THE GRAND DUCHY OF POETRY
Krasnogruda / Sejny
Maćkowa Ruda / Bierżałowce / Studzieniczna
29 June – 2 July 2025
29 June (Sunday)
4:00 PM
THE APPRENTICE OF SILENCE
An evening of poetry by Krzysztof Czyżewski with the participation of Marianna Kiyanovska, poet and translator from Lviv
Host: Agnieszka Foryś
Sejny Jazz Cooperative, the Old Yeshiva in Sejny
30 June (Monday)
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
POESIS LOCI OF ANDRZEJ STRUMIŁŁO – Strumiłło Gallery, Maćkowa Ruda 17
– WHAT’S NEW FROM LITHUANIA – A meeting with the poetry of Gintaras Grajauskas
Host: Agnieszka Rembiałkowska
– SPOKEN, STRENGTHENED – poems read by: Rafał Gawin, Justyna Kulikowska, Marcin Mokry
5:00 PM
IS POETRY NECESSARY FOR SALVATION?
A Master’s Lecture by Prof. Piotr Śliwiński
The Song on Porcelain Café, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
8:00 PM
THE MYSTERY OF POESIS
Collective reading of Czesław Miłosz
Lithuanian songs from the Borderland performed by Jowita Janczulewicz and Sylwia Piwowarska from Żegary
The amphitheatre of the Invisible Bridge in Krasnogruda
1 July (Tuesday)
10:00 AM
BEAUTY AND HELL
Anna Piwkowska’s tale about Beata Obertyńska
The Song on Porcelain Café, Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda
1:00 PM
POESIS LOCI OF JANINA OSEWSKA – Studzieniczna
– Zofia Piłasiewicz speaks about “Janka’s Pine”
– SPOKEN, STRENGTHENED – poems read by: Stanisław Jaglarz, Julija Musakowska, Erdmute Sobaszek, Anna Piwkowska
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ACCOMPANYING EVENTS
7:00 PM
THE CHRONICLES OF SEJNY – a theatre performance
Tickets: 45/50 PLN
The White Synagogue, Sejny