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Water Therapy – next meeting postponed until 14th June
Water Therapy is lead by Toni Westerholm, a Swede who has 50 years of experience in the benefits of cold water immersion. Of course, the sea here in Jávea isn’t that cold in the summer! But there are still many health benefits to being in the water and when the winter comes there will be…
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Painting in Watercolours
What nicer way could there be to while away a couple of hours in the dappled sunshine painting in watercolours? The Painting in Watercolour Group met yesterday outside the Centro Social. The light was perfect and our artists were busy creating some beautiful paintings. If you have always fancied trying your hand at painting, the…
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Talking Art – Die Brücke (The Bridge)
Next meeting 25th March 11.00 am Javea Players’ Studio Theatre Die Brücke (The Bridge) was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. Founding members were Fritz Bleyel, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. The seminal group had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the 20th century…
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Would you like to know more about the Scream?
The Scream is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. In 2012, it sold at Sothebys in New York for almost $120m, a record price at that time. Edvard Munch was one of the so called Proto-Expressionists, artists who began to develop a…
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Cheers, Beers, and Brain Teasers: Highlights from the latest Quiz Night
Last night at the Jávea Golf Club, seven teams of quizzers fought it out to claim the bragging rights in the latest U3A Jávea Quiz Night. So here’s a challenge for you all. The questions were set around a famous poem, can you name the author? (Answer at the bottom of the page) I keep…
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Social Media Newsfeeds: Is it News or Opinion; Rumour or Gossip?
On 26th April, the last Friday of the month, the Discussion Group had its monthly meeting. It was a good and interesting discussion worth posting for U3A Javea members The discussion leader, usually the one who suggested the topic, sent the group members some relevant links for reading before the meeting. Increasingly, people around the…