The week’s dish on events: Artists explore new folklore
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ISTANBUL - Through January Rodeo art gallery presents the double exhibition of Patricia Esquivias who lives and works in Guadalajara, Mexico and Hamburg-based Ergül Cengiz. This double exhibition questions history and identity through various social facts.
In her early paintings, Ergül uses birds as a symbol of migration and escape. In the videos Folklore I (2006) and Folklore II (2007), Patricia Esquivias uses Spanish imagery and narration to build conclusions and histories through cheap material and an improvisational map of signs. / Tütün Deposu / Lüleci Henden Cad. No 12, Tophane, (0212) 293 58 00
Karaoke ladies nights
Kick off the New Year this Tuesday with the ladies. First drink half price. Or come Fridays in a wig and you won’t be alone. / Klub Karaoke / Zambak Sokak 15 Beyoğlu (0212) 293 7639
Make chocolate or glass
Any weekday, design homemade chocolate, from milk and cacao to almond and liqueur. 80 YTL Or learn to spin hot sand into glass sculpture or something more practical like a fancy glass for mom. Come any day any time / 120-150 YTL. / Yolculuk Atolyesi Banklar Caddesi 16-5, Karakoy (0212) 244 8264
Self-defense training
The Israeli Army has one ass-kicking way of teaching self defense and it’s called Krav Maga. This course will help you address attackers with no-nonsense blows and knife-evading techniques. 100 YTL / Krav Maga Security Acadamy / Serdrei Ekram Sokak 5/1, Galata (0532) 743 0551
Contribute to the ’garbage ladies’
Çöp (m)adam or the 'garbage ladies' project, is a project designed to provide opportunities for women who have never earned a salary by focusing on producing items that are made from throw-away waste. As the project expands, they are asking for contributions that have been used: Stockings or tights, socks, mittens or gloves and plastic/nylon bags / Contact: TaraHopkins at (0533) 684 4608 or send to: Sabanci University / IPM downtown office / Bankalar Caddesi, No: 2 / Minerva Han / 34420 Karakoy /