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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...

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...

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...

History on Tap: Pop! Nuclear Weapons, the Cold War, and Eighties Popular Culture

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

Cost: Free Location: NCSMLDerek Buckaloo, Coe College Professor of History, will take us through the decade of the eighties looking at how Pop Culture was influenced by the Cold War and its very real threat of nuclear war, which thankfully faded with the Cold War's surprising ending. Join us before 5:30 p.m. and check out...

History on Tap: Pop! Nuclear Weapons, the Cold War, and Eighties Popular Culture

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

Cost: Free Location: NCSMLDerek Buckaloo, Coe College Professor of History, will take us through the decade of the eighties looking at how Pop Culture was influenced by the Cold War and its very real threat of nuclear war, which thankfully faded with the Cold War's surprising ending. Join us before 5:30 p.m. and check out...

Paco Rosic painting

Paco Rosic Lecture – Cancelled

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

***This event has been cancelled*** Paco Rosic’s visit is part of NCSML’s Revolutions Starts in the Streets public art installation and programming.Cost: FreeRevolution Starts in the Streets is presented by Aegon Transamerica with contributing sponsorship by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Program Fund.

Paco Rosic painting

Paco Rosic Lecture – Cancelled

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

***This event has been cancelled*** Paco Rosic’s visit is part of NCSML’s Revolutions Starts in the Streets public art installation and programming.Cost: FreeRevolution Starts in the Streets is presented by Aegon Transamerica with contributing sponsorship by the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Program Fund.