20 result(s) for liberty in Entertainment
Time Stands Still: See 1960s Budapest At Fészek Club
- 19 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the frustrating things about Budapest is that you can’t capture all of its major landmarks in one photo, despite many of them being so close together. There’s nowhere you can stand where you can take a photo that includes all four of the most famous bridges, that also includes the Liberty Statue and the Buda Castle plus the Parliament building on the other side of the Danube. Even if ...
Xpat Theatre: Edmond By David Mamet, 23 January
- 21 Jan 2016 10:55 AM
- entertainment
An encounter with a fortune-teller leads businessman Edmond to confront the emptiness of his life and marriage. Appalled, he flees into the vortex of the city's underbelly, plummeting into a free fall he mistakes for liberation. To Edmond's surprise, it's dark outside: hookers charge, pimps are violent, and the guy on the corner is a conman. With nothing to lose but his liberty, Edmond spirals ...
International Circus Festival, 7 - 11 January 2016
- 28 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
The first Budapest Circus Festival was held 20 years ago, in 1996 and as a result of the notion and casting of the professionals of the Hungarian Circus And Variety Non-profit Ltd. (MACIVA) it soon proved to be equal with the great festivals of the circus world: in addition to Monte Carlo, Latina and Moscow also Budapest has become an important meeting place for the circus art.
Photo Article: Best Outdoor Bars In Budapest
- 27 Aug 2015 10:40 AM
- entertainment
As summer is almost over, there are more and more signs that remind us of the coming fall season: The days are shorter, the sun has a different color and we need to put on more layers. However, luckily, there will still be some nice and warm days in Budapest, so we’ve put together a list of some really cool open-air bars that are 'must-visit' places while they are still open.
Fidelio, L'Odyssée D'alice Won The 22. Titanic International Film Festival In Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The young French director’s feature debut, Lucie Borleteau’s FIDELIO, L'ODYSSÉE D'ALICE won the Breaking Waves Award at Titanic International Film Festival held between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. The jury lead by Borislav Andjelic gave a Special Jury Mention to the Finnish director, J.-P. Valkepää’s They Have Escaped.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Video Projected On To Gellért Hill In Budapest To Honour Polymath
- 19 Jun 2014 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian polymath Otto Herman is to be honoured with a video animation commemorating his life, projected onto the slopes of Gellért Hill on the Night of Museums this Saturday, as a part of Otto Herman Memorial Year. The video, presenting Herman’s works in the fields of science, ethnography, linguistics and archaeology is scheduled to begin at 9.30pm, and will play on a loop until 2am.
Unexpected Twist On A Hungarian Rubik’s Cube
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The mid-1970s, Hungary. Inventor and architect professor Ernő Rubik is working at Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. These years Rubik is trying to solve the issue of the structural problem of moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. Thus he creates a cube in 1974, initially called Magic Cube, not being aware of ...
Xpat Opinion: Happy Birthday, Rubik’s Cube
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Empire State Building in New York will wear an unusual light painting soon. On April 24th, is the 40th anniversary of the famous game that has become a symbol of Hungary’s innovative spirit, the Rubik’s Cube. Since the inventor, Ernő Rubik, designed the toy in 1974, hundreds of millions have been sold. People the world over have been confounded and entertained by the endearing cube puzzle.
Time Stands Still: See 1960s Budapest At Fészek Club
- 19 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the frustrating things about Budapest is that you can’t capture all of its major landmarks in one photo, despite many of them being so close together. There’s nowhere you can stand where you can take a photo that includes all four of the most famous bridges, that also includes the Liberty Statue and the Buda Castle plus the Parliament building on the other side of the Danube. Even if ...
Xpat Theatre: Edmond By David Mamet, 23 January
- 21 Jan 2016 10:55 AM
- entertainment
An encounter with a fortune-teller leads businessman Edmond to confront the emptiness of his life and marriage. Appalled, he flees into the vortex of the city's underbelly, plummeting into a free fall he mistakes for liberation. To Edmond's surprise, it's dark outside: hookers charge, pimps are violent, and the guy on the corner is a conman. With nothing to lose but his liberty, Edmond spirals ...
International Circus Festival, 7 - 11 January 2016
- 28 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
The first Budapest Circus Festival was held 20 years ago, in 1996 and as a result of the notion and casting of the professionals of the Hungarian Circus And Variety Non-profit Ltd. (MACIVA) it soon proved to be equal with the great festivals of the circus world: in addition to Monte Carlo, Latina and Moscow also Budapest has become an important meeting place for the circus art.
Photo Article: Best Outdoor Bars In Budapest
- 27 Aug 2015 10:40 AM
- entertainment
As summer is almost over, there are more and more signs that remind us of the coming fall season: The days are shorter, the sun has a different color and we need to put on more layers. However, luckily, there will still be some nice and warm days in Budapest, so we’ve put together a list of some really cool open-air bars that are 'must-visit' places while they are still open.
Fidelio, L'Odyssée D'alice Won The 22. Titanic International Film Festival In Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The young French director’s feature debut, Lucie Borleteau’s FIDELIO, L'ODYSSÉE D'ALICE won the Breaking Waves Award at Titanic International Film Festival held between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. The jury lead by Borislav Andjelic gave a Special Jury Mention to the Finnish director, J.-P. Valkepää’s They Have Escaped.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Video Projected On To Gellért Hill In Budapest To Honour Polymath
- 19 Jun 2014 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian polymath Otto Herman is to be honoured with a video animation commemorating his life, projected onto the slopes of Gellért Hill on the Night of Museums this Saturday, as a part of Otto Herman Memorial Year. The video, presenting Herman’s works in the fields of science, ethnography, linguistics and archaeology is scheduled to begin at 9.30pm, and will play on a loop until 2am.
Unexpected Twist On A Hungarian Rubik’s Cube
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The mid-1970s, Hungary. Inventor and architect professor Ernő Rubik is working at Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. These years Rubik is trying to solve the issue of the structural problem of moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. Thus he creates a cube in 1974, initially called Magic Cube, not being aware of ...
Xpat Opinion: Happy Birthday, Rubik’s Cube
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Empire State Building in New York will wear an unusual light painting soon. On April 24th, is the 40th anniversary of the famous game that has become a symbol of Hungary’s innovative spirit, the Rubik’s Cube. Since the inventor, Ernő Rubik, designed the toy in 1974, hundreds of millions have been sold. People the world over have been confounded and entertained by the endearing cube puzzle.