Valencia: All Over the Place (Walks & Talks)

A perfect summer evening walk full of wow-now moments!
Let's circumnavigate the historical city center along its ancient walls...
Legendary GPS artist YASSAN initiated #CircleWalk tradition for Pi Day
It's a great way to (re)discover Valencia wanderlusting on August vibes!

We'll start at 19:00 at Torres de Serrano and explore the monuments, personalities and history trivia along the way: Turia, Plaza Tetuan, Puerta del Mar, Colon, Estación del Norte, Guillem de Castro, Torres de Quart, muVIM & IVAM museums, etc. Let's discover something new about all the places we've passed by "a million times" ... we'll finish at Torres de Serrano just in time for your late dinner plans or going to see Charlie Chaplin (!) at the summer Filmoteca in the Turia park.

This walkshop is free to join and enjoy. The host will pass the hat at the end for welcome donations, but the point is to enjoy every step.

Alexey's own first Pi Day Circle Walk in 2022 was inspired by GPS art and La Ofrenda, the ritual Offering of Flowers, that takes place during the Fallas festival.

ABOUT THE HOST: Alexey is a storyteller who teaches criticism at Academy of Art University (San Francisco) and International Fashion Academy (Paris). In 2023 he was on the jury of CLEC Fashion Festival, had an art installation in the City of Arts and Sciences and presented a one-man show "No Hablo Espanol" at conFusion Fest. He is also a host of Book Lovers Unplugged, a literary open mic at the only English bookstore in Valencia, and producer of @StandUpComedyValencia. Most importantly, Alexey is a fulltime Gemini with ADHD.

Y'all loved our emergency August show, so here's more August standup!
Stop by Comedy Bar for an airconditioned night of standup with six comedians bringing the heat to the mic 🔥
🎟️ Tickets in Entradium: 7€
Co-production @comedyrocket_ & @standupcomedyvalencia

📍 Comedy Bar, (Calle Campoamor 57, Valencia)
🗓 Thursday, August 21
🕗 Show starts at 20:00 (ish)
🎟️ Tickets in Entradium: 7€

No better way to beat a heatwave than with a few cold drinks and a few hot-take jokes in very good company. Grab your friends and come LOL with us! 🎭🍻
🎟️ Tickets in Entradium: 7€

Following a GREAT July event with Shamagika, we return to the Goddess for a very special evening gathering and a museum visit in August.

Join us for Pan's Picnic (bring your own beverage and/or your favorite snack) with a conversation about all things magical in Valencia followed by a visit to the GODDESS exhibition at CaixaForum before it closes at the end of the month.

Come to explore sacred art and/or to meet other expats and English speakers who are interested in all things esoteric and mythic. The whole experience should take about two hours, before the heat sets in.

The exhibition highlights the many faces of feminine power, including goddesses, spirits, demons, and saints, figures who have been venerated, feared and beloved throughout history and who have deeply influenced entire cultures and people's daily lives.

We will gather in the Turia park at the level of the City of Arts & Sciences (exact location pin provided prior to the meeting) for sips, snacks, and convo and then go visit the exhibition together.

The gathering cost is free/donation. The exhibition itself is 6 euros (free for clients of Caixa Bank).

Check out:
Veneradas Y Temidas exhibition
Shamagika online

This gathering is hosted by Alexey & Yanu

Join us for a guided visit to the Gaza Biennale: Valencia Pavillion. Host Alexey Timbul and curator Salma Alhakim will discuss the artists and artworks participating in the exhibition.

This show is not "about" Gaza ... it's Gaza artists in their own voices!
The powerful exhibition will run through September 30 at the GRAPA.
Please, visit this new gallery and witness the wow of Palestinian art.

Follow THE GRAPA: The Gallery for Rebel Artists & Political Art
Before you go, Meet the Artists and Meet the Curators online.

Official Press Release

The Gaza Biennale is a decentralised exhibition, founded in Palestine and realized in multiple places worldwide, the Gaza Biennale transpires as a global exhibition that takes works from Gaza around the world, while the artworks take people around the world on a journey to Gaza.

The Valencia Pavilion of the Gaza Biennale exhibition brings together the voices of artists from Gaza—voices that speak not through press releases or news footage, but through brushstrokes, camera lenses, and creative gestures formed in the midst of rupture. In a time when Gaza is most often represented by numbers, statistics, and overhead footage, this exhibition insists on seeing differently: through the eyes of those living, creating, and enduring its realities.

This exhibition invites viewers to look closely—not just at the art, but at what lies beneath it: lives disrupted and remade, voices that persist. It asks us to see Gaza not as an abstraction of war, but as a place of people, culture, and imagination. In doing so, it affirms the enduring power of art to cross borders, carry memory, and connect us in our shared humanity.

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La Bienal de Gaza es una exposición descentralizada, fundada en Palestina y realizada en múltiples lugares del mundo. Se presenta como una exposición global que lleva por todo el mundo obras creadas en Gaza mientras transporta a personas de todo el mundo a Gaza. El Pabellón de Valencia reúne las voces de esos artistas de Gaza que hablan no a través de comunicados de prensa ni imágenes de noticias, sino a través de pinceladas, lentes de cámara y gestos creativos forjados en medio de la ruptura. En una época en la que Gaza se representa a menudo con cifras, estadísticas e imágenes aéreas, esta exposición insiste en ver de otra manera: a través de los ojos de quienes viven, crean y padecen sus realidades. Esta exposición invita al espectador a observar con atención, no solo el arte sino también lo que subyace: vidas interrumpidas y rehechas, voces que persisten. Nos invita a ver Gaza no como una abstracción de la guerra, sino como un lugar de gente, cultura e imaginación. Al hacerlo, afirma el poder perdurable del arte para cruzar fronteras, transmitir memoria y conectarnos en nuestra humanidad compartida.