41 result(s) for zwack in Community & Culture
See What Happened @ Xpat Charity Party: Bonfire Night In Budapest 2017
- 16 Nov 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
HUF 5.356 million was raised for Hungarian charities, a record amount for this annual soiree held for the second consecutive year in the Marriott's grand ballroom, on Bonfire Night: "Remember, remember the 5th of November" as the British poem goes.
Updated Invitation: Xpat Charity Party, Marriott Ballroom, On Sunday 5 November
- 2 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- community & culture
You’re cordially invited to this annual Xpat extravaganza - on Sunday 5 November from 6 pm. - which brings together the international community, including several VIP's, to support Hungarian children in need.
Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
See What Happened @ XpatLoop's VIP Reception & T2 Trainspotting Screening
- 10 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
A great group of 100 XpatLoop readers joined Iain Lindsay OBE, the British Ambassador to Hungary, to enjoy an evening at the movies, and it really was a top night out.
Registration Complete: T2 Trainspotting Movie Screening With VIP Reception
- 22 Feb 2017 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to everyone interested, there's been a great response about watching T2 Trainspotting together with the international community at this premier-week screening, following a VIP reception featuring: free-flowing red + white wines, finger-food, craft-beer / Scottish whisky / fine chocolates tasting, plus unlimited Cinema City snacks & soft drinks.
See What Happened @ Burns Charity Supper
- 26 Jan 2017 9:22 AM
- community & culture
It’s that time of year: freezing temperatures, expats in tartan and many men in kilts drinking whisky, bagpipers and the customary haggis. Yep, it’s the big Burns Supper in Budapest, which has raised Euro 1m for charity over the years, held again with much success last Saturday at the fabulous Corinthia.
Fully Booked: Xpat Party For Charity, Marriott Ballroom, Friday 4 November
- 4 Nov 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
250 expats & locals registered to join Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador, and a host of VIP's inc. Adam Goodman, Dennis Diokno, Paul Slocombe, Richard Dyer, and many more friendly folks at this annual event uniting the international community in support of charity.
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.”
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.
See What Happened @ Xpat Charity Party: Bonfire Night In Budapest 2017
- 16 Nov 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
HUF 5.356 million was raised for Hungarian charities, a record amount for this annual soiree held for the second consecutive year in the Marriott's grand ballroom, on Bonfire Night: "Remember, remember the 5th of November" as the British poem goes.
Updated Invitation: Xpat Charity Party, Marriott Ballroom, On Sunday 5 November
- 2 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- community & culture
You’re cordially invited to this annual Xpat extravaganza - on Sunday 5 November from 6 pm. - which brings together the international community, including several VIP's, to support Hungarian children in need.
Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
See What Happened @ XpatLoop's VIP Reception & T2 Trainspotting Screening
- 10 Mar 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
A great group of 100 XpatLoop readers joined Iain Lindsay OBE, the British Ambassador to Hungary, to enjoy an evening at the movies, and it really was a top night out.
Registration Complete: T2 Trainspotting Movie Screening With VIP Reception
- 22 Feb 2017 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Thanks to everyone interested, there's been a great response about watching T2 Trainspotting together with the international community at this premier-week screening, following a VIP reception featuring: free-flowing red + white wines, finger-food, craft-beer / Scottish whisky / fine chocolates tasting, plus unlimited Cinema City snacks & soft drinks.
See What Happened @ Burns Charity Supper
- 26 Jan 2017 9:22 AM
- community & culture
It’s that time of year: freezing temperatures, expats in tartan and many men in kilts drinking whisky, bagpipers and the customary haggis. Yep, it’s the big Burns Supper in Budapest, which has raised Euro 1m for charity over the years, held again with much success last Saturday at the fabulous Corinthia.
Fully Booked: Xpat Party For Charity, Marriott Ballroom, Friday 4 November
- 4 Nov 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
250 expats & locals registered to join Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador, and a host of VIP's inc. Adam Goodman, Dennis Diokno, Paul Slocombe, Richard Dyer, and many more friendly folks at this annual event uniting the international community in support of charity.
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.”
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.