December 1st 2022 – IWC Newsletter

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Winter has arrived and the Christmas decorations have popped up everywhere. The IWC events are also matching the festive mood in the air. Join us for a variety of activities to make most of our time together before the upcoming Holidays!

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IWC MAIN EVENTS

December Coffee Morning

07.12.2022 at 10:00 to 12:30 | Embassy of the Czech Republic | Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 22

The IWC are guests of the embassy of the Czech Republic for the December Coffee Morning. The Christmas themed event will introduce attendees to the customs and sweets from the Czech Republic and we’ll enjoy the children’s choir from the British International School. 

The newly established Social Work Activity Group (SWAG) will be collecting the gift boxes for the charity project for the Svratište Children Shelter, announced in the last newsletter and the November coffee morning. Please bring your boxes with you, with the gift tag with the child profile attached. Attached to this newsletter you can find the instructions for the gift boxes. Please write to the team at swag@iwc.rs if you have any questions.

This event is strictly RSVP only and limited to IWC members only. Please make sure to sign up by noon on Monday 5th of December at the latest (Any later sign-ups will not be included). 

IMPORTANT:

• The event is RSVP only and limited to 70 IWC members, on a first come first served basis. Members not on the guest list will not be permitted to enter the embassy.

• The deadline for signing up is December 5th at noon (12:00). 

• Please bring your SWAG gift boxes (with the tag attached) to this event.

CLICK HERE to RSVP for the December 7th Coffee Morning.

Time: Wednesday 7th of December at 10:00 to 12:30 (Deadline at noon 5th of December)

Place: Embassy of the Czech Republic on Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 22

Note: Strictly RSVP only - deadline December 5th - Limited to 70 IWC members

UPCOMING EVENTS: DECEMBER

Vision Board Workshop

03.12.2022 at 10:30 to 13:00 | Jungle Box 

Take leadership over your goals and join us! Gift yourself time to spend a fun and inspiring morning creating your own vision board.

Most of us have some ideas of what we want to be, do or have in our lives, but they remain just that: an idea. After all, who has the time to intentionally get clear about what we want to create or who we want to be? Well, even science now supports that you can intentionally create outcomes by using simple tools like Vision Boards. A Vision Board is more than just pictures, it’s a roadmap of everything you are working towards, it;s a way to sell your own ideas to yourself, to anchor to your dreams and to allow the beauty of clarity to give you the direction and reach what you want to be in your life!

Our guide is Andrea Buitrago, an entrepreneur, Personal Trainer, Life Coach, business graduate, as well as Mother and Wife. In this workshop, we will go through a step-by-step guide “THE BEST VERSION OF ME”  that contains powerful self-development exercises, questions and content that will help you design a vision board, stay motivated, and achieve your goals.

In this workshop you will:

• Get an understanding of what your current situation is in 6 main areas of your life.

• Recognize the limiting beliefs that are stopping you from moving forward.

• Learn about the importance of feeling good energy.

• Get all the tools to create your own vision board (you don't have to bring anything).

• Create your own vision board and guide to take home and attract your ideal outcomes in the coming year.

• Get a monthly planner as a bonus to help you in the right direction and move forward.

Time: December 3rd at 10:30 to 13:00

Place: Jungle Box (Contact Andrea for exact address)

Price: 3.950 RSD exclusive to IWC members (includes 1 book: the best version of me, 1 scissors, 2 bases for the board, 1 glue, 1 pen, 1 candle, 7 inspirational cards, collages of pictures, words, affirmations and the 2 and a half hour workshop.)

Note: Limited to 10 Participants

Contact: Andrea Buitrago at andreabuitragoh1@gmail.com

Holistic Approach: Essential Oils

06.12.2022 at 11:00 to 13:00 | Contact Christina for the location

At this Workshop about the basic use of essential oils our dear member and the coordinator of the Holistic Approach group, Christina, will give the ladies a short overview about the usage of essential oils. Attendees will get to know the 5 most important essential oils (the so-called BIG 5) - how to use them and when to use them. You will also get information about what kind of oil brands you can find in Serbia and where to buy them. 

Time: Tuesday, Dec 6th from 11:00 to 13:00

Sign up: christina.czettl@gmail.com

Creative Arts: Christmas Ornament Workshop

06.12.2022 at 10:00 to 13:00 | Colors4U Studio | Terazije 35, #6

Create a beautiful fabric bauble to decorate your tree or as a gift for someone special. This workshop will be led by our dear member Leyla Khasiyeva, who will take you through the process step by step and help you to develop your crafting skills. She will teach the group the Japanese technique Kimekomi, where patterns are drawn and then cut onto a surface, such as a softwood or smooth foam. Fabric is then placed over the pattern and tucked into the cuts. For this workshop all materials are provided however bring along your pair of scissors, measuring tape and pen knife (see photos for reference). 

Spaces are limited so please register by 4th of December to Susanna at susanafcarvalho1977@gmail.com to join. 

Time: 6th December from 10:00 to 13:00

Place: Colors4U Studio at Terazije 35, #6

Note: Limited to 10 ladies 

Price: 1300 RSD

Contact: Susanna at susanafcarvalho1977@gmail.com

Weaving Workshop: Kilim-technique on frames

09.12.2022 at 10:00 to 13:00 | Canadian Residence | Užička 33

Explore the Serbian art of kilim weaving with Marija from Razbojnik this December 9th. This is the most common weaving technique in Serbia which is used to create geometric and diagonal patterned kilims. Kilims are produced by tightly interweaving the warp and weft strands of the weave to produce a flat surface with no pile. 

If you are interested to learn this unique technique sign up now to Valerie Lane at ve_lane@yahoo.ca before 7th of December.  

Time: 9th December 10:00 to 13:00

Location: Canadian Residence, Užička 33

Note: Limited to 10 ladies 

Price: 2500 RSD (for ladies who have a frame from the last workshop the price is 1500 RSD)

Contact: Valerie at ve_lane@yahoo.ca 

Post Office Museum Tour

13.12.2022 at 12:00 to 13:30 | Post Office Museum | Majke Jevrosime 3

The Postal Museum is located on the ground floor of the impressive building of the First Telephone Exchange built in 1908 in the Serbian and Byzantine styles. The exhibition traces the history of postal and telephone traffic and illustrates many historically relevant details of technical and technological innovations from the 19th century until today. IWC ladies will visit the museum. In the hall of the Museum, ladies will be greeted by a zeppelin from the 19th century which was used for the transport of post and passengers on the Istra territory, and which President Tito gave as a gift to the Museum.

There are also other exhibitions and one of the most important ones is the first Morse telegraph in Serbia from 1855, then Hughes telegraph introduced in Serbia in 1891, an ‘Edisophone’ - a mechanical dictation machine from 1912, and authentic phones from the period from 1882 until today. The telephone King Petar I used from 1904 to 1911 is especially interesting to visitors.

If you have old stamps at home and like to donate them to the post office museum do bring them along. The museum is collecting old stamps from all over the world. To join in this guided tour, please write to Zalina with your full name and WhatsApp/phone number latest by 11th December.  

Time: December 13th, 12:00 to 13:30

Place: Post Office Museum on Majke Jevrosime 3

Note: Limited to 25 ladies 

Contact: Zalina at stauchzalina@gmail.com 

Concert: 25 years of relationship between Serbia & Azerbaijan

13.12.2022 at 19:30 | Madlenianum Opera & Theatre | Glavna 32

The Embassy of Azerbaijan generously extends an invitation to IWC members to a concert on the 13th December to commemorate their 25 years of relationship between Serbia & Azerbaijan at Madlenianum.  

There will be Serbian and Azerbaijani artists; folklore dances as well as classical music.   

This invitation is solely for IWC members and tickets are limited to only 30 ladies, hence seats are based on a first come first serve basis.  

CLICK HERE to RSVP for the Concert: 25 years of relationship between Serbia and Azerbaijan

Time: 13th December at 19:30

Place: Madlenianum Opera & Theatre on Glavna 32

Note: Limited to 30 ladies - First come first served basis

Holistic Approach: Gong Therapy 

15.12.2022 at 10:30 to 12:30 | Ana Tomić's Studio | Savski Nasip 7, 1st floor

Come and get some relaxing therapy before all the Christmas rush begins... Another Gong Session is reserved at Ana Tomic´s place for IWC ladies. 

Time: Thursday, Dec 15th 10:30 - 12:30

Place: Savski Nasip 7 (near the Sava river)

Price: 15€ or 1.800rsd

Sign-up: christina.czettl@gmail.com 

Glass Exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts

15.12.2022 at 13:00 to 14:30 | Museum of Applied Arts | Vuk Karadžić 18

The Glass Exhibition, with a complex and infinitely interesting story about glass, which in the past was so expensive that only rulers and wealthy members of the financial elite could afford it, draws us to take a peek at the exhibition "On the Glass Road: The Art of Glass and Representation in Serbia (1850-1950)" at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade.  

The exhibition is based on the idea of glass as "means" of promotion of rulers and statesmen, as well as representatives of other elites in Serbia/Yugoslavia in a period marked by dynastic and social changes, shaping the tastes of modern civilization, pioneering ideas in marketing and branding and a host of other interesting content.

It is mainly devoted to the tableware glasses and cups used to decorate festive dinners and occasions during the time of kings as well as Tito.

If you like to join us in this tour, please write to Marina on this phone number/WhatsApp +381 6964/1556

Time: 15th December at 13:00 (possibility of change - confirm via WhatsApp)

Place: Museum of Applied Art on Vuk Karadžić 18

Note: Limited to 15 ladies 

Price: TBA

Contact: Marina on phone/WhatsApp +381 6964/1556

Festive Farewell for IWC members & friends at Galerija

15.12.2022 at 11:00 to 12:00 | Galerija Design District | Kula square, Entrance No. 1

Christmas dinner is just around the corner, the last few weeks of festive excitement have finally all become closer for us. We are all looking forward to meeting up with our families, friends and having a lie down. With that in mind, the board is all heading out of the office for 6 glorious tinsel-bedecked weeks of turkey, chocolate and a few too many glasses of frizzy. 

Before we all head off for Christmas and New Year we hope you can join us for a Festive Farewell Cocktail hosted by Galerija and Designers District on the 15th December at 11:00am. We will be greeted by a mini fashion show, show & tell by well known Serbian designers e.g Zvonko Marković who had won an award in Paris Fashion show followed by a cocktail.  

If you are interested to join us please write to stauchzalina@gmail.com latest by 13th December.  

Date: 15th December at 11:00 to 12:00 

Place: Galeria Shopping Mall, at the Designers District. (1st floor of the Kula Square/the round square of Galerija above XYZ Store. Car entrance marked ‘A’)

Note: Limited to 70 ladies (members & guests)

Sponsored and hosted by: Galerija & Designers District

ANNOUNCEMENT

Ongoing Activity: Opera - Don Quixote

10.12.2022 at 19:30 | Belgrade National Theatre | Republic Square

The next Opera on the agenda for the Opera lovers group is “Don Quixote”, by Jules Massenet to a French libretto which, like many dramatized versions of the story of Don Quixote, relates only indirectly to the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. In this version of the story, the simple farm girl Aldonza (Dulcinea) of the original novel becomes the more sophisticated Dulcinée, a local beauty inspiring the infatuated old man's exploits.

Time: December 10th at 19:30 (Cocktails at 18:30 at Credo Restaurant)

Place: National Theatre on Republic Square

Tickets: Buy at your own preference online or at the box office (+381 11 2620-946)

Contact: Sabine Keiser at sabskeis7@gmail.com

Ongoing Activity: Walking from the Palace of Serbia 

08.12.2022 at 9:30 to 13:00 | Meeting at: Parking area of Palace of Serbia

The walking group will walk from the palace of Serbia to Zemun along the river Danube and back to the meeting place. If we are lucky to get a date, we might visit inside the Palace of Serbia. After the walk we will have lunch at Pomodoro Nuovo (opposite of the palace of Serbia). It might be windy as we will walk along the Danube so don’t forget your hats and gloves!

If you are keen on joining the walking group please write to Zalina at stauchzalina@gmail.com. 

Time: Thursday December 8th at 9:30 am to 13:00 pm

Meeting at: Parking area of Palace of Serbia

Contact: Zalina at stauchzalina@gmail.com 

Ongoing Activity: IWC Pilates every Tuesday and Thursday

Tuesdays and Thursdays | LikePilates Studio | Boška Petrovića 3

An additional time slot is given to IWC ladies - instead of only Tuesdays we have pilates classes on Thursdays too. Interested ladies can meet up every Tuesday and Thursday or on only one of the days, depending on your availability, for a Pilates class with Nadja or Jelena from the LikePilates studio in Dedinje. If you are interested in joining the pilates group contact the coordinator Zalina Stauch at stauchzalina@gmail.com. 

Ongoing Activity: Book Club

31.01.2023 at 11:00 | Writer’s club (Klub književnika) | Francuska 7

The members of the IWC Book Club meet on a regular basis every month to discuss the book chosen and exchange ideas and insights. All IWC members are welcome to join single meetings related to a particular book they find interesting as well. Please contact the coordinator Sabine Keiser, at sabskeis7@gmail.com for more information on future books and meetings.

In December the book club will not be meeting as it coincides with the holidays and instead shall meet on January 31st at 11:00 to discuss the book “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak at the Writer’s club. This book might be a bit difficult to find, so begin your search pretty soon!

For the voracious readers, here is the book list for the future months:

• “My Husband” by Rumena Buzarovska on February 28th
• “Add Cyanide to Taste” by Karmen Špiljak on March 28th

Time: Tuesday January 31st at 11:00 

Place: Writer’s club (Klub književnika) on Francuska 7

Contact: Sabine Keiser at sabskeis7@gmail.com  

PAST EVENTS: NOVEMBER

Here is a look at the galleries for the events which took place in November. Take a look by clicking on each title.

Nov 4th to 6th - Spa Weekend in Zlatibor

Nov 4th - Day of the Dead Altar

Nov 5th - Opera Group: Orpheus & Eurydice

Nov 8th - Indonesian Cooking with Reni Kursuma

Nov 9th - IWC Cocktail Lunch

Nov 10th - Walking group at Dedinje

Nov 14th - SWAG meeting at Svratište

Nov 16th - Mrđan Bajić Exhibition

Nov 16th - Opera Group: La Traviata

Nov 17th - Indian Cooking with Dr. Ruma Kohli

Nov 24th - Walking Group on Blok 70 and the chinese market

Nov 25th - Tour of the National Theater

Nov 26th - Opera Group: La Boheme

Nov 29th - Book Club: Momo Kapor

SAVE THE DATE

For more information please contact Anne Bossecker at: bossi.anne@gmail.com 

RECOMMENDATIONS

New Year magic with BeoBalet

04.12.2022 at 13:00 | Hyatt Regency Belgrade

Beobalet is starting the season of Christmas concerts on Sunday, December 4th, at 1:00 p.m. with a traditional choir concert in the beautiful Hyatt Regency Hotel Belgrade. The slogan of this year's concert - "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is taken from A. Williams' song from 1963, which describes the most beautiful time of the year, the time which we spend with family and friends when we share love and create memories for a lifetime. 

The choir, with over 100 talented girls, will perform the most beautiful Christmas songs in Serbian and English. Among them are some legendary hits of our time: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Last Christmas, All I want for Christmas is you, Feliz Navidad, Let It Snow, Santa Claus is coming to Town, Jingle Bells, Deda Mraze, Bells and Zima.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation Christmas Bazaar

07.12.2022 at 11:00 to 22:00 and 08.12.2022 at 10:00 to 22:00 | Mercator Center | Bulevar umetnosti 4

The traditional Christmas Bazaar of women’s handicrafts that is organized under the auspices of HRH Princess Katherine’s Foundation opens on Wednesday, 7 December 2022 at 11:00 am after a three year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening will be attended by Mrs. NatasaStanisavljevic, the Serbian Commissioner for Refugees.

The Bazaar will be open on Wednesday, 7 December 2022 from 11:00 to 22:00 and on Thursday, 8 December 2022 from 10:00 to 22:00, at the Mercator Centre in Belgrade.The Crown Princess’ Foundation has been encouraging, over many years, the work of these outstanding women who are supporting their families by selling their beautiful handicrafts. The foundation also encourages children with special needs and the schools they are attending to present and sell their works. 

The Bazaar is a wonderful opportunity to purchase magnificent traditional Serbian handicrafts as Christmas presents and at the same time help the families of these women who are exhibiting their great work as well as children with special needs.

 

To learn more about the International Women's Club Belgrade visit our website at www.iwc.rs or follow us on Facebook and Instagram. If you'd like to contact us, send an email to info@iwc.r