{"id":47129,"date":"2016-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/47129\/may-5-8-whats-happening-beirut"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:37:28","slug":"may-5-8-whats-happening-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/47129\/may-5-8-whats-happening-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"May 5-8: What&#8217;s Happening Beirut?"},"content":{"rendered":"<big>It\u2019s going to be a rainy week, but don\u2019t let that dampen your weekend spirit! Here are some of the cool events happening around the country:<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Great Outdoors<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big>Bikfaya Flower Market &#8211; Saturday 7 and Sunday 8, 10 AM<\/b> <\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-6-250x144.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Lebtivity<br \/>  <br \/>  <big>Stop and sniff the flowers at the third annual flower market in Bikfaya, where you will find all sorts of gardening material: flowers, bulbs, tools, accessories, and even handmade local crafts.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>Guided Tour: Tyre\u2019s Ruins \u2013 Saturday 7, 9 AM <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-250x150.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Mira\u2019s Guided Tours take you on a trip through Tyre\u2019s Roman and Byzantine periods. Discover the Al Bass Site and the Maritime Site, and stop for lunch by the seaside. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/641701185979380\" target=\u201c_new\">here<\/a>.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>Baskinta Literary Trail \u2013 Sunday 8, 8 AM<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-2-250x139.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Hike through Baskinta and discover a series of landmarks dedicated to Lebanese literary figures such as Mikhail Naimy, Amin Maalouf, Abdallah Ghanem, and more. Don\u2019t forget your jacket and make sure your shoes are super comfortable \u2018cause it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/856944774432088\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">medium-level, 4 hour trek<\/a>!<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Art Scene<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <big><b>Good and Evil, Yes and No, Wrong and Right \u2013 starting Wednesday May 4<\/b><\/big> <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-8-250x188.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Galerie Tanit<br \/>  <br \/>  <big>Finland-based artist George Sandison debuts his exhibit subtitled \u201cDigital allegories for the soul of tomorrow\u201d at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/20803\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Galerie Tanit<\/a>, where he explores the relationships between man and machine, and language\u2019s strengths and weaknesses as a mediator between them, his pieces, and the space they occupy. The exhibition runs until May 21.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>Rached Bohsali, Beyond Realism \u2013 starting Wednesday May 4 <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-9-250x93.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Beyond Realism is a collection of paintings by former chair of the Fine Arts and Foundation Studies Department at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/724\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">LAU<\/a>, by Rached Bohsali. The exhibition is open till May 26 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/849\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Galerie Janine Rubeiz<\/a>.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>Liaisons Dangereuses \u2013 Friday 6, 8:30 PM<\/b> <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-4-250x92.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Based on the book of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and directed by Joe Kodeih, the play returns for one last show this Friday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/29221\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Theatre Gemmayze<\/a>. Book your seat through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/276\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Librairie Antoine<\/a>.<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Cultural Front<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <big><b>Beirut International Tango Festival \u2013 Thursday 5 through Sunday 8<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-5-250x248.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  The 8th edition of the Tango festival returns with a spicy line-up, including performers from Lebanon and Argentina. Find the schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tangolebanon.com\/bitf-schedule.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>The Beirut Spring Festival Continues \u2013 Thursday 5 through Sunday 8, 8:30 PM <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-11.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1801356603420966\/?active_tab=posts\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">A puppet show for adults<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1695212407414269\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">a Palestinian-Portugese music collaboration<\/a>, the regional premiere of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/576153815896201\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">an intuitive take on changes in the Arab World<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1678664565730385\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">an Indian dance theater performance<\/a> take over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/652\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunflower Theater<\/a> stage all weekend.\u2028<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>Beirut Municipal Elections Day! \u2013 Sunday, May 8<\/b><\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-7-250x135.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Moulahazat<br \/>  <br \/>  <big>If you vote in Beirut, make a conscious, well-informed choice, and know that whatever it is, it will affect all those who work, visit, or live in the capital for the next six years (FYI, that\u2019s more than half a decade). If you decided not to attend, do consider going back on it; your absence is a sign of submission and surrender to the current situation in Beirut.<br \/>  <br \/>  \u2028Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BeirutMadinati\/videos\/1029970913749329\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">a short infographic video<\/a> about the voting process for municipal elections.<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Intellectual Agenda<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <big><b>Monot Street Book Market<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-3-250x188.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  It\u2019s the first Saturday of May, which means it\u2019s time for the monthly Book Market! Dig up books of any genre \u2013 old and new \u2013 sell your own, or chat up a bookworm around the yellow kiosks across from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/4757\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Recto Verso<\/a>, Monot.<\/big> \u2028<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Seventh Art<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big>Venezia Cinema Beirut, Empire Sofil \u2013 starting Thursday 5, 8 PM <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-10-250x93.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Five Italian films \u2013 four recent films and an Italian classic \u2013 screened at the 72nd Venice Biennale will be shown at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/1085\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolis Empire Sofil<\/a> over the weekend.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>Screening of HUMAN \u2013 Thursday 5, 8 PM<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/47129-1-250x99.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  What makes us human? The documentary, directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, seeks to answer that very question with several accounts of both ordinary and extraordinary nature from people all over the world. 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Here are some of the cool events happening around the country:<\/p>\n<p>The Great Outdoors<\/p>\n<p>Bikfaya Flower Market &#8211; Saturday 7 and Sunday 8, 10 AM <\/p>\n<p>Image via Lebtivity<\/p>\n<p>Stop and sniff the flowers at the third annual flower market in Bikfaya, where you will find all sorts of gardening material: flowers, bulbs, tools, accessories, and even handmade local crafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[347],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-47129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-trending"],"authorship":[65],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>May 5-8: What&#039;s Happening Beirut?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s going to be a rainy week, but don\u2019t let that dampen your weekend spirit! 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