Member & Volunteer Holiday Shopping Night

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Please join us for an exclusive Member & Volunteer Shopping Night hosted by the Museum Store! Shop for a cause to help support the mission of the NCSML. Enjoy holiday favorites played by Holly Robe on our piano in Grand Hall while you shop and mingle. Galleries will be open until 8:00 p.m.Enjoy: • 25%...

Member & Volunteer Holiday Shopping Night

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Please join us for an exclusive Member & Volunteer Shopping Night hosted by the Museum Store! Shop for a cause to help support the mission of the NCSML. Enjoy holiday favorites played by Holly Robe on our piano in Grand Hall while you shop and mingle. Galleries will be open until 8:00 p.m.Enjoy: • 25%...

“Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation” Film Screening

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Before he became president of the Czech Republic following the Velvet Revolution, Vaclav Havel--playwright, essayist, intellectual--was a leading dissident, repeatedly jailed by the communist government. This extraordinary documentary by Jan and Adam Novak recreates (with irony) a little-known episode in Havel's rebellious life: the decision to test the limits of the secret police by taking...

“Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation” Film Screening

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Before he became president of the Czech Republic following the Velvet Revolution, Vaclav Havel--playwright, essayist, intellectual--was a leading dissident, repeatedly jailed by the communist government. This extraordinary documentary by Jan and Adam Novak recreates (with irony) a little-known episode in Havel's rebellious life: the decision to test the limits of the secret police by taking...

Czechs and Slovaks in the United States: A Sociodemographic Snapshot

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Who and where are Czech and Slovak immigrants and descendants in America today? We will examine geographic, demographic, social, and economic characteristics of these populations using data from the U.S. Census. We will also compare these groups to the overall US-born and foreign-born populations. Come learn about the current status of Czech and Slovak-Americans and...

Czechs and Slovaks in the United States: A Sociodemographic Snapshot

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Who and where are Czech and Slovak immigrants and descendants in America today? We will examine geographic, demographic, social, and economic characteristics of these populations using data from the U.S. Census. We will also compare these groups to the overall US-born and foreign-born populations. Come learn about the current status of Czech and Slovak-Americans and...

Tribute to Milan Rastislav Štefánik

Skala Bartizal Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the United States, Ivan Korčok, and the NCSML invite you to a Commemoration of 100th Anniversary of the death this key historical figure. Milan Rastislav Štefánik (21 July 1880 – 4 May 1919) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator, and astronomer. During the World War I,...