This Thursday from 18:00 – 1:30 on the 5th floor of the Tel Aviv central bus station building (yes, that’s what I wrote), Tel Aviv’s most surreal and bizarre festival is kicking off for the third time. People will be...
Israel’s roller derby league celebrates its first year in business with a big night of rock, metal, merchandise and roller girls. Come help Israel’s finest get the funds to move up to the next level of roller derbying so they...
Attention burners and burner-curious! The Re-burn is coming to the Barby Club on Nov 9th, bringing the spirit of Burning Man to Tel Aviv for you all to remember/discover and enjoy. I’m posting this now because the tickets are in...
Shoe lovers, get ready to spend. This week, the Shoo Funi shoe fair is back in town, which means you can feast your eyes and wallets on a whole load of designer shoes in one place. There will be some...
The Levinsky Garden library is a lovely enterprise that is an active lending library catering for asylum seekers and work migrants. Today, they’re launching their new cultural community centre, which will offer cheap classes and events for locals, both Israeli...
It’s been ages since I’ve written about a dance performance here and this is hardly underground, being Israel’s best known contemporary dance troupe, but it does sound really interesting and different. The Bat Sheva dance company is showing Ohad Naharin’s...
Tomorrow night at the Cat & Dog club from 22:00 there’s a clothing and accessories market by local young designers and some importers of cool stuff from abroad. Lots of things (mostly for women, I think), from retro/vintage clothes to...
The Jewish new year is upon us next week, which means you may well find yourself in need of a present. Actually, as a tourist, you’re probably in need of some stuff to bring back home with you. Well, you’re...
OK, this looks like it could be one of those really cool random things you’d never normally hear about. Tonight at 21:00 there’s classic Indian dance and Bollywood dance performed by a Polish dancer (Kinga Malec) at the tiny Hanut...
Animix, Israel’s international festival for comics, caricatures and animation is back this week (8-12/8) at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque. Lots of showings of local and international animations, workshops and lectures (some in English) and lots of stuff for both adults...
Just saw a poster for this last night, sounds like it could be fun to check out if you’re in the Florentin area this evening. It’s basically a little neighbourhood music festival with a few live local indie bands and...
TedxJaffa is happening on Sept 6th and if you want a chance of being there in the flesh when it happens, you have till August 5th to visit their website and apply to attend. After that, a committee will review...
Hello thinkers! Ever wondered how TED speakers manage to sound so interesting and engaging? Well tonight at the HubPub (Begin 55) you can listen to a talk by Abigail Tenembaum and Michael Weitz of TAI Israel. You’ll get to hear...
Superstar DJ / producer Jennifer Cardini is playing in Tel Aviv this Friday, but before her gig at the Block, she’ll be teaching a FREE (yup, that’s right, free) workshop at the BPM academy in Tel Aviv and talking about...
Yay, it’s the Euro final, which mean it’s finally over! OK, OK. For the benefit of those of you who actually like the football, I’m going to point you at some places where you can watch it. First up, if...
Would you like to explore the streets of Tel Aviv en masse on an exciting nighttime ride? Well, Tuesday night is the night of the Tel Aviv Rollers weekly right, where skaters, rollers and cyclists meet at the top of...
An interesting photo exhibition at Bait Banamal (Tel Aviv port) – photos by twenty 12 year old Palestinian children living in and around Nablus, aiming to capture their daily lives, as well as people, objects and places that hold significance...
Tonight at Levontin 7 from 22:00 there’s a concert by the Bar Ilan Uni Music Technology Program, based on (and with visuals from) Alice in wonderland. It all seems suitably spacey and surreal and the music is beautiful. Here’s a...
A whole load of random things for sale today till 16:00 and tomorrow from 11:00 – 20:00 in aid of the Israeli Burning Man community. There’s also beer and music, plus you get to meet people from the community, handy...
I’m not much of a sports fan, but I know many of my readers are, so if you’re wondering where to watch the upcoming Euro 2012 games (they start this Friday, but you already knew that, didn’t you?), I’ve come...