BRATISLAVA
LIVE MUSIC: Punk for Saturday. Slovak bands Righ Rest and Cenzúra perform local punk style.
Starts: Jan 19 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk60. Culture House Lúky, Vígľašská 1. Tel: 02/6382-3930.
LIVE MUSIC: Bratislava Hot Serenades. Dance and jazz music mix from the 1920's and 1930's.
Starts: Jan 20 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk80. Culture House Nivy, Súťažná 18. Tel: 02/5596-0861.
CLASSICAL CONCERT: Slovak chamber orchestra of Bohdan Warchal and philharmonic choir perform works by Arvo Pärt and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Starts: Jan 17 and 18 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk120-150. Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic, Palackého 2. Tel: 02/5443-3351 (2,3).
CLASSICAL CONCERT: Piano duo of Dezider Kardoš with four more pianists, flautist and harpist, perform Slovak composers.
Starts: Jan 20 at 10:30. Tickets: Sk40. Mirbach's Palace, Františkánske nám. 11. Tel: 02/5443-0331.
EXHIBITION: Six from Sixties. Six works created by Slovak and Czech leading artists during the 1960s.
Open daily except Mon 10:00-18:00 until Feb 24. Admission Sk15-60. Dvorana Ministerstva Kultúry (Culture Ministry's Hall), Nám. SNP 33. Tel: 02/5443-2081 (2).
EXHIBITION: Evening dress at the verge of day and night. The works of fashion designer Ingrid Modory are also for sale.
Open Mon-Fri 12:00-18:00, Sun 15:00-18:00 until Feb 4. Admission: free. K. Gallery, Ventúrska 8. Tel: 02/5443-3927.
EXHIBITION: Big-lens' still lives. Photographs by the Polish photographer Jakub Byrozek reflect the 160 years in photography.
Open Tue-Sun 13:00-18:00 until Feb 3. Admission: free. Galéria fotografie Profil, Prepoštská 4. Tel: 02/5443-0459.
EXHIBITION: Grandparents' school. Production of some historical school tools, furniture and pictures used in the last century goes even to the Austria -Hungarian empire.
Open Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 until April 7. Admission: free. Old Town Hall, Primaciálne nám. 3. Tel: 02/5443-4742.
WEST SLOVAKIA
CLASSICAL CONCERT: Dagmar and Jozef Zsapkovci. Slovak flautist and guitarist duo perform international composers.
Starts: Jan 20 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk40-60 Trenčianské múzeum, Mierové námestie 46, Trenčín. Tel: 032/743-2396.
OPERETA: Bellarosa. Love, humour and elegance interlace in the work by the town's local composer Mikuláš Schneider Trnavský.
Starts: Jan 17 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk100. Divadlo Jána Palárika, Trojičné námestie 2, Trnava. Tel: 033/5511-353 (4) .
EXHIBITION: Lighthouse. More then 20 Slovak artists present their light projects; photographs, installations and projections.
Open daily except Mon 9:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 13:00-18:00 until Jan 27. Admission: Sk5-10. Synagoga, Halenárska ul. 2 (Centre of contemporary arts), Trnava. Tel: 033/5514-657.
EXHIBITION: Masques, demons, and clowns. The photographic exhibition offer insight into the Moravian and Eastern Czech winter traditions.
Open daily Tue-Fri 8:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00 until Feb 28. Admission: Sk3-20 Západoslovenské múzeum. Múzejné námestie 3, Trnava. Tel: 033/5512-913 (4).
CENTRAL SLOVAKIA
OPERA: Ernani. Based on Victor Hugo's work, a soldier and his beloved choose death rather than to lose their honour. In Italian.
Starts: Jan 15 at 18:30. Tickets: Sk100-140. Štátna opera (State Opera), Národná 11, Banská Bystrica. Tel: 048/4124-418.
MUSICAL: My Fair Lady. Worldwide known musical based on the play by George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion.
Starts: Jan 17 at 18:30. Tickets: Sk120-160. Štátna opera (State Opera), Národná 11, Banská Bystrica . Tel: 048/4124-418.
EXHIBITION: Nativity Scenes. Unique private collection of scientist Josef Gruska contains 150 scenes from 50 countries portraying Jesus Christ's birth.
Open daily except Mon 10:00-17:00 until Feb 3. Admission: Sk10-20. Oravská galéria (Orava Gallery), Hviezdoslavovo nám. 11, Dolný Kubín. Tel: 043/5863-212. www.oravskagaleria.sk
EXHIBITION: Contemporary Japanese Graphics. 23 Japanese artists exhibit 137 graphic works. The exhibition is the largest presentation of Japanese art in Slovakia.
Open daily Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-14:00 until Feb 5. Admission: Sk7-40. Štátna galéria - Dolná (State Gallery), Dolná 8, Banská Bystrica. Tel: 048/4126-208.
EAST SLOVAKIA
CLASSICAL CONCERT: Austrian flautist Urlike Anton and the State Philharmonic Orchestra perform Joseph Haydn, Igor Stravinski and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Starts: Jan 17 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk50-70. Štátna filharmonia (State Philharmony), Moyzesova ul. 66, Košice. Tel: 055/6220-763.
THEATRE: Painted on the Glass. The musical about the legendary Slovak thief Juraj Jánošík features traditional folklore. Staring Michal Dočolomanský.
Starts: Jan 18 at 10:00. Tickets: Sk40-150. Divadlo Jonáša Záborského, Nám. Legionárov 6, Prešov. Tel: 051/725-764.
EXHIBITION: Historical clocks. The exhibition maps development in the clock industry as well as the changes in time measurements.
Open Tue-Fri and Sun 9:00-17:00 until Dec 31. Admission Sk5-10. Kaštieľ v Budimíre (Budimír's castle), five kilometers from Košice. Tel: 055/6958-294.
EXHIBITION: Beauties of the Eastern Slovakia through the eyes of Vienna woman. Former Austrian ambassador Gabriele Matzner-Holzer exhibits 28 paintings of the region.
Open Tue-Fri 8:00-17:00, Sat 9:00-14:00, Sun 12:00-17:00. Admission Sk5-10. Slovenské technické múzeum (Slovak Technician Museum), Hlavná 88. Košice. Tel: 055/6224-035 (6).
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