A talk by Christopher Harwood.
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Filmmmaker Genevieve Anderson will show a preview of her in progress animated narrative feature film. With puppets, animation and Paul Giamatti’s voice, Anderson creates a visually stunning dramatic film adapted from the beloved Czech novella. This award winning artist and short film director of Boxed, Sunlight, and Ola’s Box of Clovers will bring to life Czech author Bohumil Hrabal’s beloved novella Too Loud A Solitude (Příliš hlučná…
Antonin Dvorak’s 175th Anniversary festivities continue with an all-Czech lecture-performance of works by Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, Leos Janacek and Josef Suk featuring the violin-piano ensemble G-sharp Duo, with Emilie-Anne Gendron on violin and Yelena Grinberg on piano. Dr. Grinberg will discuss the relationships and influences among the composers, providing an overview of Czech music at the turn of the…
Political scientist and historian Martin Nekola will discuss anti-communist exile in the first decade of the Cold War: its leaders, organizations and intellectual centers in the USA and Western Europe, including the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) and its first president Vaclav Hlavaty, the world-renowned mathematician. Martin Nekola, a political scientist and historian, received his PhD in political…