http://www.polishculture.org.uk The best of Polish Culture in the UK, Ireland and Beyond Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:15:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery]WHAT YOU GOT? What you rebelling against, Johnny?' asks local girl Mildred to the leader of the Black Rebels motorcycle gang which has taken over the bar. 'What you got?' replies Johnny (Marlon Brando), and in one throw-away sentence captures the mood of a generation. Depicting that same mood of that same generation ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/what-you-got-rebel-icons-on-screen-zbyszek-cybulski-james-dean-and-gerard-philipe/ The Mother, by S. I. Witkiewicz Te Art Project Tuesday 13th – Saturday 31st Jan, 7.30pm (except Mondays) Tickets: £11/ £8 Conc The Mother examines crucial issues of our time: painful relationships within a dysfunctional family, drug abuse and common delusions caused by mainstream ideas. It paints a picture of a modern society slavishly pursuing ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/the-mother-by-siwitkiewicz/ Wolfson College Creative Arts Series 2008-9 Translation Seminar: Modern European Literature in English POLISH POETRY IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: TOMASZ RÓŻYCKI AND ZBIGNIEW HERBERT 1 December 2008, 7:30 pm Haldane Room, Wolfson College, Oxford Participants: Jan Fellerer, George (György) Gömöri, Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese Chair: Dr. Carmen Bugan This seminar series brings together expert panellists on modern European languages ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/zbigniew-herbert-tomasz-rozycki-at-oxford/ Wednesday 26 November at 8.15pm at the CINECITY KATYN dir. Andrzej Wajda, 2007 Wajda returns to the WWII period of his early trilogy to explore one of the major war crimes to effect Poland. In the spring of 1940 some 15,000 to 20,000 Polish officers were executed by Stalin’s secret police, among them ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/polish-films-at-the-brighton-film-festival/ GBOB Challenge 2008 World Finals Scala, London  14-15 December 2008 Having played in the Polish national final of the GBOB Challenge and facing a 400km drive back to Warsaw, the band Sorry Boys were packing their instruments into the car when they heard their name announced. The alternative rock outfit thought it was just ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/gbob-challenge-2008/ Polish deConstruction, a young and vibrant arts organisation founded in 2007, is an exciting platform for Polish artists and designers in the UK. Their aim is simple: to show the London art scene that the Polish community has a lot of talented artists and designers, and foremost, to provide space for ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/polish-deconstruction/ at Hipnoza Upper Silesian Culture Center Plac Sejmu Śląskiego 2 Katowice (Poland) OFF Club is a new initiative by Artur Rojek which will be held twice a year, in winter and spring, as a unique edition to the annual OFF Festival. The headliners at the first OFF Club edition is American band Deerhoof, and will be ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/off-club-in-katowice/ FOCUS ON POLAND A Festival of Polish Post-communist Cinema Mitchell & Kenyon Independent Cinema University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE The breadth and variety of new Polish cinema is showcased in this unique opportunity to see five outstanding Polish films from the post-communist period at the Mitchell & Kenyon Independent Cinema. Each film portrays the ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/focus-on-poland-post-communist-cinema-in-preston/ Sunday November 23rd at 7:30pm Charlie Wrights International 45 Pitfield Street London N16DA (Old Street tube) £7 advance STFN Trio The band was formed by Mikolaj Trzaska, a saxophonist, bass-clarinettist and composer from Gdansk who is a founding member of the Polish 'Yass' scene. Since forming the group Sni Sredstwom Zauklanianie he has developed a great reputation ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/stfn-trio-at-london-jazz-festival/ MADAM TUTLI PUTLI Tuesday 18 November at 8pm at Arnolfini Cinema Friday 21 November at  4pm at Watershed Cinema 3 Dir: Chris Lavis / Maciek Szczerbowski Canada 2007 17 mins 21 sec Animation Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train and finds herself caught up in a desperate metaphysical adventure, drifting between real and imagined worlds. DRAGONFLIES Thursday ... http://www.polishculture.org.uk/listings/polish-shorts-at-encounters-short-film-festival/