164 result(s) for street ball
Xpat Event Report: Iguana's 16th “Cinco De Mayo Street Party”
- 6 May 2013 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The secret to success is that there is no secret. Read all the books, listen to all the talks, but nothing beats actually doing it. Iguana has been doing the business since 1997, and has seen many changes in Budapest, in its time. The one thing that has not changed is the place. Saturday was no different: this was Iguana's 16th “Cinco de Mayo Street Party”. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican ...
Invitation: Iguana's 16th Cinco De Mayo Street Party, Budapest, 4 May
- 3 May 2013 10:00 AM
- entertainment
This will be Iguana's 16th Cinco de Mayo Street Party. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of the French Imperial Army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day on September 16th, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in parts of Mexico, but especially in the United States among Mexican-Americans.
Xpat Opinion: The Invisible Exhibition In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Having first heard about a museum for the blind in the UK over 20 years ago, I was intrigued by the Invisible Exhibition (Lathatatlan Kiallitas) that has been touring Hungary for some time, and is now hosted in Building B at the Millenaris Park. We first met Misi (our guide), who showed us how to write braille on a peg board and then on a typewriter-type machine... Braille letters are constructed ...
Photo Article: (Some Of The) Best Burgers In Budapest
- 24 Jan 2013 10:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest: Besides pizza, hamburgers are definitely the most popular fast foods in the world, and have given life to both mammoth-sized franchises and tiny burger joints during their century-long history. As the years went by, heaps of nation-centric burger variations have mushroomed, and eateries focusing on burgers have appeared ...
Winter Activities For Babies & Kids In Budapest
- 21 Dec 2012 10:45 AM
- community & culture
By Andi Lustak: In this post I have collected together expat friendly activities and playgroups that are aimed at toddlers and younger babies.
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Invitation: Researchers’ Night In Hungary, 28 September
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On the eve of 28 September the doors of the laboratories will open up, researchers will get off their white gown and will translate their research results and scientific findings into everyday terms. Hidden treasures of labs and libraries will be unveiled, researchers will play music, exhibit their paintings, read their poems, perform theatre, exchange about their passions, and much more.
Updated: Official Plans For August 20 Celebrations In Budapest
- 17 Aug 2012 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The celebrations will begin on August 19 when the 'Street of Hungarian Flavours' will open at noon between the Buda side of the Erzsébet híd and Bem tér. Awards will be presented for Hungary’s best cake, sugar-free cake and ice cream. Pop music will play on Clark Ádám tér and on Bem tér from 8pm. Formal events start on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. on August 20. The national flag will be hoisted with ...
Győr Ballet: La Vie En Rose, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 June
- 6 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
La vie en rose is a piece of dance theatre punctuated in spectacular style by the timeless chansons of Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, Gilbert Bécaud and Jaques Brel. The audience experiences these popular and familiar songs through the homeless Jef, living and breathing their nostalgia and bitter-sweet melancholy without losing any of their self-deprecating irony. Jef finds shelter on the streets ...
Xpat Event Report: Iguana's 16th “Cinco De Mayo Street Party”
- 6 May 2013 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The secret to success is that there is no secret. Read all the books, listen to all the talks, but nothing beats actually doing it. Iguana has been doing the business since 1997, and has seen many changes in Budapest, in its time. The one thing that has not changed is the place. Saturday was no different: this was Iguana's 16th “Cinco de Mayo Street Party”. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican ...
Invitation: Iguana's 16th Cinco De Mayo Street Party, Budapest, 4 May
- 3 May 2013 10:00 AM
- entertainment
This will be Iguana's 16th Cinco de Mayo Street Party. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of the French Imperial Army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day on September 16th, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in parts of Mexico, but especially in the United States among Mexican-Americans.
Xpat Opinion: The Invisible Exhibition In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Having first heard about a museum for the blind in the UK over 20 years ago, I was intrigued by the Invisible Exhibition (Lathatatlan Kiallitas) that has been touring Hungary for some time, and is now hosted in Building B at the Millenaris Park. We first met Misi (our guide), who showed us how to write braille on a peg board and then on a typewriter-type machine... Braille letters are constructed ...
Photo Article: (Some Of The) Best Burgers In Budapest
- 24 Jan 2013 10:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest: Besides pizza, hamburgers are definitely the most popular fast foods in the world, and have given life to both mammoth-sized franchises and tiny burger joints during their century-long history. As the years went by, heaps of nation-centric burger variations have mushroomed, and eateries focusing on burgers have appeared ...
Winter Activities For Babies & Kids In Budapest
- 21 Dec 2012 10:45 AM
- community & culture
By Andi Lustak: In this post I have collected together expat friendly activities and playgroups that are aimed at toddlers and younger babies.
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Invitation: Researchers’ Night In Hungary, 28 September
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On the eve of 28 September the doors of the laboratories will open up, researchers will get off their white gown and will translate their research results and scientific findings into everyday terms. Hidden treasures of labs and libraries will be unveiled, researchers will play music, exhibit their paintings, read their poems, perform theatre, exchange about their passions, and much more.
Updated: Official Plans For August 20 Celebrations In Budapest
- 17 Aug 2012 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The celebrations will begin on August 19 when the 'Street of Hungarian Flavours' will open at noon between the Buda side of the Erzsébet híd and Bem tér. Awards will be presented for Hungary’s best cake, sugar-free cake and ice cream. Pop music will play on Clark Ádám tér and on Bem tér from 8pm. Formal events start on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. on August 20. The national flag will be hoisted with ...
Győr Ballet: La Vie En Rose, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 June
- 6 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
La vie en rose is a piece of dance theatre punctuated in spectacular style by the timeless chansons of Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, Gilbert Bécaud and Jaques Brel. The audience experiences these popular and familiar songs through the homeless Jef, living and breathing their nostalgia and bitter-sweet melancholy without losing any of their self-deprecating irony. Jef finds shelter on the streets ...