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Countrywide Events Music, Theatre, Exhibition... Western SLOVAKIA 15 Mar 2010 Zuzana Vilikovská The Slovak Spectator
Spring skiing is in the air SKI WINDOW EVEN though we are half-way through March, winter is still reigning in the mountains and it does not seem to want to wave an early goodbye. Skiing is ideal. The thickness of the snow base has now reached its deepest, the ski resorts have reduced prices, and there are now only half the skiers on the slopes compared with the high season. 15 Mar 2010 By Roman Millan, www.lanovky.sk The Slovak Spectator
Troubles in life and death History talks... Locked THE TOWN of Modra in the Small Carpathians is where Ľudovít Štúr, the awakener of Slovak national consciousness, lived at the end of his life. 15 Mar 2010 By Branislav Chovan The Slovak Spectator
The Hurt Locker Locked Director: Kathryn BigelowStarring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty 15 Mar 2010 Howard Swains The Slovak Spectator
Scandinavian sax enchants Slovaks Jan Garbarek Group debuts in Bratislava Locked IT’S NOT very common for an audience in Bratislava to watch someone playing a half-full metal water bucket on stage. Seeing the famed Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek performing live is an equally rare occasion. Early March gave Slovaks the chance to experience both these unique encounters at the same time – when Garbarek and his band gave their first gig in Slovakia. 15 Mar 2010 Michaela Stanková The Slovak Spectator
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Alone on stage with a lot of strange instruments HE WAS standing there alone playing guitar in front of a wall assembled from metal cages with chained drums, percussion and other music-making instruments. There were also two guitars in a wooden box and on the sides a piano as well as bottles with differing levels of liquid in wooden boxes. While there was only one man on stage, he was making the amazing sound of an entire orchestra. It was Pat Metheny, renowned jazz guitarist and composer, who came to Bratislava on February 26 to introduce his Orchestrion project. 8 Mar 2010 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator
Winter lingers, at least in the mountains SKI WINDOW THE FIRST month of spring has arrived but it seems that winter is not yet ready to leave. Temperatures in the mountains have dipped well below zero and it even snows on and off. Unfortunately, this is not the heavy snowfall that would dramatically change skiing conditions in our mountains. Unpredictable weather – so typical for the passage from winter to spring – is expected this week. Night temperatures may sink to minus ten degrees and the day temps will oscillate between minus 6 and minus 2 degrees at an altitude of 1,000 metres. 8 Mar 2010 By Roman Millan, www.lanovky.sk The Slovak Spectator
Oravský Podzámok History talks... UNDER Orava Castle, one of the most picturesque in Slovakia, an interesting settlement arose sometime in the 16th century. It began with just a farmstead and a church, and gradually evolved with the arrival of a pub, toll-house, mill, sawmill, brewery, and a special mill for the production of gunpowder. 8 Mar 2010 By Branislav Chovan The Slovak Spectator
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Countrywide Events Music, Theatre, Exhibition... Western SLOVAKIA 8 Mar 2010 Zuzana Vilikovská The Slovak Spectator
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Happy birthday, SND! The National Theatre celebrates 90 years of existence THE EMERGENCE of the first common state of Czechs and Slovaks after World War I created space for Slovaks to develop their national identity through culture. The atmosphere was just right for the Slovak National Theatre to be created. It was exactly 90 years ago. 8 Mar 2010 Michaela Stanková The Slovak Spectator
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Countrywide Events Music, Theatre, Exhibition... Western SLOVAKIA 1 Mar 2010 Zuzana Vilikovská The Slovak Spectator
Ski season could last till April SKI WINDOW “MATEJ breaks the ice,” reads an old Slovak proverb, assuring us that after February 24, Matej’s nameday, we can expect an end to the winter chills and look forward to the coming of spring. 1 Mar 2010 By Roman Millan, www.lanovky.sk The Slovak Spectator
Protecting Banská Štiavnica History talks... THIS postcard dating to 1920 shows Nový Zámok in Banská Štiavnica. It was drawn by Janko Alexy, an outstanding Slovak painter of this period. The postcard shows interesting evidence of certain euphoria and interest in Czechoslovakia as the country was marking its first years of existence. Many renowned artists travelled across the country painting historical monuments as well as interesting natural scenes. Many of them were later published in series on postcards. 1 Mar 2010 By Branislav Chovan The Slovak Spectator
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Renaissance history comes alive in Bratislava AFTER wide-scale exhibitions presenting art from the Baroque and Gothic periods as well as the 20th century, the Slovak National Gallery (SNG) has opened an extensive and unique display of Renaissance art as part of its long-term programme on the History of Slovak Fine Art. Until almost the end of March, gallery visitors are able to view a comprehensive collection of fine art associated with this artistic era and how it was reflected in the geographical territory of present day Slovakia. 1 Mar 2010 Jana Liptáková The Slovak Spectator
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