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Krakow

Schindler's triumphant comeback

Sunday, July 22, 2007
An unscientific Internet survey about what the City of Krakow should do with the old Oskar Schindler Factory suggests that most residents are not opposed to the city's idea of using part of it for a modern-art museum. Opponents of the art museum, who say such a facility should not be built on ground hallowed to Jews, argue that the survey was flawed.

Polish Uszatek ? Japanese cuddly toy

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Before you go to sleep today listen to a little tale.

The fence's days are over at last

Sunday, July 22, 2007
The old wooden fence on ul. Miodowa, which has been immortalized in "Schindler's List" and other films, is a perfect drop to a scene about World War II.

Nigel Kennedy's new album to appear in October

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Renowned violinist Nigel Kennedy, a Briton whose marriage to a Pole is one reason he fell in love with Poland, will include the music of two little-recorded Romantic-era Polish composers in his next album.

Orient Express visits Krakow for first, not last time

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Last week, the luxurious Orient Express made a maiden two-day scheduled stop in Krakow. Well, not quite.

Eighth International Roma Caravan of Memory

Sunday, July 22, 2007
A Roma group and the Tarnow Ethnographic Museum plan a Roma caravan from July 26 to 29 to commemorate the Nazis' mass murder of Roma during World War II.

Fireworks, stilts and smoke machines

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Going to numerous performances at the 20th International Street Theater Festival was a sober reminder of how difficult it is to put on an entertaining spectacle, even with an arsenal of fireworks, stilt-walkers, smoke machines, naked women and contraptions at one?s disposal.

No limits for cab drivers

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Krakow's city council decided that as of 2008, price limits will no longer be obligatory for taxi drivers.

The School of Polish Language and Culture commences summer program

Sunday, July 22, 2007
In Aula Collegium Novum, the administration center of Jagiellonian University, the Swedish slavist Anders Bodegard gave a speech entitled, "Translating Three Translators of the World: Czeslaw Milosz, Wislawa Szymborska, Ryszard Kapuscinski."

Time for Rynek Szczepanski: One of the city's last squares to undergo capital repairs

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Krakow's city center is full of exceptional pubs, clubs and other places where anyone can enjoy themselves.
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