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Next Page Foundation organises comix and graphic novels workshop which takes place at the Red House Center for Culture and Debate between November 9–12, 2008. The workshop is organized in collaboration with the British Council and will be held by the recognized Britsih authors John MacCria and Hunt Emerson. The deadline for submission of applications is October 15 (Wednesday). More information about the workshop can be found at www.npage.org/rubrique51.html. If you are interested please write at comix@npage.org.

Dear ladies and gentlemen, We would like to inform you that the debate Islam: From European, US and Bulgarian Perspective, together with the  screening of the documentary film Base: Afghanistan/Pakistan, scheduled at October 14 (Tuesday) 2008, has been rescheduled for November 11 (Tuesday), 7.00 p.m. Please excuse us for the inconvenience.

September 19–October 20, between 3.00 untill 7.00 p.m., except Sunday Nameless hall, Gulliver hall Saetchi Collection exhibition Authors: Nika Oblak and Primož Novak (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Curator: Yana Kostova Saetchi Collection is dealing with the relationship between global economy and branding/marketing of contemporary art. The focal point in the exhibition explores the relationship between the original artifact and a copy being reciprocity between priceless and worthless. Because when an artist becomes a star, as Charles Saatchi stated, he is able to sell anything he touches. The project presents commissioned and/or hand made by the Slovenian artists pirate copies of famous contemporary artists, whose names are slightly transformed so they remain recognizable (for example Jeffry Kunst instead of Jeff Koons). In contrast to the originals owned by the richest collectors and contemporary art museums –the new artworks are sold at a reasonable price and are designated for „mainstream consumer”. The gap between worthless and priceless is not characteristic only for contemporary arts, but also symbolizes the global economy, by means of which the so- called developed countries use the third world countries in order to maintain their welfare.On this basis are created the pieces in this collection, which real coutry of origin virtually is Bulgaria, where the two Slovenian artists resided in the summer of 2007. At the exhibition’s closing on October 20 (Monday) you have the opportunity to talk to the artists together with a small treat. The exhibition has been prepared in collaboration with Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana and sponsored by City of Ljubljana and Republic of Slovenia - Ministry of Culture. Free entrance read more

13 October (Monday) 2008, 6.30 p.m. Pesha Nikolova hall “Christianity and Culture” Club аnd Communitas Foundation present: Christianity and Science debate With this debate we try to find out whether the Christianity is hostile towards science and what are the contemporary dimensions/aspects of these interrelations/inetrcources? With the participation of Prof. Georgi Kapriev, Prof. Vladimir Gradev, Prof. Kalin Yanakiev and Prof. Tzocho Boyadjiev. Moderator - Prof. Georgi Kapriev In Bulgarian. Free entrance

9 October (Thursday) 2008, 7.00 p.m. Red hall Communitas Foundation and The Red House centre for Culture and Debate are pleased to invite you at the book premiere: Three Faces of the Thyranny: Aleksander Lukashenko, Islam Karimov, Vladimir Putin Author - prof. Evgeniy Dajnov (politologist and University Professor) Published by Communitas Foundation The spreading of democracy throughout the world means the integration of more and more people to civilization and maintaining a living standard in which more and more people would be happy (if they want, of course). It seemed that this was exactly what was happening during the decade after the fall of communism, the break-up of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. From the beginning of the 21st century, however, this rising tide turned into a low tide. More and more countries are becoming territories, where there is no state. Many of the countries, where a state exists, are turning either into autocratic or tyrannical regimes – in places where the state power exerts atrocity and violence upon its own population. This is precisely what Vladimir Putin in Russia, Aleksander Lukashenko in Belarus and Islam Karimov in Uzbekistan have been doing for years. Free entrance

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