Jacek Malczewski’s Life on canvas

With a selection of 100 most outstanding oil paintings by Jacek Malczewski, the Polish Painting Gallery of the National Museum in Warsaw commemorates the 80th anniversary of the death of one of Poland's most celebrated artists of all time. My Life, Jacek Malczewski’s Works from the Collections of the National Museum in Warsaw brings together the best of the best of the artist’s œuvre, pulling it out of a stunning ensemble of 130 paintings and oil sketches as well as a set of about 1,000 drawings (pencil, ink, crayon), watercolors and nine sketchbooks. You can visit this remarkable show from December 4 until February 7, 2010.
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Life is a cabaret in Warsaw

Many foreigners who have been to Warsaw’s Sabat Theatre have felt that they had gone back in time to a pre-war Parisian cabaret venue or walked onto the set of Moulin Rouge. Adorned with plush red and gold furnishings, Toulouse-Lautrec paintings and feather-laden showgirls, the revue theatre in Foksal Street was established by dancer, choreographer and director, Malgorzata Potocka, to entertain VIPs, diplomats and tourists alike. Treat yourselves with some good old cabaret entertainment next time you are in Warsaw and watch one or more of the shows onstage all year round.
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An exciting new season at Teatr Wielki

For over 170 years the Teatr Wielki (Grand Theatre) has been hosting Poland's grandest opera and ballet theatre, which continues its more than 200-year tradition, producing works by Polish composers as well as world classics. Lead by its artistic director Mariusz Treliński, a great stage director whose opera productions constitute highlights of operatic repertoire in Warsaw and overseas, Teatr Wielki presents an exquisite programme for the 2009/2010 season with 21 operas, 18 ballet and dance performances and more than ten concerts and music productions.
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Händel’s genius remembered

Paying a tribute to the genius of Georg Friedrich Händel, the German-born composer who left a deep mark in baroque music as we know it today, the Warsaw Chamber Opera has been organizing a wonderful festival that should not be missed if you are in the Polish capital from September 28 to December 19. The Georg Friedrich Händel Festival is kicking off its second edition at Warsaw’s Royal Castle and includes operas, chamber music concerts and recitals.
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Warsaw Film Fest’s jubilee year

Already in its 25th year, the Warsaw Film Festival is the country’s best and most in demand international celebration of world cinema featuring hundreds of films from Poland and overseas over a week-long screening marathon. This year, the 25th edition runs from 9 to 18 of October 2009 and screens movies in four cinema theatres (Multikino Złote Tarasy, Kinoteka, and, after a break of some years, Kultura and Rejs) in the centre of the Polish capital.
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