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Breakfast in the Barracks with an Architect
On Saturday, 19 January, within the Breakfast in the City event, approximately 30 visitors had an exclusive opportunity to obtain information about the reconstruction of the Kasárne complex into a progressive cultural centre, whilst enjoying their morning coffee and croissant.
Hundreds of people try Spanish specialities
In the diverse range of programs included in the opening ceremony of European Capital of Culture 2013, citizens of Košice and visitors had the opportunity to taste a variety of traditional Spanish specialties, which the organizers offered to them by the Scientific Library.
Breakfast at Pyecka‘s
PYECKA SHOP was founded in 2012 on the initiative of a group of students working with street art activities in Košice. Its premises house a studio, a gallery and a mini-shop with painting supplies used for this type of art. Its founders have been organising for five years now theStreetArt Communication streetart festival, the only one of its kind inSlovakia.
The people of Košice didn’t disappoint! The Grand Opening Show was attended by more than 40,000 people
The space adventure with a cultural message began! The Opening Show was magnificent, as promised by the organisers. Half an hour before the beginning of the show at 6.00pm, the city centre started to become crowded with people and the first sectors in front of the main stage were hopelessly full with still many minutes […]
Treading the boards, which mean the world, on the audience’s heads
The Historic Town Hall has again heard the applause of an enthusiastic audience. The students from the Košice Conservatoire were the first to provide us with an artistic experience, persuading the organizers and everyone present with their Demon, that another generation of talented artists is emerging in Košice. Later they handed over to a trio from the Theatre on the Platform; their Cow’s Internals took everybody into total darkness.
More than 1300 tickets for JAMIROQUAI sold in five days
The Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013 non-profit organization has caught the taste of the Slovak audience. This is confirmed by the fact that according to concert producer Milos GESKER Petráš, the main star of the opening ceremony, British group Jamiroquai, has sold and taken bookings for more than 1 300 tickets.
At the premises of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Košice invited Slovakia to the European Capital of Culture 2013
In a few weeks’ time, Košice, together with the French city of Marseille, will officially become the European Capitals of Culture 2013. The upcoming start to the New Year is the reason why the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (NR SR), Pavol Paška, together with the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Marek Maďarič, Košice Mayor, Richard Raši and the team from the non-profit making organisation Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013 (ECOC) today offered a small cultural invitation to Košice.
Reconstruction of St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral is nearing completion
The aim of the investment project of the non-profit making organisation, Pearls of the Gothic Route, is to make Košice more attractive via reconstruction and restoration works to the interior of St. Elizabeth’s Cathedral and its southern tower – Matthias Tower.
Work on restoring the manor in Krásna is almost complete but it was delayed due to archaeological findings
One of the oldest classicist manors in Slovakia, situated in the centre of Košice – Krásna, is an important part of the historic heritage of the city and the neighbourhood. It is a single-storey building next to the church and forms part of the urban core of the residential community.
Press release The third White Night “scored” again and even foreign experts came to take a look
It will be forever commemorated by the statue by Dušan Zahoranský in the Kuzmányho neighbourhood. After successful negotiations with the owners of surrounding apartments, the placement of a statue by Dušan Zahoranský as a permanent memory of White Night 2012 became reality. “At the end of last week, the majority of people had agreed with its placement and therefore, after a long time, Košice finally obtained a new statue in a public area. It is situated between apartment blocks in Kuzmányho and Magurská streets and the sculptor will ceremoniously hand over the piece to the city when the final technical modifications have been completed,” the curator and dramaturge of White Nights, Zuzana Pacáková, from the non-profit making organisation, Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013, said today.
Košice and Marseille are closer than they appear
Meetings at the highest level between representatives of the cities of Košice and Marseille and between the European Capital of Culture teams from both cities are laying out the lines of cooperation between both cities awarded the title of European Capital of Culture for 2013. After meetings between Mayor Richard Raši and Deputy Mayor Renáta Lenártová with their colleagues in France, the Director of Košice 2013 Ján Sudzina and Art Director Vladimír Beskid met with the Marseille/Provence team at the end of last week. This historic first meeting at the city leadership level and subsequently at the project management level is a sign of intensive cooperation in the near future between both European Capitals of Culture for 2013. Despite their geographic differences and the different priorities between European Capital of Culture projects, three lines of cooperation have been defined:• Cities on the border: both cities are located on the Schengen border• Second cities: they are also the second-largest cities in their countries• Residencies: residency stays for artists from both cities “We are very pleased that the highest leadership of Marseille has responsibly approached its cooperation with Košice as a partner city for 2013. The mayor of Marseille during our visit clearly declared his full support for Košice 2013 and interest in cooperating on common projects,” stated the Mayor of Košice, Richard Raši. The multi-day long marathon of meetings at various levels covering politics, art and investment were deemed a success by the Deputy Mayor, Renáta Lenártová: “I have the feeling that we were able to get a number of interesting projects off the ground that, I hope, will bear fruit for Košice in the near future.” The subsequent visit from the Košice 2013 management team took the form of solutions to specific projects from individual European Capital of Culture teams.Vladimír Beskid, Art Director of the European Capital of Culture, considers the ability for local cultural entities to participate in the 2013 programme as one of the key legacies of the visit:”We agreed on cooperation in a photographer Antoine d’Agata’s project focused on the issue of migration and crossings of the Schengen border. The exhibition of his photographs and videos will be in Marseille and in Košice in 2013.We also confirmed our interest in continuing the Insita network, we met with the Director of the MAC Museum, the Director of the Modern Art Fund, FRAC Provence, the Director of the MonteVideo cultural centre and the Director of the Sextant et Plus organization, with whom we would like to cooperate in the field of exchange residency stays for artists and other cooperation projects. The Director of the Toursky Theatre, Richard Martin, even presented us with an offer to set up a Slovak Culture Week at their premises.”
Košice won’t be sleeping the first Saturday in October
The traditional slogan of the White Night/Nuit Blanche event, which invites visitors to the streets of night-time Košice for the third time is once again: “We guarantee you won’t fall asleep”. Thirty light, sound and special installations featuring interactive and mobile works of art and sculptures as well as mapping, dance and musical improvisation delivered by 150 artists from nine European countries guarantee a unique atmosphere during a night illuminated by light on 6 October 2012.