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The Haifa International Children's Play Festival, the leading cultural event for children in Israel, will be held for the 35th time this year between April 14-16, the Passover holiday. The festival will span 12 halls and spaces, featuring 7 original plays and a large selection of guest plays and open-air street theater performances from 7 countries. Admission to the open area is free.

Between March 17th and 24th of this year, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra will stage the ninth edition of the Bach Festival. ## Bach's 340th birthday is being celebrated all over the world. ## The festive festival will also be hosted at the Hecht Auditorium in Haifa on Thursday, March 20th.

The festival will take place from March 20-31 ## The opening film is "The Marching Band" by director Emmanuel Corcole ## New and notable films screened in France in the past year ## and also a tribute to the creator Claude Sotte.

In the nature around us, we don't wait for Purim to dress up. There are animals whose specialty is disguises and camouflage! Don't believe it? Come during Purim to the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University to discover the magic of animal and plant camouflage, under the title: "Showing off in feathers."

The Revolution Orchestra is coming to Haifa ## And this time: We pay tribute to Arik Einstein ## Conductor: Roy Oppenheim Guests: Moni Moshonov and Roni Delumi ## Classics written by Arik himself, alongside songs created by the greatest creators and composers in Israel ## Thursday, March 13 at 8:30 PM, Haifa Auditorium

Valentine's Day is approaching, and we have a suggestion on how to celebrate it ## Friday, February 14, at the PLANET chain's VIP area in Haifa, special dishes are being offered ## And these are the films: Captain America, Bridget Jones and Totally Anonymous

One-act opera, partially staged - Leonardo Sini conducts Mascani's Cavalleria Rusticana ## Love, betrayal, passion, and tragedy wrapped in heavenly music ## Also on the program - Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italiano and Casella's symphonic suite "The Pitcher" ## Tuesday, February 25, at 8:00 PM

The film 'Not Silent - A Story of Courage' (Canada, 2021) is based on true events ## About students in China who practice one of the Qigong methods that was popular in China - 'Falun Gong', when suddenly the leader of the Communist Party at the time announces a ban on believing in this spiritual path ## From that moment, July 1999, believers of the method are persecuted to death ## The film is currently showing on the Mobileland cinema network

After a sold-out tour of Europe, including 60 shows in France and 30 in Germany, the international symphony orchestra "Lords of the Sound" is coming to Israel and Haifa for the first time ever. The ensemble will play its two iconic concerts - "The Music of Hans Zimmer" and "The Lord of the Rings in Concert" - at the Municipal Auditorium.

On Wednesday, January 15, on the main stage at the Haifa Theater, the premiere of the new play by the Haifa Theater will take place: "Black and White Album." This is the Hebrew version of the successful play Appropriate by the young and award-winning American playwright, Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins.

The ceremony, held two days before the end of the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, 2024-2025, announced the winners in the various categories of the Israeli film competition. The jury included Renen Shor, Dana Morag, Daniela Novitz, Noa Aharoni and Assaf Bernstein.

The call for the release of the kidnapped is given a new platform in the exhibition "The Missing in the Picture", which will open on Thursday at Yad Labanim House. ## Sharon Deri's reconstruction project brings the stories of the kidnapped and their families