Storytelling

Dusan Vranic, sommelier: ‘A magic land of wine’

~ Milica Puric ~ Dusan Vranic has one of the best jobs in the world. He is a sommelier — a wine connoisseur, taster and “describer” who sells wines to the guests in expensive luxury restaurants. This profession brings Dusan Vranic into situations where he meets people who do not regret spending a couple of […]

Jasmin Bambur: Completely free in a wheelchair

~ Milica Puric ~ “I was skiing the whole day while it was still snowing. We ski and hope for the summer.” That’s how the Paralympian Jasmin Bambur spends the first days of May in Colorado, where he lives with his wife, Sarah, and two little daughters. This exceptional athlete represented Serbia, his birth country, […]

Zoran Velimanović: Noć pred velike događaje

~ Olivera Bjekic ~ Zoran Velimanović, izložba “Fantastičnih 6” u Beogradu – Preko 6.000 ljudi posetilo je septembarsku izložbu “Fantastičnih 6”, a čak 2.000 bilo je prisutno  na otvaranju. To govori da smo kvalitetni i da su ljudi željni figuracije, štafelajskog slikarstva i izložbi. U Beogradu je ostalo dosta pametnih ljudi, onih koji čitaju, koji […]

The power of word ‘YES’

There are a few versions of the story of how John Lennon met Yoko Ono, but the most interesting and probably the only true one is the story that they’ve been connected over the word ‘YES’. According to this story, they met each other on November 7th in 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London […]

Las Vegas – the city of deception

I traveled to Las Vegas just to escape from Chicago. The saddest winter of my life was behind me and the idea of removing myself from the Windy City for two days sounded like a good plan. Besides, I already bought a ticket for the huge fashion show two months ago, so I was ready […]

Doktor za džez – Dimitrije Vasiljević, kompozitor i pijanista

Dimitrije Vasiljević, kompozitor i pijanista iz Beograda koji godinama živi i radi u Njujorku, nedavno je doktorirao na Ilinoj Univerzitetu u Urbana-Champaignu na temu ‘Kontrapunkt u džez klaviru’ i tako postao prvi doktor džez klavira iz Srbije. On kaže da je kontrapunkt relativno neistražena i nova tehnika u džez klaviru o kojoj nije puno pisano, […]

Ilija Šaula: Umetnost mudrog razgovora

Ilija Šaula na jednom od književnih nastupa Posle pet knjga poezije, Ilija Šaula, pisac, humanista i investitor iz FiIaldefije objavio je nedavno prvu knjigu proze i nazvao je ‘Bulevar svetlosti – promisli o životu’. Ova knjiga je himna optimizmu, svetlosti, dobroti i svim ljudskim vrednostima  koje uvek uspeju da budu jače od mraka i svih […]

Anger

Prometheus is bringing fire to mankind, statue, Rockefeller Center, NYC Wise words of wisdom from Greek mythology: ‘For when the gods truly wish to destroy a man they first make him angry. From a position of anger he can be swayed towards all things. He can be made to act dishonorably for the sake of […]