By Houda Filali-Ansary
What about more concerts this month? The Essaouira musicians might have flown away, there is still plenty left to listen and watch, especially in Agadir and Marrakech. Even those living in the north should check their July agenda: it looks like a small trip closer to the heart of Mama Africa is well worth it, especially as most spectacles are free… 
CASABLANCA
Event:
Concerts by Nour (Moroccan troupe).
Date:
Jul 4, 9:00 p.m.
Place:
Mohamed V square, Casablanca.
Price:
Free.
Event:
Concerts by Abdellay and Gnawa Diffusion.
Date:
Jul 5, 9:00 p.m.
Place:
Mohamed V square, Casablanca.
Price:
Free.
Event: Jazz concert by the Jaume Vilaseca and his quartet, following their album “Aquí y allá,” featuring music influenced by Latino, Mediterranean and Brazilian trends.
Date:
Jul. 7, 8:00 p.m.
Place:
Cervantes Institute, Casablanca.
Price:
Free.
Event:
Lecture on the teaching of plastic arts in Morocco by Rabea Boujibar, Professor of History of Art at the Casablanca Regional Pedagogic Centre (CPR).
Date:
Jul. 12, 7:00 p.m.
Place:
Villa des Arts, Casablanca.
Price:
Free.
Event:
Œuvres politiques, politiques de l'œuvre (Political works, politics of works), an exhibition featuring a series of works from the public collection of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region (France). The items were selected by Zhor Rihil, a curator at the Casablanca Museum of Judaism and Moroccan writer Youssouf Amine Elalamy.
Date:
Until Jul. 22.
Place:
“121” gallery, French Institute of Casablanca. More info :
http://www.ambafrance-ma.org/institut/
Price:
Guided visits: MAD 10.
Event:
“Figures de l'abstraction” (Images of abstraction), an exhibition featuring abstract paintings realized by Moroccan artists in the 1950s and the 1990s.
Date:
Until Sep. 15.
Place:
Villa des Arts, Casablanca.
Price:
Free.