[SOLD OUT] February 10, 2024: The Czech and Slovak Gala Ball

We cordially invite you to celebrate with us the 20th anniversary of Czech and Slovak Association, Inc.! Join us on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 6PM, at The Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Ave., Boston, MA 02116.

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January, 2024: Czech films at Belmont World Film’s Family Festival

Belmont World Film presents the US premiere of an award-winning Czech film called TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT, and two other Czech short films. Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light won an award at the prestigious Annecy Film Festival in 2023 and it’s truly an experience you don’t want to miss.

The festival runs January 13-15 and January  21.

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December 3, 2023: St. Nicholas Party – Mikulášska besiedka

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 3pm

First Parish Church
349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Mikuláš and his two helpers, “anjel/anděl” and “čert”, will visit us again this December to reward all the children in our Czech and Slovak community who have been good all year 🙂

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[SOLD OUT] October 7, 2023: Harvest Fest / Dožinky

The annual Slovak, Moravian and Czech folklore-inspired Harvest Fest or Dožinky 2023 is here!

Saturday, OCTOBER 7, 2023 at 6PM

Maynard Rod and Gun Club
45 Old Mill Rd, Maynard, MA 01754

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June 11, 2023: Family Picnic at Constitution Beach

Sunday, June 11, 2023 2 – 5PM
Constitution Beach, 0 Barnes Ave
Boston, MA 02128

Do you have plans for Sunday, June 11 yet? Join us for a family meetup and picnic at Constitution Beach! Bring an instrument if you play one, games, swimsuits, snacks and soft drinks (no alcohol allowed on the beach).
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May 19, 2023: Iconito: Slovak Popular Band from Michalovce Coming to US

Co-creator of project Korene and the winner of Košický Zlatý Poklad 2014, folklore-inspired Slovak band Iconito, is coming from Michalovce to Boston!

Friday, May 19, 2023, at 7PM
St. Johns’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St, Arlington

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April 25, 2023: Every Day is New: A Conversation with Lucie Lomová.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 from 6:00-7:30 PM

Harvard University
12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Baker Center, Plimpton Room (133)

Czech comic-book author, illustrator, and artist Lucie Lomová will speak on her award-winning books, especially her most recent comics-diary Každý den je nový/ Every Day is New. (more…)

April 14, 2023: Conversation with Marka Míková

Presented by Czech Café Boston & Czech and Slovak Association
Friday April 14th, 4 to 5:30pm
Barker Center 133 (Plimpton Room) Harvard University
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April 1, 2023: Hviezdoslavov Boston

Slovenská víkendová škola M.R. Štefánika usporadúva súťaž Hviezdoslavov Boston
1. apríla 2023 o 2:00pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA

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[SOLD OUT] February 26, 2023: ESTER WIESNEROVA AND ASTGHIK MARTIROSYAN in concert

City Winery Boston presents Ester Wiesnerova and Astghik Martirosyan live in concert on Sunday, February 26th at 7:30 PM.
Advanced $18 / Day of show $20

Ester Wiesnerova is an internationally active composer, vocalist, and educator, originally from Slovakia. Blue Journal is her debut album as a leader. Since its release in 2022, it has received more than 30 raving reviews worldwide, including magazines such as Jazzwise, DownBeat, The Whole Note etc. Her debut was also on a ballot to be nominated for Grammy Awards in Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Recording Package categories.
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March 4, 2023: The Czech Republic Tested: Thirty Years after the Velvet Revolution

Czech Café in Boston invites you to a discussion with the epidemiologist Petr Smejkal (IKEM Prague and Maine Coastal Memorial Hospital) about the Czech Response to Covid and the ways the epidemic “tested” the Czech democracy.

Saturday March 4, 2023, 5:30-7pm

Harvard University
Emerson Hall 104

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January, 2023: Belmont World Film presents two Czech/Slovakian films at it’s 20th Family Festival

January 14-16 and 21 in-person, January 20-22 online!
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December 4, 2022: St. Nicholas Party – Mikulášska besiedka

Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 3pm

First Parish Church
349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Please bring a wrapped present for your child with a name and age of a child. Have your child learn a song or poem to perform for Mikuláš.

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November 1, 2022: Talk by Petr Kužel: Prague Spring 1968: The Struggle for Economic Democracy, Workers’ Councils and Social Self-Government

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, 5-6:30pm

Harvard University
Plimpton Room, Baker Center
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Petr Kužel (Czech Academy of Sciences)
Introductions: Nick Nesbitt (Princeton University)

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October 15, 2022: New Resonances: Iva Bittová in Concert

Saturday, October 15 / 7:00pm
MIT Kresge Auditorium
48 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
Live-stream link

Registration required
MIT community on Covid Pass
General public with Tim Ticket
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