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December 2021
***Canceled*** Needlepoint guild demonstrations
See members of the Blue Ribbon Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild demonstrate their skills. Demonstrations take place at the museum each month on the fourth Thursday in Rozek Grand Hall.
Find out more »Christmas Cookies VI – Decorated Gingerbread Cookies
Gingerbread cookies are not only delicious, but also very pretty. For that reason, they serve as both a treat as well as a decoration. In this class you will cover baking and decorating — which is a lot of fun and gives you a chance to be very creative. You will learn complex designs as well as basic decoration techniques that can be completed as a nice activity with children. Note: Suitable for vegetariansJoin us from the comfort of your…
Find out more »Ornament Personalization with Marj Nejdl
In celebration of the holiday season, Master Czech Folk Artist Marj Nejdl will be on hand in the Museum Store to personalize ornaments for you, including the 2021 Limited Edition NCSML Ornament designed by Marj herself (shown at right). Ornament personalization can be commissioned for almost any ornament for a small added price. The last day to have your ornament personalized is Dec. 18. As always, there is no admission cost to visit the Museum Store only. All are welcome!…
Find out more »Dance Workshop with Dagmar Spain
Dancer, educator, and choreographer Dagmar Spain will lead a workshop at NCSML on movement as a physical dialogue for expressing democracy. This workshop is appropriate for anyone interested in communication; no prior dance training or experience is necessary. Spain considers and refers to movement as dialogue, quoting theologian Kai Alhanen as her inspiration for this approach: "The kind of learning that occurs in dialogue is a constantly developing understanding of the world’s phenomena, other people, and oneself." (Alhanen, 2019) Through…
Find out more »January 2022
Coffee and Kolach
Join us for our first Coffee & Kolach of the new year! Joining us will be Tom Dine, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR). He will discuss his work with AFoCR and the importance of preserving democracy on both sides of the Atlantic. Brew a pot of coffee, powder your kolaches, and join NCSML each first Friday of the month for Coffee & Kolach via Facebook Live.Cost: Free Facebook Live Program
Find out more »Museum Store Closed For Inventory
The NCSML Museum Store is closed Jan. 10 for inventory and will reopen Jan. 11 at 9:30 a.m. You can still shop online at store.ncsml.org. The Museum and its galleries are open as normal.
Find out more »Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I
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 next Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I starts on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Each class will be held from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Central Time every Tuesday from January 11 through March 15. During the 15 hours of instruction over 10 weeks, participants will learned to read, write, and speak in Czech.…
Find out more »COVID, the University, and the Community
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is pleased to host a webinar presented by the president of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Dr. Martin Procházka, a world-renowned expert on issues related to COVID in the community. His current area of focused research is COVID’s impact in universities. As an OB/GYN specialist, he has also collaborated with European Union physicians on “COVID During Pregnancy.” Dr. Procházka will be in Cedar Rapids to present the webinar entitled, “Covid, the…
Find out more »Needlepoint guild demonstrations
See members of the Blue Ribbon Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild demonstrate their skills. Demonstrations take place at the museum each month on the fourth Thursday in Rozek Grand Hall.
Find out more »A lecture on Slovak headdresses with Helene Cincebeaux
Join Helene Cincebeaux via Zoom at 7 p.m. CST for the world-premiere of the video highlighting the unique stories associated with her “Crowning Glory” exhibit. For the past 40 plus years, Helene and her mother collected unique, one-of-a-kind headdresses from Moravia and Slovakia. Helene will discuss the history, cultural significance, and most importantly, the human stories behind pieces from the largest headdress collection in the U.S. and perhaps one of the largest in the world. A live question and answer…
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