Literature.  Upstate New York,  12/09/2014

Catalan poet Anna Ballbona, in residence at Ledig House

Since its founding in 1992, Writers Omi at Ledig House has hosted hundreds of authors and translators, representing more than fifty countries.

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Music.  New York,  13/09/2014

The Catalan Institute of America (CIofA) celebrates La Diada in New York with sardanes and Pep Sala

In Catalonia, as in New York, September 11th commemorates a very important event. In Catalonia it marks the day when Catalans lost their political freedom to King Phillip V in 1714. This year, 2014, marks the 300th anniversary of that national day, named "La Diada Nacional de Catalunya."

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Gastronomy.  Cleveland OH,  26/09/2014

Exhibit "Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity", at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, starting September 26, 2014

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the visualization and drawing practices of master chef Ferran Adrià. It charts the origins of this innovator’s intellectual and philosophical ideas about gastronomy that have forever changed how we understand food.

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Architecture and design.  New York,  29/09/2014

Gaudí and La Sagrada Família, this fall at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York

More than a century after Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí began working on The Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, La Sagrada Familia remains under construction. Originally situated on the outskirts of the city, La Sagrada Familia today serves as the enduring symbol of Barcelona. But unlike the Eiffel Tower or Brooklyn Bridge, Barcelona's icon is still a work in progress and a magnetic center of spiritual life.

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