28/05/08

Celebrate 65 years since the ballpoint pen was patented in America! Hooray for Biró Lászlo! What do you mean, "Who's Biro László?" Only the Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint pen who didn't have the nouse to patent it in America 65 years ago today or before.

If László were alive today he'd probably be writing about one of the following...
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Deti Picasso (Concert)

A38, 28th May, 21:00 1000Ft adv, 1500Ft door
Petőfi hid [map]
Buda, XI, Petőfi híd (Budai hídfő) (T4/6), 2 min

Russo-Armenian rock punk ethno-experimentalists, Deti Picasso, start their European tour in Budapest. Part two of their ethnic experiments concept, Turbo Mairik, was released in March and is aired live here for the first time.


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Yagmur (Concert)

Art Katakomba, 28th May, 20:30, 300ft
Szent István krt. 2 [map]
Pest, XIII, Jászai Mari tér (T4/6), 0 min

Are you watching Miss Marple? No, I'm listening to Yagmur's folky violin-piano jazz. A little earnest to some, others will praise Nyikes Laura's voice as heavenly. There are two ways to find out: myspace here or live in the katakombs.

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Hommage à Ligeti (Concert)

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, MUPA
28th May, 19:30, 1000 - 3000Ft
Komor Marcell utca 1 [map]
Pest, IX, Boraros tér (T 4,6), 8 min

The UMZE Chamber Ensemble tackles several of Ligeti's works from the late sixties and early seventies, including, String Quartet No. 2, Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe, and Clocks and Clouds. As avant-garde as classical music gets: atonality is György Atonality Ligeti's middle name.

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Moholy-Nagy (Exhibition)

National Gallery, Tues-Sun 10-18, until 25th August
Buda Palace, Szent György tér 2
Buda, I, Disz ter (B10), 6 min
Tel. 20 4397 326

Photographer, typographer, sculptor, painter, and industrial designer, Moholy-Nagy was professor at the Bauhaus and swayed it away from expressionism and towards constructivism. This exhibition focuses on his early works and includes a short film based on his script "Dynamics of the Metropolis".
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Cheap Cinema Night (Film)

Palace Cinemas, 28th May, 800ft

If you've been dying to see Step Up 2: The Streets but can't bring yourself to pay full price, because you've heard that it's "the single most racist movie that will be released by any major American studio in the first 10 years of the twenty-first century", here's the excuse you've been waiting for. Alternatively, you could always opt for something half-decent instead. (English cinema listings here).

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