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SUMMARY:Sparks of Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Sparks of Freedom (Paprsky svobody) — that is the name of a new exhibition at Brno’s Moravian Museum. It tells how British academics and intellectuals reached across the Iron Curtain to support Czech dissidents in the 1980s\, focusing on the work of the Jan Hus Educational Foundation and the quiet acts of courage that helped keep independent thought alive under communist rule. \nThe curators of the Department of the History of Culture with an Anti-Totalitarian Focus (LINK) present the story of solidarity between the British and Brno people. Its roots date back to 1980\, when an organization called the Jan Hus Educational Foundation was established in Oxford\, which systematically provided material and intellectual support to Czechoslovak dissidents. In Brno\, co-operation began in 1981; in December 1984 the first seminar was held\, and mutual cooperation lasted without interruption until the Velvet Revolution. In 1990\, the Czechoslovak Jan Hus Educational Foundation was established in Brno\, which continues its activities under the name of the Vzdělávací nadace Jana Husa to this day. \nThe focuses on Brno events over five years in the second half of the 1980s. It presents important areas in which the British provided material and intellectual assistance to the unofficial cultural world in Brno. Thanks to the Jan Hus Educational Foundation\, British academics were able to come and give lectures in private households during the normalization period. The British also helped in the sphere of samizdat\, video projections of banned or unavailable foreign films in Czechoslovakia\, and supported independent Brno artists in the field of music and visual arts. The exhibition and the catalogue present topics that have not yet been given the attention they deserve. They reveal not only the blank spots of Brno’s cultural history\, but also the strong bonds of British-Czech cooperation in the persistent search for freedom. \nFor the full story see How Oxford philosophers supported Czech dissidents — new Brno exhibition tells the story | Radio Prague International \nBishop’s Courtyard\, Marble Hall \nOpening hours  \nWednesday to Friday 9am -5pm \nSaturday 10am-5pm \nSunday 1-5pm \n  \nphoto: Vít Pohanka\, Radio Prague International \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/sparks-of-freedom/
LOCATION:Moravian Museum\, Muzejní 1\, Brno\, 659 37\, Czech Republic
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SUMMARY:Brundibár Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:Brundibár Arts Festival was launched in January 2016 as the first annual Festival in the UK dedicated to the Music and Arts of the Holocaust. Located in Newcastle and Gateshead\, the Festival takes its name from Hans Krása’s children’s opera “Brundibár” (meaning bumblebee)\, which was first performed publicly by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. Brundibár Arts Festival seeks to find new ways to positively document the astonishing achievements of artists under adversity\, and to keep their stories alive through music and the arts. \nSaturday 31 January 19.30 – 21.30 \nSt James’s United Reformed Church\, Northumberland Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8JF \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brundibar-arts-festival-opening-concert-tickets-1851187765439 \nMonday 2 February 18.30 – 19.30 \nLiterary & Philosophical Society\, 23 Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-concert-series-concert-1-tickets-1909713176519 \nTuesday 3 February 13.000 -14.00 \nLiterary & Philosophical Society\, 23 Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-concert-series-concert-2-tickets-1909770397669 \nTuesday 3 February 18.30-19.30 \nBrunswick Methodist Church\, Brunswick Place\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7BJ \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-concerts-series-concert-three-tickets-1851730007299 \nWednesday 4 February 19.00-21.00 \nTyneside Cinema\,  New House\, 10 Pilgrim Street\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 6QG \nThe Last Musician of Auschwitz + Q&A \n \nThursday 5 February 19.30-21.30 \nSt James’s United Reformed Church\, Northumberland Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8JF \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-voice-not-stilled-tickets-1918303540529 \nSaturday 7 February 13.000 -14.00 \nAll Saints’ Church\, West Avenue\, Gosforth NE3 4ES \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-concert-series-concert-four-tickets-1936793915739 \nSaturday 7 February 18.30 -19.30 \nAll Saints’ Church\, West Avenue\, Gosforth NE3 4ES \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-concert-series-concert-five-tickets-1943906258949 \nSunday 8 February 19.30-21.30 \nNewcastle University Kings Hall\, Armstrong Building\,  Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QB \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brundibar-arts-festival-2026-closing-concert-tickets-1948643488129 \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/brundibar-arts-festival/
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