Center for Jewish Culture

Cracow, Poland

Program for March 2003
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Center for Jewish Culture, Meiselsa 17

Sunday, March 2nd, 6:00 p.m.*

Chamber music concert performed by the REINER TRIO ensemble. In the program, works by W. A. Mozart und J. Brahms.
Monday, March 3rd, 6:00 p.m.

Book presentation: Probing the Mysteries of the Church by Rev. Dr. Romuald Jakub WEKSLER-WASZKINEL, moderated by Rev. Prof. Stanisław OBIREK, S.J.
Wednesday, March 5th, 6:00 p.m.

ANNIVERSARY OF MARCH '68 EVENTS IN POLAND
Film showing: Quartett by Tomasz ZYGADŁO
Part 1, in Polish, 1989, 140 min
Thursday, March 6th, 6:00 p.m.

ANNIVERSARY OF MARCH '68 EVENTS IN POLAND
Film showing: Quartett by Tomasz ZYGADŁO
Part 2, in Polish, 1989, 140 min
Friday, March 7th, 6:00 p.m.

Film showing: Piotr Skrzynecki's Rams Cellar by Antoni KRAUZE (Parts 3 and 4, in Polish, 100 min.)
Saturday, March 8th, 11:00 a.m.

Book auction organized by the RARA AVIS Antiquarian Bookstore in Cracow. For more information: tel. (12) 4220390, 4291642 or www.raraavis.krakow.pl
Monday, March 10th 6:00 p.m.

POLAND'S INTEGRATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION
A Europe of Values? - meeting with Bishop Tadeusz PIERONEK, Rector of the Pontifical Theological Academy in Cracow.
Tuesday, March 11th, 7:00 p.m.

Piano concert performed by the DUO BRUSCO-SCOLASTRA (Italy), organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cracow. In the program, works by F. Busoni, O. Resphigi, G. Martucci and P. Czajkowski.
Wednesday, March 12th, 6:00 p.m.

Holocaust - Why Not? - opening of the photographic exhibition made by high-school student, presenting anti-Semitic graffiti, organized jointly with the Jewish Community in Wrocław.
Thursday, March 13th, 6:00 p.m.

60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRACOW GHETTO LIQUIDATION
Presentation of the book Pharmacy in the Cracow Ghetto by Tadeusz PANKIEWICZ, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie Publishing House in Cracow.
Sunday, March 16th, 2003

60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRACOW GHETTO LIQUIDATION
11:00 a.m. - Meeting with Cracow Ghetto survivors at the Apteka pod Orłem Museum, 18 Plac Bohaterów Getta
12:00 noon - MARCH OF MEMORY - from Plac Bohaterów Getta to the memorial at the former KL Płaszów camp, organized jointly with the Jewish Community Council in Cracow, Jewish Culture Festival Society and the Apteka pod Orłem Museum.
Wednesday, March 19th, 6:00 p.m.

Jewish Self-Government in the Old Republic of Poland - lecture by Prof. Stanisław GRODZISKI, Jagiellonian University.
Sunday, March 23rd, 6:00 p.m.

Piano recital performed by Piotr RÓŻAŃSKI (Cracow). In the program, works by D. Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, F. Chopin and G. Bacewicz.
Monday, March 24th, 6:00 p.m.

POLES AND JEWS - ONCE AGAIN?
Poles' Views of Yedvabne - Observations, Judgments, Speculations - meeting with Prof. Antoni SUŁEK, moderated by Prof. Jan WOLEŃSKI.
Tuesday, March 25th, 6:00 p.m.

Book presentation: Podziemie kobiet (about the women in the "Solidarity" movement) by Shana PENN (U.S.A.) and meeting with the author.
Thursday, March 27th, 6:00 p.m.

Israel After the Elections - meeting with Arie GOLAN, Israeli journalist, organized jointly with the Israeli Embassy in Warsaw.
Friday, March 28th, 7:00 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL THEATER DAY
L'ultima lacrima / The Last Tear Drop - theater performance by Teatro Universitá (Cracow) directed by Gianfranco EVANGELISTA, based on the novel by Stefano Benni, organized jointly with the Italian Cultural Institute and Romance Language Department of the Jagiellonian University. (in Italian)
Sunday, March 30th, 6:00 p.m.* Mozart Blues - chamber music concert performed by Anatoly KOGAN (Israel) and Konstanty WILEŃSKI (Poland). In the program, works by F. Chopin, G. Gershwin, S. Joplin and K. Wileński.
Monday, March 31st, 6:00 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL THEATER DAY
Jewish Theater in Bielsko and Biała in the Inter-War Period - lecture by Prof. Andrzej LINERT, Jagiellonian University.

* Admission only with the tickets.
C E N T E R F O R J E W I S H C U L T U R E
MEISELSA STREET 17, 31-058 CRACOW, POLAND,
TEL. ++48 12 / 430 64 49, 430 64 52, FAX ++48 12 / 430 64 97