The annual student art competition organized by artists Ankica and Ante Karacic (left) have announced the winners in this year’s art competition. The theme for this year was protecting the environment. This year, 500 entries from 10 countries were submitted. The organizer is Ankica Karačić living in Germany, on the photo with her husband Ante.
Author: Marko Puljić
Call for proposals for international conference on Croatian history, language, and migration
The conference to be held from 5-7 February, 2014, honours 30 years of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia. The focus of the conference is on the development of the identity and political consciousness of Croatians in Croatia or abroad through the exploration of the construction and expression of personal and group identities of Croatians of all social classes, in all periods from the Middle Ages to the modern day. Themes include but are not limited to: identity, history, language, art, trans-national communities, literature and politics of Croatians in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and all the other places where Croatians live as a minority group or diaspora community.
Documentary film Lovers and Madmen is now available in English
Lovers and Madmen, (based on a book of memoirs by the same title), is a documentary film about the life of Zvonko and Julienne Busic, which was broadcast on Croatian State Television on March 9, 2013. The facts are straightforward: in 1976, the Busics, along with three other Croatians, hijacked a TWA airliner with the sole goal of forcing major world media to publish a leaflet on the human rights abuses against Croatians and others in the former Yugoslav dictatorship: murders, assassinations, imprisonment of students and intellectuals.
Tomislav Bralić and Klapa Intrade 2013 U.S. Tour
Tomislav Bralić and Klapa Intrade will be coming to the United States from Zadar to perform in select cities. Starting in April they will be in New York City, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit to showcase the ancient a cappella style of singing native to Dalmatia known as klapa.
New Show Paranormal Myths on Reality TV will feature Croatia
The creative team behind the film Awakening, John Kera and Nathaniel Morin, are at it again with a new Reality TV show entitled Paranormal Myths. The show is about two paranormal investigators, Kera and Morin, investigate areas that may be haunted by ghosts, demons or other paranormal entities. The production team has already begun selecting cities and countries all around the world including Croatia. Filming will begin in early September.
Call for submissions for 1st International Samobor Film Music Festival
The 1st International Samobor Film Music Festival, September 11- 14, 2013., is now open for submissions! Composers can submit film music through the ISFMF’s online entry form. Application period will run until March 31st the latest. The Artistic Board of the festival will conduct selection of movies for nominations, and the criteria will be determined in relation to the quality and originality of the score. Only films with the production date between January 1st 2010. and February 28th of the current year, will be considered for nominations.
Javni poziv za prijam osoba na osposobljavanje u Državnom uredu za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske
Na temelju članka 61.a Zakona o državnim službenicima, a u skladu sa Uredbom o uvjetima i načinu izbora osoba na stručno osposobljavanje bez zasnivanja radnog odnosa u državnim tijelima i Plana prijma na stručno osposobljavanje bez zasnivanja radnog odnosa u Državnom uredu za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske za 2013. godinu od 21. siječnja 2013., Državni ured za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske raspisuje javni poziv za prijam osoba na stručno osposobljavanje bez zasnivanja radnog odnosa u Državnom uredu za Hrvate izvan Republike Hrvatske.
Bianca Childs and Healing Arts Croatia produces and promotes leading edge workshops and retreats
Healing Arts Croatia offers trainings and retreats designed to support embodiment, quiet the mind and free the spirit in a field of holistic and preventative health care, such as: Esalen(R) Massage certifications, wide range of bodywork, Holotropic(R) breathwork, Yoga, SpiritDance, SoulSong, Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms(R) dance, meditation, neural somatic integration, diet, permaculture, nutrition and more. These movement forms provide a powerful catalyst for personal and collective transformation by raising awareness.
CroExpress: a newspaper that is better informing the Diaspora
Marina Stojak (left), is the editor-in-chief of CroExpress, a monthly newspaper published out of Hannover Germany. She recently sat down and talked about the paper’s beginnings, response of the readership and countries that they hope to expand to.
Klapa Cambi 2013 US & Canada Tour Featuring the Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra
The most awarded and internationally recognized a’cappella group from Croatia, winner of a World Choir Championship in St. Petersburg will showcase their unique vocal talent during their USA and Canada tour scheduled for January 2013. For 25 year the group stays true to the core of Croatian heritage and culture while bringing authentic music of Dalmatia to the international spotlight. Their performance will take you through ancient Dalmatian cities, help you feel the love and appreciation for the homeland, and bring closer to the beautiful Adriatic.
Documentary Celebrating 100 Years of St. Jerome Parish in Chicago to premiere December 9, 2012 on WTTW
The film about St. Jerome’s 100th Anniversary “They Never Walked Alone” will debut on Chicago’s WTTW (PBS Ch. 11) on Sunday Dec. 9th, 2012 from 6pm-7pm. Only part of the film will be featured (only 40 minutes) that evening, Chicago’s anchorman Bill Kurtis and actor Goran Visnjic have narrated the film. Please encourage your parishioners and listeners to tune in at that time and if they are inclined to purchase the DVD and support both the church and WTTW.
Ninth Annual MMFender Awards to be held at club Sax! on November 27, 2012
The ninth annual MMFender Awards will be held at club Sax! on November 27, 2012 starting at 9:00 p.m. The award is given to those musicians and non-musicians for their outstanding contribution to music and rock music in Croatia. Editor-in-Chief of CROWN, Nenad Bach will be receiving an award for his contributions for the promotion of Croatian music in the world. Congratulations to Nenad and all of this years award winners!
Kenneth Merten is named new U.S. Ambassador to Croatia
Kenneth Merten, the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, presented his credentials to President Ivo Josipović on October 30, 2012. Kenneth Merten is a career member of the senior Foreign Service; he joined the diplomatic corps in 1987 and most recently served as Ambassador to Haiti. He also served as a Deputy Executive Secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Clinton and earlier to U.S. Secretary of State Rice. He was awarded the 2011 Ryan C. Crocker Award for Outstanding Leadership in Expeditionary Diplomacy for his extraordinary leadership in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Government office for Croatians outside of the Republic of Croatia is looking for advisors
The Government office for Croats outside of the Republic of Croatia is looking for advisors. This will be an advisory body that will offer aid in creating policies, activities and programs in relation to the Croats outside of the Republic of Croatia. Advisors will have a four year mandate and will represent communities in their country of origin. The call for the nomination of representatives of the Croatian community in the Government Council is open to November 10, 2012.
Tajci's California Tour Fall 2012
Tajci will be performing a 7 week tour of California starting on October 15, 2012. She will be performing several programs “Born of Love,” “i Do Believe,” “Let it Be,” and a new program for All Soul’s Day – “Love Lives On”. She will also be at the Medjugorje Peace Conference in Ivrine, California on October 20-21, 2012.
Davor Vukovic Exhibit at Broadway Gallery in New York City October 24th – November 12, 2012
Davor Vukovic, a self-educated painter and poet, is one of the most prominent artists in contemporary Croatian landscape painting. Vukovic possesses originality mixed with an innate talent for spontaneous expression. Although his poems are more subtle and introspective, his paintings are passionate and exciting—he engages himself both physically and emotionally. Expressing himself in a range of colors that reflect both his inner-self and his outer interactions with nature, Vukovic infuses modernity and impressionism into energetic paintings that soothe the mind. His work, through its evocative use of color, movement, texture, and shape, display a state of mind rather than a tangible landscape. He will be highlighted in a major solo exhibition at Broadway Gallery, NYC.
Conference on victims of UDBA in Klagenfurt, Austria September 25, 2012
Croatian historians and the Association of the victims of UDBA invite you to a press conference on Tuesday September 25, 2012 which will be held at the Palais Salzamt hotel in Klagenfurt / Celovec, Austria. Prior to the press conference, participants will be received in the Cartinthia state assembly, where they as victims and witnesses for the Parliament’s investigative commission will testify on UDBA crimes. For the first time, dossiers of Austrian citizens who were collaborators of the UDBA will be released.
Gradovrh a new web portal for Croats in Tuzla is launched
Until its destruction, the Gradovrh monastery was a spiritual and cultural center for Croatian Catholics in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina centered around Tuzla. Even though the monastery no longer exists, its name is still revered by Croats in the Tuzla area to this day. Not only does the journal published by Matica Hrvatska in Tuzla carry its name, but a new website aims to preserve Gradovrh’s legacy in this digital age and report on the situation of Croats there.
An Evening of Croatian Music in Washington D.C. Sunday September 23, 2012
Pianist Srdjan Caldarovic (left) and violinist Ivan Novinc will be playing at Steinway Piano Hall in McLean, Virgina on Sunday September 23, 2012 starting at 7:00 p.m. They will be performing an evening of Croatian music with works by Josipovic, Kunc, Bjelinski, Papandopulo, Klobucar, Kempf, Lhotka and Dora Pejacevic.
Croatia U18 Basketball team – Champions of Europe
The Croatian U18 Basketball team are the champions of Europe after winning the gold medal at the European Championship in Latvia and Lithuania. Thanks to an unbelievable 39 baskets from Dario Saric (left), Croatia beat the hosts Lithuania in the final 88:76.