31 result(s) for invention in Community & Culture
Today Is The 450th Anniversary Of Shakespeare’s Birth
- 23 Apr 2014 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Hamlet premiere in Shakespeare’s Globe Theater London and on the Margaret Island Open-air Stage - Shakespeare’s Globe is celebrating the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth throughout 2014 with special events at home in Bankside and a touring production of Hamlet visiting every country in the world.
Da Vinci Exhibition Opens In Pécs, Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 11:45 AM
- community & culture
An exhibition of nearly 60 inventions by Leonardo da Vinci opened at Pécs Janus Pannonius Museum yesterday. Mayor Zsolt Páva and Giovanni di Pasquale, an official from the lending institution, Galileo Science History Museum in Florence, opened the exhibition.
Hungary Is Tenth In Terms Of Time Spent Reading Books
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian government has decided to launch of program worth over HUF 100 million to popularize reading literature. An international survey on media consumption has found that Hungarians spend over 6.5 hours reading books but nearly a third of the under-25 Hungarians never touch a book.
British Vocal Group Voces8 In Budapest On 28 March
- 20 Mar 2014 9:30 AM
- community & culture
VOCES8, the outstanding vocal ensemble from Britain is coming to its first tour in Hungary, consisting of only three tour dates. To the invitation of Philharmonia Hungary, three Hungarian cities will host the group; they will perform in Veszprém at the Pannon University on 25 March, in Nagykanizsa at the Hevesi Sándor Cultural Centre on 27 March, and for two times, with two different programs in ...
Then & Now, Standing In Judgment In Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It all began with a whacky advert about pastry, seeking volunteer gallery guides for the Museum of Fine Art (MFA): “Do you think Caravaggio is a trailer, and Canaletto is a kind of pastry? Then we have an IWC activity for you!” I laughed, cried and signed up. Within ten-weeks I found myself standing in the museum desperately trying to keep the attention of visitors from the Museum of Modern Art, ...
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...
Today Is The 450th Anniversary Of Shakespeare’s Birth
- 23 Apr 2014 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Hamlet premiere in Shakespeare’s Globe Theater London and on the Margaret Island Open-air Stage - Shakespeare’s Globe is celebrating the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth throughout 2014 with special events at home in Bankside and a touring production of Hamlet visiting every country in the world.
Da Vinci Exhibition Opens In Pécs, Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 11:45 AM
- community & culture
An exhibition of nearly 60 inventions by Leonardo da Vinci opened at Pécs Janus Pannonius Museum yesterday. Mayor Zsolt Páva and Giovanni di Pasquale, an official from the lending institution, Galileo Science History Museum in Florence, opened the exhibition.
Hungary Is Tenth In Terms Of Time Spent Reading Books
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian government has decided to launch of program worth over HUF 100 million to popularize reading literature. An international survey on media consumption has found that Hungarians spend over 6.5 hours reading books but nearly a third of the under-25 Hungarians never touch a book.
British Vocal Group Voces8 In Budapest On 28 March
- 20 Mar 2014 9:30 AM
- community & culture
VOCES8, the outstanding vocal ensemble from Britain is coming to its first tour in Hungary, consisting of only three tour dates. To the invitation of Philharmonia Hungary, three Hungarian cities will host the group; they will perform in Veszprém at the Pannon University on 25 March, in Nagykanizsa at the Hevesi Sándor Cultural Centre on 27 March, and for two times, with two different programs in ...
Then & Now, Standing In Judgment In Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It all began with a whacky advert about pastry, seeking volunteer gallery guides for the Museum of Fine Art (MFA): “Do you think Caravaggio is a trailer, and Canaletto is a kind of pastry? Then we have an IWC activity for you!” I laughed, cried and signed up. Within ten-weeks I found myself standing in the museum desperately trying to keep the attention of visitors from the Museum of Modern Art, ...
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...