Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Thursday, September 05, 2019

This Second World War "photo thriller" is a worthwhile documentary from Deutsche Welle.

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It's another fine Deutsche Welle documentary, this time with a few uncharacteristic twists. If you're interested in the World Wa...
Friday, November 30, 2018

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: In which the quest for draft Żywiec Porter concludes in Gdansk, 16 years later.

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Way back in the spring of 2002, I organized a small group tour of selected beer heritage sites in Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republ...
Friday, November 02, 2018

Eight Days of Gdansk, November 2: Marcin Gortat on Polish basketball, and prospects for a game in Tricity.

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A native of Łódź in Poland, Marcin Gortat currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. This is Gortat's 13th season in the NBA, and...
Thursday, November 01, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Three books by Polish writers.

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ON THE AVENUES: Three books by Polish writers. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. In recognition of our ongoing Polish travels, today...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Eight Days of Gdansk, October 30: Gdańsk raises the flag (again) against a wave of populism sweeping Poland.

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I've wanted to visit Gdansk for a very long time, since at least the mid-1980s when Solidarity faced off against the Polish communist...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: From Baltic to Mediterranean, the diary of an unrepentant New Albanian Europhile.

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ON THE AVENUES: From Baltic to Mediterranean, the diary of an unrepentant New Albanian Europhile. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The Road to Gdansk, a primer on Polish history and the first flowering of Solidarity.

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This hard-nosed, old-school, just-the facts documentary was released in 1983, only a short time after the events being recorded. I can...
Sunday, February 05, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: You may need pickle brine after the Stupor Bowl, or throughout Trump's term.

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Welcome to the pickleback : A whiskey shot with pickle brine as a chaser. Thanks to K for the link. Pickle Brine Is Why the Polish Don’...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Reverse graffiti? Nah, that'd never work here -- not that we'd allow it, or powerwash ANYTHING.

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Our mercifully concluded Great Street Piano Bottleneck of 2015 has me thinking about public art. You Missed a Spot (and Made a Mural): Po...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Lanzmann, Shoah, and a persistence of memory.

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I'm surprised to learn that Claude Lanzmann is still with us, but he is, at the ripe age of 87. The English translation of his 2009 auto...