Hijas del Sol

This fabulous duo - Piruchi Apo Botupa and Paloma Loribo Apo - are aunt and niece respectively. Well established on the Spanish music scene, with several albums under their belt, Hijas del Sol ('Daughters of the Sun') are originally from Bioko, an island off Equatorial Guinea. Members of the Bantu tribe, they sing in the Bubi language and have been compared with Zap Mama. Profoundly aware of their people's traditional music, Hijas del Sol's compositions are much more than folklore, they look at contemporary problems and propose an anti-racist, rights-for-all message.

Shaziah Sikander

Trained in Lahore in Pakistan, Shaziah Sikander has caused a quiet storm in the art world since moving to New York in 1993. Her work uses various traditional and pop cultural Indian forms such as intricate miniatures painted with watercolours, vegetable pigments and other natural elements to comment both on Western art history and on narrative traditions from the South Asian subcontinent. Despite their diverse range of sources, her vivid and evocative paintings are always autobiographical and deeply personal. Departing from the miniatures for which she's become famous, this show is an installation of large paintings.

New York Grand Opera: Un Ballo Mascera

There's no more sublime a way to usher in a midsummer's evening in Manhattan than on a blanket in Central Park, sipping chilled white wine while being serenaded by Verdi arias. Verdi's opera 'Un Ballo Mascera', which dramatises the 1792 assassination of King Gustavus III of Sweden during a masked ball, was considered too risqué for Europe's political censors, and the opera was first performed in Boston in 1858. Enjoying an opera about the slaying of a king is a fine way to get into the mood for the following week's July fourth celebrations.

Le Corbusier

One of the world's best-known architects is put under the microscope in this on-going series of exhibitions staged by the CCCB of great figures of the 20th-century. Le Corbusier defined himself as both architect and as a man of letters and here the great man's thoughts are as visible as his buildings. A dense and original thinker, Le Corbusier was also self-taught and able to translate his vision of the world into radically innovative constructions. The excellent exhibition is curated by the philosopher and writer, Pep Subirós and the architect Fernando Marzá.

Goddesses

Over 100 divine female figurines from ancient Mediterranean civilisations have been gathered together for the first time ever in this rich and fascinating exhibition. On loan from Europe's leading museums, the figures represent images of the divine female in all her many forms. Exhibited in the majestic Sala Tinell throne room, the show features voluptuous 20,000 year-old 'Venus' figurines, as well as an abundance of goddesses from such diverse cultures as Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Crete and the classical world of Greece and Rome. Goddesses of life and death, idols, amulets or simply representations of the female form, this unique exhibition provides intriguing insight into our origins as well as our habits of worship.

Kusakabe Kimbei

This exhibition shows the private collection of Japanese photography built up by Italian photographer Benito Francia, who lived in Yokohama from 1862 onwards. Reflecting the 19th-century interest in the west for all things 'exotic' - a reaction to the materialism imposed by industrial society - thousands of Japanese hand-painted photographs were exported to Europe and the US. Francia's album contains a hundred photos, all of great beauty, signed by the commercial photographer Kusakabe Kimbei. The subjects are inspired by traditional Japanese prints, including landscapes, posed shots and customs.

Row

Row is a sure sign that the Eixample district is waking up, getting dressed and going out dancing. This very popular club is installed in Eduard Samsó's 1980s designer bar, the Nick Havanna. These days, this super trendy spot is run by experienced clubber, Joan Arnau, and features big name dance, house and techno DJs such as Roger Sanchez, Richard Dorfmeister, Terry Francis (who will be in house on August 11) John Acquaviva (performing August 12), to name a few.