Brew a pot of coffee, powder your kolaches, and join NCSML each first Friday of the month for Coffee & Kolach! Each month we'll be discussing a different topic via Facebook Live or YouTube Live. Master Czech Folk Artist, Marj Nejdl will join us this month to talk about her upcoming egg decorating classes that use...
Join us for a festive event celebrating "Magic and Mystery: Mardi Gras and Carnival Traditions" before the exhibition closes on March 19. Several activities will be available for children, as well as light refreshments and treats including koblihy (filled pastries) and po' boy sandwiches provided by our Kolach crew — all included with your admission!...
Class number five will be all about delicious desserts. We are talking about poppy seed rolls that are most often called poppy seed strudel. It is a perfect combination of a bittersweet filling made from poppy seed and delicious yeasty dough. This strudel is very common in the Czech and Slovak Republics for any occasion...
Join Pavol Demeš, an independent foreign policy analyst, civil society expert, and TV anchor based in Bratislava, Slovakia, for a virtual lecture on the friendship, partnership, and alliance that has formed between Slovakia and the United States in the 30 years after Slovakia's independence. This lecture will focus on topics including: Emergence of Slovakia as...
General Admission Seating in Rozek Hall is sold out; however we are pleased to offer an Overflow Seating: Video View ticket. Patrons will be seated in an adjacent ballroom and watch the performance via live video feed while enjoying un-augmented audio. 130 years ago, Antonin Dvořák spent the summer in Spillville, Iowa and completed one...
Join NCSML Sommelier Dr. Steven Greif for an evening of Italian red wine education and tasting. Your tasting will also be accompanied by full Italian food pairings, including appetizer, pasta, and dessert. Saluti! Eight Italian red wines will be featured: Michele Chiarlo Barbaresco Reyna 2018 Fontanafredda Barolo Del Comune Di Serralunga D'alba 2018 Castello Di...
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library continues to partner with Anna Cooková, an instructor with CzechTalk, to offer online Czech language and culture lessons. The spring Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I starts on Monday, March 27, 2023. Each class will be held from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Central Time every Monday...
Seventeen painters from all over Moravia have created a gallery of large folk motifs that showcase their signature styles. These unique mosaics of decorative paintings represent five regions of Slovácko and form an educational trail through Moravia. Join us for the opening of “Moravian Folk Motifs” to experience stunning examples of this colorful Moravian tradition....
** All classes are full ** Class participants will learn how to decorate eggs using the batik/wax resist method. The traditional wax resist process involves several stages of tracing designs with wax and dipping the egg in different colored dyes. Each student will leave with new knowledge and one finished egg. Class size is limited...