Travels bring experiences and memories that last a lifetime. They give us the opportunities to visit beautiful and interesting places, and meet amazing people. During a recent holiday my husband and I had included a 10-night Mediterranean cruise. In his welcome address I noted that the Captain is Croatian. Captain Iv Vidos reflected in his talk to passengers his great love for the sea and his mission of ensuring the safety and enjoyment of the holidaymakers as well as the staff of the ship. Aside from sharing valuable information and pointers, his good sense of humour came through his announcements before docking at various ports.
Category: Friends In Action
Academician Josip Pecaric reading a letter to the United Nations Security Council
We do not ask you to bury our dead. We do not ask you to defend us from aggression and terrorism. We do not ask you to protect our towns from excessive shelling. We do not ask you to prevent the shelling of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb. We do not ask you to prevent the barbaric destruction of the city of Dubrovnik, a world heritage monument. We do not ask you to prevent the shelling of Šibenik and the destruction of the St. Jacob’s cathedral, another world heritage monument. We do not ask you to prevent the shelling of Zadar, Slavonski Brod, Osijek… However, we DO ask you to release our living soldiers, whom you have imprisoned and sentenced, without proving them guilty.
Croatian Viewpoint website of Jean & Ante Marinovic husband and wife team in Melbourne
Croatian Viewpoint’s mission is to bring the Croatian ‘journey to freedom’ to an English-speaking audience.‘Viewpoint’ presents an analysis of key Croatian issues from a human rights perspective, and the ‘Virtual Policnik Museum’ interprets the Croatian history of the Zadar hinterland from an ethnographic viewpoint. Croatian Viewpoint’s hosts are Ante Marinovic and Jean Lunt Marinovic, a husband & wife team, who voluntarily contribute to this independent project. Jean is the principal author and she gets her support from her husband Ante and their family, and she gets her inspiration from the courage and optimism of Croatian people.
PRIJEDLOG ZAKONA O ODNOSIMA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE S HRVATIMA IZVAN REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE
Ustavom Republike Hrvatske utvrđena je ustavna obveza Republike Hrvatske da štiti prava i interese svojih državljana koji žive ili borave u inozemstvu i promiče njihove veze s domovinom. Temeljito pročitajte dokument, proširite ga, pošaljite prijateljima koji imaju ideje i znaju ih napisati. Predugo smo čekali ovakav dokument da bi prošao samo kao jedna od točaka na Saborskim sjednicama. Dakle, radi se o dokumentu koji će se pretočiti u zakon, i tu smo u prilici sugerirati, savjetovati, tražiti i obrazlagati sve što nas tišti, što nam nedostaje, što mozemo poboljšati, pojednostaviti te ubrzati procese sjedinjenja dijaspore i matice domovine. Idejni začetnik dokumenta je Dr. Ivan Bagarić.
Homeland defense is a right, not a crime
It is time to judge the judges.
Blessed Easter to Mr. Gotovina, Mr. Markac, Mr. Praljak, Mr. Kordic and their families
Happy and blessed Easter to Mr. Ante Gotovina, Mr. Mladen Markac, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Darijo Kordić, and their families from Nenad Bach, Darko Žubrinić, CROWN Team and from the readers of the CROWN. Happy and blessed Easter to all the people of good will.
Nenad Bach Band to play for HELP JAPAN Tsunami Relief Concert
The band has been invited to perform for a concert to help support those affected by the recent tsunami in Japan and we’re asking all of our friends to come out and support those affected by this terrible tragedy. The concert is being held on Thursday, March 24 at The Bowery Electric in New York City. The band will perform starting at 11:30 p.m. and will be the final act for the night. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross and will help the victims of the tsunami.
Dr. Kathleen V. Wilkes 1946-2003 devoted her life to the victory of Croatia
Dr. Kathleen Vaughan Wilkes was a distinguished British humanist, professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, and also taught at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia. During the Serbian siege of the City in 1991 and 1992, she was spreading the truth about its merciless destruction. Dr. Wilkes wrote on Dec 26, 1991: “Dubrovnik… there is still no water or electricity, scant food, no glass in the windows, temperature at freezing point…”
Croatian town Lipik needs help to rebuild Kursalon
The Kursalon, the neo-Renaissance style cafe in the town Lipik, Croatia, was constructed in 1893, with concert and a dance halls, a movie theater, restaurants, a piano bar, casino etc. It was the central point of the social and cultural life of the town until 1991, when it was destroyed and burned during the Serbian aggression on Croatia. This is an appeal to rebuild one of the trademarks of the town of Lipik. On the photo Nenad Bach and Ivan Pušćenik in Lipik.
The Barber of Kigali at the Boston International Film Festival June 6, 2008
The short dramatic film “The Barber of Kigali” written and directed by Jamie Cohen with the music composed by Nenad Bach, will play at the prestigious Boston International Film Festival on Friday June 6th, 2008 at the AMC/Loews Theater at 6:30 pm. The theater is located at 175 Tremont St in Boston, MA. USA
Handball Connects People
Sports is a great catalyst for world peace, because it is transparent as much as it can be, plus people connect through the game regardless where they came from and what they do or make for a living. At the game we are all together on the same spiritual level. It is very close to music.
Festival favorite Random Lunacy is on the road again! April 14 – June 5, 2008
Home Team Productions is proud to announce five upcoming screenings of “Random Lunacy: videos from the road less traveled.” Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says of this documentary, “Prepare to be wowed!” The film follows the radically itinerant Poppa Neutrino and his family of street performers over the course of twenty adventurous years of living homeless by choice.
Premiere of "Black 47 at Connolly's" at Westchester Film Festival March 8, 2008
Larry Kirwan (left) and the band Black 47 are the subjects of a new film by filmmakers Stephanie Silber and Vic Zimet. The film weaves together a history of the band’s beginnings, and by extension, a rich underlay of Irish-American history and the Diaspora. The film will be screened at the Westchester Film Festival on Mach 8, 2008 starting at 2:35 p.m.
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova in Once for your consideration at the Oscars
Academy Award Nominee Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for Best Song “Falling Slowly”. Once is a 2007 Irish musical film written and directed by John Carney. Set in Dublin, this naturalistic drama stars musicians Glen Hansard (of popular Irish rock band The Frames) and Markéta Irglová as fictional struggling musicians. Update:They won Oscars
Random Lunacy tonight in Salem Oregon, with great review in Salem News
The documentary, “Random Lunacy: videos from the road less traveled”, directed and produced by Victor Zimet and Stephanie Silber is more about survival outside conventional society than a story about a man. It’s a completely unique portrayal of human inventiveness, persistence, and the longevity and strength of family. Music by Nenad Bach among other talented musicians.
Catholic confraternity in Philippines promoting Blessed Ivan Merz
The Confraternity of Catholic Saints, Philippines, is a Roman Catholic organization of young people dedicated in promoting Holiness through the lives and works of the Saints. It is affiliated to the Offical Promoter of Blessed Ivan Merz.
"Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks is recovering from a brain-tumor operation in Croatia
For the last nine weeks he’s been hospitalized in the port city of Rijeka, Croatia recovering from brain surgery to remove a tumor that doctors say was benign. Friends are arranging a benefit for the 67-year-old bluesman, to be held at the Commodore Barry Club in Philadelphia on Sunday 2-9 PM.
President Mesić decorated the US Admiral Lunney with the Order of Trefoil
The decoration was presented to Lunney at a ceremony in the Croatian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York on Sept. 26th 2007. Admiral Lunney invested a lot of efforts, time and enthusiasm to find the family of Croat Peter Tomich, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941, so as to present them with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
FESTIVAL BLAST: HOME TEAM'S RANDOM LUNACY
“Movies like to pretend they’re different, but RANDOM LUNACY really, truly is. Gifted filmmakers Zimet and Silber throw us into a life that intoxicates, infuriates and leaves us panting for each unforgettable adventure. Prepare to be wowed” – Peter Travers of Rolling Stone
U2 in Sarajevo, 10 Years After September 23, 1997
Bono, The Edge, Larry and Adam were still in the dressing room underneath the rapidly filling Kosevo stadium stands. Paul McGuiness and I were standing behind the stage.