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Fat Mo program May 2010

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Below you can see the program for the Fat Mo restaurant in May. Do not forget to reserve a table.

Fat Mo May 2010

1. LESLIE JAM

2. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN

3. SOUND FORCE

4. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

5. TURNAROUND, BLUES

6. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

7. PEDROFON, SWING & ROLL

8. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

9. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

10. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

11. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

12. PRIBOJSZKI MÁTYÁS BAND, BLUES

13. HARAKYRU, SOUL & FUNKY

14. RUDI ROCK AND ROLL SHOW, ROCK AND ROLL

15. BLACKRIDERS, IRISH-COUNTRY

16. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

17. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

18. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

19. LESLIE & JULIO, ALL MUSIC

20. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

21. UNISEX, POP

22. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

23. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

24. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

25. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

26. PRIBOJSZKI DUÓ, BLUES

27. KAPUZÁRÁS ELŐTTI PÁNIK, R & B

28. FREAK, FUNKY

29. ROLL SKATE BOOGIE, ROCK AND ROLL

30. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

31. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

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Starbucks to open in Budapest in 2010

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I am starting to be fed up a little bit with the rumours about Starbucks coming to Budapest, the rumours of the fact that Starbucks already opened a cafe in West End, and later it turned out that no Starbucks opened at all.

Today, May 6th, a whole lot of Hungarian newspapers reported that Starbucks for sure will come to Budapest in 2010, finally. The international company AmRest Coffee
 will be heading the Starbucks coffeeshop in Budapest, and with such a serious company supporting the coming of Starbucks, it might turn into reality, like it has in neighboring countries like Austria and Romania.

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Reserve tickets for Hungarian programs online

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We have updated some of our pages with information about Hungarian programs, and hereby offer help with reserving tickets online. Just fill in the forms on the actual pages, and you will find your reservation with all necessary information in your email within 24 hours, normally!

For those interested in Hungarian evenings where you combine for example Folklore and a Danube Cruise with dinner, that can of course be done as well on the different pages!

Hungarian programs
– Folklore
– Danube Cruise
– Organ concert
– Symphonical Orchestra concert

Modern Hungarian Lithography: National Gallery

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The exhibition named Modern Hungarian Lithography can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery between April 5th and June 30, 2010. Here the visitor can see the how this has been used in modern Hungary. What is lithography? According to Wikipedia it is “a method for printing  using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Invented in 1796 by Bavarian author Alois Senefelder as a low-cost method of publishing theatrical works, lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or another suitable material.”

Modern Hungarian Lithography
Hungarian National Gallery
April 5 – June 30

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Art Fanatics in Art Hall

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An exhibition called Art Fanatics can be seen in the Art Hall at the Heroes Square in Budapest between April 3rd and May 23rd. It shows the private collection of several Hungarians. Not to much of a thrill to foreigners maybe, but if you still visit the Heroes Square and need to use the toilet in the basement of the Art Hall, then maybe you could check out the exhibition as well, while there.

Art Fanatics
Art Hall Budapest
April 3 – May 23

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Best restaurants in Budapest 2009

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I just thought I’d throw away some old papers and magazine here the other day, and then I found the November edition of Time Out Budapest. In the paper they published their Budapest Restaurant awards for 2009, and I thought I’d just share their results, for those who haven’t read the magazine. One thing interesting to see is that in 2009 November, before Coster received its Via Michelin star, Time Out Budapest already considered the restaurant to be the best contemporary international restaurant in Budapest.

Best restaurants in Budapest 2009 (according to Time Out Budapest):

Best contemporary international:

  1. Costes
  2. Bábel Delikát
  3. Baraka
  4. Bio & Vegetáriánus

Best progressive Hungarian:

  1. Olimpia
  2. Cafe Kör
  3. Onyx
  4. Csalogány 26

Best traditional Hungarian:

  1. Múzeum
  2. Kádár Étkezde
  3. Fülemüle
  4. Vadrózsa

Best Italian:

  1. Fausto’s
  2. Krizia
  3. Il Terzo Cerchio
  4. Millenium Da Pippo

Best Asian:

  1. Wang Mester
  2. Momotaro Ramen
  3. Fuji
  4. Mennyei Ízek

Best fancy, but cheap lunch:

  1. Flores
  2. Ruben
  3. Két szerecsen
  4. Centrál Kávéház

Best Sunday brunch:

  1. Peppers!
  2. Gundel
  3. Bistro Jardin
  4. Brasserie Royale

Best wine restaurants:

  1. Klassz
  2. Bock Bistro
  3. Borbíróság
  4. Tigris

Best burger:

  1. Gresham
  2. New York Pizza
  3. Café Déryné
  4. The Caledonia

We wish everyone a good lunch, and why not eat a dinner outside today?

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Ryan Air leaves Budapest

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Ryan Air, currently flying to Glasgow,  East Midlands, Dublin and Bristol from Budapest, will stop flying from Budapest in the end of October 2010. After negotiations with the people at Budapest Airport, they could not agree on prices, and therefore Ryan Air pulls out. They also said, that if they would have gotten cheaper prices, more destinations would be added from Budapest. This did not convince the people at Budapest Airport!

If you want to travel with Ryan Air from Budapest, do it before October 31. If you would like to travel with Ryan Air from Hungary after that, you will have to travel to Balaton and the airport Sármellék, close to Hevíz and Keszthely.

 

Visual Poetry, Concrete Texts: Museum of Fine Arts

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This might not be the hottest exhibition of the year in the Museum of Fine Arts, but if you are interested feel free to visit while at the Heroes Square. The description below is the official description of the exhibition.

Visual Poetry – Concrete Texts
Museum of Fine Arts
January 13 – May 9

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More information on the temporary exhibition:
The various forms of visual poetry – or experimental poetry as it is also known- came into existence along the fringes of traditional forms of literature, the visuals arts and music. Their role in modern art was always that of reconnecting branches of art that had taken different directions according to new points of view as well as the opening up of the possibilities hidden within already existing materials of expression.

The Open Structures Art Society’s (OSAS) new, international exhibition brings together original works, copies and details of works dating from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Several characteristic periods and areas meet within the bounds of the exhibition: Western type, coarse, typographical concrete poetry; visual poetry, which had been influenced by Concept Art and Structuralism; visual poetry’s own characteristic Hungarian form, represented by picture poems by Hungarian writers; and contemporary Japanese visual literature from the representative collection of Austrian artist Josef Linschinger. Several historical film and contemporary phonetic works of poetry compliment the visual materials on display.

Mirror to the World: Museum of Applied Arts

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The exhibition named Mirror to the World is an interesting exhibition arranged in the Museum of Applied Arts in the center of Budapest. This exhibition shows how our habits of spending, using and throwing away has a destructive effect on our surroundings and the earth. This is an exhibition that has something to say, and it might in fact be worth visiting this one!

Mirror to the World
Museum of Applied Arts
April 15 – May 16

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Art in Exile: Holocaust Museum

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A new exhibition can now be seen in the Holocaust Museum in the ninth district of Budapest. The exhibition is called  “Belated Homecoming: Art in Exile.” The exhibition presents the work of significant artists and scientists of the 20th century Hungary who worked outside the country. Many of them had to leave the country due to their origin starting in the 1920s and 1930s.

Some of them became important figures of the Hungarian cultural and public life, however, some notable artists and their works are still unknown, waiting to be discovered. In its « Art in Exile » exhibition series the Holocaust Memorial Center is venturing to introduce these artists to the public thus differentiating the, often schematic, picture of the holocaust and providing a more personal view of the era.

Art in Exile
Holocaust Museum
April 17 – August 15

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