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NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 6, 2015, VOLUME 11, NUMBER 25 Zapik Theater at the Kids Euro Festival 2015

Igor Cvetko and Jelena Sitar Cvetko.

This fall, Washington, dance, , theater, represented by Ms. Jelena Sitar DC hosted the Kids Euro magic, and storytelling. Also, Cvetko and Mr. Igor Cvetko of Festival, one of the country’s several films and workshops the Zapik Puppet Theater, who largest performing arts were organized to showcase introduced to the American festivals for children. This, the favorite stories from the E.U. audience traditional Slovenian eighth edition of the festival Member States. finger-puppet theater through featured more than 125 Kids Euro Festival is the play Miška kaško kuhala/The free events around the city. annually staged through Mouse was cooking Porridge. The two-week long festival the collaboration of the 28 In it, the puppets hide, steal was geared to kids ages Washington-based European chocolate, fall into water (and two through twelve. From Union embassies, and features get safely out of it), carry corn October 24 to November 8 artists from all 28 E.U. member into a mill, bake bread and the event presented artists countries, who perform in 30 cook porridge with the help of in almost every performing major local cultural institutions. a mouse. The charming stories genre, including puppetry, was this year were brought to life through

Embassy of Slovenia 2410 California Street, NW twitter.com/SLOinUSA Washington, D.C. 20008, USA T: +1 202 386 66 01 E: [email protected] facebook.com/SLOembassyUSA washington.embassy.si Show at the Hill Center. The stories were brought to life through interactive performance. interactive performance with language for local Slovenian Children’s Inn at the NIH, Mann live music played on traditional families. On Monday, October Elementary School (within the instruments from around the 26, they also appeared on TV framework of the Embassy world. Channel 9 WUSA morning show, School Adoption Program) and illustrator Great Day Washington. You and the Library of Congress, Igor Cvetko and director can watch the clip at: http:// where Ambassador Dr. Cerar Jelena Sitar Cvetko created www.wusa9.com/videos/ read the children’s book, Little Zapik (http://www.lutke-zapik. entertainment/television/ Mountain-Fish Goes to Sea, si/) more than 10 years ago programs/great-day- which he authored. The book, and have since toured with the washington/2015/10/26/kids- written in Slovenian, tells the show several other countries, euro-festival-2015/74622420/ story of a curious little fish including Russia, the U.K,, and In presenting the living in a mountain creek, France. The show also won program in the framework which wants to see the sea, many awards at international of the Kids Euro festival, and the adventures it runs into festivals. this year the Embassy of in its journey down the river In Washington, the Slovenia collaborated with the to the sea and back. The book puppeteers showcased Hillwood Estate, Museum was translated into English by altogether 7 shows in English, and Gardens, the Hill Center Vladimir Pregelj and illustrated and one in the Slovene at the Old Naval Hospital, the by Miro and Metka Zupančič.

The play Miška kaško kuhala/The Mouse was cooking Porridge. Performance at the Horace Mann Elementary School.

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 2 Storytime with the Ambassador at the Young Readers’ Center at the Library of Congress. CULTURE Readings and Discussions with Poet Aleš Šteger

Reading at the Library of Congress. Aleš Šteger. The European Division 20 years since its launching. He the new/old European poetic of the Library of Congress, in also discussed his performative capital. partnership with the Embassy of writing project, Written on Site, From Washington, Šteger Slovenia, organized on November he has been working on since traveled to New York to appear 5 a literary event with the 2012. together with poet Tone Škrjanec Slovenian poet, writer, editor and The next day, Aleš Šteger at the Bowery Poetry Club at literary critic Aleš Šteger. At the introduced his latest book the launch of Trafika Europe 5 book talk, Šteger read prose and translated into English, titled – a Slovenian Interlude event. poetry from his recently published Berlin, at the Washington Goethe Trafika Europe is a NYC festival as books and talked about his work Institute. The reading in German, well as an online platform, which as a publisher, editor, author English and Slovene and a features the new literature from and program director of various discussion addressed the flâneur all over Europe. The latest edition literature festivals, including concept in German literature and included Slovenian literature by the Days of Wine and Poetry, his experiences when he lived Maja Haderlap, Goran Vojnović, which will next year celebrate and wrote in and about Berlin, Tone Škrjanec, Barbara Pogačnik

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 3 Šteger is also the program director of Beletrina Academic Press. Reading at the Goethe Institute. and Aleš Šteger. Next week, on into 16 languages), Šteger has his English translation of Knjiga Friday November 13, Aleš Šteger published poetry, novels, and reči (The Book of Things, BOA also will present his book, Berlin essays. His texts have appeared Editions, 2010) won two mayor (by Counterpathpress) in Boston in The New Yorker and many U.S. translation awards (BTBA at the Brookline Booksmith, other international magazines. He award and AATSEL). He was jointly with its translator Brian has received numerous awards accorded the title of Chevalier des Henry. for his work, including the 2007 Artes et Lettres from the French The most translated Rožanc Award for the best book government, and is a member of Slovenian author of his generation of Slovenian essays (for Berlin). the Berlin Academy of Arts. (his books have been translated Among other prizes and honors, CULTURE Film Night in San Francisco On Friday October 30 war drama No Man’s Land, a attended by members of the evening, Honorary Consul Tom co-production of companies in Slovenian community in the San Brandi, Slovenian American Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Francisco Bay Area and took Educational Foundation and Italy, France, Belgium and the place in the historic Slovenian Club Slovenia jointly organized U.K. The film won the Oscar Hall in San Francisco. Wine was the Annual Slovenian Film Night. for Best Foreign Language Film provided for the occasion by the This year’s event featured the in 2001. The screening was Blue Danube Wine Company.

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 4 Photos by Ivo Ravnik. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Slovenian Students Receive Gold at U.S. Science Competition A team of eight secondary They presented a system According to Pintar, the school students received the gold of bioreactors which converts project has much potential medal at the 2015 International organic acid into biobutanol, for further research in the Genetically Engineered Machine a compound very similar to coming decades. “The students’ competition in Boston, Mass. conventional fuels. The students research can be easily scaled The students found a method impressed the IGEM jury with to the industrial level,” he says. for obtaining biofuel from the scope and quality of their The competition is organized organic waste. The team, under research, which surpassed the every year by the International the mentorship of the National efforts of their competitors in Genetically Engineered Machine Institute of Chemistry and many ways, said Albin Pintar, Foundation, an independent, the Faculty of Chemistry and the students’ mentor and non-profit organization, held at Chemical Technology, competed Head of the Laboratory for the Massachusetts Institute of in the secondary-school Environmental Sciences and Technology (MIT). This year, it category against 35 teams from Engineering at the Institute of took place between September 24 all over the world. Chemistry. and 28 and was attended by 280 teams from all over the world.

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY Slovenia Presented at Cultural Festival in Mount Vernon On October 10, 2015, understanding of our differences The visitors were Slovenia and its rich heritage as well as commonalities. impressed by information on were introduced at the Cultural Slovenia’s booth was hosted by the economic development Festival in Mount Vernon, VA, Tanja Uzar, who appropriately of Slovenia and its --despite hosted by the Church of Jesus headed the presentation by its small size -- rich cultural Christ of Latter day Saints. saying that one cannot say and natural heritage. Many Slovenia was among some 40 SLOVEnia without saying LOVE. visitors were interested in the countries, which presented their The booth featured the Slovenian spa resorts, opportunities for culture, traditions, language, and flag, a large banner, pamphlets, hiking, and especially the central food. The festival was themed fun facts, and, of course, potica, geographical location of Slovenia, “Love One Another”, emphasizing all donated by the Embassy of which makes it a convenient stop tolerance, unity, and mutual Slovenia in Washington. on the way to many destinations

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 5 in Europe. Children loved learning was the greatest success and a her grandmother preparing about the Lipizzaner horses true testament to the rich culinary potica for the holidays, when and the beautiful underground heritage of Slovenia. Four she visited her in Slovenia as a caves, such as the Postojna. large trays served throughout child. The presentation ended Some visitors remarked they the evening disappeared very with a short introduction to were surprised that they had not quickly. the Slovenian language, such heard of Slovenia earlier or had One of the visitors as learning to say “I love You” not been aware of its natural attended the festival particularly in Slovenian (“rada te imam”, and cultural beauty. Tasting to see and hear the presentation “ljubim te”), and the invitation potica (walnut-roll cake), baked of Slovenia, the home of her to visit and vacation in Slovenia. by Sophie’s Catering and Baking, ancestors. She reminisced about (Article and photos by Tanja Uzar)

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 7 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Government Office For Slovenians Abroad -- Public Invitations For Tenders For Financial Support In The Year 2016

Based on the Act on their interaction and mutual of the Government Office for Relations between the Republic connection Slovenians Abroad, which can of Slovenia and Slovenians - enable them to maintain be found at http://www.uszs. abroad (Official Journal of the their links with the Republic of gov.si/. Interested parties can Republic of Slovenia, no. 43/06, Slovenia also obtain the documentation 76/10) and the Government - enable the maintenance in person at the Office’s Decree on financial support for of the structures and activities headquarters at Erjavčeva 15, maintenance and development of Slovenian autochthonous 1000 Ljubljana on weekdays of the Slovene identity outside national community in between 9:00 and 14:00 hours the Republic of Slovenia neighboring countries, as well as CET, and at any of the Republic (Official Journal of the Republic those of other Slovenians living of Slovenia’s embassies or of Slovenia, no. 139/2006), abroad. consulates general during their the Government Office of Public Invitations for office hours. the Republic of Slovenia for Applications grant eligibility for The deadline for filing the Slovenians Abroad on October applying for financial support to applications is December 1, 16, 2015, published a Public applicants who are individuals or 2015. Tender for Applications for the legal entities located outside of For any additional Financial support in 2016 for the Republic of Slovenia, as well clarifications and information, Slovenians living abroad. as those located in the Republic please contact the Government The Public Tender for of Slovenia whose activities in Office for Slovenians Abroad Applications aims to stimulate the Republic of Slovenia aim via email: urad.slovenci@gov. activities among Slovenians to connect with and care for si, or call +386 (1) 230-8000 on living abroad, who: Slovenians abroad. weekdays between 9:00 a.m. - consolidate and maintain The documentation for and 2:00 p.m. CET. their national, linguistic and the above mentioned Public cultural identity Invitations for Applications - pave the way for is available on the website

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 8 MUSEUMS IN SLOVENIA Postal and Telecommunications Museum

The Postal and Telecommunications Museum is housed in the All photos are courtesy of Blaž Zupančič. Polhov Gradec Castle. What better way Technical Museum of Slovenia. together with the park and to learn about Slovenia’s Formerly (1985-2008) housed Neptune’s fountain, were history, art and heritage in the Stara Loka castle in declared a cultural monument then by visiting various Škofja Loka, the museum is of national significance, museums spread throughout now located in the Polhov and in 2008 the Ministry of the country? When making Gradec castle. Earliest written Culture passed it over to the a list of things to do in records indicate that the castle management of the Technical Slovenia, do not forget was built in 1315. Museum of Slovenia. about interesting galleries Originally constructed The Postal and and museum collections. We of wood, it was replaced in the Communications Museum will do our best to introduce 14th and 15th centuries by a contains exhibitions on as many as possible in our masonry building. Still extant Postal History, History of newsletter. from the early construction Telecommunications, and The Postal and stages are an interior wooden Živa’s Corner, which is intended Telecommunications Museum ceiling and stone Gothic for the youngest visitors. is a detached unit of the portals. In 1999, the castle, The Postal History exhibit

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 9 provides an introduction to attention to women telephone the development of postal and telegraph operators. The services from prehistoric times development of telephony until the present. and telegraphy significantly Four rooms contain contributed to the provision models of postal carriages, of new jobs, which were reconstructions of post predominantly taken by offices, uniforms of postal women. The displays include workers from different periods a wide collection of equipment as well as a variety of postal for sending messages over Postal and Telecommunications transportation (e.g., horse- large distances. Visitors can Museum drawn carriage, bicycle, listen ‘over the phone’ to how motorbike). Special attention people used the telephone Polhov Gradec 61, 1355 Polhov is given to Lovrenc Košir, who in the past and try out a Gradec, Slovenia is considered father of the telephone and a teleprinter postage stamp. Visitors can exchange. A new exhibition, Opening hours: Tuesday through watch short films about the (Tele)communications in the Friday, Sundays and holidays: postal service, an animated Past, Present, and the Future!, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (last film entitled Whose is the was opened in 2015, offering entry at 4:00 p.m.) Letter? and listen to the a view of the development of E-mail: [email protected] tunes of the postal horn, mobile telephony in Slovenia Website: www.tms.si an indispensable part of and the world. T: +386 (1) 364-0083 postilion’s equipment. The Živa’s Corner aims at History of Telecommunications familiarizing the youngest exhibition takes visitors museum visitors with the through the history of history of postal services The project is the result telecommunications, from and telecommunications with of many years of collaboratioin the first electrical telegraph, the help of games (Find the between the Ministry of telephones, teleprinters and Pair, Postal Services Through Culture of the Republic of telephoto equipment through Time) and various workshops Slovenia, Postal Service of ’s first automatic (making a postilion’s horn, Slovenia, Telekom of Slovenia telephone exchange in 1927. postal worker’s cap, rubber and the Technical Museum of The exhibition pays special stamps etc.). Slovenia.

Photos by Blaž Zupančič.

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 10 UPCOMING EVENTS - WASHINGTON, D.C.

PIANIST ANA ŠINKOVEC BURSTIN PERFORMS AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Pianist Ana Šinkovec Burstin will performs Žiga Stanič’s Toccata (world premiere), Beethoven’s Sonata in A major, Chopin’s Barcarole, and Scriabin’s Sonatas No. 4 and No. 10. She is a graduate of conservatories in Ljubljana, Brussels, Bergamo, and Paris and has studied with prominent teachers, including Eugen Indjic, Dmitri Bashkirov, Vladimir Ogarkov, and Karl-Heinz Kammerling. She was a first prize winner at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Competition in Paris. When: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Where: Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566 More information: https://www.kennedy-center.org/artist/B241124 ADMISSION FREE.

Gary Bukovnik: Daffodils. Ana Šinkovec Burstin.

GARY BUKOVNIK’S EXHIBITION: FOREVER SPRING

Cleveland born and educated, Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for over thirty years. His work is represented in diverse public and private collections around the world. Working in watercolor, monotype, lithograph and metal sculpture, Bukovnik in his work fuses sensual vitality with fluid colorations, creating floral images of tremendous depth and intensity. Bukovnik’s work is well known throughout galleries across America, and his work has been shown internationally in Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Japan and, most recently, in China. His work is represented in various public and private collections, including The Brooklyn Museum, NYC; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; and The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. Gary is also represented in The List Collection, NYC; Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco; Bank of America; AT&T; Clorox; Neiman Marcus; and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles. When: Ongoing through December 18; Monday through Friday during business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Embassy of Slovenia, 2410 California Street, NW, Washington, DC 20008 Admission free. For more information see: http://garybukovnik.com/ and http://www.bonfoey.com/

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 11 DINNER RECEPTION WITH INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF DC AND WINE TASTING WITH DISTINGUISHED SOMMELIER FROM SLOVENIA The International Club of DC and the Embassy of Slovenia request the pleasure of your company at an exclusive soirée to discover luxurious Slovenia with a dinner reception of traditional Slovenian delicacies and a tasting of the finest wines of Slovenia, presented to you by a distinguished sommelier from Slovenia. The evening will also feature a delightful presentation of Slovenia and an overview of our upcoming luxurious trip to Slovenia, our third such group trip to Slovenia. This is a wonderful opportunity to feel Slovenia through all your senses! When: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Embassy of Slovenia, 2410 California Street, Washington DC 20008 More information and tickets: https://www.internationalclubdc.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=CE7AA39F-FE74-4135- BCCF-51FAAD9A709E

MIKLAVŽEVANJE IN WASHINGTON, DC As he has the world over for more than seven centuries, St. Nicholas soon will come again to children of all ages in the Washington area. The Bishop Baraga Society, Lodge #257 of the KSKJ (American Slovenian Catholic Union), invites you, your family, and friends to join us at the 51st annual Slovensko Miklavževanje - Slovenian Saint Nicholas’ Celebration.

Where: North Chevy Chase Christian Church, 8814 Kensington Parkway, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815. Enter hall basement from rear parking lot. When: Saturday, December 5, 2015. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Program begins at 5:30 p.m. Admission: Free to children under age 14, members of the Bishop Baraga Society and other KSKJ lodges. A donation of $3.00 is requested from others to help defray costs. Contact: Chris Bohince, President at [email protected] or call (301) 451-7845 or (301) 622-2934

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RIBNICA WOODWORKER’S CRAFT EXHIBIT IN KNOXVILLE, TN The Arts & Culture Alliance of Knoxville, TN, will open a new exhibition of traditional woodenware from Slovenia, presented by the Ribnica Handicraft Centre with support by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington, DC and the Slovenian Consulate in Knoxville. The exhibition of wooden bowls, buckets, spoons, sieves, and other objects will be displayed in the Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville. When: November 6 to 25, 2015, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Where: The Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit www. theemporiumcenter.com http://www.knoxmercury.com/event/ribnica-handicraft-centre-traditional-woodenware-from- slovenia/all/

NOVEMBER 6, 2015, PAGE 12 UPCOMING EVENTS - NEW YORK

TRANSMISSIONS - AN EXHIBITION FEATURING WORKS BY THE OHO GROUP AT MOMA IN NEW YORK Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980 focuses on parallels and connections among artists active in Latin America and Eastern Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. During these decades, which flanked the widespread student protests of 1968, artists working in distinct political and economic contexts, from Prague and Ljubljana to Buenos Aires, developed cross-cultural networks to circulate their artworks and ideas. When: September 5, 2015 to January 3, 2016 Where: The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019-5497; The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor More information: https://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1588

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GLASBENA MATICA CONCERT AND DANCE IN CLEVELAND The Glasbena Matica Slovenian Singing Society invites you to an evening of “Remembering Musical Friends” on Saturday, November 21, 2015. Cleveland’s legendary Slovenian chorus appears in a concert tribute to the people who inspire singers, and music-lovers. Listem to made popular by Frank Yankovic, Johnny Pecon, and Mary Udovich and Josephine Lausche, among others There are also salutes to personalities who recently departed, including , Paul Yanchar, Frank Ivancic, and Bishop A. Edward Pevec. You’ll enjoy favorite Slovenian and American tunes. Angela Perrine directs the chorus and Michael Cercek accompanies it on the piano. After the concert, dance with Patty C and the Guys, the Button Box of the Year. When: Saturday, November 21, 2015. Doors open at 4:00 with refreshments, sandwiches and dinner specials available. The concert begins at 5:45. Patty strikes up the band after the show at 7:00. Where: Slovenian National Home, at 6417 St. Clair Avenue, in Cleveland, OH. Admission to the concert is $17; under 12 free. Tickets are available from chorus members and the Polka Hall of Fame, 605 East 222nd Street in Euclid, OH (216) 261-3263.

THANKSGIVING POLKA WEEKEND IN CLEVELAND Treat yourself to a spectacular festival of music and dancing at the 52nd annual Thanksgiving Polka Party Weekend, presented by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 26, 27 and 28, 2015. The Downtown Cleveland Marriott Hotel becomes America’s polka headquarters with the finest Cleveland-Style entertainers, plus Denis Novato, the world button champion in a rare U.S. appearance. The high point is the 2015 Polka Hall of Fame Awards Show in the Grand Ballroom on Saturday, November 28. Twenty-three Cleveland-Style and Slovenian-Style orchestras and entertainers play for three days of dancing. This year’s theme, “A Century of Polka,” celebrates the 100th birthdays of Frank Yankovic and Johnny Pecon and remembers the music of Slovenia’s Slavko Avsenik. When: November 26, 27 and 28, 2015 Where: Downtown Cleveland Marriott, 127 Public Square in Cleveland, OH For dance and show tickets, call the Polka Hall of Fame, (216) 261-FAME, toll-free (866) 66-POLKA, or [email protected] .

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