15th ediction of the festival, 46 days of jazz live music, every day concerts

This year stars: Bobby McFerrin, Markus Stockhausen, Paulo Fresu and NDR Big Band

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Jewish Festival - day 5th

Unique chance to hear Ethno classic singer Ilana Eliya and Jabalayo Ensamble (Mountain Boy)

They perform interpretations of Kurdish traditional songs with middle-eastern music

Songs in kurdish, hebrew and arabic

Before each song Ilana expalin in English it’s meaning

Temple Synagogue, 24 Miodowa St

Starts 7 p.m.

Tickets: 50PLN regular, 35 PLN reduced

If you can not be there check live internet transmission

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We invite you to ‘Food Not Bombs’ - Krakow on Saturday the 23rd of january at 2pm in Podgórze on Plac Niepodległości in Podgórze (beside Korona) starting at 2pm.

Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer global movement that shares free vegetarian meals as a protest to war and poverty. Each chapter collects surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets, then prepares community meals which are served for free to anyone who is hungry. The central beliefs of the group are:

• If governments and corporations around the world spent as much time and energy on feeding people as they do on war, no one would go hungry.
• There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but too much of it goes to waste needlessly, as a direct result of capitalism and militarism.
• Vegan food is both healthy and nonviolent.

Food Not Bombs works to call attention to poverty and homelessness in society by sharing food in public places and facilitating gatherings of poor and homeless people. Anyone who wants to cook may cook, and anyone who wants to eat may eat. Food Not Bombs strives to include everyone.

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Surely by this time you’ve spied this endearing little fire-bearing sasquatch on posters around town.  Do not fear him!  For he comes in peace.  He’s for the 2nd annual Boska Komedia festival which is going on from 7 to 14 December.  It’s an international theatre festival, but the plays are only in Polish — some of the best ones of the last year.  Check their snazzy-looking website for the schedule; there is a lot of good theatre coming up in the next few days.  Hurry up, though, as tickets are in short supply.

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Sacrum Profanum Festival, Sunday, 13 Sep -Saturday, 19 Sep
“Contemporary British composers are the stars of this year’s scene of the most ambitious of all Krakow music festivals. The achievements of Julian Anderson will be presented by Asko/Schonberg; the Austrian Klangforum Wien were appointed to present works by Brian Ferneyhough; the German Ensemble Modern will perform works by George Benjamin; and the London Sinfonietta will work on compositions by Olivier Knussen and Harrison Birtwistle. Do not miss The Cinematic Orchestra, a British-Polish duet (Ninja Tune stars) or the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra, but most of all you should come to at least one of the two (distinct) performances by Aphex Twin in the romantic scenery of the chemical tinning plant hall.” [from Przekrój and sacrumprofanum.pl]
programme and more on http://www.sacrumprofanum.pl/en

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Music in Old Krakow Festival
Vivaldi Handel Ferrandini
Elena Biscuola mezzosoprano Federico Guglielmo skrzypce L’ARTE DELL’ARCO
25 aug, start at 20:00
Akademia Muzyczna - Aula Florianka
Basztowa 8

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4th edition of CLMF august 20st-22nd at the Polish Aviation Museum will be all about sipping Coke and swaying to the mainstream hits of the world’s best Rock, Pop, Rap, R&B acts.
the Killers, The streets, James, 50 Cent, Gentelman, NAs, Shaggy, Madcon are all set to perform at this year’s fest alongside other International and Polish artists .

line up
20.08.2009 (THURSDAY)
THE KILLERS . THE STREETS . JAMES
COMA . KUMKA OLIK . WE CALL IT A SOUND

21.08.2009 (FRIDAY)
50 CENT . GENTLEMAN . LUPE FIASCO
O.S.T.R. . WARSZAFSKI DESZCZ . ŁĄKI ŁAN . JUNIOR STRESS & SUN EL BAND . JUNE

22.08.2009 (SATURDAY)
NAS . SHAGGY . MADCON
ABRADAB . VAVAMUFFIN . EASTWEST ROCKERS . MARIKA . TEN TYP MES /2cztery7/

http://www.livefestival.pl/
Muzeum lotnictwa, Al. Jana Pawla II 39 in Krakow.

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It is 11th edition of the The Rozstaje (”Crossroads”) Festival, one of the oldest and biggest festivals of world music in Poland and this part of Europe.Rostaje are not only a meeting of artists from very different cultures and areas but also the mix of traditional folk styles  with jazz, rock even classical music. All in all very interesting event, definitely worth to be attended.
http://www.rozstaje.pl/

Thursday 23th on Rozstaje

Mazurki - Trio Janusza Prusinowskiego
concert
where:club rotunda, Oleandry st.1 , entrance:free
20-21:00

Kapela Warszawskiego Domu Tańca and Trio Janusza Prusinowskiego
where:club rotunda, Oleandry st.1 , entrance:free
21:00-00.00

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Art Boom Festival in Krakow seems to be a Contemporary Art festival
built on philosophy and ambition.  The organizers have laid down a
clear mission statement that they want to change the perception of
Krakow as a conservative backwater in the Art world and move the city
forward in its acceptance and promotion of Modern Art.  Also, by
placing artworks in urban and public spaces they want to transform the
city’s stodgy relationship with contemporary art… ballsy! Throughout
June the festival will present the series of separate artistic events
each one involving different aspects and mediums of the Visual Arts.
The scope of the festival is aimed at reaching both the general public
as well as “professionals” - artists, curators, critics and art
theorists. Some of the different mediums to be presented will be:
painting, installation, objects, video, performance, not to mention
community art. The festival will be a platform for promising young
talents as well as well known figures and artists.  Keep an eye on
www.artboomfestival.pl for complete schedule of events and
exhibitions. BOOM!

12-22 June

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. -–

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It is rather remarkable how quickly Krakow has transformed itself into
a modern Music Festival metropilis in the last few years. Of course
the city has always been a bustling hub of cultural festivals and
indeed many world famous artists pass through the city every year
(thank you Celin), however International Pop Rock and Alternative
Music Festivals - the ones where people travel great distances to come
to - have only showed up in the last 5 years. The eclectic and
experimental Unsound started to get things going, then the uber
comercial Coke Live showed up, then the Screen Festival tried to make
some noise… and now the almighty Selector Contemporary Music and
Multimedia Festival will take over the Blonia the first weekend in
June.

When Alter Art (same people that organize Coke Live and Open’er btw)
announced the list of headliners for the Selector festival in March,
shockwaves were sent throughoutt the indie rock and dance world in
Poland. None other than the smarmy scotsmen Franz Ferdinand will be
headlining things have have more danceable guitar anthems then any
other band playing today. Other headliners include Orbital (legendary
British electronica), Röyksopp (swedish downtempo), CSS (brazilian
electronic indie) , Fischerspooner, Dizzee Rascal (Britsih Hip Hop)
and New Young Pony Club (UK indie electro) . The profile of the
festival is certainly a bit of a niche and the organizers mission
statement is to “mainly focus on electronic and dance acts, but
dancefloor friendly rock acts”. With a lineup like this, the festival
is bound to turn into one of the biggest danceparties Kraktown has
ever seen.

With the late cancellation of the Cracow Screen Festival, news of the
Selector Festival was even more timely. This is indeed a huge
undertaking and Alter Art is hoping that it will become the official
start of Festival Season in Poland…. we’ll see I suppose, and I’ll
see you on the Błonia. Take Me OUT!

5-6 June
Błonia
entry: 135 PLN (one day) 200 PLN (two day)

www.selectorfestival.pl

— Many thanks to Thymn Chase for text. –

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>>Krakow Film Festival, 29.05-4.06
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film event dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 500 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow.More about this year’s programme here

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>>8th soup Festival, 23th May, all day and evening also
All hungry and not hungry but curious and adventurous people should go tomorrow to Kazimierz’s Plac Nowy and sample numerous soups, cooked by chefs and home grown professionals.All soups will compete for Golden,Silver and Brown spoon and for.. your heart and stomach.
Consumption will be enhanced with live music by  Frittata, Ms. No One, Mass Kotki

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>>Film Festival; 6th Planete Doc Review

One of the single largest unifying cinamatic events will take place the weekend of May 8-10.  In 22 different cities accross Poland 1,000s of people will watch the exact same documentary films at the exact same time.  This is not an elaborately coordinated gimic however because WE the people will collectively decide which films are awarded some sort of metal or plastic trophy… The films to be viewed are all Documentaries from different countries that have all recieved some sort of award in the past year or two. If you are a film buff and especially enjoy documentaries you won’t want to miss any of this year’s films because they are the absolute cream of the crop (Sundance, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto Award Winners etc.).  All screenings will take place in Kino Pod Baranami. As part of the festival there will also be a special meetings in 10 cities (Krakow included) on Saturday May 9th at 19:30.  There will be actual debates about the film  Wiek głupoty (Franny Armstrong) which raises questions about environmental politics and societies role in taking care of the planet.  This festival is a truly landmark event in Polish Cinema and a great chance to tap into the elusive collective consciousness… Check out the full schedule on www.docreview.pl

Where: Kino Pod Baranami; Rynek Główny 27

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>>Concert, Student’s festiwal; Alternative Music on Juwenalia

The hedonous end of the semester drunkfest that is Juwenalia for many years has been incredibly predictable.  The same pop stars, same bands, the same, the same hangovers with just the student population changing slightly from year to year.  Well… things have changed a bit.  From last year the people that bring you the Niepokorni series in Zaczek have developed an alternative program for those of you out there looking for something different, perhaps strange, maybe even new during the Juwe festivities.  Juwe-Niepokorni 2009 will feature Dick 4 Dick, Pustki, New Century Classics, and Please the Trees.  For anyone in the know about alternative music scene, this is a suptuos meal of alternative bands spanning all kinds of genres, nationalities and styles.  Dick 4 Dick will bring the crazy electro pageantry; Pustki will bring the elaborately delicate and beautifully raw indie rock; NCC will unload a boatload of orchestral and intricate post-rock; Please the Trees comes straight out of the Czech forest and rocks the alt country and modern rock.  Newcomers Pchełki and The Recycling Center will also be featured and show the crowd what the next generation thinks about Alternative music.  So if you’re gonna drink beer out of a plastic cup for 5 days why night do it at the most interesting and inovative concert of Juwe 2009.

Where: Open Stage at Klub Żaczek ; Al. 3 Maja 5

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>>Off Camera Festival
Organized by The Society for Independent and Other Arts OFF CAMERA and Krakow Festival Office. OFF PLUS CAMERA’09 is a major event devoted to Polish and international independent cinema.(…)
Approximately 100 films will be presented during 340 screenings. The Festival aspires to show – besides the newest productions – the classics of underground cinema.(…)
What makes the festival special is the fact all screenings are held in small and medium venues, excluding multiplex theaters. The idea behind this decision was to pay tribute to the small movie theaters and so called film discussion clubs which used to present great and ambitious repertoire of films under the Dark Ages of communism. In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s these venues functioned as meeting places for the Polish artistic and cultural elites.
more on http://www.offpluscamera.com

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>>Festival; OFF PLUS CAMERA’09

The festival lasts 10 days and it takes place in 8  independent movie venues. There  will be over 400 screenings and 100 films shown. The films were carefully selected from all over the world.
For detailed program check www.offpluscamera.com

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>>Dark Rock Decadence, start at 20:00
One of the biggest festivals of Gothic and Industrial music in souther Poland. those whe come will see:
Negradonna(Kraków),Narcolipz(Kraków),Reconstruction(Kraków),DrLecter(Opole),
NowhereLand(Warszawa),Arshenic(Gdańsk, Gdynia,Sopot),
After party-DJ:Bagiennik,DeV
http://www.myspace.com/darkrockdecadence
where: Klub Zaścianek, Rostafińskeigo 4 (students town), tickets 15 pln

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