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Catalonia's surprising women, then and now. / Dones catalanes extraordinàries, abans i ara.
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(The portrait of painter Pepita Teixidor is by Ramon Casas, 1910. MNAC, Barcelona)
Two photo's of women selling chestnuts, a popular snack in winter.

Then: in front of the Església del Carme, Rambla (Barcelona, 1907) Taken by Frederic Ballell Maymí ((Arxiu Municipal de Barcelona).

Now: in the Parc de la Draga (Banyoles, 2021). This photo is mine.
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Among the nominations for the Gaudi Film Awards 2026 is the short film 'De sucre' (Made of Sugar) by director Claudia Cedó. She created a successful theatre project with people with various necessities. Like the neurodivergent young woman in this film who wants to be a mother. youtu.be/99kpTKEKJJI
DE SUCRE. Trailer. SEFF 2025
YouTube video by SEFF
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December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘The first performance by women in the virile sport of football did not satisfy us, not only for its poor sportive achievements, but also because Eve’s descendants are obliged to assume postures that are not very suitable nor esthetic..' Commenting the first match in Barcelona (1914): rb.gy/wd5jd5
‘Not very suitable nor esthetic’
Nowadays the Barça women enjoy worldwide acclaim for their successes and playing style. But applause has not always accompanied women’s football. The first football match ever played by women…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
She did it again: Aitana Bonmati is FIFA Best Women's Player for the third time in a row.
⚽ Aitana Bonmatí voted FIFA Best Women's Player for third consecutive year

Catalan midfield marvel retains prize after excelling again for Barcelona and Spain
Aitana Bonmatí voted FIFA Best Women's Player for third consecutive year
Catalan midfield marvel retains prize after excelling again for Barcelona and Spain
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December 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The biopic about Montserrat Caballé featuring Ana Saavedra as the singer in her younger years and opera singer Begoña Alberdi as the diva is nearly in the fase of postproduction. Hopefully it can be screened by the end of next year. catalanwomen.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/b...
Biopic Montserrat Caballé in the making
Right now, half December 2025, the shooting of the biopic about opera diva Montserrat Caballé is in its final stages.  A scene of the biopic with Begoña Alberdi and Ana Saavedra For filmmaker …
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December 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Photo exhibition 'Palmira Puig. Perspectives revealed' in the Museu Morera (Lleida). Till 26 January 2026.
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Exhibition ‘Palmira Puig. Perspectives revealed’
Till 26 January 2026 the Museu Morera (Lleida) hosts a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Palmira Puig Ximénez (1912 – 1979). She was one of the main Catalan photographers living in exile (in he…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Inauguració del renovat Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
😍 a l’edifici de la Pia Almoïna @museusbanyoles @culturabanyoles
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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❄ Aquest desembre i gener, la protagonista de la 440Clàssica&Jazz és Conxita Badia, de qui enguany s'han commemorat els 50 anys de la mort. En aquest número monogràfic se'n repassa extensament vida, obra i llegat.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Avui destaquem un gravat de Roser Bru que s'inspira en el poema "Com és la carn, guanyat el goig, d’inerta… " de J. V. Foix, del llibre "Sol, i de dol"

Bru el va il·lustrar a la carpeta de gravats Cinc poemes/Cinc aiguaforts, publicada el 1979 per Miquel Plana.
December 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM