Klezmer in Krakow
For 18 years, the historic Jewish quarter of Krakow has been home to a Jewish cultural festival -- nine days of dancing, lectures, and concerts. 25,000 people attend, most of them Poles with no Jewish...
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An Artful Ransom Note Generator
Let’s say your roommate still hasn’t returned that copy of Big Trouble in Little China you lent him more than two weeks ago. Logically, you’ll need some sort of passive-aggressive and semi-anonymous...
View ArticleObama Scraps Bush-Era Missile Plan
Yesterday President Obama announced that he is scrapping the Bush administration's plans for a land-based missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He's opting instead to focus on a...
View ArticlePilot Error Possibly at Blame for Crash
Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders show there were no technical problems with Polish President Lech Kaczynski's Soviet-made plane that crashed during its airport approach on...
View Article#3102: New Releases, July 2010
It's the most wonderful time of the month! For this program, John Schaefer presents the pick of the piles. What we can see from here includes some Bosnian vocal music accompanied by accordion, Balkan...
View ArticleA Film Unfinished
Filmmaker Yael Hersonski, discusses “A Film Unfinished:” her acclaimed documentary about the atrocities in The Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The footage, shot by the Nazis in May 1942, became a...
View ArticlePolish Composer Henryk Górecki Dies at 76
Henryk Górecki, a once obscure Polish composer who went on to become a crossover phenomenon like no other, has died in Katowice, Poland. He was 76.The composer had been ill for some time, but lived...
View Article#3268: New Music from Poland
This New Sounds is full of new music from Poland. We’ll hear from the klezmer and Balkan-inflected jazz-ish strains of Kroke, along with “hardcore folk” from the Warsaw Village Band, whose driving...
View ArticleRepublicans Face Off in Arizona GOP Debate
It has been four long weeks since the last Republican debate. Wednesday's debate was a battle between two men— Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney — who are neck-to-neck in the race for the presidential...
View ArticleWill Racist Soccer Hooligans Tarnish Euro 2012?
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship will kick off a week from today. Normally it's a cause for celebration, but concerns that some racist fans in the host countries of Poland and the Ukraine...
View ArticleRomney's Visit to Poland Applauded in Brooklyn's Greenpoint
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s overseas trip has left his team struggling to explain some of the remarks he made in Great Britain and Israel. But in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, some Poles expressed...
View Article#3268: New Music from Poland
This New Sounds is full of new music from Poland. We’ll hear from the klezmer and Balkan-inflected jazz-ish strains of Kroke, along with “hardcore folk” from the Warsaw Village Band, whose driving...
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Celebrating Poland: An Overview
STREAM Q2 MUSIC NOWThis year marks the centenary of composer-conductor Witold Lutosławski, revered cultural icon and generous patriarch to a generation of younger composers, and the 80th birthday of...
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Lutosławski at 100: I. Early Works and World War II
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: II. The Postwar Period
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: III. Breakthrough to Modernism
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: IV. Consolidating the Mature Style
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: V. Heroism and Dissent
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: VI. The Late Style
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Lutosławski at 100: VII. Last Thoughts
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100– 24 hours of music hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Curated by composer and Lutosławski...
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Interview with Krzysztof Penderecki
On the heels of last month's Symphony Space performance celebrating the 80th birthday of Krzysztof Penderecki, the legendary Polish composer joins Phil Kline in the studio to discuss his inspirations,...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
The 21-film retrospective “Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema” premieres in New York City at the Film Society of Lincoln Center February 5-19. Curated by Martin Scorsese, the...
View Article#3268: New Music from Poland
This New Sounds is full of new music from Poland. We’ll hear from the klezmer and Balkan-inflected jazz-ish strains of Kroke, along with “hardcore folk” from the Warsaw Village Band, whose driving...
View ArticleView from the Eastern Bloc: Poland
Born in Poland in 1945, Eva Hoffman began her life in a country firmly under Soviet rule."The Soviet Union basically controlled the countries of Eastern Europe," she tells The Takeaway's John...
View ArticleIs There a Rift Growing Between the U.S. & Poland?
President Obama is traveling to Poland this week to celebrate the nation's 25 years of political independence from the Soviet Union. But the Poland he arrives in is much cooler about its American ally...
View ArticleMoscow has a long history of making interesting excuses for its military...
NATO says a Russian invasion of Ukraine is "highly probable." The Ukrainian government says a large convoy of humanitarian aid coming from Russia is just a "Trojan horse." If the humanitarian crisis is...
View ArticlePolish Officials Under Fire for Permitting CIA Torture Sites
Among the many consequences of the release of the Senate's torture report has been the disclosure of details surrounding Poland's willingness to play host to an American "black site" in the years...
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An Ironic Ode to Photography
In an era when everyone is a photographer, one artist is trying to make sense of the medium.Polish artist Piotr Uklański photographs comment on pop culture, history and photography itself. They are...
View ArticleRussia: Border tensions
Henry Foy, Kathrin Hille and Richard Milne report from the border between the eastern edge of Europe and Russia, where Nato and Moscow have ramped up military exercises in response to perceived...
View ArticleThe Far-Right Politics of Poland
Click on the audio player above to hear the full interview.The anti-refugee sentiment across Europe took a particularly strong hold in Poland this past October, when a new conservative political...
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New law in Poland expands government access to digital data
People gather during an anti-government demonstration for free media in front of the Polish television building in Warsaw on Jan. 9. The placards read “How many more?” (left) and “Free Media”. Photo by...
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Eastern Europe’s migrant crisis is causing political turmoil
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: As thousands of migrants and refugees sit stranded in Greece, former communist countries are leading the drive for Europe to seal its external...
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News Wrap: Pfizer halts sale of drugs used in lethal injection executions
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff.On the “NewsHour” tonight: The White House kicks up an already hot issue by directing all public schools to allow...
View ArticleBen Lerner Reads “The Polish Rider”
Ben Lerner reads his story “The Polish Rider,” from the June 6 and 13, 2016, issue of the magazine. Lerner is the author of the novels “Leaving the Atocha Station” and “10:04,” and three books of...
View ArticleIs The West Pushing Russia Too Far?
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.In a bit of political theater, NATO went to great lengths this month to show that it means business and would stand against Russia if President...
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U.S., NATO troop buildup in Eastern Europe to counter Russians is largest...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next: Leaders from NATO countries met in Poland today to finalize plans to beef up the military alliance.For the first time since the Cold War,...
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News Wrap: Winds top 140 mph as Hurricane Matthew bears down
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: U.S. relations with Russia hit a new low today. Washington called off talks with Moscow on the conflict in Syria, amid fierce...
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News Wrap: Obama praises Paris climate agreement
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: The United Nations announced the Paris agreement on climate change will take effect on November 4. It reached the threshold...
View ArticleMass Protests Yield a Major Victory for Women's Rights in Poland
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview."I'm a woman, not an incubator." That's the chant that thousands of women throughout Poland have been yelling this week. Their protests have...
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News Wrap: Syrian, Russian forces scales back airstrikes in Aleppo
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: Syria’s military and its Russian allies scaled back airstrikes on Aleppo, but President Bashar al-Assad vowed to recapture all...
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Art Spiegelman Pays Tribute to Si Lewen
Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Maus, pays tribute to artist Si Lewen with Si Lewen’s Parade: An Artist's Odyssey. First published in 1957, The Parade tells the story of...
View ArticleA Challenge to Press Freedoms in Poland
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A long period of stability, freedom, and prosperity is being threatened in Poland because of a political crisis. In recent days, there have...
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News Wrap: Kremlin wants to tear apart NATO, Mattis warns
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Tough talk on Russia today from the Trump nominees to run the Pentagon and the CIA. At their Senate confirmation hearings, both men took a harder line...
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Eastern European countries back NATO support against Russia
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post Eastern European countries back NATO support against Russia appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
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Photo: Polish mothers protest illegal logging
Photo by Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA woman breastfeeds her child on March 21, 2017, as part of a protest performance by mothers against illegal logging in Warsaw, Poland.The post...
View ArticleNationalism as a Symptom, Not a Cause
Edward Luce, Financial Times' Washington columnist, previously a speech writer for the treasury secretary in the Clinton administration and author of The Retreat of Western Liberalism (Atlantic Monthly...
View ArticlePresident Trump Visits Poland Ahead of G-20 Summit
President Donald Trump made a short visit to Poland today before the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a summit in Warsaw for the Three Seas Initiative, a project designed to bring together...
View ArticleTrump Asks if West Has the 'Will to Survive'
According to a speech President Trump gave Thursday in Poland the West is in trouble. He claimed that "the fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive." Carla Robbins,...
View ArticlePresidents Trump and Putin meet privately
Vladimir Putin denied Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
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