58 result(s) for escape in Community & Culture
Literarium: ’An Evening With Ottó Tolnai’, Mupa, 23 January
- 12 Jan 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
We begin our literary series in 2017 with what promises to be a memorable evening in the company of Ottó Tolnai, a magnificent poet and captivating personality from the old-fashioned spa town of Palić (Palics) in Vojvodina, the autonomous province of Serbia.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.
National Holiday Events Program, 20 August
- 18 Aug 2016 1:03 AM
- community & culture
Here's a quick summary of what's officially going on this Saturday, the 'National Holiday of the Foundation of the Hungarian State'. Firstly for interest, a few facts about 'King Stephen the State Founder':
Stephen The First (997–1038) was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarian Conquerors in the Carpathian Basin, and the first Christian King of Hungary, crowned by Pope Sylvester II. King ...
Stephen The First (997–1038) was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarian Conquerors in the Carpathian Basin, and the first Christian King of Hungary, crowned by Pope Sylvester II. King ...
Brexit Interview With Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 21 Jul 2016 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Q1. What does the Leave vote mean for expats rights to live, work, retire, collect a pension, in EU countries such as Hungary?
Budapest Summer Festival Now On Until 30 August
- 15 Jun 2016 9:10 AM
- community & culture
As the opera houses and theatres across Europe are winding down ready for the long summer dark period of July and August, the festivals are making their preparations for their busiest time of the year.
Judit Reigl’s Painting Sets New Hungarian Record
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judit Reigl’s painting sold for a record price of EUR 411,000 at the Sothesby’s auction in Paris. This is the highest price for which a living Hungarian or Hungarian-born artist’s work has even been sold, nol.hu reports. The 1955 painting is part of her Outburst series. These paintings are her most sought after works because many consider them artistic premonitions for the Hungarian Revolution of ...
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 May
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Brahms, as a composer of symphonies, is the centrepiece of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's season. Their public was able to hear his third and fourth symphonies in September, and at the end of the season, Iván Fischer and his orchestra will be completing the cycle with the first and second.
Literarium: ’An Evening With Ottó Tolnai’, Mupa, 23 January
- 12 Jan 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
We begin our literary series in 2017 with what promises to be a memorable evening in the company of Ottó Tolnai, a magnificent poet and captivating personality from the old-fashioned spa town of Palić (Palics) in Vojvodina, the autonomous province of Serbia.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.
National Holiday Events Program, 20 August
- 18 Aug 2016 1:03 AM
- community & culture
Here's a quick summary of what's officially going on this Saturday, the 'National Holiday of the Foundation of the Hungarian State'. Firstly for interest, a few facts about 'King Stephen the State Founder':
Stephen The First (997–1038) was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarian Conquerors in the Carpathian Basin, and the first Christian King of Hungary, crowned by Pope Sylvester II. King ...
Stephen The First (997–1038) was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarian Conquerors in the Carpathian Basin, and the first Christian King of Hungary, crowned by Pope Sylvester II. King ...
Brexit Interview With Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 21 Jul 2016 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Q1. What does the Leave vote mean for expats rights to live, work, retire, collect a pension, in EU countries such as Hungary?
Budapest Summer Festival Now On Until 30 August
- 15 Jun 2016 9:10 AM
- community & culture
As the opera houses and theatres across Europe are winding down ready for the long summer dark period of July and August, the festivals are making their preparations for their busiest time of the year.
Judit Reigl’s Painting Sets New Hungarian Record
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judit Reigl’s painting sold for a record price of EUR 411,000 at the Sothesby’s auction in Paris. This is the highest price for which a living Hungarian or Hungarian-born artist’s work has even been sold, nol.hu reports. The 1955 painting is part of her Outburst series. These paintings are her most sought after works because many consider them artistic premonitions for the Hungarian Revolution of ...
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 May
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Brahms, as a composer of symphonies, is the centrepiece of the Budapest Festival Orchestra's season. Their public was able to hear his third and fourth symphonies in September, and at the end of the season, Iván Fischer and his orchestra will be completing the cycle with the first and second.