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Spider-Man the musical in New York

Mónica Boixeda New Yorker, Only-Be

Since its preview premiere, Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark has generated a lot of talk. Despite that, it has been on Broadway for over a year and it´s managed to satisfy the expectations of its director Julie Taymor, who has been given awards for the music of the show, which was by the leader of U2, Bono, and The Edge. The show is made up by 41 actors to which they add 18 orchestra members and acrobats. The main actors are Natalie Mendoza, who plays a seductive and evil spider, and Reeve Carney, who plays the seductive hero of the story, Spider-Man. To produce the acrobats, where the actors are launched in the air at 37mph, they hired a specialist of the Cirque du Soleil, who was in charge of designing the way to do it and training the artists so that no accidents occurred in these risky maneuvers. However, at one time, the show was stopped for a moment because the acrobatics went wrong and the actors were left hanging from the cables, facing a surprised crowd that didn´t know if it was part of the show or an accident. Initially, and due to these inconveniences, the show that cost $65m was labelled an “anthological failure” by the New York Post, although the New York Times called it a “good show”, without mentioning the cuts due to the technical aspects of the acrobatics. Regarding the music and the script, they´ve also had mixed reviews, with more positive ones since it manages to capture the attention of the spectators majestically. They all agree on the fact that it´s one of... read more

The Mother’s Day in Amsterdam

Candela Vizcaíno Amsterdammer, Only-Be, Things to do in Amsterdam

The new traveling families are not the same that used to be just a decade ago. Today, they are more cosmopolitan, inquisitive and curious. Any occasion is good to leave the house with the excuse of holding any event. Isn’t the Mother´s Day stated on the family calendar as a special day? Well of course. Wouldn’t it be a good idea then to take a weekend off to explore Amsterdam, the city of canals and bicycles? And if the family lives or is there by chance, you can also have fun with any of the events organized and are scattered around this educated and libertarian city. But when is the Mother´s Day celebrated? Well, depends on the country where you are, if you travel during the spring, you can even celebrate it twice. Your mom certainly deserve it, she has anyways made a great effort for you and will do more, even though sometimes you don’t understand why she is constantly moody. Your mother is the one who lays the foundation of what you really are and, like it or not, you will always be conditioned by her presence. That´s why moms have a special day in every country in the world. Dates are mixed and in some nations it matches in December, with the religious celebration of the Immaculate, as is the case of Panama, but usually it falls in the spring days of May: in Spain, like Portugal or Hungary, the first of the month, but more often it is the second Sunday in May, which in 2012 is the 13th of May. In Peru, Holland,... read more

Of Montreal in Istanbul

Mónica Boixeda Istanbulite, Only-Be

The old Ottoman capital, bridge between Europe and Asia, which has charmed such illustrious travelers as Mata Hari, Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway and Greta Garbo, is now a cosmopolitan city, open and so receptive to any cultural event that there is always a major event held there. Attracting the most unique musicians on the contemporary scene, Of Montreal will perform a concert on the 9th of May at Babylon concert hall in Istanbul. Of Montreal International Tour The experienced (active for the past fifteen years) band Of Montreal, which in this occasion are in international tour with their latest album (the eleventh), “Paralytic Stalkcs” will come to Istanbul, after touring Europe from north to south with concerts in Helsinki, Oslo, Paris, London and Barcelona. Much has happened since the year 1997 when they released their debut album “Cherry Peel”. The group led by Kevin Barnes, has carved a niche in the international music market with their pop-rock rhythms mixed with psychedelic seventies. Much has been said of the particular rhythmic style of Of Montreal: some people say that there is reminiscent with the Beatles, as if the subjects of Liverpool were not burned into the meanings of the current population, there is influence of Prince (no doubt), and as you guessed, there are native rhythms of India and a million of other references. But that is what has the trans-modernity, without frontiers that we live in: that every cultural manifestation is a kaleidoscope of previous works. Well, in a musical reference of the city, Babylon concert hall, which hosts up to two concerts a day, on the 9th of... read more