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Czechs Abroad - Calendar of Events
Below is a list of Czech-related
events and festivals around the world, ordered chronologically.
Please contact
us if you
know
about
or have organized an event in your area.
Sunday,
January 11, 2009 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm
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Come and go as you like
at a Czech Happening at the Art Theater of Long Beach,
a Sunday afternoon multi-arts event exploring the world
of Leoš Janáček. The three part program includes: an award
winning documentary on the Life and Loves of the composer
(in Czech with English subtitles); "The glow of your
kisses...," a play starring British/American actor
Michael York about the many women in the composer's life;
and ith "Intimnate Letters, a string quartet written
by the composer for his Muse. Czech treats will be served.
Saturday,
January 17, 2009 at 8:00pm
Sunday, January 25, 2009 at
4:00pm
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Opera's foxiest lady
is coming to Los Angeles this January courtesy of Long
Beach Opera. In one of the 20th century's most imaginative
excursions into fantasy, Czech composer Leoš Janáček's
1924 opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, combines song, dance,
and music into a seamless reflection on the cycle of life
and death. A newspaper comic strip about the adventures
of a fox living in a world populated by humans inspired
Janáček to create this Czech Midsummer Night’s Dream. In
his inventive opera, foxes, birds, insects and even a badger
interact with a local farmer, forester, innkeeper, schoolmaster
and priest. Ani Maldjian (LBO’s acclaimed Anne in The Diary
of Anne Frank) will star as the Vixen. Michael Chioldi
will be the Forester. Ken Cazan, internationally known
for his imaginative and innovative stagings, will direct
in his company debut. Sung in English with English Supertitles.
Saturday,
April 18, 2009
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Czech dinner, Czech
boutique, Czech cooking instruction, Czech/Slovak videos,
fashion show, booths, & dancing; Music by the "St.
Louis Czech Express" & St. Louis "Button
Box Club"; Admission is free of charge.
Sunday, May
3, 2009
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The spring festival is an indoor annual
event that includes polka music, dancing, singing, ethnic food,
and bake sales including kolace, and Czech-related demonstrations
and displays. Jewelry and crystal from the Czech and Slovak Republics
are available, and much more.
Thursday
- Saturday, June 18-20, 2009
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The celebration has kept alive the
heritage of the early founders of the little South Dakota community
who came to Tabor from Czechoslovakia as early as 1869.
What started out as a small community celebration, has grown
into an attraction that draws thousands of people each
year. The little town of 400 people and the surrounding rural
community has attracted as many as 10,000 people to Czech Days.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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The 86th annual CESKY DEN (Czech Day) will be celebrated at the D.T.J. Farm in Taborville, Auburn Township, Ohio. All are welcome.
Several musical groups and brass bands will play for entertainment and dancing, including the Sokol Greater Cleveland Concert Band. Music is from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Goulash dinners, tripe soup, pork, sauerkraut and dumpling dinners, and grilled wieners are some of the featured Czech foods available. Dinners are served from 11 a.m.
Admission is $5.00 and all proceeds go towards supporting three Czech cultural centers; namely Bohemian National Hall, home of Sokol Greater Cleveland on Broadway in Cleveland, Ceska Sin Sokol on Clark Avenue in Cleveland, and the D.T.J. Pavilion in Taborville.
Taborville is located approximately 25 miles east of Cleveland. Take Route 422 east to 306 south. Turn left on Taylor May. Then right on Quinn. The entrance is where the east end of Bartholomew Road intersects with Quinn Road.
For additional information contact the festival chairman Richard Smetana at 330-722-5474 or Bruce Marek at 440-543-8494.
Friday
- Sunday, July 31 - August 2, 2009
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"Polka Music, Bands & Dancing
- A Czech Tradition"
Wilber, Nebraska, a community
of 1,700 was designated the Czech capital of Nebraska in
1963 and of the USA in 1987. The town is rich in
Czech history and cultural tradition and provides visitors
an old-world atmosphere. Over 30,000 visitors come
to partake in the festival each year and celebrate Czech
traditions. One can find Czech musicians, dancers,
arts and crafts, food and drink, and much more.
Saturday,
August 15, 2009
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This annual homecoming,
called Pražská pout, has changed very little over
the years. Every year thousands come to celebrate the Feast
of the Assumption at St. Mary's Catholic Church and its
founding in 1855. You'll find plenty of Shiner Bock, fried
chicken and other tasty food. The oompah music begins after
the 10 a.m. mass.
Saturday & Sunday,
September 5-6, 2009
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Westfest is a Czech/Polka festival
that has been celebrated since 1976. Each year over 25,000
people head to the Central Texas town of West to enjoy
a family blend of food, culture, dance and just plain Czechoslovakian
fun!
September 11 (New York), 13 (Chicago), 18 (Miramar, FL), and 20 (New York), 2009
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The one and only Karel Gott will be playing 4 dates in September on his tour in the United States. Karel Gott has been an important personality on the Czech music scene since 1963. In European countries and around the world, he is an enduring phenomenon.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
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The Kolache Festival
is a celebration of the revitalization of Czech heritage...
a county that was basically a Czech settlement realized
their precious identity was slipping away. New generations
knew not the language, the music or the art of their ancestors.
Not only do we grasp at the past, but we hurry to share
the history...to bring into today's focus the beauty, talent,
and delight of the Czech people. Come to the Kolache Festival
and learn the wonderful Czech philosophy. See the technique
of stenciling, basket weaving, egg decorating, quilting,
woodcraft, carving, sculpturing. Dance to the polka, and
sing the songs of the musician. Taste the true ethnic food
and lend your soul to the fulfillment of the Czech cultural
heritage.
Saturday,
September 26, 2009
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The Kolache Festival is a Czech & German
festival with music, food, and fun. There is a parade,
car show, kolache eating contest, live polka music in the
biergarten and much more.
Sunday,
September 29, 2009
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The Nebraska Czechs
of Prague present their Czech Heritage Day with dinner,
entertainment, dancing, and kolače.
Sunday,
September 29, 2009
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The Panhandle Czech Heritage
Day included music by the Bruha Trio of Elyria in 2008.
Saturday, October 17,
2009
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The American Czech Educational Center
is holding their annual homecoming. There will be a Czech dinner,
booths and dancing with music by the "St. Louis Czech
Express"
and the St. Louis "Button Box Club". Admission
is free of charge.
Friday -
Sunday, October 23-25, 2009
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This is one of Texas' largest chili
cookoff celebrations in one of the world's largest tented biergarten.
Last year more than 50,000 Texans attended for the entertainment,
arts & crafts, parade, BBQ and beer.
Sunday,
December 6, 2009
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The
American Czech Educational Center is celebrating St. Nicholas
Day by having a children's party.
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