5 December Movie Nights
Winner of 6 Academy Awards with special features
Color, 141 min.
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10 December DEBUT ARTC – Opening ceremony of Helga Birki’s exhibition
6pm, American Corner
Helga Birki, a representative of the youngest artist generation is at the beginning of her career. Her impressions of the world are sometimes abstract, at other times realistic. On this exhibition imprints of faces will be put on display resculptured by the artist. By setting the face out of the body she is trying to emphasize the force of expression and the potentials of sensation.
The exhibition can be viewed between 10-24 December, 2006.
12 December INTO – Academic Exchange Opportunities for high school students
6pm, American Corner
An orientation in Hungarian by Éva Gottweld, INTO director on the academic student exchange opportunities to the USA.
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12 December Movie Nights
Winner of 7 Academy Awards
Feature run time: 2hours 48 minutes!!!
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14 December Famous Hungarian Immigrants to the U.S. 4pm, American Corner
A lecture by Dr. Craig L. Dicker from the Office of English Language Programs, the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest.
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14 December X-mas Tea Party
5:30pm, American Corner
We'll have parallel programs in our rooms:
Listening to Jay Miller's heart-warming stories
Watching The Nightmare Before Christmas (puppet-animation horror-musical)
sipping tea and chatting
Zsófia Ráksi’s presentation in English on superstitions around New Year’s Day and Hungarian traditions.
January 2007
9 JanuaryMovie Nights „A Texas-sized package bursting with action, mystery and romance!"
Running time: 2 hours 1 minute
Color, 1960
English subtitles available
15-19 January "I Have a Dream..."
Multimedia exhibition commemorating the Martin Luther King Day
In the American Corner Debrecen a multimedia exhibition shows you Dr. King's life, ideas and his role in the Civil Rights Movement using not only plain text, but pictures, motion pictures and music too.
Free entrance for everyone during the office hours.
22-26 JanuaryHungarian Culture's Day
Bilingual Multimedia Exhibition on Hungarian Culture
In the American Corner Debrecen you have 5 days to visit and to look at pieces of Hungarian arts connected to a historical timeline. The chronologically shown events are compared to American happenings making it easier to imagine the co-existence of the two cultures. See hand-made tapestry and ceramics and read the greatest Hungarian poems in English!
23 January Movie Nights
"Emotionally gripping."
Winner of 2 Academy Awards
Running time: 129 minutes Black and White, 1940
English subtitles available
30 JanuaryMovie Nights
"An altogether delightful musical holiday."
Running time: 114 minutes
Color, 1951
English subtitles available
February 2007
5 FebruarySuper Bowl XLI
Time: 7 pm Venue: DVC Room, American Corner Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears
11am - 4pm This is the birthday of one of the most famous American presidents, Abraham Lincoln. We remember him by showing documentary movies about his life, work and assassination.
4 pm Abraham Lincoln: Myth and Reality - presentation by István Kornél Vida, teacher at the North-American Department, Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen. _________________________________________________________________________
14 February Ambassador Foley on Study Opportunities in the U.S.
Ambassador Foley and professor Zoltán Abádi-Nagy visit the American Corner Debrecen to meet local high school students and talk to them about studying in the United States.
Students from every school are welcome and encouraged to ask questions.
14 February ATTENTION U.S. CITIZENS: Service Day
12 a.m. - 3 p.m.
A representative of the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest will visit the American Corner in Debrecen, located at 4025 Debrecen, Piac u. 77, on February 14, 2007 to provide certain services for American citizens and to answer questions related to Consular matters.
FREE SERVICES
• Register with the Embassy (bring your pass-port and social security number)
• Register to vote
• Add pages to your passport**
• Order tax forms
• Ask questions about immigration
and citizenship issues
FEE SERVICES
(The consular officer will not have change).
• Renew your passport $67.00 for adults, $82.00 for minor ** (Please call 36-1-475-4164 for document requirements)
• Notarize documents $30.00 for first signature, $20.00 for additional signatures
**Please note that passport renewal and adding pages require using the courier service (for a fee of 1428 HUF) or coming to the embassy to pick up the passport.
A play by Edward Albee. Time: 8 pm Venue: Studio 111 (Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen) Running time: 70 min.
A park bench, two strangers and a mysterious trip to the zoo.
American playwright Edward Albee's play put on stage by young artists. The performance won the Best Production, Best Actor and the British Council Special Award in 2003 at the Annual English Drama Festival in Debrecen.
A good English is neccessary to understand the performance!
On this week the Americans celebrate George Washington's birthday (22 February) and the President's Day (the third Monday in February).
21st February Thomas Woodrow Wilson 6:30pm A presentation in Hungarian by Tibor Glant, Chair, North American Department, IEAS, UD
22nd February The Presidency and US Foreign Policy 6 pm A presentation in English by Eric Gaudiosi, political counselor, US Embassy
For a week we set up a gallery of the presidents of the United States, make interactive games available in connection with these noble statesmen and we also show a one-hour documentary movie every day from 4pm to 5pm.
