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Czech Events Abroad (USA, Canada, UK, and more) – October 08 (Ceske Akce v Zahranici – Rijen 08)
28 09 2008
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Concerts:
Jaromir Nohavica - details in October Schedule below
10/03/08 - London (Carling Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, London N1): www.pohyby.co.uk, www.ticketweb.co.uk
10/05/08 - Dublin (The Button Factory Music Centre, Temple Bar, Curved Street, Dublin 2): buchticky@centrum.cz, phone: 0868669265
10/07/08 - Cork (Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix Street, City Centre): www.boborproductions.com, phone: 353868647934
10/09/08 - Toronto (Ukrainan Cultural Centre, 83 Christie Street, www.nohavicatickets, phone: 4168763705
10/11/08 - Chicago (Besedni Dum at St. Mary Church, 2416 S, 61st Ave, Cicero, IL 60804): 720-254-7409
10/14/08 - Washington (Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom Street): (202)274-9100×167
10/18/08 - Denver (Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden, Colorado, 80401): (303) 332-3927
10/21/08 - Los Angeles (Old World Festival Hall, 7561 Center Ave. #49, Huntington Beach, CA 92064): (702) 254-7409
10/23/08 - San Francisco (Nightclub Avalon, 777 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051): (408) 621-4921
10/25/08 - New York (Church Hall, St. John Nepomucene, 411 E 66th Street, New York, NY 10021): (720) 254-7409
Plastic People of the Universe - details in October Schedule below
Presented by www.YonasMedia.com
10/02/08 Arlington, VA, www.iotaclubandcafe.com
10/03/08 Denver, CO, www.TheWalnutRoom.com
10/07/08 San Diego, CA, www.BrickByBrick.com
10/08/08 Los Angeles, CA, www.Safari-Sams.com
10/09/08 San Francisco, CA, www.Slims-SF.com
Anna K
09/25/08 USA Tour 2008 with Janet Robin, Costa Mesa, California, Detroit Bar
09/28/08 USA Tour 2008 with Janet Robin, San Francisco, California, Red Devil Lounge
09/30/08 USA Tour 2008, Denver, Colorado, Buffalo Rose
10/02/08 USA Tour 2008, Chicago, Illinois, Subterranean
10/04/08 USA Tour 2008, New York, Don Hill’s
Tickets are available at the concert locations or HERE.
10/01/08 - Raleigh: Czech and Slovak Language Meetup Group
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Join the Meetup: http://czech.meetup.com/142/
Details: Let’s get together and see each other again. We have new members who I hope will come. And, I can speak a few more words of Czech; certainly a good reason to meet again.
10/01/08 - Seattle: Washington Policy Center Annual Dinner
Time: 6:00 PM (VIP/Photo reception), 7:00 PM (dinner)
Location: Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Grant Ballroom, 1400 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Details: Featuring 2008 Columbia Award Recipient Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic. Honoring 2008 Stanley O McNaughton Champion of Freedom Award Recipient Phil Smart, Sr. and commenting on the 2008 election, the Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard and FOX News Commentator Fred Barnes.
Tickets: No formal tickets will be issued for the Annual Dinner. Instead, you will receive a confirmation letter and tax form after you purchase a table or tickets (if purchased by September 24, 2008). Registrations will be held under your name. Check-in begins at 6:00pm on the day of the Dinner. Prices: $15,000, $10,000, $5,000, $3,000, $1,000, $300. Click Here to Register
Parking: Complimentary parking is provided for all attendees at the City Centre parking garage located directly across from the Sheraton’s main entrance. The parking garage can be accessed from Sixth Avenue between Pike and Union Streets or on Union Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. You will receive a parking voucher at the registration desk. Present this voucher upon reclaiming your vehicle at the end of the event.
Attire: Business
Info: Contact Lindsay at lleveque@washingtonpolicy.org or (206) 937-9691 .
10/02/08 - Calgary: Czech and Slovak Meetup Event
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Boston Pizza
Details: Join Meetup HERE
10/02/08 - Chicago: Koncert Anna K. se skupinou Doggybag
Time: 7 PM - 12 AM
Location: Subterranean, 2011 North Avenue, Chicago, vstupné: $ 25 v předprodeji (Vltava, Bohemian store, Cafe Prague, Klas a TicketWeb.com), $ 30 na místě.
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10/02/08 - Virginia: Rock Concert - The Plastic People of the Universe
Time: 7:30 PM (Meet the Artists), 8:30 PM (Corcert)
Location: Iota Club & Café, 2832 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
Tickets: $15 at the door
Details: The 7-member band Plastic People of the Universe creates extraordinarily original songs influenced by experimenting with electronic, jazz, and funk music. Founded in 1968, this legendary rock band served as a major symbol of resistance to former Czechoslovakia’s communist regime. The Plastic People’s imprisonment caused worldwide public condemnation of the regime and contributed to the birth of Charter 77. The band is comprised of Josef Janíček (keyboard), Vratislav Brabenec (saxophone), Jiří Kabeš (violin), Joe Karafiát (guitar), Ivan Bierhanzl (string bass), Ludvík Kandl (drums), and Eva Turnová (bass guitar).
10/02/08 - 10/04/08 - Toronto: International Conference “Light in Shadows” - “Svetlo ve Stinech - Ceskoslovensko 1968″
Time: 3 PM on 10/02
Location: Vivian and David Conference Facility, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
10/02/08 - 10/31/08 - London: Shining
Time: 6 PM - 9 PM (opening), 2 PM - 8 PM, Wednesday - Saturday
Location: Divus Unit 30, 3rd Floor, North Entrance, 37 Cremer Street, Shoreditch, London, E2 8HD
Details: Curated by Michaela Freeman, Shining includes emerging photographers from Czech Republic and the UK. Participating artists: Ben Camp, Jasmina Cibic, Jan Cihak, Katerina Drzkova, Dean Leavers, Jan Lesak, Martin Kamen, William de Labat, Yeon Lee, Matt Croghan, Margarita Myrogianni, Magda Slezar, Terrence Smith and Ondrej Tkacik.
10/03/08 - Washington D.C.: Meetup: Czechoslovak Happy Hour
Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
10/03/08 - London Meetup: Jarek Nohavica - On the Road 2008
Time: 7:00 PM (meetup), 8:30 PM (concert)
Location: Carling Academy Islington, N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street, London N1
Details: www.pohyby.co.uk, www.ticketweb.co.uk
10/03/08 - Toronto, Ontario: Artist in Attendance: Standa Sedlak
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Gallery Hittite, 107 Scollard St.
Info: (416) 924-4450 , stan3-sed@standasedlak.com
10/03/08 - Alhambra: Czech Meetup
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Cha forTea, 2 E Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801, (626) 576-1209
Details: RSVP (10 spots left)
10/04/08 - Irvine Meetup: Global Village Festival CZ/SK Booth
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
Details: Need volunteers to help in booth and/or provide goodies to exhibit. Free entry. Food tasting tickets available to purchase. See festival website for more details, map, directions, parking, etc.
10/04/08 - New York: Czech Street Festival & Concert - Afterparty
Time: 1 PM - 7 PM
Location: 83rd Street between Madison and Park Avenues
Details: 10th Annual Czech Independence Day Celebrations 2008. Fun for all adults and kids. Enjoy live music, Czech food, and much more. Performance of Czech music bands Anna K. and DJ Michael Burian, local Sokol groups, and much more. Czech Independence Day celebrations are organized by the Czech Center New York under the patronage of the Czech Consulate General and would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
10/05/08 - : Film: Larks on a String (1969) (Skrivanci na Niti)
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic: The Living Room, Entrance from 33-35 Upper O’Connell Street (film romm located on level -1), Dublin 1
Details: Directed by Jiri Menzel
Synopsis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064994
10/05/08 - : Houby Festival 2008 presented by Czech Oasis
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Call (708) 863-6000 or email cicerochamber@ameritech.ne
Details: The International Houby Day Festival remains one of the Cicero-Berwyn area’s most favored pastimes. Drawing crowds not only from the town itself, but from nearby areas as well, the Houby Festival is perhaps one of the region’s most exciting events. Named “Houby” after the Czechoslovakian word for “mushroom”, the Houby festivities began in 1968 and exhibited much of the local culture of the town’s citizens, many of whom were of Czech decent. The festival continues as one of the town’s most esteemed annual events to this day, and has gone on to encompass numerous ethnicities and backgrounds in a stunning display of culture and exuberance for the entire community, and visitors, to share. — US and Czech bands with music ranging from polka to pop to punk, potato pancakes made by Klas restaurant, delicious mushroom tamale from Tamale Hut, Czech Pilsner or Miller beer and more.
10/05/08 - Nebraska(NE): The Polka Dudes
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Little Ricky’s Bar & Grill North Bend, NE
Info: (402) 566-4135 or jm52236@alltel.net
10/05/08 - 02/23/09 - Vancouver: Czech Interactive Exhibition ORBIS PICTUS in Vancouver
Time: N/A
Location: TELUS World of Science, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, V6A 3Z7
Details: Designed by Czech artist Petr Nikl. The concept of the exhibition was inspired by the work of the great Czech humanist, philosopher and educator John Amos Comenius and his book “The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart”. A team of artists lead by Petr Nikl created an interactive exhibit where viewers experiment with their own imagination and creativity. There are no electronic devices, everything is manually activated. Through a process of sights and sounds, visitors are able to experience a new vision of the world that surrounds them - the concept John Amos Comenius promoted as far back as in 17th centrury. The Exhibition is a central feature of the PAMPAEDIA project set up by Jiri and Radana Wald. This critically acclaimed exhibition premiered in Paris in 2006 and was subsequently presented in Florence in 2007; it further travelled to Prague and other Czech cities in 2008. The Orbis Pictus exhibition has been given status of the official accompanying event of the Czech Presidency of the European Union in 2009. The exhibition is being held under the auspices of Vaclav Jehlicka, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic and with the considerable support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall and the Comenius Union. The exhibition is also being sponsored by Atrium Innovations Inc. www.orbis-pictus.com
10/05/08 - Texas: Polka Mass
Time: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM (fried chicken and sausage dinner)
Location: Holy Rosary Parish, Hostyn Festival Sunday
Tickets: $7 (adults), $3.50 (children)
Details: Country auction music by Donnie Wavra and orchestra and Red Ravens and Mark Halata/Texavia. 10% of the profit from festival will be donated back to CCA meals on wheels, La Grande and Schulenburg Volunteer fire departments.
10/05/08 - Nebraska: October Czechfest
Time: contact Donna Gruntorad at (308) 384-7355
Location: York City Auditorium, 6th & Nebraska
Features: raffle, silent auction, demonstrations, drawing, music by Bob Blecha band, authentic Czech dinner 11 AM - 2 PM, accordion Jamboree 11 AM - 1 PM
10/06/08 - London: Concert - Martin Skampa (cello) & Michael Rezek (piano)
Time: 6:45 PM
Location: St Cyprian’s Church, Clarence Gate, London NW1
Details: Fundraising concert organized by UK Friends of Czech History Buildings, Gardens and Parks. The program will include works by Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Eben and Martinu. Wine and soft drinks available. www.stcyprians.org.uk
Tickets: £15 from Pamela Dawson, 264 Middle Road, Southampton, SO19 8PB, UK, events@ukczechfriends.org
10/07/08 - London: Martinu - Bohemian in Exile
Time: 1:05 PM, 6:00 PM
Location: Inner Parry Room, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS
Details: In anticipation of Bohuslav Martinu anniversary year, the Royal College of Music presents two concerts featuring some of his rarely heard chamber works.
10/07/08 - Minnesota: Film: Citizen Havel
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: McNeely Hall, St. Thomas University, St. Paul campus, Room 100, 2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN
Details: Movie followed by commentary and discussion. Speakers: Drs. Martin Butora and Zora Butorova.
10/08/08 - Washington, D.C.: Lions of Czech Film Series - Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet)
Time: 8 PM
Location: Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20015
Tickets: $10 (adults), $7.50 (seniors and students w/ a college ID), $6.50 (Avalon members) at the box office 30 min. before a show
Details: At the beginning of the 1950s, Ex-RAF Czech pilot Franta Slama is confined to a labor camp as an “enemy of the people,” because he had flown for the RAF during WWII. The new totalitarian Communist regime deemed him contaminated by the Western ideals of democracy and freedom and a potential threat to the State. They feared such heroes would once again fight for freedom. We flashback to March 1939, just before world peace is irredeemably shattered. Franta congratulates his protege, fresh-faced trainee pilot Karel Vojtišek, for passing his flying test. Soon afterwards, Franta and Karel escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and reach England, where they join the RAF. Both men fall in love with the same woman, Susan. For Karel, Susan is his first love and the men’s friendship is tested to its limit.
10/09/08 - Washington, D.C.: Lecture - Pavel Zacek and Petr Rendek
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, 5th Floor Conference Room
Admission: Free and open to the public. Please, present a photo ID.
Details: Director Pavel Žáček and historian Petr Rendek from the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, present The Czechoslovak Intelligence Services in the Cold War: New Documents from the Czech Archives.
10/09/08 - Toronto: Concert - Jaromir Nohavica
Time: 7 PM
Location: Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Toronto
Details: www.nohavicatickets.com
10/09/08 - London: Battle for the Airwaves
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Czech Embassy, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY
Details: A book launch of Czech-English Battle for the Airwaves with writer David Vaughan and Sir John Tusa at the occasion of 70th anniversary of Munich treaty. Battle for the Airwaves looks at the crisis as it was played out on the airwaves in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Britain and the United States, and reveals just how central a role radio played in the run-up to the Munich Agreement and beyond.
Info: 020 7307 5180
Tickets: Free admission, booking necessary
10/09/08 - New York: Lecture - Europe, Russia and Energy Security
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Czech Center New York
Details: Please RSVP at (212) 288-0830 ext. 100 or info@czechcenter.com
Respected journalist from the weekly Respekt will speak about the rate of dependency of central Europe on Russian gas and oil and what can be done about this dependency. He will also analyze how the term “energy security” is understood in Europe, the European Union and the US and how Russia is using its energy resources to expand its sphere of influence.
Jan Macháček is a journalist and musician currently working as a commentator for the daily newspaper Hospodarske noviny, to which he also occasionally contributes articles and interviews. He also serves as a board member of Transparency International in the Czech Republic. Previously, he lectured on Politics and the Economics of Transformation at the Anglo American college in Prague.
During communism in the 1980s, Macháček was involved in underground culture and samizdat publishing. He was a member of the famous underground music band The Plastic People of the Universe as a guitar player and later joined the band Garage, which he still plays with. In the 1980s, he signed Charter 77 and was involved in various opposition activities. He studied at the Prague School of Economics in the first half of the 1980s, but due to political reasons did not finish.
After the revolution in 1989, Macháček joined together people from underground publishing to create the first independent media outlet in the country, the weekly Respekt (originally titled Information Service). There, he was frequently awarded for both his investigative and analytical writing. In 2000 he effectively became Respekt’s deputy editor in chief. Additionally, Macháček has also been a fellow of the National Forum Foundation in Washington and the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
10/10/08 - Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Meetup - The Greater Philadelphia Czech and Slovak Meetup
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
Details: Want to meet your friends? Want to practice your Czech and/or Slovak? All this while having a really good time? Then join the ever growing at Otto’s Brauhaus in Horsham, Pa., every second Friday in month at 8 p.m. to the regular Monthly Socials over beer. You’ll find a friendly mix of native speakers as well as “aspirees” who want to boost their conversation in Czech or Slovak.
10/11/08 - Nebraska (NE): The Polka Dudes
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: ACE Hardware Columbus, NE
Details: Appreciation Day
Info: (402) 566-4135 or jm52236@alltel.net
10/11/08 - Virginia: Conference: Cold War Conversations III - Prague Spring
Time: 8 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: South County Secondary School, 8501 Silverbrook Road, Lorton, VA 22079
Admission: Free for Studesnt (with student ID); $25 Adults
Details: This year’s conference will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Prague Spring, 1968. The event features special guests from the media, government, and academia; exhibits; an oral history segment where participants can share their own stories; and a teleconference where students and conference participants can talk to students in the Czech Republic about world events that have shaped the course of history. Featured speakers include Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, Ambassador Richard W. Carlson, Arnaud de Borchgrave, historians Dr. Christian Ostermann, Dr. Hope Harrison, Adam Hradilek, Pavel Litinov, and Linda McCarthy, founder of the CIA Museum, among others.
10/11/08 - Texas: Muziky, Muziky by The Texas Czech Heritage & Cultural Center
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Sanford Schmid Amphiteater
10/11/08 - Chicago: Concert: Jaromir Nohavica
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Besedni Dum, 2416 S 61st Ave, Cicero
Tickets: $30, $35 (at the door)
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10/11/08 - Virginia: Conference - 40. vyroci Prazskeho Jara
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: South Country Secondary School, 8501 Silverbrook Road, Lorton, Virginia
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10/11/08 - London: Concert - From My Homeland
Time: 6:00 PM (pre-concert talk), 7:30 PM (Nash Ensamble)
Location: Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP
Details: Wigmore Hall series of concerts ‘From My Homeland’ features Dvorak, music from the Czech Lands and works by Brahms.
Info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
10/12/08 - Maryland: Annual Czech and Slovak Festival
Time: 12 PM - 6 PM
Location: Baltimore, 45 Association Hall, 2501 Putty Hill Ave, Parkville, MD 21234
Features: performances by Slavjane Rusyn Dance Ensemble, dancing to the music of Joy of Maryland, ethnic food and pastries, vendors, Sokol gymnasts, and more.
Call: (410) 662-6094 or (410) 549-1437
10/14/08 - Washington D.C.: World Music Concert - Jaromir Nohavica
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic
Admission: $29 (with reservations), $35 (at the door)
Questions: (202) 274-9105
Details: Czech songwriter and poet Jaromír Nohavica began his career writing lyrics for pop singers, eventually emerging as a performer in his own right in the 1980s and becoming one of the most popular singers in the Czech Republic for his songs about ordinary life. This DC concert is part of the 2008 US Tour throughout Czech communities.
10/14/08 - 10/17/08 - Ohio: 11th Genealogical/Cultural Conference
Location: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, Holiday Inn Celveland South - Independence, 6001 Rockside Rd (I-77 & Rockside)
10/14/08 - 10/17/08 - Ohio: Czech and Slovak Neighborhood Tours
Location: First Catholic Slovak Union Headquarter, 6611 Rockside Rd., Independence, OH
Features: Baine/Cincebeaux Collection of Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak Folk Dress and Folk Art
10/14/08 - 10/31/08 - Washington D.C.: Photo Exhibition 68/89
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic
Call: (202) 27409105 for an appointment
Features: Black and white photography of renowned Czech photographers captures unforgettable moments that shaped the course of history in the exhibition 68/89 From the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution. The pictures present a record of the past-from the funeral of Jan Palach, a Soviet tank destroying a building in Liberec, an illegal demonstration by protestors in Wenceslaus Square, to Václav Havel and Alexander Dubček at the moment when Czechoslovak Television announced the resignation of the Communist Party politburo. Capturing memories is the work of over 30 award-winning photographers whose prestigious honors include the World Press Photography Awards, Czech Press Photography Awards, and Photographer of the Year.
10/16/08 - London: Sons from the Heart of Europe
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: The Spiro Ark, 25 - 26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW
Details: The concert dedicated to the memory of Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister of London based exile government during WW2 and performed by Marta Vavrova (soprano) and Petr Vasicek (piano). Programme includes a newly composed the Trials of Leopold Hilsner by Charles Heller as well as Six Moravian Folk Tunes No 1 by Paul Haas and Folk Tunes from Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia by Anthonin Tucapsky.
Info: 020 7723 9991, www.spiroakr.org
10/17/08 - 10/20/08 - London: Hunt and Kastner Artworks at Zoo
Time: N/A
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, 6 Burlington Gdns, London W1 0BD
Details: Hunt Kastner Artworks will feature the work of young Czech artists Zbynek Baladran and Josef Bolf at the Zoo Art Fair 2008, a showcase of 58 recently established galleries from 15 countries presenting some of the most exciting talent and an insight into the emerging world art market.
Info: 020 7247 8597, www.zooartfair.com
10/17/08 OR 10/19/08 - Minnesota: Czech Around The World III
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: 7230 York Ave. S, Edina, Club Room, 2nd floor
Note: date not yet certain: EITHER October 17 (Friday) OR October 19 (Sunday) TBD SOON (check this space as date gets closer)
Details: Czechs Around the World III – Presentation with slides and potluck dinner by Hana Matousek ( Peru and the best country in the whole world, Czech Republic ). Sponsored by R. Jelinek (with slivovice tasting) and Jan Gadzo (Potica sampling).
10/17/08 - California: San Diego’s Meetup - Autumn Colors & Halloween
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kashtan European Market & Bistro, 12125 Alta Carmel Ct., San Diego, CA 92128
10/18/2008 - Minnesota: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International Annual Membership Meeting
Time: 1 PM
Location: First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (Catholic Workman’s building), New Prague, directions: from HWY 19, turn north at traffic signal on 10th AVE, then first right
Price: $5 members, $8 non-members
Features: CGSI Traveling Library will be available for research from 9 AM to Noon (ship passenger lists, census records, Minnesota records, surname indexes, dictionaries and translation aids, gazetteers and maps.
Bring your list of surnames, ancestral villages and what other family clues you have (voluntary donations requested).
1:00 PM Registration
1:30 PM Tom Kajer: What made New Prague “New Prague?”
2:15 PM Kolace break
2:30 PM Paul Makousky: MN Czech Settlement Characteristics
3:30 PM Annual Membership Meeting
Noon lunches available nearby: The Fishtale Grille, Subway, McDonald’s, Pizza Ranch
On the agenda of the Annual Meeting is the election of officers for the years 2009-2011.
10/18/08 - 10/26/08 London: Czech Films at London Film Festival
Time: Below
Location: London
Details: The UK premieres of documentary ‘Citizen Havel’, Petr Zelenka’s unusual take on theatre and life ‘The Karamazovs’ and Vladimir Michalek’s comedy ‘Of Parents and Children’ will be the highlights of Cinema Europea section at the 52nd year of the London Film Festival.
Showings:
10/22/08 @ 8:30 PM, NFT2 - Citizen Havel (Obcan Havel)
10/26/08 @ 2:00 PM TRICYCLE - Citizen Havel (Obcan Havel)
Details: A witty, considered and personal documentary with fascinating insights into the life of Václav Havel, the man who helped shape the early history of the Czech Republic. After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1992 former political dissident, playwright and outspoken essayist Václav Havel became the first president of a new country, the Czech Republic. A former enemy of the state and leader of the Velvet Revolution, Havel was given a popular mandate to transform that state and its institutions. On taking his new office, Havel invited his friend the documentarist Pavel Koutecký to capture the birth of their new nation. Filmed over ten years, this understated, witty and considered documentary gives a fascinating insight into Czech politics and the man who helped shape the history of the new republic.
Covering a vast range of events from intense international debates, celebrity visits (including those of The Rolling Stones and Bill Clinton) and the routine of day-to-day politics, to unexpected personal tragedy, this is an intimate portrait of a politician and of a man. Koutecký died in 2006 and his friend filmmaker Miroslav Janek spent several years piecing together this engaging multi-layered portrait, which remains both a testimony to a charismatic leader and to an esteemed filmmaker.
10/18/08 @ 6:35 PM, Curzor Mayfair - The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
10/21/08 @ 1:30 PM, Odeon West End 1 - The Karamazovs (Karamazovi)
Details: Petr Zelenka’s unusual take on theatre and life follows a group of Czech actors as they perform an adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel in a Polish factory. A Prague theatre company arrives in Krakow to present a stage adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov at an alternative drama festival to be presented in a local steelworks. As rehearsals progress, we follow developments among the actors themselves as well as their interaction with a single worker who, as a surrogate audience, is drawn inevitably into the whole process. Dostoyevsky’s themes of faith, immortality, and salvation cross borders as the film moves between its alternating perspectives.
Focussing on the trial scenes, the film examines the subject of patricide and the complicity of the three younger Karamazovs and the supposedly illegitimate Smerdyakov. Already hailed as the most notable Czech film of the year, Zelenka’s film is typically ambitious, charting new possibilities with its use of former ‘new wave’ director Evald Schorm’s now classic dramatisation. Described by Zelenka as a homage to acting, the film features Ivan Trojan, who worked with him on the stage and film versions of his last work, Wrong Side Up, as the older Karamazov.
10/23/08 @ 8:30 PM, NFT2 - Of Parents and Children (O Rodicich a Detech)
10/24/08 @ 1:30 PM, NFT2 - Of Parents and Children (O Rodicich a Detech)
Details: A retired scientist and his adult son reflect on life during their regular walk around the outskirts of Prague in Vladimír Michálek’s attractive comedy.
Adapted from the award-winning novel by Emil Hakl, Vladimír Michálek’s film tells of the relationship between a retired microbiologist (Josef Somr) and his 40-year-old son (David Novotný). Every week, the father gives a lecture at the zoo, and meets his son outside the penguin house for their weekly walk around the outskirts of Prague, passing through locations that evoke their own poetry and trigger a variety of reflections - on family life, childhood, women, and the absurdities of the modern world.
Focussing on this central situation, the film replays previous episodes in their lives, and develops a parallel story in which an illegitimate grown-up grandson (Luboš Kostelný) pays an unexpected call on his father’s current girlfriend (Mariana Kroftová). Superbly acted by Josef Somr (the station guard from Closely Observed Trains) as the father and Novotný, it is a beautifully observed film, with witty dialogue, full of comic irony and poetry, and ideally complemented by Martin Štrba’s sensitive cinematography.
Info: www.bfi.org.uk/lff
10/18/08 - Minnesota: Karel Capek: Life and Work by Ivan Klima
Time: 10:00 AM - Noon
Location: Czech and Slovak Cultural Center (1st floor), CSPS Hall, 385 Michigan St., St. Paul
Details: CSCC, Office of the Horonary Consul for the Czech Republic and Sokol MN event
10/18/08 - Illinois: Ctvrtletni Setkani Ceske a Slovenske Americke Genealogicke Spolecnosti v Illinois
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 150 South Ashland, La Grande, IL
Tickets: Free Admission
Details: Hostujícím mluvčím bude Robert Doubek - ředitel projektu “Památník Woodrowa Wilsona se vrací do Prahy”
Info: Simona (847) 398-7822 or slovak2gmail.com
10/18/08 - Toronto: The Toronto Czech Language October Meetup
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
10/18/08 - Nebraska (NE): The Polka Dudes
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Mac’s Creek Winery Lexington, NE
Details: October Fest
Info: (402) 566-4135 or jm52236@alltel.net
10/18/08 - Texas: Czech Meetup - 2nd Annual Czech Fest
Time: 10:00 AM
Time: Downtown Temple, W Central Ave, Temple, TX 76501, (254) 669-1537
10/19/08 - Film: Hearty Greetings from the Globe (1982)
Time: 4:30 PM (date to be confirmed)
Details: Directed by Oldrich Lipsky
Location: CLICK HERE
Synopsis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084721/
10/19/08 - Florida: Czech Meetup - Czech Film Night
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Drunken Monkey Coffee Bar, 444 N Bumby Ave, Orlando, FL 32803, (407) 893-4994
10/19/08 - Illinois: Chicago Meetup - Czech Languge and Mingle Gropu of Chicagoland
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
10/22/08 - Washington D.C.: Documentary Film Screening with Guest Director Jean Bodon: Howling with the Angels
Location: Library of Congress, James Madison Building, RM139, Independence Avenue, SE, Between 1st and 2nd Streets, Washington, DC
Admission: Free and open to the public
Details: In March 1939, Hitler’s army marched into Prague, Czechoslovaki. Jan Bodon, a young captain in the Czech Army, who also happened to be blond-haired, blue-eyed, and fluent in German was “asked” to join the Nazis. He promptly fled and jouned the Czech Resistance Movement instead. In this powerful documentary directed by Jan’s son, Jean Bodon uncovers the truth not only about Jan’s wartime experiences, but also discovers that his father was secretly a Jew.
10/22/08 - London: Petr Erben Memorial Recital
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Steinway Hall, 44 Marylebone Lane, London, W1U 2DB
Details: A memorial recital for the great Czech composer Petr Eben, who died in October 2007, which includes his major work for piano, the five “Letters to Milena”. The programme also includes Handel’s Suite No 2 in F, Beethoven’s Variations in F Op. 34, Germasn Dances by Schubert and three Czech Dances by Smetana.
Tickets: £15 at the door
10/23/08 - New York: Meetup - The New York City Czech and Slovak October Meetup
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
10/23/08 - California - Meetup - Jaromir Nohavica
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Avalon, 777 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, (408) 241-0777
10/23/08 - 10/24/08 - Washington D.C.: Historical Conference - Fateful Eights in Czech History
Location: George Washington University, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Elliott School, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Call: (202) 274-9105 for more details
Details: In commemoration of Czech historical anniversaries, Ambassador Petr Kolář will open the Fateful Eights in Czech History Conference. Founder of the Czechoslovak Documentation Center Vilém Prečan will present an opening address on the Czech 20th century.
Oct 23rd: 1st Panel (9 AM): The Creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 (Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the United States and the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Democratic traditions and ideals in Czech history)
Oct 23rd: 2nd Panel (9 AM): Czechoslovakia and Munich 1930 (European politics in the 1930s. Challenge of Fascism and Nazism to European democracy)
Oct 24th: 3rd Panel (10 AM): Czechoslovakia and the Communist Coup of 1948 (Communism and Czechoslovakia in the 20th Century. Czechoslovakia and the superpowers after World War II. Victims of communism)
Closing Session: The Other Life of the Eights (A reflection on the impact of Czech historical events on the Czech political psychology and the international system: traumatic lessons of Munich and occupations, promising lessons of freedom and democracy)
10/25/08 - Illinois: Den Otevrenych Dveri Muzea Ceskoslovenskeho Dedictvi
Time: 11:00 PP - 4:00 PM
Location: CSA Fraternal Life Home Office, 122 W, 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL
Pro vice informací prosím volejte Cary Mentzer na 630-472-0500 nebo klikněte ZDE
Details: Zpevaci, tanecnici, vystava a prodej knih.
10/26/08 - Illinois: Annual Czech Heritage Festival
Time: 11:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Knights of Columbus Hall, 5721 Rigsby, San Antonio, Texas (0.6 miles outside 410).
Details: Music by The Czechalolics. 12 - 4 PM Czech meals served. Silent auction.
Tickets: $7 (adults), $3 (children under 10 years)
Meals: Pork roast, sausage, sauerkraut, potatoes, drinks, kolaches and variety of desserts available.
Info: (210) 649-2702
10/26/08 - Minnesota: Annual Czech Roast Pork Dinner
Time: 12:30 PM or 2:30 PM
Details: Annual Czech Roast Pork Dinner – popular Czech dinner with pork tenderloin, raised bread dumplings and sauerkraut. Two seatings, 12: 30 or 2: 30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 (adults), $7 (child under 9) - Prepaid reservation at CSCP Hall, 283 Michigan Street (West 7th), St. Paul (Sokol event).
Location: Sokol Minnesota, 283 Michigan Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
Details: Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota will serve its popular Czech Roast Pork Dinner on Sunday afternoon, October 26, with two seatings, 12:30 and 2:30 p.m., at the CSPS Hall, 283 Michigan Street (West 7th). The meal features many favorites including roast pork (pečená vepřová svicka), bread dumplings (kynuté knedliky), sauerkraut (kysané zelí), and other goodies. Ray Vanyo will be the head chef this year, with help from many Sokol kitchen volunteers. If you would like to help in advance to make the dumplings (what a great opportunity to learn how to make this beloved Czech specialty from our own Sokol kitchen experts!!!) and the dessert or to serve the dinner on the 26th, please contact: events@sokolmn.org Price of the dinner is $15/aduls, $7/child under 9. Pre-paid Reservations with check to: Sokol Minnesota, 383 Michigan Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. Write: Pork Dinner and time on the envelope and the memo line of your check.
10/26/08 - Nebraska: 3rd Annual October Polka Fest
Time: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Omaha Sokol Hall, 21st & “U” Streets
Details: 6 hours of continuous music featuring Ron Nadherny’s Polka Band and Ed Svoboda’s Red Ravens.
Tickets: $6, free admission for children
Info: CLICK HERE
10/28/08 - Pittsburgh Meetup: The Pittsburgh Czech Language Meetup
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
10/28/08 - Virginia: The Northern Virginia Czech Language Meetup
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Join Meetup HERE
Details: Ok-We are going to have the September meetup at my house this time. I would like to have everyone bring some sort of dish (Czech if possible) and a beverage of your choice. I will also have many things there to indulge in. As we near this event I will publish e-mail to disseminate how we are doing.
10/28/08 - Washington D.C.: Piano Concert - Radoslav Kvapil
Location: The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20566
Admission: Free
Details: International critics rave that virtuoso Czech pianist Radoslav Kvapil is the most important Czech pianist and the finest proponent of Czech music. He specializes in the performance of the Czech repertoire worldwide and has recorded the complete works of Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák, J.H. Voříšek, and Bohuslav Martinů. Kvapil’s knowledge and understanding of these works remain unrivaled. His specialty in Czech music grows from his roots. Born in Brno, Moravia, he studied at the Janáček Academy under one of the pupils of the infamous Czech composer Leoš Janáček.
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