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Sofia Live Club hosts a night with Arcangel

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0200

Enjoy a night of Flamenco on Friday February 3 at Sofia Live Club.

The Help wins big at SAG awards

VOA News — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:04:00 +0200

French actor Jean Dujardin was named best actor for the silent film The Artist. Best actress was Viola Davis.

Sofia Live Club hosts February brass festival

The Sofia Echo staff — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:49:00 +0200

The festival will hopefully promote brass music, show its variety and beauty and help revive the tradition of the urban brass orchestra.

Scorsese's Hugo leads with 11 Oscar nominations

VOA News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:45:00 +0200

The 84th annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26 in Hollywood.

Italian artist Stefano Benazzo exhibits sculptures at Rakursi gallery

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:18:00 +0200

One of the sculptors just happens to be the current Italian ambassador Stefano Benazzo.

Special Sofia show to mark world disability day

The Sofia Echo staff — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:36:00 +0200

Expect a combination of pantomime, puppet theatre and singing at the Nikolai Binev youth theatre on December 3 at 3.30pm.

Finnish tango king and queen in Sofia on December 1 2011

The Sofia Echo staff — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:30:00 +0200

Cousins Johanna Debreczeni and Jouni Keronen are Finland's most famous practitioners of tango.

Sentimental Swingers in Sofia Live Club sellout concert

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:47:00 +0200

The playlist included Chatanooga Choo Choo, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Sing Sing sing, Rum and Coca Cola, Shoo Shoo Baby, Tico Tico, Michael Jackson's Blame it on the Boogie.

Sofians enjoy opening night of Tosca

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:40:00 +0200

Radostina Nikolaeva plays Tosca, Kostadin Andreev plays Mario Cavaradossi and Biser Georgiev plays Baron Scarpia.

RomaNeno fills Sofia Live Club

Gabriel Hershman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:03:00 +0200

Special guest performer was conductor and violinist Maxim Eshkenazy, musical director of the festival and its founder.

Roma folklore band performs at Sofia Live Club on November 5

The Sofia Echo staff — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:31:00 +0200

With a repertory of traditional Roma music, the band is also influenced by jazz, flamenco, Latin and funk.

Food for the brain at Sofia Independent Film Festival

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:32:00 +0200

Cerebral films for more discriminating movie fans are shown at the festival until November 5.

Jazz great Molvaer performs at Sofia Live Club on October 23

The Sofia Echo staff — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:00 +0300

Molvaer told The Sofia Echo he is particular admirer of the late, great legendary Johnny Cash (1932-2003) and trumpet player Wynton Marsalis as well as singer-songwriters Neil Young, Joannie Mitchell and Herbie Hancock.

Club Culture Beat hosts TRIPup Sofia

The Sofia Echo staff — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0300

TRIPup Sofia is part of a series of international networking events that take place all over the world.

Old Sofia comes to life in new exhibition

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:30:00 +0300

The photos and postcards are part of the Stara Sofia online collection and show the capital before it got buried under innumerable outdoor parking areas and traffic jams.

Plovdiv celebrates night of museums and galleries on September 17

The Sofia Echo staff — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:46:00 +0300

A total of 40 000 visitors and guests attended last year's edition of the Plovdiv night of museums and galleries, which makes it one of the largest cultural events in Bulgaria.

Robben Ford and Contino in Jazz on Wheels music festival

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:15:00 +0300

The ever-popular British film star and longtime Sofia resident Ben Cross will also feature in a warm-up act, accompanied by jazz musician Mihail Yossifov and his sextet.

Israeli duo Mira Awad and Noa perform in NDK on September 20

The Sofia Echo staff — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:11:00 +0300

Awaḍ was born to an Arab Christian father from the Galilee and a Bulgarian Christian mother (Снеянка - Snejanka).

Tom Jones to perform in Sofia on November 18

The Sofia Echo staff — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:56:00 +0300

What's new, Pussycat? The Welsh singing legend will perform at the Arena Armeec Sofia stadium.

Bulgaria's Conan receives gala premiere in Sofia on August 24

Gabriel Hershman — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:54:00 +0300

Conan, directed by Marcus Nispel and starring Jason Momoa, was filmed exclusively in Bulgaria at Nu Boyana studios and also in Pernik, Vitosha and Dobrich.