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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Aquapark Wroclaw - holiday attractions on the third weekend of summer
July 23, 10 am - 10 pm, free of charge for guests of the leisure pools complex
The following attractions for the youngest guests were prepared for this weekend:
- FANTASY BROOM/10 am - 4 pm.Six players set themselves on cushions, from which a raging broom can knock them down at any moment. Who will stand the longest?
- PHOTO BOOTH/10 am - 8 pm.
- IBIZA POOL PARTY/4 - 10 pm.
Beach in pl. Solny
July 21-31, 9 am - 9 pm, free admission
Sand and sun are not the only attractions that have been prepared. Under the watchful eye of instructors, you can the special skimboarding pool, and ride the board. When in need of refreshment, you can buy cold drinks, tea and coffee at the beach bar. The novelty will be a game centre presented by T-Mobile, where anyone can try the virtual reality simulator.
World Games Workshop
July 22-23, the Pergola at the Centennial Hall, free admission
July 23 - workshops in the World Games 2017 sports
The Saturday World Games workshops will last from 10 am to 6 pm. The WG disciplines are: ultimate, squash, orienteering, kayak polo, slag, sumo, korfball, lacrosse, floorball. In addition, on Saturday at 5 pm, as part of the "Train with the World Games champion" programme, a class in kickboxing will be held by Michał Turyński, a professional world champion and ambassador of the event.
16. International Film Festival T-Mobile New Horizons
July 21-31
The main goal of the festival is to present artistic, unconventional and uncompromising cinema. The program - this year more than 200 feature films and 100 presented for the first time in Poland - is arranged in view of a demanding audience, who seek new experience in art and expect of the authors their own, original language. Here, you can see films that reach beyond the boundaries of the conventional cinema, and this year also of the opera.
Singing Europe 2016: a World Youth Day concert at the Wroclaw Stadium
July 23, 6 pm, tickets 5/10 PLN
Singing Europe 2016 is a meeting of several dozen choirs from all over Europe and a presentation of works of opera and oratorio music, as well as a capella programs.
The programme includes: the most famous songs from different countries of Europe, arranged for choir. The event will begin will a performance of sister Cristina Scucci, who became popular thanks to her appearance in "The Voice of Italy". The second part of the evening is a sing-along of the choirs and the audience. The orchestra and singers will be led by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, artistic director of the National Music Forum Choir.
Month of Meetings with Authors in Mediateka
Every day, from July 2 to August 1, Mediateka, pl. Teatralny 5, free admission
July 23, Saturday
- 7 pm Jorge Eduardo Benavides (ES)
- 8.30 pm Peter Getting (SK)
Call The Sun in Plac Społeczny
July 23, 8 pm, Plac Społeczny - the Creative Space, free admission
Call The Sun is five guys who want to impress the Polish music market with freshness and originality. India-electronic compositions win more and more enthusiasts for the ensemble in Poland, who are interested in new sounds. Currently, Call The Sun are preparing to record and release their first longplay album.
Lost Highway: the opera
June 23, 8 pm, National Forum of Music, tickets: 30-50 PLN
Polish première of the opera Lost Highway, directed by Natalia Korczakowska. The author of the libretto, based on a screenplay by David Lynch and Gifford Barry`s 'Lost Highway,' is the Austrian Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek. The music was composed by one of the leading contemporary composers, Olga Neuwirth, who translated Lynch's cult film to music. Live electronics play the key role, transforming and distorting the parts of soloists, the orchestra and six soloists-virtuosos (electric guitar, soprano saxophone, keyboards, clarinet, trombone, accordion).
Wroclaw multimedia fountain - special shows
July 23-24, 10 pm, the Pergola at the Centennial Hall, admission free
The fountain operates in the spring and autumn. The shows are organized every day, on the hour, with a music programme; after dark, the show is accompanied by coloured lights.
Special shows
July 23, 10 pm: The première show is inspired by sports of The World Games 2017
July 24, 10 pm: Beauty and the Beast
Screenings at the Market Square as part of T-Mobile New Horizons
July 22-31, 10 pm, free admission
Programme
July 23, 10 pm: My Mother
July 24, 10 pm: Play On!
Music stage at the Market Square as part of T-Mobile New Horizons
July 21-31, the Arsenal, ul. Cieszyńskiego 9
Schedule of concerts:
- Jul 23, Saturday, 10 pm | Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks | tickets: 20 PLN, 25 PLN
- Jul 23, Saturday, 00.00 | BAASCH | free admission*
*Free admission with pass/accreditation or a concert ticket valid on the day, or a film festival ticket valid on the day of the event.
Midnight Show 4
Jul 22-31, 2016, 00.00, the courtyard/tenement by the Studio BWA Wroclaw Gallery, ul. Ruska 46a
A part of the New Horizons Festival.
This year there will be no performance, neither a gathering of people and artefacts, as was convened to the gallery at midnight in previous years. This time, the organizers are moving the event to the second floor of the tenement at Ruska 46A/13. Here, a no-film performance will take place, featuring 99 artists presenting 99 works. There are 9 episodes, and the organizers welcome nine times, each time at midnight. Each performance will last an hour.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Summer Sundays at the Słodowa Island
July 24, 1 - 7 pm, free admission
The programme includes: board games, Japanese traditional archery, ethnic workshops, traveller's consultation on the Canary Islands and Central America, as well as plenty of activities for families with children. In case of unfavourable weather, the picnic may be cancelled. More at wyspa.wroclaw.pl
Final Four of the IFAF
July 22-24, stadium Oporowska
This year's final of the International Federation of American Football's Europe Champions League will be played at in Wroclaw, at the stadium in ul. Oporowska, on 22-24 July.
Thanks to the victory over the Triangle Razorbacks and Prague Lions, Polish vice-champions, Panthers Wroclaw, will play in the Final Four of the Champions League, organized at home. The Wroclaw team positively pulverised the rivals, thus wiping the stain off the previous performances of Polish teams in Europe.
- Jul 24, 2 pm, the finals of the tournament
Fitness at the Pergola
June 24, 2 - 4 pm, the Pergola at the Centennial Hall
Training will begin with Belly Attack. This class focused on fat burning and strengthening abdominal muscles. The training is designed for all. After a break, Mega Shape + Stretching. An intense cardio training, which helps improve stamina, increase strength, power and fitness. To participate, please register at: http://miastowformie.pl/fitnesslato. Those with own mats are requested to bring it along. Others can borrow one for free for the duration of the class.
The Concert of Four Denominations, dedicated to the participants of World Youth Days
July 24, 3 pm, the Church of St. Anthony of Padua, ul. św. Antoniego 30, free admission
Jerzy Kichler - foreword The programme includes: Choir of the White Stork Synagogue Vita Nova Choir, the Our Lady of Jasna Gora Shrine in Wroclaw Sinaxis Choir of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Wroclaw Capella Ecumenica of the Lutheran Church of Providence in Wroclaw The concert was organized with the support of the City of Wroclaw and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Concert: The Forgotten City. Polish Cello Quartet
July 24, 6 pm, ul. Wierzbowa 15, free admission
"The Forgotten City" is a series of 12 concerts on 12 unique stages - in stairwells and in the backyards of Wroclaw tenements, in the historic railway stations and squares. All the concerts are scheduled for Sunday, admission is free.
July 24: the Leipziger Palace (now the company Proxima), ul. Wierzbowa 15
Line-up: Polish Cello Quartet: Polish Cello Quartet ensemble, featuring Tomasz Daroch, Wojciech Fudala, Krzysztof Karpeta and Adam Krzeszowiec, was established in 2011. The members belong to the young generation of Polish cellists.
The programme: K. Stockhausen Tierkreis (Taurus), music for cello quartet.
Organ evenings at Divine Providence
July 24, 7 pm, Evangelical Church of Divine Providence, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 29, free admission
A series of concerts on summer Sundays in July and August. A unique atmosphere of the rococo temple's interior, a historic instrument of Johann Steinmeyer, but above all, unique artists who gather around a large group of listeners
July 24 - Gunter Kennel
Month of Meetings with Authors in Mediateka
Every day, from July 2 to August 1, Mediateka, pl. Teatralny 5, free admission
July 24, Sunday
- 7 pm David Llorente (ES)
- 8.30 pm Łukasz Orbitowski
Organ Festival "Non Sola Scripta": String Trio and organs
July 24, 7 pm, the Collegiate Church of St. Cross and St. Bartholomew, tickets: 15-20 PLN
Non sola scripta means that, which wasn't written down, and is created on the fly. In this art, the experts are organists, next to jazzmen. String Trio and organs: a trio of accomplished string players (including the great violinist Konstanty Andrzej Kulka) will perform works by Karol Lipinski, and organist Jaroslaw Ciecierski will play, among others, Johann Sebastian Bach.
