production
ŽEN: A concert in the Stara Trešnjevka Park
ŽEN
A concert
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 1 p.m.
Stara Trešnjevka Park
Free entrance!
A WALK IN THE VINYL STREET
We invite you on a walk from Karmavinil, through Woodstock and Free Bird, to Dirty Old Shop, during which we’ll try to explore what drives people to turn their fascination with music into a life spent among dusty boxes and shelves of vinyl records.
See you on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 11:00 AM!
The tour starts in front of Karmavinil, Ozaljska 48 / Podgorska 3. [...]
education
DUGMETARA REVISITED / music workshop with Ana Horvat
Led by: Ana Horvat
April 13, 20, and 27, 6-8 p.m.
Radiona, Nova cesta 186
In three workshop sessions, we will dive into the heritage of Dugmetara, the former button factory on Savska Street, which, in the early 2000s, became a vibrant, unique place of music production. It was a rehearsal space for numerous bands that were part of Zagreb’s alternative music scene at the time, comprising various genres, but united in its devotion to music outside of commercial and professional flows. [...]
PAPER THAT HEALS: DRAWINGS AND WORDS: Art, creative writing, and Croatian language learning workshop
PAPER THAT HEALS: DRAWINGS AND WORDS
Led by: Olja Savičević Ivančević and Božena Končić Badurina
4. 3. – 1. 4. 2026.
on Wednesdays, 18 – 20 h
Nova BAZA, Nova cesta 66
FREE OF CHARGE!
Open to all, regardless of country of origin and knowledge level!
The workshop is entirely free of charge. It is intended for all people, regardless of when they arrived and where they came from, with any level of knowledge of Croatian and experience in creative writing and artistic expression. [...]
APPLAUSE WON'T COVER THE RENT: WIENER PERSPEKTIVE (PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION)
Thursday 22.1. at 6 PM
DAZ / UHA (Trg bana J. Jelačića 3/1)
The fight for better working conditions continues in the new year! We’re opening the new season of BLOK and SPID's long-term program Applause Won’t Cover the Rent with a public presentation of the Viennese initiative Wiener Perspektive. With dancer and choreographer Alexander Gottfarb and choreographer Claire Lefèvre, with an introduction and moderation by Nina Gojić from SPID and Dunja Kučinac from BLOK, we will discuss their engagement in improving the labor rights of performing artists. [...]
Launch of the book “From Applause to Trade Unions: A Manual on Cultural Work”
Wednesday, December 10, at 6 p.m.
Venue: DAZ/UHA, Bana Jelačića Square 3/1
We are proudly inviting you to the launch of the book "From Applause to Trade Unions: A Manual on Cultural Work’. It is intended for all underpaid and precarious cultural workers and artists who need a memento for labor law issues, but also as an incentive to co-organize and fight for better working conditions.
Speakers:
Nina Gojić (author, The Croatian Screenwriters and Playwrights Guild – SPID)
Sven Janovski (author, trade union SKUPA)
Jakov Kolak (author, Regional Industrial Union)
Dunja Kučinac (author and editor-in-chief, BLOK)
and
Katja Praznik (sociologist and theorist).
After the book launch, we will have an informal get together. Let’s celebrate together the end of this year in the spirit of collective struggle and enter a new one stronger and better organized! [...]