San Pablo's 9th Workshops for Peace: read all about it

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JIMENA / San Pablo Let's start at the beginning. This year's edition of the San Pablo de Buceite Workshops for Peace -its 9th edition already- is taking place between July 21st and 30th, that is, it starts next Thursday. Anybody who has taken part or even an interest in the past will tell you that not only has the initial concept grown but it has got a lot better and more varied. The word 'workshop' sounds like a lot of work, and some of it is. But the basic idea is for people of different nations, cultures and backgrounds to come together for a series of artistic and/or cultural endeavours over a period of time that allows them to get to know each other at least a little. For the most part, the workshops are aimed at the young ... well, we'll be putting things up on this site and on CampoPulse, referring to all that is going on (Look for the poster illustrating this item, on the sidebar). In the meantime, the full public programme is below in a somewhat peculiar translation by Google, on which we will be improving. The poster, by the way, is based on a graffiti mural workshop that was part of the previous edition, directed by Antonio Fernandez.

'Picnic' this year's winner of the Short Film Competition of San Pablo

JIMENA /San Pablo de Buceite A busy weekend in San Pablo: among preparations for this year's Workshops for Peace (July 21 to 30), was choosing the winner of the Short Film Competition for Peace. Some 52 short movies came in from all over the country and from Argentina and Puerto Rico. Prizes were €600 to the winner - 'Picnic' by  Gerardo Herrero, of Asturias, about the consequences of war, which has won prizes at several festivals. In second place, with prize money of €300, was Entre pañuelos y Sueños, by Alejandro G. Salgado, of Sevilla, who tells us the story of Howard Jackson, a black character who earns his living at a traffic light in Sevilla. Prizes will be given on the 22nd at the Casa de la Cultura in San Pablo, as part of the Workshops for Peace.

'Working for Peace' in San Pablo

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ON TONIGHT:  
THURSDAY, JULY 22 Calle Real (Main Street)

8.30pm - Music bands in the street. Selection of Spanish music.

11.00pm - Concert by "Trovamundos" band

00.30am - Concert by "Makale" band

'Working for Peace' in San Pablo

Preparations for the eighth annual Talleres por la Paz in San Pablo de Buceite are very nearly finished. Yesterday, Sunday, was the day to receive the children participating this year. Volunteers from the organization headed for Jerez airport and the port at Tarifa (photo) yesterday to receive guests from Cuba and Morocc. Most of the activities, including workshops in percussion and instrumental, graphitti, foam molding, digital still & movie photography. get under way today. The theatre workshops, attended mainly by local children, have been going for a week now, with a view to presenting their work at the ceremony to end the Talleres.>