TRAVELERT: Krakow Concert and Event Alerts

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

“When space transformed for the first time, it was night.
On that night mountains began to breathe. (…)”

A short nocturnal story by Lena Hensel in images and texts

an opening of the drawings’ exhibition and an art-book presentation

October 6th 2011, 6.00 p.m.
House of Albums, 17 Zwierzyniecka St., Kraków, Poland

come and join us! during the opening Lena Hensel will recite her texts!

NOCTURNE by Lena Hensel is an art-book published in a limited edition of 50 exemplars for Polish and German language version (translation: Artur Kożuch)

exhibition organizer: House of Albums
curator of the Speciality of the House project: Karolina Harazim

NOCTURNE exhibition by Lena Hensel will be presented at House of Albums until December 2011

Lena Hensel (1980, Berlin). Graduated from Akademie der bildenden Künste in Nürnberg (Department of Sculture), then the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków (also the Department of Sculture). Since 2007 Lena Hensel is intensely artistically active in Kraków and Berlin, she ogranised the Fe.kontakt International Sculpture Symposium (Schindler’s Factory, Kraków). She took part in collective exhibitions in Germany and Poland (i.e. in Poznań, Zielona Góra, Tarnów, Hamburg, Essen). In 2009 the first solo exhibition by Lena Hensel, ‘materia in somnis’, was presented at Kolory gallery in Kraków. Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholar in 2010.
Lena Hensel creates in an author’s techniques. She combines materials, the delicate with the coarse, the soft with the hard. Objects and drawings created by the artist construct relations and as such – installations- going much further than the classical frames of sculpture or graphics.

“Speciality of the House”* – composition of the most carefully chosen ingredients – Spécialité de la Maison. “Speciality of the House” is a cycle of contemporary art presentations in the House of Albums interiors.

House of Albums

ul. Zwierzyniecka 17

FORTIFIED is a new cycle of concerts organized by Krakow music collective Loose Wire. it presents the newest independent alternative and experimental rock bands. During every edition new bands will be presented, from Krakow, Europe and around the world.

Loose Wire Presents:

Father Issues (PL) – folk music
Peter J. Birch (PL) – songwriter and singer
New Century Classics (US/IT/UK/PL) – international post-rock group
Teddy Jr. (NL/UK/PL) – amazing folk/grunge/balkan mix
Eluktrick (US/PL) – eclectic, energetic, electric

F O R T I F I E D
V o l u m e 1

October 7, 2011
Forty Kleparz (check on the map how to get there)
ul. Kamienna 2-4, Kraków
Start: 20:00
FREE Entrance!!!!

Instead of getting wet in Krakow city you can hide in one of the Krakow’s cinemas or even make a cinema tour and live somebody else life for few hours…

Kino pod Baranami, how to get to the cinema?

11:45 and 19:50  – Au voleur

12:00 and 15:00  – Beginners

15:00 – The Fighter, 6pln

16:00 – The Reader, 6pln

17:00 – Des hommes et des dieux

18:10 – The American

20:00 – Grindhouse: Death Proof

21:00 – The Deer Hunter

22:00 – The Hurt Locker

Tickets on Monday – 10,90 pln

Krakowskie centrum kinowe ARS, how to get to the cinema?

11:45 – The Next Three Days

12:30 and 21:00 – The Tree of Life

14:00 and 20:45 – Incendies

14:10, 16:30, 18:50 and 21:10 – Bridesmaids

14:30 and 21:15 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

17:00 and 19:00 – Rien a declarer

Tickets on Monday – 12 pln

As defined by the Historical Museum, a”szopka krakowska” is a slender, multilevel, often towered, richly decorated construction, made of impermanent materials. Elements of typical Cracow architecture are often present in the nativity scene, and this year you can also see some politicly related elements too.

Worth visiting while you are in Krakow or exploring for your own knowledge at the wikipedia site.

Opening hours:

Sunday-Thursday: 9:00-18:00

Friday: 9:00-19:00

December 24th and 25th and January 1st -  exhibition is closed.

December 26th : 9:00-16:00

December 31th : 9:00-15:00

Tickets:
Regular: 8 PLN
Reduced : 6 PLN
Mondays – tickets only: 3 PLN

Pałac Krzysztofory

Rynek Główny 35

On 28th of November you can visit most of Krakow’s Museums for Free. National Museum and all his branches are waiting to be visited as well as Salt Mine, Old Synagogue and Museum of Nowa Huta.

Whole day of exploring! (from 10am to4pm)

Here is link to whole programme.

Sunday is a last day of Unsound Festival. Closing party this year in Pauza – six hours of various music from making everybody happy Last.fm Dj team mixing indie, post-punk, disco, electro or fusion funky (The Phantom) through heavy – hitting sounds represented by Norwegian producer Melkeveinen.

21:00 Last.fm DJ team

22:30 Zeppy Zep 

22:30 The Phantom

00:00 Beatbully

00:00 Melkeveien

01:30 Jackmaster

01:30 Deadboy

Last day of September has seen the grand, slightly bombastic opening of Kładka Bernatka, a bike and foot-bridge over Wisła, linking Kazimierz and Podgórze. Generally, Bernatka has acceptance of public, however here and there you can hear voices of scepticism;  it’s not looking right, it’s not in a right place etc. The most distinct opinion belongs to anarchist though, for them Bernatka is a menace, a wide pipe that will be spitting out to Podgórze, drunken crowds from Kazimierz, the another step to death in a sweet grip of global tourism.
Well from our side, we are going to heavy use Bernatka on weekly hostel tours from Krakow to Podgórze, in a day light. Hope it doesn’t count as killing.

Every day one try, 365 days and 365 trees, 25th of September Cecylia Malik – cracovian artist – will conquer the last tree – an oak

Inspiration comes from the book of Italo Calvino – The Baron in the Trees

You can be a witness of this performance – place: Dąb Wolności , Planty near Collegium Novum UJ, 7 pm

Exhibition in Bunkier Sztuki dedicated to the youngest lovers of contemporary art. Title comes from “Alice in Wonderland” of Lewis Carroll and encourage to explore the unknown.

All works were made especially for the exhibition and suppose to include children into the world of art.

Not only children are invited – everybody can make a journey to the rabbit’s burrow and remember how it was to be a child.

Bunkier Sztuki

Plac Szczepanski 3a

Tuesday–Sunday: 11.00 a.m.–6.00 p.m

Tickets:

Normal 6 zl
Reduced 3 zl

Have you ever heard about SMALEC? You have a unique chance to try it for free on Plac Wolnica.

6th edition -  Festival of Taste Małoposlska region, from 10 am till 6 pm concerts, contests and free tasting.

The biggest cuisine event in the region, during the weekends in chosen cites open markets have place where local manufacturers are presenting their products.

As every week there is an option to spend Saturday night partying in a tram!

This week Latino Party!

Price 29 pln, welcoming drinks included, it’s allowed the take your own refreshments on the board!

Meeting point tram stop on Plac Dominikanski

Starts 8:45 pm

Ask for details at the reception desk!

Tomorrow (10th of August)  in the afternoon hours (from 4 p.m) in the hearth of the city Krakow absolutely for free good music will be played:

The Complainer & The Complainers  – electronic

Czesław Śpiewa – great personality of polish music stage

Iowa Super Soccer – mix of indie rock and acoustic pop

Biff – crazy pop rock songs

Concert organized by city Katowice taking part in a competition for 2016 European Capital of the Culture

Rynek Główny

near City Hall – lonely tower on the western side of the Market

Recently opened museum (11th of June) as a branch of Historical Museum of the City of Krakow in former Oskar Schindler’s Factory (4 Lipowa Street) display exhibition Krakow under Nazi Occupation 1939-1945.

Documentary photographs, witnesses to history relations, multimedial presentations built the picture of everyday life in occupied Krakow.

Through casual objects, newspapers, photographs, personal and official documents we have a chance to explore history of II World War.

Museum open:

Monday 10 am – 14 pm, free entrance

Tuesday – Sunday 10 am – 18 pm

Tickets:

regular – 15 PLN

reduced – 13 PLN

29 April

This time tuesday’s ALL is DUB will lead a special guest Dzioobass. You’ll hear roots dub, uk dub, dubstep and jungle.
where:Stranger Cafe, Dietla 97 (Kazimierz),20:00, free

11 apr (fri)

>Czesław śpiewa (sings), concert, 20:00
Czesław Mozil is a leader of danish band Tesco Value, now he is presenting his solo project Czesław Śpiewa and first album called Debiut. Well the music is difficult to define, Czesław says it is fusion of tango, pop cabaret, punk and rock
czesław and myspace
where: Alchemia, corner of Estery and Plac Nowy (Kazimierz), 20/40zl

>AfryKamera, African Film Festival, 7-13 Apr

A unique chance to watch best African movies from last few years.
Films will be screened in original versions with polish subtitles.
where: Kino Pod Baranami, Main Square 27

7 apr
20.30 BRUNATNY PYŁ | RED DUST
reż. Tom Hooper, Wielka Brytania/RPA, 2004, 110’
8 apr
20.30 SUSZA | DARATT
reż. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Czad/Francja/Belgia/Austria, 2006, 95′
9 apr
20.30 NIE CZAS UMIERAĆ | NO TIME TO DIE - DVD
reż. King Ampaw, Ghana/Niemcy, 2006, 95′
10 apr
20.30 DRUM | DRUM - DVD
reż. Zola Maseko, USA/RPA, 2004, 94′
11 apr
20.30 RACHIDA | RACHIDA
reż. Yamina Bachir, Algeria/Francja 2002, 100′
22:30 MIESZKANIE W HELIOPOLIS | FI SHAKET MASR EL GEDEEDA
reż. Mohamed Khan, Egipt 2007, 118′ DVD
12 apr
14.00 GUELWAAR | GUELWAAR - DVD
reż. Ousmane Sembène, Francja/Niemcy/Senegal 1992, 115′
20.30 BAMAKO | BAMAKO
reż. Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali/USA/Francja 2006, 115′
22:30 DEMON PIASKÓW | DUST DEVIL
reż. Richard Stanley, RPA/Wielka Brytania 1992, 107′
13 apr
14.00 MOOLAADÉ | MOOLAADÉ
reż. Ousmane Sembène, Senegal/Francja/Burlina Faso/Kamerun/Maroko/Tunezja 2004, 124′
20:30 LUNATYCZNA KRAINA | TERRA SONÂMBULA
reż. Teresa Prata, Mozambik/Portugalia 2007, 100′

>Ok!Wyspiański, exhibition 4th of apr till 8th of July

The exhibition is to celebrate the Year of Stanisław Wyspiański, one of the grates polish artists: painter, poet, playwrighter, designer (1869-1907). The works of selected contemporary artists will be shown among Stanisław Wyspiański’s works. The aim is to show inspirational potential of Wyspianski as well as to start a dialogue with the artist’s works, and maybe…to replace admiration with closeness.
where:Stanisław Wyspiański Museum in the Szołayski House, Szczepańska 11 (Main Square area)
Wyspiański on Wikipedia
more about exibition

M. Markiewicz ( żródło: Bunkier Sztuki)
and Wyspiański a fragment of stain glass