Cultural Agenda

PERFORMING ARTS

 The Ankara State Opera and Ballet’s (ADOB) Birim Dance Theater (BDT) company will stage their production of “Töre” (Tradition) on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Ankara Opera House. A performance of “Dikkat Kırılabilir” (Caution, Fragile), by ADOB’s Modern Dance Troupe (MDT) is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. “Cem Sultan,” Turkish composer Sabahattin Kalender’s opera in three acts, will be staged on Saturday at 8 p.m.

 The İstanbul State Opera will stage “Don Quixote,” Ludwig Minkus’ ballet in three acts, on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy.

EXHIBITIONS

 The Sakıp Sabancı Museum in İstanbul is home to the exhibition “Osmanlı Döneminde Venedik ve İstanbul: Nam-ı Diğer Aşk” (Venice and İstanbul During the Ottoman Era: Love, by Any Other Name) through Saturday. The museum is closed on Mondays.

 A retrospective of Paris-based Turkish artist Yüksel Arslan’s work is on view at the Santralİstanbul Contemporary Art Museum until Sunday, featuring more than 500 pieces by the artist.

 “Opus,” the newest collection of work by Paris-based contemporary Turkish artist Sarkis, is on view until April 10 at the Galerist art gallery in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district.

 An exhibition titled “Picasso -- Suite Vollard Engravings,” featuring the Spanish artist’s most important engraving series from the first half of the 20th century, continues until April 18 at the Pera Museum in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district.

 “Türk Resim Sanatının Bir Asırlık Öyküsü II” (A Centennial Tale of Turkish Painting), a selection of paintings by 20th century Turkish artists from the private collection of Ahu and Can Has, is on display until April 30 at the Rezan Has Museum in İstanbul’s Cibali quarter. Visiting hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. every day.

 The İstanbul Museum of Modern Art’s photography gallery hosts an international photography exhibition titled “Time Within Us” until May 16, featuring the work of 15 photographers from Turkey, Greece and Russia. The museum is closed on Mondays.

 A collection of artifacts dating to the 16th and 17th centuries from Moscow’s Kremlin Palace Museum is on display at the “Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin at Topkapı Palace” exhibition until June 7 at the palace’s Imperial Stables section.

FILM SCREENINGS

 The Piramid art center in İstanbul’s Taksim hosts film screenings every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in its theater. Next on the program is “L’Âge d’Or” (The Golden Age), a 1930 surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Tel.: (212) 297 3120

 The İstanbul Museum of Modern Art’s movie theater, starting today, will be hosting the eighth International Filmmor Women’s Film Festival on Wheels until March 20, offering 23 feature length and short films by women filmmakers.

 The Pera Museum in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu will present a film program titled “Picasso: Cinematic Expressions” from March 18-28, offering features and documentaries inspired from and related to Picasso’s passionate, colorful universe.