34 result(s) for escape from budapest in Community & Culture
Now On: Titanic Exhibition @ Komplex Budapest
- 14 Dec 2017 7:15 AM
- community & culture
This interesting option for the holiday season, 'the world-famous Titanic exhibition', closes at the end of December. This unique exhibition showcases several hundred original art pieces from the famous shipwreck. Also, visitors can see – among other things – the technical equipment of the ship, pieces of furniture, and some personal belongings of passengers, such as clothes, jewellery, and ...
Sebastião Salgado: 'Genesis', Műcsarnok, Until 12 December
- 12 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 12 November. Sebastião Salgado photographer (born Aimorés, Brazil, 1944) following his previous long-term projects, between 2004 and 2011 made more than 30 different trips into the distant corners of the globe to capture nature in its original state. After numerous successful exhibitions the Genesis project - consisting of 245 spectacular black and white photographs – now in Budapest!
Titanic Exhibition @ Komplex Budapest, From 20 July
- 11 Jul 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The world-famous Titanic exhibition has arrived to Hungary. Discover the secrets of the Titanic, and experience the magical atmosphere of the early 20th century! This unique exhibition showcases several hundred original art pieces from the famous shipwreck. At the individual exhibition areas visitors can see – among other things – the technical equipment of the ship, pieces of furniture, and some ...
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 ...
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.
Now On: Titanic Exhibition @ Komplex Budapest
- 14 Dec 2017 7:15 AM
- community & culture
This interesting option for the holiday season, 'the world-famous Titanic exhibition', closes at the end of December. This unique exhibition showcases several hundred original art pieces from the famous shipwreck. Also, visitors can see – among other things – the technical equipment of the ship, pieces of furniture, and some personal belongings of passengers, such as clothes, jewellery, and ...
Sebastião Salgado: 'Genesis', Műcsarnok, Until 12 December
- 12 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 12 November. Sebastião Salgado photographer (born Aimorés, Brazil, 1944) following his previous long-term projects, between 2004 and 2011 made more than 30 different trips into the distant corners of the globe to capture nature in its original state. After numerous successful exhibitions the Genesis project - consisting of 245 spectacular black and white photographs – now in Budapest!
Titanic Exhibition @ Komplex Budapest, From 20 July
- 11 Jul 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The world-famous Titanic exhibition has arrived to Hungary. Discover the secrets of the Titanic, and experience the magical atmosphere of the early 20th century! This unique exhibition showcases several hundred original art pieces from the famous shipwreck. At the individual exhibition areas visitors can see – among other things – the technical equipment of the ship, pieces of furniture, and some ...
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 ...
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.