2012
June 8-9 – Sugar Creek Slavic Festival
July 14-15 – National Czech and Slovak Museum Cedar Rapids grand reopening
August 17-19 – Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival
October 5 – Havel anniversary and Charter 77 at the Kansas City Public Library
December 2 – St. Mikulas Celebration
2011
March 4-31 – EU Film Festival in Chicago, IL; three Czech films included (more information here)
through April 2 – Mucha Art Noveau Exhibit at Ward & Ward Brookside Gallery, Kansas City, MO 64113
April 2 – Diplomatic Ball hosted by KC Ethnic Enrichment Commission at downtown Marriot Hotel; 60$ per person, reservation deadline is March 18 (contact Jirina Lavine for reservations)
April 3 – Annual Club Meeting held at Waldo Library, 201 E 7th St., Kansas City, MO 64114; 2:00-4:30 PM
April 16 – Northland Ethnic Festival at Park Hill South High School (I-635 & MO 9); 10 AM to 4 PM (contact Bob Bee)
May 14 – Czech Republic presentation & entertainment by Jiri Libal, a Czech officer studying at Fort Leavenworth, as a part of the People to People International’s Americas Region Meeting; Hotel Phillips, Crystal Room, 106 W 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64105; 12-2 PM
May 21 – Genealogy Program at National Archives, Union Station, with guest speaker Helen Epstein; 2 PM
June 3-5 – 2011 SVU Conference by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in New York; Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY
June 10-11 – Sugar Creek Slavic Festival
July 9 – Summer Picnic at English Landing Park in Parkville, MO. Afterparty at Weston Barbecue until 11 PM
August 5 – Slovak Illustrators & Czech Art Exhibit at Buttonwood Art Space
August 6 – Road trip to the National Czech/Slovak Festival in Wilber, NE (contact Terry Smitka)
August 20-22 – Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival
October 26-29 – CGSI’s 13th Genealogical/Cultural Conference feat. History of Czechs and Slovaks in St. Louis; Sheraton Westport Challet Hotel, St. Louis, MO
2010
April 30 – May 2 – 2010 Lincoln Symposium
May 30 – June 4 – NAFSA 2010 Annual Conference & Expo
June 11-12 – Sugar Creek Slavic Festival
July 17-18 – Summerfest featuring Antonín Dvořák’s Terzetto in C Major
July 24 – Club Picnic at English Landing Park in Parkville, MO, 4-10 PM
July 31 – August 1 – Summerfest featuring Lukáš Hurník’s Fusion Music
August 20-22 – Ethnic Enrichment Festival (contact Bob Bee or Mike Kalny for information)
September 19 – Sugar Creek Tamburitzans performance in Well’s Park, Sugar Creek, MO, at 3 PM
October 1-7 – Kansas International Film Festival, where Soul at Peace (Pokoj v Duši) will be shown on October 1 at 5:45 PM, followed by a club discussion
October 9 – St. Cyril’s Parish Oktoberfest at St. Cyril’s Church in Sugar Creek, MO, at 5 PM. Please contact Debbie Ray at 816 461-4877 for more information
December 4 – Don Lipovac Orchestra’s 30th Annual Booster Club Christmas Party, at Mejak Hall, 513 Ohio St., Kansas City, KS, from 5:30 PM until 10 PM
December 5 – Annual St. Mikulas Celebration, at Sylvester Powell Community Center, 6200 Martway, Mission, KS 66202, from 2 PM until 4 PM
