June 24th to July 8th 2013

Join His Grace Bishop Maxim, Bishop of Western America and Fr. Blasko Paraklis of Orange County, CA on a fascinating guided tour of famed Mt. Athos in Greece, and Serbia, including Kosovo, Montenegro and Hercegovina. The tour will include many beautiful Orthodox churches and monasteries, overnight stays at various monasteries, veneration of holy relics, an audience with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and visits to major attractions in Thessaloniki and Belgrade. Men will spend four days on Mount Athos, while the women take a cruise around Mount Athos and enjoy 4 days in a beautiful resort near the city of Uranopolis.

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Rick Quinn, owner of Opolo Vineyards of Paso Robles, California has just announced the Opolo's 2013 Adriatic Coast Tour, led by Rick himself.

Rick was born in Minnesota where he was an active member of the Serbian Church and community of Duluth. He is an avid member, player and supporter of the tambura community. Come join your favorite winery as they taste, tour and experience the fine foods, wines, and sites of that part of Europe. The tour will be June 19 - July 2 and he is inviting those who would like to join the group tour to do so at the vineyard website.

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- Topic: Idealization of the West and Cultural Dissonance in Serbia

- Lecturer: Andrei Simic, Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California

- Place: Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Campus

- Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

- Time: 5:15 pm

- FREE and Open to the Public

- Sponsored by the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 510-642-3230

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According to our source from United Kingdom, "Silver Mask" Productions and "North Shore" Pictures have teamed up to produce director Michael Anton's Nikola Tesla movie The Mad Scientist. The film is set to shoot in Pittsburgh in late August of this year. After weeks of anticipation Michael Anton has selected Serbian actor, Branko Tomovic to play Nikola Tesla in this biopic.

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For those who might be interested, we wanted to share that Oksana Germain (age 17) will be performing solo recitals at two San Diego libraries in April. Both recitals will feature the music of Scarlatti, Debussy, Brahms, and Prokofiev. Admission is free!

У балској дворани хотела „Мериот" у центру Вашингтона окупили су се у среду професионалци еснафа у коме се мешају бизнис и задовољство: продавци и купци вина. Догађај је организовала компанија „Винбоу" (на енглеском ово име је комбинација речи вино и дуга), да би ресторанима и продајним ланцима показала своју понуду за ову годину..

Šta se sve na ovom svetu promenilo u četvrtak u jedan popodne, kada je sa beogradskog aerodroma poleteo avion, jedan od mnogih tog dana? Ko to zna. Ali jesu život četvorogodišnje Marijane, iz Kraljeva, i njene nove majke, Amerikanke Linde Rahal. Njih dve će posle nekoliko presedanja završiti u glavnom gradu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, novom domu za Marijanu i, od petka, potpuno drugačijem za Lindu.

Kada bi o njihovoj sudbini neko snimao film, po scenariju kojem je pisac nepotreban, jer ga je ispisao sam život, prva scena odigrala bi se dve i po godine ranije u Lindinom stanu u Vašingtonu.

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Никола Тесла је вечита тема и инспирација Њујорка. Американци се његовим делом баве на један начин, а ја бих желела да покажем нешто потпуно другачије. Оно што они менталитетом не могу да региструју и схвате! Иако је Тесла био интровертни геније, који је по многима остао несхваћен, желим да станем на његову страну кад је однос са Едисоном у питању..