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Bohemia on Record

Bohemia on Record: Mapping Early Sound Recordings of Czech Settlers in the USA

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

Cost: Free.Filip Šír is the coordinator of digitization of audio documents in the Digitization and New Media Department at the National Museum in Prague. In 2017, together with Gabriel Gössel, he was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections for his contribution to historical research for the book Recorded Sound...

Bohemia on Record

Bohemia on Record: Mapping Early Sound Recordings of Czech Settlers in the USA

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

Cost: Free.Filip Šír is the coordinator of digitization of audio documents in the Digitization and New Media Department at the National Museum in Prague. In 2017, together with Gabriel Gössel, he was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections for his contribution to historical research for the book Recorded Sound...

History on Tap: Protecting Iowa’s Bees

Rapid Creek Cidery 4823 Dingleberry Rd NE #2, Iowa City, IA, United States

Cost: Free Location: Rapid Creek Cidery, Iowa City, IowaWe are very happy to be at Rapid Creek Cidery for this special Thursday night History on Tap! Bees are critical pollinators who keep our plants blooming and food growing, but they are declining. Hear from Steve Hendrix, Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa Department Of Biology...

History on Tap: Protecting Iowa’s Bees

Rapid Creek Cidery 4823 Dingleberry Rd NE #2, Iowa City, IA, United States

Cost: Free Location: Rapid Creek Cidery, Iowa City, IowaWe are very happy to be at Rapid Creek Cidery for this special Thursday night History on Tap! Bees are critical pollinators who keep our plants blooming and food growing, but they are declining. Hear from Steve Hendrix, Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa Department Of Biology...

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Concept Pop, Or Invisible Elephants and the Flies that Bug Them

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

Join us for a free lecture from internationally known Egyptian street artist, Ganzeer, on June 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. A multi-layered artist active during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, street artist “Ganzeer”, like former Czechoslovakia President Vaclav Havel, faced the creative silencing of an oppressive government. Ganzeer...

Ganzeer Headshot

Concept Pop, Or Invisible Elephants and the Flies that Bug Them

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

Join us for a free lecture from internationally known Egyptian street artist, Ganzeer, on June 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. A multi-layered artist active during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, street artist “Ganzeer”, like former Czechoslovakia President Vaclav Havel, faced the creative silencing of an oppressive government. Ganzeer...

History on Tap: Yup…Nope…and Why Midwesterners Don’t Say Much

Franklin Street Brewing Company 116 S Franklin St, Manchester, IA, United States

Cost: Free Location: Franklin Street Brewing CompanyThis light-hearted, yet also serious, presentation explores the whole question of a Midwestern legacy of reserve; we live in a “quiet culture” in the Midwest, often without even recognizing it.  Using many visuals and humorous examples, presenter Barbara Lounsberry (retired University of Northern Iowa English professor) probes the causes...

History on Tap: Yup…Nope…and Why Midwesterners Don’t Say Much

Franklin Street Brewing Company 116 S Franklin St, Manchester, IA, United States

Cost: Free Location: Franklin Street Brewing CompanyThis light-hearted, yet also serious, presentation explores the whole question of a Midwestern legacy of reserve; we live in a “quiet culture” in the Midwest, often without even recognizing it.  Using many visuals and humorous examples, presenter Barbara Lounsberry (retired University of Northern Iowa English professor) probes the causes...

Tony Wobeter

Author Talk: Tomas Kucera: Ancestor of Three Kucera Branches

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

Meet local author Tony Wobeter on Saturday, June 29, 10:00 a.m. at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library! Mr. Wobeter will give a short talk in the museum’s Skala Bartizal Library about his new book, Tomas Kucera: Ancestor of Three Kucera Branches, a companion volume to his 2016 book The Antonin Kucera Family...