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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...

You Ready for Training? Guided Tour of Guts & Glory: The War Train that Shaped a Nation

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

Cost: Free for Members, free with purchase of admission ticket for non-members. Registration Required. Please stop at the Information Desk in Rozek Grand Hall when you arrive. There are loads of movies and books about WWI, but not many focus on the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and the struggle to form the Czechoslovakian nation....

You Ready for Training? Guided Tour of Guts & Glory: The War Train that Shaped a Nation

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

Cost: Free for Members, free with purchase of admission ticket for non-members. Registration Required. Please stop at the Information Desk in Rozek Grand Hall when you arrive. There are loads of movies and books about WWI, but not many focus on the story of the Czechoslovak Legion and the struggle to form the Czechoslovakian nation....

Summer Family Art Workshop

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

Cost: $5 per child, registration required. Space is limited. This summer we're celebrating the wonderful art that can be done with beads in connection with our current exhibit, Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. In this first class we will be learning one, of many ways, that you can make bracelets with beads....

Summer Family Art Workshop

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

Cost: $5 per child, registration required. Space is limited. This summer we're celebrating the wonderful art that can be done with beads in connection with our current exhibit, Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence. In this first class we will be learning one, of many ways, that you can make bracelets with beads....