WROCŁAW - In Your Pocket

20 CULTURE & EVENTS
Exhibitions
14.09 Friday - 11.11 Sunday
Incredible everyday life. Streets and Squares
of Wrocław on old postcards - from Mariusz
Kotkowski collection
H-5, Ethnographic Museum, ul. Traugutta 111/113,
tel. (+48) 71 344 33 13, www.muzeumetnograficzne.
pl. Compare and contrast is the name of the game here. 120
old postcards will be shown next to 120 modern postcards,
all of the same sites. The exhibition will be completed with
advertising objects from the city’s pre-war restaurants. Q
Open 10:00 - 16:00, Thu 09:00 - 16:00. Closed Mon. Admission
5/3zł. Groups over 10 people 2zł per person, Sat free.
15.10 Monday - 01.12 Saturday
Eugeniusz Geppert - retrospective exhibition
D-3, National Museum, Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 5, tel.
(+48) 71 372 51 50, www.mn.wroclaw.pl. 40 paintings
and 20 drawings from one of the best painters connected with
Wrocław are on display here. The exhibition has been prepared by
the Academy of Fine Art in Wrocław, whose patron Geppert is. Q
Open 10:00 - 17:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon, Tue (except
last Tue of each month). From October open 10:00 - 16:00, Sat, Sun
10:00 - 17:00. Closed Mon, Tue (except last Tue of each month).
Admission 15/10zł. Groups over 10 people 5zł per person, Sat
free. Entry free with a ticket to the nearby Racławice Panorama.
Festivals
13.11 Tuesday - 18.11 Sunday
American Film Festival 2012
Events take place in various locations. Please check
description for more details., http://www.americanfilmfestival.pl/.
The American Film Festival (AFF) will give Polish
audiences the chance to meet contemporary art house American
cinema in the context of its wider culture and themes. There
will be premieres, seminars, lectures as well as discussions on
social, political and cultural issues. To sum up the festival is an
unmissable chance to rediscover the magic of classic American
cinematography as well as see what’s at the cutting edge. One
special event is sure to be a project with brilliant guitarist Bill Frisell
and his 5-piece band performing music to “The Great Flood” by
Bill Morrison. The full schedule will only be known in October, but
some of the films you will have a chance to see include: “Sun don’t
shine” by Amy Seimetz; a crime drama about people running
across America in a car. “Now, Forager: A film about love and fungi”
which had its premiere in Rotterdam, (the title is the obscurist
I’ve ever heard - it refers to the 40s Bette Davis romancer Now
Voyager! - splendid stuff - we love a good pun at IYP). “Not Waving
but Drowning” will also have its Polish premiere during the festival.
Q Tickets 15-18zł. Passes 150zł. Available from 8th October at
www.americanfilmfestival.pl and before the events.
17.11 Saturday
One Love Sound Fest 2012
L-4, Centennial Hall, ul. Wystawowa 1, www.onelove.pl.
The biggest indoor reggae festival in Poland takes place in the
Centennial Hall; it can hold 12,000 fans when chokka. This
will be the 9th time out and, judging by previous successes,
a must for fans of reggae, ragga, hip hop and dancehall. The
headline act this year must be the legendary Max Romeo,
Jamaica’s finest was first heard on John Peel in the mid 70s
and is still going. Also up will be Mr. Vegas, from Jamaica too,
Overproof Soundsystem from Great Britain and Herbalize It
from Holland, what could they be referring too? Q Event starts
at 16:00. Tickets 69-170zł. Available at www.ticketpro.pl and
Empik, Rynek 50, A-3 (Open 09:00 - 21:00, 11:00 - 21:00).
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Jesse Cook
23.09 Sunday
Jesse Cook - The Blue Guitar
L-4, Centennial Hall, ul. Wystawowa 1, www.gitara.
wroclaw.pl. Jesse Cook is, along with the likes of Paco
de Lucia, seen as one of the finest flamenco guitarists
around. Coming from Canada, he plays rumba, flamenco
and funk jazz, which must warm the cold nights up a bit.
He has supported such stars as Ray Charles, Diana
Krall and his music has been used for the TV serial Sex
in the City. Q Concert starts at 18:00. Tickets 48-180zł.
Available at www.ticketpro.pl and Empik, Rynek 50, A-3
(Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 12:00 - 21:00).
Misc. Events
23.11 Friday - 23.12 Sunday
Christmas Fair
A-3, Rynek, www.jarmarkbozonarodzeniowy.com.
Europe’s most beautiful Christmas bazaars. Beside
local stalls, there will be merchants from Germany and
Austria, and a lot more on top of that. The diversity
includes The Fairytale Forest. The first of its kind in
Poland, amongst the 300 spruces placed on the Rynek
kids will be able to meet characters from fairy tales.
The stalls will be selling Christmas tree decorations,
lamps and other Christmas craft as well as silver and
amber jewellery, leather products, handmade glass
lamps, Christmas tablecloths, aromatic candles and
a whole lot of other unusual bits and bobs. Q Open
10:00 - 21:00. Admission free.
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CULTURE & EVENTS
Wroclaw Guitar Festival
10.10 Wednesday - 08.11 Thursday
Wrocław Guitar Festival 2012
tel. (+48) 71 718
29 17, www.gitara.
wroclaw.pl. The
Wroclaw Guitar Festival
is a wide ranging
event, no guitar style
is ignored and the
fans are numerous.
The musicians play on
everything from lutes
and classical guitars
to the latest gizmos.
There’s thundering
flamenco, Latin music
for lovers and jazz.
However, the festival is
not only concerts, there
will be master classes
and workshops as well as presentations of what’s new
on the music market. As always the list of artists is
impressive - here are some of the events
10.10 Wednesday
19:00 Ultra High Flamenco
Wrocław Philharmonic, E-5, ul. Piłsudskiego 19
This young band from Spain joins jazz with instrumental
flamenco
17.10 Wednesday
19:00 Ana Vidovic
Wrocław Philharmonic, E-5, ul. Piłsudskiego 19
A diva of classical guitar from Croatia, be prepared to be
moved by the sensitivity of her music
27.10 Saturday
19:00 Christian Haimel
Stara Giełda, F-4, Pl. Solny 16
More creative and sensitive classical guitar
28.10 Sunday
18:00 Zehnder - Preisig Duo
White Stork Synagogue, D-3, ul. Włodkowica 7
A duet from Switzerland combining singing with the
sounds of violin, a new form of chamber music, if
you will.
03.11 Saturday
19:00 John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension
Hala Orbita, ul. Wejherowska 34
The new project of jazz guitar master John McLaughlin
gathers musicians of various music styles, come and
find a mix of Western and Eastern roots.;
08.11 Thursday
19:00 Tommy Emmanuel
Wrocław Congress Centre, L-4, ul. Wystawowa 1
The master of fingerstyle has the unique title of “Certified
Guitar Player”, from whom we don’t know. However,
he is self-taught and has 20 albums to his name, no
slouch then.
QTickets 15-190zł. Available at www.ticketpro.pl and
Empik, Rynek 50 (Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 11:00 -
21:00).
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