Archive for December, 2015

British Days are here again – Grand Market Hall – Budapest – 2015.

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This will be the last Tourism Days of  2015.,  organised at the Grand Market Hall.

December, 8 – 10. 2015 

District, IX., 1-3. Vámház Blvd. – Budapest

From Tuesday to Thursday, open during 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

Throughout the year the Tourism Days was indeed a great program to attend and find out about different countries culture and food specialities. So as reaching the end of 2015., United Kingdom comes along to Budapest’s  Grand Market exhibiting Xmas  goodies.

The entry as to any market  around the world is free of charge. Of course, here only cost you money of what you purchase. Neat and cosy things for Xmas shopping will be at your fingertips. Interested to discover the goodies … roll through the poster and see the listed products and  programs.

Although this  is a pretty short news, but the greater joy for those who plan and will be visiting in the next coming  three days at the Grand Market Hall.

Update by Aggie Reiter

 

Tangerine Movie – Xmas Eve – Premier – Hungary – 2015

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Tangerine – December, 24. arrives to be screened in Hungary!

American film with Hungarian subtitles – directed by Sean Baker

Tangerine … drama … sharp style of comedy …  pop art movie … indie film shot solely on three iPhones cameras.

By the praises of the critics surrounded at the Sundance debut, was spread that they were blown away by Sean Baker’s vibrant and original transgender movie, romp through the back streets of L.A.  Also collected a fair number of nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards as Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress categories … as it was recently published. In addition to the international film competitions, within the domestic CineFest jury and the audience, the film was very much appreciated.

The basic story of Tangerine, a transgender comedy in extreme close-up, unfolds on Xmas Eve, sources of firsthand insight by Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor, the two trans women of color who star as Sin-Dee and Alexandra, a pair of transgender working girls and best friends. They both are sex workers in the informal red light district of Los Angeles. The character’s emotions are strikes of colors as electricity.

Tangerine is pithy as hell and hugely entertaining from beginning to the end, but it’s also moving, partly because of what it shows of the daily struggle of its characters. Just released from prison in time for Xmas day, and the two meet up in a diner and Alexandra accidentally lets slip that Sin-Dee’s pimp boyfriend has been cheating on her … the rest is to be seen what follows on the tenacious romp through the back streets of Tinseltown.

Baker’s film takes us on a journey through the struggles and joys of marginalised trans people in American society. Crime, prostitution and drug abuse are touched on in a candid snapshot of life on the streets of Los Angeles. Baker is preoccupied with showing all the challenges of impoverished life on the streets, whilst presenting a warm portrait of female friendship.  Also taking the audience on a journey through the struggles and joys of marginalised trans people.

It is the most unconventional Xmas film to be seen this year, there’s not much tinsel here in Tinseltown, but Tangerine does leave its viewers feeling its warmth and humor long after the credits roll.

Tangerine should  … and no doubt will  … trigger a wider cultural conversation about the marginalisation of trans culture in modern cinema. Here is a teaser… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALSwWTb88ZU

 So if you think Tangerine isn’t for you, think again … this rip-roaring ride through Sunset Boulevard is surprisingly accessible..

Tangerine, comes from the colour of the L.A. sunset and is as juicy and tangy as the movie name itself.

Update by Aggie Reiter

Herald News …The Real Gospel Spirit is Back in Budapest – 2015.

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The GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL!

Hear, see, experience the real gospel spirit and be prepared to have often goosebumps!

Budapest Congress Center – 7 p.m. – Monday, December, 28. 2015.

District, XII., 1-3 Jagelló Road – Budapest

Even though the concert will be held after Xmas, never-the-less, at the GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL concert will bring real loving messages and songs to enjoy by the audience. Beside God’s praise will bring superb feeling of the African-American feast of joy. Higher”  … “Walk in the Light”.

The GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL, conceived, conducted and directed by Reverend DWIGHT ROBSON, is from St. Louis, USA, and is known European-wide for his acclaimed tours of „Golden Gospel Pearls” and „Golden Gospel Singers”.  Music style has no boarders … As a successful singer and musician, he has worked with among others … Michael Jackson ( awesome joint production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRzXh6-KKc) …  also with Mariah Carey, Joan Orleans and the Weather Girls.

Further, he has had music chart hits of his own excellently received cover interpretations of “I Want To Know What Love Is” – Foreigner or  Shakles  –   Praise You  – Mary Mary.

Since March, 2001, he as well as other members of The GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL have been performing in association with Walt Disney Inc. for a very special presentation of “The Lion King”. He was the star guest at the „Gospel Award 2005” – live TV Show in Berlin and is the musical director of annual “New Orleans Jazz Festivals” – Luxemburg and Austria.

Coming back to the evening show … the performers will take you along not only through the uplifting and powerful world of southern spirituals and traditionals, but also through more familiar ever-loved gospel songs. This unification of honest sensibility and inspiration giving their very personal and unique out reach to the audience, with the riveting insight into the authentic  joy-of-life … truly lived faith and religion.

The vocal range and variety of the repertoire of The GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL is matched by the equally impressive piano, bass, drum and percussion accompaniment which reveals and celebrates throughout each performance. GOLDEN VOICES OF GOSPEL present a combination of the form and content of the African-American church service and a Black Gospel sing-along. A fascinating and inspirational experience for family and friends to gather and feel the music in their veins. It will be a kinda as being at a real African-American church service, that for many only seen through TV, video or other media channels.  To know more about the roots of contemporary American music, from cool jazz to driving rock be quicky and book your seats because they may soon run out!

Here are two teaser to bring the mood …   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHN6jDAH5t8 …  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuUzKvKjYD8

Unfortunately,   the online tickets to be ordered are still having only the sites in Hungarian language … good luck! http://www.e-jegyiroda.hu/budapest/the-golden-voices-of-gospel-koncert#iframe-jegy

Never-the-less … can be purchased, even aready on the spot at Budapest Congress Center.

 

Update by Aggie Reiter

Basilica Advent Fair – Gastronomy-Tour – Budapest – 2015

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Bazilica – Street Food Boulevard.

To see a number of monuments and attractions in Budapest, it is really  an excellent place to visit, and a not to be missed city in addition to many other historical monuments in Europe. Beside among the values of the city, at the season of Advent in December with the twinkling lights bringing almost daylight, the Advent Fest arrives to the Basilica in Budapest. The Basilica venue is by itself, no mater what  time of the year is a fabulous place to visit. Also during the coming three weeks, locals and tourists visiting  the surroundings venue at the Basilica will not attend to an ordinary gastronomy-tour.  They will be rolling on a Food Boulevard of plenty! Anyone can see the fresh and unique food bites how they are prepared by their own two eyes.

Tasting of a number of Hungarian flavors, homemade delicious food to ease the hunger is the right place to be!

The first stop could be at the Finlandia, the first  time to bring to the fair steaming hot, exciting  variations of flavor cocktails. The Serbian food  can be tasted for the first time  during the Advent Fair at the “Yugoslavian Grill” stand, where veal, pljeskavica with cheese, bacon of mangalica, Tucana peppers are filled in the original receipt of flat bread. Their meals already well-known in Siófok at the Balaton Grill. Everyone knows that there is no longer a nation such as Yugoslavia.  The name Yugoslavian Grill now hold the several Member States different special meals of these  regional states. They say they collected a couple of regional food receipt and brought to taste them in Hungary. Stopping by the ZingBurger, taste the usual quality offers. Try the delicious homemade buns prepared with Angus beef or foie gras spiced with delicious crunchy onion rings. At the KOLBice wooden house, serving their own idea of handy food with mini-flavored sausages in a funnel-shaped bread. Already highly popular among locals and tourists. Tourists are already head-over-heals after tasting the mixture of mini-sausages in these „tunnel-shapped breads. May see it outside Hungarian boarders, because it is already patented throughout Europe. They have on the spot offering: GLUTEN-FREE KOLBice, FITNESS KOLBice, VEGA KOLBice, KOLB-dog. The Mexican food is closer than you think, need not have to travel miles-and-miles away to have an awesome taste. The MexKitchen offers the most popular Mexican food, burrito, quesadilla, chimichanga. Furthermore, they come with different hot cream Soups of the Day. Tried the creamy avocado – green peas soup was heavenly heavy soup. The Hungarian version of Buffalo Bill is Bill-Engorge … chicken, turkey and pork meat prepared in “offset smoker”… through simmer for hours-and-hours. So the  American Western hospitality is just at your fingertips. For the real gourmets familiar to Hungarian flavors will not  be missing, fried sausages and plenty of other Hungarian non-spicey and mild flavors to be caught up at the HunDog.

Beside easing the hunger, the sweet tooth folks will also find their taste.

Being out for a while and after becoming loaded in the street food dishes, turn your eyes over to the deserts. Visit   “The Box” – Donut wooden house. Stop  to grab a real taste of Hungarian donuts. Will surely make a real surprise for locals and foreigners use to the regular taste of donuts. Feel the difference, rich in flavors, all are handmade delicacy, dipped in Belgian  Callebaut chocolate, with premium quality ingredients and as they say … Made with love for you! Make your Day with the pálinka filled donut, look for the one with the black mustache.

A grand selection of tasty domestic freeze-dried fruits sealed in a jar of Acacia honey.Tthese are offered at the ÁMEI wooden house. This year’s new feature is the unmatchable combination of honey and fruit all in one. These handmade products go very well to spread on bread, or to give a heavenly taste in yogurt, or simply boost a cup of tea, cereal, oat-flakes or mixed with cake.

Do not expect to be on an ordinary gastronomy-tour. There is not by the foreigners well-known the goulash soup. A new chapter in street food now at the Basilica Advent Fair will be having the real Hungarian fish soup and also fresh fish will be available to support the housewives in doing their pre-shopping for Xmas meals … the Hungarians main dish at Xmas eve is eating fish in all forms.

From the opening to the closing hour at the gastronomy-tour visitors are welcomed from the nearby offices, office employees, business people to enjoy the variety of  splendid delicacies  they do not have in their everyday meals

 

Update, snaps Aggie Reiter

Advent Fair … “Bálna” – Whale Center – Budapest – 2015.

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Advent – 2015.

 Entertainment –  Leisure –  Mulled Wine, Food Street Fair, Theater productions,  Concerts,  Ice Rink!

District, IX., 11-12. Fővám Square – Budapest

The spirit of the Season Advent truly begins when for the first time hearing WHAM’s  hit  at the shopping malls … Last Christmas tune. This is also when the Spitzer, the beers time is over for a while, and  instead  the delicious, floating scent all around  the city tempt to catch up with the mulled wine.

Today at the “Bálna” – Whale Center was announced in the  “Esetleg” –  Maybe Restaurant and Bar the imminent programs to be held in the coming three weeks during the Advent  Fair.

There is not a better thing around Xmas time when it gets chilly and need to warm up or just enjoy the flavor, to have carefully a mixture of either red or white wine seasoning hot drink with added cinnamon, cloves and oranges.

In-and-outside the “Bálna” – Whale for the coming three weeks real specialties are to be this year in celebrating the Season of Advent. Be prepared for the bustle and hustle and enjoy as much as you can time out with family, friends at many of the programs they offer.

The sight by the River Danube is already  a specific venue to hang around and the concerts given by well-known Hungarian groups, bands you will not wish to miss, after all they are all free of charge. Already set up a skate rink just  right outside at the  entrance to the Whale Center. Those who wish to skate but has not skating shoes, there is a possibility to rent skates, so for families coming along with their children that’s a perfect treat.

The Whale building can be easily reached as seen  from far ahead, a huge whale formation on the Pest-side, just a few steps from the Liberty-Bridge.

If you have visited the ice rink, prehaps skated, visited the gift pavilions, have your mug of mulled wine  and in the meantime may wish to grab some food, then of course you do not need to leave the venue, because on the spot several previously known and popular Street Food  fine dining catering will be present.

On the opening day, December, 3., the evening’s concert goes off at 8 p.m. with the concert of Ákos Dobrády –  known from the ensemble TNT.

As already mentioned the Whale Advent Fair for the first time is organizing a series of  programs lasting for 3 weeks. Within these programs wish to underline during the Advent days theater production will be on stage by the Karinthy Theater, the “Újszinház”– New Theater  – „Micky and the Santa Claus” – a 40′ theater performance. The “Fészek Szinház” – Nest Theater. The Trampoline Puppet Theater – “Baby Jesus”, nativity scene tale. It will be a „gingerbread” theatrical performance. On  stage the set design will be a huge gingerbread house. The interactive musical tale ends with the tasting  down the gingerbread house . The kids can go up the stage and according to their taste  take part, eating up the model. The only request by Puppet Theater to that families to coming along with their children and bring some gingerbread items so they will be also spread around to all the other kids present aswell.

For the Harley-Davidson  lovers, will be out on display a couple of models  as well.

At the scene ticketspasses will be available to purchase to all a/m indoor theaters as well.

Considering the time of season … departing to the Whale Advent Fair,  nothing else need to keep in mind than to prepare yourselves to dress up nice and warm, scarves, hats, gloves and that’s all folks!

Update, snaps Aggie Reiter

Curry is Hot … So is the Indian Dance – Rákóczi Square Market Hall – Budapest – 2015.

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Curry is Hot and so was the improvised colorful indian dance show at the  Rákóczi Square’s Market Hall, at the 2nd oldest market hall in Budapest.

The intention was in promoting the series of special cultural event within a Flash Mob style the traditional indian folk dancing. When the music began, it quite a bit surprised  the  sellers, traders and of course the shopping folks, and they stopped and walked closer to watch the colourful indian dancers.

As we know a country’s culture can be well introduced  through its food, so it is fair to say they cannot be divided … it goes hand-in-hand. So where else can it be a better place to go on with  the show than a foody place.

Below a peek into show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq77QZe-x-I

Update, snaps, video Aggie Reiter