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Happy Birthday, Piazzolla! – San Luis Tango (ARG) and Magdalena Lechowska (PL)
On-site event On the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s (AKA the Great Master of Tango) birthday, San Luis Tango and Magdalena Lechowska will present the distinguished works of the Great Master of Tango. San Luis Tango, an Argentinian tango ensemble, was established in 2006 by world-famous instrumentalists and vocalists. The repertoire of the band includes […]
Online guided tour through the exhibition “Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns”
Online event “Sweet Home Sweet. A Story of Survival, Memory, and Returns” is an exhibition devoted to three generations of the Ores family and their relationship with Poland. The exhibition opened in September of this year. “Sweet Home Sweet” tells the unusual Ores family story, as well as how the Holocaust memory and narrative is […]
Concert: Mirosław and Magdalena Czyżykiewicz, “Piano”
On-site event “Piano” is an album which was created as a remedy to the difficulties of living during the pandemic. It functions as an antidote by allowing the listener to disconnect from reality by searching for other stimuli and impressions. The album mainly deals with feelings and emotions. It also has its own philosophical context […]
Family Sunday: Amazing Bird Feeders! – Workshops for children and parents
On-site event In our museum’s garden you can already see sparrows and chickadees. Sometimes one can see a magpie, and the pigeons that are seen all over Krakow. We would like to invite you to a special workshop where we will create amazing and unusual bird feeders. We will think of surprising shapes, materials, and […]
Meeting with Piotr Oleksy, author of the book „Wyspy odzyskane” (“Reclaimed Islands”)
Led by: Łukasz Wojtusik On-site event This story begins at the end of the Second World War, when islands were taken from the retreating Germans and became part of the territory of Poland. Some decided to leave, while some Poles decided to come and live in the abandoned homes. The newcomers brought the memory of […]
Family Memory and Returns. A guided tour through the New Jewish Cemetery at Miodowa St.
The Jewish cemetery at Miodowa St. is both a burial ground for Krakow’s Jews and a special memorial – interspersed with graves are symbolic tombstones and memorial plaques left by family members who survived the Shoah. Among them is a plaque, funded by Ryszard Ores, that commemorates members of his family who were murdered during […]
Concert: Szczodre Gody, 2021 Tour: Velesar / Morhana / Firlith
On-site event Velesar is a folk metal group established in Cieszyn in 2018. The group was originally a solo project by Marcin Velesar Wieczorek, the former vocalist of Goddness of Sin (2001-2007) and Radogost (2010-2014), as well as the artist behind the band River of Time (since 2014). Velesar was born with a fascination in […]
TRAKL-TAT. The finale gala of the 7th edition of the TRAKL-TAT Literary and Arts Festival
On-site event During the ceremony , laureates of the All-Polish George Trakl Poetry Contest will be receiving awards. It is the final event of this year’s edition of the TRAKL-TAT Literary and Arts Festival. The jury for the contest consists of: Marcin Baran (head of the jury), Wojciech Bonowicz, and Dr. Dorota Kozicka. This event […]
Between Us. Polish Fears in the Media and Mass-Culture
Online event Join this meeting on Zoom (link will be activated on the day of the event): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84076851453 The fear of the unknown, the fear of toppling the myths on which we are building our identities, the fear of confrontation with uncomfortable and difficult truths, the fear of revealing shameful facts from the past, the […]
