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ZakoPower Deported from US! Party will go on in Protest of INS action. September 26th, 2009 ZakoPower was deported from the US upon arrival in Chicago last night due to ‘Visa technicalities’. This Friday’s party @ Honey will go on in protest of immigration laws. We are forming a petition against the actions taken by of INS and the unfair treatment of international musicians. Join us in support of changing the immigration laws which keeps fans waiting, people dreaming and family/friends apart.

A Polish paradise February 18, 2006 It added even more old-world charm to the scene. Homes were decorated with holiday lights and religious icons, many of which were built right into the side of the houses. Parents pull high-sided wooden sleds along the streets. Inside are their pink-cheeked babies nested in fleecy blankets, caps, snowsuits and mittens. Look on the corner and you’ll see a T-shirt vendor and someone selling fuzzy puppets on a stick. Look the other way and there’s an old woman in a patterned headscarf selling cheese and pickles. You can catch a horse-drawn wagon ride, mingle...

For the first time in history, Poland organized the Summer Grand Prix (SGP) ski jumping competition. The success was compound: Adam Malysz was again the winner this summer, and Zakopane reported a new spectator record. The SGP, an equivalent of the winter World Cup, is a prestigious event. For the first time this year, the International Skiing Federation (FIS) entrusted the organization of SGP's two competitions to Poland. In Zakopane Sept. 4 and 5, on the Wielka Krokiew hill, newly covered with a special PVC surface, the individual and team competitions took place. "Zakopane won the contest for the organization...