Filed under: Radio | Tags: Belfast, Cartoonist, Cartoons, Graphic Artist, Link Polska, Pawel Piechnik, Poland, Polish Architects, Polish community in Belfast, Poznan
Pawel Piechnik came to Belfast a few years ago to work as an architect, now he’s back in Poland, in Poznan, and (officially) traded in architecture for comics. See his work here.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Catholic Church, Dance, McKeesport, Pittsburgh, Poland, Polish Americans, Polish Falcons, Priest, St. Winifred's
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Dance, Frania Urbaniak, Generations, McKeesport, Obedek, Pittsburgh, Poland, Polka, St. Winifred's, Waltz, WEDO
Frannie Frania
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Filed under: Radio | Tags: Ancient Order of the Hibernians, Belfast, Bikers, Hitchhiking, Ireland, Irish-Americans, Kornel Andrys, Mt. Lebanon, Normandy, Northern Ireland, Pittsburgh, Poland, Service Stations, Smoking, The Celtic Cross, Tom Macic, Truck Drivers
Kornel in Normandy
This summer Kornel Andrys quit his job as an architect in Belfast and hitchhiked back home to Poland. In today’s episode, he recounts his journey: how he found truck drivers to take him, which countries were best and worst for hitchhiking, how he stayed hygienic, and whether he’d ever trade office work for life on the road.
In the second half of the show, Tom Macic, the owner of The Celtic Cross, in the South Hills of talks about his Irish shop. He sells all kinds of Irish clothing, sweets, music, and miscellany to Pittsburghers and Irish and British expats. Tom explains what sells, what tea makes American tea taste like boiled popsicle sticks, and what the Irish American scene in Pittsburgh looks like.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Catholic Church, Our Father, Pittsburgh, Poland, Polish Americans, Polish Food, Polish Hill, Polka, Polka Mass, Strip District
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Barack Obama, Belfast, Czech Republic, Drunkeness, Football, John McCain, Kebab Shops, Kebabs, Northern Ireland, Poland, Sarah Palin
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Acting, Adventures, Age, Ambition, Architecture, Artists, Australia, Being Fine, Belfast, Car Parks, Catoan, Change, Characters, Children's Books, Cities, Comedy, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Communication, Conservativism, Construction Work, Credit Cards, Damien Dempsey, Damien Rice, Digital Technology, Directors, Documentaries, Dr Seuss, Duke Special, East Belfast, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Failure, Family, Feature Films, Film, Filmmakers, Gigs, Graphic Novels, Guitar, I Wanted to Talk to You Last Night, Identity, Immigration, Indie Films, Intimacy, Ireland, Irish-Americans, Jared Longlands, Jobs, Joyful Subjects, Julia Atkinson, Jumping Fish, Land, London, Magic Rats, Michael MacBroom, Mischief, Models, Money, Music, New York, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Accent, Nutsy The Office Squirrel, Office Work, Paddy McKeown, Parties, Paul McParland, People Who Sit in Rooms and Talk, Philosophy, Photography, Poland, Polish Architects, Presents, Property Development, Protestants, QFT, Record Contracts, Religion, Rent, Risk-taking, Screenplays, Selling Out, Serious Literature, Sinead O'Connor, Singer Songwriters, Skeleton Boss, Skill, Space, Squirrels, Subcultures, The Empire, Thespians, Titanic Quarter, Travel, Urban Alienation, Vulgarity, Work, Writing, Young People
Jared Longlands (for more: smartturkey@hotmail.com)
Julia Atkinson
Paddy McKeown (for more: http://www.myspace.com/patrickmckeown)
Michael MacBroom
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Allergies, Belfast, Butchers, Cooking, Cracow City, Cregagh Road, Farming, Immigrants, Meat, Organic, Poland, Polish Food, Restaurant, Slaughterhouse, St. George's Market, Supermarkets, Tesco
Cracow City Restaurant
This week: food in Belfast.
First, to the city’s first Polish restaurant, Cracow City, located on the Cregagh Road in East Belfast. Its owner tells of why he opened Cracow City, how he’s adapted Polish home-cooking to the Irish palate, and upcoming events at the restaurant. He also treats us to a Polish sing-along, with some of Cracow City’s customers providing him back-up vocals.
Then, to St. George’s Market to hear from Brian Wallace, who runs an independent organic farm with his family near Coleraine. They sell fruits, vegetables and meat at the market every Saturday. He explains why they decided to start their own farm, what the advantages and drawbacks of going organic are, and how local farmers cope with the business practices of supermarket giants like Tesco.
Kristof, Cracow City's owner
