Paco Sánchez, with the camera and Poveda.

In the framework of the International Festival of Las Minas, that reaches this edition the half century of life, several trains of long way that links up Cartagena city (close to La Union, where the competition is developed) with Valencia and Barcelona will show a selection of 60 pictures, portraits, performances and flamenco atmospheres, under the title “A train of famous artists” that could be contemplated by more than 75.000 travellers during this month, according to Renfe estimations.

The pictures- big format, in black and white and colours- composed a trajectory by “legendary figures” that came to the Festival in these 50 years of life. Moreover, there is a review to Paco Sanchez work, Prized of Plastic Arts 2010 of the Cátedra de Flamencología of Jerez, radio professional, linked to the jondo world from 1975.

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha are visiting Spain for a few days. Even is this is a private trip the authorities wanted to give a little something to these very special visitors: a hand painted fan, a Spanish veil and the possibility to have a flamenco class. These are some of the gifts of the authorities from Malaga to the first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, and her daughter during their visit on the Golden Cost in Spain.

The town council of Malaga, Marbella, will also give to the first lady, Michelle Obama, the work of the French artist Muriel Moreau, who received the National Award for the best Gravure in 2009 with her work "Arbol", and the book "Cronicas de Marbella" gathering the story of the city.

José Mercé

The Roman Theatre of Merida will welcome on Sunday 5th of September the concert of Jose Merce in the Merida festival planning, “Mediterráneo interior”. Musical meetings in the theatre which wants to combine culture with the historic and archaeological patrimony.

In the festival, Jose Merce will go up to the stage of the Roman theatre of Merida to present his new work, Ruido. Merce plans to reinforce the presentation in Extremadure of his new disc with a review of his records in an “authentic enclave”, according to a promoter of the event, in the presentation of the concert in Merida.

Melisa Lozano

The gipsy dress is made to bright and to attract looks. Get this aim demands audacity, imagination and 1.300 taps of bottles. This is the offer that the designer from Fuengirola Melisa Lozano will present the next 6 of august in the Hacienda La Biznga of Cartama, in the first edition of the flamenco event “Polka dot is Week end”. This is an experimental fan thought to switch on the lights for the rest of the collection Dos Amores that faces up to the last fairs of the season: Malaga, Fuengirola and Torremolinos.

At 32 years, Lozano has already devoted the half of her life to her vocation. She belongs to a young generation who revolutionized the flamenco fashion. “The Andalusian- signals- is the only one regional outfit which admits fashion. The changes are inconceivable for the folk outfits from Galicia or Canarias, for instante. Here, every year we show new collections and we innovate all the time”, she says.

The iceberg point is this outfit made of taps of bottles of Cartojal. Just sewing the taps demanded six days of work of 2 people. The result is the tribute to Malaga and to one of its classic wine.