A mini-moon will be on display in Cluj Napoca. It is based on NASA photos, and will look like the moon might have if Gru from Despicable Me really succeeded in shrinking…
Category: entertainment
Kendamanai takes Cluj
A few weeks ago, we saw Kandama’s outside schools, appartment blocks, homes, and parks throughout Cluj. However, on Saturday, Iulius Mall had a Kendama competition which overtook all expectations. On the stage,…
Expats love Cluj’s version of Mark Twain
In the film festival, we saw the screens of Cluj. During the rest of the year, we have visited the three main theatres. The Hungarian Theatre is showing an adaptation of “Tom…
Review: Vecina (Mircea Bravo 4)
Technically, “Vecina” is not a sequel to Mircea Bravo. I mean, the characters seem to be the same, with the same actor playing Bunica, and none of the actors seem to break…
MINA – Museum of immersive New Art – partial review
We went to Mina, the Museum of Immersive New Art, in Cluj. At fifty lei a person (40 lei for reduced tickets) you would think you got to see the entire museum. …
Hungarian Days are in Cluj
For the next week, Cluj will celebrate the Hungarian part of its heritage. This includes concerts, fairs, sports, religious services, poetry, visual arts, history, and hopefully a few reenactments. And of course,…
Superheroes, the undead, and other dual personalities
Filmmakers in Eastern and Central Europe don’t seem to want to deal with the obvious horror theme. You can find “Dracula’s” castle packed with tourists, but the real Vlad Tepes was only…
ChatGTP admits to plagiarism
Extract So, nothing you say is original? Chatboy: That is correct. Summary Okay, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration. We asked her in a British kind of euphemistic way. Here…
The show must go on
We were very impressed by the resilience and professionalism of the theatre troop from Porto who visited Cluj last weekend. With a showing of The Crucible, the first thing I noticed…
Portuguese language theatre, this weekend, in Cluj
Ezen a hétvégén, Kolozsváron, nyelven portugálul, A SALEMI BOSZORKÁNYOK van. Yes, Hungarian might be a hard language to understand at first, even harder than Portuguese. So, unless you speak Hungarian, you might…