Czech/Slovak EVENTS in other countries

UK film festival presents two Czech movies/ Filmovy festival v UK uvadi dva ceske filmy

Czech movie 'Katka'

If you live in London or somewhere in its vicinity I encourage you to check out a couple of contemporary Czech movies (Protektor and Katka) which were selected to be part of the new Czech Cinema UK tour called Made In Prague.

If you do go, please let us know whether you liked them or not!

CZ: Jestlize zijete v Londyne (nebo nekde v jeho blizkosti), doporucuji vam navstivit dva nove ceske filmy: ‘Katka’ a ‘Protektor’. Byly vybrane do anglickeho filmoveho festivalu zvaneho Made In Prague. [click to continue…]

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Courageous Czechs help Haiti / Statecni Cesi pomahaji Haiti

The Praga-Haiti Project is a part of a Czech non-profit organization which drills water wells in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Each well costs about 130,000 Czech crowns, so if you would like to financially contribute, further information can be found at the end of the following article.

CZ: Praga-Haiti Project je soucasti neziskove agentury, ktera na Haiti den co den vrta studny, aby meli jeji obyvatele pitnou vodu. Prumerna cena jedne studny je priblizne 130 000 korun. Skutecna hodnota je ovlivnena hloubkou vrtu a typem pouziteho cerpadla. Projekt je financovan z prostredku darcu a sponzoru. Jestli byste chteli na ucel teto vystavby prispet, blizsi informace najdete na konci tohoto velmi zajimaveho clanku.

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The Czechs conquered China Expo 2010 / Cesi dobyli Shanghaiske Expo 2010

The Czech cultural pavilion in Shanghai (Wold Expo 2010) won a second place for creativity. In fact, the Chinese liked it so much that they bought the whole building for 33 million Czech crowns and now the pavilion is there to stay.

What is so incredibly creative about this building? [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: art

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Czech and Slovak events abroad: May 2010 / Ceske a slovenske akce v cizine: kveten 2010

Calendar for May is done! Don’t miss out on Houby Days Festival in Cedar Rapids or Nebraska Czechs festival in Lincoln. Also, if you haven’t seen a Czech movie called “A little piece of heaven” rent a little plane on May 12th and fly to Washington DC – a piece of cake.

CZ: Je tu kalendar na kveten a s nim veleznamy Houby Festival, nebo Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln festival. Jestli jste jeste nevideli film zvany “Kousek nebe”, 12. kvetna nasednete do privatniho jetu, smer ceska ambasada ve Washingtonu.

1. Cedar Rapids, IA

What: Houby Days festival

When: May 15

2. New York, NY (Czech Center)

What: “Kriess” concert (performs European music of 13th to 15th century)

When: May 6

3. Astoria, NY (Bohemian Hall)

What: 1910 Costume Ball (100th anniversary of Bohemian Hall)

When: May 1

4. Lincoln, NE

What: Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Festival

When: May 2 [click to continue…]

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Slavonice is reaching for the stars! / Slavonice oslnuji talentem!

Slavonice is a quaint little town of 2,500 inhabitants, just a few miles away from the Austrian border. Normally quite the quiet place, the town is now buzzing with excitement since the Slavonice choir was chosen to compete at the international music festival in Canada.

More of this exciting news (and how you can help) can be found here (click here).

CZ: Slavonice je malinke mestecko lezici na hranicich Moravy a Rakouska, ktere obyva kolem 2500 obyvatel. Normalne tu panuje pokoj a klid, ale v posledni dobe tu panuje naprosta vzrusuici atmosfera. Slavovnicky detsky sbor byl totiz vybran, ze bude reprezentovat Ceskou Republiku na Mezinarodnim hudebnim festivalu v Kanade.

Vice si o teto vzrusujici zprave prectete v blogu Zuzany Kulhankove (kliknete zde).

Also, here is a neat YouTube video which introduces the kids choir as well as the town of Slavonice:
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Tagged as: celebrity, Czechs in Canada, music, travel, YouTube

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Czech and Slovak events abroad: April 2010 / Krajanske akce na duben 2010

Hello everyone,

Happy Easter! Although I do feel a little better (thank God!) I have still not picked up enough energy to do the monthly calendar. It usually takes me couple of hours to get that all together and my body is unwilling to cooperate for that long. That is why I am turning over to my buddies, Krajane.net, who do a monthly calendar as well. Their list of events is more global and concentrates less on the USA region.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE APRIL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

CZ: Ahoj vsichni a Vesele Velikonoce! At uz mate doma pripravenou pomlazku nebo delate tzv. Easter egg hunt (nebo obe dve tradice?) jaro uz je tady a s nim i mnohe veselice. Jeste mi neni az tak dobre na to, abych sestavovala svuj vlastni list ceskeho/slovenskeho deni, a proto zezlo prenechavam na tento mesic mym kamaradum zvanym Krajane.net.

AKCE NA DUBEN 2010 MUZETE SHLEDNOUT ZDE (KLIKNETE ZDE).

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The Czech olympic team is huge this year/ Cesky Olympijsky tym je tento rok obrovsky

The 2010 Olympic Games start next week in Vancover. How is the Czech Republic going to do this time? Four years ago the Czechs won 4 medals: gold for cross country skier Katerina Neumannova, silver for cross country skier Lukas Bauer, and bronze for men’s ice hockey team. athleets

This year the Czech Republic Olympic team is bigger than ever, mounting to the total of 93 members! The Czech Olympic committee says that even athletes who have little chance of succeeding should be allowed to take part, budget permitting. “”For the Summer Olympic Games in Athens we took with us a very young athlete, a javelin thrower called Barbora Špotáková. She was in seventh or eighth place there [actually she finished 23rd]…It was her first Olympic Games. In her second Olympic Games in Beijing she was Olympic champion. And we think if she hadn’t taken part in Athens, she couldn’t have made it in Beijing, to win gold at her first Olympics….So we don’t take everyone, but we take those who we feel have achieved a very good effort, very good results. And we wish the best for them.” [click to continue…]

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Tagged as: Czechs in Canada, sports, winter

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Czech and Slovak events abroad: February 2010 /Ceske akce v cizine: Unor 2010

Hi all,

Guess what Czech singer is touring the US this month? Lenka Filipova (see the attached foto)! For those who are not familiar with her, she is kind of like the Czech-style Joni Mitchell :0).

CZ: Ahoj, tak nas za tu velkou louzi pristi mesic prijede navstivit Lenka Filipova! Dalibor Janda jede zase za sluncem do Australie, kde ted maji leto :0)

1. Washington, DC (Czech Embassy)

A. What: Lenka Filipova concert

When: Feb. 9

B. Lions of Czech Film Series: “Fighter” (Bojovnik)

When: Feb. 10

2. New York, NY (Czech Center)

A. What: Classical Music concert (Panocha Qurartet)

When: Feb. 6 [click to continue…]

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Czech and Slovak events abroad: January 2010/ Ceske a Slovenske akce v cizine: leden 2010

January 2010 events are here! Check it out….

CZ: Mrknete se na to, co ceskeho/slovenskeho se kolem nas tento mesic deje….

1. Baltimore, MD

What: BALTIMORE SYMPHONY CONCERT OF CZECH MUSIC WITH CZECH CONDUCTOR

When: Jan. 22

2. Cicero, IL

What: The Story of Cleveland Czechoslovak Legionnaires

When: Jan. 24

3. Caldwell, TX

What: Tribute to Czech veterans

When: Jan. 30

4. York, NE

What: Muzicky Muzicky Music Program (History of Czech music)

When: Jan. 10 [click to continue…]

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Czech and Slovak events abroad: December 2009 / Ceske a Slovenske akce na Prosinec 2009

December is here and with it comes the merriment of Christmas and a New Year…and food…and sweets…and Santa (Mikulas) and Jezisek!!! There are so many St. Nicholas celebrations (I counted 12 of them) out there so there is no excuse for you not meet the ‘real’ angel together with the devil and the holy man – Saint Nicholas.

CZ: Je tu prosinec a s nim take radost Vanoc a Noveho Roku…a dobrutek…a Mikulase…a Jeziska. Na nize uvedenem listu je 12 Mikulasskych besidek (!!), takze zadne vymluvy, damy a panove, jdeme se pozdravit s andelem, certem a Mikulasem )