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SUMMARY:La Malinche and the fall of the Aztec Empire: Heroine or Traitor?
DESCRIPTION:In the early 16th century Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors defeated the great Aztec Empire\, built a new city for colonists from Spain and took control of vast lands stretching from today’s south-western U.S. down through most of Central America. A story not often told\, however\, is that one of the reasons for the success of this conquest was the invaluable help of a woman\, Princess Malinalli\, known today as La Malinche. Born around 1500 to nobleparents\, after the death of her father and re-marriage of her mother\, she was sold into slavery to Mayan traders who in turn sold her to the Spanish invaders. Her facility with languages brought her to the attention of Cortés\, who used her as a translator and confidante. She was known to the Spanish as Doña Marina and was the mother of Cortés’ first son\, Martin. La Malinche is often described as the embodiment of a new culture\, one in which the mixing of races\, Spanish and Aztec\, created a new world. This view is not shared by all Mexicans\, however. For some\, La Malinche is the symbol of a great betrayal that led to the death of millions of her fellow indigenous people. \n\n\n\n\nLa Malinche standing between theAztec Leader\, Moctezuma II\, andHernán Cortés. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nA statue of La Malinche\, Cortés\,and their son\, Martín\, in MexicoCity.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/la-malinche-and-the-fall-of-the-aztec-empire-heroine-or-traitor/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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SUMMARY:César Manrique Cabrera (1919-1992)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Chantry \n\n\n\nCésar Manrique Cabrera (1919-1992): described as the man “building paradise in the ruins of hell”.César Manrique Cabrera was a Spanish painter\, sculptor and artist\, best known for his architectural projects as artistic director. He was one of the foremost exponents of contemporary art in the Canary Islands\, and a reference in the relationship between art\, nature\, and landscape. Manrique sought harmony between art and nature as a creative space and was awarded\, among others\, the World Prize for Ecology and Tourism and the Europa Prize. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nManrique Cactus Garden\, Lanzarote \n\n\n\nMural \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSculptures
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/cesar-manrique-cabrera-1919-1992/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251110T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251110T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240527T182425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T145127Z
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SUMMARY:How it all Began
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ally O Brian \n\n\n\nWhat are the stories behind some of the famous products?  Birds Custard and Royal Baking Powder were both invented because Alfred Bird’s wife was allergic to yeast and eggs.  “Marriage is a lot more harmonious when one’s wife can satisfy her sweet tooth”!!!  \n\n\n\nWhy is there no sugar or flavouring in cornflakes?  What was plasticine first used for?  How did lingerie go from a silk camisole to a push-up bra? \n\n\n\nKellogg’s cornflakes\, Liquorice Allsorts\, Goddard’s Wonderbra\, Plasticine\, Sunlight soap\, Gillette and more.  They all have a history.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/how-it-all-began/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251027T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251027T113000
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CREATED:20250111T110329Z
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SUMMARY:Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Chantry \n\n\n\nOver two thousand years ago one of the greatest military leaders in history almost destroyed Rome.Hannibal\, a daring African general from the city of Carthage\, led an army of warriors and battle elephants over the snowy Alps to invade the very heart of Rome’s growing empire. But what kind of person would dare to face the most relentless imperial power of the ancient world? How could Hannibal\, consistently outnumbered and always deep in enemy territory\, win battle after battle until he held the very fate of Rome within his grasp?Hannibal appeals to many as the ultimate underdog—a Carthaginian David against the Goliath of Rome—but it wasn’t just his genius on the battlefield that set him apart. As a boy and then a man\, his self-discipline and determination were legendary. As a military leader\, like Alexander the Great before him and Julius Caesar after\, he understood the hearts of men and had an uncanny ability to read the unseen weaknesses of his enemy. But Hannibal was much more than just a great general. He was a practiced statesman\, a skilled diplomat\, and a man deeply devoted to his family and country.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/hannibal-romes-greatest-enemy/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20251013T103000
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SUMMARY:Naïve Art
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rosalind Miranda \n\n\n\nNaïve Art is usually is usually defined as art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes\, & is characterized by childlike simplicity & frankness of execution and vision. It is simple\, unaffected\, and unsophisticated. In the right hands\, however\, this does not make it any less appealing than the work of trained artists\, as you will see. Sometimes it even has extra appeal. It warms the heart and soothes the soul! \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we’ll be looking at three artists\, one French\, one American\, & one British. Two of them didn’t start painting until their 40s\, one not until her late 70s. But today\, their works are being sold for millions.  \n\n\n\nSo\, come along\, perhaps to be inspired to take up painting or another craft in retirement. Who knows? You could be the next artistic sensation! \n\n\n\nNAÏVE ART  \n\n\n\nor \n\n\n\nLATE BLOOMERS \n\n\n\nor \n\n\n\nThere’s Hope for Us All
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/naive-art/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250922T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20241213T152321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T094822Z
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SUMMARY:Edward VIII. Were The Arabian Princess and The Perfect Murder to Blame for His Downfall
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gary Johnson \n\n\n\nGary Johnson aims to show you how a little known Arabian Princess was to blame for the downfall of Edward VIII and how this happened.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/edward-viii-were-the-arabian-princess-and-the-perfect-murder-to-blame-for-his-downfall/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250908T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250908T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250105T174050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T184242Z
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SUMMARY:The Year 1946
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Mike Granville \n\n\n\nSpeaker: 1946 was a year of profound change.  In particular the United States and Soviet Union were emerging as superpowers\, setting the stage for the Cold War. This talk will explore how the events and developments of 1946 laid the groundwork for the modern world.  It will also look at the lives of ordinary people in Britain and around the globe.  Maybe it was the year you were born?  Me too. \n\n\n\nMike Granville
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-year-1946/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250623T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250623T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250129T094509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T094547Z
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SUMMARY:Medieval Pleasures. Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll in the Middle Ages
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Keith Smith \n\n\n\nWhen the word Medieval is mentioned\, one conjures up images of death\, disease and depravity. But what was life in the Middle Ages in Europe really like?What did people eat and drink?What leisure activities did they pursue?What were attitudes to sex? When could they have sex? When not? Who decided this? and what happened when the rules were broken?To find the answers to these questions and more\, and to find some common myths about the Middle Ages challenged\, come along to this whimsical presentation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nr
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/medieval-pleasures-sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll-in-the-middle-ages/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250609T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250609T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20241130T120752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T135425Z
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SUMMARY:Elihu Yale and his Wicked Wife
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: David Ebsworth \n\n\n\nElihu Yale is a major figure in our history\, though now mostly forgotten. One of the first nabobs\, (a Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire) Yale bequeathed his name to one of the world’s most famous universities. At the same time\, he left nothing to poor Catherine except the slur of branding her a “wicked wife.” But Catherine’s own background is fascinating – daughter to one of the Levant Company’s merchant adventurers who helped introduce Alicante wines to the world. Her husband’s reputation is tarnished\, however\, by his involvement\, through the East India Company\, in the Indian slave trade but the true story of Catherine and Elihu Yale is still “stranger than fiction” – as author of the Yale Trilogy\, David Ebsworth\, explains in this one-hour session.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/elihu-yale-and-his-wicked-wife/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250526T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250526T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250210T153103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T184439Z
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SUMMARY:Sorolla\, Benlliure and Blasco: Valencia's Greatest Painter\, Sculptor and Writer
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Atkinson \n\n\n\nWe are absolutely delighted to welcome back one of our favourite speakers\, Peter Atkinson\, who is returning to this area for a short time from his new life in Canada and has kindly fitted in one of his superb talks for our members whilst here. \n\n\n\nHis presentation will explore the work and lives of these three men. Each was a brilliant and prolific artist in his field and\, remarkably\, they were all born in the city during a five-year period in the 1860s: painter\, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastide (1863-1923); sculptor\, Mariano Benlliure y Gil (1862-1947); and writer\, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928). They knew each other and\, without being particularly close\, they were friends. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlmost all of Joaquín’s work is oil on canvas and was mostly done outdoors under the Mediterranean sun; he is known as a “painter of light”. He painted people at work and play\, did a lot of landscapes and garden scenes\, and accepted many commissions for portraits. His family (wife and three children) were often his subjects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMariano had intended to be a painter but\, on a visit to Rome\, the work of Michelangelo inspired him to become a sculptor. While most of his work is bronze\, he was also a gifted chiseller of marble. He produced many busts and close to one hundred monumental works\, often large and complex and mostly in Spain (Valencia and Madrid in particular). \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVicente had the most varied life of the three. With 50 titles\, he was principally a novelist\, the early ones being set around the Albufera lake to the south of Valencia. He also wrote 15 non-fiction books and was a journalist; he founded a newspaper for which he wrote almost a thousand articles. And he was a left-wing\, republican politician: anti-monarchy\, anti-Church\, and anti-landowner. He spent a decade in the Cortes\, the national parliament\, and had three stints in jail. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI hope that as many members as possible will join us to enjoy this excellent speaker.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/sorolla-benlliure-and-blasco-valencias-greatest-painter-sculptor-and-writer/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250512T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250512T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250129T181134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T181136Z
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SUMMARY:The Earth is not Flat
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Alan Hunton \n\n\n\nAncient civilisations had little understanding of our planet and the general opinion was that it was flat or saucer shaped. All the heavenly bodies appeared to revolve around the Earth. Pythagoras and other Greek philosophers working in Alexandria in Egypt during the first millennium BC disproved the flat Earth theory and within a short period of time had discovered the size of the Earth and Moon and the distances between them. The influence of Aristotle and Ptolemy and the teachings of the Church stalled any further progress and it wasnot until the seventeenth century that Kepler and Galileo could show beyond doubt that the planets went round the Sun using the earliest telescopes as aids.We will also discover that in the 18 th Century\, Nevil Maskelyne found a way of ‘weighing’ the Earth by taking a very large plumb line on a series of rambles in the Scottish Highlands.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-earth-is-not-flat/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250414T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250414T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250112T100603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T163001Z
UID:39403-1744626600-1744630200@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Carmen Amaya (1918-1963)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Chantry \n\n\n\nConsidered by many to be the greatest flamenco dancer of all time\, Carmen Amaya gave her own definition to the art of flamenco. Her career began at the age of four and throughout her childhood she performed alongside her father in the taverns and music halls of Barcelona. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s she travelled the world and achieved her greatest fame in the Americas. She made films in Hollywood\, appeared on Broadway\, danced for Roosevelt and Churchill\, but always remained true to her gypsy heritage. Flamenco today is deeply indebted to Carmen Amaya – through her artistry and virtuosity she effectively altered the history of flamenco dance forever.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/carmen-amaya-1918-1963-2/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250324T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250324T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250227T181046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T184301Z
UID:39318-1742812200-1742815800@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:The WPA: How Artists were Helped by the New Deal
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rosalind Miranda \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a lead-up to the New Deal in the USA in the 1930s & some of the artists who were helped by this program\, I will start with some nostalgia about the Roaring Twenties. Even if we didn’t live through those years\, it’s fun to hark back to those wild times. All good things come to an end\, though\, & that decade finished with the start of the Great Depression. As this is too . . . well\, depressing to spend much time on\, we won’t focus on the worst of it. Instead\, we’ll quickly go onto the programs in the US that helped many people get through the hardest of those dreadful times. From the general programs\, we’ll look specifically at those that helped the creative community.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Prepare to be surprised to hear about some artists who later became very famous & wealthy\, but who were glad to receive a paycheck of $23.60 per week during the bad years!
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-wpa-how-artists-were-helped-by-the-new-deal/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250310T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250310T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250112T100603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T184007Z
UID:39075-1741602600-1741606200@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Carmen Amaya (1918-1963)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Chantry \n\n\n\nConsidered by many to be the greatest flamenco dancer of all time\, Carmen Amaya gave her own definition to the art of flamenco. Her career began at the age of four and throughout her childhood she performed alongside her father in the taverns and music halls of Barcelona. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s she travelled the world and achieved her greatest fame in the Americas. She made films in Hollywood\, appeared on Broadway\, danced for Roosevelt and Churchill\, but always remained true to her gypsy heritage. Flamenco today is deeply indebted to Carmen Amaya – through her artistry and virtuosity she effectively altered the history of flamenco dance forever.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/carmen-amaya-1918-1963/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250224T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250224T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250222T193642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250222T193644Z
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SUMMARY:Talk Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/talk-cancelled/
LOCATION:Alicante
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250210T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250210T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T135041Z
UID:38296-1739183400-1739187000@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Serendipity
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Alan Hunton \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSerendipity is a remarkable phenomenon which describes a most beneficial outcome achieved purely by chance. We will see that a significant number of scientific discoveries throughout history have been made by mistake; such that the intended result failed but the unintended consequence was so dramatic and useful to society that the researcher was then awarded a Nobel prize. \n\n\n\nA well-known example is that of the work of Alexander Fleming who had the foresight to realise that the mouldy formation that appeared in a petri dish that he had forgotten to clean could be useful. At the time he was not studying antibiotics but he understood there was potential and penicillin has since saved millions of lives. \n\n\n\nIn this talk we will look at ten different Eureka moments in history and we can ask the question\, do the people who made such discoveries deserve the recognition and reward given that they stumbled upon the outcomes?
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/serendipity-2/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250127T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250127T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20241120T171929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T134959Z
UID:38602-1737973800-1737977400@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:EDWARD HOPPER and HIS MUSE: alienation and subjugation
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Rosalind Miranda \n\n\n\nEdward Hopper\, the best-known American realist of the inter-war period\, painted the world as an alienating\, often vacuous place\, with everyone in his works appearing terribly alone. Many of his paintings are instantly recognisable.What is less known is that his wife of 43 years\, Josephine Nivison Hopper\, was famous as an artist before he was\, having her paintings exhibited alongside those of Modigliani\, Picasso\, and Man Ray\, and that it was she who started getting him exhibited.So\, are two artists who marry going to enjoy and build on each other’s successes? Come along and find out.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/edward-hopper-and-his-muse-alienation-and-subjugation/
LOCATION:Alicante
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250113T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250113T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20250107T144945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T144947Z
UID:39024-1736764200-1736767800@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:The History of Natural and Man - Made Glass
DESCRIPTION:Due to some problems with the A & H group loud speaker I have had to delay the scheduled talk on the History of the Automobile and replace it with The History of Natural and Man -Made Glass \n\n\n\nI first gave this talk eight years ago so\, hopefully\, new members will not have heard it and older members may have forgotten!! \n\n\n\nIt is very interesting and includes some surprises. \n\n\n\nJohn Hopwood
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-history-of-natural-and-man-made-glass/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/wp-content/uploads/glass1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241209T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241209T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20241203T124714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241203T124716Z
UID:38743-1733740200-1733743800@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:The life and works of David Hockney
DESCRIPTION:Due to a cancellation\, I have decided to repeat this talk\, which I previously gave approximately six years ago\, about my favourite artist\, the lad from Bradford\, David Hockney. \n\n\n\nIt is a remarkable story concerning a man from a very normal background who progresses through life to become one of the best-known artists in the world\, is voted as the most influential British artist of all time by 1\,000 of his fellow artists and who’s art sells for hundreds of millions of pounds. \n\n\n\nInitially his art appears to be quite simple but it is soon seen to be full of detail and each work tells a story. \n\n\n\nDavid is also famous for designing wonderful sets and scenery for major operas around the world. \n\n\n\nHe has recently moved to live in Normandy\, France and his art work there featuring much of the countryside near his home is a delight.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-life-and-works-of-david-hockney/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/wp-content/uploads/David-Hockney-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241125T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241125T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240413T143616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T204749Z
UID:37052-1732530600-1732534200@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)\, the foremost woman artist of her age
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Chantry \n\n\n\nMarie-Antoinette-and-her-children\n\n\n\nElisabeth Vigée Le Brun exerted her considerable charm to become the friend\, and then official portraitist\, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable\, this role made her a public and controversial figure\, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution\, she nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent\, self-supporting artist\, doggedly setting up studios in Rome\, Naples\, Venice\, Milan\, Vienna\, St. Petersburg\, and London. \n\n\n\nElisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a singularly gifted and high-spirited woman during the revolutionary era\, connected with such personalities of her age as Catherine the Great\, Napoleon\, and Benjamin Franklin. Long overlooked\, Vigée Le Brun’s portraits now hang in the Louvre\, as well as in all leading art museums of the world.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/elisabeth-vigee-le-brun-1755-1842-the-foremost-woman-artist-of-her-age/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/wp-content/uploads/Self-Portrait-Elisabeth-Vigee-Le-Brun-1024.png
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241111T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241111T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240527T181752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T204529Z
UID:37323-1731321000-1731324600@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:How I Won the War for Britain
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gary Johnson \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn how Juan Garcia a chicken farmer from Barcelona: \n\n\n\n\nCreated a way of influencing Nazi strategy at the highest level\n\n\n\nWon the trust of Churchill and Hitler\n\n\n\nSaved thousands of Allied lives on D Day\n\n\n\nMade enough money to fund the entire British Secret Service\n\n\n\n\nA fascinating true story not to be missed!
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/how-i-won-the-war-for-britain/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/wp-content/uploads/Juan-Garcia.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241028T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241028T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T203410Z
UID:37093-1730111400-1730115000@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Sister Queens
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Keith Smith \n\n\n\nIn the late 15 th Century\, the Spanish Catholic Monarchs\, Isabel and Ferdinand\, used their children to create a complex web of alliances mainly to curtail the power of France.Two of their daughters\, Catalina and Juana\, became Queens\, but neither got to rule for long as they were deceived by the powerful male members of their families.This presentation outlines their lives and attempts to answer controversial questions that are still asked of them. \n\n\n\nJuana with her dead husband´s coffin
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/sister-queens/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241014T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20241014T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240920T080453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T080457Z
UID:38277-1728901800-1728905400@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Meeting cancelled. In memorium - Peter Holley
DESCRIPTION:It is with great sadness that I have to inform members that Peter Holley\, who was due to give his very first talk to our Art & History Group on the 14th October\, sadly\, and very unexpectedly\, passed away on the 19th September. \n\n\n\nAs a mark of respect to the memory of a well-loved member of our Group there will not be a meeting on the 14th October. \n\n\n\nJohn Hopwood (Group Leader)
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/meeting-cancelled-in-memorium-peter-holley/
LOCATION:Alicante
CATEGORIES:Art & History
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/wp-content/uploads/Peter-Holley.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240909T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240909T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T145439Z
UID:37102-1725877800-1725881400@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Joy Adamson (1910-1980): naturalist\, artist and author.
DESCRIPTION:Friederike Victoria “Joy” Adamson was a passionate\, temperamental and controversial woman. Although she married three times and was an infamous seducer\, she never experienced happiness with any of her husbands or lovers. She won international renown with her African wildlife books\, especially the trilogy describing how\, together with her last husband\, George Adamson\, she raised a lion cub\, Elsa\, and returned it to its natural habitat. All three were best sellers that were later developed into films and condensed into one volume as The Story of Elsa (1966). \n\n\n\nDuring her lifetime\, she created more than 500 paintings and line drawings. Her work included portraits of the indigenous populations commissioned by the government of Kenya\, as well as botanical illustrations for at least seven books on East African flora. She also produced animal paintings\, among them studies of Elsa and Pippa. \n\n\n\nJoy Adamson pioneered the movement to preserve African wildlife but was murdered by a disgruntled employee in 1980. Her husband\, George Adamson was killed by animal poachers in 1989. In 2004\, however\, in an extraordinary prison cell interview\, his first since he was jailed for Adamson’s killing\, Paul Nakware Ekai claimed that Joy Adamson was a ‘very hot-tempered’ boss\, and that he killed her after she shot him for complaining about not being paid. An article in The Guardian\, February 2004\, raised the question: Was Joy Adamson an angel of mercy… or a tyrant?
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/joy-adamson-1910-1980-naturalist-artist-and-author/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240624T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240624T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240622T095925Z
UID:37500-1719225000-1719228600@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Cancelled - The History of the Automobile
DESCRIPTION:La Marquise 1884. The oldest car in the world which is still running.\n\n\n\nMost historians agree that Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot of France was the constructor of the first true automobile. Cugnot’s vehicle was a huge\, heavy\, steam-powered tricycle\, and his model of 1769 was said to have run for 20 minutes at 2.25 miles (3.6 km) per hour while carrying four people. He could have had little idea how the Automobile was to develop and advance in following years. \n\n\n\nThis talk details how the automobile advanced from a simple idea to the developments in the 1920’s to today’s sophisticated vehicles. \n\n\n\nIt is an entirely non-technical talk and should be of considerable interest to the ladies in our group as well as their\, perhaps\, their more enthusiastic husbands! \n\n\n\n\nThe Latest Rolls Royce Phantom\n\n\n\nMercedes Concept Car
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/cancelled-the-history-of-the-automobile/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240610T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240610T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240413T142848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T151603Z
UID:37074-1718015400-1718019000@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:We’ll always have Paris
DESCRIPTION:Travel back in time to the years of the Second World War – as you’ve almost certainly never known them before. \n\n\n\nAuthor David Ebsworth tells the “stranger than fiction” stories behind his 2021 novel\, A Betrayal of Heroes. \n\n\n\nTales of Casablanca and Brazzaville\, of the Spaniards who fought for Free France\, of the 1940s celebrities and spies who fill the novel’s pages. Prepare to be amazed! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid is a very accomplishes speaker and he certainly entertained our members extremely well the last time he addressed us. \n\n\n\nOne not to be missed!
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/well-always-have-paris/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240527T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240527T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T150140Z
UID:37104-1716805800-1716809400@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:The History of Ice on Planet Earth
DESCRIPTION:Our planet has been completely ice free for most of its 4.5-billion-year history. \n\n\n\nSo\, the fact that we have ice caps in Greenland and in Antarctica today is unusual. \n\n\n\nIn the first part of this talk we will see how it was possible for events to change so that that ice covered most of the planet on at least two separate occasions. \n\n\n\nIn the second part we will look more closely at the relatively recent ice ‘age’ which was (only) 30000 years ago but it is significant as it represents the period when modern man finally settled in Europe. \n\n\n\nWe will also take a brief look at the ‘Little’ ice age of the 17th century when the Thames froze.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/the-history-of-ice-on-planet-earth/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240513T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240513T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T144447Z
UID:37098-1715596200-1715599800@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Architecture and Public Art in the Valencian Community
DESCRIPTION:We shall take a tour of the Comunidad Valenciana\, one of the 17 Autonomous Communities into which Spain is divided; it is made up of three provinces: Valencia\, Alicante and Castellón. We’ll visit the three principal cities (the provincial capitals) and we’ll explore a range of other towns and villages across the region\, from Orihuela in the south\, close to the border with Murcia\, to Benicarló in the north\, close to Catalonia. \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at some of the more interesting and attractive buildings\, and at the art that greets the visitor in public places – murals and sculptures. The main focus will be the Marina Alta\, the area around and inland from Dénia\, Jávea and Moraira. Among many others\, the featured artists include Toni Marí from Jávea\, a prolific and innovative sculptor in iron\, and Tardor Roselló\, a brilliant young muralist from La Xara\, Dénia.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/architecture-and-public-art-in-the-valencian-community/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240422T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240422T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T160134
CREATED:20240410T190906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240413T144032Z
UID:37096-1713781800-1713785400@local.u3amoraira-teulada.org
SUMMARY:Pauline Gower. Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire WomenA&H Template event
DESCRIPTION:Pauline Gower was the leader of the Spitfire women\, a wartime sisterhood: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires\, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II. The 168 women of the Air Transport Auxiliary came from many countries and backgrounds. Although most were not allowed into combat\, they demonstrated astonishing bravery; flying unarmed without radios or instruments and at the mercy of the weather and enemy aircraft\, they delivered battle-ready planes to RAF fighter pilots. \n\n\n\nPauline Gower was a clear leader of her time and her story is one of bravery\, fortitude and political persuasion. She died after giving birth\, at only 36\, a life cut tragically short\, but one of significant achievements. Pauline left a huge legacy for women in aviation.
URL:https://local.u3amoraira-teulada.org/event/pauline-gower-pioneering-leader-of-the-spitfire-womenah-template-event/
LOCATION:Salón de Actos\, Espai La Senieta\, Ctra. Moraira a Calpe\, 8\, Moraira\, Alicante\, 03724\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Art & History
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