A lot of Czech/Slovak stuff is going on in New York this month!! If you are a fan of classical music, then this is your month because the Czech Symphony Orchestra is touring the US. If you are more into the movie scene you can meet the dean of the the Czech University of Film (FAMU) and discuss any Czech movie either with him or with the Czech film students that he brought along. For those who are interested in architecture, this month also introduces the exhibition of Czech cubism.
CZ: Ahoj! Hodne se toho tento mesic kona v New Yorku! Take pro priznivce klasicke hudby je toho dosti na vyber; Cesky filharmonicky orchestr totiz koncertuje po USA. Jestlize se radsi divate na televizi a bydlite ve Washingtonu, jdete se seznamit s reditelem ceske FAMU (mate take prilezitost vynadat mu za jakykoliv cesky film, ktery se vam v zivote nelibil). Pro fanousky architektury zacina tento mesic vystava ceskeho kubismu.
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It’s time to talk about the embarrassing stuff. How many of you, the non-native English speakers, have NOT had an embarrassing experience while you were in the process of learning English? I bet every one of you has a story. I personally can remember (and it would be impossible to forget) at least 2 moments when I faced the eternal embarrassment of all times : the first time I was talking to my boss, explaining to her that I had had a terrible stomach flu, where I had eaten too much popcorn and it had blown up in my testicles (instead of the word “intestines“) and that is why I had been throwing up the whole weekend. The other time, not long after this particular speech accident I was at a party where the host decided to introduce me to this magical thing called a Theracane (great stuff by the way!). It’s basically a simple plastic massaging stick but the way it is bent one can massage his own back with no problems. Anyway, as I was testing this instrument in front of her, I whispered with a satisfying tone in my voice: “It really gets my nuts” instead of “It really gets my knots“. Oblivious to what I just said, I did not catch the weird looks everyone had on their faces. Fortunately my good husband saved me and gently corrected my pronunciation. And then we all had a good laugh; and I also felt embarrassed for about 6 months after that. Actually I still get red when I think about it - like right now. 
Let’s talk about Entropa. For those who are not familiar with that term, it is an art exhibition, which was unveiled in Brussels at the beginning of the Czech EU presidency. Basically, it is a stylised map which depicts all of the 27 EU countries in their “characteristic” way, but to many also in a very shocking way. The artifact managed to create a diplomatic conflict with Bulgaria which is represented on the map as a squatting toilet seat(see the picture). The creator of Entropa, a well-known Czech artist David Cerny, defends himfelf by saying that he wanted to test whether Europe was able of self-mockery. The Czech president Vaclav Klaus did appoligize to the offended countries. The PM Mirek Topolanek, who has been lately doing a wonderful job by the way, said to this: ” We should definitelly not appologize, the artist has done so”. He also added to it: “We Czechs often make fun of ourselves, and then we do not fully understand when others do not like it if we make fun of them”. 
Do you ever watch the immortal CIA agent Jack Bauer from “24″? While the show is currently on its 7th season, Jack is still entertaining millions of viewers (including those in the Czech Republic). Most people don’t know, however, that the Czechs have their OWN Jack Bauer. His name is Emil Kucera and he is a stout entomologist. Why does he resemble the qualities of Mr. Bauer? Let me give you the highlights:
To add to the diversity of this blog I decided I am going to introduce you to the world of Czech and Slovak fairy tales (and if you know all about them it may just be a good review for you). Since we are currently in the middle of – for some of us – quite the hash winter, there is no better suited children’s tale than the one about the Twelve Months (O Dvanacti Mesickach). I found it translated into English in the “
Telc, also called the “Moravian Venice” is a true pearl of Moravia, 
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