Newsletter 15th August 2011
SHALOM - Encounters with Jewish Culture19th-21st August at the Concert Bowl
19th August (Friday), 8.30 p.m
Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (aka La Visite de la Fanfare) [Israel/USA/France 2007]
dir. Eran Kolirin
A comedy of manners concerning the clash of cultures. An Egyptian police band goes to Israel to give a concert at a local centre of Arab culture. Unfortunately, due to a language barrier and a similarity of geographical names they end up not where they were going to....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band's_Visit
Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (aka La Visite de la Fanfare) [Israel/USA/France 2007]
dir. Eran Kolirin
A comedy of manners concerning the clash of cultures. An Egyptian police band goes to Israel to give a concert at a local centre of Arab culture. Unfortunately, due to a language barrier and a similarity of geographical names they end up not where they were going to....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band's_Visit
20th August
7 p.m. Rzeszów Klezmer Band concert
Songs performed by the band are traditional klezmer melodies with a modern twist. The band has taken part in many klezmer music festivals in Poland and abroad.
8 p.m. Boris Malkovsky & Davo Quartet
Boris Malkovsky is a composer, accordeonist and pianist, who due to his versatility, original language of expression and unbound imagination has been called the Astor Piazzola of new Jewish music.
21st August, 7.30 p.m.
Alfred Schreyer of Drohobych concert
Original 1930s songs sung in Polish, Ukrainian, Yidish and German.
Alfred Schreyer was one of the last students of Bruno Schulz and the last Jew born in Drohobych who still lives there.
admission to all events FREE
Alfred Schreyer of Drohobych concert
Original 1930s songs sung in Polish, Ukrainian, Yidish and German.
Alfred Schreyer was one of the last students of Bruno Schulz and the last Jew born in Drohobych who still lives there.
admission to all events FREE
CONCERT: KAIROS - The Song of Eternity. The World is Both Sacred and Profane...
19th August. 8 p.m.
The Church of St. Nicholas (Św. Mikołaj) in Czwartek (see map http://maps.google.pl/maps?q=Lublin,+Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82+%C5%9Aw.+Miko%C5%82aja&hl=pl&ie=UTF8&ll=51.251857,22.581453&spn=0.009428,0.027874&sll=52.025459,19.204102&sspn=9.835209,28.54248&z=16)
Kairos is a male vocal band specialising in old Eastern Orthodox Church songs and traditional Georgian, Armenian and Greek liturgical songs. A truly unique listening experience.
admission FREE
AT HOMO FABER: BUG 2011
Most of the Association members have spent the last several days (since 6th August) cycling along the Bug river and further to the East collecting stories concerning the Polish-Ukrainian history which all too often has been painful and still remains a difficult topic. The journey ends today. The itinerary, travel diary and photographs can be found at http://hf.org.pl/ao/index.php?id=1638#DZIENNIK (Polish only).
