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03/09/2017
Ms. Kotik is the great -granddaughter of T. G. Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia (1918-1937) and his Brooklyn-born wife Charlotta Garrigue. Her presentation will illuminate the role of humanities in her family sharing roots in both European and American cultural traditions.
Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences – NEW YORK Chapter Est. 1960. Promoting Czech & Slovak intellectual history through lectures, readings, screenings, publications.
09/22/2016
Czech Language Services is joining the crowd funding effort on behalf of Wdowka family. Please consider donating at / Připojte se k nám a pomozte prosím finančním příspěvkem rodině zesnulého Martina Wdowky na: https://www.youcaring.com/ellie-wdowka-daughters-522349
Support for the Wdowka Family Martin's Obituary: http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Martin-Wdowka-103295074?f_e=1 This one is really hard. On February 7th our dear friend Martin Wdowka succumbed to complications of gastric cancer at the age of 38, just four months after his diagnosis. This was particularly shocking to...
01/16/2016
“[Kytice] is a bilingual edition. It actually sells more in the Czech Republic than it does in the UK. But it sells very strongly in the US – it’s our first big US thing. Kytice was inspired by Erben's love of Slavonic myth and the folklore surrounding such creatures as The Noonday Witch and The Water Goblin.
Radio Prague - Michael Tate: Freeing (mainly) Czech literary gems from amber with Jantar Publishing Jantar Publishing is a London-based press that brings translated titles from Central and Eastern Europe to a broader international audience. So far all of its releases have been Czech, ranging from Karel Jaromir Erben’s classic 19th century poem Kytice (The Bouquet) to a novel by Michal Viewegh that…
11/22/2015
"...I quickly learned that my Czech was seen as having little value by my friends, aside from the possibility of swearing in another language..."
The Strange Persistence of First Languages - Issue 30: Identity - Nautilus Several years ago, my father died as he had done most things throughout his life: without preparation and without consulting anyone.…
06/21/2015
Prague Days in Chicago | June 2015 July 2015, marks the 100-year anniversary of the 1915 tragic Eastland steamship disaster which claimed 844 lives in the Chicago River. As a result of the large number of Czech and […]
05/31/2015
"While the events leading up to the Velvet Revolution are quite well known, the account of how the "revolutionaries" had to set up a government from scratch is particularly fascinating. There were many hurdles to be overcome and, of course, vision and ideology gradually gave way to pragmatism and corruption. With respect to the power exerted by the old communists and the economic advantage that enabled them to get rich and exploit all financial opportunities, the Czech experience has been duplicated in many or even all ex-communist states. So it's instructive to see exactly how this happened in Czechoslovakia."
Havel: A Life Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century: iconoclast and intellectual, renowned playwright turned political dissident, president of a united then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist. Written by Michael ZantovskyHavel’s former pre...
04/25/2015
Pavel Tigrid - European - Czech Center New York THURSDAY FORUM: PAVEL TIGRID – EUROPEAN, dir. Helena Třeštíková. Documentary film about the last days of Pavel Tigrid, a Czech journalist, followed by Q&A session with the director.
04/12/2015
Američan v české restauraci aneb Nebojme se mluvit česky Toto video je součástí kampaně "Češi a cizinci - mluvme spolu", kterou v rámci projektu "Společný kraj - s cizinci jako s našinci" (spolufinancovaného Evrops...
01/20/2015
Kolja: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116790/
Scéna: Hlášení v ruském jazyce
Kluk se jmenuje Kolja.
Čelista se jmenuje Louka.
A.
nová slova:
ztratit se = to get lost
předat = to hand over
dozorčí stanice = station supervisor
otázky:
1. Kde se Kolja ztratil? Na jaké trase metra?
2. Kolik je Koljovi let?
3. Umí Kolja česky?
4. Co říká žena, aby udělal ten, kdo najde Kolju?
B.
nová slova:
hlášení = announcement
zůstat = to stay
najít = to find
ruský jazyk = Russian language
otázky:
5. Co říká Louka?
6. Co chce Louka, aby Kolja udělal?
7. Co říká Louka, že udělá?
12/05/2014
A festival of contemporary European writing in which Literalab and B O D Y are media partners is taking place in New York City this Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6th.
New Literature from Europe 2014 A festival of contemporary European writing in which Literalab and B O D Y are media partners is taking place in New York City this Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6th. New Literature from Euro...
09/11/2014
Kdo přesně identifikuje tyto české lahůdky? // Who can exactly identify these staples of Czech delicatessen?