http://www.croatia.org/crown en-us http://www.croatia.org/crown N/A nenad@nenadbach.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:17 -0700 20 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9577/1/China-Radio-International-in-Croatian-language-on-the-WWW.html The web site croatian.cri.cn was solemnly opened by China Radio International during a nice ceremony held in Zagreb in July 2nd 2008. It was launched in the presence of Chinese ambassador in Croatia His Excellency Mr. Wu Lianqi and other distinguished guests. It represents the first web site in Croatian language in China. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9574/1/Stjepan-Hauser-performed-for-Prince-Charles-at-St-James--Palace-in-London.html Stjepan Hauser, a young and prosperous Croatian violoncellist, performed on 18th June 2008 with the Philharmonia Orchestra on Gala Ceremony at St. James' Palace, a Royal residence in London. The event was attended by Prince Charles. Stjepan recently performed at the Buckingham Palace on 23rd April 2008. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9571/1/International-Childrens-Festival-in-ibenik.html International Children's Festival in ©ibenik, Croatia, promotes aesthetical education of children and young adults, and develops all artistic forms of children's creativity. The festival has the support of the UNICEF and UNESCO, as well as the permanent sponsorship of the President of Croatia. The first festival was held in 1958, ie 50 years ago. darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9569/1/Miro-Gavrans-new-premiere-in-Prague-on-July-7-2008.html Miro Gavran, the most successful contemporary Croatian playwright, has a new premiere in the city of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, at STUDIO TWO Theatre on July 7, 2008. In his unusual text the three actors each play five roles in five different stories that are interwoven. Gavran's plays have been seen by more than two million theatre-goers on five continents. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9556/1/Nenad-Bach-on-Global-Broadcast-for-Supreme-Master-TV-June-1-2008.html Nenad Bach’s interview is scheduled to air on Sunday, June 1, 2008 on  "A Journey through Aesthetic Realms" on Supreme Master TV.  Broadcasting on 14 satellite platforms across the globe plus World Wide Webcast. translated in 15 languages. See inside for the exact time of the broadcast and webcast. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9539/1/Croatian-American-Day-in-Chicago-May-8-11-2008.html Klapa Grdelin (left) will be performing at several venues in celebration of Chicago's annual Croatian-American Day. Several events are being planned throught the city to celebrate Croatian culture and heritage. zmatkov@mvpei.hr (Zorica Matkovic) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9536/1/Robert-Beliniae---Guitar-performs-in-New-York-City-on-April-29th-2008.html Young Concert Artists will present Croatian guitarist Robert Beliniæ’s New York concerto debut on April 29, 2008 with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Michael Stern. "Robert Belinic displayed charm, musicality, virtuosity and spirit. He performed the Bach Chaconne with an astonishingly warm and evocative tone, full of feeling." letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9534/1/Dr-Drago-tambuk-on-an-official-visit-to--Kobe-Japan.html Dr. Drago ©tambuk, Croatian Ambassador to Japan, was warmly welcomed at the Kwansei Gakuin University during his official visit to Kobe. One of the best Japanese choirs sang in his honour U Boj, u boj in Croatian language. This Croatian tune is well known throughout Japan, sung in this country since 1919! darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9518/1/Croatia-Has-a-NATO-Invitation---A-Historical-Day-for-Croatia-April-2nd-2008.html The fact that an invitation was sent is also a result of a process that began with Croatia’s  hard road to independence via the Croatian War of Independence in which 15,000 people gave their lives. Besides NATO, it is expected that Croatia receives an invitation for the EU soon. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9477/1/Willy-Terrazas-Muller-and-Tango-HR-in-Croatia.html The HR Tango Dance Company and its director Guillermo Miguel Terrazas from Buenos Aires, Argentina will present a performance of Argentinian Tango and folklore on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at the Buffet Kinoteka in Zagreb. willyterrazas2003@yahoo.com.ar (Willy Terrazas Muller) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9452/1/25th-RIJEKA-CARNIVAL-2008-in-Rijeka-this-weekend---Come-and-enjoy.html The town of Rijeka has been known for its carnival festivities since the Middle Ages. Austrian and Hungarian aristocracy, Russian princesses, German barons, counts and countesses from all over Europe were once the guests of the Rijeka Carnival. Starting February 1, 2008, revelers will take to the streets and celebrate Carnival. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9426/1/Dr-Drago-tambuk-Speech-in-Hiroshima-for-the-Vukovar-victims.html The speech of the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Japan Dr. Drago ©tambuk during the Holy Mass for Vukovar's victims now available in Croatian and English. "...Vukovar is a canopy of celestial bodies, frozen in our mind, evoking earthly shortcomings, calling for a higher destiny..." darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9409/1/Merry-Christmas-Happy-New-Year-Happy-Holidays-2008.html Sretan Bo¾iæ, Nova Godina 2008. Happy Hanukkah, Bajram Mubarek, Happy Kwanzaa letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9407/1/17th-Annual-Traditional-Celebration-of-the-Feast-of-Sv-Vlaho---St-Blaise.html Sv. Vlaho Committee of Southern California Presents Traditional Celebration of the Feast of Sv. Vlaho - St. Blaise Patron Saint of Dubrovnik. It is 17th Annual Gala Dinner / Fundraiser at ST. ANTHONY CROATIAN PARISH CENTER  714 ALPINE ST., LOS ANGELES on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Great tradition, great show, great cause. Dubrovnik5@aol.com (Niko Hazdovac) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9395/1/Igor-Kovacevich-at-the-Sundance-Film-Festival-2008-with-quotDownloading-Nancyquot.html "Downloading Nancy" that was produced by Croatian American  producer - director Igor Kovacevich along with his partner David Moore made it onto the Sundance Festival. It is in the main Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2008 as the movie made it to one of only 16 slots in the Competition, out of thousands of films that were submitted. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9394/1/Hiroshima-2007-requiem-Mass-for-the-victims-of-the-Vukovar-tragedy.html The requiem Mass was said by Hiroshima Bishop Misue Joseph Atsumi with the Croatian Ambassador to Japan, Drago ©tambuk. "Vukovar je umro da bi Hrvatska ¾ivjela. Preobrazio je suze u zvijezde, prostrijelne rane u snopove svjetlosti, mrtve u anðele. Vukovar je svod nebesnika, zaustavljenih u na¹em sjeæanju, podsjetnik na zemaljske nedostatnosti i zazivatelj vi¹e sudbine." nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9368/1/Life-is-a-tapestry-of-MOMENTS---film-by-Liliana-Resnick-at-the-French-Festival.html MOMENTS is a film about the mystery of moments, some  of which get connected into the life I recognize to be living, while others come to pass by posing questions rather than giving answers @ 25th FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS International Shortfilm Festival in Aix-en-Provence and its Aera 26th - 30th november 2007 in Aix area and 3rd - 8th December 2007 in Aix-en-Provence. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9361/1/Croatian-American-Cultural-Center-hosts-6th-Annual-SF-Bagpipe-Festival.html An Extraordinary Anthology of International Bagpipe Music in San Francisco. As always, the Gala Concert will feature a variety of piping traditions found around the Winter Solstice. Enjoy Swedish, Hungarian and Croatian traditional Christmas pipe music as well as New Year celebrations from Scotland and the Hungarian Csángó people of Moldav. johndaley@mindspring.com (John Daley) Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9334/1/San-Francisco-150th-Anniversary-of-Croatian-culture-celebration-on-Nov-18-2007.html   Celebrate with us the Sequicentennial 150th Anniversary of Croatian culture in San Francisco. Bring the whole family for a day of fun, enjoyment and culture. There will be non stop music from 2-8PM in two rooms, dancing, singing, and food. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9336/1/Free-tickets-for-CROWN-readers-for-Croatian-Film-Festival-at-Lincoln-Center.html Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York USA is giving free tickets to CROWN readers for the "Beyond Boundaries: The Emergence of Croatian Cinema". At the box office mention CROWN, Croatia.org or/and Nenad Bach and you will be given a free ticket. First come first serve up to 20 tickets. Courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9331/1/Miss-Croatia-2007-Tatjana-Jeremic-goes-to-Miss-World-contest-in-China.html Tatjana has to bring the national flag, a book about Croatia, 3 stones and pictures of plants specific of the country, in order to present it to other participants. The Miss World contest will take place on December 1, 2007. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9327/1/Dubrovnik-Symphony-Orchestra-American-Tour-November-2007-East-Coast.html   Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra American tour is scheduled November 1-12, 2007 and will take the orchestra to the cities of the Eastern Seaboard, from New York to Philadelphia. This tour offers a unique opportunity for both American public and Croatian ex-patriots to experience one of Croatian's finest cultural treasures. cmacdonald@imca.us (Cynthia P. Macdonald) Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9325/1/Benefit-Gala-in-Zagreb-honoring-the-Croatian-House-in-Padova-Italy-Nov-12-2007.html "Croatian House" is a humanitarian association, whose current project is to buy a house in Padova, Italy that would be used by Croatian citizens that face difficult circumstances and would have to go abroad to get treatment, which in many cases is long term. (left) President of Croatian House Dr. Nela Sr¹en. martina.sola@sanmina-sci.com (Martina Sola) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9323/1/Marko-Perkovic---Thompson-USA--Canada-Tour-Nov-2---18th-2007.html Croatian singer Marko Perkovic Thompson and his band will be performing a series of concerts in the United States and Canada starting November 2, and ending on November 18 in New York, Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver and San Francisco. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9311/1/Goran-Dukics-film-Wristcutters-A-Love-Story-in-the-movie-theaters-NOW.html Another Croatian American filmmaker star on the horizon. "Wristcutters: A Love Story" won the Acura Grand Jury Award at the 2006 Gen Art Film Festival, was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Support Croatian talent. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9303/1/66-out-of-300-Croatian-Lipizzan-horses-returned-home.html 66 Lipizzan horses stolen from the Lipik Stud during the Serbian aggression on Croatia in 1991 has been returned. This is a part of about 300 Croatian Lipizzans kept in Serbia, belonging to the Lipik Stud, counting progeny. A part of them starved from hunger and inappropriate treatment. ipuscenik@yahoo.com (Ivan Pu¹æenik) Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9300/1/Closer-Croatia-2007---Croatian-Film-Festival-in-London-UK-Oct-11-14-2007.html After a very successful Croatian Film Festival in 2004 - the first such a festival in the UK for almost 40 years - there is another one in October. As young Croats of London paved the way and got the winning formula, it's essential to repeat the experiment - this time with more support and more partners. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9299/1/The-Film-Society-of-Lincoln-Center-presents-The-Emergence-of-Croatian-Cinema.html The Croatian film production, although small in size, is vital and very versatile in the terms of genre, themes and style, which has been recognized at numerous international film festivals at which, for the last couple of years, they have won important awards. At Lincoln Center, New York Oct 26 - Nov 14, 2007 zdenkakardum@yahoo.com (Zdenka Kardum) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9296/1/Freedom-From-Despair-Screening-at-the-European-Parliament-in-Brussels.html Freedom from Despair is a feature length documentary that explores the untold history of Croatia. Screening for the European Union at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2007 at 9:00 pm. Film by Brenda Brkusic. Music by Nenad Bach. bbrkusic@koce.org (Brenda Brkusic) Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9295/1/Protest-in-front-of-the-ICTYs-headquarters-located-at-The-Hague-Netherlands.html Croatian Society of Victimology. Peaceful gathering is scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 2007 in front of the ICTY's headquarters located at The Hague, Netherlands. We urge the tribunal and the international community to take notice and assist in bringing forth true justice.   hrvatsko.zrtvoslovno.drustvo@zg.t-ht.hr (Prof.dr. Zvonimir ©eparoviæ) Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9294/1/Zrinski-in-Concert--HR-Tango-Klapa-BA-Orquesta-TCZrinski-27-de-Octubre-de-2007.html Croatian Community is strong, vibrant  and healthy in Argentina. Big gala on October 27th 2007 at the Centro Cultural Croata de San Justo, Ocampo 2946 San Justo Buenos Aires with HR Tango, Klapa BA, Orquesta T.C.Zrinski. Sponsored by a local ministry of culture. willyterrazas2003@yahoo.com.ar (Willy Terrazas Muller) Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9286/1/CROATIAN-FOOD-FESTIVAL-A-Diversity-of-Flavours-from-Croatia-at-the-UN.html   Croatia has it alL.. Come and enjoy a diversity of flavours from Croatia - a unique fusion of Mediterranean and Central-European cuisine. Taste award-winning olive oil, great seafood, tender meat dishes, unique ©trukli and Pa¹tlcada, rich Croatian chocolate and much, much more. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9281/1/FESTIVAL-BLAST-HOME-TEAMS-RANDOM-LUNACY.html "Movies like to pretend they're different, but RANDOM LUNACY really, truly is. Gifted filmmakers Zimet and Silber throw us into a life that intoxicates, infuriates and leaves us panting for each unforgettable adventure. Prepare to be wowed" - Peter Travers of Rolling Stone HmTmProd@aol.com (Vic Zimet & Stephanie Silber) Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9266/1/Ante-Simonic-at-the-Universal-Peace-Federation-2007-in-New-York.html   Providing Vision and Leadership at a Time of Global Crisis.  Feature presentations by a number of current and former heads of state, many of whom will be in New York for the United Nations' "Climate Change" conference letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9248/1/Croatian-Film-Festival-in-New-York-Sept-13--16-organized-by-Doors-Art-Foundation.html The Doors Art Foundation organized Croatian Film Festival NYC, a multimedia event. September 13 - 16th, 2007 at the Museum of the Moving Image and the Tribeca Cinemas. The festival  will present 21 Croatian films and will also include a panel discussion on Croatian film.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9232/1/Astronauts-and-Cosmonauts-LIVE-from-Croatia-Aug-24---26-2007.html   The Astrophysics Initiative in Dalmatia letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9231/1/Celebration-at-the-Dubrovnik-Maritime-College.html Fifty years ago 22 young students graduated from the Dubrovnik Maritime College. On September 14, 2007 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a special celebration is in the works to mark this event. argosy@sympatico.ca (Capt. Ivan I. Coric) Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9215/1/19th-International-Olympiad-in-Informatics-in-Croatia-Aug-16-22-2007.html   The 19th International Olympiad in Informatics will be held in the Croatian capital Zagreb gathering nearly 300 best students from 90 countries, organizers said in Zagreb on Monday.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9209/1/quotAn-Age-of-Angelsquot-at-Edinburgh-Festival.html    nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9204/1/The-awakening-of-a-new-Lipik.html   This summer the small town of  is coming back to life. Prior to the Homeland war, Lipik was side to side with the most prestigious European health resorts Baden Baden and Karlovy Vary. In September 1991 everything was burned down and destroyed. ipuscenik@yahoo.com (Ivan Pu¹æenik) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9149/1/Children-play-with-a-dolphin-in-the-sea-off-the-Adriatic-coast-of-Croatia.html Children play with a dolphin in the sea off the Adriatic coastal town of Krilo Jesenice, Croatia. The baby dolphin was separated from his mother but later rescued when the school of dolphins returned to collect it   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9119/1/Dr-Joyce-Neu-Pursuing-Justice-in-the-Midst-of-War----Institute-of-Peace--invites-you.html   How do international tribunals operating during war to secure justice affect the work of peacemakers?   Do they help bring parties to the peace table, or do they hinder the prospects for peace?   Please join us as Senior Fellow Joyce Neu discusses her research. Thursday, July 5, 2007. aconvenientgenocide@mac.com (Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey) Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9086/1/Nedamo-te-pismo-naa---Klapski-pozdrav-Gospi-Trsatskoj-21-22-lipanj-2007.html     letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9075/1/Dvigrad-Festival-2007-June-15th-24th.html Festival of Early Music, Croatia, will be held from 15th to 24th June in the mysterious town of Dvigrad in Istria, abandoned in 17th century due to the plague. The festival, organised by the Association Prosoli "Sacred Music" from Zagreb, will have international character (Croatia, Italy, France, Montenegro). Among guests is a famous Ensemble Dialogos from Paris, directed by Katarina Livljaniæ, and Vrbanja singers from the island of Hvar.  darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9073/1/NFCA-Press-Release--14th-Annual-Delegates-Assembly.html The National Federation of Croatian Americans (NFCA) completed a very successful 2007 Annual Assembly of Delegates held in Philadelphia at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel.   foleycoinc@earthlink.net (Joe Foley) Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9072/1/Show-draws-more-than-10000-dogs-in-Zagreb-Croatia.html   More than 10,000 dogs from around the world participated in this year's Euro Dog Show in several categories, including that for Europe's top beauty. nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9071/1/Sacramento-festival-celebrates-all-things-Croatian.html The festival, now held at the Croatian American Cultural Center, marked its 25th anniversary. More than 5,000 people attended from throughout the region and the Bay Area.   nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9056/1/Denis-Licul-at-Clay-Art-Center-Exhibition.html Croatian artist Denis Licul is being featured at an exhibition featuring utilitarian dinnerware and objects at the Clay Art Center starting June 8 and going through June 16.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9048/1/Random-Lunacy-at-the-Portland-Underground-Film-Festival-Thursday-June-7-2007.html Random Lunacy will be playing at the Portland Underground Film Festival. The film follows family band of self-taught Dixieland musicians on a quest for pure freedom. Music is by Nenad Bach.   HmTmProd@aol.com (Vic Zimet & Stephanie Silber) Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9043/1/Croatian-World-Calendar---Hrvatski-Svjetski-Kalendar-coming-soon-uskoro.html                             letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9027/1/New-York-Homage-to-Tin-Ujeviae-the-Bard-of-Croatia--The-Bowery-Poetry-Club.html  John Kruth and Marilyn Cvitanic are producing a show called Tin Supreme: Homage to Tin Ujevic at the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery in Manhattan) on Saturday April 21, 2007 at 6 PM. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9026/1/New-York-Ana-Vidoviae-in-Classical-Guitar-Societys-Spring-Concert-Series.html Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic is an extraordinary talent with formidable gifts taking her place amongst the elite musicians of the world today. The Washington Post says: Ana's playing was virtually immaculate. April 20th   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9018/1/Croatian-born-Radovan-Vlatkovic-virtuoso-hornist-makes-it-sound-easy.html  Croatian-born Radovan Vlatkovic renders divine sounds from the notoriously difficult French horn.   EAAndrus@comcast.net (Edward Andrus) Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9016/1/Sretan-Uskrs---Happy-Easter---Veliki-Tjedan---Procesija-na-Hvaru.html Linguistically It all started with the word cult (=service to God) and culture (=creation, preserving manhood's spiritual and material creation). Commonly In ancient civilizations - both were created with service to God and around the actual service, although as history progressed circumstances continued in a more emphasized way, occasionally in a closer interaction, then separating, eventually distancing from one another. In pascal singing in Vrbanj on the island of Hvar - throughout the whole island and along our coastline - a specific service to God and spiritual culture has developed since the Middle Ages.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9011/1/Memory-Institutions-in-the-Digital-Age-Current-Models-of-Collaboration-in-Croatia.html   A  symposium Planning for Growth: The Impact of Digital Information on Libraries organized by Marta Mestrovic Deyrup delivered some interesting presentations. One of them was by Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic from Croatia @ Seton Hall University deyrupma@shu.edu (Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Ph.D.) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9009/1/In-Debt-we-Trust-is-the-latest-film-from-Danny-Schechter-playing-in-New-York-April-4-5.html   While many Americans may be "maxing out" on credit cards, there is a deeper story: all economic power around the world is shifting into fewer hands. This will lead to an unavoidable consumer debt meltdown. This predicts Schechter, The Emmy-winning former ABC News and CNN producer, will have frightening consequences for us all. dissector@mediachannel.org (Danny Schechter) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9008/1/Award-Winning-Film-Random-Lunacy-playing-in-New-York-on-April-1st-2007.html   Videos From The Road Less Traveled, is a close-up look at a family's odyssey of survival, adventure, and desire.  The hour long documentary unspools on Sunday, April 1, 2007, at the New York Underground Film Festival, New York, N.Y., at 8:45 PM. What is genuine value in a culture jaded by its own affluence? HmTmProd@aol.com (Vic Zimet & Stephanie Silber) Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9002/1/Detroit-Tamburitza-Orchestra-Concert-Saturday-April-21-2007.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8999/1/Zoran-Orlic-Announcing-the-US-Book-Launch-for-quotThe-Frames-quotBehind-The-Glassquot.html     z@zerostudio.net (Zoran Orlic) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8998/1/George-Washington-University-Slavic-Cultural-Festival-March-31-2007.html     frankmustac@yahoo.com (Frank Mustac) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8997/1/Uniiversity-of-Connecticut-Croatia-The-Yugoslav-Past-and-the-European-Future.html     frankmustac@yahoo.com (Frank Mustac) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8987/1/Tjedan-Mozga-Rijeka-8211-Rab-8211-Opatija-8211-Kraljevica-8211-Krk---Delnice-12-18-oujka-2007.html     ante@medri.hr (Prof.Dr. Ante Simoniæ) Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8980/1/New-York-City-Sylvan-Winds-World-Premiere-at-TENRI-on-March-29-2007.html    sylvanwinds@worldnet.att.net (Svjetlana Kabalin) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8979/1/Detroit-Croatian-Cultural--Tourism-Day-Sunday-March-18-2007.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8976/1/Seton-Hall-University-Libraries-the-acquisition-access-and-preservation-of-digital-information.html Seton Hall University Libraries and the International Library Information and Analytical Center (ILIAC) of Russia  are cosponsoring a  symposium Planning for Growth: The Impact of Digital Information on Libraries in Russia, Europe and the United States on Thursday, March 15th, 2007. Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic of the J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek will be speaking on "Cultural Heritage Institutions in the Digital Age: Current Models of Collaboration in Croatia." deyrupma@shu.edu (Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Ph.D.) Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8968/1/Transforming-Culture-from-Empire-to-Earth-community---Dubrovnik-June-3-9-2007.html     mirna@adriaticsunshine.com (Mirna Sugar) Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8963/1/Carmen-Verlichak-Los-Croatas-de-la-Argentina.html Carmen Verlichak is a well known Argentinean writer with Croatian roots. She is the author of  important book Los Croatas de la Argentina. Recently an exibition was opened in Zagreb with a nice collection of photos devoted to Croatians in Argentina. Her brother Joza Vrljicak is one of pioneers of Internet promotion of Croatian culture worldwide via Studia Croatica journal,  Buenos Aires.   darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8962/1/RANDOM-LUNACY-new-film-by-Vic-Zimet-and-Stephanie-Silber-premieres-on-March-9th.html   Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says: "Movies like to pretend they're different, but RANDOM LUNACY really, truly is.  Gifted filmmakers Zimet and Silber throw us into a life that intoxicates, infuriates and leaves us panting for each unforgettable adventure  Prepare to be wowed." @ WESTCHESTER FILM FESTIVAL Friday, March 9th at 9:40 PM White Plains City Center, New York. To reserve tickets call 914 747 6000 HmTmProd@aol.com (Vic Zimet & Stephanie Silber) Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8953/1/New-York-City-Screening-of-Zrinko-Ogresta-Film-quotWashed-Outquot-February-22-at-700-pm.html Internationally awarded film, by a famous Croatian filmmaker Zrinko Ogresta, playing in New York. Jagoda is young woman who lives in poor section of Zagreb. Mother is dying, father cares only about fishing and uncle is a war refugee.   letters@croatia.org (Andrej & Daniela Urem) Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8950/1/The-New-York-Times-Ms-Livljanic-has-assembled-a-work-so-magnificent-and-moving.html Ms. Livljanic has assembled a work so magnificent and moving that its resemblance to what medieval listeners might have heard is beside the point. Included are sections of the Mass (the Kyrie, Agnus Dei and Sanctus) in Croatian, using Glagolitic chant, as well as Latin sacred texts, among them a striking Salve Regina setting.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8947/1/CROATIAN-PREMIERE-of-quotAn-Inconvenient-Truthquot.html   President Stjepan Mesic, as well as ambassadors of the United States, the Russian Federation, India and Japan, attended the Croatian premiere of former US President Al Gore's documentary film about global warming "An Inconvenient Truth", in Zagreb on 15 February 2007. letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8941/1/Zagreb-Photo-Exhibition-quotThe-Croatians-in-Argentinaquot--February-20-2007.html Mrs. Carmen Verlichak, writer of Croatian descent and author of the book entitled "The Croatians in Argentina", will present her photo exhibition at the Croatian Heritage Foundation auditorium. joza@velocom.com.ar (Joza Vrljièak) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8940/1/Katarina-Livljaniae-in-the-USA-and-Canada-in-February-2007-with-Tondals-Vision.html Places of performances of Dialogos Ensemble, Paris, directed by Katarina Livljaniæ: New York City (Feb. 18th),  Wellesley College (Feb. 20th), Vancouver (Feb. 22nd), Kansas City (Feb. 24th). Tondal's vision is an Irish legend from 12th century, which in the 15th century became a part of the Croatian Glagolitic literature (The Petris Miscellany, 1468). darko_zubrinic@yahoo.com (Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic) Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8939/1/Zagreb-Al-Gore---Neugodna-Istina---An-Inconvenient-truth----Premiera-15-Veljaee-2007.html    nenad.maljkovic@zg.t-com.hr (Nenad Maljkoviæ) Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8938/1/Second-Congress-of-Croatian-Scientists-from-the-Homeland-and-Abroad-May-7-10-2007.html   Hrvoje.Pavletic@mzos.hr (Ministry of Science Education and Sports) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8936/1/3-Simpozij-o-prehospitalnoj-urgentnoj-medicini-VINJAN-CROATIA-16-17-02-2007.html Na¹ skup skup ima za cilj iznijeti iskustva kolega koji su bili u kaznenim i prekr¹ajnim procesima, obavijestiti medicinare o njihovim pravima. Pozvat æemo i predstavnike sudstva, HLK I HLS posebno pravnike tih slu¾bi da nam iznesu svoje poglede na te teme.  stjepan.arnold@pu.t-com.hr (Dr. Stjepan Arnold) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8935/1/New-York-30th-Anniversary-of-Rudar-Soccer-Club-Sunday-March-4.html    In a few weeks, or more exactly on March 4, 2007, Istrians and other Croats from the New York area will have another opportunity to enjoy the music and dances of their old homeland. This program will mark the conclusion of Rudar Club's 30th Anniversary celebrations. eleonor@aol.com (Eleonora Turèiinoviæ) Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8928/1/Chicago-Avon-Breast-Cancer-Walk-Fundraiser-Saturday-March-3-2007.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8927/1/Katarina-Livljaniae--Dialogos-in-New-York-on-Sunday-February-18-2007--4-pm.html   The acclaimed Dialogos will offer a most unusual concert: "Tondal's Vision," a twelfth-century musical play about an unconscious knight whose soul leaves his body. Performed by Dialogos's six female singers, this production of Dalmatian medieval music is semi-staged with supertitles. Dormilce@aol.com (Dorothy Milcetic) Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8914/1/Kansas-City-Performance-of-Croatian-Medieval-Music-Saturday-February-24th.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8913/1/Kansas-City-World-Heritage-Sites-in-Croatia-on-Exhibit-January-28---March-11.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8912/1/Chicago-HNNK-Hrvat-2nd-Annual-Super-Bowl-Party-Sunday-February-4.html    stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8908/1/New-York-City-Screening-of-Lukas-Nola-Film-quotAlonequot-Tonight-at-700-pm.html     letters@croatia.org (Andrej & Daniela Urem) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8902/1/Guillermo-Terrazas--HR-Tango-in-Zagreb-Tonight-Jan-18-2007---Free-Entrance.html    Tonight in Zagreb - HR Tango, Jan 18th 2007 willyterrazas2003@yahoo.com.ar (Willy Terrazas Muller) Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8899/1/Los-Angeles-Sixteenth-Annual-St-Blaise-Fundraiser---February-3-2007.html     Dubrovnik5@aol.com (Niko Hazdovac) Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8897/1/January-15th-Croatia8217s-International-Day-of-Recognition.html   The new Baska Tablet was introduced on the set of a special edition of HRT on January 15, 1992 for the day that Croatia was internationally recognized by 30 countries in Europe and the world. boris@studio-international.com (Boris Ljubièiæ, Akademski Slikar) Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8895/1/Tanja-Simic-to-Perform-at-Flames-of-Classic-Concert-in-Berlin.html   This Saturday, Jan 13, 2007, Tanja Simic, mezzo-soprano, will sing with BKO/ Berlin Chamber Orchestra in the Flames of Classic concert to be held in Handel hall at Salzgrafenplatz 1. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8890/1/George-M-Slavich-PhD-Lecture-at-Mediterranean-Institute-for-Life-Sciences-Jan-10th-2007.html 'Life Stress and the Development of Depression' George M. Slavich, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences Me¹troviæevo ¹etali¹te b.b. Split, Croatia Wednesday, January 10th, 2006 6:00pm - 8:00pm   Prosper.Radonic@medils.hr (Prosper Radonic) Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8886/1/-Dalibor-Matanics-quotI-Love-Youquot-opens-tonight-at-the-Two-Boots-Pioneer-Theatre-Jan-3-9.html   letters@croatia.org (Andrej & Daniela Urem) Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8882/1/Merry-Christmas-Happy-New-Year-2007---Blagoslovljen-Boiae-Sretna-2007-Happy-Holidays.html Traditional - Modern   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8881/1/An-on-line-auction-for-48-hours-Famous-artists-helping-other-artists-Unity-Through-Music-Dec-27-29-2006.html   Dino Zoniæ on Golden Karma Awards on WGN, 9pm EST. Dec 27th 2006. www.givinghearts.net will be hosting an on-line auction during the Special and for 48 hours after the Special. Unique opportunity for you to buy famous paintings of Berber, Ibrulj, Trnski...    gshep2005@netzero.net (Becky Garrigus - Success for Good) Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8879/1/Taize-Pilgrimage-Stops-in-Zagreb-from-Dec-28-Jan-1-2007.html     letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8876/1/A-Triumph-at-Carnegie-Hall-Ivana-Kunc-makes-Her-Smashing-Debut-on-Dec-9th-2006.html   Ms. Kunc's comportment and grace on stage, and the depth of emotion that she conveyed through her father's direct and passionate vocal style, all connected with her audience, the cumulative result garnering an even deeper respect for this unique family legacy.  mspudic@aol.com (Michael Spudiæ) Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8873/1/Chicago-Friday-December-22nd-Boduli-and-ODE-Collaboration-at-Martyrs.html  This Friday December 22nd, come enjoy an evening with The Champagne Room.  TCR features members of Ode, Boduli, Plavi Jadran and The Jerry Grcevich Band.  TCR blends folk, rock and ethnic music with soulful versions of Ode and Boduli originals and a wide variety of covers from Cole Porter to Oliver Dragojevic. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8868/1/Oscar-nominated-filmmaker-Adrian-Beliae-showing-his-film-Beyond-the-Call--Jakarta-International-Film-Festival.html The Adventures of Mother-Theresa-meets-Indiana - Jones, depicting the enterprising spirit of three aging Americans who form a humanitarian organization called Knightsbridge International. The three men set out on an independent Robin Hood-like odyssey, visiting dangerous spots worldwide to lend their support to worthy causes. The result is a riveting documentary.    Wadirum1@aol.com (Adrian Beliæ) Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8867/1/New-York-City-Tonight-Croatian-director-Dalibor-Matanic-will-present-his-film-I-Love-You.html   It is our great pleasure to announce that a very special guest Croatian director Dalibor Matanic will present his film *I Love You* on Thursday, December 14th at 7:00 pm at the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre,  Manhattan, New York. A Q&A with the director will take place after the screening.  Presented by www.doors-art.com letters@croatia.org (Andrej & Daniela Urem) Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8863/1/World-famous-Russian-Tsars-ballet-performed-Swan-lake-in-Osijek-Croatia-Dec-8-2006.html  Members of the Russian Tsar's ballet and soloists of the Bolshoi theater from Moscow, Ana Ivanova and Kiril Radiv performed one of the most famous ballets, Swan lake by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovski in Osijek, Croatia on December. 8th 2006 dentamete@vip.hr (Goran Nikola¹eviæ) Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8860/1/Koncert-U-Dvorcu-Sveti-Kri-Zaeretje.html     Ivobach2@aol.com (Ivo Bach) Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8848/1/Come-celebrate-the-music-of-Croatian-composer-Boidar-Kunc-Weill-Recital-Hall-at-Carnegie-Hall-Saturday-afternoon-December-9-2006-at-200-PM.html   Ivana Kunc, sings Bo¾idar Kunc. Do you remember Zinka Kunc Milanov? Come and see a new soprano, Ivana Kunc, and you won't regret it later. Come and support Croatian culture at the New York historic Carnegie Hall. This Saturday, December 9th, 2006. 2 PM. Reserve your tickets.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8852/1/Magnificent-Christmas-Concert-in-Astoria-New-York-on-December-18th-2006.html     rzubovic@aol.com (Don Robert Zubovic) Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8851/1/RECENT-CROATIAN-CERAMICS-at-MC-Gallery-New-York-City-Dec-16th-2006---Jan-7th-2007.html The exhibition Recent Croatian Ceramics will be on wiev in the Gallery MC, at 564 West 52nd Street, 8 Floor, NY, as a first group presentation of contemporary Croatian Ceramics in US, starting from December 16th 2006 till January 7th 2007. denislicul@msn.com (Denic Licul) Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8847/1/Croatian-World-Congress-Invites-You-to-Participate-at-the-UN-COMMISSION-ON-STATUS-OF-WOMEN.html The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its 51st session from 26 February to 9 March 2007, at United Nations Headquarters, New York. The Commission will focus on the thematic issue entitled The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child.   MViscovich@aol.com (Prof. Dr. Mario Viscovich) Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8846/1/Poziv-na-sudjelovanje-pri-UN-Komisiji-o-polozaju-zena-Rok-prijave-22-prosinca-2006.html     MViscovich@aol.com (Prof. Dr. Mario Viscovich) Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8845/1/WORLD-FAMOUS-RUSSIAN-TSARS-BALLET-IS-COMING-TO-OSIJEK-CROATIA.html     dentamete@vip.hr (Goran Nikola¹eviæ) Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8840/1/BRYAN-ADAMS-quotYou-crazy-Croatians-Bravo-Thank-youquot-AN-EXCITING-EVENT-IN-OSIJEK-CROATIA.html After performing his well known song "Somebody", Bryan has started his concert in Osijek, Croatia, with simple words: "Hello. I'm Bryan !" . dentamete@vip.hr (Goran Nikola¹eviæ) Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8816/1/BEYOND-THE-CALL-theatrical-opening-Chicago-Nov-24th-San-Francisco-Dec-1-06.html Landmark Theaters is premiering BEYOND THE CALL It's playing for a week in each city. The opening weekend success in both cities are very important, because it will determine how wide Landmark will distribute the film around the US in theaters. Please, send this out to as many people as you can, including news letters, blogs, websites, radio,TV, etc. BEYOND THE CALL resonates with a very broad cross-section of the US population, Wadirum1@aol.com (Adrian Beliæ) Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8786/1/BRYAN-ADAMS-CONCERT-IN-OSIJEK-CROATIA.html  Bryan Adams's fans ! We are expecting Bryan's concert in Osijek, Croatia, on 27. november 2006. in Zrinjevac Hall. All fans are invited on concert !   dentamete@vip.hr (Goran Nikola¹eviæ) Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8835/1/Skup-Hrvata-i-njihovih-prijatelja-zakazan-za-9-i-10-prosinca-2006-u-Las-Vegasu.html   hssd@hssd.hr (Niko ©oljak) Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8834/1/Istrian-American-Cultural-Day-November-26-2006.html     Msantale@aol.com (Maria Santalesa) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8833/1/Bologna-Italia-Lara-Orekoviae-organizira-AUKCIJU-UMJETNIEKIH-SLIKA-U-KORIST-DOMA-ZA-DJECU-8221VLADIMIR-NAZOR8221-KARLOVAC.html     info@ensofgallery.com (Lara Oreskoviæ) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8831/1/Rijeka-Croatia---Fundraiser-for-Autistic-Children.html     NancyM3292@aol.com (Nancy (Andjelich) Margraff) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8830/1/Knjievni-Petak---Tragovima-znanja-u-buduaenost.html     ante@medri.hr (Prof.Dr. Ante Simoniæ) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8826/1/Dr-Franjo-Topiae-gostuje-u-New-Yorku-u-srijedu-22-studenog-2006.html Dr. Frano Topiæ, predsjednik Hrvatskog kulturnog drustva (HKD) Napredak gostovat ce u New Yorku u srijedu, 22. studenog, 2006 u maloj dvorani Hrvatskog centra na Manhattanu. Sastanak i susret s Dr. Topiæem pocinje u 19 sati. Pozivaju se svi clanovi i prijatelji Napretka da prisustvuju ovom sastanku! Kate@aol.com (Katarina Deletis) Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8799/1/New-York-Nova-zbirka-pjesama-Ivana-Dobre-irjanina-quotMOLITVA-IRAJSKI-OLTARO8220.html     IvanDobra@aol.com (Ivan Dobra) Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8788/1/VRHUNSKI-MODNI-DOIVLJAJ-U-OSIJEKU.html Ovoga su vikenda Osijek i Slavonija ponovno do¾ivjeli modnu renesansu. Peti Fashion Incubator je do¹ao pod nazivom Fashion Airlines i u modno nebo nas vodio preko Zraène luke Osijek. Putnièka zgrada u Klisi bila je mjesto odr¾avanja najveæega modnoga dogaðaja namijenjenog iskljuèivo promociji mladih i neafirmiranih modnih imena.   dentamete@vip.hr (Goran Nikola¹eviæ) Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8784/1/Ivana-Kunc---Solo-Concert-at-Weill-Recital-Hall-at-Carnegie-Hall-on-December-9th-2006.html   Come celebrate the music of Croatian composer Bo¾idar Kunc. Ivana Kunc - Soprano, Daniel Ragone - Pianist. Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Saturday afternoon, December 9, 2006 at 2:00 PM Tickets can be purchased at www.carnegiehall.org CarnegieCharge at (212)247-7800 or The Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue ivanajoy@yahoo.com (Ivana Kunc) Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8776/1/Tony-Peraica-in-race-for-Cook-County-Board-president-Who-is-Tony-Peraica.html   Born 49 years ago in Croatia, Tony came to America at the age of 13, after losing both of his parents, unable to speak a word of English. Despite his circumstances, Tony persevered and went on to earn his B.A. in Political Science form the University of Illinois at Chicago and J.D. from The John Marshall Law School. Tony was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1984. Over the ensuing 20 years, Tony built a thriving law practice. www.votetony06.com letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8766/1/Potres-u-Zagrebu---Earthquake-in-Zagreb-Croatia.html Potres u Zagrebu - Earthquake in Zagreb 10.28.06 at 4: 15 PM. 28 listopad 2006 u 16:15 3.7 on a Richter scale. 5.0 on a Mercalli scale. Ivobach2@aol.com (Ivo Bach) Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8754/1/CFCroata-Zrinski-Compantildeia-Hr-Tango-Argentina-Nov-11th-2006.html   C.F.Croata Zrinski Compañia Hr Tango Argentina Estimados amigos queremos comunicar que las localidades del espectaculo que ofreceran el Conjunto Folklorico Croaata Zrinski y HR Tango  ya estan agotadas. Desde ya agradecemos a todos los interesados y esperamos compartir una gala diferente. Contact: Willy Terrazas Muller: willyterrazas2003@yahoo.com.ar . www.hrtangoargentina.com.ar  willyterrazas2003@yahoo.com.ar (Willy Terrazas Muller) Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8753/1/Miro-Sinovcic-in-action-again-New-York-October-26th-2006-quotImpeferfectly-Perfectquot.html Artist's Reception Thursday, October 26th, 6-8PM at the Show Walls lobby of 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York City (6th Avenue between 43rd and 44th) Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served www.mirosinovcic.com | www.nyframeofmind.com art@mirosinovcic.com (Miro Sinovcic) Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8742/1/Zagreb-Animal-rights-activists.html   Animal rights activists are wrapped up to look like pre-packaged meat during a protest in downtown Zagreb October 2, 2006 dalmatinac99@vip.hr (Ante Katalinic) Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8741/1/Chicago-Euro-2008-Soccer-Qualifying-Matches-at-the-Croatian-Center.html The Croatian Cultural Center of Chicago will be televising several Euro 2008 qualifying matches. Drinks will be served and food will be served during halftime. Read more... stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8740/1/Detroit-14th-Annual-Benefit-Fashion-Show.html Croatian Woman Branch 32 will host its annual fashion show. Proceeds will benefit Childhelp USA - Detroit Chapter and the Orphanage and Abused Children in Croatia. Read more... stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8734/1/Businessmen-from-Western-Australia-visit-Croatia-on-Sept-20th-2006.html    A delegation from the Western Australian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce recently visited Croatia for their second time since first coming in September 2004. A rich programme was prepared especially for them compact with talks and encounters vesna@matis.hr (Vesna Kukavica) Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8731/1/NEW-YORK-Croatian-Film-Screenings-quotTHE-RED-DUSTquot-by-Zrinko-Ogresta-Thursday-October-5th-2006--7PM.html THE RED DUST takes its title from a line in Dostoevesky which says that "the blood is least visible on the red" - a phrase whose significance is not revealed until the end of the film. The story is told through the eyes of 16-year-old Skgra, who witnesses the whole, violent chain of events. dalmatinac99@vip.hr (Ante Katalinic) Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8729/1/Medunarodni-Sajam-knjiga-u-Frankfurtu.html Od 04. do 08. listopada 2006 odr¾ava se meðunarodni Sajam knjiga u Frankfurtu. Posjetite Sajam knjiga i stupite u dijalog sa kolegicama i kolegama iz Dru¹tva biv¹ih studenata hrvatskih sveuèili¹ta u Njemaèkoj,  koji æe govorit o hrvatskom literarnom stvarala¹tvu. Tradicionalna literarna tribina - okrugli stol u sklopu Sajma knjiga manifestacija je duha suradnje domovine i dijaspore.   stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8728/1/New-York-Croatian-Film-Screenings-WHAT-IVA-RECORDED-by-Tomislav-Radic.html The Doors Art Foundation is proud to present monthly screenings featuring a selection of films from the Croatian cinema of the last decade. Thursday, September 28th & October 21st. 2006 @ 7 PM dalmatinac99@vip.hr (Ante Katalinic) Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8727/1/New-York-Concert-of-Ana-Vidovic-Guitarist-from-Karlovac-Croatia-on-September-29th-and-30th-2006.html   The Monkey is proud to present classical guitar sensation Ana Vidovic. Ana has been exciting audience all over the world with her extraordinary musicianship, dazzling technique and stunning stage presence. On September 29th and 30th Ana will grace the stage of The Monkey for four performances over two nights dalmatinac99@vip.hr (Ante Katalinic) Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8725/1/Dublin-Launch-for-8220THE-FRAMES-Behind-the-Glass8221.html   Croatian-American photographer Zoran Orlic, will be in Dublin, Ireland this weekend, October 1st to promote the launch of his book "THE FRAMES: Behind the Glass." The launch will feature an exhibit of photographs from the book and an appearance by the Frames. Zoran will also be on hand to sign copies of the book.   stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8720/1/Oakland-Intl-FF-BEYOND-THE-CALL-screening-this-Friday-Sept-22-6pm-at-the-Grand-Lake-Theater.html   Hello Bay Area Friends, I am excited to announce and invite you and your friends to a screening of BEYOND THE CALL in the beautiful Grand Lake Theater in Oakland (http://cinematreasures.org/theater/414/) as part of the Oakland International Film Festival (http://oaklandfilmsociety.org). Wadirum1@aol.com (Adrian Beliæ) Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8707/1/Photo-Exhibition-quotSilence-and-the-Seaquot.html THE LOCKWOOD - MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM presents "SILENCE  AND  THE    SEA" A  contemporary photography show Recent work of Tonci Coric and Lorence Ferich.   stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8706/1/Festival-Hrvatske-Glazbe-u-Beeu-2006.html   Muzièki informativni centar Koncertne direkcije Zagreb zajedno s Udru¾enjem za promicanje hrvatske glazbe u Beèu (Verein zur Förderung der kroatischen Musik) i Veleposlanstvom Republike Hrvatske u Austriji ponovo organizira "Festival hrvatske glazbe u Beèu".    letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8705/1/Don-Zuboviae-Vas-poziva-na-sastanak-s-Predsjednikom-Mesiaeem-i-Premierom-Sanaderom.html POZIVAM VAS  NA SUSRET S PREDSJEDNIKOM STJEPANOM MESIÆEM I PREMIEROM IVOM SANADEROM U ÈETVRTAK 21. RUJNA U 5:15 pm U ©KOLSKOM AUDITORIUMU (SCHOOL AUDITORIUM) U ASTORIJI, NEW YORK   DON ROBERT ZUBOVIC CONTACT: RZubovic@aol.com letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8704/1/A-talk-by-Dr-Ivo-Sanader-Prime-Minister-of-the-Republic-of-Croatia-followed-by-a-question-and-answer-session-with-the-audience.html You are invited to attend Columbia University's World Leaders Forum program: Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Low Memorial Library at Columbia University, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam, New York City "Croatia and Euro-Atlantic Integration in Southeastern Europe" A talk by Dr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8690/1/Beyond-the-Call-and-Genghis-Blues-playing-at-Temecula-Valley-Film-Festival.html   For those in the Southern California area and friends there, we are very excited to announce that Beyond the Call and Genghis Blues (oh, the legs on that film) are screening at the Temecula Valley Film Festival this week, Sept. 13 - 17th. We will be attending the whole festival doing Q&A after each screening. Come out for a beautiful time in wine country. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8689/1/Poziv-na-Predavanje-2692006.html   Likovni stvaratelj Vlado Franjeviæ æe 26. rujna 2006. od 19.00 do 21.00 sati odr¾ati predavanje o svojem ovogodi¹njem nastupu na 1. meðunarodnom simpoziju dizajna u Ammanu, Jordan. Predavanje æe se odr¾ati u prostoru centra Haus Gutenberg u Balzersu, Knezevina Liechtenstein.     stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8683/1/Invitation-to-Emigre-Croatian-PublishersPoziv-Hrvatskim-Izdavaeima-iz-Iseljenitva.html The Croatian Heritage Foundation calls all publishers, book stores and individuals to involve themselves in an Exhibition of publishing activities in Croatian emigration, which is to be held between 7 - 11 November 2006. Hrvatska matica iseljenika poziva sve nakladnike, knji¾are i pojedince da sudjeluju na izlo¾bi nakladnièke djelatnosti iz hrvatskog iseljeni¹tva, koje æe se odr¾ati od 7. do 11. studenoga 2006. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8677/1/Don-Wolfs-photo-exhibition-quotImages-of-Croatiaquot---Kansas-City-Kansas-USA.html   letters@croatia.org (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8675/1/In-Honor-of-Josip-Slavenski-Celebrating-the-110th-Anniversary-of-His-Birth---New-York.html   In Honor of Josip Slavenski (1896 - 1955), Born in Èakovec, Croatia. Celebrating the 110th Anniversary of His Birth. DATE   September 11, 2006 START TIME   7:30 PM END TIME   COLLEGE NAME   Graduate Center ADDRESS 365 Fifth Ave @ 34th St. PHONE   212-817-8607  BUILDING NO. ROOM NO. Elebash Recital Hall DESCRIPTION  With Aleksandra Vojcic & Co. (Concert Office, PhD/DMA Program in Music) Admission is free. For more information visit: www.cuny.edu fedor.kabalin@nyu.edu (Fedor Kabalin) Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/8647/1/Olive-Oil-Tasting-in-Seattle.html   The famous DeLaurenti Specialty Food and Wine Store in Seattle's Historic Pike Place Market will host a tasting of Dalmatian Kitchen Olive Oil which is produced and bottled in Croatia. stecak@sbcglobal.net (Marko Puljiæ) Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6068/1/E-Miles-Raguz-Book-Presentation-NYC-March-26-2006.html  Miles Raguz' Book Presentation New York City March 26, 2006Join us in the Church Basement of Sts. Cyril & Methodius Church (41st Street, off of 10th Avenue) this Sunday, March 26, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. for a Round Table Discussion of Vitomir Miles Raguz' Who Saved Bosnia.Mr. Raguz, who lived in New York for over a decade, has a unique perspective on the wars which devastated Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. Mr. Raguz played an active role in lobbying efforts by the Croatian American community in 1990-91, before becoming, successively, an official with the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN, a member of the Bosnian Croat peace delegation at peace talks held in New York in March 1993, an advisor with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the UN, and the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to NATO and the European Union.His book is in large measure based on these experiences and his analysis of the events of the 1990s and after in the region are thought-provoking.Mr. Raguz will discuss his work with Ambassador Herbert Stuart Okun and Wall Street Journal Editor Bret Stephens.Ambassador Okun serviced as Special Adviser on Yugoslavia to former U. S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Deputy Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia in which capacity he negotiated, among other things, UNPROFOR's mandate in Croatia. From 1993-1997 Okun mediated the dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He also served as Special Adviser to the International Commission on Missing Persons in the former Yugoslavia in 1996-1997. His diplomatic postings include Ambassador to the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and Deputy Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the UN. He currently lectures on international law at Johns Hopkins University and Yale Law School.Bret Stephens is a member of the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal. From 2002 to 2004 Stephens had been editor of the Jerusalem Post, having the distinction of being the youngest editor of the paper in its history. Mr. Stephens has written extensively about issues related to the European Union and the Middle East.Copies of the book will be on sale ($40 each) after the discussion.Refreshments will be served.  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6069/1/H-Rijecki-karneval-na-Internetu-webcast.html Rijecki karneval na Internetu (webcast) I ove godine, jubilarni 10. put zaredom, MULTILINK izvodi izravni prijenos Medunarodnog rijeckog karnevala, odnosno glavne karnevalske povorke, putem Interneta. Time ce Karneval i nadalje biti najveci svjetski i europski karneval koji se prenosi uzivo na Internet i omogucuje mnogima da osjete velicanstvenu karnevalsku atmosferu daleko od rijeckog Korza.Ovogodisnji webcast Karnevala biti ce izveden standardnim streaming formatima (Real i Widows Media). Prijenos cemo izvesti u suradnji sa TV kucom Kanal Ri od koje cemo preuzeti video signal, te tvrtkom Vodatel koja osigurava brzu Internet vezu.Uz pracenje video prikaza istovremeno se moze pratiti popis i detaljniji opis grupa koje trenutno prolaze pored glavne pozornice na Korzu. Ostale informacije vezane uz povorku i Karneval, u svakom trenutku mogu se pronaci na web stranicama Karnevala u zasebnom prozoru preglednika. Istovremeno je moguce slusati program Radio Rijeke i time upotpuniti karnevalski ugodaj. Prijenos Medunarodne povorke 26. veljace 2006. godine, moze se pratiti na web stranicama Karnevala www.ri-karneval.com.hr. Za sve posjetitelje iz drugih vremenskih zona kao i one koji nisu mogli biti na Rijeckom Korzu u nedjelju, osigurat ce se snimke povorki u razlicitim formatima i kvalitetama (za razlicite brzine prijenosa). Snimke Djecje karnevalske povorke vec se mogu pronaci na web stranicama Karnevala.Kao i svake godine, ocekuje se dobra posjecenost prijenosa, i to iz razlicitih zemalja svijeta, s obzirom na zabiljezene trendove prijenosa prethodnih godina. Sudjelujte s maskom ili bez nje na najvecem i najludem Karnevalu! ................................................................................................................................................. MULTILINK d.o.o., utemeljen je u Rijeci, 1989. godine, kao tvrtka za prihvat, primjenu i prijenos informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije. Multilink osmisljava, projektira, izvodi i implementira integrirana cjelovita rjesenja za elektronicko poslovanje, streaming medija i digitalne vizualne komunikacije, a koja ukljucuju i tehnicku potporu pri uspostavljanju i odrzavanju racunalne i komunikacijske infrastrukture. REALNETWORKS, Inc. godine 1995., zacetnik citave Internet media industrije koji jos i danas nastavlja poticati svoj eksponencijalni rast. Razvija sveobuhvatna rjesenja koja omogucuju svima – od tvrtki sa lokacijama po cijelom svijetu do pojedinaca na svojim osobnim racunalima ili ostalim uredajima koji se mogu spojiti na Internet – da stvaraju, salju i primaju audio, video i ostale multimedijalne servise preko Interneta. Stotine miliona RealPlayer-a koji su do danas instalirani na racunalima diljem svijeta iskoristavaju vrhunsku tehnologiju RealNetworks za stvaranje, isporuku i prezentaciju sadrzaja. MICROSOFT; osnovan 1975. godine, je svjetski voda u softveru, uslugama i Internet tehnologijama za osobno i poslovno racunarstvo. Tvrtka nudi siroki spektar proizvoda i usluga osmisljenih sa ciljem da korisniku pruze kvalitetan softver – u bilo koje doba, na bilo kojem mjestu i uredaju. Windows Media je Microsoft-ova vodeca platforma medu digitalnim medijima, koju koriste krajnji korisnici, pruzatelji sadrzaja, pruzatelji rjesenja, programeri i korporacije u cijelom svijetu. Windows Media Player, dostupan na 26 jezika, je danas vodeci softver za reprodukciju multimedijskih zapisa.   Formatted for CROWN by Ivo Bach  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6071/1/E-Greetings-from-XX-Winter-Olympic-Games-in-Torino.html  Greetings from XX Winter Olympic Games in Torino...... where I work as the National Olympic Committee Relations Specialist, for those who don't know yet. Baci ed abbraci à tutti,Sanja Mahacsmahac@yahoo.com   nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6070/1/E-Croatian-Foreign-Minister-Speaks-at-the-Library-of-Congress-in-Washington.html  Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic to Speak on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, 10 a.m., at the Library of Congress in WashingtonThis is a free event open to the public.Web link:http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-030.html Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic toSpeak on Feb. 14Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Croatian minister forforeign affairs and European integration, will give aspeech titled “Croatia: Partnerships, Priorities andProgress” at the Library of Congress at 10 a.m. onTuesday, Feb. 14, in Room 119 of the Thomas JeffersonBuilding, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.The event, which is sponsored by the Library’s John W.Kluge Center, is free and open to the public; notickets or reservations are required.Grabar-Kitarovic became foreign minister in 2005, andher main task in that role is to guide Croatia intothe European Union and NATO. In October 2005, theEuropean Union opened membership talks with Croatia.Grabar-Kitarovic’s speech will address Croatia’sdesire to join the European Union and the country’srelationship to Europe.A native of Rijeka, Croatia, Grabar-Kitarovic livedfor a while in the United States, where she attendedLos Alamos High School in Los Alamos, N.M. Soon afterher graduation from the University of Zagreb inCroatia, she began her diplomatic career as adviser tothe International Cooperation Department of theMinistry of Science and Technology of Croatia. Shelater became head of the North American Department ofthe Foreign Ministry and was assigned to the CroatianEmbassy in Canada. In 2003, Grabar-Kitarovic waselected to the Croatian parliament.Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, theLibrary of Congress established the Kluge Center in2000. The center brings leading scholars together withkey Washington policymakers to discuss important worldissues, drawing on the Library’s incomparable nationaland international collections. For information aboutthe fellowships, grants and programs offered by theKluge Center, visit www.loc.gov/kluge .  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6072/1/E-AAASS-National-Convention-November-16-19-2006.html  AAASS National Convention in Washington, DC, November 16-19, 2006ACS members and friends,I just want to remind all that the next AAASS National Convention will take place in Washington, DC, November 16-19, 2006. Deadline for submitting panel or roundtable proposals is January 13, 2006. If you have not done so, start organizing your panels ASAP and submit them on time! I especially urge our young(er) scholars to get involved and organize or participate in AAASS Conventions, and if I or the ACS can be of any help, please let us know.In case you don’t have a copy of the October 2005 NewsNet (AAASS publication), go to the AAASS Web site: www.aaass.org . All necessary forms and guidelines for panel proposals can be found there. Please, follow closely the submission instructions published by the AAASS. Let your panel organizer know in case you might need any audiovisual equipment. The AAASS provides up to $100.00 worth of equipment.If the ACS can be of any help in organizing your panel, please let us know. Let’s make it a good and productive convention in Washington.Ante Cuvalo  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6073/1/E-Croatian-New-Yorker-Club-Holds-Long-Island-Picnic---Aug-7.html  Croatian New Yorker Club Holds Long Island Picnic - Aug. 7 Contact Anton Angelich aangelich@aol.comThe Croatian New Yorker Club - A Community Alliance of Business People, will be holding their annual picnic on Sunday August 7th, 2005 at Centerport Beach, Centerport, Long Island New York. ENJOY A GREAT DAY AT THE BEACH WITH OTHER CROATIAN NEW YORKERS! Centerport Beach is located on the North Shore of Long Island about 45 miles east of New York City. The beach has a pavilion for the picnic's exclusive use, a BBQ pit, a bocce court, shaded grove, ah volleyball court, and a sandy beach on Long Island Sound. High tide is mid-afternoon on the day of the picnic - ideal for swimming!Menu: Grilled meats, chicken, kielbasa, corn on the cob, salads, hot dogs, and hamburgers. SERVING TIME 3:00 PM. COME EARLY - ENJOY THE BEACH!Please bring your own choice of beverages and desserts. Contributions of Croatian pastries would be greatly appreciated.Cost: $12.00 Adults, $6.00 Older Children, Younger Children Free.The pavilion will allow the party to go on rain or shine! We're hoping to have Croatian music, if you play bring your instruments!PAYMENT OR RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST 5TH.For more information, to make reservations, or for directions, contact Anton Angelich by e-mail at aangelich@aol.com .DOBRO DOSLI!  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6074/1/E-Animal-welfare-experts-from-40-countries-will-gather-in-Croatia.html  Animal welfare experts and enthusiasts from over 40 countries will be gathering on the beautiful Dalmatian coast of Croatia Latest Pet Industry News Fri, 29 Jul 2005 Friday 29 July 2005 headlines >> Croatia To Host 7th Annual ICAWC EventAnimal welfare experts and enthusiasts from over 40 countries will be gathering on the beautiful Dalmatian coast of Croatia for the seventh International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (ICAWC), 18th and 19th October 2005. Organised by UK charity, Dogs Trust and North Shore Animal League International, an international organisation dedicated to saving animals' lives, the event is expected to attract around 300 delegates over two days. ICAWC is established as the foremost companion animal welfare conference in the world. The international conference was founded with the aim of working towards a world where no healthy companion animal is destroyed for want of a caring home, with responsible owners. World experts in fields essential to successful animal welfare will be speaking, and will cover areas including animal behaviour problems, legislation, fundraising, running animal shelters, and strategy. Co-chairmen Clarissa Baldwin, Dogs Trust Chief Executive, and Roger Weeks, Director of North Shore Animal League International, explain: "ICAWC is going from strength to strength. The conference was set up in 1996 to provide a world platform for organisations to share information and to equip us all with the knowledge we need to make the world a better place for our pets."It's only by listening to other people about what works, and what doesn't, that we can hope to improve the lives of pet animals around the world. "There will be a wealth of experience amongst the delegates, as well as expert advice from the speakers, so the conference provides a great opportunity to talk to fellow animal welfare workers from around the world." Booking details: Conference registration fee: €35 per person Delegates need to complete and return a registration form. This is available online at www.icawc.org. Submitted by: Steve O'Malley - steve@ukpets.co.uk http://www.ukpets.co.uk/ukp/index.php?rtn=temp66_249_67_185_at_2058&sf=1517926833&section=Home&sub=News&rws=&method=fetch&item=942&tb=introduction  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6076/1/E-Chicago-The-Bob--Boris-Show-at-Mullens---Friday-May-13th.html  Chicago The Bob & Boris Show at Mullens - Friday May 13thWord up to our chicago fan club, the bob and boris show will be performinglive at Mullens in Chicago on friday may 13 at 9pm.mullens sports bar & grill7301 n western avechicago, il773.465.2113thank you in advance for your cooperation.For more info contact Boris_Kuzmanovic@emagic.com CroNetwork: The Croatian-American Organization for Young Professionals.  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6075/1/E-NY-POLET-SOCCER-CLUB-FUNDRAISER-PARTY.html NY POLET SOCCER CLUB FUNDRAISER PARTY FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2005 At theCROATIAN CENTER507 W. 40th Street, ManhattanDoors open at 10 PMMusic by DJ George and the band "More" for more information visit www.nypolet.com Contact : Kristina Nanjara - Crosib21@aol.com Claudio Kolega - CKolega@laszlobodak.com CroNetwork: The Croatian-American Organization for Young Professionals.  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6077/1/E-Croatian-Topics-at-AAASS-in-Boston.html  AAASS is the largest Slavic studies organization in the US The AAASS is the largest Slavic studies organization in the US. It is holding its annual convention in Boston this Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (December 4-7, 2004). There are literally scores of panels. I have set forth below some which may of of interest to readers (including one where yours' truly will be speaking). The events take place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place at 110 Huntington Avenue in downtown Boston.John Kraljic************************SATURDAY, 4 DECEMBERSESSION 1 * SATURDAY * 1:30 - 3:30 P.M.1-08 Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ten Years after Dayton: A Grassroots,Geographical, and Historical View of Dayton Bosnia - SimmonsChair: John R. Lampe, U of MarylandPapers: Paula Pickering, College of William and Mary"Views of Ordinary People Regarding the Hopes and Progress forReconciliation in Post-War Bosnia-Herzegovina"Daniel Michael Rhea, U of Maryland"The 1939 Serbian-Croatian Sporazum: A Blueprint for Regionalization?"Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, and Carl Dahlman, U of South Carolina"The West Bank and Drina: Ethnic Engineering and Land Allocation in theRepublika Srpska"Disc.: Richard D. Kauzlarich, National Intelligence Office for Europe1-27 Information or Propaganda? Advertising in Socialist Eastern Europe -Salon JChair: Laurie S. Koloski, College of William and MaryPapers: Bradley F. Abrams, Columbia U"'Reklama' or 'Propogace'? The Almost Rise and Telling Fall of SocialistAdvertising in Czechoslovakia"Patrick H. Patterson, UC, San Diego"Capitalist Tool? Commercial Promotion, Marketing, and the Problem of'Socialist Advertising' in Hungary and Yugoslavia"Jonathan R. Zatlin, Boston U"Selling Socialism: Advertising in East Germany, 1971-1989"Disc.: Mark Pittaway, The Open U (UK)SESSION 2 * SATURDAY * 3:45 - 5:45 P.M.2-01 South Slavic Literature and Ideology - Boston CollegeChair: Henry R. Cooper, Jr., Indiana UPapers: Marko Juvan, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenia)"Parodic Writing, National Canon, and Hegemony: Literary Modernism in aCommunist Context (Some Slovenian Examples)"Slobodan Prosperov Novak, Yale U"Figures of Fear in the Theater of Marin Drzic"Bogdan Rakic, U of Chicago"The Humanist as Cannibal: Borislav Pekic's 'How to Quiet a Vampire'"Disc.: Radmila J. Gorup, Columbia U2-03 State and Development in Former Communist States - BrandeisChair: Ioannis Armakolas, U of Cambridge (UK)Papers: Karlo Basta, U of Toronto (Canada)"States and Industrial Policies in Independent Estonia and Slovenia"Maja Catic, Brandeis U"State-Building and Development in Bosnia Post Dayton: A Look at theBosnian Development Strategy"Benjamin H. Loring, Brandeis U"State-Building in Central Asia: The Kyrgyz Experience"Disc.: Steven L. Burg, Brandeis U2-30 Musical Pan-Slavism in Habsburg Lands during the Late Nineteenthand Early Twentieth Centuries - YarmouthChair: Ivan Runac, U of Michigan, Ann ArborPapers: William A. Everett, U of Missouri, Kansas City"Slavs Creating Slavs: Slavic Self-Imagining in Operetta"Vjera Katalinic, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences"Musical Pan-Slavism among Southern Slavs: The Case of the CroatianMusicologist Franjo Ksaver Kuhac (1834-1911)"Cathryn Wilkinson, SUNY, Plattsburgh"The Sacred Dimension in Slovak Pan-Slavicism"Disc.: Marijan Despalatovic, Connecticut College2-35 Systems in Conflict: Eastern European Folk Beliefs and the Other -Rhode IslandChair: Mario Fenyo, Bowie State UPapers: Anna Brzozowska-Kraijka, Maria Curie-Sklodowska U (Poland)"Coexistence or Conflict? The Problem of Dual Belief in Polish Folklore"Marija Dalbello, Rutgers U"Diffusion, Invention, or Production of Culture? Popular Print and theFormation of Historical Consciousness in the Croatian DiasporaCommunity in the 1950s"Andriy Nahachewsky, U of Alberta (Canada)"Ukrainian Canadian Dance: Tensions between the Folk, National, andSpectacular Paradigms"Disc.: Veronica E. Aplenc, U of PennsylvaniaSUNDAY 5 DECEMBERSESSION 3 * SUNDAY * 8:00 - 10:00 A.M.3-09 Croatia and the European International Organizations - SuffolkChair: James Joseph Sadkovich, Texas A&M U PressPapers: Antoine Cloutier, Laval U (Canada)"Croatia and European Union"Reneo Lukic, Laval U (Canada)"Croatia and ICTY"Jean-Francois Morel, Laval U (Canada)"Croatia and the NATO"Disc.: Jadranko Prlic, South East Institute (Bosnia-Herzegovina)Dean Vuletic, Columbia U3-11 Codependency and Regime Change: Lessons from SoutheasternEurope - WellesleyChair: Robin Remington, Peace Haven IntlPapers: Elez Biberaj, Voice of America"Albanian-Kosova Connection: Lesson for Regime Change"Francine Friedman, Ball State U"Reinventing Yugoslavia: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina"Obrad Kesic, TSM Global Consultants, LLC"Political, Ideological, and Emotional Splits in Serbian Society"Disc.: Colette Mazzucelli, Columbia USESSION 4 * SUNDAY * 10:15 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.4-05 International Intervention and Local Politics in the Balkans - MITChair: Timothy J. Pershing, Brandeis UPapers: Ioannis Armakolas, U of Cambridge (UK), and Silvia Lauzzana, U ofCambridge (UK)"Humanitarian Aid, Local Politics, and the Political Economy of War: ACase Study from Bosnia-Herzegovina"Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski, UC, Berkeley"Building State Capacity in International Protectorates: Lessons fromBosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia"Bojan Petrovic, UC, Irvine"European Union Adaptive Pressures and Political Party Systems of(Potential) Candidate States: The Cases of Croatia and Serbia"Disc.: Steven L. Burg, Brandeis U4-16 New Voices in Post-Communist Literature and Art - OrleansChair: Thomas Peter Hodge, Wellesley CollegePapers: Justyna Anna Beinek, U of Toronto"Western Culture a la polonaise: Imports and Rejects"Olga S. Partan, Wellesley College"Post-Soviet Estrada: Infatuation with the West and Nostalgia for the Past"Cynthia F. Simmons, Boston College"Miljenko Jergovic and Yugo-Nostalgia"Disc.: Tatiana Smorodinskaya, Middlebury CollegeSESSION 5 * SUNDAY * 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.5-02 Conflict and Politics in the Twentieth-Century South Slavic Literatures -Boston UniversityChair: Andrew Baruch Wachtel, Northwestern UPapers: Gordana Crnkovic, U of Washington"Catastrophes of the Intimate in Miroslav Krleza"Aida Vidan, Harvard U"Killing Words: Croatian and Bosnian War Fiction since the 1990s"Ivana Vitomir Vuletic, UNC, Chapel Hill"Novels of Milica Micic-Dimovska"Disc.: Tomislav Z. Longinovic, U of Wisconsin, MadisonBogdan Rakic, U of Chicago5-15 Sounds as Identity Symbols: The Potential for a "Musical Turn" in theStudy of Modern Eastern Europe - (Roundtable) - NantucketChair: Larry Wolff, Boston CollegePart.: Halina Goldberg, Indiana ULynn M. Hooker, Indiana USarah Anne Kent, U of Wisconsin, Stevens PointLynn M. Sargeant, California State U, FullertonPhilipp Ther, European U (Germany)MONDAY6DECEMBER6-14 New Balkan States: Road to Economic Vitality - HyannisChair: Russell O. Prickett, Independent ScholarPapers: Svetlana Adamovic, U of Belgrade (Yugoslavia) and Gordana Pesakovic,Argosy U"Serbia-Montenegro: One or Two Economies?"Ljubisa (Stevan) Adamovich, Florida State U"FYR of Macedonia: Interrupted Growth"Azra Hadziahmetovic, U of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)"Bosnia and Herzegovina: New Issues of Economic Development"Disc.: Jasminka Ninkovic, Emory USESSION 8 * MONDAY * 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.8-06 Reassessing the Causes and the Course of the Muslim-Croat Conflictin Bosnia-Herzegovina - NortheasternChair: Ante Cuvalo, Joliet Junior CollegePapers: Marko A. Hoare, U of Cambridge (UK)"The Bosnian Army and the Croat Defense Council, 1992-1995"James Joseph Sadkovich, Texas A&M U Press"Road to War in Central Bosnia"Charles R. Shrader, Independent Scholar"Military Misperceptions: The Muslim-Croat Civil War in Central Bosnia,1992-1994"Disc.: Robert J. Donia, U of MichiganZdenka Gredel-Manuele, Niagara U8-35 Augustin Ujevic: The Man/The Myth - Rhode IslandChair: Audrey Helfant Budding, Harvard UPapers: Ellen Elias-Bursac, Harvard U"Tin Ujevic: The Self-Made Myth"Giga Graca, Croatian Radio"Is Ujevic Still Our Contemporary?"Srecko Lipovcan, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences (Croatia)"The Young Ujevic"Disc.: Aida Vidan, Harvard USESSION 9 * TUESDAY * 8:00 - 10:00 A.M.9-08 Searching for New Cultural Coordinates in South Slavic Literatures -SimmonsChair: Daniela S. Hristova, U of ChicagoPapers: Lauren Lydic, U of Toronto"Naming that Tune: The Influence of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' onStevan Raickovic's 'Pesma trave'"Mirna Solic, U of Toronto (Canada)"The Influence of Bosnian 'Sevdah' and Oriental Elements on the Poetryof Croatian Nineteenth-Century Poet Luka Botic"Snezana Zabic, UNC, Wilmington"The Importance of Memory in the Works of Two South Slavic Writers inExile: Aleksandar Hemon and Josip Novakovich"Disc.: Ellen Elias-Bursac, Harvard U9-31 East European Immigrants and Communist Newspapers in the UnitedStates - ConnecticutChair: Thomas Allan Emmert, Gustavus Adolphus CollegePapers: John Kraljic"The Evolution of Croatian Communist Newspapers in the U.S. and Canada"Thomas L. Sakmyster, U of Cincinnati"A Communist Newspaper for Hungarian-Americans: The Strange Worldof the Uj Elore"Jason C. Vuic, The Ohio State U"South Slavic (un)Americans: 'Slobodna Rec' and 'Narodni Glasnik' beforeCongressional Subcommittees"Disc.: June Granatir Alexander, U of CincinnatiSESSION 10 * TUESDAY * 10:15 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.10-02 The Croatian Peasant Party from Its Beginning to 1948: A HundredYears of Political Struggle - Boston University - Sponsored by: Associationfor Croatian StudiesChair: Joseph T. Bombelles, John Carroll UPapers: Elinor Murray Despalatovic, Connecticut College"Economic Program of the Croatian Peasant Party"Mario Jareb, Croatian Institute of History (Croatia)"Treatment of the HSS and Dr. Macek by the Ustasha-DomobranMovement from 1930 to April 1941"Amy Katherine Schmidt, National Archives"The HSS in Exile 1945-1948"Disc.: John Peter Kraljic, Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, PCJure Kristo, Croatian Institute of History (Croatia)10-03 Contemporary Slovene History and Politics: Recent Research by YoungScholars - BrandeisChair: Karl W. Ryavec, U of Massachusetts, AmherstPapers: Alenka Barber-Kersovan, U of Hamburg (Germany)"Work in the Name of Revolution: Slovene Punks and the De-Constructionof the Soviet Work Ethos"Charles Fletcher, Institute of Defense Analysis"Is There a Case for Slovene Exceptionalism?"Tamara Kotar, Carleton U (Canada)"Heroics versus Humble Histories: A Brief Comparative Political History ofSlovenia and Croatia"Disc.: Cathie Carmichael, U of East Anglia (UK)Sarah Anne Kent, U of Wisconsin, Stevens Point10-12 Andrija Kacic Miosic and Croatian Literature - Cape CodChair: Ralph B. Bogert, U of Toronto (Canada)Papers: Vinko Grubisic, U of Waterloo (Canada)"Reception of 'Pleasant Conversations of the Slavic People' in theEnglish-Speaking World"Gabrijel Jurisic, "Kacic" Editor"Andrija Kacic Miosic in the Modern Era"Anita Mikulic-Kovacevic, U of Toronto (Canada)"Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea and Andrija Kacic Miosic's 'PleasantConversations of the Slavic People'"Disc.: Ivo Soljan, Grand Valley State U  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6078/1/E-Naval-Exercise-Adriatic-Phiblex-04-Croatia---US.html  Croatia - US Naval Exercise Adriatic Phiblex 04  A Croatian gunboat and a navy helicopter take part in an exercise simulating the rescue of a passenger ship from terrorists in the Adriatic Sea near the Island of Zirje October 13, 2004. The rescue was staged as part of a ten-days joint naval excercise Adriatic Phiblex 04, involving Croatia, the United States, Macedonia and Albania. REUTERS/Matko Biljak  Reuters - Oct 13 9:18 AMMembers of the Croatian Naval marine expeditionary unit leave a military helicopter during a hostage rescue exercise of a passenger ship at the Adriatic near Island of Zirje, October 13, 2004. The rescue was staged as part of a ten-days joint naval exercise Adriatic Phiblex 04, involving Croatia, the United States, Macedonia and Albania. REUTERS/Matko Biljak   nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6079/1/E-The-Croatian-Academy-of-America-51st-Annual-Dinner.html  THE CROATIAN ACADEMY OF AMERICA, INC. P.O. BOX 1767, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10163 www.croatianacademy.org  e-mail: croatacad@aol.com  1 9 5 3 â€" 2 0 0 4 INVITATION TO THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER You are cordially invited to the Annual Dinner for members and friends of The Croatian Academy of America KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Karlo Mirth (President 1958-1968, Honorary President for Life) TIME: 7:00 pm Reception / 8:00 pm Dinner DATE: Saturday, October 30, 2004 PLACE: Croatian Cultural Center/Sts.Cyril & Methodius Church 502 West 41st Street, New York NY 10036 COST: $50.00 / $25.00 students (wine and soft drinks included) RSVP: Vedran Joseph Nazor 212.957.5808 or e-mail:vnazor@yahoo.com  _________________________________________________________________________ FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER THE CROATIAN ACADEMY OF AMERICA Annual Dinner of The Croatian Academy of America will held at 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at the Croatian Cultural Center in Manhattan, 502 West 41st Street. Guest speaker will be Karlo Mirth, managing editor of the Academy. Annual Dinner will follow Fifty-First Annual General Assembly to be held that afternoon. During the Assembly members will review the work during the previous year followed by the election of the new Officers and Executive Council Members. Plans for the upcoming year will be proposed and discussed. The Croatian Academy of America is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1953 whose purpose is to educate the public about Croatian literature, culture, language and history. It publishes annually Journal of Croatian Studies, which is distributed throughout most of the English-speaking world including all the major national libraries of Europe and most of the cultural institutions in Croatia. “Croatian Language from the Eleventh Century to the Computer Ageâ€? in Volume 25-26 (1984-85) was dedicated to Croatian language and written by Karlo Mirth, Journal’s Managing Editor. Volume 32-33 (1991-92) covered Croatia’s Independence and Homeland War. Academy has approximately 300 members throughout United States and Canada. Executive Council meetings are held in New York City. Croatian Radio Club - New York provides free storage for its Journals and archives. The most important thing for the Croatian Academy of America is to continue publishing scholarly works in English on Croatian culture, history and language and distribute it throughout world. To learn more about please visit website: www.croatianacademy.org  or e-mail: croatacad@aol.com . or write:THE CROATIAN ACADEMY OF AMERICA, INC. P.O. BOX 1767, GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10163   nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Thu, 21 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6080/1/E-Croatian-Extravaganza-in-Sacramento-California.html Croatian Extravaganza The following announcement appeared in the Sacramento Bee. Sacramento is the capital of California. John KraljicThe 22nd annual celebration will be from noon to midnight June 12 and noon to 11 p.m. June 13 at the Croatian American Cultural Center, 3730 Auburn Blvd. Admission is $7 general, free for children 12 and under. Food, beverages and souvenirs are extra. The cultural and social event will feature musicians from Croatia, performances by Croatian adult and children's dance groups, ethnic cuisine, cultural exhibits and children's games and activities. June 12 highlights include the opening ceremony at 3 p.m., kolo dance group at 3:30 p.m. and Croatia's Nenad Vetma concert at 4:30 p.m. On June 13, gates open at 10:30 a.m. for a Catholic Mass. The parade of national costumes will be at 2 p.m. June 13, with kolo dancers performing at 2:30 p.m., and Nenad Vetma at 3:30 p.m. Joining Nenad Vetma will be Tihomir of Toronto, the Mate Caric Band from Los Angeles and Sacramento's own DJ by Mario. Barbecue dinner will be available, along with Croatian specialties and pastries, fine wine, imported and domestic beers, espresso and coffee drinks. For more information: (916) 971-0663 or (916) 489-0339.  nenad@nenadbach.com (Nenad N. Bach) Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6081/1/E-Boris-Miksic-Croatian-presidential-candidate-on-Tennis-Tournament.html   Here is an invitation to an exciting and fun event this weekend!This Sunday, May 23, 2004, Croatian-American Chamber of Commerce is inviting you to:CROATIAN TENNIS TOURNAMENTAt the famous Flushing Meadows Tennis Courts (the same courts where the US Open is played) 1-5 PM$40 for members, $50 for non-members (Price includes dinner at Istria Club)Followed by a picnic-style dinner and gathering at Istria Club, 28-09 Astoria Blvd($30 for dinner only)   Boris Miksic, the only Croatian presidential candidate from Diaspora, has confirmed his participation in the tournament. This is a great opportunity to meet him!RSVP and information: CACC every day from 10AM-1PM at: 718 937-4040Or call Mario at: 646 244-1594    Directions: SUBWAY: Take the 7 train to the Shea Stadium/Willets Point Station. Look for the location where the US open is played. CAR: From Manhattan: Take the Tri Boro Bridge to the Grand Central Parkway and take the Shea Stadium Exit. Or from mid town use the tunnel to the Grand Central and take the Shea Stadium exit. From Brooklyn: Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the Grand Central Parkway and take the Shea Stadium Exit. From Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway to the Grand Central Parkway and take the Shea Stadium Exit. From Connecticut: Take I-95 to the Whitestone Bridge to the Grand Central Parkway and follow signs to exit 25A East/Northern Blvd./Shea Stadium. From Northern New Jersey: Take the George Washington Bridge to the Harlem River Drive, then to the Triboro Bridge to Grand Central Parkway and follow signs to exit Rt. 25A East/Northern Blvd. From Southern New Jersey: Take the Verrazzano Bridge to the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway to the Grand Central Parkway and follow