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A Strike to Regret (or ‘O Go My Man’ at the Habima Theater)

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

Bad things continue to happen to Habima, the national theater of Israel. The renovation of the historic building was supposed to be ready during the previous season, but it looks like even its inauguration is not sure for this season … Continue reading →

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‘Peace Syndrome’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

If the first selection in the Beit Lessin theater season was on the safe side, the second one we attended on Saturday morning was much more daring. ‘Peace Syndrome’ is a documentary theater coproduction of Beit Lessin with the Theater … Continue reading →

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‘Mimouna’ at the Beit Lessin Theatre

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

We have a busy theater weekend ahead, with two Beit Lessin performances (one, today, part of the ‘Pothim Bama – Stage Opening’ event) and one tomorrow at Habima. It is the start of a new season, and I am eager … Continue reading →

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Zora Palova at Litvak

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

Zora Palova, born in 1947 and wife of Stepan Pala has spent much of the last 15 years in England, as a research professor at the University of Sunderland, on the shore of the North Sea. She works in melted … Continue reading →

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Yakov Agor, Photographer at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on September 21, 2011 by admin

Let me cross the street (over the bridge) for this posting and remember one of the exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art that Liliana and me visited last Friday morning. I will be back with impressions about other … Continue reading →

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Štěpán Pala at Litvak

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

The Slovak artist Štěpán Pala belongs visibly to the school of Vaclav Cigler. He uses the optical glass as well although his preferred technique of melting and molding the glass is different. The three works exposed at the Freedom to … Continue reading →

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Johnny Raducanu (1931 – 2011)

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Johny Raducanu was one of the best jazz-men of Romania, maybe the best ever. He was a complex artist, descendent of a dinasty of musicians, he played the piano and the bass, he taught and inspired for decades many generations … Continue reading →

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Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová at Litvak

Posted on September 18, 2011 by admin

Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova are two of the most influential names in the development of glass art in the second half of the 20th century. They were married for almost four decades and during this period they created together … Continue reading →

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Film: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Emir Kusturica, 1981)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by admin

The first scene of ‘Sjecas li se Dolly Bell’ (‘Do You Remember Dolly Bell’) happens in a tern meeting room, where old people debate the dire state of the morals of the youth and decide that what they need to … Continue reading →

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‘Beyond the Glass Curtain’ at the Litvak Gallery

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Liliana and me spent today a morning in the exhibitions in Tel Aviv. We first visited the collective exhibition of Czech glass art opened last week at the Litvak Gallery, then we crossed the bridge and strolled in a few … Continue reading →

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