On October 16. and 17. 2010 (Sat./Sun.) Artists working and living in Lower Austria are opening there ateliers for the public. A unique possibility to see locals artists at work and have an overview of there recent work. Anthea Fraueneder a regular visitor of the international coffee morning in Mistelbach is opening her House/Atelier on Sunday 17 from 10:00 to 18:00. Silvia Vanni , a jewelry designer will also expose her work at the same location. For more info Click here .
The last concert in a row at the Loosdorf Castle (20 minutes drive from Mistelbach, direction Laa an der Thaya) will take place on Saturday, June 12 at 19:30. The series are called “Junges Podium” and is organized in cooperation with the University of Music in Vienna. For program details: click here.
For tickets call Verena Piatti Tel.:0676/52 49 125 or 02524/82 22 Monday to Friday from 8 to 12 p.m.
Hilde and I will be attending the concert, we would be happy if you could join us!
Although the Perchtenlauf is more a tradition in the Bavaria – Austria region, you can meet the ugly monsters in this time of the year also in the winedistrict. The Perchten in Asparn came with a bus from South – Styria. “According to Jacob Grimm (1835), Perchta was spoken of in Old High German in the 10th century as Frau Berchta and thought to be a white-robed female spirit. She was known as a goddess who oversaw spinning and weaving, like myths of Holda in Continental German regions. He believes she was the feminine equivalent of Berchtold, and she was sometimes the leader of the Wild Hunt.
In many old descriptions, Bertha had one large foot, sometimes called a goose foot or swan foot. Grimm thought the strange foot symbolizes she may be a higher being who could shapeshift to animal form.[6] He noticed Bertha with a strange foot exist in many languages (German “Berhte mit dem fuoze”, French “Bertha au grand pied”, Latin “Berhta cum magno pede”): “It is apparently a swan-maiden’s foot, which as a mark of her higher nature she cannot lay aside…and at the same time the spinning-woman’s splayfoot that worked the treadle”.[7]
Bertha is reportedly angered if on her feast day, the traditional meal of fish and gruel is forgotten, and will slit people’s bellies open and stuff them with straw if they eat something else that night.[3][8]
In the folklore of Bavaria and Austria, Perchta was said to roam the countryside at midwinter, and to enter homes between the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany (especially on the Twelfth Night). She would know whether the children and young servants of the household had behaved well and worked hard all year. If they had, they might find a small silver coin next day, in a shoe or pail. If they had not, she would slit their bellies open, remove stomach and guts, and stuff the hole with straw and pebbles. She was particularly concerned to see that girls had spun the whole of their allotted portion of flax or wool during the year.” (Wikipedia)
Yesterday I saw a very nice Film from Alfred Vendl about the Wine District on national Television (ORF 2) . ORF offers a selection of his programs as video on demand.
The last concert in a row at the 
To all Labrador lovers, for the Labbie Song 
Yesterday I saw a very nice Film from Alfred Vendl about the Wine District on national Television (ORF 2) . ORF offers a selection of his programs as video on demand.
