Events
4.1.2010.
LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENT: Temporary Closure
The Library as well as the American Corner of the Bogdan Ogrizović Library will be closed from 4 January through 8 February 2010 due to a complete inventory of its collection. Returns will be accepted.
Re-opening date: Monday, 8th Feb 2010
23.12.2009.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
7.12.2009.
Education Fair
The American Corner hosted Education Fair organized by the U.S. Embassy Zagreb, the Institute for the Development of Education (IDA/IRO) in cooperation with the Camp Counselors USA (CCUSA) and the BHV Education, on 7 December, 2009. Study and work programs in the U.S. were presented to prospective students.
The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy Zagreb headed by Vice Consul Brian Manning provided information on the visa issuing process; the Institute for the Development of Education (IDA/IRO) headed by Nina Vranešević, Project Manager (www.iro.hr/en/about-us/organisational-structure/staff/nina-vranesevic/), provided information on the U.S. higher education system and educational opportunities. The CCUSA team headed by Ms. Tea Maričić and the BHV Education team provided information on summer work opportunities in the U.S.
The program also included the stands with materials and information on educational and work opportunities.
Visit useful websites at http://zagreb.usembassy.gov/consular.html,
www.ccusa.com, www.iro.hr, www.bhvedu.com.
4.12.2009.
Herbal Medicine: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
The American Corner hosted a digital videoconference with Ann Filemyr, the Dean of the Center for Arts & Cultural Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Santa Fe (New Mexico), on December 4, 2009. The event was a part of the Croatian-American's Society Red Rocks Arts and Crafts Festival. Mr. Tihomir Lerner, Program Coordinator at the Croatian-American Society, acted as a moderator making a Croatian-American parallel on the topic of Herbal Medicine: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
4.12.2009.
Jazz Library: Marking ECM's 40th anniversary
To mark ECM's 40th anniversary, the American Corner opened the exhibition of album covers on December 4, 2009. More than sixty ECM album covers from Mr. Davor Hrvoj's rich collection are on display to offer an insight into ECM's important contribution to jazz music with high-quality recordings of distinguished musicians and artists. The exhibition is on display until Monday, 14 December, 2009. Thanks to the Croatian jazz promoter and jazz journalist Davor Hrvoj and his generous support, the American Corner organizes thematic jazz events that accompany its jazz collection named Jazzoteka.
On the occasion of ECM's 40th anniversary, the American Corner teamed up with another jazz journalist and specialist to introduce one of the best contemporary jazz pianists. The screening of the 150th concert performed in Japan by the American pianist and composer Keith Jarrett took place after the exhibition opening. The recording of the Tokyo solo concert had been released by ECM in 2006. Ms.Vera Lončar, the Croatian jazz journalist and author on the music show "Jazz Štand", aired every Tuesday on Radio 101, talked about Keith Jarrett' s achievements, his life and music, and gave introductory remarks on the recording.
The American Corner announced the new acquisitions in the jazz library Jazzoteka, which also include Keith Jarrett's albums and concerts.The ECM anniversary is also crowned with Keith Jarrett winning Top Pianist of the Year award in 2009 DownBeat Critics Poll and its long-established Hall of Fame in the 73rd Annual Readers Poll (2008).
