March 2016

March 2016
When: 4th March (Friday), 7 PM
What: GRUNT TO BUNT – ROOTED IN REBELLION – THE CONCERT
The cycle of events that shows the most interesting occurrences in the sphere of
alternative culture. The March concert will include the performances by two bands:
Coco Bongo - pop, punk/Gdansk
Glassgo – folk, rock / Warsaw - within the framework of the festival “Rock on the swamp”.
Live broadcast www.radiobunt.com
The concert’s record www.madeformusic.pl
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission: PLN 10.00
When: 6th March (Sunday), 6 PM; an extra performance at 8.30 PM.
What: the performance within the cycle ”The Nights by Bards”, the concert
„Czerwony Tulipan for all the ladies”
A rendez-vous with humour, poetry and song by the band „Czerwony Tulipan” from Olsztyn.
A very popular and famous band, performing the concerts all over the Europe, in the US
and Canada as well. The audience will have the opportunity to enjoy plenty of very popular
songs that were originally performed by Marek Grechuta, Czesław Niemen, Ewa
Demarczyk, Leonard Cohen and many others. The band’s discography consists of 12 CDs.
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission: pre-sale: PLN 30.00 on the concert day: PLN 35.00
When: 12th March (Saturday), 11.00 AM – beginners; 12.00 – advanced
What: „Strange physics” – RESEARCH WORKSHOP for children from the age of 5–12.
This time the attendants will enjoy the world of physics and its strange phenomenon. Our
little researchers will learn the strength of a green egg and how to pull a toothpick through a
balloon. Various physics topics will be reflected in very incredible and interesting
experiments.
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission: PLN 140 per cycle (4 sessions)
When: 12th March (Saturday), 5 PM
What: The vernissage of Waldemar Jarosz under the name „Wala’s menagerie”.
Waldemar Jarosz uses to play with colours, forms and topics, while keeping the reality at
the distance. He experiments with colours and enjoys with their intensity. His paintings
influence strongly the senses of a viewer.
Where: The Pavilion “Pod Okiem”, 79 Grójecka Str.
Admission is free!
When: 12th March (Saturday), 7 PM
What: TREBUNIE TUTKI – „Inspirations” – “The power of roots” – The folks OKO.
The journey through the legendary world of the Polish Tatra Mountains. The event will
include the presentation of the highlanders’ musical tradition in its original form, enriched by
colourful stories by Krzysztof Trebunia-Tutka. Everyone will enjoy this performance – both
the experts for the Polish highlanders’ music and those who are just in love with the Tatras
as well as lakes. The event will be moderated by a musical journalist Mr Adam Dobrzynski.
Where: OKO Theatre Hall, 13/21 Radomska Str., entrance C
Admission: PLN 20.00
PLN 15.00 for the holders of a Varsovian Car
When: 13th March (Sunday), 12.30 PM
What: Artistic Sunday with Mom and Dad
The Ochota Cultural Centre invites you for another family event. This time the attendants will
enjoy the Easter’s atmosphere. The actors from the theatre „Czarodziej” („Wizard”) will
perform the spectacle „Easter’s Adventure”. After the spectacle the children and their
parents will enjoy artistic workshops – a variety of Easter’s Christmas ornaments.
Where: OKO Theatre Hall, 13/21 Radomska Str., entrance C
Admission: PLN 10.00
When: 17th March (Thursday), 7.30 PM
What: Saint Patric’s Day at OKO
You’re more than welcome to celebrate St. Patric’s Day with us. We will try get in touch
with the magic world of Irish fairyland.
The performance by the OKO Irish Dancing Studio „Danmore” assisted by Jarek
Kaczmarek – a storyteller, and Jarek Bielak – a violinist.
Where: OKO Theatre Hall, 13/21 Radomska Str., entrance C
Admission: PLN 10.00
When: 18 March (Friday), 6.00 PM
What: „Nowruz” - Persian New Year. It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. The most important and traditional holiday of
the people of Iranian origin all over the world. It marks the first day month
of Farvardin beginning of spring in Iranian calendar. During the Nowruz holidays, people
are expected to visit one another (mostly limited to families, friends and neighbors) in the
form of short house visits, which are usually reciprocated. Typically, on the first day of
Nowruz, family members gather around the table and await the exact moment of the arrival
of the spring. At that time gifts are exchanged. Later in the day, the first house visits are paid
to the most senior family members. Typically, the youth will visit the elders first, and the
elders return their visit later. When in previous year a family member is deceased, the
tradition is to visit that family first (among the elders). The visits naturally have to be
relatively short, otherwise one will not be able to visit everybody on its list. A typical visit is
around 30 minutes, where you often run into other visiting relatives and friends who happen
to be paying a visit to the same house at that time. Because of the house visits, you make
sure you have a sufficient supply of pastry, cookies, fresh and dried fruits and special nuts
on hand, as you typically serve your visitors with these items with tea or sherbet. Many
Iranians will throw large Nowruz parties in a central location as a way of dealing with the
long distances between groups of friends and family. Some Nowruz celebrants believe that
whatever a person does on Nowruz will affect the rest of the year. So, if a person is warm
and kind to their relatives, friends and neighbors on Nowruz, then the new year will be a
good one. On the other hand, if there are fights and disagreements, the year will be a bad
one. As an extended tradition to the holiday, men may or may not choose to shave their
faces until the night of the "New Day" as a sign of removal of old habits and tendencies and
the rebirth of their faith and being. During the meeting of The Inter-governmental Committee
for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage of the United Nations, held between 28
September – 2 October 2009, Nowruz was officially registered on the UNESCO List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Nowruz is being celebrated by Iranians but also by
the people from the iranian cultural sphere. The attendants will enjoy the performance by
Jahaiara Irani with his band and the New Year’s stories by Roszan Tonus.
Where: The Pavilion “Pod Okiem”, 79 Grójecka Str.
Admission: pre-sale: PLN 10.00 on the event day: PLN 15.00
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When: 18 March (Friday), 7 PM
What: Film Discussion Club – „Velvet Goldmine” („Idol” in Polish) – a
British drama directed and co-written by Todd Haynes (1998) set in Britain during
the glam rock days of the early 1970s. It tells the story of the fictional pop star Brian
Slade. Set in a dystopian, grey version of 1984, gay British journalist Arthur Stuart
(Christian Bale) is writing an article about the withdrawal from public life of 1970s
bisexual glam rock star Brian Slade, and is interviewing those who had a part in the
entertainer's career. Rock shows, fashion, and rock journalism all play a role in
showing the youth culture of 1970s Britain, as well as the gay culture of the time.
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission is free!
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When: 19 March (Saturday), 6 PM
What: ”The Nights by Bards” – the concert by a duo „Ponad Chmurami” –
Katarzyna Jarzynowska i Nikodem T. Jacuk.
You’re more than welcome to enjoy our sung poetry event.
A rendez-vous with ballads and songs by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava, Jeanne
Bichevskaya, Leonard Cohen, Marek Grechuta and own pieces by the duo. Some of them
will be presented in Polish, the others in an original language. Moreover, the programme
will include the poems by Agnieszka Osiecka.
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission: pre-sale: PLN 15.00, on the concert day: PLN 20.00
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When: 19th March (Saturday), 11 AM
What: Saturday with music – „Springtime smile”, the event for children at the age of
4–7 and their parents.
Let’s meet in the world of music and learn about the sounds and musical instruments. This
time we will get acquainted with a mysterious name instrument – JAWBONE. The event will
be held by DES ORIENT band musicians – Bogdan Kupisiewicz and Mariusz Puchłowski.
Where: The Ochota Cultural Centre, 75 Grójecka Str.
Admission: PLN 10.00
The booking and the sale of tickets:
Front Office OKO, 75 Grójecka Str., Tel. (22) 822 48 70