131 result(s) for remark in Community & Culture
Xpat Report: 2015's First Grandhouse Luncheon
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first monthly Grandhouse luncheon of the season on January 21, 2015, held as usual in the restrained elegance of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences dining hall, met with the largest attendance of the past two years. Ambassadors Gordan Radman (Croatia), Gajus Scheltema (Holland), Kevin Dowling (Ireland), Igor Esmerov (Macedonia) and Rastilav Káer (Slovakia) were among the distinguished guests ...
Celebrating St Andrew’s Day In Scotland’s Special Year
- 27 Nov 2014 3:33 AM
- community & culture
By Jonathan Knott, UK Ambassador To Hungary: "On Sunday, 30 November, we celebrate Scotland’s national day and anyone passing the British Embassy in Budapest will notice a subtle change.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.
Now On: Magnum Contact Sheets, Capa Center Budapest
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Magnum Contact Sheets is a major new touring exhibition produced by Magnum Photos in collaboration with Forte di Bard, where the show was presented for the first time in June 2013 before touring worldwide. The show is taking the contact sheet as the basis for an exploration into the creative process behind some of the world’s most iconic photographs from the Magnum Photos agency.
Iván Fischer's Opera "The Red Heifer", Vígszínház Budapest, 23 - 24 June
- 5 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer's opera "The Red Heifer" will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 23rd and Tuesday, June 24th at the Vígszínház in Budapest. This powerful opera has be praised internationally. It is the story of a true drama of a blood libel case that took place in Hungary in the late nineteenth century.
Invitation: Fancy Dress Party @ Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, 15 February
- 13 Feb 2014 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Compelling setting, amazingly large spaces, modern music and reminiscing about an era that has passed long ago?
No, we’re not talking about the Romeo & Juliet remake of the 90s or Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby Movie, this is the Museum of Fine Arts’ new initiative, a party on the very last night before the Museum’s exquisite baroque-rococo exhibition ‘Caravaggio to Canaletto’ closes for good.
Free Hungarian Language Courses In Budapest
- 12 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to the Hungarian Ministry of Interior and the European Integration Fund (EIA/2012/1.1.1) more and more third country nationals are able to learn and speak Hungarian, to integrate and find a job easier after completing the free Hungarian courses offered at Tudomány Language School.
Now On: Robert Capa, The Gambler, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Capa as you’ve never seen him before – This exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous photo-reporter examines his potential roles and comes up with historical answers to the question: what was Robert Capa?
Xpat Report: 2015's First Grandhouse Luncheon
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first monthly Grandhouse luncheon of the season on January 21, 2015, held as usual in the restrained elegance of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences dining hall, met with the largest attendance of the past two years. Ambassadors Gordan Radman (Croatia), Gajus Scheltema (Holland), Kevin Dowling (Ireland), Igor Esmerov (Macedonia) and Rastilav Káer (Slovakia) were among the distinguished guests ...
Celebrating St Andrew’s Day In Scotland’s Special Year
- 27 Nov 2014 3:33 AM
- community & culture
By Jonathan Knott, UK Ambassador To Hungary: "On Sunday, 30 November, we celebrate Scotland’s national day and anyone passing the British Embassy in Budapest will notice a subtle change.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.
Now On: Magnum Contact Sheets, Capa Center Budapest
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Magnum Contact Sheets is a major new touring exhibition produced by Magnum Photos in collaboration with Forte di Bard, where the show was presented for the first time in June 2013 before touring worldwide. The show is taking the contact sheet as the basis for an exploration into the creative process behind some of the world’s most iconic photographs from the Magnum Photos agency.
Iván Fischer's Opera "The Red Heifer", Vígszínház Budapest, 23 - 24 June
- 5 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer's opera "The Red Heifer" will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, June 23rd and Tuesday, June 24th at the Vígszínház in Budapest. This powerful opera has be praised internationally. It is the story of a true drama of a blood libel case that took place in Hungary in the late nineteenth century.
Invitation: Fancy Dress Party @ Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, 15 February
- 13 Feb 2014 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Compelling setting, amazingly large spaces, modern music and reminiscing about an era that has passed long ago?
No, we’re not talking about the Romeo & Juliet remake of the 90s or Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby Movie, this is the Museum of Fine Arts’ new initiative, a party on the very last night before the Museum’s exquisite baroque-rococo exhibition ‘Caravaggio to Canaletto’ closes for good.
Free Hungarian Language Courses In Budapest
- 12 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to the Hungarian Ministry of Interior and the European Integration Fund (EIA/2012/1.1.1) more and more third country nationals are able to learn and speak Hungarian, to integrate and find a job easier after completing the free Hungarian courses offered at Tudomány Language School.
Now On: Robert Capa, The Gambler, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Capa as you’ve never seen him before – This exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous photo-reporter examines his potential roles and comes up with historical answers to the question: what was Robert Capa?