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Harlem Gospel Choir Budapest 2009

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Harlem Gospel Choir Budapest
Harlem Gospel Choir Budapest

Harlem Gospel Choir is just as regular in Budapest before Christmas as Santa Claus, and so also this year. November 27 Harlem Gospel Choir will sing happy gospel in the Academy of Music in Budapest. This is a great opportunity to hear some really nice black gospel, and maybe it will bring the christmas feeling and atmosphere closer to your heart as well.

Harlem Gospel Choir Budapest
November 27, 19:30
Academy of Music, Budapest

Tickets: TicketPro

About Harlem Gospel Choir (Source: Wikipedia)
The Harlem Gospel Choir is an American gospel choir based in Harlem, New York. It is one of the United States’s most prominent gospel choirs. The group comprises 65 members, ranging in age from 17 to 70. It has toured the world, logging two million travel miles

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How We See the Finns? Exhibition: Museum of Ethnography

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What does a Hungarian think about the Finns? What have shaped their way of thinking of the Finns? What does a Hungarian know about Finland and the culture of the nation?

There is a relationship between Hungary and Finland when it comes to the language. The Finno-Ugric relationship is discussed in the exhibition, and questions are asked as for example: “Why are the Finns so important to us, anyway?” The visitors are also presented what Hungarians choose to think is very typical Finnish.

How We See the Finns? – Finland: A Hungarian Perspective
Museum of Ethnography
June 27 (2009)  – November 28 (2010)

Markus Schinwald exhibition in Budapest Art Hall

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Markus Schinwald is an artist born in Salzburg 1973. He is a contemporary artist of a unique character, whose interests include the reinterpretation of myths and human relations. In essence, his Budapest show focuses on the role of the body as defined by its cultural relations, analysing such components as fashion, dressing and gestures.

Markus Schinwald: Pocket History
September 30 – November 2009
Art Hall Budapest

Predators in Natural History Museum

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Predators
Predators

Manking has always been fascinated by predators and in this exhibition the visitors are introduced to different predation techniques, tricks and tools.  With the help of a rich combination of interactive games and visual spectacles the goal of the exhibition is to bring the mysterious world of predators closer, banish misconceptions and fear and give enlightment so that the visitor will know more when he lives than when he came.

Predators
March 13 – November 23 (2009)
Hungarian Natural History Museum

Munich, in Hungarian: Hungarian National Gallery

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In the period between 1850 and 1914 almost every Hungarian artist spent time in Munich. They went there to receive teaching and inspiration not available in Hungary. In this exhibition the visitors will see what characterize the paintings of that time, and how this influenced the Hungarian painters staying there for months, years or decades.

Munich – in Hungarian
Hungarian National Gallery
October 1 (2009) – January 10 (2010)

Munich in Hungarian - Hungarian National Gallery

József Borsos exhibition in National Gallery

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József Borsos (1821-1883, Painter and Photographer )
Exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, June 18 – October 25, 2009

Jóseph Borsos exhibition - National Gallery of Hungary

József Boros was one of the best Hungarian painters in the 19th century, yet a mysterious one as well. Not to much information has remained about him from his life. He wasnt only painting, but he was also a photographer taking more than 44,000 pictures during his career as a photographer.

József lived in Vienna as well, and in the exhibition paintings can be found from that period as well, making it possible to compare the paintings from his time in Austria and his time in Hungary.

Paintings have been borrowed to the Hungarian National Gallery from private and public collections.

Exhibitions in Museum of Applied Arts

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Museum of Applied Arts Budapest
Museum of Applied Arts Budapest

There will be quite some different exhibitions going on in addition to the permanent exhibition in the Museum of Applied Arts in October and November (2009). Below you can see some of them:

October 2 – October 25: Finnish design exhibition
October 2 – November 8: Hungarian Design Awards 2009

If any of these exhibitions should sound interesting, or if the permanent exhibition in the Museum of Applied Arts should sound interesting, just go!

Special Thursday programs in Museum of Fine Arts

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The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest arranges special programs every second Thursday to attract both Hungarian and international visitors. So far it has been a major success, and in October you can join such events October 8 and October 22. Below you can see the museum programs on these days (they have extended opening times these evening, which means the museum of Fine Arts is open until 22.00).

Program October 8
Jazz Salon (Marble Hall):
From 6.00pm This Week’s Guest: Four Brothers

Experiencing works-of-art:
7.00pm Guided Tour in English! „Each Painting Tells a Story?” (Old Master’s Gallery) by Ellen Mozley

Program October 22
Jazz Salon (Marble Hall):
From 6pm This Week’s Guest: Cosmos Trio and Dóra Szolnoki

Experiencing works-of-art:
7pm Guided Tour in English! “Martyrs & Saints of Christianity” by Zsuzsanna Gyenis

Turner and Italy: Museum of Fine Arts

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Turner and Italy - Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts hosts an exhibition called Turner and Italy presenting Turners work in eight parts, ordered chronologically. Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was especially known for his landscape paintings, and at the temporary exhibition you can see more than 80 paintings painted my Turner himself.

The exhibition opened July 15 and will be in the Museum of Fine Arts until October 25, 2009 – which means that there is not much time left for those still interested in visiting the exhibition. The full price ticket for the Turner and Italy exhibition is 2600 Forint. The full price for the permanent exhibition is 1400 Forint.

More about Joseph Mallord William Turner:
Joseph Mallord William Turner was one of the most significant landscape painters of the 19th century and indeed perhaps in the entire history of art. His hugely extensive oeuvre is characterised by thematic diversity and endless technical innovation. He painted true-to-life city- and landscapes – he was especially fond of depictions of the sea -, historical and mythological scenes, contemporary events, but his imagination was also inspired by literature.

Most popular restaurants in September

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Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot

Based on the amount of table reservations made in September we have made our own unofficial “Most popular restaurants in September” statistic. This does not say anything about the actual popularity of the given restaurant based on amount of visitors, but it gives a little feeling where our visitors like to go eating in Budapest.

Most popular Budapest restaurants in September
1. Sir Lancelot
2. Trófea Grill
3. Mátyás Pince

Most people who have seen our former statistics will realize that this is absolutely not something new and revolutionary result. Sir Lancelot is almost always ending up on first place, Trófea ends up on the second place, and then Mátyás Pince on the third place. The third place is normally where the battle stands, and both Karpatia and Pampas Steakhouse were close in September, but none of them managed to sneak in before Mátyás Pince.

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