We bring you some of the most extraordinary Yugoslav electronic gems that found their way to various (re)releases in Europe and the US. Read part two here. In the last years, various collections of electronic music from former Yugoslavia popped up, ranging from numerous streamable and downloadable CDR mixtapes and bold releases by small labels...Continue Reading

Laibach is the German name for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is however also the name of a controversial music group formed on 1 June 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia, which at the time was part of socialist Yugoslavia. Laibach were the predecessor, and the musical section, of the influential 1980s art movement Neue Slowenische...Continue Reading

Only a few months ago the global media got flabbergasted by the fact that Vienna opera house for the first time in its entire 150-year history staged an opera created by a woman. Austrian composer’s name is Olga Neuwirth. Event itself was even more significant for its symbolic power as the opera was based on...Continue Reading

Slovenia’s capital boasts a venue that the so called Prince of Darkness wanted for his musical residence. Truly, the Križanke Outdoor Theatre set up inside the courtyard of the former Monastery of the Holy Cross in Ljubljana’s city centre, impressed Nick Cave so much that many years ago he fell in love with it and...Continue Reading

[Slovenian version below.] Connecting the feminist guides The Urbana Vrana association has become a co-founder of the Global Network of Feminist Tours that stretches from Chile to Thailand. How did this happen? In recent months, organisations Paseos por la ciudad from New York, FemiTours from Buenos Aires and Tours with Meaning from Santiago de Chile...Continue Reading

Last week we were delighted by an unexpected invitation. The Amnesty International Slovenia team, led by director Nataša Posel, who joined  our feminist tours a few months ago, invited us to a festive event at the Ljubljana City Hall. There was also a discussion there about a topic that is very close to us: Ljubljana’s...Continue Reading

The prestigious travel publisher and online platform Lonely Planet has invited its multi-million audience to join the Ljubljana Feminist Tour, which is regularly organised by the Urbana Vrana / Ptich team in both Slovenian and English. “If you’re travelling to Slovenia, you might be interested in a new feminist tour taking place in the country’s...Continue Reading

In September and October, free graffiti workshops will take place at the Summer Garden of the Gala Hala club for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade pupils from primary schools in the City Municipality of Ljubljana, as part of the Grafitarnice project, produced by the Culturemaker Institute. Short presentation of the Grafitarnice project In Ljubljana, graffiti...Continue Reading