TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

DagaDana, creators of playfully sensuous jazz-something music will be doing what they do at Rozrywki 3 on Mikołajska street on Wednesday night (16 November) at 21:00. This is part of their tour to promote their latest album, which is called Dlaczego Nie (which means “Why Not”). Tickets are 25 PLN the day before (that’s today!) or 35 PLN the day of the concert. Sample their music here, and then go. It’s a Polish / Ukranian band, and they’re a lot of fun live (I saw them last year at Drukarnia). They’re really good. And the concert costs less than it takes to purchase a piece of toast (or to pee, for that matter) in Venice. Just to put things in perspective.

The four clubs located at Wielopole 13 have all closed, it seems, due to some structural collapse which has condemned the whole building. For around 9 years this behemoth, this stinking monument to fun, has been the first choice and the last resort on all days of the week for late night revelry and craziness. Without it, where will people go at night? There are claims (horrible, disturbing claims) that the venerable Krzysztofory club and also Łódź Kaliska have both recently folded. This means that a serious and thorough search for new sources of fun in the city is now necessary. Vital. So, if you find fun, let us know immediately. It has to exist somewhere.

If you are hanging out around the river (near the footbridge @ Mostowa street) you can see a new addition to Kraków’s skyline. Across the bridge in Podgórze, the Blu guy (Italian street artist) has blessed us with a new mural. Well, okay, it’s new for me because I just got back, but it actually appeared some months ago in the summer.

The megaphone-bell looks a lot like Zygmunt, or at least it’s supposed to be, says Kamila. Look at all the bald guys leaning up to take in his message.

Turner and the Elements  in an exhibition presented in National Museum until 8th of January 2011. First time in Poland we can see works of Joseph Mallord William Turner, one of the greatest English Romantics, precursor of impressionisim and symbolism.

For those lazy which don’t want to poke out their noses you can play the game based on fragments of canvas.

National Museum

Main Building

al. 3 Maja 1, 30-062 Kraków

Openned:

• Tuesday – Saturday 10.00 – 18.00

• Sunday 10.00 – 16.00 (free entrance)

• Monday – closed

Tickets:

• 10 zł – regular
• 5 zł – students

If you’re going out in the evening you should really take the time to visit Cementarz Rakowicki, Kraków’s largest cemetary, to experience a little of the unique atmosphere of All Saints’ Day in Poland. Traditionally, when they’re not devouring vast assortments of meats at home with their families, people use this day to pay respects to the dead. In Rakowicki, you get the impression that no grave is lonely (votive candles cover every surface) and there’s a sense of peace and comfort that one might not usually associate with graveyards after dark. On the way to the cemetery you’ll have lots of opportunities to buy votive candles (in case you’ve neglected to pack them on your travels) and also interesting baked and sugary treats. Take Tram no. 11 from the Starowiślna stop.