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Unfortunately, the spring seems to have changed her mind, but luckily there's plenty going on in Lublin to make up for the drop in temperature and rise in high winds, and most if it is indoors, so take a peek at our newsletter.
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GENERAL
We have been asked by the City Council to forward this anonymous questionnaire to you. It should be completed by 13th April.
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=pl&hl=pl&formkey=dGo1blhLcDNobV9FWVRmX2w3RGZCR0E6MA#gid=0
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CULTURAL NEWS
GENERAL
We have been asked by the City Council to forward this anonymous questionnaire to you. It should be completed by 13th April.
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=pl&hl=pl&formkey=dGo1blhLcDNobV9FWVRmX2w3RGZCR0E6MA#gid=0
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CULTURAL NEWS
ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
TekturaFest V - Days of Counterculture
Tektura, ul. Wieniawska 15a
DAY 1 (14th April (Thu))
2 p.m. Tektura manifestation on the streets of Lublin - Wschodni SAMBAstion plays Rhythyms of Resistance.
3 p.m. Stencil workshop (4 days - 15 PLN) - day 1
Introduction to the history of murals and stencils: basic issues regarding street art and its most popular techniques (poster, stencils, graffiti, performance).
8 p.m. Poetry Slam
Afterparty: "Geological concert - straight from the pedosphere - Człowiek Ziemia (Earth-Human)"
Człowiek Ziemia (Earth-Human) – a band whose compositions take the form of sound landscapes. www.myspace.com/ewanderwafel
Introduction to the history of murals and stencils: basic issues regarding street art and its most popular techniques (poster, stencils, graffiti, performance).
8 p.m. Poetry Slam
Afterparty: "Geological concert - straight from the pedosphere - Człowiek Ziemia (Earth-Human)"
Człowiek Ziemia (Earth-Human) – a band whose compositions take the form of sound landscapes. www.myspace.com/ewanderwafel
DAY 2 (15th April)
2 p.m. Rhythms of Resistance - samba workshop (by Wschodni SAMBAstion)Each participants will have the opportunity to familiarise her/himself with the types of instruments used, the rhythms, and the idea behind playing together. You will also have the chance to actually join the band. All are welcome, no specific qualifications or musical experience are needed; what counts is awareness of social issues and discrimination, and the will to actively fight for freedom by means of sound.
3 p.m. Stencil workshop - day 2.
The participants will learn the basic stencil techniques and create their basic works. Then they'll move on to designing their own elements of a collective project.
8 p.m. D.I.Y. Gig:
LXMP - noise/jazz/grindcore/ Warsaw
Piotr Zabrodzki - bass, Korg MS-20
Macio Moretti - drums, Korg MS-20
LXMP are Piotras and Macias - the rhythm section of Baaba and a drum'n'bass duet 60 Minut Projekt. Last year their first record was released by Lado ABC, and their next album is planned for this year (in collaboration with Chad Popple, the drummer of Colossamite/Gorge Trio) . www.myspace.com/lxmp
De Kurws – noise/post-punk /Wrocław
The Kurws was created in May 2008 as a spontaneous result of a ping-pong session that went underground, where it has stayed ever since. They draw on the tradition of punk rock, rock'n'roll, garage/surf, kraut rock, rotten funk, New York no-wave and British post-punk.
www.lastfm.pl/music/The+Kurws
The Fight - Warsaw
Melodious and fast hardcore-punk with male and female vocals.
www.thefight.pl
www.myspace.com/thafight
Drip of Lies – d-beat-hardcore/Warsaw
Raw hardcore punk. Established 2008. They promote the d.i.y attitude, vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and antifascism. www.dripoflies.pl
Maanselke - field-recordings/ambient-drone/Russia
Maaaa - harsh noise/ Russia/Poland
Raw straight edge noise inspired by the beauty and harmony of the wild nature of the North, while also showing the influences of metal and punk.
Maciej Połynko - Lublin - composer of theatre music, co-creator of the audiovisual project Korbus/Połynko and Teatr Boczny, also collaboarting with Maat Projekt Theatre.
3 p.m. Stencil workshop - day 2.
The participants will learn the basic stencil techniques and create their basic works. Then they'll move on to designing their own elements of a collective project.
8 p.m. D.I.Y. Gig:
LXMP - noise/jazz/grindcore/ Warsaw
Piotr Zabrodzki - bass, Korg MS-20
Macio Moretti - drums, Korg MS-20
LXMP are Piotras and Macias - the rhythm section of Baaba and a drum'n'bass duet 60 Minut Projekt. Last year their first record was released by Lado ABC, and their next album is planned for this year (in collaboration with Chad Popple, the drummer of Colossamite/Gorge Trio) . www.myspace.com/lxmp
De Kurws – noise/post-punk /Wrocław
The Kurws was created in May 2008 as a spontaneous result of a ping-pong session that went underground, where it has stayed ever since. They draw on the tradition of punk rock, rock'n'roll, garage/surf, kraut rock, rotten funk, New York no-wave and British post-punk.
www.lastfm.pl/music/The+Kurws
The Fight - Warsaw
Melodious and fast hardcore-punk with male and female vocals.
www.thefight.pl
www.myspace.com/thafight
Drip of Lies – d-beat-hardcore/Warsaw
Raw hardcore punk. Established 2008. They promote the d.i.y attitude, vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and antifascism. www.dripoflies.pl
Maanselke - field-recordings/ambient-drone/Russia
Maaaa - harsh noise/ Russia/Poland
Raw straight edge noise inspired by the beauty and harmony of the wild nature of the North, while also showing the influences of metal and punk.
Maciej Połynko - Lublin - composer of theatre music, co-creator of the audiovisual project Korbus/Połynko and Teatr Boczny, also collaboarting with Maat Projekt Theatre.
DAY 3 (16th April)
1 p.m. Swap PartyIf you have any clothes, books, music and other stuff that you no longer need, or perhaps some handicraft that you produced over the long winter months and would like to sell inexpensively, come to the Swap party to exchange, sell or donate something to the stall where funds for the Food Not Bombs initiative will be collected. If you're planning on having a bigger stall, please come an hour earlier.
"Manufaktura (manufacture) or ManuTEKTURA" - a series of manual workshops for those interested in learning new handicraft skills
1. Screen-printing workshop (cost 5 PLN + own piece of fabric)
2. Designing and creating a badge (cost 1.5 PLN each). Bring your own template design.
3. Fashionable wallets: TetraPak cartons are usually thrown away, but instead of just binning them you can recycle them and create a very useful wallet for change or other small bits and bobs.
2 p.m. Streetart action – DBC crew (Warsaw) – in Tektura
Doman/ Misiewicz
DBC- Dirty Boogie Crew, Dobrze Będzie Crew and Drive-By Chaos
www.maciejmisiewicz.blogspot.
Emilia Żukowska
3 p.m. Stencil workshop.
Creation of full-scale stencil templates and design of a collective mural.
6 p.m. Vegan feast.
9 p.m. D.I.Y. Gig
Wieże Fabryk - Łódź- cold wave/new wave/punk
www.wiezefabryk.net
www.myspace.com/wiezefabryk
Cast in Iron - hardcore/ Warsaw
www.castiniron.pl
Harpakahylo - drums/electronics/free improvisation set
Concert of improvised music.
www.soundcloud.com/harpakahylo
Bonfire outside - intergration :)
"Manufaktura (manufacture) or ManuTEKTURA" - a series of manual workshops for those interested in learning new handicraft skills
1. Screen-printing workshop (cost 5 PLN + own piece of fabric)
2. Designing and creating a badge (cost 1.5 PLN each). Bring your own template design.
3. Fashionable wallets: TetraPak cartons are usually thrown away, but instead of just binning them you can recycle them and create a very useful wallet for change or other small bits and bobs.
2 p.m. Streetart action – DBC crew (Warsaw) – in Tektura
Doman/ Misiewicz
DBC- Dirty Boogie Crew, Dobrze Będzie Crew and Drive-By Chaos
www.maciejmisiewicz.blogspot.
Emilia Żukowska
3 p.m. Stencil workshop.
Creation of full-scale stencil templates and design of a collective mural.
6 p.m. Vegan feast.
9 p.m. D.I.Y. Gig
Wieże Fabryk - Łódź- cold wave/new wave/punk
www.wiezefabryk.net
www.myspace.com/wiezefabryk
Cast in Iron - hardcore/ Warsaw
www.castiniron.pl
Harpakahylo - drums/electronics/free improvisation set
Concert of improvised music.
www.soundcloud.com/harpakahylo
Bonfire outside - intergration :)
DAY 4 (17th April)
12 noon Guerilla gardening action3 p.m. Stencil workshop.
On the last day of the workshop the participants will paint the background and print stencils. All participants will receive a certificate of TekturaFest stencil course.
8 p.m. Concert:
Kabanos (Piaseczno)
These representatives of Polish independent music scene have no contract and no promotion machine, but can boast a large following. They are stars of the Net as well as student radio stations. www.kabanos.net
TPN 25 (punk rock)
www.myspace.com/tpn25
11.59 p.m. Billboard action
CINEMA
Bajka cinema : cheap Mondays (10 PLN)
ul. Radziszewskiego 8
6.30 p.m. The Mill and the Cross
dir. Lech Majewski
st. Rutger Hauer, Michael York and Charlotte Rampling
Bruegel's painting is brought to life in this stunning piece of cinematic art.
On the last day of the workshop the participants will paint the background and print stencils. All participants will receive a certificate of TekturaFest stencil course.
8 p.m. Concert:
Kabanos (Piaseczno)
These representatives of Polish independent music scene have no contract and no promotion machine, but can boast a large following. They are stars of the Net as well as student radio stations. www.kabanos.net
TPN 25 (punk rock)
www.myspace.com/tpn25
11.59 p.m. Billboard action
CINEMA
Bajka cinema : cheap Mondays (10 PLN)
ul. Radziszewskiego 8
6.30 p.m. The Mill and the Cross
dir. Lech Majewski
st. Rutger Hauer, Michael York and Charlotte Rampling
Bruegel's painting is brought to life in this stunning piece of cinematic art.
Tektura: D.I.Y. Film Fest: day 2
11th April (Mon), 6 p.m.
Chaostage11th April (Mon), 6 p.m.
dir. Tarek Ehlail and Matthias Lange, 2008
Half-documentary and half-fiction, all served with a Berlin punk-rock dressing :)
Edge
dir. Marc Pierschel, 2009
Straight edge means different things to different people. What do those who created the culture have to say about it?
www.theedgeprojectmovie.com
Pankrti Dolgcajt
dir. Igor Basin/ Barbara Kelbl and Violeta Videnovic, 2007
The story of the oldest punk band in the Balkans. Punk rock from behind the Iron Curtain.
www.nordcross.com
Admission free.
Złote Mrówkojady (Golden Anteaters) - the Lublin Independent Film Gala starts on Thursday - more info at http://www.hello.lublin.pl/en/default/index/pages/id/363
PHOTOGRAPHY
Half-documentary and half-fiction, all served with a Berlin punk-rock dressing :)
Edge
dir. Marc Pierschel, 2009
Straight edge means different things to different people. What do those who created the culture have to say about it?
www.theedgeprojectmovie.com
Pankrti Dolgcajt
dir. Igor Basin/ Barbara Kelbl and Violeta Videnovic, 2007
The story of the oldest punk band in the Balkans. Punk rock from behind the Iron Curtain.
www.nordcross.com
Admission free.
Złote Mrówkojady (Golden Anteaters) - the Lublin Independent Film Gala starts on Thursday - more info at http://www.hello.lublin.pl/en/default/index/pages/id/363
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Inhabitants of San Mateo Ozolco in Mexico - Daily Life
Photography exhibition by Dorota Prymek
Photography exhibition by Dorota Prymek
until 13th Aprli
Cafe-bookshop Spółdzielnia”, ul. Peowiaków 11
Lucjan Demidowski 40 - photography exhibition opening
15th April (Fri), 6 p.m
Galeria NN, ul. Grodzka 34
until 6th May
Galeria NN, ul. Grodzka 34
until 6th May
MUSIC AND DANCE
3rd Lublin Jazz Festival starts on Friday - more info at http://www.hello.lublin.pl/en/default/index/pages/id/362
3rd Lublin Jazz Festival starts on Friday - more info at http://www.hello.lublin.pl/en/default/index/pages/id/362
Electric Nights Warm-up: Setting The Woods On Fire and Workplace
14th April (Thu), 8 p.m.
Disco Fever, ul. Okopowa 5
SETTING THE WOODS ON FIRE : Marcin Buźniak (vocals, guitar), Karol Koszniec (drums) and Dominik Paszkowski (bass). Their music is usually described as post hardcore. Their 2009 debut album Setting The Woods On Fire was released by the independent Spanish studio Promise! Promise!, and had great reviews both in Poland and abroad.
WORKPLACE : initially pure Californian punk has over the years been influenced by other styles, resulting in the present eclectic mix. Apparently, you'll either love it or hate it :)
+AFTER PARTY : hardcore, indie and electro.
Admission 7 PLN
WORKPLACE : initially pure Californian punk has over the years been influenced by other styles, resulting in the present eclectic mix. Apparently, you'll either love it or hate it :)
+AFTER PARTY : hardcore, indie and electro.
Admission 7 PLN
