SARAJEVO - In Your Pocket

12 Culture & events
La Boheme at the National Theatre
Sarajevska Zima (Sarajevo Winter) Maršala Tita 9a,
tel. (+387) 33 20 79 45/(+387) 33 20 79 48, fax (+387)
33 20 79 48, ibrosa@bih.net.ba, www.sarajevskazima.
ba. Sarajevo Winter has become a traditional gathering of artists
from all over the world ever since it was first held in 1984
during the XIV Winter Olympic Games. The program features
concerts, exibitions in galleries and museums, theater plays.
There is something for everyone.
Cinemas
Apolo Mis Irbina 2, tel. (+387) 33 44 52 01.
Multiplex Cinema City Titova 26, tel. (+387) 33
228 008, fax. (+387) 33 228 008, info@cinemacity.
ba, www.cinemacity.ba
Unitic Fra Anđela Zvizdovića 1, tel. (+387) 33 29 50
01. QOpen 18:00 - 20:30.
Concert Halls
Sarajevo Arts Agency Dalmatinska 2/I, tel. (+387) 33
20 79 29/(+387) 33 20 79 21, fax (+387) 33 20 79 72,
koncagsa@bih.net.ba, www.sarajevoarts.ba. The Sarajevo
Arts Agency organises a variety of concerts and festivals around
Sarajevo and the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo Philharmonic B-4, Obala Kulina 9, tel.
(+387) 33 66 65 19/(+387) 33 66 65 20, fax (+387)
33 66 65 21. The Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra is able
to trace its roots back to before World War I, when serious
musicians in the region were engaged in military instrumental
music and other ensembles such as the Military Music
Orchestra, the Student Orchestra of the Great Gymnasium
of Sarajevo, the Musical Choir for Violins, of the Serbian vocal
association “Sloga”, and Mannergesangverein, a musical
society comprised of Austrian officials.
Culture Centres
British Council Ljubljanska 9, tel. (+387) 33 250 220,
fax (+387) 33 250 240, British.Council@britishcouncil.
ba, www.britishcouncil.ba. The British Council is the UK’s
leading international organisation for educational and cultural
relations. QOpen 08:30 - 17:00, Fri 08:30 - 15:30. Closed
Sat, Sun. Information Centre:
Opening Times are from 12:00 - 17:00.
Centre Andre Malraux Mula Mustafe Bašeskije
8, tel. (+387) 33 206 889, fax (+387) 33 668 605,
malraux@bih.net.ba, www.malraux.ba. A French cultural
centre based in Sarajevo. Library and information available
for French speaking expatriates. French lessons for locals.
QOpen 10:00 - 16:00, Sat 10:30 - 14:00. Closed Sun. The
Library has different opening times:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:00-18:00h
Tuesday and Thursday: 14:00-18:00h
Culture Department of the Spanish Embassy
Čekaluša 14, tel. (+387) 33 223 331/(+387) 33 278
560, fax (+387) 33 278 582, ofcult@bih.net.ba. Part
of the Spanish Embassy, the cultural department organizes
events related to Spanish and Latin American culture. Ask
here also for Spanish language courses. QOpen 10:00
- 13:00 & 15:00 - 16:30. Closed Sat, Sun.
Goethe Institut B-5, Bentbaša 1a, tel. (+387) 33 570
000, fax (+387) 33 570 030, info@sarajevo.goethe.
org, www.goethe.de/sarajevo. The cultural centre from
Germany organizes german language courses, exhibitions,
concerts and so on relating to German culture. QOpen 09:00
- 17:00, Fri 09:00 - 14:00. Closed Sat, Sun.
Islamic Republic of Iran Culture Centre Ferhadija 2, tel.
(+387) 33 711 055. QOpen 09:00 - 16:00. Closed Sat, Sun.
Turkish Cultural Information Centre B-4, Mula
Mustafe Bašeskije do 31, tel. (+387) 33 271 150.
Movies on Tuesdays at 17:00 (English subtitles). QOpen
09:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon, Sun.
Galleries
Collegium Artisticum A-2, Terezije bb (Centar Skenderija),
tel. (+387) 33 270 750/(+387) 33 204 352,
fax (+387) 33 270 751, cagalerija@open.net.ba, www.
collegium.ba. Formed in 1975, Collegium Artisticum provided
a gallery and meeting place for the nation’s three premier
art associations. Operating throughout the war years, the
Collegium remains a gathering venue for many of the city’s
artists and intellectuals and has been involved in a range of
cultural programmes that cover the arts in all their forms.
QOpen 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.
Galerija 10m² ((Camille Laurelli)) B-4, Stakleni
Grad, Ferhadija 17, tel. (+387) 63 95 21 97/(+387) 61
917 037. Q Thu-Sun 14:00-19:00, closed Mon-Wed
Retrospectrum B-4, Zelenih Beretki 8, tel. (+387) 33
266 550, fax (+387) 33 664 162, ugbih@yahoo.com.
Q Tue-Sat 12:00-20:00, closed Sun & Mon
Theatres
Sarajevo Youth Theatre B-3, Kulovića 8, tel. (+387)
33 44 25 72, fax (+387) 33 20 57 99, pozmladi@bih.
net.ba, www.pozoristemladih.ba. Formed in 1997, the
Sarajevo Youth Theatre was the result of a merger between
two other theatre groups for young people that had been in
existence since 1950. It has won numerous accolades and
awards and some of its members have gone to become
amongstBosnia’s best-known performers. As their website
says, ‘Sarajevo’s Youth Theatre has been and has remained
a theatre for all generations.’
SARTR (Sarajevo War Theatre) Ćemaluša 1,
tel. (+387) 33 66 40 70. Often performing for beer
and cigarettes during the siege, when most artists and
performers had fled the city, these days the Sarajevo
War Theatre (SARTR) is a successful professional theatre
company with an international reputation. During the war the
company gave over 2000 performances, often in the most
difficult of conditions, as part of the ‘theatre against death’
motive that lay at the heart of its formation and existence.
The National Theatre B-4, Obala Kulina Bana 9, tel.
(+387) 33 22 16 82/(+387) 33 66 36 47, fax (+387) 33
44 51 38, npsa@bih.net.ba, www.nps.ba. The National
Theatre of Sarajevo has been performing both in Bosnia and
abroad since its founding in 1921. During the last 85 + years
its performers, directors, choreographers and other staff have
won great acclaim and numerous awards. QOpen 09:00
- 12:00 & 16:00 - 19:30. Tickets: €2.50-5.
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