December in Ljubljana is here. The city is already covered in magical light decorations, which attracts many visitors, and the varied and slightly different program on Ljubljana's streets and squares contributes to the special mood. And just like years before, we will also be able to celebrate New Year's Eve outdoors in Ljubljana this year.
Events
If you believe that love unites and does not separate, the exhibition Love is alone, which starts on December 1, 2015 in Maribor, will be a real pleasure for you. The exhibition will be on view in the Maribor University Library. It is organized by Zavod 13 – a non-profit organization that raises awareness of differences and helps parents of special children.
tipoRenesansa, the only specialized letterpress printing studio in Slovenia, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the studio, whose founder is the calligrapher and designer Marko Drpić, will present a series of hand-stitched notebooks printed with decades-old clichés from its own collection, a series of special blocks and a series of graphics on the theme "5".
Do you like sweets and December is your favorite month because it smells the most of pastries, cookies and other sweet treats? All those with a sweet tooth will be delighted by the news that on December 19, 2015, there will be a Festival of Sweets in Celje.
Anton Podbevšek Teater, in co-production with the EN-KNAP Institute, will perform the Ljubljana premiere of the play Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Wind, Sand and Stars on the stage of the Spanish Fighters on December 16 and 17, which premiered in Nové Mesto on November 20.
From December 28 to 31, the Chinese National Peking Opera Theater will host the Monkey King in the Gallus Hall of Cankarjev dom. The show, in which more than 50 actors are masters of acrobatics and martial arts at the same time, is a feast for the eyes with its intricate make-up art and rich costumes.
For the seventh time in a row, the Lolita pastry shop is preparing Lolita's sweet culinary school, where Grega Rode from the Lolita Kaval Group pastry shop creates sinful desserts with us. This time we will create and "sin" with marshmallows, chocolate candies and New Year's cakes.
On the last Saturday of November, November 28, 2015, in the creative center Poligon, we will find creators who regularly present themselves at ARTish art markets under the name ARTishani. The November ARTish in Poligon will offer many beautiful things, and a wide range of potential gifts for our loved ones and free workshops will also be provided.
On New Year's Eve, all tastes will be catered for in Ljubljana's Cankarjev dom. For those who swear by the classic Moliere and his eternal comedy Tartuffe, the latter will be shown at 8 pm in the Linhart Hall, and for others who swear by more provocative content, the cabaret by Patty Diphus will be shown at the CD Club at 9 pm , confessions of a porn diva.
On New Year's Eve, we will be able to see as many as two performances in Ljubljana Drama. Goran Vojnovič's Yugoslavia, My Country will be screened on the Veliki Odur at 7 p.m., and Maja Haderlap's Angel of Oblivion will be screened in Mali Drama at 8 p.m.
If we want to spend New Year's Eve in the atmosphere of the most famous ballet Christmas story of all time, we will be able to do so in the Ljubljana Opera House, where the Nutcracker ballet will take place on the last night of the year to the magical music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
On the last night of the year, an opera by the composer Gioacchino Rossini will be performed on the stage of SNG Maribor, which is famous as one of the most popular and most frequently performed comic operas of all time: The Barber of Seville.