Telavivi comic book shop Comics N’ Vegetables wins international award
Comic book store Comics N’ Vegetables (CNV), did win the prestigious 2011 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, the third ever store outside North America since 1993. The award is granted to a store that has “done an outstanding job of supporting the comic art medium in the community and witin the industry at large”. CNV has done this job in Israel with verve since 2001, first with an online retail website and in 2005 started … Read entire article »
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Just some random facts about Tel Aviv
January 2011… Population : 403.000; Academic institutions: 9; Museums: 23; Theaters: 9; Dog parks: 40; Dog owners: 20.000; Gyms: 80; Bars: 450; Sushi restaurants: 100 (the 3rd. highest concentration per capita in the world ); Private investigators: 108; Matchmaking services: 18; Public libraries: 22; Bookstores: 91; Cafes: 332; Street lamps: 63.312 and 151 outdoor sculptures… We think you should come to see it all with your own eyes. Even the (many) dogs… ;-) … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv One|Uno hits the shelves
A new photobook of Tel Aviv landscapes by the photo journalist Viviana Tager: Tel Aviv One|Uno hit the shelves of the Steimatsky (and other) bookstores…“Tel Aviv is a city of light and shadow…” the photographer says “…and I decided to focus on light”. The book is in a fancy edition, in full color and on chromo paper. … Read entire article »
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Ayman Sikseck: the young writer from Jaffa
Last Friday, April 9th, I did find an long and very interesting article written by Doron Halutz in Haaretz Magazine about the young columnist and literary critic, Ayman Sikseck. The 26 years old Ayman, born in Jaffa, just released his debut work of fiction: “To Jaffa”. It is a story about the expierence of a literature student at the Hebrew University who divides his time between Jaffa and Jerusalem, and between a secret affair with his beloved Sherihan, a Muslim woman who is engaged to someone else, and a relationship with Nitzan, a Jewish woman. The book is only in Hebrew for now, but Ayman told me a few days ago, that they are talking about an English translation. We will keep you informed.. … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv one of World’s top party towns
Lonely Planet travel guide ranks Tel Aviv as the 10th best place to party (!!!) in, explaining that: “…Tel Aviv has a relaxed air, and prides itself on being gay-friendly and friendly going.” and “…Tel Aviv is a fun, free attractive city for tourists and especially for young tourists. Tel Aviv’s marketing potential is huge.” The prestigious list was compiled by the Lonely Planet travel guide in its new book: The 1.000 ultimate Experiences. … Read entire article »
What is ‘hot’ in Tel Aviv??
The Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Yafo published a new pocket-size English guide, called: Visit Tel Aviv-Yafo. The guide divides Tel Aviv-Yafo in five districts areas-the North, City Center, the Heart, the South and Jaffa. You will find maps, adresses, web site information and phonenumbers, each section is illustrated by photographs and a short introduction to each Tel Aviv area. The guide unearth the secrets of Tel Aviv’s mystique. The guide is available ( NIS 60) at the Ass. for Tourism (Herbert Samuel Street no.46, Tel Aviv’s Boulevard) or at Steimatsky bookstores. … Read entire article »
In memory: Amos Kenan
On August the 4th, Amos Kenan, the columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist, passed away at age of 82. Kenan was born in 1927 in South-Tel Aviv. He wrote the first anti-establishment column in Israel, the satirical “Uzi & Co”. He lived in Paris from 1954 until 1962, were he befriended Jean-Paul Sartre, Herbert Macuse and Noam Chomsky. In 1962, he received the Sam Spiegel Prize, in 1970 the Israel Cinema Council Prize and in 1998 the Brenner Prize. His 1948 novel: “The Road to Ein-Harod“, was made into a film in 1990. A great man is gone… … Read entire article »
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Castro Spring/Summer
Castro Fashion came yesterday with it’s new (34 by 24 cm) Spring/Summer Fashion Guide: City-Love-Style. The beautiful art-pictures in the guide are made by Dudi Hason. You will find Castro at the Dizengoff Center, corner King George street. … Read entire article »
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Those ugly towers!
Two days ago, I was walking on the Nahalat-Binyamin, one of the loveliest streets in Tel Aviv, with lots of restaurants, bars and twice a week an exciting art market. But the view of this street, with some beautiful buildings from around 1920 is ruined by the ‘sight” of an other ugly high-rise nearby: a part of the so-called “Lev Hair” (Heart of the City) project, ‘designed’ by Adi Karmi (she is the sister of Ram Karmi, who is destroying at this moment the once beautiful Habima-building). Not so long ago, architect and the ‘enfant-terrible’ of the Israeli Architecture, Israel Goodevich, wrote a fantastic book (only in Hebrew) about this high-rise in Tel Aviv, called: “40 x 40″ (200 pages with great color-pictures) … Read entire article »
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The Tel Aviv Experience
The newest English guide about Tel Aviv is the 2nd edition of the ‘City Guide Tel Aviv’, produced and edited by Dalit Nemirovsky (Crossfields, Tlv-2008). It is a handy, wonderful 207 pages guide full information about the history of the different districts of the city and the best places to visit, concerning, e.g.: food, nightlife, design(shops), ’boutique hotels’, cafe’s, fashion (shops) and bakeries. If you, as tourist, but also as Telavivian, want to discover or re-discover the city, this color-full guide will show you the way. … Read entire article »
‘Stuff’ for one year
The shelves of Steimatzky bookstores are filled with new books/albums (in Hebrew until now) about the 100 year history of Tel Aviv. Nearly everyday, you will find a new title, e.g.: Days of Light and Magic, 1909-1931 (238 pages) by Ravik Rosental Tel Aviv Exposed (302 pages ) by Yossi Golberg Tel Aviv City Guide (293 pages), Mapa Publishers Tel Aviv-Yafa: from garden suburb to a world city (486 pages) by Baruch A. Kipnis Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv ( 239 pages ) by Mordechai Naor. We wish you many, many hours of wonderful reading… … Read entire article »
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Tel Aviv Fever one month old! Time for a present :-D
April 19th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Yes, today [19:30 IL Time ;-) ] it is only one month that Tel Aviv Fever is LIVE. :-D We decided to give you a present, because we are thrilled by your reactions, of which we get most by e-mail and not as a comment, but that is a minor detail ;-) Don’t be afraid to tell us what you think! We thought you would love a video channel with video’s of Tel Aviv Only. So we made you our own Tel Aviv Fever vChannel. You can find it in the upper menu or HERE (which basically both do the same ;-) ) If you know a nice video that is not included yet, tell us, so we can put it there too! ENJOY! … Read entire article »
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