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January - March 2002 |
BIEL housed the following musical events:
Live Lebanon music festival
Amro Diab concert
Ragheb Alameh concert
Broadway Show by We Group.
On March 3, the Prague Chamber Choir performed Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the St. Louis Capuchin cathedral, as part of the Al Bustan Music Festival.
As the city center houses the National Conservatoire, music students are often seen walking along the streets or reviewing exams in the gardens.
Art
in
the
city
Exhibitions
held
during
the
quarter
included:
Pablo
Picasso
and
Juan
Miro
lithographs
at
Instituto
Cervantes
Georges
Goursat
lithographs,
and
Hussein
Madi
drawings,
at
Aida
Cherfan
Fine
Art
gallery
Joumana
Ibrahim
paintings
at
Lina's
Sandwich
shop
Olivier
Aubry
paintings
collection,
and
Leila
Chalabi
paintings,
at
Compagnie
des
Arts
Hayat
Karanouh
photographs
at
La
Posta
restaurant
local
artists’
work
at
Martyrs’
Square
cultural
fair.
Shopping
and
entertainment
The
February
sales
drew
even
more
shoppers
to
the
city
center.
At
the
Beirut
International
Entertainment
and
Leisure
Center
(BIEL),
the
season
was
rich
with
concerts,
conferences,
fashion
and
shopping.
Local
designers
unveiled
new
fashion
lines,
and
‘Shopping
Follies’
lasted
from
February
28
to
March
10.
Call
for
peace
On
January
24,
a
large
number
of
people
including
clerics
held
an
inter-religious
gathering
in
Nejmeh
Square.
The
event
was
organized
by
the
National
Committee
for
Islamic-Christian
Dialogue.
After
separate
prayers,
the
participants
joined
their
voices
to
call
for
peace
in
Lebanon,
the
region
and
the
world.
Kid’s
play
At
Planet
Discovery,
the
Dutch
mime
and
music
theater
group
presented
the
interactive
play
Papageno,
engaging
the
young
audience
with
choreographed
mime
and
dance
to
classical
music.
Besides
bikes,
scooters,
rollerblades
or
skateboards,
children
enjoyed
pony
rides.
