Events in January 2003

 

Sun./Jan./12/, 13.00 hrs.

IGNIS Youth Club

Discussion theme "Youth Subculture in Germany"

The youth club is generally open to all teens and twens of East European origins
and to their discussion-interested German friends.

 

Sun./Jan./12/,  15.30 - 19.30 hrs.

Jazz Afternoon

 

Mon./Jan./13/, 16.00 - 20.00 hrs.

Women Meeting

An exchange of experiences and views in a relaxed atmosphere.

 

Tue./Jan./14/, 20.00 hrs

Polish Film-Club

Two outstanding pictures made by young Polish moviemakers

Film: "Męska sprawa" (A manly affair), Poland 2001, 25 min.

Orig. vers. with English subt.

Director: Sławomir Fabicki.

Nominated for Oscar in 2002, prize-winning at the Movie Festivals in Moscow,

New York, Munich, Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg.

Film: "Na swoje podobieństwo" (After his image), Poland 2001, 50 min.
Orig. vers. with German subt.

Director: Greg Zglinski.

Moderator: Lidia Kämmerlings.

 

Sun./Jan./19/, 15.30 - 19.30 hrs.

Jazz Afternoon

 

Mon./Jan./20/, 19.00 hrs.

An Evening of Russian Literature

On the Occasion of 80th Birthday Anniversary of Rafael Schik

"I live among nothing but geniuses"

A literary-musical meeting with the poet, bard and journalist Rafael Schik
and his friends.

 

Tue./Jan./21/, 19.00 hrs.

Polish Jour-Fixe

"Długie nocne Rodaków rozmowy"

A night of relaxed exchange of views. Everyone is cordially invited.

 

Wed./Jan./22/, 20.00 hrs.

New Jewish Jokes and Schmonzes yesterday and today

Read and narrated by Ruthi Aronof-Günther, Uri Kuchinsky und Lidia Drozdzynski.

An "appetizer" about the Yiddish Momme:

Question: Why did God create first the man and only afterwards the woman?

Answer: It's obvious! He didn't want to be told, how He's supposed to create a man.

From 18.30 hrs. on, Jewish delicacies and kosher wine will be served.

 

Sun./Jan./26/, 15.30 - 19.30 hrs.

Jazz Afternoon

 

Mon./Jan./27/, 19.00 hrs.

Russian Film

"A fairy tale about the private Fyedot"

St. Petersburg 2001

Director: Sergey Ovtcharov

Moderator: Tatiana Kustshevskaya.

 

Tue./Jan./28/, 19.00 hrs.

Croatian Evening

In cooperation with the COLONIA CROATICA e.V.

 

Wed./Jan./29/, 10.00 hrs.

International Women Meeting

"In Dialogue" - a meeting of three different cultures

Christian, Jewish and Moslem women search together

and in a dialogue for common grounds and try to build bridges between the cultures.

Moderator: Pastor Dorothee Schaper

from the "Arbeitsstelle für christlich-muslimische Begegnung".

Meeting place :

Solidaritätsbund der Migranten aus der Türkei e.V.

Hauptstrasse 424, 51143 Köln-Porz

 

Thur./Jan./30/, 19.00 hrs.

"Poland's ways westwards throughout  the history"

History, mythology, science, culture and customs narrated and enriched with anecdotes

by Dr. Marek Żmijewski and Krzysztof Hyla.

Wiesława Wesołowska reads Polish poetry in German translation

Musical framework: Arek Błeszyński (guitar)

Polish delicacies prepared by Barbara Mucha.

 

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You and your friends are cordially invited to all our events!

 

Our addresses:

IGNIS e.V. European Culture Centre

Elsa-Brändström-Str. 6, D - 50668 Köln

phone 0221/72 51 05, fax 739 26 80

e-mail: info@ignis.org;  http://www.ignis.org