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Music @ the Museum: Emil Viklický’s Grand Moravia Trio

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

Tickets: $25 VIP Front Rows; $18 general admission; $10 student admission. Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Emil Viklický will return to offer concert-goers his unique and expressive take on Moravian Jazz, and this time he’s bringing two spectacular guests! Joining Emil will be double bass player Petr Dvorsky from the Czech Republic, and for the first...

Free First Saturdays for Students: On the Right Tracks

Cost: Free for students, regular admission for nonstudents. During World War I, the Czechoslovakians rode the Trans-Siberian Railways East across Russia. Between 1915 and17, 60,000 Czechs and Slovaks signed up to fight for the Russian Tsar against the Austro-Hungarian Empire who had held control of the Czech lands for more than a century. Students can...

Free First Saturdays for Students: On the Right Tracks

Cost: Free for students, regular admission for nonstudents. During World War I, the Czechoslovakians rode the Trans-Siberian Railways East across Russia. Between 1915 and17, 60,000 Czechs and Slovaks signed up to fight for the Russian Tsar against the Austro-Hungarian Empire who had held control of the Czech lands for more than a century. Students can...

Movin’ at the Museum: African Dance

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: Free, registration required Our second Movin’ at the Museum this summer season will be African Dance with Suzanne Palmer from the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy. Feel the beat and get fit dancing the afternoon away! Session One: 1:00 p.m. Session Two: 2:00 p.m....

Movin’ at the Museum: African Dance

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Cost: Free, registration required Our second Movin’ at the Museum this summer season will be African Dance with Suzanne Palmer from the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy. Feel the beat and get fit dancing the afternoon away! Session One: 1:00 p.m. Session Two: 2:00 p.m....

The Des Moines Metro Opera Presents: The Mythical Slavic Mermaid

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

Join us for a fascinating exploration of the music in the opera Rusalka. Des Moines Metro Opera’s production highlights the 125th anniversary of Antonin Dvořák’s sojourn in Spillville, Iowa, where legend has it he was inspired to compose the opera upon observing a young woman swimming in the Turkey River. In Slavic mythology, a “rusalka”...

The Des Moines Metro Opera Presents: The Mythical Slavic Mermaid

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

Join us for a fascinating exploration of the music in the opera Rusalka. Des Moines Metro Opera’s production highlights the 125th anniversary of Antonin Dvořák’s sojourn in Spillville, Iowa, where legend has it he was inspired to compose the opera upon observing a young woman swimming in the Turkey River. In Slavic mythology, a “rusalka”...

Late Nights at the NCSML – Time for a Czech Up: A Look at Medicine in WWI

Tours begin at 6:00 p.m. and last 30 - 45 minutes • Open late on Wednesdays until 8:00 p.m. during June and July (except July 4) There are loads of technologies and other advancements that came out of World War I, but perhaps some of the ones we come in contact the most are those...

Late Nights at the NCSML – Time for a Czech Up: A Look at Medicine in WWI

Tours begin at 6:00 p.m. and last 30 - 45 minutes • Open late on Wednesdays until 8:00 p.m. during June and July (except July 4) There are loads of technologies and other advancements that came out of World War I, but perhaps some of the ones we come in contact the most are those...