60 result(s) for washington in Community & Culture
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Urges Rescinding Bayer’s State Award
- 25 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Holocaust Memorial Museum of Washington, DC, condemned Hungary granting a state award to journalist Zsolt Bayer and called for rescinding the award. The USHMM said the award is intended to recognize individuals who demonstrate excellence in service to the country and “the promotion of universal human values”.
Wagner: 'Die Walküre', National Concert Hall, 17 June
- 16 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Wagner: Die Walküre - A music drama in three acts (German-language performance, with projected subtitles in Hungarian and in German)
Uniquely Hungary: Emigres & Repats, By Anne Zwack
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
So many of our expats are émigrés who have come home. My husband lived for forty five years abroad but he always rejected the epithet émigré. “If you wear galoshes,” I told him looking down at his feet on a snowy New York sidewalk, “you are an émigré.”
Munapest Conference, ELTE, 22 - 26 March
- 24 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
MUNAPEST, the sole university-level MUN conference of Hungary, is taking place this week in the beautiful and historic building of the Faculty of Law of ELTE University. The simulation conference is hosted by the International Diplomatic Student Association.
Uniquely Hungary: Árpád Göncz, A Man With Three Hums, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:45 AM
- community & culture
I read somewhere that everyone should have three Hums: Humanity, Humour and Humility. And President Göncz had all three in spades, although his most endearing quality was his humility.
Annual All American Independence Day Picnic City Park Budapest, 5 July
- 2 Jul 2015 12:45 PM
- community & culture
All Americans, friends, and families are invited to join our annual Republicans and Democrats Abroad joint: Independence Day Barbecue, Picnic, and Live Music celebration in City Park.
Jewish Leader Sees Relations With Govt Fundamentally Changed
- 18 Mar 2015 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The government’s House of Fates project has “started developing in the right direction” and relations with the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) have fundamentally changed, the chairman of the organisation said in an interview published by daily Magyar Hírlap.
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
Invitation: Adam LeBor's Book Launch, Budapest, 14 January
- 8 Jan 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Bestsellers Bookshop and Adam LeBor invite you to celebrate the Budapest launch of ’The Washington Stratagem’ on Wednesday January 14 at 5.30pm. Reading, book signing and refreshments
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Urges Rescinding Bayer’s State Award
- 25 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Holocaust Memorial Museum of Washington, DC, condemned Hungary granting a state award to journalist Zsolt Bayer and called for rescinding the award. The USHMM said the award is intended to recognize individuals who demonstrate excellence in service to the country and “the promotion of universal human values”.
Wagner: 'Die Walküre', National Concert Hall, 17 June
- 16 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Wagner: Die Walküre - A music drama in three acts (German-language performance, with projected subtitles in Hungarian and in German)
Uniquely Hungary: Emigres & Repats, By Anne Zwack
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
So many of our expats are émigrés who have come home. My husband lived for forty five years abroad but he always rejected the epithet émigré. “If you wear galoshes,” I told him looking down at his feet on a snowy New York sidewalk, “you are an émigré.”
Munapest Conference, ELTE, 22 - 26 March
- 24 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
MUNAPEST, the sole university-level MUN conference of Hungary, is taking place this week in the beautiful and historic building of the Faculty of Law of ELTE University. The simulation conference is hosted by the International Diplomatic Student Association.
Uniquely Hungary: Árpád Göncz, A Man With Three Hums, By Anne Zwack
- 29 Oct 2015 12:45 AM
- community & culture
I read somewhere that everyone should have three Hums: Humanity, Humour and Humility. And President Göncz had all three in spades, although his most endearing quality was his humility.
Annual All American Independence Day Picnic City Park Budapest, 5 July
- 2 Jul 2015 12:45 PM
- community & culture
All Americans, friends, and families are invited to join our annual Republicans and Democrats Abroad joint: Independence Day Barbecue, Picnic, and Live Music celebration in City Park.
Jewish Leader Sees Relations With Govt Fundamentally Changed
- 18 Mar 2015 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The government’s House of Fates project has “started developing in the right direction” and relations with the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) have fundamentally changed, the chairman of the organisation said in an interview published by daily Magyar Hírlap.
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
Invitation: Adam LeBor's Book Launch, Budapest, 14 January
- 8 Jan 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Bestsellers Bookshop and Adam LeBor invite you to celebrate the Budapest launch of ’The Washington Stratagem’ on Wednesday January 14 at 5.30pm. Reading, book signing and refreshments