May; 2011
Issue
82
In This
Issue:
*Greetings from Consul General
*Krakow-San Francisco Bus
*Czeslaw Milosz Festival
*Maria Sklodowska-Curie Exhibit
*Ambassador's Lecture
*MoCAK
*Documentary showing
*Bluesroads Festival
Greetings from Krakow!
May will be an exciting month for the Consulate in Krakow and for highlighting the close Polish-American friendship. President Obama will visit Poland at the end of the month. Before that though, we'll start the month with a ride on the San Francisco bus through Krakow in honor of the Krakow-San Francisco sister city relationship, celebrate Czeslaw Milosz, who lived for many years in America, welcome Ambassador Feinstein to Krakow to talk to university students, enjoy some great blues music and finish the month with a remarkable silent film from the 1920s produced by Merian Cooper, who played a key role in creating the famed Kosciuszko Squadron. Not too bad, if we do say so ourselves!
Sincerely,
Allen Greenberg
Consul
General
Allen Greenberg
Krakow - San Francisco Bus on the 4th American Day in Krakow
The U.S. Consulate General in Krakow and the ON OFF theatre invite for a two hour long bus drive: direction "Krakow-San Francisco." The happening is organized to highlight the Krakow-San Francisco Sister Cities Partnership. On Friday, May 6, 2011 at 12:00 a vintage bus inspired by 1950s transportation in San Francisco will embark on a dream-like journey to San Francisco. Videos, posters, and photos will take students, media and general public to see Polish parts of this American city, like Lech Walesa St., in San Francisco, as well as city landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge and Park, City Lights Bookstore, Lombard Street, Dolores Mission, Pacific Heights, Cable Car Museum, Little Italy and lots of others. The bus will also be a stage for famous Poles pursuing their careers in San Francisco and environs. The bus passengers will hear Helena Modjeska recitals in the California Theatre and later will complete their knowledge about the famous Polish-American actress with a short visit to the Krakow Theatre Museum one of the “stops” on the San Francisco Bus route. The Bus will also be the stage for a play based on Czeslaw Milosz’s “Visions from San Francisco Bay,” which provides an insight into his American experience, during his centennial year celebrations.
The 2nd Czes豉w Milosz International Literary Festival
The 2nd Czes豉w Milosz International Literary Festival that will be held on May 9-15, 2011 celebrates “The Mi這sz Year” on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary. The U.S. Consulate General in Krakow is going to be involved in the events of the Milosz Festival to emphasize the role and a special place that the Polish-American writer holds in the modern world culture.
For many years the U.S. Consulate supported and co-organized poetry events such as Polish-American Poetry Seminars, which often featured Czeslaw Milosz reading his own poetry or poetry of American poets, his friends and guests of the Seminars. Those yearly events contributed significantly to building powerful bridges between intellectuals of both countries. The personal and institutional connection developed over the years since the poet settled down in Krakow prompted an active participation in such worthy events as the Milosz Festival. Among its various seminars, conferences and poetry readings there will be an event remembering also the American chapter of Milosz’s life. On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in the Mi這sz Pavilion, the commemorative evening "My Mi這sz" will gather some of the closest friends and colleagues of the Nobel Prize Laureate who will share memories of their time spent with the poet, the yet untold stories and anecdotes.
More information about the festival: http://www.milosz365.pl/pl,2festiwal-milosza.php
Exhibit "Maria Sk這dowska-Curie - Extraordinary Woman"
Exhibit "Maria Sk這dowska-Curie - Extraordinary Woman", organized by the Chemistry Department and Museum of the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Museum of Maria Sk這dowskaj-Curie in Warsaw, is devoted to life and work of the great scientist and her contacts with the scholarly community in Krakow. In addition to biographical information, documents and correspondence, the exhibit presents the scholarly community of Krakow in times when Maria, a graduate of Physics and Mathematics at Sorbonne, was looking for a job at the Jagiellonian University. The exhibit includes also of philatelic and medal collections devoted to Maria Sklodowska-Curie, a laureate of two Nobel prizes. The exhibit will be open May 12 –June 30, Monday-Saturday 9:00 am-7 :00 p.m. at Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiello雟ka 15, Krakow. It will be accompanied by film showings about the scientist’s life and work. Free entry.
Lecture on Current Transatlantic Relations at the Jagiellonian University
Ambassador Lee Feinstein will meet with students and invited guests at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow on May 16. He will speak on current transatlantic relations, U.S. foreign policy towards the European Union, the Middle East and other regions in the world. If you would like to participate in the meeting, please contact Public Affairs Office at the Consulate tel: 12 4245140.
"History in Art" Exhibit in MoCAK
MoCAK – the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow opens on May 19, 2011 an international exhibition “History in Art.” The U.S. Consulate General supports and participates in the launching of the first exhibition of the new and long awaited cultural institution in Krakow. The Museum is the first fully fledged contemporary art museum built since World War II in Poland. It is located in the industrial part of the former Schindler’s Factory. The first exhibition – History in Art - examines history as viewed from the perspective of art and at the same time deals with the history of the place where the Museum stands. The works of four American and Polish American artists i.e.: Omer Fast, Collier Schorr, Maciej Toporowicz, Krzysztof Wodiczko will be displayed in the inaugural exhibition and three American art critics and historians contribute to the accompanying exhibit catalog. In all, 44 artists and 121 works will be featured in the exhibition that also proposes an extensive educational program of workshops and lectures to people of various age groups.
"Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life" Documentary
A special showing of a silent documentary "Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life", directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack will be organized as a accompaning event of the Krakow Film Festival, May 23-29 http://www.kff.com.pl/pl/
The film documents a journey of Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, and Marguerite Harrison to the Bakhtiari lands of western Iran and follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia (today Iran) as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures. It is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films. The film highlights the extreme hardships faced by nomadic peoples, as well as the bravery and ingenuity of the Bakhtiari.
"Bluesroads" Festival
2 Students' Festival of blues music "Bluesroads", which will be held from May 24 to May 29, is the second edition of the festival that promotes American music and culture in Cracow, under the patronage of the Consulate General of the United States. Just like last year, the Consulate Krakow supports students in the organization of this venture and helps in a project called "The Cinema of Blues", which is not only fun, but above all educates and promotes blues among Krakow audiences. In addition to concerts, jam sessions and film showings there will be blues presentations and dances on the blues-style. More information about the program and musicians who are participating this year at: http://www.bluesroads.pl
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