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Ngayogjazz 2011, When Togetherness Expressed in Jazzy Style 1/14/2011 - Eka Wahyu The most awaited jazz performance event, the Ngayogjazz, is finally ready to roll after being postponed for about 2 months from the first schedule. Ngayogjazz 2011will be held on Saturday, January 15, raising a theme expressing the togetherness of the Javanese people,  “Mangan Ora Mangan….Ngejazz” . “Finally the fourth Ngayogjazz can be held after being postponed because of Mt. Merapi`s eruption. It should have been presented in November 30, 2010,” said the Event’s Director, Djaduk Ferianto, on Thursday (1/13). As always, according to him, the theme of the Ngayogjazz representing the Javanese old saying and characteristics of the people and twist it to suit the jazz spirit. This year the Ngayogjazz is holding the theme,  “Mangan Ora Mangan…Ngejazz” , a twist from a famous saying of the Javanese people,  “Mangan Ora Mangan Ngumpul”  (Whether we eat or not it doesn’t matter, as long as we are t

Jogja Broadway Show 2011 1/06/2011 - Eka Wahyu Entering the New Year, the Garasi Enterprise will present a new concept of performing art titled " Jogja Broadway Show ", on 6th to 16th January , 2011 starts at 4 PM of local time and take place at the Societet Building, Taman Budaya Yogyakarta (TBY), jalan Sriwedani No. 1 Yogyakarta. This musical theater performance brought together the performing arts with tourism in ‘Broadway’ style to popularize the performing arts and tourism in Yogyakarta. “Yogyakarta as a city of arts and tourism actually only have a few regular theatrical performances. For this reason, we had the idea to hold a new concept of performance in ‘Broadway’ style, which can be an alternative entertainment for the tourists visiting Yogyakarta. This could become a new tourism icon for the city," said Kusworo Bayu Aji, the Executive Producer of the Garasi Enterprise, to the press (4 / 1). Aji explained that Jogja Broadway show is planned to beco