Programme

Attention: due to a common knowledge, that most of the events organized by the Borderland were open and widely accessible, we'd like to inform you, that due to organisational reasons the number of people that can participate in the Krasnogruda events is limited. Please, notify us before your arrival, that you wish to participate by e-mailing mariola@pogranicze.sejny.pl

KRASNOGRUDA, 30 JUNE 2011

Venue: the porch of the Krasnogruda Manor, Krasnogruda (9km from Sejny)

12 a.m.
THE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE CENTRE IN KRASNOGRUDA

The Centre will be opened by the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski and his wife Anna, in the presence of, inter alia: the Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Maciej Klimczak, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Arūnas Gelūnas, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas, and representatives of the regional authorities: the Voivod of Podlaskie Voivodship, Maciej Żywno, Vice Marshall of Podlaskie Voivodship, Cezary Cieślukowski, Chairman of the Podlaskie Voivodship Assembly, Bogdan Dyjuk, Councillor of the Podlaskie Voivodship Assembly, Waldemar Kwaterski, Starost of Sejny, Ryszard Grzybowski and Mayor of Sejny, Jan Stanisław Kap.

The ceremony will also be attended by the poet’s son, Anthony Miłosz with his family. Opening address: Krzysztof Czyżewski, President of Borderland Foundation and Director of the Centre “Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations.”

1.00 p.m.
IN SEARCH OF HOMELAND: CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ’S TESTIMONY AND PROPHECIES THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE KRASNOGRUDA MANOR HOUSE

1.30 p.m.
Lunch in the Krasnogruda park

3.00 p.m.
THE AGORA OF PHILOSOPHERS – Hospitable Europe
Participants: Zygmunt Bauman (Leeds), Cezary Wodziński (Ublik), Michał P. Markowski (Krakow).

5.00 p.m.
THE AGORA OF POETS – Europe’s Child Participants: Adam Zagajewski (Krakow), Marcelijus Martinaitis (Vilnius) and Alicja Rybałko (Vilnius). Moderator: Irena Grudzińska-Gross (New York).

7.00 p.m.
Dinner in the Krasnogruda park.

Venue: Sejny Basilica, Sejny:

9.00 p.m.
THE AGORA OF ARTISTS - “RETURN” ORATORIO
The premiere of the “Return” oratorio by Wlad Marhulets (New York) inspired by Czesław Miłosz’s poem under the same title, composed especially for the European Agora. Artists: Iwona Sobotka – soprano (Barcelona), Robert Gierlach – baritone (Warsaw), David Krakauer – clarinet (New York), Orchestra Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jauna Muzika Choir (Vilnius), conducted by Wlad Marhulets –  the composer (New York).

Poems of Czesław Miłosz will be read by Andrzej Seweryn.

KRASNOGRUDA, 1 JULY 2011

Venue: The White Synagogue, Sejny

EXHIBITION: Limes - Pontes – Agora. A Tale of the New Borderland of Europe in Eight Scenes

10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
“VISIONS OF NATIVE REALM” SYMPOSION - 1
Commentaries on Native Realm. Discussion. Speakers: Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine (Paris), Egidijus Aleksandravicius (Kaunas), Piotr Kłoczowski (Warsaw), Aleksander Schenker (New Haven).

Venue: “Gospoda” on the Lithuanian-Polish border

1.00-3.00 p.m.
Lunch

Venue: The White Synagogue, Sejny

3.00-5.00 p.m.
“VISIONS OF NATIVE REALM” SYMPOSION - 2
Speakers: Barbara Toruńczyk (Warsaw), Ihar Babkou (Minsk), Leonidas Donskis (Kaunas), Andrzej Mencwel (Warsaw), Adam Pomorski (Warsaw).

Venue: The White Synagogue, Sejny

6.00-7.00 p.m.
DESCRIBING MIŁOSZ
A meeting with Professor Aleksander Fiut, the author of Z Miłoszem (With Miłosz), Andrzej Franaszek, the author of Miłosz. Biografia (Miłosz. Biography) and Algis Kaleda (The Apprentice of Time)

Venue: “Gospoda” on the Lithuanian-Polish border

7.00-9.00 p.m.
Dinner

9.00-11.00 p.m.
THE FLYING LITERARY “CAFÉ EUROPA”
An evening of poetry reading and music inside the White Synagogue in Sejny.
Participants: Jane Hirshfield (San Francisco), Birute Jonuškaite (Vilnius), Joanna Miłosz-Piekarska (Melbourne), Andrey Khadanovich (Minsk), Oleg Czuchoncew (Moscow), Johan de Boose (Bruksela), Ryszard Krynicki (Krakow), Vasyl Makhno (New York), Donatas Petrošius (Vilnius).

Singers: Irena Kalinauskienė, Vytautas Batvinskas, Piotr Fiedorowicz.

Anthony Miłosz will be reciting the poetry of Czesław Miłosz.

KRASNOGRUDA, 2 JULY 2011    

Venue: The White Synagogue, Sejny

10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
“VISIONS OF NATIVE REALM” SYMPOSION - 3
Speakers: Irena Grudzińska-Gross (New York), Andrzej Franaszek (Krakow), Krzysztof Rutkowski (Paris), Marek Zaleski (Warsaw).

Venue: “Gospoda” on the Lithuanian-Polish border

1.00 p.m. – 2.45 p.m
Lunch

Venue: Borderland House, Sejny

2.45 a.m. - 3.15 p.m.
The opening of the “Orpheus and Euridice” exhibition of paintings by Wiesław Szumiński, and display of the exhibitions “Miłosz in Samizdat” and “Native Realm in the World.”

Venue: The White Synagogue, Sejny

3.15 p.m. - 5 p.m.
“VISIONS OF NATIVE REALM” SYMPOSION - 4 Speakers: Clare Cavanagh (Chicago), Małgorzata Dziewulska (Warsaw), Smaranda Enache (Tirgu Mures), Marek Tomaszewski (Paris). Symposion’s summary: Krzysztof Czyżewski (Krasnogruda)

Venue: “Gospoda” on the Lithuanian-Polish border

6.00 - 8.00 p.m.
Dinner

Venue: Krasnogruda park

8.00 - 9.00 p.m.
ISSA VALLEY  
The film is based on an open-air performance of the Sejny Theatre titled the Issa Valley - A tale in Pictures, at Nightfall, in the Space of Krasnogruda Park, and a presentation of the publication titled “Krasnogruda Route."

Venue: Krasnogruda park

9.00-10.30 p.m.
EVENING SONG
A concert of the Klezmer Orchestra of the Sejny Theatre.