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The local I.U. hq in Turre is showcasing a sample of local artists works until Sunday, in association with GALLARTE and PINTURAMA. Ranging from knitted dolls to handmade silverware to a vast array of paintings (ranging from not very good to oh all right then it wouldn’t look too bad in the spare room*) it’s well worth a potter if you are around. The silverware is made by “Blue Tina” and is all homemade and Continue reading Painting exhibition in Turre
Javier Ercilla from Pequeño Produce Films has announced a project to make a film about the birth and life of Walt Disney. He assures us that he has “secret” information linking Walt to Mojacar, and will be filming quite a bit here, together with other scenes set in Valencia, Barcelona, Chicago & New York. At the end of the article is a bit about how he intends to approach local town halls and foundations for Continue reading “Walt Disney born in Mojacar” – film to be made
The mayor of Almería was refreshingly honest and open about the crisis in El Toyo . “I have sent several urgent communications to Costas [the coastal authorities who the mayor claims are in charge of looking after the beaches in the area] and they have not yet replied to me” he said. “As regards the rest of it” [unbuilt commercial centres, lack of infrastructure, half built roads and plazas, etc etc etc] “we have no Continue reading I don’t have a magic wand, says mayor of Almeria