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Bled Castle
updated 29 hours ago
The town of Bled with its idyllic island situated in the centre of the lake is one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions from a natural and historic point of view. The picturesque Bled Castle standing on the cliff towering over the lake below, with the high Julian Alps rising in the background, can be seen in every brochure on Slovenia. Built by the Bishops of Brixen and first mentioned in documents in the year 1011, the castle celebrated its 1000-year anniversary in 2011. Since 1957 the Museum at Bled Castle offers an overview of the eventful history of Bled from the time of the first settlements to the present day.
Bled Festival Hall
updated 29 hours ago
Bled Festival Hall in the Gorenjska Region is located in the park next to Bled Lake. The main hall contains 484 seats while the centre also has a second hall at its disposal accommodating up to 100 people and two smaller halls that can host up to 36 people. The foyer can also be used as an exhibition space. The hall is managed by Bled Cultural Institute and has all the needed technical equipment for various cultural events as well as meetings, conferences and receptions.
Beno Zupančič Library Postojna
updated 30 hours ago
Beno Zupančič Library Postojna is one of the Notranjska region's main cultural, educational and free time activity centres. It has branches in Pivka and Prestranek. Originally established in 1905 as the People's Library, this institution was known from 1957 as the City Library before it acquired its current name in 1981.
Beletrina Bookshop
updated 30 hours ago
Since its opening in January 2010, the Beletrina Bookshop represents an important space for socialising and getting information about the contemporary literary scene by organising a variety of events, such as book presentations, author meetings, etc. It was opened by Študentska založba Publishing House, in the building that also houses the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Science and Arts, Azil Bookshop and the popular LP Café in the historical centre of Ljubljana.
Since 2014, the bookshop has been run by Beletrina Publishing Institute, the successor of Študentska založba. In addition to the complete collection of works published by Beletrina, the bookshop offers books by many Slovene publishing houses as well as translations of Slovene authors. In 2021, the bookshop was moved to a new location on Stari trg 3.
Španski borci Centre for Culture
updated 31 hours ago
Španski borci Culture Centre reopened in November 2009 in Ljubljana’s Moste neighbourhood. Run by En–Knap Productions, it is the largest cultural venue in Slovenia managed by a non-governmental organisation. The centre provides a much-needed performance space in Ljubljana, as well as two rehearsal studios. Its programme focuses on contemporary dance and performance, and also includes music, visual arts, and literature. A varied programme for younger audiences invites children and young people to discover the arts through imaginative workshops, performances, and educational projects that combine dance, theatre, and music. The centre also features a reading room, a mediatheque, a café, and a gallery.
TRIGGER Showcase Festival
updated 31 hours ago
Founded in 2019, the TRIGGER Showcase Festival is dedicated to promoting Slovenian independent performing arts and strengthening their position both locally and internationally. The festival presents a selection of the most relevant productions by independent Slovenian artists and producers with strong international potential, alongside a programme of talks, lectures, and workshops featuring guest curators from international festivals, agents, and experts in distribution and international collaboration.
TRIGGER is part of the wider TRIGGER platform, a partnership between Glej Theatre, Bunker Institute, Maska Institute, Moment Arts and Culture Association, Motovila Institute, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Pekinpah Association, Mladinsko Theatre, and Via Negativa. It maintains active links with various European networks, such as ONDA, IETM, and EAIPA.
Small Arts Platform
updated 31 hours ago
The Small Arts Platform, organised by the Emanat Institute since 2018 and hosted at Mladinsko Theatre, is an international festival of urban performance genres, including cabaret, queer burlesque, vaudeville, stand-up, clowning, improvisational theatre, and various unclassified hybrid forms. The festival brings together Slovenian and international artists, offering performances often described as "small" for their provocative content, social commentary, and appropriation of pop culture in a theatrical context, as well as talks, round tables, and workshops.
Front@ Contemporary Dance Festival
updated 36 hours ago
Organised since 2006 by the Flota Institute, Front@ Contemporary Dance Festival is held annually at the end of August in Murska Sobota, in Slovenia’s eastern Prekmurje region. It features high-quality Slovene and international dance performances, contributing to the decentralisation of the contemporary dance scene, and also offers workshops, artist talks, and improvised dance gatherings.
Residencies at Center Rog
updated 2 days ago
Center Rog offers three separate residence opportunities. "The Designer in Residency" and "Makers in Residency" schemes invite international artists from the field of design, architecture, craft, and related disciplines for 3–6-month-long residencies that address with specific issues, e.g., overheating of urban environments or relationships with non-human agents. The residents receive free accommodation in the center, free use of the nine production labs for the duration of the residency, mentorship and support from Center Rog technologists, coverage of material expenses, training for independent use of equipment and reimbursement of travel and visa costs. They are obliged to publicly present their artistic project during the stay.
Center Rog also offers short-term, two-week residencies to Slovenian creatives who live outside of the Central Slovenia region or right beyond the country's borders. The candidates for all the residencies are selected through regular open calls.