July-August 2005
Issue
19
In This
Issue:
* Summer Jazz Festival
* Era New Horizons Film Festival
* Gail Archer's Concerts in Poland
* "American Friendship: Herbert Hoover and Poland" Exhibit in Krakow
* Document Alert
The Cracovia Music Agency is organizing 10th Jubille Summer Jazz Festival co-sponsored by the U.S. Consulate General that will take place 10 July - 7 August at Piwnica Pod Baranami, Rynek Gl.27 in Krakow. The Summer Jazz Festival was organized for the first time in 1996 during the 40th anniversary of Piwnica pod Baranami, Witold Wnuk is the creator and the director of the festival. With each year the festival has been growing in number of concerts and their venues. This year the festival will start with New Orleans Sunday on the Main Market Square.
More information and program of the festival at: http://www.cracjazz.com/eng/hm.htm
Era New Horizons Film Festival
The 5th Era New Horizons Film Festival will be held from 21 to 31 July 2005 in Polish town of Cieszyn and its sister city in the Czech Republic Cesky Tesin. The Festival is dedicated to innovative independent films, which go beyond the limits of conventional cinema. Its schedule, apart from the display of artistic cinema from around the world, also includes concerts of film, club, rock and jazz music, theater performances, modern art exhibitions, lectures, seminars and other projects. The most important part of the festival is the competition.
The U.S. Consulate General in Krakow is a sponsor of the event.
More information and program at: http://www.cieszyn2005.eranowehoryzonty.pl/english.php
Gail Archer's Concerts in Poland
The U.S. Consulate General in Krakow is sponsoring a visit of Gail Archer, Professor of Organ at Manhattan School of Music, who is coming to Poland to give several concerts in southern Poland.
She will take part in the 5th International Organ Festival in Zakopane. Dates and venues for concerts: More information on the 5th International Organ Festival in Zakopane at: http://www.ezakopane.pl/festiwal_organowy_program.html
22 July at 6:00 p.m. Church of Saint Maximilian in Oswiecim
26 July at 7:45 p.m. Salwator Norbertanki Church in Krakow
29 July at 7:00 p.m. Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Rabka
30 July at 8:00 p.m. Krupowki Church of Holy Family in Zakopane
Gail Archer's website: http://www.gailarcher.com
"American Friendship: Herbert Hoover and Poland" Exhibit in Krakow
An exhibit entitled “American Friendship: Herbert Hoover and Poland” opened in Krakow on the 4th of July and will be on display until August 31 at the Jagiellonian University Museum at Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiellonska 15, Krakow.
It presents selected holdings of the archives of the Hoover Institution in Stanford, California, and the collections of the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.
The exhibit highlights the friendship between Poland and the United States, which was epitomized by the aid provided by Herbert Hoover to Poland after both World Wars.
More information on Hoover Institution at: http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/
Monument of Gratitude to the United States by Xawery Dunikowski
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Protecting the Environment:
30 Years of U.S. Progress
The United States has made remarkable progress over the past 30 years in reducing pollution and protecting the environment within its
borders as well as other nations. Environmental stewardship is critical to the promise of a better life for people around the world, and authors
emphasize that theme as they discuss climate change, alternative energy innovations, air quality, forest and freshwater
management, and waste recycling. Included are an extensive bibliography and a collection of Web resources.
Publication available at: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0605/ijge/ijge0605.htm
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