STA, 17 September 2018 - The National Gallery in Ljubljana will mark the first century of its existence with a series of art and music events this week. The main celebration will be held on Wednesday evening, when President Borut Pahor presents the museum with the Golden Order of Merit. 

Things to do around town the next seven days. 

STA, 14 September 2018 - Zoran Janković has announced he would seek his fourth term as Ljubljana mayor with an investment drive that he says would be "cherry on the cake" of projects that he has brought to fruition in the last twelve years. 

Got any plans? 

First, a note on terminology. I recently went on Alternative Ljubljana’s first English-language LGBT tour, and when going back into the early years of the more open scene, back in the 1980s, the term used was LG, which later became LGBT. More recently this was extended to LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQI+ and so on, with more missing letters to be added, just like the rainbow flag has evolved to show different parts of the spectrum. However, as a personal preference I’m averse to long acronyms that have to be spelled out, and four letters, like BYOB or MDMA, seem about right, with a nice, percussive rhythm. So for the purposes of this article we’ll be using LGBT, and I’ll also be using the terms gay and lesbian rather freely, with the former being a catch-all term for all the colours of the rainbow. 

Get ready for the celebrations, September 7-10. 

Metelkova turns 25. 

New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is currently staging a major show on Yugoslav architecture, (Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948–1980), but those interested in monumental works of brutalism don’t need to cross the Atlantic to look at photographs and models, as they can explore the real thing in the heart of Ljubljana.

Bring your own sup or borrow one at the Špica meeting point for an active last weekend before the beginning of the schoolyear.