The Benalmádena Youth Department is in charge of organising the 3rd Urban Culture Festival, to take place on Saturday, 18 November, from 12 to 9 p.m., at La Paloma Skatepark. Conceived as a popular party, the festival will be attended by the different urban tribes, whose members will spend a whole day together in harmony while having fun at the same time.
One of the highest points will be the skate championship, which will give out 300 euros and stuff worth 1,000 euros among the top 10. Those who want to participate must register in advance for a 10 euro fee or 20 euros if they register on the championship day.
DJs will all liven up the day with techniques such as scratching and turntablism. There will be also funky, hip-hop, rap, and break dance or BMX bike exhibitions, among other nice surprises.
Finally, the public will enjoy live performances by South Style, Skorpion, Puto Chico, Yenesis, Dresh, 3Deases, Taias, Turno de Réplica, Marckos, Andrews 'G', Foke, C.M.C., Sek y Fose, KKS, Mc Zius, Prodemen, Best Séller, and Ernesto and Diemaster.
Source: Visit Costa del Sol
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At Km. 74 of the Alhaurín de la Torre-Alhaurín el Grande road, in the Guadalhorce Valley, there lies La Paca's Mill (El Molino de La Paca), a place owing its name to Francisca, a member of the Eloy Garcías, a family of doctors from Málaga who opened the mill back in 1820.
The Eloy García family replaced the old machinery, drawn by animals and based on levers, with the first steam engine, which they brought from Manchester. Some years later, the mill changed hands again: it became the property of a prominent landowner, Mr Santos. In the 1920s, it was purchased by Juan Rodríguez, who lived in Alhaurín de la Torre and was the grandfather of the present-day owner, Rafael Mota
Determined to go on with the place's tradition, Mota made an agreement with Mediterránea S.L. to open the mill to the general public and reveal the secrets of olive oil making, an ancient tradition in direct contact with nature.
La Paca's Mills offers guided tours every day -but don't forget to make an appointment in advance!-, which include visiting the facilities, tasting extra virgin olive oil with bread and a glass of Málaga wine, fresh olives and fried potatoes, and taking a 20 ml olive oil sample bottle. Information brochures are available in several languages, and there are also special programmes upon request.
INFO
Attraction: La Paca's Mill (Molino de la Paca)
Town: ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE (Málaga)
Reservation telephones: 95 237 30 44 - 629 763 566
Website: www.molinodelapaca.com
Visiting hours: 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Previous appointment required.
Fuente: Visit Costa del Sol
The Juan Breva flamenco club started on 17 October its traditional flamenco studies, a series of 90-minute lessons that take place every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. (except on public holidays) through March 2007, in the association's headquarters, on Ramón Franquelo Street. Interestingly, the admission is free.
The course is aimed at spreading the knowledge of flamenco amongst citizens. The underlying idea is to address the generic aspects at first, and then go deep into the nature of every 'cante' (singing), 'toque' (instrumental music), and dance.
Live performances or recordings will be part of the lessons as a way to give examples of each topic and, equally important, to make lessons lively and fun. The teachers are Juan Breva flamenco club's members who have delivered innumerable lectures and speeches on flamenco.
The course is organised in three terms: the first one will continue until the first Tuesday of December, the second ends one week before Holy Week, and the last one, in late May. In the meanwhile, students will love listening to flamenco varieties such as 'verdiales', 'villancicos' or 'saetas'.
The Dog in the Manger', comedy in verse in Álora
One of Lope de Vega's classic plays staged by Viento Sur at the Cervantes Theatre.
If we still find it difficult to be different and live against social conventions, imagine what it must have been like five centuries ago. That was the world in which Lope de Vega wrote 'The Dog in the Manger' ('El perro del hortelano'), one of his most celebrated plays, telling the ruses of Diana, the Countess of Belflor, to catch Teodoro, her secretary, when she realises she's in love with him after learning that he's fooling around with one of her maids.
