Embassy Events
2004 Embassy Events
American Roadside Architecture Exhibition Arrives in Košice The State Department Bureau for Cultural and Educational Affairs has produced a traveling photographic exhibition by noted architectural historian John Margolies. Titled American Roadside Architecture, the exhibition includes 56 photos and is equally divided into three sections describing the early architecture of gas stations, lodging, and restaurants and eateries. The exhibition is sponsored in Slovakia by the U.S. Embassy Bratislava and organized in conjuction with the Second International Film Festival of Documentaries on Architecture ARCHFILM 2004. The exhibition will open at the East-Slovak Museum in Kosice on November 22 at 6:00 p.m. and will last until December 19. Archfilm 2004
The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI) in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation (NOS -OSF)with some financial support from the Embassy of the USA in Bratislava is organizing afamily history essay / research competition for gymnazium students in Slovakia. The deadline for submissions is 5PM on March 1, 2005.
Iranian-American Photographer Exhibits in Poprad
The House of Photography in Poprad in
cooperation with the Embassy of the U.S.A. and other sponsors organized an
exhibition by the talented and inisightful Iranian-American photographer
Soody Sharifi called Mixiatures / Muslim Teenagers. Soody Sharifi
was born in Iran and now lives in Huston (USA).
The exhibition will open November 4 at
6:00 p.m. in the House of Photography, Poprad and will last until December 12,
2004.
House of Photography :Soody Sharifi
Kimberly Haynes, American soprano and a winner of the Seventh Montreal International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition will travel to Slovakia for a one week tour November 2-7. November 4, 7:00 p.m., House of Arts, Kosice
November 6, 5:00 p.m., Dolna Krupa Mansion (Trnava)
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The
14th International Month Of Photography
The Month of Photography Festival
is a major celebration of photography encompassing many of Bratislava's
galleries, hosting works of the artists from around the world accompanied by
conferences, workshops, book presentations, and also an auction of photographs.
The Embassy of the U.S.A. supported participation of American photographer
Arthur Tress in the Month of Photography. The Tress exhibition will open
November 3, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. in the Bratislava City Gallery: Galeria Aktualit.
Month of Photography : Arthur Tress
The U.S. Embassy in Bratislava covered the costs of rights and of a Slovak translation for the Bratislava production of leading American playwright Sam Shepard's Fool for Love. The play was first staged in San Francisco in February 1983. The Mestske Divadlo at Biela Street number 6 in Bratislava is producing the Slovak version of the play during the month of October, 2004.
The U.S. Embassy sponsored the working visit of a certified consultant in management of cultural institutions Jerold D. Kappel. Mr. Kappel conducted three day-long training programs on Effective Management of Cultural Institutions October 25 in the Theater Institute in Bratislava, October 27 at the State Scientific Library in Banska Bystrica and October 29 at the Info USA Center in the State Scientific Library, Kosice More Information : Info USA Center in the State Scientific Library, Kosice
Ekotopfilm
2004
21st International Festival of Documentary
Environmental Films, October 25th - 29th, 2004, Hotel Forum, Bratislava;
November 9-11, Theater Tatra, Kosice. The U.S. will be represented at the
festival by Mr. Bruce Bucklin who is the director of competitions, Washington,
D.C. based Cine and a member of the film fest's international jury. Several
American films will be in the competition for prizes at the festival.
5th
International festival of documentary films One World 2004
Bratislava, October 20 -24, 2004
The Festival : Program
Franz
Kafka: "America" performed by Theater from the Passage, Banska Bystrica
The U.S. Embassy cosponsored the visit of American
playwright and theater director Philip Boehm to Slovakia to work with "The
Theater from the Passage" in Banska Bystrica on a project inspired by Franz
Kafka's play "America."
Performances: September 17, and October 20, 21, 2004
at 7:00 p.m. Theater from the Passage, Banska Bystrica
The U.S. Embassy partially supported American jazz musicians John Salerno, Chris Salerno (piano), and Bob Balsley (guitar), from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay to perform and teach with the International Performance Practice Project called Jazz Intercontinental. The festival took place at the Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica on October 11-15, 2004. Academy of Arts : John Salerno : Chris Salerno : Bob Balsley
"Journeys From Home" American Art Exhibit to Open at Central Slovak Museum in Banska Bystrica
On Monday, October 4, 2004 the Deputy Chief of
Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava Scott Thayer and the Director of the
Central Slovak Museum in Banska Bystrica Zuzana Drugova opened the traveling art
exhibit Journeys from Home featuring four contemporary American women painters.
This traveling exhibit has already been presented in Warsaw, Krakow, Bardejov,
Prague and Zagreb. The exhibit will be on view in Banska Bystrica through
October 30, 2004.
U.S. Embassy supported the visit of Slovak-American astronaut Eugene Cernan to Slovakia on September 26-28 and also several events related to Mr. Cernan's visit. Captain Cernan was a houseguest at the U.S. Ambassador's residence, and emphasized in his many press appearances the close friendship between the U.S. and Slovakia, and his own pride as an American in his Slovak roots. Captain Cernan also opened the exhibition called The Last Man on the Moon at the Bratislava Castle (September 28, 2004- February 15 2005). The Exhibition
International poetry festival Ars Poetica
Participating American poets: Jorn Ake, Vincent Farnsworth, Georgia Scott
Bratislava, September 29 - October 2, 2004
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Eleanor Valkenburg and Nnenna Ogwo will perform an all-American classical music
concert September 22 at 7:00 PM at Klarisky Concert Hall under the auspices
of the Bratislava Cultural and Information Center September 23 at 5:00 PM at
the Art School in Trnava
Program : Poetica Musica
American guest - Center for Puppetry Arts from Atlanta, September 10 - 15th, 2004
The Festival : The Center for Puppetry Arts : Program :Gallery
"Concertino
for Viola and Chamber Orchestra" played by American violist Joel Rosenberg. The U.S. Embassy in Bratislava and Slovak Radio cosponsored a performance
for 400 guests and a live broadcast of a concert September 9 at the Slovak Radio
Concert Hall featuring the European Premiere of William Wallace's "Concertino
for Viola and Chamber Orchestra" played by American violist Joel Rosenberg. The
concert also included a performance of Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" by
Antonin Dvorak. Entrance was free and the broad public was reached in addition
to invited guests, for a celebration of trans-Atlantic musical ties.
Gallery
Slovak
translation of the book "World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia" by Jim Downs
In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, the U.S.
Embassy and Magnet Press published and launched the Slovak translation of the
book, "World War II: OSS Tragedy in Slovakia", by Jim Downs. The book tells the
stories of American airmen shot down over Slovakia while fighting the Nazis.
When the SNP broke out, many were assisted in their escape by Slovaks, who
risked their lives to help them. The book also describes the missions of the
U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which sent in teams of personnel and
supplies to assist the uprising and rescue the freed airmen. The book relates
tales of heroism and dramatic escapes from Germans as well as stories of
capture, torture and death. It is a valuable addition to the historical record
of the SNP.
Magnet Press
Trnava organ days 2004
US
Embassy supported American artist James David Christie will perform at the opening of the festival on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 in the Saint Nicholas
Cathedral.
August 17 - October 1, 2004
James David
Christie :Trnava Organ Days 2004 | Trnavské organové dni 2004
U.S. Embassy in cooperation with the Bratislava Cultural and Information Center
sponsors a concert of 80 professional and amateur musicians, mostly Americans.
The musicians are coming to Bratislava from Eisenstadt as a part of the program
of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt 2004. Petrzalka Church of the
Holy Family, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. The program of the concert: Charles Ives:
String Quartet No.1 and Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C, Op. 86.
Classical Music Festival :
Gallery
International
organ festival
Kremnica Castle Organ
July 11 - August 29, 2004
Program : American guest - James David Christie
Exhibition
of Slovak-American artist Koloman Soko
City Gallery of
Bratislava, Mirbach Palace
June 30 - August 22, 2004
The City Gallery of Bratislava : Koloman
Sokol - biography
9th
Summer Photoschool of the House of Photography in Poprad 9.
Participating
American lecturers: Fredrik
Marsh, Ardine Nelson, Otterbein College, USA
Poprad, Liptovský Mikuláš July 3 - 11, 2004
House of
Photography
An American Air Force Quintet visited Slovakia to provide patriotic music for the U.S. Embassy's July 4 celebration at Bratislava Castle, and also played memorable performances for Slovak audiences at the Children's Diagnostic Center (Slovinska 1) and the Home for Retired People (Sklenarova 14). Gallery :: 4th of July 2004
International
Danube Day 2004
U.S. Embassy gave a modest environmental education grant
to support International Danube Day. On the occasion of the first International
Danube Day on June 29 the Deputy Chief of Mission Scott Thayer spoke alongside
the Slovak Minister of Environment László Miklós to Slovak school children.
International Danube Day : Gallery
Public Lecture by Michael Novak: What is Europe? An American Vision
Congress Hall, Hotel Devin, Bratislava June 29, 2004 at 5:30 p.m.
F.A. Hayek
Foundation :: Invitation | Pozvánka :: Michael Novak
U.S.
Ambassador to Slovakia Ronald Weiser hosted the ceremony for the Jan Cikker
Award that went to Michigan conductor Leo Najar, June 28, 2004
Gallery
American
pianist Mike del Ferro performs in Sahy
Concert Hall of the Elementary Art School Bélu Bartóka 1, Šahy
June
26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Mike del Ferro : Poster
International exhibition Sculpture and object IX. June 24, 2004 - September 30, 2004. More Information
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Advances in Educational Assessment
Monday, June 21, 2004 from 3:30 p.m.
until 5:30 p.m., Zichy Palace
Invitation | pozvánka :: ETS :: Gallery
Dance
improvisation workshop led by American dancer Margot Mink Colbert
Tangere Dance Studio, Lazaretská 3, Bratislava, June 19, 2004
Mink Colbert :: Tangere Dance Studio
International
Music Festival Days of Early Music
Festival organizer: Center of Early
Music
Bratislava, June 7-13, 2004
International
festival of music DOBROFEST 2004
Trnava, June 3 - June 6, 2004
International festival
of music DOBROFEST 2004
10th
International Festival of Local Broadcasters the GOLDEN BEGGAR
American TV producer/writer Donald Morfoot
participated at the festival as a speaker and as a member of the festival
jury. June 2-5, 2004, Košice
The Festival : Donald Morfoot : Gallery
U.S.
Ambassador to Slovakia Ronald Weiser hosted a photography exhibit of Filip
Kulišev May 27 - 28, 2004
Amazing Planet - Filip Kulisev
Photography ::
Gallery and a musical evening featuring young Slovak artists interpreting
American music and landscapes.
Prof.
Susan Burch from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the world's only
university exclusively serving deaf students, presented a talk on the history of
the civil rights movement of people with disabilities in the United States. The
lecture was given in English and American Sign Language and was interpreted into
spoken Slovak and Slovak Sign Language.
Teacher Training College, May 26, 2004
Gallaudet
University
Piano
player Kevin Kenner /U.S.A./ performs at the festival Košice Music Spring on
May 27, 2004, at 7:00 pm in the House of Arts
Košice Music Spring
18th International Vocal Competition of Mikuláš Schneider Trnavský
Trnava
May 24-29, 2004
International
festival of contemporary dance Bratislava in Movement
Bratislava May 22 - 30, 2004
Bratislava in Movement
Association | Asociácia
Bratislava v pohybe
Graffiti
- a problem for all of us? International conference organized in Bratislava and
Košice in cooperation of the National Trust of Slovakia
Bratislava, Košice
May 19-20,
2004
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Secondary School Scholarship Program organized by the Open Society Foundation
OSF
- Secondary School Scholarship Program
"True
Colors" Exhibit of American Art Opens in Bratislava
Danubiana,
Meulensteen Art Museum in Bratislava-Cunovo April 7 - May 31, 2004
True Colors
International
Flute Orchestra - Beneficary Concert 34 professional flute players
Concert Hall, State Conservatory in Bratislava Friday,
May 21, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Info: Ján Juráš, Agentúra AP projekt, tel.: 02/5932-7716, mobil: 0905/716-851, e-mail: jan@juras.sk | International
Flute Orchestra | Gallery
International Terrorism
International conference organized by the
association of law students ELSA
April 21, 2004, Auditorium
Maximum, Comenius University, Faculty of Law April 22, 2004, Congress Hall, Hotel Družba
Program
konferencie
The European Law
Student's Association, Bratislava
International festival of mountain film and adventure, Aupark, April 22-24, 2004
Hory a Mesto
Photo exhibition: Joel Meyerowitz - Ground Zero
Synagogue, Nitra, April 2 - 30, 2004
After September 11: Images from Ground Zero
Synagogue, Nitra |
Synagóga, Nitra
Prof. Robert Murray Davis speaks at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra on American Regional Literature
March 26th, 2004, 10:00 a.m.
Prof. Robert Murray Davis
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Igor Wasserberger: Phenomena of Contemporary Jazz
Publisher | Vydavatel(: Hudobné centrum a Slovart
Prominent Czecho-Slovak writer on jazz and musicologist, Igor Wasserberger, presents an interesting view on the current jazz scene.
Photo
exhibition: Joel Meyerowitz - Ground
Zero
House of Photography, Poprad
February 19 - March 28,
2004
After
September 11: Images from Ground Zero
Bill
Seaman (USA) - Epiphany/Zjavenie
Jan Koniarek
Gallery Trnava/Galéria Jána Koniarka Trnava, Halenárska 2,
Trnava
Synagogue - Center of Contemporary Art - February 10 - March 31, 2004
Synagóga - Centrum
súc(asného umenia – 2004
Exhibition
- Four American painters: Journeys from Home
Saris
Museum Bardejov / Šarišské múzeum Bardejov, Radnic(né námestie 13, 085 01
Bardejov January 30 - February 25, 2004
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