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BRATISLAVA

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Evening of Baroque Church Arias - Slovak musicians play works by Baroque composers.
Starts: July 1 at 19:30. Admission: free. Kostol Panny Márie Snežnej, Na Kalvárii. Tel: 02/5477-5341.

CONCERT: Bozin Quintet - Slovak musicians perform works by Baroque and Romantic composers.
Starts: July 4 at 17:00. Tickets: Sk50. Zichyho palác, Ventúrska 9. Tel: 0903/468-776.
LIVE MUSIC: Korzo - Band plays country music with electric guitars.
Starts: July 4 at 19:30. Tickets: free. Hlava 22, Bazová 9. Tel: 02/5542-2573.

LIVE MUSIC: "V Four" - Five musicians from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic play the harmonica.
Starts: June 7 at 20:30. Tickets: Sk70. Nádvorie VŠMU, Ventúrska 3. Tel: 02/5441-8133.

EXHIBITION: Stones - Austrian Karl Prantl displays 49 stone, bronze and wooden sculptures.
Open daily 10:00-17:00 except Monday until September 1. Admission: Sk20-40. Mirbachov palác, Františkánske nám. 11. Tel: 02/5443-1556.
EXHIBITION: Curiosities - Various objects from past and present everyday life with unusual or unique purposes.
Open Tue-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00 until September 1. Admission: free. Stará radnica, Primaciálne nám. 3. Tel: 02/5443-5800, 5443-4690.

EXHIBITION: Here and There - Portraits, still lifes, landscapes, paintings and collages created by children in Gothic and Baroque styles.
Open daily 10:00-18:00 until July 30. Admission: Sk15-60. Esterházyho palác, Nám. 1/4. Štúra 4. Tel: 02/5443-2081(2).
EXHIBITION: Civilisation of Coloured Papers - Slovak Vladimír Popovič makes paper figures using various techniques.
Open Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 until September 8. Admission: Sk5-10. Mirbachov palác, Františkánske nám. 11. Tel: 02/5443-2160.

EXHIBITION: Franz Kafka and Prague - 76 photographs by Slovak Karol Kállay inspired by quotations from Franz Kafka's works.
Open Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 until September 29. Admission: Sk20-40. Pálffyho palác, Panská 19. Tel: 02/5443-4556-8.


WESTERN SLOVAKIA

LIVE MUSIC: The Best of Ex Smokies - A former member of the pop band The Smokies, guitarist Chris Norman, plays the band's music.
Starts: July 6 at 20:00. Tickets: Sk500. Futbalový štadón ŠK Matador, Púchov.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Musica Vocalis - Slovak chorus performs church music by international composers.
Starts: July 4 at 19:00. Admission: Sk80. Piaristický kostol sv. Ladislava, Piaristická 8, Nitra. 037/7418-095.

EXHIBITION: Location 1 - Slovak Juraj Dudáš, along with Dany Prum and Jerry Franz from Luxembourg, display their paintings.
Open Tue-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 13:00-18:00 until August 31. Admission: free. Galéria Jána Koniarika, Zelený kríček 3, Trnava. 033/5511-659.


CENTRAL SLOVAKIA

CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Best of Bellini - Slovak soloists with the state opera perform works by Italian Romanticist Vincenzo Bellini.
Starts: July 2 at 21:00. Tickets: Sk160. Zvolenský zámok, Námestie SNP, Zvolen. Tel: 045/5321-903.

EXHIBITION: Small Big Things - Czech Peter Župník captures everyday life in photographs coloured in with crayon.
Open Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00 until July 21. Admission: Sk5-20. Považská galéria umenia, Štefánikova 2, Žilina.

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