Did you know that the Art Institute of Chicago offers Free Winter Weekdays? Daily admission to the Art Institute of Chicago is free to Illinois residents each and every weekday from January 2 through February 10, 2012.  Come on the new free days at the Art Institute of Chicago and walk through and explore the new Modern Wing.
There is so much to see!   With a collection of more than 260,000 art works and artifacts, the museum has particularly strong collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, early 20th century European painting and sculpture, contemporary art, Japanese prints, and photography.  Included in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection are more than …

Chopin Theatre is pleased to introduce Chicago audiences to a new international duo, iAN&ANi. Russian-born cellist Ian Maksin and Bulgarian pianist Ani Gogova present passionate and electrifying music of Spanish and Latin American composers as well as works inspired by Spanish themes

Let’s shortly summarize  – what Bulgaria is known for worldwide:
- With its history and cultural monuments – Plovdiv is the oldest existing city today in Europe, the oldest processed gold in the world was discovered near Varna (5000 BC), and only Italy and Greece have more antiques in their museums;

- With heavenly natural beauty – in an area of approximately 111,000 square kilometers (way smaller than the state of Illinois) are situated some of the highest peaks in Europe, the beautiful Black Sea, fertile fields and gardens, where everything …

iAN&ANi Duo (Ian Maksin – cello and Ani Gogova – piano) are presenting their Chicago debut performance at the Russian Literary Salon Series.

The World Kindness Day is on November 13, 2011. It is a day that encourages individuals to overlook boundaries, race and religion. According to modern psychology, altruistic acts increases our own happiness in a profound way.
The World Kindness Day was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Japan, Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates.
Kindness is the act or the state of being kind – ie. marked by goodness and charitable behaviour, mild disposition, pleasantness, tenderness and concern for others. It is …

Fri, 11/11/2011
by James Pardew*
Democracy took a step backward in the latest presidential and municipal election process in Bulgaria. The campaign leading up to those elections in this Nato and EU nation exposed an alarming decline in the freedom and independence of print and electronic media and political intimidation at levels not seen in decades in the country.
From Sunday’s run-off and elections a week earlier, the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Party (GERB) of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov won the presidency and mayor positions in the majority of major towns …

Veterans’ Day will be celebrated on November 11, 2011 (also known as 11/11/11). The City of Chicago will be hosting a Veterans’ Day Ceremony honoring those who have served in times of peace as well as war. The event starts at 11 a.m. at at Soldier Field, Gate O (1410 S. Museum-Campus Drive).Admission is free.
Keynote Speakers: Danielle Green Byrd – Specialist U.S. Army (Retired) and Jean Albright – MSgt USAF (Retired).
The keynote speakers, along with representatives from all branches of media will lay a wreath at the Doughboy statue located …

November 2, 2011
Today, 2.11.2011, Eng. Petar Penchev, a member of the Public Board of the Anna Politkovskaya Free Speech Association, holder of the Golden Dove award for human rights, submitted a supplement to the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office with respect to an alert under case № 10476/2008, under which an inspection by the Appeal Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia was renewed one month ago. The supplement drew attention to the fact that a further employee at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant has confirmed cases of fraud revealed three years ago by …

Rosen Plevneliev, the candidate of the ruling center-right party GERB, has won Bulgaria’s Presidential Elections.
Plevneliev, who served as Regional Development Minister in the Borisov Cabinet from 2009 till 2011, quitting in order to run for President, emerged as the winner in Bulgaria’s presidential vote run-off on Sunday.
Plevneliev beat his competitor, the candidate of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Ivaylo Kalfin, by winning 55.3% of the votes cast Sunday, according to the exit poll of Gallup.
Kalfin, a former Foreign Minister in the Stanishev Cabinet in 2005-2009, and current Member of the European …

The world famous Bulgarian musician THEODOSII SPASSOV is coming on his NORTH AMERICA-2011 TOUR. Sunday, October 30, 2011 in CHICAGO, IL