“Capital of Culture Neighborhood of the Month” Moves On: The Southside of Linz Serves as Host in March 2009
Press information
24 February 2009
The Capital of Culture Neighborhood of the Month will be putting the accent on hospitality once again in March 2009. More than 30 private households and several institutions in the Kleinmünchen/Auwiesen neighborhood on the south side of Linz will be opening their doors in conjunction with “One day and one night in a suburb.”
Kleinmünchen/Auwiesen: March 2009 Capital of Culture Neighborhood of the Month
“One day and one night in a suburb” and www.quiripedia.at
Opening: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10 AM to 4 PMIn the “public living room” at the last stop on streetcar Line 1 (Auwiesen)
Info and meeting point: Teeausschank
Guest Stars: “Messrs. Juhann and Jod” and their KUNSTPALAST. They’ll be bringing the “Light of Art” to this month’s neighborhood and hosting the official “changing of the guard” ceremony (2-3 PM) featuring Deputy Mayor Erich Watzl and Linz09 Deputy Artistic Director Ulrich Fuchs.
Real-Life Hospitality
At first glance, the cultural treasures in store for visitors to the Kleinmünchen/Auwiesenneighborhood are nothing to write home about. But if you stick around and look around a bit, you start to notice some things well worth closer inspection. Stylish residential areas, the church in the cloth factory, the meadowlands of the Traun, sports & recreational facilities, and wide-ranging cultural offerings endow this area on the south side of Linz with a great quality of life. Now, you can go on a “blind date” to get better acquainted with this part of town and its inhabitants. Individuals, families and various local institutions are serving as hosts, and invite you to spend a day and a night with them.
Involvement and opening up to one another is exciting, demanding, enriching and definitely a lot of fun. In short, getting along with neighbors is an art!
Project Presentations
Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 7:30 PM:
In conjunction with “Insights in Lifeworlds” at Kepler Salon, Rathausgasse 5, 4020 Linz; www.kepler-salon.at
Wednesday, May, 2009, 7 PM:
Hosts discuss their experiences at Tuchfabrik Auwiesen, Schörgenhubstraße 39, 4030 Linz
The participating hosts/hostesses will be selected by the project staff.
Idea / Concept // Anita Pehamberger (director), Christa Haberlik, Margareta Huber
A project for Linz09
http://www.linz09.at/kulturhauptstadtteil
Additional info and the guest registration form are online at www.quiripedia.at
A website has been set up for the Kleinmünchen, Auwiesen, Scharlinz and Schörgenhub neighborhoods. Its mission is to support “One day and one night in a suburb,” facilitate guest registration, report on the project, and provide information about and promote the interests and activities of neighborhood residents, local associations and institutions. This is a way for them to publicize their objectives and activities online, as well as to create a high-visibility link on www.quiripedia.at to their respective pre-existing individual websites. There’s also a special section dedicated to the history of Kleinmünchen and famous people from the neighborhood. This website places great importance on enabling users to present unusual people, their favorite places, interesting—and perhaps previously unfamiliar—points of view and information. This site is designed for sustainability beyond 2009. The aim thereby is to provide encouragement for general and especially cultural initiatives, and to serve the advancement of culture in the neighborhood.
We would certainly appreciate it if your media outlet would cover the “Capital of Culture Neighborhood of the Month” opening in Kleinmünchen/Auwiesen and report on the project. Thanks very much!
Sincerely,
Pia Leydolt
