Day: April 15, 2009

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Spring Dance/Majówka 2009 at the Albany PCC

Polski klub ma zaszczyt zaprosić całą Polonię na Zabawę Wiosenną!
225 Washington Ave Ext Albany NY 12205

Sobota 2 Maja, 2009 o godzinie 8 wieczorem

Zabawiać będzie nas zespÏŒł ECHO (MA)
$15 od osoby……….
Obiad do nabycia na mjejscu ……
cash bar….

Po bilety proszę dzwonić do:
Andrzej Jakubiak 518-884-9038
Małgorzata Leoniuk 518-221-6406
Marian Wiercioch 518-235-5549

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Scholarship opportunities – Making smART Connections: Artist / Educator Collaborations

A day-long conference for educators and teaching artists

Scholarship opportunities exist – Applications due April 17th

Thursday May 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., The High Peaks Resort Lake Placid, NY

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education, in conjunction with the Adirondack Arts in Education Partnership, Champlain Valley Educational Services and the North Country Teacher Resource Center is proud to present a day-long Arts-in-Education (AIE) conference.

This conference is designed for all educators: general classroom teachers, sequential arts & music teachers, school administrators, teaching artists, cultural organization education coordinators, school librarians, and interested parents.

Participants will gain insight and strategies on bringing the arts into the classroom and infusing and enriching the curriculum in all subject areas through the arts. Those new to AIE will discover where to begin the journey, and where to turn for resources. Veterans will gain new techniques for the planning, execution and evaluation of AIE programs. Our goal is for everyone to come away with a renewed passion for ensuring that the arts are an integral part of every student’s education.

To register online – click here.

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Second Annual Student Art Exhibit

Featuring VSA arts of New York City ‘Murals Program’ & NYS Alliance for Arts Education ‘Side by Side Program’ (a VSAarts Sponsored Program)

April 27 – May 8, 2009, Empire State Plaza – South Annex East Wall, Albany, NY

Opening Reception: April 29, 2009, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

VSA arts is proud to present this Collaborative Exhibit highlighting the artwork created by students in the NYC ‘Murals on Parade’ and ‘Side by Side’ programs.

VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. For more information on VSA arts in NYS click here.

Poetry

April 15 – 20 Confessions by Sigitas Geda

I decided that I had experienced everything.
I had pretended to be an infant, a small child.
A young boy and a young girl.
A small childish god —“ Nothing.
I had pretended to be a bird.
With a bird’s eyes looked at Lithuania, at its ocean craters.
I had pretended to be priest, centaur, Strazdas, Jesus
Christ, Lithuania’s greatest poet, all people and all birds.
Charon, demiurge, playing with shells in the Baltic.
A mortal, caressing Dido in the ocean deeps with the whales.
Drunken Villon or Bilhana, raping the king’s underage daughter.
Cassandra, prophesying death.
Picasso, splitting bones.
Mad Holderlin, hungry only for silence.
Li Po with snow-covered flags of ancient China.
A raven, white, gathering nettles.
All the semblances, God, that you told me to take.
Now I want to be myself.
Fierce, dark, unforgiving.
Powerless, ill, noble.
Dying and resurrecting. So I can live.

Translated by Jonas Zdanys

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Pagalvojau, kad aŁ¡ viską patyriau.
Buvau apsimetęs kŁ«dikiu, maپu vaiku.
Maپu berniuku ir maپa mergaite.
Maپu vaikiŁ¡ku dievu —“ Niekuo.
Buvau apsimetęs paukŁ¡Äiu.
PaukŁ¡Äio akimis پiŁ«rÄ—jau į Lietuvą, į jos jŁ«rٳ kraterius.
Buvau apsimetęs kunigu, kentauru, Strazdu, JÄ—zum
Kristum, didپiausiu Lietuvos poetu, visais پmonÄ—mis ir paukŁ¡Äiais.
Charonu, demiurgu, پaidپiančiu kriauklÄ—mis Baltijoj.
Miruoliu, glamonÄ—jančiu Didonę jŁ«rٳ gelmÄ—j su banginiais.
Girtu Vijonu arba Bilhana, prievartaujančiu nepilnametę karaliaus
    dukrą.
Kasandra, pranaŁ¡aujančia پ٫tį.
Pikasu, skaldančiu kaulus.
IŁ¡protÄ—jusiu Helderlynu, trokŁ¡tančiu vien tylos.
Li Bo su apsnigtom vÄ—liavom senovÄ—s Kinijoj.
Varnele, balta, skinančia dilgėles.
Visais pavidalais, kuriais, mano dieve, liepei.
Dabar norėčiau bŁ«ti savim.
ٽiauriu, tamsiu, negailestingu.
Bejėgiu, sergančiu, tauriu.
MirŁ¡tančiu ir atgimstančiu. Tam, kad gyvenčiau.