The weather is heating up, hand in hand with the cheer of the city – check out today’s programmes (Sunday, 19 August, 2012.)Exhibitions
10:00 am. – 6:00 pm., MODEM (15 July – 7 October 2012)
Games, fish, birds – Photo exhibition of István Soltész
More information HERE.
10:00 am. – 6:00 pm., MODEM (2 June – 9 September, 2012)
Very Special Joys – a retrospective exhibition by Endre Tót
More information HERE.
10:00 am. – 6:00 pm., MODEM (16 June – 31 December, 2012)
Foreign Matter. “Surrealism” in the Attraction of Reality.
Selection from the Antal-Lusztig Collection
More information HERE.
ART MOMENTS DEBRECEN – Contemporary Visual Arts Festival
14 August – 5 September 2012
ALL Programs and Events are FREE!
Exhibitions:
COLORS MAGAZINE – a selection of cover pages and unforgettable images from the legendary Colors Magazine. A magazine described as a “mix of ‘National Geographic’ and ‘Life’, on acid” created by Oliviero Toscani and Tibor Kalman. The exhibition is on view until the 25th of August in MŰTEREM GALÉRIA at Batthány u.24.
CELL (SEJT) – an exhibition of works by the Studio of Young Artists Association members. On view until the 5th of September at the reception hall of MODEM.
In the frame of Mona Lisa/Mona Lisa képében II. – media arts exhibition by the intermedia students of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. On view until the 20th of August in the Multimedia Room of MODEM.
ReBUTTONED: Hungarian is fashionable (Gombold Újra! Divat a magyar) – a selection from the finalists of the fashion design contest to prove that traditional Hungarian patterns and forms are adoptable into contemporary design concepts.
The exhibition is on view until the 20th of August in the Gallery of Kölcsey Center.
43rd DEBRECEN FLOWER CARNIVAL, AUGUST 16-21, 2012
18 August, Saturday
11:30 – 19:30 Baltazár Dezső square:
Interactive playground with rules of the road for children
16:00 Kölcsey Centre, 104 Section room:
Lecture on the South-African flora by Tamás Deli
16:00 Baltazár Dezső square:
Children’s programmes
16:00 Baltazár Dezső square, Kossuth square, Piac street:
“Galiba” Festival – Junior Flower Carnival
18:30 Baltazár Dezső square:
Kecskemét welcomes Debrecen!
18:30 Kölcsey Centre, 104 Section room:
“How our past began” – Irregular history lesson by Dr. Lajos Nemes ex-director of the Botanical Garden of the Debrecen University
20:00 Kossuth square:
Stars on the square! + Debrecen’s Voice – Final
Stage performances by:
The Rockforce
Szirota Jennifer, Király Viktor and Koós Réka
Abrakazabra
Cinema
Screenings in Apollo Cinema and Cinema City – in original language, with Hungarian subtitles.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
(American-Indonesian-Malay-Singaporean comedy, 94 min, 2012)
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L’amour dure trois ans
(Belgian-French comedy, 98 min, 2012)
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La chance de ma vie
(Belgian-French romantic comedy, 87 min, 2010)
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Les femmes du 6eme étage
(French comedy, 104 min, 2010)
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1st Hungarian and Czech Beer Festival
The festival is part of the Flower Carnival and located at Békás Lake in the Great Forest. Drinks available: Ferdinánd (3 + 1 kind of beers); Primátor (3 + 1 kind of beers); Konrad (2 kind of beers); Eggenberg (2 kind of beers); Dudák (2 kind of beers); Zubr (2 kind of beers); Litovel (1 beer); Budweisser 1795 (2 kind of beers); Samson (1 beer); Jarošov (1 beer); Brežnak (2 kind of beers); Zlatopramen (1 kind of beers), as well as spirits and czech wines..
Opening hours today: 10:00 am – midnight
from 13:00 – “charity stewpot” with László Benke chef master
17.00–17.30 Nagymegyer Dance Group Folklore Show (Slovakia)
17:45-18:15 Junior Studio (Hajdúböszörmény)
18.30–19.00 Dancing Boots Country Linedance dance show
19.30 Debrecen Dixieland Jazz Band
21.00 Ferry and Baby Gaby
22.30 Best of Menzel – Az én kis falum (1986) (movie screening)
Augustfest Blues and Beer Festival
(Medgyessy Museum, near Debrecen Plaza)
Draft beers you can drink: Guiness, Kilkenny, Wernesgrüner, Radberger, Bitburger, Dab, Krusovice, Zlatopramen, Köstritzer, Schöfferhoffer, Erdinger, Bombardien, John Bull, Krek, Jarosov.
Bottled beers: Wernesgrüner Lemon, Banana Beer, Desperados Tequila Beer, Clausthaler Lemon Alcohol-free.
19:30 WyrFarkasok
21:30 Tom White and Rockabilly Friends
Entrance fee: 500 HUF, of which 200 HUF counts in a purchase.
20.00, Roncsbár – Debrecen’n’Bass (concert)
Aquaticum Open-Air Bath
Classic House (with Tommyboy, Németi and Stamer),
R’n’B & Classic (with DJ Fat and DJ William)