The exhibition THE BERLIN BOX brings together works by 60 Berlin-based artists, offering an unusual insight into the current artistic production and flow in the city. The project surprises the visitor with a broad variety of techniques, methods and styles.

THE BERLIN BOX – new art exhibition at CCA GALLERY

Dates: 03.04.10 until 31.10.10

Opening April 3rd 2010 at 8 pm CCA Andratx.

C/ Estanyera 2, 07150 Andratx

Tel. +34 971 137 770

E-mail: info@ccandratx.com –

www.ccandratx.com

HOME MALLORCA INVITES YOU TO THEIR LAUNCH PARTY: The island’s innovative new internet based shop launches its new range of luxury bedding, towels and linens on Saturday, March 27, 15:00 – 17:00 at Mood Beach Bar & Restaurant in Portals.

Contact details:

More information about Home Mallorca

Email: style@home-mallorca.eu

Danny – Phone: +34 – 697 914 233

Philip – Phone: +34 – 697 914 234

Invitación Personal Home Mallorca lo invita a usted a su fiesta de inauguración el innovador comercio on-line de Mallorca inaugura su nueva gama de lujo en ropa de cama y toallas

32nd International Music Festival of Deià

This concert commemorates the first centennial of the birth of Samuel Barber and the second centennial of the births of Frédéric Chopin and R. Schumann. American violoncellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Alfredo Oyaguez will perform Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 73, Barber’s Sonata Op. 6 and Chopin’s Sonata in G Minor Op. 68.

More information about the Deia music festival:

www.dimf.com/

Dates: 1st and 3rd of April 2010

Time | 20:00

Venue: Son Marroig. Deià

Price | €20, €15 (Alma Concerts members), €10 (students with ID)

Tickets | Box office / Tel. 678 989 536 /

concerts@dimf.com

FREE ENTRANCE to the same concert on April, 3 in Palma:

Dates: 03-04-2010

Time:  21:00

Venue: Palau March. Palma.

Tickets | Telephone reservations 971 711 122

Easter festivities for 2010 are scheduled between 1st of April and 5th of April

One of the largest holy festivals in Spain, Semana Santa or ‘Holy Week’ is also a big event on the island of Mallorca. Recalling the events of the Passion of Christ, the celebrations begin on Palm Sunday at churches across the island, with the traditional blessing of palms and olive branches. This is usually followed by colourful parades through the streets each night.

On Maundy Thursday, the solemn ‘La Sang’ procession takes place, during which a representation of the crucified Christ is carried through the streets to remind worshippers of the meaning of Christianity.

Schedule 2010:

Maundy Thursday (April 1): From approximately 19.00 hrs, a slow-moving parade (Processió de la Sang) of Palma’s 30 or so cofradies, or brotherhoods, wends its way around the city. It’s a magnificent and moving spectacle, with the men wearing penitential robes and conical hoods, and carrying weighty statues of the Virgin Mary on ornate platforms, to the accompaniment of sombre music.

Good Friday (April 2) (Divendres Sant): In many places there are Passion / spiritual ceremonies: On the steps of La Seu, Palma Cathedral, the Passion is enacted by a theatre group "Taula Rodona” at about 12.00 noon; at dusk there’s the atmospheric Descent from the Cross of Calvary ( Devallement) procession to the church in Pollença; about 19:30 hrs the procession of the Holy Burial in Palma (from Sant Francesc); at 23.00 hrs the procession "Sant Entierro” (Holy Burial) in Sineu.

Easter Sunday (April 4): 8 a.m. church service in Llucmajor, then the joyful Procession of the Meeting, representing the reunion of Jesus with his mother, the Virgin Mary. A procession of men lead the statue of Jesus from the church to the meeting (Encuentro) at the Town Hall Square with the statue of the Virgin carried by women from the parish church.

Easter Monday (April 5): The Mallorcans like to picnic (weather permitting) or head into the villages and small towns to enjoy lunch out in a restaurant – book your table in advance! Easter Tuesday: the day of most Romerías (pilgrimages) in Mallorca, known as "Pancaritats" (meaning literally "bread of mercy"). These events – a combination of procession and picnic – mark the Medieval tradition of Palma’s aldermen giving bread to the poorest families, and many people head for the island’s hermitages and sanctuaries.

Sunday after Easter (Angel Sunday): Day of festivities at Palma Bellver Castle (about 20,000 visitors, folklore performances, extensive children’s programme)

12th of March until 14th of May 2010

Natxo Bassols shows his first individual exhibition at centre d’art la real: The Invisible Lover. The poetic narration that displays Natxo Bassols is product of his vital experience in collaboration with Kika Salom. In all the photographies there is a shoe left over, an object left behind, somebody has gone away, and she is left alone, desperately waiting for the person who is not there, who perhaps does not exist, or, who has passed away, or possibly is fruit of her imagination; the Absence is the theme of all the photographies.

Centre d’Art La Real Cami de la real 5, Palma (Secar de La Real – Establiments)

Tel. + 34 971 253 942

www.galerialareal.net

‘Montaña rusa’ (Roller Coaster) presented by the Arturo Fernández Troupe

This veteran actor, who recently turned 81, directs and stars in this comedy written by Eric Assous that was a hit on Broadway and in Paris and Spain, where it’s been in theatres for two years. Arturo Fernández plays César, a successful married businessman who one day crosses paths with the beautiful Lola, played by actress Carmen del Valle.

Category | Theatre

Dates | 12th, 13th and 14th of March 2010

Time: 9 p.m. (Friday), 9.30 p.m. (Saturday), 6:30 p.m. (Sunday)

Venue | Auditòrium. Palma

Price | 30 €

Tickets | Box office

Phone: +34 – 902 33 22 11

British photographer Kirsten Leedham opens her "Cuba Flash" exposition at Espai art gallery, on March, 18. The photo art images can be seen until April, 12.

Address: L’Espai gallery, Calle San Sebastian 3 Bajos, 07001 Palma.

www.kirstenleedham.com

www.l-espai.com

The artist about herself: Ever spellbound as the first marvel; the magic energy captured of an instant moment in time. Studying at Bournmouth Institute of Art and assisting in studios in London, I knew the outdoors was my canvas. Canvas of sail brought adventure on the water but the draw of investigation, the moment, has the greatest attention and the keen eye more focused.

Thursday, 18 March: Fiesta CubaFlash at La Bodeguita del Medio from 22:30 — C / Vallseca, 18 – En La Lonja

The Mallorcan Hoteliers Association (ACH) protests against the suspension of Golf Son Bosc (Playa de Muro). The reason for the current construction stop is an eco certificate that all the natural parks of Spain should have, but the region of S’Albufera eyed on the golf course for about 20 years. Last Friday, February, 26, the Government gave the go-ahead to the environmental study. The law prohibits activities which significantly alter the area analyzed, such as the golf course. Then, from document to emerge, ultimately will determine whether or not investors can build on that site.

More information about golf in Mallorca

Read the GOB opinion regarding this issue

This decision by the Government is in the opinion of the ACH, "contrary" to the tourism policy that "should be developed in Baleares" because the hotel project to determine the "power to maintain levels of competitiveness" required by the markets issuers. The hotel reminded that the project of Son Bosc is in processing for 15 years, with all the mandatory reports favorable and meeting the quality requirements: Added value to "sun and beach", extending the tourist season and a solar strip that "currently is a dumping ground", states the hotel association in a note.

Read the current magazine and find an interview with Macia Blazquez, president of environmental protection association GOB.

In this sense, they appeal to the Plan of Management of Tourist Offer (POOT) and the Plan Territorial de Mallorca (PTM) in which, according to hoteliers, "the shortage of golf courses in the East of Mallorca" is stressed. The ACH insists it is a clean bill of which there is associated residential offer and, moreover, is deficient, a fact taken from the beginning by the promoter group (comprising hoteliers in the area) ", but hoped that overtime season forwarded indirect and direct employment for 25 people, says the association.

"The works of the golf course, which represent a significant investment in a very difficult time, and whose dynamic effect was already detectable, had begun last Monday after the collection and payment of licenses, and sticking to a rigorous Protection Plan orchid meadow", he said. The ACH, who criticized the study for the development not been published either in Catalan or Castilian in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands, urges the Government to reconsider its agreement if it really believes in seasonal adjustment and a revitalization plan of the tourism economy. (Source: EFE Spain)

Since 1st of January 2010, the Arabella Golf & Spa Resort offers two new golf membership possibilities at the Son Quint Executive Course and at Son Vida Golf.

New membership possibilities From 1st of January 2010 on the Arabella Golf & Spa Resort offers two new golf membership possibilities:

- Unlimited green fees at Son Quint Executive Course plus Driving Range at Arabella Golf Son Muntaner, from 1st of January – 31st of December 2010, for € 600.

- Annual membership at Arabella Golf Son Vida, from Monday – Friday (without Driving Range), for 1.400 €. New members will be charged an inscription fee of 50 %. For more information about these membership options and inscriptions:

Arabella Golf Son Muntaner, Paco Ruíz, telephone +34 971 78 30 38, paco.ruiz@arabellastarwood.com.

Festa Sant Francesc – April 2nd, a popular feast of St. Francis is celebrated throughout the islands.