85 result(s) for russell skidmore in Community & Culture
Xpat Event Report: NAWA Budapest Event: Organic Budapest, 9 April
- 10 Apr 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
When you get invited to a NAWA event you know you are in for something special, and this time it was no different. I always come away from these events with some useful nuggets of information, which broadens my horizons. This time I discovered all things organic in Budapest, presented by Matthew Hayes, a teacher at St. Istvan Agricultural University and long-time Budapest resident, who is helping ...
Xpat Report: NAWA Budapest Bingo & Easter Eggs Event
- 28 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Bingo! Yes, that was the feeling. The NAWA invited me to one of their monthly bingo sessions, but it was bingo with a twist. They have come up with a novel idea called ‘adopt a granny’. This is where the children of Miklos School came together with the seniors to play bingo. But first there was the small matter of egg decoration, just in time for Easter. The children came from broken, difficult ...
Xpat Report: St. Patricks Day Parade In Budapest On 17 March
- 21 Mar 2013 7:50 AM
- community & culture
The snow had melted away, the sun was shining, Irish eyes were smiling, and Hungarian eyes and everyone else’s eyes were smiling together. A small piece of the emerald Isle had gathered to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: colourful, warm and charming, which, in my opinion, sums up the nation.
Xpat Report: All Nations Lions Club Budapest Annual Charity Gala Concert
- 14 Mar 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
When you get an invitation to the Italian Institute of Culture, you know you are in for a treat. The annual ‘All Nations Lions Club’ event did not disappoint. The blind pianist Tamás Érdi had played a selection of classics from Brahms, Bartok, Debussy, to Liszt. This was not just a fabulous evening in a fabulous building, but it had a purpose.
Xpat Event Report: NAWA Budapest Event: Organic Budapest, 9 April
- 10 Apr 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
When you get invited to a NAWA event you know you are in for something special, and this time it was no different. I always come away from these events with some useful nuggets of information, which broadens my horizons. This time I discovered all things organic in Budapest, presented by Matthew Hayes, a teacher at St. Istvan Agricultural University and long-time Budapest resident, who is helping ...
Xpat Report: NAWA Budapest Bingo & Easter Eggs Event
- 28 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Bingo! Yes, that was the feeling. The NAWA invited me to one of their monthly bingo sessions, but it was bingo with a twist. They have come up with a novel idea called ‘adopt a granny’. This is where the children of Miklos School came together with the seniors to play bingo. But first there was the small matter of egg decoration, just in time for Easter. The children came from broken, difficult ...
Xpat Report: St. Patricks Day Parade In Budapest On 17 March
- 21 Mar 2013 7:50 AM
- community & culture
The snow had melted away, the sun was shining, Irish eyes were smiling, and Hungarian eyes and everyone else’s eyes were smiling together. A small piece of the emerald Isle had gathered to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: colourful, warm and charming, which, in my opinion, sums up the nation.
Xpat Report: All Nations Lions Club Budapest Annual Charity Gala Concert
- 14 Mar 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
When you get an invitation to the Italian Institute of Culture, you know you are in for a treat. The annual ‘All Nations Lions Club’ event did not disappoint. The blind pianist Tamás Érdi had played a selection of classics from Brahms, Bartok, Debussy, to Liszt. This was not just a fabulous evening in a fabulous building, but it had a purpose.