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LIVE MUSIC: Bush Voices - A Czech musician plays the didjeridoo, the traditional instrument of the Australian Aborigines.
Starts: April 18 at 20:00. Tickets: Sk80-100. Klub za zrkadlom, Rovniankova 3. Tel: 02/6381-1328.

LIVE CONCERT: Evening of Musical Evergreens - Songs from famous musicals.
Starts: April 18 at 18:45. Tickets: Sk49. Elam klub, Staré grunty 53 (Internát Mladosť), Mlynská dolina (final stop of buses #39, 31). Tel: 02/6541-1147.

LIVE MUSIC: Christian Gruber Ruesz Quartet (Austria) - Ethno and jazz music.
Starts: April 20 at 20:30. Tickets: Sk150. Metro club Suché mýto (underground). Tel: 0903/464-265.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Momentum Musicum - four pianists perform Romantic works.
Starts: April 21 at 16:00. Tickets: Sk60. CC Centrum, Jiráskova 3. Tel: 02/6382 4390.

EXHIBITION: Transparencies: Bodies and Other X-Rays - Renato Meneghetti exhibits 50 images he made using X-rays.
Open daily 10:00-17:00 except Mon until June 9. Admission: Sk20-40. Pálffy Palace, Panská 9. Tel: 02/5443-3627(8).

EXHIBITION: Salon ZR - Drawings and sculptures by Slovak artists.
Open Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 until April 28. Admission: free. Dom plynárov, Drevená 4. Tel: 02/5441-6103.

EXHIBITION: Graphics and Plastic Art - Contemporary works by Róbert Jančovič.
Open Mon-Fri 8:00-16:00 until June 1. Admission: free. German Embassy, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 10. Tel: 02/5920-4414.

EXHIBITION: 80:00, Iconfrontation - Joint project by eight artists combines graphic design, films and music of the 1980s.
Open Wed-Thu 14:00-22:00, Fri 19:00-24:00 until April 25. Admission: free. Galéria Buryzone, Čajakova 11. Tel: 02/5244-4559. www.buryzone.sk


WESTERN SLOVAKIA

LIVE MUSIC: DJ Drewo - Experimental music mixed on three turntables.
Starts: April 19 at 20:00. Tickets: Sk80-100. Subterra, Ulica 7. Pešieho pluku (Staré divadlo), Nitra. Tel: 0907/981-454.

FOLKLORE: Lúčnica - Traditional dances and music by the largest and most famous Slovak folk ensemble.
Starts: April 18 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk200. Kúpeľná dvorana, Trenčianske Teplice. Tel: (Culture Centre) 032/6559-128.

EXHIBITION: From Journeys Around the World - Photos from Israel, Greece, Tunisia and Morocco taken by twins Darina and Viera Bebjaková.
Open Mon-Fri 8:00-16:00, Sat 8:30-13:00 until May 12. Admission: Sk5-10. Múzeum SNR, Štúrova 246, Myjava. Tel: 034/6212-256.

EXHIBITION: Sculptures - Bronze and pendant contoured works by Alojz Drahoš.
Open Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat 9:00-12:00 until April 30. Admission: free. Art Galéria, Kupecká 7, Nitra. Tel: 037/7419-360.


CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Easter Organ Concert - Organ works by Bach and Bartholdy.
Starts: April 18 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk40-80. Dom umenia Fatra, Dolný val 47, Žilina. Tel: 041/5620-952.

LIVE MUSIC: Brink Man Ship - Swiss jazz quartet.
Starts: April 22 at 20:00. Tickets: Sk90. Guru Clubland, Kuzmányho 6, Žilina. Tel: 041/5626-465.

EXHIBITION: Germination - Anita Šebíková's paintings on silk.
Open Mon-Fri 8:00-15:00 until April 30. Admission: Sk2. CMK Rubigall, Nám. Sv. Trojice 3, Banská Štiavnica. Tel: 045/6911-731.

EXHIBITION: Ecuador '95 - 300 photographs by Pavel Fernand.
Open Mon-Fri 7:30-16:00, Sat-Sun 9:00-15:00 until April 24. Admission: Sk10-20. Gemersko-malohontské múzeum, Nám. Mihálya Tompu 24, Rimavská Sobota. Tel: 047/5632-741.


EASTERN SLOVAKIA

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Kwartet Akademos - Polish female quartet.
Starts April 17 at 19:30. Tickets: Sk80. PKO Čierny orol, Hlavná 50, Prešov. Tel.: 051/7723-741.

LIVE MUSIC: Senzi Senzus - Local band plays entertaining but repetitive music, many disco remakes of Slovak folk tunes.
Starts April 15 at 19:00. Tickets: Sk80. Úsmev, Nám. Majstra Pavla 58, Levoča. Tel: 053/4512-208.

EXHIBITION: Jozef Kornúcik - Paintings featuring geometrical motifs.
Open Tue-Sat 10:00-18:00, Sun 13:00-17:00 until June 2. Admission: Sk5-10. Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera, Alžbetina 20, Košice. Tel: 055/6223-073.

EXHIBITION: Fire in the Soul - Paintings by Slovak Catholic Modernist Teodor Tekel.
Open Tue-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-18:00 until May 26. Admission: Sk10-20. Šarišská galéria, Hlavná 51, Prešov. Tel: 051/7725-423.

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