crime, both local and international, for ten years. Furthermore, many episodes have a topical angle –like the one they did for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 or the one dedicated to Ratko Mladić just after his death– and they analyze them in depth.
I have celebrated that the documentary filmmaker Eugenio Monesma has decided to publish a second book dedicated to compiling the traditional trades that are at risk of disappearing. In 100 oficios para el recuerdo, published by Lunwerg, he travels through Spanish geography, highlighting the knowledge and artisanal work that is often hidden in these jobs that almost no one does.
I have not been able to stop thinking about the 50th anniversary of the legendary album Songs in the key of life, by Stevie Wonder. To celebrate this anniversary, the singer has presented a mini-album of four unreleased songs created during the recording sessions of that historic album, in which he mixed soul, funk, jazz, gospel, and pop.
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