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By means of this public celebration, the community comes together to share the customs – in music, dance, foods and crafts – of Salt Lake Valley’s diverse ethnic groups. Through these traditions passed down through generations, ethnic communities perpetuate themselves and individuals develop a strong sense of their own identity.

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Come raise the Serbian Voice in Washington to share our history, culture and aspirations.

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Balkan music icon and acclaimed film composer Goran Bregovic celebrates the music of Europe’s Gypsy tradition. His touring forty piece Wedding and Funeral Orchestra includes a Serbian brass band, 12-piece string ensemble, fifteen man choir, and female vocalists.

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This fall, the Austrian Cultural Forum New York will present “Frequently Asked Questions

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Starting June 18, 2011, the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture will host a series of programs–exhibits, film viewings, lectures, book presentations, and deportation survivor reminiscences–commemorating 70 years since the start of mass deportations of Lithuanians to the Gulag – the vast network of concentration camps and prisons in Siberia and other remote regions of the Soviet Union. When: Jun 18, 2011 – Jan 12, 2012 Time: Daily 10 am – 4 pm Where: Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture 6500 S. Pulaksi Rd. Chicago, IL 60629 Admission: Adults $5; children (12 and under) $2; there may be an extra cost for special events. For additional information please visit http://www.balzekasmuseum.org  

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Film screening and discussion The Way Back (2010) is director Peter Weir’s film about Siberian Gulag escapees who walk 4,000 miles overland to freedom in India. Film screening and discussion in English. When: Friday, August 26, 2011 Time: 7 p.m. Where: Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski Rd., Chicago IL 60629

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A photo exhibition Lithuania in Exile, 1988-1989 by photographer, film director, cameraman and traveller Juozas Kazlauskaswill complete the exhibition offerings. Kazlauskas has been featured in several dozen one-man and group exhibitions in Lithuania, Bulgaria, France, Mexico, USA, Germany, Yugoslavia, Georgia, and Russia. On a historic and geographic level, this cycle of photographs is archivally significant as it documents the remains of Siberian barracks that have now vanished from the contemporary landscape. On an aesthetic level, the photographs consider the relationship between man, history and nature through the subtle play of light and dark in the images, asking the viewer to consider what cannot be seen as much as what can. The photography exhibition will include a discussion led ...

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Csaba Toth Bagi (Serbia/Hungary) Guitarist and singer Csaba Toth Bagi has been a fixture of the Hungarian music scene since his teenage years, well known for his powerful voice and his soulful and technically brilliant guitar playing. His rootsy blues and jazz style is greatly influenced by his Balkan upbringing, his Hungarian musical education and his years touring internationally with renowned guitarist Al Di Meola. Raised in Serbia in a family of musicians who later settled in southern Hungary in 1993 during the Yugoslavian war. Csaba recorded his first blues album at the age of 16. Other new albums followed including “A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix” and “Nelkuled (Without You),” a melodic collection of vocal compositions influenced by traditional Hungarian style with a pop delivery. 

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The Serbian National Folk Dance Ensemble presents KOLO as it visits Chicago during its North American tour, organized by SCA Oplenac in Toronto as part of its 25th Anniversary celebration. The performance features music, dance, and traditional costumes that celebrate Serbian culture. When: Sunday, October 30, 2011 Time: 7:00PM Where: HARRIS THEATER AT MILLENNIUM PARK 205 E. RANDOLPH DRIVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60601 Ticket: $35, $45, $55, $65 Buy Ticket For more info click here.

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