58 result(s) for escape in Community & Culture
Uniquely Hungary: Help Others By Recycling Your Jeans, By Anne Zwack
- 30 Apr 2015 1:40 AM
- community & culture
Even for someone as unversed in fashion as I am, it has not escaped my attention that denim is the hot item this year. Every leading designer worth his salty prices has come out with a new angle on denim and jeans, including Christopher Kane who embroiders them with what look like matyo flowers.
Visit Of Irish Pilgrims In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2014 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Dowling met a group of Irish visitors to religious sites in Hungary recently on 9th September. The group of 47 took part in a ten day tour organized by Mr Tamás Kiss, director of the Győr Bishop’s Library and Treasury. Did you know: The great treasure of the Cathedral of Győr is the devotional picture of the Holy Virgin Mother Mary that shed tears of blood throughout a three hour ...
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Stag Song, Festival Theatre, 30 Jan
- 29 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient symbol – and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. The stag is at once a demon, a wizard, and a fairy or king of the dead capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world. For us, the hunters of the 21st century, striving to escape subjugation and find freedom, Szarvasének (Stag Song) conjures up a kind of mythical ...
Now On: Shanghai Life Photo Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 16 Sep 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Shanghai is the focus of two parallel exhibitions. The exhibition entitled Shanghai Life Photo Exhibition reveals the Chinese city to the general public in Hungary through a series of photographs. The black-and-white images provide a glimpse into the life of a relentless metropolis of 25 million people.
Centropa's Holocaust Education Program In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On May 14, Ambassador Kounalakis delivered remarks in the Holocaust Memorial Center at the event marking the conclusion of Centropa’s Holocaust Education Program.
Canadian Artist Opens Exhibition In Slovakian Castle
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Castling - Hradovanie - Váralás", the show will open at 7pm on 18 May 2013 in the Fiľakovo Castle Museum (Füleki Vármúzeum) in Central Slovakia. As you may know, Fülek is a historical town in Slovakia with a Hungarian majority population about 20km from the Hungarian border, situated in the historical County of Nógrád. It is about a 2-hour drive from Budapest.
Xpat Report: Last Train To Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"My Dad and I broke down in 1982 in a village called Abaújszánto, Hungary. I was 14 years old and unknowing to me at the time, this moment was to be pivotal and would change my life years later.
Remembering Extraordinary Hungarians - By Adri Bruckner
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
November is a time to remember those who have gone before. In Hungary, Imagefamilies visit cemeteries, leave wreaths and flowers, light candles and talk about loved ones they’ve lost. For me, it’s a time to think about Hungarians whose lives were lived in the shadow of war, fascism, communism or poverty, and I am once again grateful to have grown up in peace, freedom and prosperity.
Uniquely Hungary: Help Others By Recycling Your Jeans, By Anne Zwack
- 30 Apr 2015 1:40 AM
- community & culture
Even for someone as unversed in fashion as I am, it has not escaped my attention that denim is the hot item this year. Every leading designer worth his salty prices has come out with a new angle on denim and jeans, including Christopher Kane who embroiders them with what look like matyo flowers.
Visit Of Irish Pilgrims In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2014 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Dowling met a group of Irish visitors to religious sites in Hungary recently on 9th September. The group of 47 took part in a ten day tour organized by Mr Tamás Kiss, director of the Győr Bishop’s Library and Treasury. Did you know: The great treasure of the Cathedral of Győr is the devotional picture of the Holy Virgin Mother Mary that shed tears of blood throughout a three hour ...
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Stag Song, Festival Theatre, 30 Jan
- 29 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient symbol – and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. The stag is at once a demon, a wizard, and a fairy or king of the dead capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world. For us, the hunters of the 21st century, striving to escape subjugation and find freedom, Szarvasének (Stag Song) conjures up a kind of mythical ...
Now On: Shanghai Life Photo Exhibition, Palace Of Arts Budapest
- 16 Sep 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Shanghai is the focus of two parallel exhibitions. The exhibition entitled Shanghai Life Photo Exhibition reveals the Chinese city to the general public in Hungary through a series of photographs. The black-and-white images provide a glimpse into the life of a relentless metropolis of 25 million people.
Centropa's Holocaust Education Program In Hungary
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On May 14, Ambassador Kounalakis delivered remarks in the Holocaust Memorial Center at the event marking the conclusion of Centropa’s Holocaust Education Program.
Canadian Artist Opens Exhibition In Slovakian Castle
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Castling - Hradovanie - Váralás", the show will open at 7pm on 18 May 2013 in the Fiľakovo Castle Museum (Füleki Vármúzeum) in Central Slovakia. As you may know, Fülek is a historical town in Slovakia with a Hungarian majority population about 20km from the Hungarian border, situated in the historical County of Nógrád. It is about a 2-hour drive from Budapest.
Xpat Report: Last Train To Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"My Dad and I broke down in 1982 in a village called Abaújszánto, Hungary. I was 14 years old and unknowing to me at the time, this moment was to be pivotal and would change my life years later.
Remembering Extraordinary Hungarians - By Adri Bruckner
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
November is a time to remember those who have gone before. In Hungary, Imagefamilies visit cemeteries, leave wreaths and flowers, light candles and talk about loved ones they’ve lost. For me, it’s a time to think about Hungarians whose lives were lived in the shadow of war, fascism, communism or poverty, and I am once again grateful to have grown up in peace, freedom and prosperity.