DARIO ŠOLMAN

“The Real Thing – the Making of the Film”, animation still, 2002

Invitation for P.S.1 Opening

You are cordially invited to the opening of
ŤListening to New Voicesť
2001-2002 Studio Program exhibition
featuring the work by Dario Solman

The opening will take place on
Sunday, May 19, 2002
12 to 6 PM.
at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center,
22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave, Long Island City.
Please consult www.ps1.org   for details and directions.

ŤListening to New Voicesť is curated by Daniel Marzona and Larissa
Harris, and features 20 national and international artists participating
in the P.S.1 program.

Dario Solman (1973) is the first Croatian participant of the P.S.1.'s
International Studio Program. Prior to his residency at P.S.1, Mr.
Solman has completed graduate studies in arts at the Ohio State
University and undergraduate studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Zagreb. He has exhibited widely and has taught at the Arts Academy in
Split and the Ohio State University.

Dario Solman will exhibit his most recent work “The Real Thing – the
Making of the Film”, the mix media project created in residency at
P.S.1. His previous work can be viewed at the web site:
http://dariosolman.tripod.com/.

The Croatian participation at the prestigious International Studio
Program is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Croatia, FACE Croatia
Foundation (under the leadership of Mrs. Mercy Bona Pavelic), Trust for
Mutual Understanding and realized through the Arts International and
HDLU-Zagreb. Initiator and coordinator of the program is Branko
Franceschi, curator/manager of the Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb,
Croatia.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, a MoMA affiliate, is the leading
institution for the breakthrough contemporary art in the world. In
addition to Croatia, 15 leading countries send their artists to the
International Studio Program, making it one of the most desirable
residencies for the emerging contemporary artists.

For more information contact:
Branko Franceschi at branko.franceschi@ina-np-sir.tel.hr 
Dario Solman at dariosolman@hotmail.com 

The following article was published in the Liberal Democrat European Group (UK) newsletter, and reflects my own views and not those of the group. It was subsequently published in Hrvatski Vjesnik in their April 26 edition. 
Croatia and the European Union

Brian Gallagher
brigall@yahoo.co.uk 

Croatia and the EU have never had an easy
relationship. The EU never wanted to recognise Croatia
in the first place, and the current situation is that
a political row has broken out in Croatia over
Croatia's signing an agreement with the EU; it seems
to have more to do with re-creating the former
Yugoslavia than offering Croatia the chance to join
the European Union. Such a policy has implications for
both Croatia and the European Union. Should the EU be
embarking on such an enterprise?


The EU had never liked former Croatian President
Franjo Tudjman and his Croatian Democratic Union
(HDZ). The EU accused him of "authoritarianism", media
control etc. Tudjman's democracy was hardly perfect -
how could it be given the circumstances of war,
occupation. But his "authoritarianism" was
exaggerated. Some observers noted that in fact most of
the press were against him and not for him. 

The EU and others subsidised and supported
anti-Tudjman press and politicians in order to oust
him and his HDZ party. In 2000, due to to genuine
unpopularity and Tudjman's death a new Social Democrat
(ex-communist)/Liberal government was formed. Former
top HDZ politician Stipe Mesic, who had fallen out
with Tudjman and formed his own party became the
president.

A new opportunity for Croatia both internationally and
domestically was squandered however. The criticisms of
Tudjman's regime such as authoritarianism, media
control etc. soon became far more applicable to the
current government. When the new government were
elected, the opposition press overnight became the pro
government press. Or rather supporting various
factions ie President Mesic against Prime Minister
Racan as in the case of Feral Tribune. 

The Split based Slobodna Dalmacija was an exception.
It was the only opposition daily - bizarrely it was
owned by the state, due to a scandal under the
previous government. It kept its line despite the
changes. It ferociously attacked the government, the
UN war crimes tribunal and the President. This is the
sort of thing that is of course normal in a democracy.
However, it was too much for the President and his
supporters in the Press such as Feral Tribune and
Nacional.


The President ran a campaign against the newspaper,
calling it "fasisctoid" - it was nothing of the sort,
certainly no more extreme than the Daily Mail. 
Eventually, in an act of blatant cronyism and
censorship the government replaced the editors in
April, resulting in a mass demonstration in Split. Now
there is not much in the way of an opposition press in
Croatia - a very unhealthy situation. Issues such as
President Mesic's election funding - a mystery - are
thus not adequately explored.

There have been other dubious incidents. Former HDZ
minister Andrija Hebrang was barred from entering
Australia - the reason given was that it might upset
relations with another government. In other words the
Croatian government requested he not be allowed entry
- just in case, no doubt, he discussed the political
situation in Croatia with Australia's sizeable Croat
community.

A Croatian academic was called in by the police for a
"talk"; he had published 1948 documents on a Yugoslav
secret police investigation of prisoners that the
still alive investigating officer claimed was false.
The documents were entirely genuine; but it is 
disturbing how such people have influence and can have
the police "talk" with people.

The Catholic church has criticised the government. 
The response has been an attempt to intimidate the
church into silence by talk of right wing plots
involving the church - as if communism had never
disappeared. This is even taking the form of
attempting to apply pressure by the government,
apparently with EU help, complaining to the Vatican - 
who will no doubt so see straight through this.


All of this has gone unnoticed by western governments,
NGO's human rights groups etc. for the simple reason
that the government is regarded as "compliant" by the
western powers - who also happen to fund many NGO's.


Another serious problem is the funding by the EU of
"independent" media. Such media tend to support the
EU's favoured politicians in the region. The
recipients of this aid are often extreme left-wing
individuals. The rabidly anti - HDZ (and some would
argue, anti Croatia) pro-Mesic newspaper Feral Tribune
- which unpleasantly singles out its enemies as "Shit
of the Week" is perhaps the most obvious example of
this, having previously received EU funds. Its
journalists are bizarrely quoted as "independent" in
the western media - no mention is made of their
political views or their ultimate funders. 

It is not only internal; the Institute of War and
Peace Reporting (IWPR) in London is in part funded by
the EU, and Feral journalists crop again in writing
articles - a recent example being a skewed piece on
the aforementioned anti-church activities, focusing on
Government attempts to threaten the church into
silence by changing its favourable tax status. Instead
of condemning this attack on "turbulent priests", this
particular article appeared to approve of it! On
the serious issue of the Slobodna scandal, the IWPR
had nothing to say.

IWPR, when covering Croatian affairs often attacks the
HDZ or the Catholic church in this case as being
fascistic, or sympathetic to fascism. 

Such rhetoric of course was used by Slobodan Milosevic
and his cronies to justify the destruction of Vukovar,
the bombardment of Dubrovnik and various other war
crimes. Its use by IWPR is thus disturbing.

Such reports are read by the BBC and other western
news organisations and become "received wisdoms". 

Feral Tribune and the IWPR are just two examples of EU
subsidy to favoured journalistic outlets; there are
many others. 

Recently, the Croatian government has signed an
agreement with Europe - the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement (SAA) The SAA applies only to
the ex-Yugoslav republics - minus Slovenia, plus
Albania. Macedonia has already signed such an
agreement.

It is touted as Croatia's first step towards the
European Union. In fact it seems designed to keep
Croatia and the other countries of the region out. 
Worse, it appears to be an attempt to re-create the
former Yugoslavia.

It should be explained that many in the region are
concerned over attempts to re-create some kind of
Yugoslav federation. Yugoslavia was little more than
a Serb racket; completely different countries were
forced together under Serbian hegemony, and for
Croatia it meant near colonisation by the Serbs
including the creaming off of tourist profits to the
Serbs, suppression of the Croatian language in favour
of "Serbo-Croat" - Serbian - and most of the top
posts going to Serbs.

So it has come as a bit of shock for many that
Articles 11-14 - "Regional Cooperation" - of the
agreement appears to bind the SAA countries into some
kind of federation. These provisions demand that
Croatia creates 'bilateral' links with the other SAA
states. These include areas such as political
dialogue, a free trade area, mutual concessions
concerning the movement of workers and capital as well
as other areas not covered in the agreement 'notably'
the field of justice and home affairs. How ever you
look at it, put together that makes a federation. What
is also disturbing is the coercive element. Croatia
must make those agreements with the other SAA states
within two years of those states concluding their 
SAA agreements with the EU - or all relations with the
EU cease. EU External Relations commissioner Chris
Patten has claimed there is no plan to recreate
Yugoslavia, and Croatia is not part of a regional
plan. Quite apart from Articles 11-14 contradicting
him, his own comments at a recent speech spoke of
"re-connecting the ties that bind peoples of the
region together" and of the countries establishing
''a network of close contractual relations among
themselves". "This is more than a bilateral process"
he said. 

Croatia is broke; but it is an economic oasis compared
with Albania and Serbia. When movement of workers and
other provisions kick in, Croatia will no doubt one
way illegal immigration problems, problems which may
no doubt concern the EU sufficiently enough to keep
Croatia out of the EU. We all know how much of the
press treats such issues - and how politicians react
to them. Certainly one cannot imagine the EU signing
'movement of workers' agreements with Albania; why
then force it on Croatia?

Should the EU be embarking on an enterprise of
effectively creating - by sleight of hand and coercion
- some kind of "West Balkans" federation? 
Imperialism, colonialism... whatever one calls it the
EU SAA project is neither liberal nor democratic. And
is propping up unpopular governments in Croatia - and 
elsewhere - a good idea? Especially when it involves
attacks on the church and a blind eye to press
censorship? What are the long term effects, the
implications for the future? The path ahead could be
disturbing indeed.

But there is a different approach. Firstly, all
funding, assistance etc. for "independent" media and
favoured political parties in Croatia should cease.
Politics and media must develop naturally, even if
that means the return of the HDZ to power. 
Electorates must not fear the wrath of the EU if they
want to vote for a particular party. 

Further, the whole SAA approach should be jettisoned.
It should be replaced by an individual approach, not
tying Croatia's - or any other country's fate - to any
regional plan. 

One constructive idea put forward by Vitomir Miles
Raguz, the former Bosnia-Hercegovnia ambassador to the
EU and NATO is to extend the European Economic Area to
the countries of South East Europe, prior to eventual
accession to the European Union. Suitably augmented,
to cover concerns such as movement of labour, such an
approach could work.

An EU approach to Croatia such as that employed for
Poland, Slovenia etc. could pay dividends in future;
a regional approach could produce something else
again. We all know how the last regional plan fared -
it was called Yugoslavia.

(c) Brian Gallagher

Nedjeljko Fabrio 
- Dobitnik Herderove nagrade -

Uglednu Herderovu nagradu utemeljilo je prije više desetljeca Sveucilište u Becu, a namijenjena je "njegovanju i unaprjedivanju kulturnih odnosa s istocnim i jugoistocnim narodima i dodjeljuje se osobama koje svojim primjerom pridonose održanju i povecanju europske kulturne baštine u skladu s miroljubivim sporazumijevanjem medu narodima". Nedavno je obznanjeno da je ovogodišnji dobitnik književnik i akademik Nedjeljko Fabrio za svoj svekolik književni rad. Time se Fabrio uvrstio u niz hrvatskih znacajnika iz podrucja književnosti i humanistickih znanosti (Miroslav Krleža, Maja Boškovic Stulli, Dunja Auguštin, Vjenceslav Richter, Zdenko Škreb, Ivo Frangeš, Viktor Žmegac, Branko Fucic) koji su do sad odlikovani tim prestižnim europskim priznanjem. Poslije Krleže Fabrio je, dakle, drugi hrvatski pisac koji je ovjencan tom nagradom. 

Fabriovo književno pismo vec cetrdeset punih ljeta, u raznovrsnim žanrovskim diskurzima i stilovima (pripovijednom, dramskom, esejistickom, znanstvenom, prevoditeljskom) traje kao neporeciva i stamena vrijednost suvremene hrvatske književnosti. U punom smislu ono uvjerljivo opovrgava nerijetko izricane teze o njezinu provincijalnu, ruralnu i rubnu znacaju i znacenju. Rodenjem i životnim bivanjem, ali i cijelim svojim duhovnim bicem, uronjen u prebogat i složen svijet dviju kljucnih povijesnih i kulturalnih sastavnica hrvatskoga etimona - Sredozemlja i srednje Europe - Nedjeljko je Fabrio tim prevažnim prostorima europskoga i svjetskog univerzuma posvetio cio svoj stvaralacki vijek. 

Vec su u prvima, eksperimentalnim, Partitama za prozu (1966.) - u kojima je uocljiv izrazit autorov osjecaj i nerv za glazbu što ce ga stalno pratiti da bi maestralno bio oknjižen prije nekoliko godina u Maestru i njegovu šegrtu - došle do izražaja dubinske poveznice s hrvatskom mediteranskom baštinom. Navod iz Zoranicevih Planina, u jednoj od tih ranih proza - I mi bismo od ovud pobigli, dali nas slatkost bašcine uzdrži - o tome puno govori. Drame: Reformatori (1968.), gdje se strjelica europskoga usuda prijelomne prve polovice XVI. stoljeca s Matijom Vlacicem Ilirikom odapinje iz hrvatske Istre u srce njemacke, Lutherove, reformacije; Cujete li svinje kako rokcu u ljetnikovcu naših gospara koja iznova aktualizira najranjivija mjesta hrvatske novije povijesti i njezine tragicne ožiljke na covjeku pojedincu; Meštar koji ispisuje dramu umjetnika; nikad neizveden Magnificat (1970.), dramska alegorija o izloženosti kazališta gruboj (politickoj, dakako) zbilji. U razdoblju duge hrvatske šutnje, poslije sloma Hrvatskoga proljeca, zašutjevši kao dramatik, Fabrio piše i objavljuje brojne novele, talijanisticke i kroatisticke eseje i studije (Apeninski eseji, Štavljenje štiva), ustrajno prevodi talijanske prozaike XX. stoljeca, stvara nenadmašne glazbene medaljone. 

U strašnom je i sudbonosnom vremenu rata za neovisnu Hrvatsku u dva mandata predsjednikom Društva hrvatskih književnika. Svojim je neumornim djelovanjem i odlucnim istupima tada inkarnirao neslomljivu volju i svijest hrvatskih pisaca u zajedništvu sa svojim narodom, poticuci nadu i vjeru u Domovinu i neuništivost njezine tisucljetne kulture i onda kad je izgledalo da nikakve nade nema. Iz toga je proizašao kratki roman Smrt Vronskog (objavljen još za Domovinskoga rata 1994.), gdje se carobnom formulom pišceve imaginacije Tolstojev junak dovodi u samo srce vukovarskog pakla. Jedna od najvelicajnijih prica cjelokupne svjetske prozne književnosti spojena je s pjesnickim poniranjem u sudbinski aktualan trenutak nacionalne egzistencije i ugroze sama opstanka.

Stvaralac maniristicke cistoce i jasno cizelirane recenice (kako napisa Zdravko Zima), baveci se kljucnim pitanjima egzistencije pojedinca i kolektiva (Velimir Viskovic), tvorac dotjerana stila, osobito lomljenja recenice (Josip Pavicic) koja se pretapa u melankolicnu i baladicnu sucutnost (Božidar Petrac), Nedjeljko je Fabrio ponad svega vjeciti tragac za ljepotom rijeci i izraza. Sam je, u Reformatorima, znakovito, zapisao: Ništa nije što kroz rijec ne prode. Opsjednut pak ludilom Povijesti (jedan mu je od leitmotiva, poantiran u završetku Vježbanja života, da 'Povijest je ludilo, jalovost i smrt'), s podkožno ucijepljenjim resantimanom spram hrvatstva, mediteranstva i srednjoeuropejstva, morao je Fabrio konacno stici do svoje Jadranske duologije (koja ce se, skorašnjim objavljivanjem novog romana, Trimeron/Roman einer kroatischen Passion, pretvoriti u trilogiju). 

Kronisterija Vježbanje života i Familienfuge Berenikina kosa nisu samo idejni i estetski vrhunac i svojevrsna sinteza Fabriova književnog djela, one su impresivno pjesnicko svjedocanstvo o bitnim, odredujucim silnicama povijesnih tijekova na hrvatskome tlu kroza posljednja dva stoljeca. Stapanje krajnje akribicno istražene dokumentarne grade s poetski izmaštanim i višestruko izukrštanim ljudskim sudbinama - a koje su i opet, u ishodištu i konacnici, prokleto uvjetovane politikom; jer ona je, na nesrecu, kako kaza Napoleon Goetheu u Weimaru godine Gospodnje 1809., sudbina moderna covjeka - vodi dubinski u paradigmatican svijet našega užeg i šireg povijesnog, kulturalnog i zemljopisnog prostora. A da je on prepoznat i u tim širim razmjerima, dokazuju prijevodi na madarski (Varos az Adrian) i njemacki (Das Haar der Berenice), naskoro i na ruski (Smrt Vronskog).

Pocetkom 1990. vratio se Fabrio rijeckim uprizorenjem Vježbanja života trijumfalno na hrvatsku pozornicu s koje prakticki bje izgnan prije dvadeset godina. Slijedila je Bereninika kosa koju je, kao i Vježbanje, u zagrebackom HNK-u 1994. režirao Georgij Paro. Dosadašnju ukazalištenu romanesknu trilogiju zakljucuje Smrt Vronskog u rijeckome HNK-u Ivana pl. Zajca 1995. u prilagodbi i režiji Ivice Boban. A Vježbanjem života u hrvatsko glumište je usješno i uzorno uveden model integralna kazališnog spektakla.

Mi zato, stostruko, klicemo casnom laureatu: Ad multos et faustissimos annos!

Darko GAŠPAROVIC

Fabrijev raskosni knjizevni kozmos

Ove godine to prestizno medjunarodno priznanje pripalo je i
jednom od nasih vodecih suvremenih pisaca - Nedjeljku Fabriju,
koji je to odlicje na ceremoniji dodjele primio iz ruku
rektora Beckog sveucilista.

BEC, 3. svibnja - Svecana dvorana drevnog beckog Sveucilista
sredisnje je mjesto dodjele Herderove nagrade i proslave
svakoga od sedam Europljana nagradjenika na velikom prostoru,
od Baltickog do Crnog i Egejskog mora. Po svome znacaju ta
nagrada, sto se dodjeljuje za umjetnost i humanisticke
znanosti, naziva se jos i malim Nobelom, a dodjeljuje je
Zaklada F. V. S. sto ju je 1963. godine utemeljila recena
zaklada Alfreda Toepfera.
Ove godine to prestizno medjunarodno priznanje pripalo je i
jednom od nasih vodecih suvremenih pisaca - Nedjeljku Fabriju,
koji je ovo odlicje na ceremoniji dodjele - sto je protekla uz
zvukove fanfara i rektorski zbor u togama koji je pratio tu
tradicionalnu i rijetku svetkovinu - primio iz ruku rektora
Beckog sveucilista. U pozdravnom govoru rektor prof. dr. Georg
Winckler upozorio je da se ovogodisnja dodjela Herderove
nagrade dogadja u teske dane Beckog sveucilista kada je vlada
uvela restrikcije na visoko obrazovanje. Tako su nas na ulazu
docekali prosvjedni golemi natpisi i studenti koji su dijelili
letke.
Laudaciju "sedam velicanstvenih" za govornicom slavnog Beckog
sveucilista procitao je medjunarodno priznati slavist s
göttingenskog sveucilista prof. dr. Reinhard Lauer, isticuci
humanitarni znacaj profila te nagrade koja promice osobitost
malih jezika i kultura. Socijalno i demokratsko ujedinjenje
srednje, istocne i jugoistocne Europe moze uspjeti, ali sto ce
biti s kulturama tog podrucja? - pita se dr. Lauer.
Ovogodisnji su dobitnici Herderove nagrade grcki lingvist
prof. dr. George Demetrius Babiniotis, bugarska politologinja
prof. dr. Radost Todorova Novoivanova, rumunjski kompozitor
Aurel Stroë, poljska povjesnicarka prof. dr. Lech
Trzeciakowski i trojica knjizevnika. Latvijac Maris Caklais,
Madjar Peter Esperhazy i hrvatski knjizevnik Nedjeljko Fabrio
komu je medju nagradjenicima dan upravo najvece znacenje.
Receno je tom zgodom da je Fabrio jednako plodonosan pisac na
svim podrucjima te da njegova djela pokrivaju sveukupan
knjizevni kozmos. Kao takva presnaznosna i prevelika da bi
ostala zatvorena samo u granice Hrvatske - istaknuo je dr.
Lauer i dodao: "Fabrio je nedvojbeno najveci suvremeni
hrvatski pisac", pa i ova nagrada dolazi u prave ruke noseci
mu priznanje za svekoliki knjizevni opus, koji je ispisan
briljantnim stilom neogranicenih dosega a obaseze obiteljsku i
drustvenu kroniku povezanu sa sudbinama malih ljudi i
tragedijama koje im donosi povijest kao izvor nesrece. U
korpusu jadranske duologije, posebno se osvrnuo na njegov
najnoviji roman "Triemeron" izricuci mu sve superlative i
najavljujuci njegovu blistavu buducnost. Na kraju te rijetke
europske svetkovine duha u ime laureata zahvalio je Peter
Esterhazy.
Vecer uoci dodjele Herderove nagrade ugledna becka knjizevna
institucija "Literatur Haus" posvetila je svojoj redovitoj
publici susret s ovogodisnjim dobitnikom te nagrade, hrvatskim
knjizevnikom Nedjeljkom Fabrijom i njegovim dugogodisnjim
prevoditeljem na njemacki Klausom Detlefom Olofom, dobitnikom
austrijske drzavne nagrade za prevodjenje. Fabrio je uvodno
kazao da dolazi u ime literature koja je pisana na cak deset
svjetskih jezika i koja je toliko europska, da je od ranoga
srednjeg vijeka do postmoderne ponavljala i osebujno
interpretirala sve europske stilske formacije.
- Bec je grad koji je zauzeo vidno mjesto na stranicama
jadranske trilogije, i to iz povijesnih, ali i romanesknih
razloga. To se ponavlja i u "Triemeronu", mom najnovijem
romanu, s jednakim resantimanom, iako se povijest i tu
potrudila da uzburka odnose carskoga grada spram svih, pa tako
i spram hrvatskog naroda u carevini - kazao je Fabrio, a Olof
procitao poglavlje o Jelacicevoj obrani Beca, sto je ovaj put
izazvalo znatizelju jer obicni gradjani znaju premalo o sudbini
vlastita grada. Tako se ponovo zavrtjelo kolo u kome su se
javili i hrvatski ban i Karl Marx i madjarski revolucionari i
ono sto Fabrio zove "ludilom povijesti".
Na vise od 1200 stranica, sada vec zavrsene jadranske
trilogije, obrce se bezbroj ljudskih sudbina koje dodiruju sve
zemlje ovoga prostora, ali uz zajednicku kob koja ih uvlaci u
propast u trenutku kada i sami pomisle stvarati veliku
povijest - dodaje Fabrio.
Pristup pun razumijevanja i sucuti prema tim malim ljudskim
sudbinama u nacerenom zrcalu povijesti u kome se zele vidjeti,
otvorio je piscu put do dvije velike europske nagrade, jedne u
Madjarskoj 1993., a druge u Austriji 2002. koje su zacudo
istovrsne po ocjeni njegova opusa, a to je promicanje suzivota
u srednjoj i jugoistocnoj Europi. Stoga i ne cudi, kako je
kazao Nedjeljko Fabrio na kraju knjizevne veceri, da su
zavrsne rijeci Trilogije preuzete iz srednjovjekovnih misnih
tekstova a glase: "Dona nobis pace" ili Gospode daruj nam mir
- sto je publika prihvatila dugim pljeskom. Medju mnogobrojnim
novinarima austrijskog radija i televizije u publici je toplo
pozdravljena nazocnost hrvatskog veleposlanika u Becu Drazena
Vukova-Colica.

Branka Dzebic

Dear All,

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Nenad Bach

Here is the info about the live stream broadcast of Garth's CD The Sea To The North:

GARTH HUDSON of "The Band" live stream web cast featuring his first solo CD The Sea To The North in it's entirety including an interview! Toll-free call in line during broadcast: 800-921-9667. Bob Reicher's "Nighthawks" show at WOMR 92.1fm broadcast is this coming Saturday night, May 4th, 10:00 PM to 1:00 PM Pacific/1:00 AM to 4:00 AM Eastern (Sunday morning).

Log on during broadcast to listen live:
Click Here: Live365 - WOMR 92.1fm
http://www.live365.com/stations/womr?site=womr 

About 6 months ago, I began working with Dr. Matko Marusic of the
University of Zagreb to assist Croatian high school students who wish
to spend 2 to 4 weeks visiting the U.S. In fact, we established a
basic web page: http://croatianstudents.cjb.net. These visits have
been extremely rewarding for both students and host families.

Recently, Dr. Marusic contacted me regarding a Croatian college
student, Tihomir Matecevic, who would like to spend a month living
with a U.S. family this summer. Although his English is weak, he is
eager to learn. He comes from a relatively poor family in Slavonia,
and now lives in Zagreb where he studies Physics. He is able to pay
for his airline ticket, but is understandably short on cash and would
like to earn his keep and a little pocket money while here. Perhaps
the ideal situation would be a family who could use help around the
house caring for children or the elderly or with general housework or
yard work.

If you or someone you know is interested in hosting Tihomir or in
simply learning more, please contact me at joe_misurac@bigfoot.com.
Please pass this message on to others as well. Hvala vam.