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Munich mounts Tel Aviv Centennial show

November 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment

A new exhibition honoring Tel Aviv’s Centennial celebrations opened at the famous House of Architecture in Munich, Germany. The exhibition curator is Arieh Berkowitz and features his and artist Sergio Lerman‘s works. It will run until December 11th, 2009. The showing express a longing for the city of Tel Aviv old, romantic architecture, typical of the 1920s and 1930s. Sergio Lerman ‘s beautiful drawings of historic architectural buildings you will find also in a most interesting book called Born with Love (2004) with color drawings of the conservation of historical buildings of Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. … Read entire article »

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The Three Routes of Tel Aviv

October 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments

As the Centennial Year draws to an end, one of its most special projects will be introduced in a weekend of walking tours…the so called Three Routes will be officially inaugurated on October 30th and 31st. The Three Routes are special walking trails which tell the story of the city trough three distinguishing colors: White, Blue and Green. The White Route goes through the White City and historic Tel Aviv. The Blue Route runs along the city’s coastline. The Green Route follows the Yarkon River and Ganei-Yehoshua. Each route includes key stations that highlight important sites and prominent inhibitants. The stations are marked by special solar-tiles (!). Information about each station can be heard through any cellular device (!) by dialing: 054-4004414 and pressing the route and station number. To download the maps of the routes … Read entire article »

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The Tel Aviv-Yafo Biennial ARTLV

September 10th, 2009 | Comments Off

This September will be the Centennial Year’s month of art. More then 300 national and international artists will show their art-works. It will be a major art-event. Go for a complete list of the month of art events to: http://www.tlv100.co.il/EN/News/Pages/ARTLV.aspx … Read entire article »

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Movie about Tel Aviv at Toronto Festival

August 15th, 2009 | Comments Off

Danny Lerner‘s new film: Kirot (“Walls”) will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. It will be screened in the so called City to City section, that will feature 10 films focusing on the cinema in Tel Aviv in honor of the city’s 100th anniversary. Kirot stars Bond girl Olga Kurylenko and Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb as two woman living across the hall from each other in an old apartment building in Tel Aviv. The film will be screened in Israel later this year. … Read entire article »

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Larissa Riahi received the 2nd Tel Aviv Fever Heineken bottle

July 15th, 2009 | Comments Off

As we wrote on July the 8th, we made 6 Tel Aviv Fever Heineken bottles (3 are in Israel, 3 in Holland). The first one went to Eytan Schwartz, the ‘big guy’ of all the Centennial events. Our second bottle we gave to: Larissa Riahi. She is original from Amiens (France), studied graphic design. In 2000 she came for six month to a kibbutz as a volunteer. Back in France she studied Art. She missed the life in Israel and she decided in 2005 to make ‘aliyah’ (permanent resident), not for political or religious reasons, just because the love for Israel. Tel Aviv would be here ‘new’ town. She loves art (painting and clay works), music and her openness brings her to meet different cultures and people. At this moment … Read entire article »

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BBC Radio 3 to celebrate Tel Aviv centennial

July 9th, 2009 | Comments Off

A program dedicated to Tel Aviv’s 100th birthday will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on July 12th at midnight (Israel time) and can be accessed trough BBC iplayer at: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer The program will be hosted by Tel Aviv born music expert and presenter Moshe Arad. There will be interviews with Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Israel Lau, the sculptor Dani Karavan, peace activist Yael Dayan and coffee-shop owner Sarah Stern….and of course lots of music from the ‘swinging’ city. … Read entire article »

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Tel Aviv Fever Heineken bottle

July 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment

We did have made a special Tel Aviv Fever Heineken bottle six-pack. The summer is there and Tel Aviv IS summer. Eytan Schwartz was the first person to get one. He is the International Outreach for the Tel Aviv Centennial year. We think he is doing a wonderful job, without buttering up… The second bottle will go to… You will see! … Read entire article »

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Bauhaus 100% Tel Aviv

June 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Mark in your agenda: Tuesday, July 21st from 20:30 until 23:30, will be the grand official opening of the ShenArt Studio & Gallery with a big reception in the Frishmanstreet 21. It will be the start of the exhibition : Bauhaus 100 % Tel-Aviv, a mixed media on canvas by the artist: Stephane Zerbib. The exhibition will close on September the 10th. You will also find in ShenArt the beautiful sculptures: Body Moves, made by Nadia Schoenzwytt. More information soon. … Read entire article »

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New York beach party, Tel Aviv style

June 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, Yaniv Halily, wrote at Ynet about the great success of the Tel Aviv Beach Party, the day before, in Central Park New York City. Thousands of people came to enjoy a day of family-fun at an 15-tons of sand makeshift Tel Aviv beach. “I couldn’t have asked for better weather” said Eytan Schwartz, the organizer of the event (Centennial Celebrations). Another successful event… Kol Ha-Kavod!! … Read entire article »

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A nice souvenir from Tel-Aviv

June 5th, 2009 | Comments Off

If you are looking for a nice souvenir from Tel Aviv, or a present for your foreign friends or relativies on a visit at Tel Aviv Centennial go to Frishmanstreet 21 (near Ben-Yehoeda Street). There you will find in the ShenArt Gallery the first poster (50 x 70 cm) Stephane designed about 100 Years Tel Aviv and his Bauhaus-buildings. A true piece of Art. … Read entire article »

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Tonight at Beth Levine

May 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Tonight, at 19:30 there will be the official festive ceremony (invitation only) for the opening of the White Night Celebrations, with greetings by mayor Ron Huldai and the Deputy Mayor of Paris, Mr. Christophe Girard. After their greetings the inauguration of the Tel Aviv’s Centennial Stamps will take place. Beth Levine, on Rothschild Boulevard no. 46 was designed in 1924 by the architect and Tel Aviv’s first City Engineer: Judah Magidovitch. The beautiful building was restored twice, in 1999 and just last month again. Let the White Night Party begin!!! … Read entire article »

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The Tel Aviv Hall of Fame

May 15th, 2009 | Comments Off

Because of the Centennial celebrations in Tel Aviv, Time-Out magazine and Castro Fashion decided to put together: “The Tel Aviv Hall of Fame”: a compilation of 100 individuals, coined the Centennial Hundred. It honors the city’s luminaries – people who’ve shaped and molded its cultural and physical landscape from 1909 until today. Some of the honoured people are e.g.: Akiva Arie Weiss, one of the City founders; Haim Nachman Bialik, the poet; Ya’acov Shabtai, the writer; Avraham Slonsky, the poet; Etgar Keret, the writer; Reuven Rubin, the painter; Hanna Rovina, the actress; Leah Gottlieb, founder of Gottex; Stefan Brown, furrier; Arik Einstein, musican; Aviv Geffen, musician; Abie Nathan, peace-activist; David Perlov, filmmaker; Ohad Naharin, choreographer and Uri Avneri, political activist. You will find the interesting exhibit at the Castro’s flagship-store … Read entire article »

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Tel Aviv to open its houses

May 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments

‘The Houses from Within Project‘ (www.batim-il.org) will allow the public to see some of Tel Aviv‘s architectural gems from the inside over the weekend of May 8-9. The event is being held in the framework of the city’s Centennial celebrations. Dozens of buildings across Tel Aviv – private apartments , lofts, urban villas, synagogues, churches and public structures – will open their doors (free of charge) to give visitors a glimpse of the city’s various designs over the years. This is the 3rd year Tel Aviv is hosting Houses from Within, but this time it will be on a large scale than its previous incarnations. … Read entire article »

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