21/03/08

A lot can go down between Thursday and Saturday... (Although Cassavetes' Shadows, incidentally, doesn't. It goes down on the 26th at 18:45... sincerest apologies...)
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Gumipop (Club)

Kamraklub from 22:00, 21st March, free
Lőrinc pap tér 4 [map]
Pest South, VIII, Baross Utca, (T 4,6), 4 min

Self-professed purveyors of the best and worst of indie-electronica-hiphop-pop-rock. Guest dj from less-talk-more-rock and numerous other dj's, groupies and hangers on. Check them out here.

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La Chambre Blanche (Dance)

Trafó, 20th & 21st March, 20:00, 2200Ft
(students: 1700Ft)
Liliom utca 41 [map]
Pest, IX, Ferenc körút (M3), 3 min
Tel. 061 456 2040

Tenderness and tension are the White Room's uncomfortable bed partners in this reworking of the 1992 original. Liberation and confinement, intimacy and loneliness also come to the party. You'd expect nothing less from Canadian dance company O Vertigo..

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VIII Backpackers' Festival (Festival)

Gödör, 21st March, from 19:00, 2200 ft
Erzsébet tér [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Deák tér (M1/2/3), 1 min

What on earth is a backpackers' festival? Can backpackers really afford to pay 2200ft to get in? Perhaps they could hide in each others backpacks. This runs for three days, and tonight's leg has a kind of hip-hop flavour, with Zuboly and Suhancos on the bill. (Read more about these chaps here).

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The Garden of the Magician (Exhibition)

KOGART, until 20th July
1500 HUF/adult; 750 HUF/student
Andrássy út 112 [map]
Pest Centre, VII, Bajza utca (M3), 3 min


KOGART's latest exhibition is a retrospective of Gulácsy Lajos' work. He may not as well known as Rippl-Rónai or Csontváry, but Gulácsy is still one of the outstanding modern Hungarian painters. Something of a bohemian, he travelled extensively, but still decided to make up his own world.

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Casino Bangkok (Club)

Mono Electroniclub, 21st March, 500ft
Ó utca 51 [map]
Pest, VI, Oktogon (M1, T4/6), 3 min

Electronic, techno and house in intimate Mono Electroniclub. Tonight, the UK's Raw Hedroom takes centre stage, alongside fellow high roller Total Carlos. Myspace here.

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