OPPA Festival in Warsaw

OPPA Festival means Acting Interpretation of Song Contest which will take place on the 21th – 27th November 2009. First OPPA Festival took place in 1978 in Hybrydy club. 31 years old history of the festival coincided with tumultuous history of Polish politics what caused that sometimes communist government forbad it.

Unknown painting of Jan Matejko shown in Cracow

Such things happen only once in a while. The previously unknown self-portrait of Jan Matejko called " Portrait school in red cap" was shown to the public during a special exhibition in Cracow's Museum of Photography.

Polish accent during a festival in New York

11 Polish events can be found in a schedule of lasting 5 months festival called “Artistic Revolution of Central Europe in New York”. The main idea of the festival is to commemorate 20th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Europe.

Festival of modern art – “Moving Closer” in Warsaw

French Institute of Culture invites for the festival of modern art – “Moving Closer”. Since November 8th till December 5th Polish capital will be full of enthusiasts of modern art and new forms in art.

7 candidates for the title of the best writer of Central Europe

The jury of the Prize for the Best Writer of Central Europe has announced a list of finalist of the contest. The main prize – “Angelus” is awarded to authors writing prose translated in Polish. Two Polish writers will have chance to win the prize: Krzysztof Varga and Inga Iwasiów.