Summer; 2011
Issue
84
In This
Issue:
*Greetings from Consul General
*Reagan Centennial Celebrations
*Madame Curie
*Rhine Rivers Ramblers
*New Orleans Sunday
*4th of July in Katowice
*Alaska Exhibit
*American West
*America in Your Lens
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Greetings from Krakow!
We are sending the summer edition of Spotlight a little early so that we can share with you information about some of the great events happening in the next couple of weeks and throughout the summer. We’ll send our next edition of Spotlight in September, but you can always stay connected with us by Facebook and our webpage.
Next Monday, the Consulate is proud to participate in a Mass of Thanksgiving for President Ronald Reagan at 6:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Basilica in Krakow. Presided over by Cardinal Dziwisz it is certain to be a memorable event. We’ll then turn our thoughts to our nation’s birthday with a week full of activities, including a Dixieland jazz concert on Krakow’s Market Square and a community picnic in Katowice on Sunday, July 3. We are planning visits throughout the district over the summer and hope to see you at one of the events listed below near you. Have a safe and happy summer!
Sincerely,
Allen Greenberg
Consul
General
Allen Greenberg
100th Anniversary of President Reagan's Birthday
As part of the year-long Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, four European nations - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom - will honor the 100th birthday of President Reagan with a series of tributes from June 27-July 4, 2011. Program highlights will include on June 27, a Mass of Thanksgiving in Krakow. For more information on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's historic year-long Centennial Celebration visit: www.reagancentennial.com
"Madame Curie"
As an accompanying event to the exhibit "Maria Skłodowska-Curie - Extraordinary Woman", organized by the Chemistry Department and Museum of the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Museum of Maria Skłodowskaj-Curie in Warsaw, the U.S. Consulate General will present a classic American movie, "Madame Curie." The film is an excellent biographical movie about the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre to discover radium. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards. The screening will take place on June 29 at 7:00 pm. at Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiellońska 15, Krakow. Free entry.
Rhine River Ramblers in Poland
The Rhine River Ramblers from the United States Army Europe Band will visit Poland in July. They are experts in the New Orleans jazz genre. The eight-member group performs jazz classics from Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbecke and more. Their repertoire is not limited to the classics but includes also New Orleans street music, brass band and funk among others. The Rhine River Ramblers will play in Andrychow on July 2 (Saturday) at 8:00 pm. at Pałac Bobrowski (in case of good weather). If it rains the concert will take place at Miejski Dom Kultury, Szewska 7. The group will also play in Krakow as part of the New Orleans Jazz Sunday on July 3rd.
New Orleans Sunday will Start the Summer Jazz Festival in Krakow
In keeping with a long-standing Krakow tradition the first Sunday in July will be devoted to New Orleans Jazz concerts and start the annual Summer Jazz Festival. This year the organizers are preparing a real treat for all jazz lovers. The program of the festival will include great concerts by outstanding Polish and international jazz stars, among them many American musicians.
On July 3, New Orleans Sunday will be a day of outdoor concerts on the main Market Square (Rynek Glowny). The Rhine River Ramblers of the US Army Band stationed in Germany will play traditional jazz at Pod Jaszczurami Club at Rynek Glowny from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Ramblers will then join the annual New Orleans' Parade that starts from the Barbican at 5:00 p.m. and proceeds down Florianska Street to the Old Town's Rynek Glowny. The concert at the Rynek at 6:00 p.m. will include performances by Krakow's Jazz Band Ball Orchestra with the participation of an American singer Melve Houston, Old Timers and Boba Jazz Band.
The Return to Forever Concert at the Hala Wisly on July 5 at 8:00 will feature performances by world famous American jazzmen Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White as well as Australian jazz fusion guitarist Frank Gambale and Jean-Luc Ponty, a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.
NOSPR and Jazz Stars will play two concerts, on July 6 in Katowice and on July 7 at the Krakow Philharmonic with the participation of Italian-American singer Roberta Gambarini, Polish great Tomasz Stanko and Valdyslav Adzik Sendecki. For more information about the Summer Jazz Festival and the full summer of concerts, please see : http://www.cracjazz.com,
American Independence Day in Katowice
On July 3, Katowice will host a celebration of American Independence Day, organized by Club Marcholt, the City of Katowice and the U.S. Consulate General. The event will start at 4:00 p.m. and will include a music band, a hot air balloon, and other surprises. It is geared towards families and designed to reflect an American-style July 4th celebration in the Giszowiec neighborhood.
Alaska Exhibit in Przemysl and Jaslo
On July 8 the photo exhibition “Alaska-Beauty of the Wilderness” (Piekno dzikiej natury) will be opened at the Przemysl Center for Science and Culture at Zamek Kazimierzowski. The exhibition of photographs by Dr Sebastian Bielak from Krakow Technical University, will be on display until August 15 .
The exhibit will travel to Jaslo and on August 25 it will be be on display at Jasielski Cultural Center. The exhibition opening will be followed by a presentation on Alaska by Dr. Sebastian Bielak. Dr. Bielak’s presentation is based on time he spent in Alaska and will be accompanied by a documentary “Alone in the Wilderness.“ The exhibition, presentation and film showing will take place in Jasielski Cultural Center in Jaslo, Kołłątaja 1.
American West
On August 5 at 6:00 pm, the U.S. Consulate General and the Museum in Nysa will open the “American West” exhibition presenting the beauty of American National Parks to Opolskie. The 50 large format photographs were taken by Wieslaw Pikul, a Polish-American who spent 20 years in the United States documenting natural wonders and unique landscapes. The exhibition will be open until September in the Museum in Nysa in Biskupa Jaroslawa 11.
Photo exhibition "USA in Your Lens" in Krynica
The photo exhibit “USA in Your Lens” featuring the best photos sent to the contest "USA w Twoim Obiektywie" (USA in Your Lens) will be opened in the Cultural Center in Krynica at 17:00 on August 5, 2011. Poles who traveled to the United States submitted photos showing American life as they experienced it: busy city scenes, alongside landscapes and monuments. The exhibit will be on display at the Art Gallery: ul. Piłsudskiego 19, Krynica until September 8.
D-Day in Hel
The U.S. Mission to Poland has granted honorary patronage to the D-Day Hel reenactment. This event, which commemorates the historic Normandy landing, will take place in Hel from August 14-21, 2011. For more information, please visit: http://www.ddayhel.pl/
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