''Cooltura'' is a

Polish-language Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic languages, West Slavic language of the Lechitic languages, Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spo ...

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, published weekly in the

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with a

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of 55.000 copies.

History

''Cooltura'' was founded by Włodzimierz Wojciech Witkowski, the chairman of Sara-Int LTD and Polish Media Group. The first issue of the magazine has been distributed in 10.000 copies and had 40 pages. It was launched 7 weeks prior to

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

joining the

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. The third issue of Cooltura increased its page number to 48. The 7th issue, published in May 2004, had 64 pages. Due to Poland's integration with the EU and the massive influx of

Poles Pole or poles may refer to: People *Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland * Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist ...

into the UK, the magazine has been rapidly developing. In 2007 the content of Cooltura expanded to 132 pages. Between 2007 and 2011 the circulation of ''Cooltura'' reached 45.000 copies and has been distributed to 500 outlets in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

and the nearby areas. In March 2009 ''Cooltura'' changed its layout and headpiece. The content of the weekly magazine was divided into four main sections: News (based mainly on the information from Polish Press Association (PAP), Features, Entertainment (culture, events listings, crosswords and horoscope) and Classifieds. February 2010 saw the launch of "Cooltura UK" – the regional edition of the magazine, distributed biweekly to various cities in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

. The circulation of "Cooltura UK" reached 10.000 copies. It was suspended in April 2011.

Initiatives

''Cooltura'' has been involved in many events related to the life of

in London. The magazine regularly organizes music festivals as well as charity events.

Concerts and Festivals

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, 21 March 2004 r.,

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire Shepherd's Bush Empire (currently known as O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, West London, run by the Academy Music Group. It was original ...

* Bajm, 3 October 2004 r.,

Perfect Perfect commonly refers to: * Perfection; completeness, and excellence * Perfect (grammar), a grammatical category in some languages Perfect may also refer to: Film and television * ''Perfect'' (1985 film), a romantic drama * ''Perfect'' (20 ...

, 16 March 2007 r.,

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Grzegorz Turnau Grzegorz Jerzy Turnau (born 31 July 1967) is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer. He has released eleven albums to date, including one (Cafe Sułtan) made up of his own versions of songs by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski, and most ...

, 12 November 2007 r.,

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of the

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Maryla Rodowicz Maria Antonina Rodowicz, known professionally as Maryla Rodowicz, (Polish pronunciation: born 8 December 1945 in Zielona Góra), is a Polish singer, guitarist and actress. Throughout over 60 years of her career, she released twenty Polish and f ...

, 30 March 2008 r., Koko *

Budka Suflera Budka Suflera (, "prompter's box") is a Polish rock band which was started in 1969 in Lublin by Krzysztof Cugowski. Although they disbanded soon after, Cugowski and Romuald Lipko reformed the band in 1974 and were active until 2014. The next re ...

, 4 May 2008 r., Koko *

Golec uOrkiestra Golec uOrkiestra is a Polish folk-rock group, founded in 1998 in the southern village of Milówka near Żywiec by twin brothers Paweł and Łukasz Golec, after whom it is named. At its inception, the group consisted of eight musicians. The band ...

, 30 November 2008, Koko *

Feel Feel may refer to: *Feeling Music Bands * Feel (New York band), a 1980s dance and R&B band * Feel (Polish band), a pop rock band Albums * ''Feel'' (Feel album), 2007 * ''Feel'' (George Duke album) or the title song, 1974 * ''Feel'' (Glenn Hughe ...

, 7 November 2009,

Myslovitz Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. The band take their name from their industrial hometown of Mysłowice in the Upper Silesia region of southern Poland. Band history Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen ...

, 23 October 2010,

* Cooltura Festival 2009 –

Kasia Kowalska Katarzyna "Kasia" Kowalska (; born 13 June 1973) is a Polish singer, songwriter, producer, and actress. She belongs to the top rung of most frequently broadcast Polish rock artists. Kowalska is one of the best-known Polish vocalists. The estimat ...

Kasia Cerekwicka Kasia Cerekwicka (born Katarzyna Cerekwicka, 17 March 1980 in Koszalin, Poland) is a Polish pop singer. She has been singing since she was a little girl. In 1997, at the age of 17, she won the popular Polish show ''Szansa na sukces'' ("Chance f ...

Natalia Lesz Natalia Lesz (born 27 July 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish actress, a pop singer and songwriter. Background Lesz is a graduate of the renowned acting department at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (NYU). While in New York Ci ...

, 8 March 2009,

* Cooltura Festival 2010 –

Lady Pank Lady Pank is a Polish rock band, started in 1981 in Wrocław by Jan Borysewicz and Andrzej Mogielnicki. One of the most popular groups in history of Polish rock. Its first hit was ''Mała Lady Punk'' ("Little Lady Punk"). Lady Pank garnered som ...

and

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, 24 May 2010,

* Cooltura Festival 2011 –

, 16 May 2011,

* Cooltura Festival 2012 -

Tatiana Okupnik Tatiana Olga Okupnik vel Tatiana (born 2 September 1978, Łódź, Poland) is a Polish singer, composer and songwriter. She has a characteristic, unique voice timbre. She has collaborated with musicians such as Tim Hutton, Wyclef Jean, Lenny White ...

and Kora, 24 March 2012,

* Cooltura Festival 2013 - Pectus, Enej and

Kombii Kombii is a Polish pop rock band created in 2003 by three former members of the group Kombi. In 2003 Skawiński, Tkaczyk and Pluta created Kombii, without Sławomir Łosowski (who was the leader and creator of the original group Kombi) but with t ...

, 9 March 2013,

Charity events

Polish Children's Donations,

, November 2005 r. – The Charity event where £7, 280, 84 has been raised to buy 30.000 meals for primary school children from some of the poorest boroughs in Poland ( Nurc Stacja, Tyrów,

Czarna Wieś Kościelna Czarna Wieś Kościelna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarna Białostocka, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Czarna Białostocka and north of the regio ...

, Szerszenie,

Goniądz Goniądz (; ) is a town in northeastern Poland, located at the Biebrza river, (pop. 1,915) in Mońki County in Podlaskie Voivodeship. History The town was founded sometime in the 14th century when dense forests covered the area. The first mentio ...

Partner of the events

* Polish Festival,

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2005 * Polish Festival,

Hanger Lane Hanger Lane is a major road in Ealing, London, England. The majority of the road forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular Road, running north from the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to the A40 road in London, A40 Western Avenu ...

2006

Contributors

Agnieszka Bielamowicz, Joanna Biszewska, Tomasz Borejza, Michalina Buenk, Filip Cuprych, Małgorzata Demetriou, Sergiusz Hieronimczak, Stanisław Koczot, Jarosław Malesa, Łukasz Marczewski, Martyna Porzezińska, Andrzej Świdlicki, Marianna Wielgosz,

Andrzej Wróbel Andrzej Wróbel is a paralympic track and field, athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T37 distance events. Andrzej has competed at and medaled in three Paralympics. His first games were in Barcelona in 1992 Summer Paralymp ...

, Radosław Zapałowski, Dariusz A. Zeller, Marcin Urban, Radosław Zapałowski, Piotr Gulbicki, Joanna Karwecka,

Notes

External links

*{{Official Website, www.cooltura.co.uk News magazines published in the United Kingdom Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines published in London Magazines established in 2004 Polish-language magazines Polish-British culture