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New movies in Krakow playhouses. 

Note: Foreign movies are usually showed in their original language with the Polish subtitles (but dubbing happens). 
American: 
Baz Luhrmann's 'Great Gatsby' with Leonardo DiCaprio, Toby Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. Shane Black's 'Iron Man 3' with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Ben Kigsley. So Yong Kim's 'For Ellen' with Paul Dano, Shaylene Mandigo, and Margaritta Levieva. Matt Ross's '28 Hotel Rooms' with Chris Messina and Marin Ireland. Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park 3D' with Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Richard Attenborough. Steven Soderbergh's 'Side Effects' with Jude Law, Rooney Mara, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Joseph Kosinski's 'Oblivion' with Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough. Antoine Fuqua's 'Olympus Has Fallen' with Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Rick Yune. Malcolm D Lee's 'Scary Movie 5' with Asley Tisdale, Simon Rex, and Erica Ash. Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers' with Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Rachel Korine.
American/British:  Park Chan-wook's 'Stoker' with Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, and Nicole Kidman. 
French/Italian: Matteo Garrone's 'Reality' with Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, and Nando Paone.
Polish: Ryszard Bugajski's 'Uklad zamkniety' with Janusz Gajos, Przemyslaw Sadowski, and Magdalena Kumorek. 
Spanish: Pedro Almodovar's 'Los amantes pasaheros' with Javier Camara, Cecilia Roth, and Lola Duenas. David Trueba's 'Madrid 1987' with Jose Sacristan and Maria Velvarde. 
Swedish: Lasse Halstrom's 'Hipnotisoren' with Tobias Zilliaecus, Mikael Persbrandt, and Lene Olin. Alexandra-Therese Keining's 'Kyss Mig' with Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjones, and Krister Henriksson.

Krakow events

Krakow Events in May 2013.

/Further below please find Krakow's selected events in June 2013/

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This month's concerts of music, festivals, opera, ballet, spectacles, shows, and other events in Krakow.  

53rd Krakow Film Festival takes place May 26th through June 2nd with its main venue at Kijow.Centrum playhouse at 34 Krasinskiego street.

May 22nd, Wednesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis plays Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini’s sextets for flute and strings op. 15 in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street, at 11 a.m.
Krakow's cellists Dorota Imielowska and Lukasy Pawlikowski plus pianist Mariola Cieniawa play Walacinski’s Fantasia sopra „Ave Maris Stella” (1997) and Duo facile for two cellos (1993), Moszumanska-Nazar’s Recitativo (1991), Zawadzka-Golosz’s Prelude and Fugue for piano (2013), Stachowski’s Adagio ricordamente (2001), Penderecki’s Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968) and Notturno for cello solo (2001), Bujarski’s Per cello (1997), Negrey’s Suita seria for two cellos (2013), and Sydor’s Farewell (2003) and Lamento (2001) in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow's Luciuk Family String Decet and Polanski Quartet plus soprano Bozena Harasimowicz and baritone Dariusz Siedlik render Kaszycki’s string quartets no. 1 (1968) and no. 4 (2010) plus Luciuk’s Fulfillment. Four Introspections for violin, cello, and bass (2012) and Omaggio a l’Aquila (2013) in Aula Florianka, 8 Basztowa street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow's soprano Ewa Diczuk-Koziol, flutist Filip Slowiak, and pianist Maria Guzik perform Mozart’s music and Anna Ramza-Koziol reads poetry in DK Podgorze culture center, 13 Sokolska street, at 6 p.m.
Charity jazz concert features USA's vocalist Karen Edwards, UK’s maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy, and Australia's blues singer Billy Neal among others in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's Kuba Pluzek Trion plays jazz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9:30 p.m.
Blues jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
Blues concert features Poland's Workaholic band and friends in Kornet club, 19 Krasinskiego street, at 8 p.m.
May 23rd, Thursday: Poland’s Euphony Piano Quartet, flutist Agata Kielar-Dlugosz, harpist Agnieszka Kaczmarek-Bialic, and French horn player Wojciech Kamionka render Lutoslawski’s Three Fragments for Flute and Harp (1953), Papara’s It’s Impossible (2009), Majka’s Quartet for Different Times (2012), Tesarowicz’s Miniatures for Celtic Harp (2013), Dywanska’s Erit hora for French horn solo (2011), and Kilar’s sonata for horn and piano in Instytut Muzykologii UJ, 10 Westerplatte street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow’s Fresco Sonare Youth Orchestra plays Czyz’s Canzona di barocco (1983), Chyrzynski’s Ukiyo-e for string orchestra (2012). Sahbai’s Sextet Hommage a` J. S. Bach (2010). Penderecki’s Agnus Dei (1994), and Schweizer’s Cosmos 4 and Pie`ce pour Orchestre No. 7 (2013) in Bazylika OO. Karmelitow church, 19 Karmelicka street, at 8 p.m.
Chamber music concert features Ensemble Peregrina performing Filia praeclara in Kosciol Dominikanow church, Dominikanska street and Stolarska street, at 8:30 p.m. 
Jazz duo of USA’s pianist Matthew Shipp and saxophonist Sabir Mateen perform in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
Jazz concert features Poland's keyboardist Kajetan Galas and his trio, Organ Spot, in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland's Kuba Pluzek Trion plays jazz in Piec'Art club, 12 Szewska street, at 9:30 p.m.
Poland's Bartek Przytula Big-Band performs blues in Zaczek club, 3 Maja street, at 9 p.m.
Poland’s pop band, Browar Zywiec, performs in Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2 Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs), at 7 p.m. (admission 15 PLN).
Poland’s rock band, Illusion, performs in Forty Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 8 p.m.
Poland's blues rock band, My Way, performs in Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8 p.m.
May 24th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Aleksandra Kuls, and violist Ryszard Groblewski play Bujarski’s Pavana (1994), Gorecki’s Three Pieces in Old Style (1963), Penderecki’s double concerto for violin and viola  (2012), and Igor Stravinski Spring Rites in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Jazz concert features Poland's Krzysztof Bolek Quartet in Pod Gruszka club, 1 Szczepanska street and Slawkowska street, at 7 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's blues rock band, Nie-Bo, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Krakow's blues jazz band, Nothing Serious, performs in Stary Port club, 27 Straszewskiego street and Jablonowskich street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Concert of choral music features an array of Krakow’s choirs in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej, 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 6 p.m.
May 25th, Saturday: Concert of contemporary classical music by Krakow composers feature sopranos Jadwiga Kirschanek, Katarzyna Guran, and Olga Trzebicka, cellist Jakub Gucik, and pianist Raminta Lampsatis in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
Krakow’s quintet, Orkiestra Miasta Krakowa, play Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 9, Morricone’s Once Upon a Time in America, Bach’s Brandenburg concerto no. 3, Arlen’s Over the Rainbow, Piazzolla’s Oblivion, Mozart’s Divertimento no. 3, Morricone’s The Mission, Gardel’s Por una cabeza, Schnittke’s Polka, Williams’s Schindler;s List theme, and Vivaldi’s Winter - in the Old Synagogue, 24 Szeroka street, at 6 p.m.
Poland’s pianists Gabriela Szendzielorz-Jungiewicz and Milena Kedra, pianist and vocalist Barbara Gladysz-Wszolek, singer Elzbieta Kolorz, cellist Barbara Lypis-Sobaniec, and percussionis Tomasz Sobaniec render Stachowski’s Extensions for p[iano (1971), Extensions Graphic Score (2001), and Five Little Waltzes for piano (1998) plus Moszumanska-Nazar’s Constellations for piano (1972), Fantasia for marimba (1987), and Confogurations for cello and piano (2005) in Instytut Muzykologii UJ, 10 Westerplatte street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow’s Jazz Band Ball Orchestra play traditional jazz in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 25 PLN).
Poland’s rock bands Ketha, The Dead Goats, and The Gentle Art Of Cooking People perform in Alchemia club, 5 Estery street at Plac Nowy square, at 8 p.m.
Poland’s rock band, Illusion, performs in Forty Kleparz club, 2 Kamienna street, at 6 p.m. (admission 80 PLN).
Krakow's band, Folk Forever, performs world music in Stary Port club, 27 Straszewskiego street and Jablonowskich street, at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow's pop singer Jaga Wronska sings vintage French songs in Loch Camelot cafe, 17 Sw. Tomasza street, at 8 p.m. (admission 35 PLN).
Concert of choral music features an array of choirs from Poland and abroad in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej, 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Steven Markwick’s musical, ‘Little Lord’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m.
May 26th, Sunday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis with soloist singers sopranoGillian Webster, tenor Andrew Staples, and bass Neal Davis render Haydn’s The Seasons in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 11 a.m. (admission 40 PLN).
Concert of contemporary classical music by Krakow composers takes place in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
Krakow's flutist Helena Pyrek gives recital in Malwa club, 6 Dobrego Pasterza street, at 7 p.m.
Poland's jazz quartet, High Definition, play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland’s pop band, Stare Dobre Malzenstwo, performs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 7 p.m.
Poland's pop acts CeZik and Peter J. Birch perform in Gwarek club, 17 Reymonta street, at 8 p.m.
Concert of choral music features an array of choirs from Poland and abroad in Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej, 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, at 5 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Steven Markwick’s musical, ‘Little Lord’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 5:30 p.m.
May 27th, Monday: Traditional jazz and swing jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (free admission).
May 28th, Tuesday: Poland's fusion jazz quartet, V Speed, play in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland's band, Transformator Egzystencjalny, performs in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7 p.m. 
May 29th, Wednesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis performs Monteverdi’s madrigals in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street, at 11 a.m. (admission 5 PLN).
Latin jazz jam takes place in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's Ygor Przebindowski Trio perform in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7 p.m.
May 30th, Thursday, Corpus Christi:
Poland's jazz trio, Sweet’n’Sour, perform in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9:30 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
USA’s rock band, Suffocation, performs death metal supported by Cephalic Carnage, Havok, and Fallujah in Kwadrat club, 1 Skarzynskiego street, at 7 p.m. (admission 75 PLN).
Poland's pop act Marika Bournaki performs in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7 p.m.

May 31st, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jesus Medina plus Poland’s guitarist Marcin Dylla play Jose Pablo Moncayo’s Sinfonietta, Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, Emmanuel Chabrier’s Espana, and Joaquin Turina’s Three Fantastic Dances op. 22 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Poland's Marceli Glowiak Quartet performs jazz blues in Pod Gruszka club, 1 Szczepanska street and Slawkowska street, at 7 p.m. (free admission).
Poland's quartet of female saxophonists, Saxofonarium, play in Czuly Barbarzynca cafe, 11 Powisle street, at 7 p.m.
Krakow’s indie rock band, Don’t Ask Smingus, performs in Harris Piano Jazz Bar, 28 Rynek Glowny (Grand Square), at 9 p.m. (admission 20 PLN).
Poland’s rapper Tede performs in Rotunda club, 1 Oleandry street, at 8 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company its children show ‘The Book of Forest’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 10 a.m. and again at noon.

  • Concerts of classical music for tourists take place every day in ciol Sw. Wojciecha church on the Rynek Glowny central square and Kosciol Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church, 52 Grodzka street, at 7 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. respectively. 

  • Concerts of Chopin's music for tourists take place in Dom Polonii at 15 Grodzka street on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. 

June 2013 entertainment events in Krakow. 

June 1st, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jesus Medina plus Poland’s guitarist Marcin Dylla play Jose Pablo Moncayo’s Sinfonietta, Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, Emmanuel Chabrier’s Espana, and Joaquin Turina’s Three Fantastic Dances op. 22 in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company its children show ‘The Book of Forest’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 10 a.m. and again at noon.
June 4th, Tuesday:
Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis performs Haydn’s Theresienmesse in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street, at 11 a.m. (admission 5 PLN).
June 6th, Thursday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra plus pianist Grzegorz Niemczuk and flutist Wieslaw Surulo play Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto in in g minor Summer (L`Estate) RV 315 for flute and Maurice Ravel’s concerto in G major for left hand, Alborada del grazioso, and Bolero in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 5 p.m.
June 7th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with Poland's pianist Grzegorz Niemczuk and flutist Wieslaw Surulo render Antonio Vivaldi’s concerto in in g minor Summer (L`Estate) RV 315 for flute and Maurice Ravel’s concerto in G major for left hand, Alborada del grazioso, and Bolero in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Krakow's vocal octet, Octava Ensemble, sing John Singenberger’s Missa cordis Jesu in Kosciol Sw. Krzyza church, 23 Sw. Krzyza street and Plac Sw. Ducha square, at 7:15 p.m.
June 8th, Saturday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The Troubadour’ (premiere) in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Concert of classical music features Krakow Philharmonic Choir with conductor Gary Graden in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
June 9th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The Troubadour’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 10th, Monday: USA's rock band, Papa Roach, performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
June 11th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The Troubadour’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 12th, Wednesday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis performs trumpet music in the Franciscan monastery, 4 Franciszkanska street, at 11 a.m. (admission 5 PLN).
June 13th, Thursday: Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra and choir plus soloist singers perform George Frideric Handel's opera, Rodelina regina de’longobardi, in Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square and Szpitalna street, at at 7 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘The Troubadour’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 14th, Friday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir plus soloist singers tenor Zvetan Michailov, soprano Katarzyna Holysz, mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, and baritone Leszek Skrla perform the concert version of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’, the first act, in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 7:30 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 15th, Saturday: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with soloist singers tenor Zvetan Michailov, soprano Katarzyna Holysz, mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis, and baritone Leszek Skrla render the first act of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’ (concert version) in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
UK's downtempo act Bonobo performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
June 16th, Sunday: Krakow Opera Company produces ballet show based on Gluck’s ‘Orpheo and Euridice’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 18th, Tuesday: Krakow Opera Company produces ballet show based on Gluck’s ‘Orpheo and Euridice’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
UK’s pop act Bonobo performs in Studio club, 4 Budryka street, at 8 p.m.
June 21st, Friday: Open-air concert of operatic music by Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner features Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m. (free admission).
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
June 22nd, Saturday: Open-air concert features Poland’s jazz pianists Piotr Orzechowski and Marcin Masecki plus Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra playing Bach’s concerto in c minor BWV 1062 on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 7 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air jazz concert features Poland’s vocalists Krystyna Pronko, Grazyna Lobaszewska, Ola Dudziak, Ewa Zgoda, and Przemek Kleczkowski plus Wieslaw Wilczkiewicz Ensemble on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 9 p.m. followed by firework show at 10:30 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert features Poland’s pop act Magda Brudzinska performing world music on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 6 p.m. (free admission).
Open-air concert features UK’s maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy and Krakow’s Kroke band on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 8 p.m. (free admission).
June 23rd, Sunday: Krakow’s top singer-songwriter Grzegorz Turnau performs with Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra in Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street, at 6 p.m.
Krakow Opera Company produces Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ in Opera House, 48 Lubicz street, at 6:30 p.m.
Open-air concert features Poland’s veteran rock’n’roll band Czerwono-Czarni on Wisla riverbank opposite the Wawel Royal Castle at 3 p.m. (free admission).
June 25th, Tuesday: Open-air concert Viva Verdi features favorite opera arias on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 8:30 p.m.
UK’s noted band, Portishead, performs in the hala ocynowni of the Former Huta Sendzimira steelworks, now ArcelorMittal Poland, 1 Ujastek street, at 8 p.m. (admission 199 PLN).
Krakow’s quintet, Orkiestra Miasta Krakowa, play Corelli’s Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 9, Morricone’s Once Upon a Time in America, Bach’s Brandenburg concerto no. 3, Arlen’s Over the Rainbow, Piazzolla’s Oblivion, Mozart’s Divertimento no. 3, Morricone’s The Mission, Gardel’s Por una cabeza, Schnittke’s Polka, Williams’s Schindler;s List theme, and Vivaldi’s Winter - in the Old Synagogue, 24 Szeroka street, at 6 p.m.
June 28th, Friday: Krakow Opera Company produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
Israel’s band, The Apples, performs funky and groove jazz aboard Marta boat moored by Most Grunwaldzki bridge at 8 p.m. (admission 30 PLN).
June 29th, Saturday: Alfresco concert features Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra with Italy's violinist and conductor Alessandro Moccia performing Beethoven’s symphony no. 3 Heroic and Haydn’s symphony no. 102 The Miracle.
Krakow Opera Company produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
June 30th, Sunday: Alfresco concert features Krakow's Capella Cracoviensis chamber orchestra with Italy's violinist and conductor Alessandro Moccia performing Beethoven’s symphony no. 3 Heroic and Haydn’s symphony no. 102 The Miracle.
Krakow Opera Company produces Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ on the Wawel Royal Castle's courtyard at 9 p.m.
Concert of Jewish cantors features USA's Azi Schwartz and Yaakov Lemmer as well as Israel's Yaakov Motzen plus Lishmoa El Harina choir in Tempel Synagogue, 
24 Miodowa street, at 7 p.m. (admission 200 PLN).

Events in Krakow in July 2013 and beyond

Some Worthwhile Temporary Exhibitions in Krakow

Forever Young. Polish Art ca. 1900.

Stanislaw Wyspianski's self-portrait with wife in peasant costume

Impressive assemblage of works by Polish leading artists at the outset of the 20th century when Krakow witnessed an unprecedented explosion of creativity. Names of painters Teodor Axentowicz, Olga Boznanska, Julian Falat, Aleksander Gierymski, Jacek Malczewski, Jozef Mehoffer, Jozef Pankiewicz, Wladyslaw Podkowinski, Wojciech Weiss, Witold Wojtkiewicz, Leon Wyczolkowski, Stanislaw Wyspianski and sculptors Xawery Dunikowski, Konstanty Laszczka, and Waclaw Szymanowski say nothing to foreigners but they mean a lot to any cultured Pole. Kamienica Szolayskich, a branch of the National Museum in Krakow, at 11 Szczepanska street and Plac Szczpanski square through September 2013.


Krakow Festivals
Krakow Lajkonik parade
Hardly a month passes in Krakow without some time-honored occasion for common festivities or colorful ceremony. Krakow residents have their own unique way of celebrating
Christmas, carnival, Easter etc. The city is also famous in Poland for its many spectacular festivals unknown elsewhere, such as the wild Lajkonik parade (see the picture above). 
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Krakow's music 
The city resounds with music of every kind. Its lively club scene is divided between hip-hop, house, funky, techno, traditional rock and still more traditional jazz. And demanding audience may choose among frequent concerts and recitals of classical music. 
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Krakow Theater
Krakow features prominently on the theater map of Europe. Its legendary National Stary Theater counts among the continent’s best companies of players. As the rest of the city's repertory theaters it runs several playhouses of varied capacity. 
 
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Krakow Nightlife 
There is no shortage of places to drink, eat, and stay merry late into the night in Krakow. 
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Sport in Krakow 
You can see the best soccer in the country. Or try paragliding instead.  
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Krakow's Regular Culture Events
There are over fifty culture festivals in Krakow every single year. Some of them have been held for decades, some are relatively fresh calendar entries. Among the most prestigious such events count the
Music in Old Krakow’ International Festival, the International Biennial of Architecture, the International Graphic Art Triennial, and the Krakow Film Festival. 
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Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine
Museums in Krakow
Krakow boasts the best collections in Poland, and some of its treasures are the envy of every museum in the world. 

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Opera in Krakow 
The new Krakow Opera House, seat of the Krakow Opera Company, boasts three auditoriums, being the city's most popular venue for opera, operetta, and ballet shows. 
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Krakow Folk Traditions
Krakow region has always been rich in colorful folk traditions, handed down from generation to generation, with almost every village cultivating its own set of time-honored customs. Nowadays, as new lifestyles spread, some ancient practices are dead but many flourish. 
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