French touch in Wrocław

One of the organizers of the 12th edition of the French Speaking Countries Festival FRANKOFONIA 2010, Ewelina Kuniec, is talking with Paul Mayevsky about the upcoming events. She mentions everything from musical concerts to lectures with interesting guests and even a football game.... [Read more]

Science & Tech: Get some sleep, be less grumpy!

Sleep is important. Everyone knows that. We should, irrespective of the age, sleep at least 9 hours a day. If the case is different, one shall be more grumpy, less taciturn, and overall less communicative. There are also additional bonuses of being well-rested. Paul Mayevsky tells... [Read more]

New flights from Wrocław

Five new destinations and three to four flights from Wrocław every day – this is the effect of the opening of new Wizzair base at the Wrocław Airport. Listen to more details on the new flying possibilities in conversation with György Abran from Wizzair. By Przemek Pozowski Audio... [Read more]

Film-making is about waiting

The Academy of Documentary Film has started. At its opening, in the Warszawa Cinema, there was a screening of “The Goldfish” and “Szczęściarze”, two documentaries by Tomasz Wolski. Listen to this interview conducted by Lisa Matuska Audio clip: Adobe Flash... [Read more]

Elevator: Make a spacecraft in your own garage!

The first album of the Tricity-based Ścianka is one of the most astonishing debuts in the history of Polish rock. “Statek Kosmiczny” (”Spacecraft”) contains more than one hour of music that is, theoretically, packed with contradictions but as soon as you turn... [Read more]

Futaba Japanese Pop-Culture Festival

Manga, anime, sushi, Yuki, Dehy, ShiroRoom – and much more of Japanese pop-culture will be on display tomorrow at Agora Culture Centre during the fashion show, concerts and lectures. Listen to Anna Malkogiorgos, the Agora programme coordinator talking with Viola Lamot to see... [Read more]

A Media Kindergarten

Parents have figured out a way to throw a little art into the cartoons their kids are watching thanks to Wro Art Center’s Sunday Media Kindergarten Series which shows short, animated films for children from all over the world. WroArt’s Managing Director Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka... [Read more]

Rejuvenated Philharmonic

Educating a new, younger public that will attend classical concerts in the National Forum of Music that is currently under construction is one of the objectives of the Wrocław Philharmonic latest projects titled “The Philharmonic with Class”. It’s a photo comic... [Read more]

INFO@RWL IN A NUTSHELL

FRIDAY, 12.03.2010 Tonight (Friday March 12th) at 7 p.m., at Klub pod Kolumnami in 21 Sw Macieja Street, there will be a concert by Maurizio Di Fulvio, one of the most original guitarists of all time, along with students from Wrocław Music Academy. Tickets are priced at 8 and 10... [Read more]

Science & Tech: Take turns please sign

How can we make the roads more driver-friendly? There is a new sign to be considered as one of the solutions. While an explicit instruction telling people to be nice to each other is never out of place, not everyone is happy with the new sign. Some call it ugly, others confusing.... [Read more]

The Trap, again

“Pułapka” (”The Trap”) is the new production of Wrocławski Teatr Współczesny. The play based on the drama by Wrocław’s poet, Tadeusz Różewicz, from the 1980’s was already shown in the theater 26 years ago. Now, the new, though, classical... [Read more]

Sound Fabrics: Kollage – Your Love Is My Love (Club Collab Remix)

The real challenge for every remixer is to pick an inconspicuous song and turn it into a dancefloor banger. But if they succeed, victory tastes, or rather sounds, sweet. Such a transformation must be even harder when the picked song has a studied, a bit experimental background. In... [Read more]

Like boys in a toy shop

Two men. One show. Thousands of cars. Wojtek Kaczałek (www.moto24.tv) and Jurek Chyb (www.radiowroclove.com). The International Motor Show. Alfas, Citroens, Audis… Straight from Geneva, Wojtek gives his honest opinion on the motoring industry’s top event this year. Which... [Read more]

Congratulations, Lithuania!

It’s been exactly twenty years, to the day, since the small but proud Baltic nation bravely broke away from the Soviet Union. Lithuania was the first former Soviet republic to declare independence on 11 March 1990. Paying tribute to Lithuania and Lithuanians, Jurek Chyb chats... [Read more]

Big Apple ruled by developers

A guest at the WRO Art Center, the Cracow-based visual artist Wojtek Doroszuk finds time to talk to RadioWroclove.com. He talks about his internship in New York, as well as the city itself. Why is it called “castrated” nowadays, in relation to the 1980’s? Why is... [Read more]

INFO@RWL IN A NUTSHELL

THURSDAY, 11.03.2010 “MovieWro” Documentary Academy is a cycle of events connected with this filmmaking genre, including meetings with directors and film screenings. The festival begins tonight, 11 March, at 7 o’clock. The venue is Warszawa Cinema, NOT Room, Piłsudskiego ... [Read more]

My Prague – Episode 29

Guilt-ridden after his highly critical comments on this Prague eyesore (in Episode 28), Jurek Chyb attempts a reassessment of Wenceslas Square. He tries to list the advantages, a little against himself and – let’s face it – the facts. He tries… Successfully?... [Read more]

Science & Tech: MotoNews

How to solve the post-winter pothole problem – and not just here, in the country afflicted with the worst road surfaces in Europe – but in much better-reputed lands like Italy? Apparently, two Italian students have come up with a simple and brilliant idea. Before that,... [Read more]

Don’t watch it!

This is the way Jurek Chyb and Krystian Krzesaj end this feature about the Razzies – least-coveted awards in showbiz. Get ready for a list of the worst films and actors of the year 2009. Expect the usual suspects (Paris Hilton, Eddie Murphy), but also – for the first... [Read more]

Champions League: Pellegrini in trouble

Over a quarter of a billion spent last summer seemed to begin to bring returns on the investment last weekend, when Real Madrid found its way to the top of Primera Division, looking an exceptionally strong side on the domestic turf. But the UEFA Champions League is not La Liga. Olympique... [Read more]

An Interview with Marek Długosz

A conversation with a skilled guitar player and a president and organizer of many guitar festivals, Marek Długosz, about the magic of guitar. Wroclaw is said to be the capital of guitar in Poland. There are many events going on and if you wanted to attend them all, you would have... [Read more]

Science & Tech: Want a boy? Eat breakfast!

If you have engaged in some love making recently and the main question occupying your mind is whether you shall give birth to a boy or a girl, there are some steps to follow to make your baby-sex dreams come true. The ever-not-pregnant Paul Mayevsky gives you advice on how to spawn... [Read more]

Sound Fabrics: Strange Boys – Be Brave

“Highway 61 Revisited” revisited. Strange Boys are an Austin-based garage-rock band set up by two schoolmates – the band’s guitarist and songwriter – Ryan Sambol and the drummer – Matt Hammer. They recorded their first EP’s as teenagers to get in touch... [Read more]

Docs in NOT

“The Goldfish” – a documentary about people from a Community Service House in Cracow and “Szczęściarze” that takes place in a Registry Office, both by talented Tomasz Wolski, are the first documentaries to be shown at the Academy of Documentary Film... [Read more]

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