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SUMMARY:Zátopek
DESCRIPTION:The riveting story of a Czech Olympic icon and one of the greatest runners of all time\, Emil Zátopek\, who became a global byword for sportsmanship and generosity and who was driven into obscurity by the Communists after standing up for ‘socialism with a human face’. \nAn inspiring portrayal of the Czech Olympic legend Emil Zátopek\, one of the greatest long-distance runners of all time\, who won five Olympic medals\, set eighteen world records and redefined the limits of human endurance.  It´s autumn 1968 and in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the Australian runner Ron Clarke visits the retired Zátopek\, his friend and role model\, to help him to overcome a crisis in his sporting career. With Zátopek in the midst of his own marital and personal crises\, they walk down memory lane recalling Zátopek’s athletic career from Zlín factory worker who had never taken part in a race to Olympic hero in Helsinki\, while mapping the inner journey of a single-minded man whose unprecedented athletic success made him part of Communist propaganda with devastating results. \nWonderfully portrayed by lead actors Václav Neužil and Martha Issová\, it is the relationship between Zátopek and his wife Dana\, champion javelin thrower\, which is at the heart of the story. As past and present alternate\, emotions and adrenalin run high culminating in a breathtaking reanactment of Zátopek’s 1952 Olympic gold hat-trick in Helsinki. \nFollowed by Q&A with director David Ondříček\, Václav Neužil\, Martha Issová and Kryštof Mucha \nFor booking details see Eventbrite link below \nPart of the 25th Made in Prague Festival \nAudience prize winner at the 2021 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival\nCzech entry in the best international film category at the 2022 Oscars
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/zatopek/
LOCATION:Vue West End\, 3 Cranbourn Street\, London\, WC2H 7NG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211107T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
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SUMMARY:Ecstasy
DESCRIPTION:A special screening of the digital restoration in 4K of Gustav Machatý’s 1933 defiant masterpiece: the UK premiere of this cult classic film.  \nProbably the most widely seen Czech film of all time\, it stirred controversy and uproar due to its portrayal of female nudity and suggestive sexual content and shot its director and the actress Hedy Lamarr to international recognition. Lamarr plays sexually frustrated newlywed Eva whose older husband is interested in anything but her. After returning to her father’s house Eva\, while swimming in the lake\, meets Adam\, a young engineer\, and starts an adulterous affair. \nExploring erotic desires and romantic themes already present in his previous films\, Machatý teams up with cinematographer Jan Stallich to transform a simple story into a visual feast of passion rich in symbolism\, using exquisite compositions\, thrilling montage and outstanding exterior photography full of unconventional shots. \nFinan Jones conducts the Silk Street Soloists performing a newly commissioned overture by Anna Vöröšová based on the original score by the film composer Giuseppe Becce. \nGustav Machatý\, Czechoslovakia 1933\, 90’ DCP\nCast: Hedy Lamarr\, Aribert Mog\, Zvonimir Rogoz   \nBest Director Award at the 1934 Venice International Film Festival and Venice Classics Award for Best Restored Film at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.\n25th Made in Prague Festival Opening Gala\nBooking open see website link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ecstasy/
LOCATION:Barbican Centre\, Silk Street\, London\, EC2Y 8DS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211104T183000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20211022T104104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T104104Z
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SUMMARY:Prague: Belonging in the Modern City
DESCRIPTION:A  SSEES Study of Central Europe Seminar with Chad Bryant. \nVojtěch Berger was a carpenter\, a member of the interwar Czechoslovak Communist Party\, and an obsessive diarist who lived in Prague from 1921 until his death forty years later. For Berger and other party members\, including top Communist leaders\, Communism was much more than a political ideology or movement. It was world unto itself that offered radical leftists a shared sense of security and place following the horrors of World War I and the emergence of a hostile\, yet tolerant\, First Czechoslovak Republic. Berger’s self-documented life offers a rare window into Communist practices of belonging between the wars – participation in a wide range of associations\, marching on May Day\, and joining comrades for a drink at the local pub\, to name just a few. Eschewing terms such as “identity\,” Bryant argues that pursuing questions about how and where people pursue a sense of belonging offers more than just a fresh perspective on the interwar Czechoslovak Communist Party. They touch on broader themes in modern European history\, including the ever-present burden of creating for oneself a sense of home and community in the face of unrelenting change and dislocation. \nTo register use Eventbrite link below \nThis event will take place on UCL campus. Should circumstances change\, the event will be delivered online. \nChad Bryant is the author of the recently published Prague: Belonging and the Modern City as well as Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism\, winner of the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize. Bryant is Associate Professor of History at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Humanities Center. He is\, with Kateřina Čapková and Diana Dumitru\, embarking on a study of the Stalinist-era show trials in Communist Czechoslovakia.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/prague-belonging-in-the-modern-city/
LOCATION:University College London\, Gower Street\, London\, WC1E 6BT\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER;CN="UCL SSEES":MAILTO:ssees-events@ucl.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211101T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211126T233000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20211020T121216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211031T171720Z
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SUMMARY:Jenůfa
DESCRIPTION:The first Royal Opera House production of Janáček’s opera since 2001 is now available to watch on demand until 14 November\n\nhttps://stream.roh.org.uk/free-titles/videos/jenufa\n\nIt will also be broadcast on 23 October on BBC Radio 3 @ 6.30pm and subsequently available for about a month see here\n\n\nphoto \nAsmik Grigorian (Jenůfa)\n© ROH | Monika Rittershaus
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/jenufa/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211027T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20211009T144644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211009T224459Z
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SUMMARY:Czech protest music past & present
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom talk by Daniel Majer about the political role Czech protest music has played in Czech and Slovak history from the Austro-Hungarian empire until today. \nFollowing the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968\, Karel Kryl composed ‘Bratříčku\, zavírej vrátka’ (Keep the gates closed\, little brother) as his reaction to the occupation. In 1972 the Slovak dissident Ján Ladislav Kalina was given a two-year prison sentence for\, among other things\, playing a record of Kryl’s songs to friends in the privacy of his home. In the eyes of the law during the period of normalization\, that amounted to incitement. \nIn the early 1970s the Czech rock band\, the Plastic People of the Universe\, began using the lyrics of the poet Egon Bondy and other poets for their songs. In 1976 they were sent to prison for up to 18 months for performing at a festival which the court condemned as “an organised disturbance of the peace”.  The group continues to perform despite the death of its founder\, Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa. Their music is the focus of a new book in English ‘ A consumer guide to the Plastic People of the Universe’. \nIn 1989 Czech musicians\, many of them banned from performing or in exile\, played a significant role in toppling the communist regime. In 2007 the Czech daily MFDnes published the results of a poll to name the most important song associated with the Velvet Revolution. Marta Kubišová’s ‘Modlitba pro Martu’ (Prayer for Marta) won by a landslide.  \nDaniel Majer\, born in Britain of Czech and Slovak parentage\, will present musical excerpts from Brno where he is studying as part of his course in Czech and Spanish at Bristol University.  \nIf  you wish to participate please register with bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by 25 October
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-protest-music-past-present/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211017T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210901T165800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T165800Z
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SUMMARY:Lakes International Comic Art Festival
DESCRIPTION:Working in partnership with the Czech Literary Centre\, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the addition of five Czech comic creators to the Festival’s line-up in October\, including award-winning Kateřina Čupová and Václav Šlajch. \nThe Czech Literary Centre is also supporting two international artists’ residencies in association with LICAF. Kateřina Čupová and Štěpánka Jislová will be working in Kendal before this year’s weekend-long Festival\, and a similar exchange enabled graphic novelist Sayra Begum to work in Prague this summer\, and Rachael Smith\, the creator of Quarantine Comix\, is set to visiting the European capital later this year. \nRead more plus profiles of the five Czechs here \ntickets available from link below \nArt from Kateřina Čupová’s debut graphic novel\, Rossum’s Universal Robots\, an adaptation of Karel Čapek’s drama R.U.R
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/lakes-international-comic-art-festival/
LOCATION:Lakes International Comic Art Festival\, Kendal\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210915T121633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T121633Z
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SUMMARY:My Seven Lives and More
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom event will introduce Agneša Kalinová (1924-2014) – a Slovak-Jewish journalist\, film critic and translator. Agneša’s fascinating story has been captured in Mojich sedem životov\, a book-length conversation conducted by the Slovak playwright\, writer and social activist Jana Juránová\, which was published by the feminist publishing house ASPEKT in 2012. Translated into Czech\, German and Hungarian\, this captivating narrative will  be published by Purdue University Press as My Seven Lives on 15 October 2021. \nAgneša’s daughter\, Julia Sherwood (who has translated the book into English with her husband Peter)\, will join the conversation from London and the book’s co-author and Agneša’s interlocutor Jana Juránová will speak from Bratislava. They will be interviewed by Peter Brod\, Agneša’s former colleague from Radio Free Europe\, who now lives in Prague. \nTo register use Eventbrite link below. \nThe event is a part of lecture series Literature by and about Czech and Slovak Jews organized by the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews and Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences\, New York Chapter\, with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association. \nThe lecture will be streamed on ZOOM\, recorded and available on YouTube.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/my-seven-lives-and-more/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210925T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210926T180000
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CREATED:20210831T150659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T150659Z
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SUMMARY:Largo desolato
DESCRIPTION:The Barnes Community Players will perform rehearsed readings of this extraordinary play.  \nLargo Desolato was written by Václav Havel and translated by Czech-born Tom Stoppard.  \nThe play speaks to our present obsession with “fake news” and our constant fear for our privacy. Havel struggled to accept the importance his words held for those who leaned on them during the troubled times of the Cold War; it might startle him to learn that they have transcended time and are still relevant.  \ntickets £10 see link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/largo-desolato/
LOCATION:Velehrad London\, 39 Lonsdale Road\, London\, SW13 9JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210920T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210920T194500
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210809T222839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210809T222839Z
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SUMMARY:TON Bentwood Furniture
DESCRIPTION:TON\, the renowned Czech furniture maker\, celebrates 160 years of bentwood production. \n Join this free online panel discussion on Zoom with designer Florian Kallus from Kaschkasch Studio\, Adam Štěch\, the author of the publication +-160 Years\, and Alex Gufler\, designer and Artistic Director of TON\, and explore the story of bentwood furniture from the radical invention of Michael Thonet to the present day.  \nDiscussing their personal stories with TON and the role of designers and master craftsmen in building a sustainable brand identity\, the panellists will highlight TON’s iconic designs and introduce a new collection.  \nChaired by Max Fraser\, Director of Spotlight. \nregister on Eventbrite link below to receive Zoom link \nAdam Štěch: +-160 YEARS; THE ORIGIN AND EXPANSION OF BENTWOOD FURNITURE FROM BYSTŘICE POD HOSTÝNEM \nAdam Štěch documents the fascinating birth and dynamic development of the revolutionary wood bending technology through the combination of historical facts with personal stories\, famous names\, iconic products\, forgotten witnesses\, and little-known historical artifacts. The result is a visual and textual collage about the past\, present\, and future of bentwood in Bystřice pod Hostýnem. www.plusminus160.com \nTON | Four Seasons. – YouTube \nPart of the London Design Festival
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ton-bentwood-furniture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20200801T181507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T164355Z
UID:3976-1631988000-1631998800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Folkový recitál
DESCRIPTION:Music recital by Czech songwriter Slávek Janoušek. \ntickets £10 via Eventbrite link below \nBohemia House \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-folk-music-recital/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210917T203000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210714T170817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210911T105331Z
UID:5194-1631869200-1631910600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Reimagining 'The Heart of Europe'
DESCRIPTION:Inaugural Online Conference of the UK Czechoslovak Studies Network University of Oxford. \nThe day will bring together researchers on the region to discuss current projects\, establish connections\, and spotlight areas for collaboration. Following our call for papers\, we welcomed proposals for papers from researchers of all disciplines within the humanities\, arts\, and social sciences. \nFor full details see Reimagining ‘The Heart of Europe’ Conference | TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities \nTo register see link below. \n  \nThis conference is generously supported by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/reimagining-the-heart-of-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210913T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210903T143016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T143016Z
UID:5447-1631559600-1631566800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Bye Bye Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:Comparing making a film about exile to a highly painful but necessary visit to the dentist\, Bokova\, herself an émigrée\, sets out to explore various aspects of emigration\, its effect on people’s lives and the impossibility of stepping into the same river twice. \n\nAs one of her protagonist says: “You return to your 30s but everyone around you is 60.“ Moving betwen the streets of Prague\, Paris and Buenos Aires and talking to a fascinating variety of émigrés such as philosopher Vaclav Belohradsky who left because of the 1968 Soviet Invasion; singer songwriter Vlasta Tresnak\, endlessly interrogated and tortured by the state secret police\, who had to choose between prison and emigration; poet and translator Petr Kral reflecting upon the mechanism of totalitarian power\, Bokova builds a captivating documentary essay about home\, the world and staying in those fictious spaces. And about friends. \n\n\n\n\n\nCzech Republic/Argentina 2008\, 114’\, English subtitles\n \nUK PREMIERE \nFree entry\, reservation necessary see link below \n\n\n\n\n\nFollowed by Q&A with Jana Bokova and Henrietta Foster on exile and identity \nFilm director Jana Bokova has been living between London\, Paris and Buenos Aires since 1968 making films in four countries and four languages – English\, French\, Spanish and Czech. Czech-born Bokova left her home country in 1968 at the time of the Soviet invasion  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bye-bye-shanghai/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210912T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210706T171959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210905T162217Z
UID:5115-1631448000-1631448000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Highlights from the National Gallery Prague
DESCRIPTION:Featuring paintings by Alfons Mucha\, Toyen\, František Kupka\, Gustav Klimt and other artists\, this online video series introduces selected works from the collections of the National Gallery in Prague presented by art historian Veronika Wolf. \nJoin every Sunday at noon and discover paintings that have shaped Czech cultural history on the Czech Centre London website\, You Tube\, Facebook and Instagram. \n\n12 September 2021 \nToyen (Summer)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/highlights-from-the-national-gallery-prague/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210901T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210930T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210412T164537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T165934Z
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SUMMARY:Antonín Kratochvíl: Testimonies
DESCRIPTION:Czech Centre’s Window Gallery & Czech Embassy London (outdoor exhibition)\n\n\n\nAn outdoor exhibition of striking black and white photographs by four-time World Press Photo winner Antonín Kratochvíl. Highly expressive\, evocative photographs provide a cross section of Kratochvíl’s work featuring show-business celebrities such as David Bowie and Bernardo Bertolucci as well as war and human catastrophes. With his unique style of photography marked by the depth of his understanding of his subjects Kratochvil\, one of the leading representatives of social documentary photography and photojournalism\, provides testimonies to the problems of modern society and civilization while portraying the state of the human soul and its prospects in today’s world.\n\n\n\n\n\nAntonín Kratochvíl (b.1947) is a Czech photojournalist of international renown. After five years of exile in Europe (1967–1972)\, including life-changing experiences from his time in a refugee camp\, in prison\, and in the French Foreign Legion\, he studied art and photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and moved to the United States in 1972\, where he became one of the top photojournalists and war photographers. A turning point in his career came with his self-published book Broken Dream: Twenty Years of War in Eastern Europe (1997). \nHe has worked for prestigious American newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stone\, New York Times Magazine\, Newsweek\, Mother Jones\, Smithsonian\, Condé Nast Travel\, Geo\, Playboy\, Penthouse and Vogue. He has received many international awards including the Dorothy Lange Prize\, the Ernst Haas Award\, the Golden Light Award\, the Gold Medal for Photography from the Society of Publishing Designers in New York\, the Gold ARC Award for the Best Annual Report\, the Lucie Award and World Press Photo of the Year. In 2014 he was named the Czech Photography Personality of the Year.  \nThis exhibition would not have been possible without the generous participation of Antonín Kratochvíl\, the Czech Embassy in London and the Czech Embassy in Paris. 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/antonin-kratochvil-exhibition/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210821T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210821T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210804T230951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210806T103310Z
UID:5289-1629541800-1629547200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Even Mice Belong in Heaven
DESCRIPTION:UK premiere of a new Czech animation film telling the story of a friendship between a little mouse and a fox. Following an accident\, little mouse Whizzy and and the fox Whitebelly meet up in animal paradise. In this new world\, they must relinquish their old animal instincts and follow a path to a new life.\n\nHaving lost their natural instincts\, they subsequently become best friends and overcome what would normally be hailed impossible.\n\nThis film for young children and stop-motion animation lovers is about hope and courage.\n\nThe film includes over 100 puppet characters and 11 sets.\n\nTicket £5 see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/even-mice-belong-in-heaven/
LOCATION:FIlmhouse\, 88 Lothian Road\, Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210728T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210730T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210707T161607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T164436Z
UID:5122-1627500600-1627673400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Cunning Little Vixen
DESCRIPTION:Energised by Janáček’s exuberant rhythms\, The Cunning Little Vixen captures the joys\, thrills\, fears and sorrows of our existence – whether or not we have a tail. \nVixen lives by her instincts and by her wits. Something about her strikes a chord in the Forester. They first meet when she is just a cub. He takes her captive\, but she soon breaks free and sets about finding a home and the fox of her dreams. As animals\, insects and people take their chances and make their choices\, or simply watch the world go by\, Nature renews its miraculous\, eternal cycle. \nA new production of Janáček’s opera sung in English with English surtitles. \nTickets still available for performances on 28 and 30 July
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-cunning-little-vixen-2/
LOCATION:Opera Holland Park\, 37 Pembroke Road\, London\, W8 6PW\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210712T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210715T100000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210704T160933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210704T160933Z
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SUMMARY:K2: My Way
DESCRIPTION:A documentary about Klára Kolouchová\, the first Czech climber to conquer K2. \n\nKlára is a mountain climber\, a mother and a woman\, and she is going to climb K2. To be a woman in a man’s world is not easy but Klara pursues her dreams. She has already climbed Mount Everest\, the deadlier K2 is next. Although her two previous attempts have failed\, she is heading there again. A film about one individual’s need to challenge herself\, the limits of  endurance and the difficulties of balancing the roles of woman\, mother and climber. Are women really free to attempt great achievements without neglecting their family responsibilities? \nJana Počtová\, Czech Republic 2020\, 93´ \n\nThe film will be available to rent (UK only) for free see link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/k2-my-way/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210630T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210630T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210616T112213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T112213Z
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SUMMARY:Vivienne Cato discusses the story of her mother Eva
DESCRIPTION:Eva Cato\, née Rotenstein\, was born in Czechoslovakia 13 years before the outbreak of World War Two. An only child growing up in a small town in Slovakia with her mother and grandparents\, she witnessed the encroachment of anti-Semitic hostilities and regulations on the life of her small Jewish community. \nEscaping to Hungary in 1942\, she and her mother spent the last three years of the war hiding under false identities\, in constant fear of discovery. \nThe presentation by Eva’s daughter\, Vivienne\, takes us through the key points of this story\, using footage of Eva recorded in 1992 by the British Library with Yale University as part of their Holocaust testimony project. \nVivienne Cato is a teacher\, facilitator\, and writer. She has published in the fields of literacy\, Judaism\, and the environment. \nOriginally a primary school teacher\, and a past Synagogue Director of Education\, she has worked with many mainstream schools and teacher-groups supporting the delivery of Judaism education. \nFree online event. Register via Eventbrite link below. \nBarnet libraries in association with Generation2Generation \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/vivienne-cato-discusses-the-story-of-her-mother-eva/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210627T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210627T211500
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210522T153902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T153902Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Leamington Music Prize winners
DESCRIPTION:Smetana   From my Homeland JB 1:118\nMartinů   Three Madrigals H313\nDvořák  ‘Song to the moon’ from Rusalka Op 114\nDvořák   Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op 81 \nOlga Eckert and Mafalda Galante violins  \nMaria João Antunes viola  \n Griff Wadkin cello  \n Beth Haughan piano \nTickets: £15 (inc. glass of wine) to book see link below \nThe Sonia & Harry Hyamson concert generously sponsored by Bonhams \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/2020-leamington-music-prize-winners/
LOCATION:The Dream Factory\, Playbox Theatre\, Warwick\, CV34 6LE
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210506T163138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T163450Z
UID:4935-1624471200-1624476600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Adolf Loos in Pilsen - the Interiors
DESCRIPTION:One of the great pioneers of Modern architecture\, Adolf Loos\, between 1907 and 1932 enriched the architectural environment of Pilsen for affluent Jewish clients. They had in common not only commercial\, social and family ties\, but also a desire for lavish\, impressive interiors which he unquestionably satisfied. Born in Brno in 1870\, he was famous for the ‘Raumplan’ (spatial design) as well as for writing the 1908 essay ‘Ornament and Crime’. His work can be found throughout Europe including the department store Goldman and Salatsch (1910) in Vienna and his masterpiece\, the Villa Müller (1930) in Prague. \nPetr Klíma\, Vice-chairman of Pilsen’s ‘Pěstuj prostor’ (Foster the City) association and manager of the Pilsen Architectural Manual project\, will navigate us through Loos’ realisations in the city.  \nBooking through Eventbrite here. \nThis online event via Zoom is free but please consider making a donation at: \nwww.czechfriends.net/payments \nImages: interiors by Robert Dowden. Image of Loos by Mayer in the public domain
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/adolf-loos-in-pilsen-the-interiors/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210427T155212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210427T155212Z
UID:4889-1623954600-1623960000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Brutal Beauty: A Video Tour of the Czech Embassy in London
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the premiere of a tour of one the prime examples of Brutalist architecture in London and discover what’s hiding behind the facade of the Czech Embassy. \n\nOwen Hatherley\, architecture critic and author of Landscapes of Communism: A History through Buildings\, will guide you through the recently refurbished London Czech Embassy from its spectacular roof terrace with iconic water towers to the original cinema in the basement. \nDesigned by the leading Czech architectural duo Jan Šrámek and Jan Bočan\, in collaboration with the architect of the Royal Festival Hall\, Robert Mathew\, it was awarded in 1971 RIBA London Region Award and marked a significant redevelopment in the Notting Hill Gate area in the late ‘60s. \nLooking back to pre-war Czech Modernism and post-war architecture\, Owen Hatherley will discuss its influence in Britain while exploring the obtuse angles and concrete details of the building designed in accordance with the prevailing architectural trends and representing the best of Brutalist architecture. \nFree event\n \nFollowed by a live discussion on ZOOM with Owen Hatherley \nTo receive a reminder and ZOOM link for discussion book on Eventbrite\n\nOrganised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with the Czech and Slovak Embassies in London and the London Festival of Architecture.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/brutal-beauty-a-video-tour-of-the-czech-embassy-in-london/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210514T152417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T152417Z
UID:4960-1622145600-1622149200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Foursquare: The Last Parachutist
DESCRIPTION:Free Zoom talk with an introduction by Philip Ingram\, MBE\nOn the anniversary of the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague in 1942\, George Bearfield will provide an overview of the book’s story and share photographs from his grandfather’s collection\, many of which have never been seen before. This will be followed by a Q&A.\nPhilip Ingram is a retired colonel from British Military Intelligence. He is now a writer and broadcaster on intelligence and geopolitics.\n\nTo register your interest and obtain your Zoom link for the talk\, please go to https://bit.ly/3haD804\n“A fascinating\, thrilling and meticulously researched trip into an old man’s memory\, a personal voyage of discovery that unveils a hitherto unknown post-script to one of the most famous acts of resistance in the Second World War. Operation Foursquare leads the reader into the gloomy demi-monde of Nazi-occupied Prague\, a world of heroism and betrayal\, patriotism\, perseverance and loss. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the wartime history of Central Europe.”\nRob Cameron\, BBC Prague Correspondent\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/foursquare-the-last-parachutist/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210526T191500
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210331T162358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T163233Z
UID:4764-1622052000-1622056500@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Low-Beer Story behind Schindler's List and Villa Tugendhat in the Czech Republic
DESCRIPTION:A talk via Zoom by Daniel Low-Beer\, a grandson whose surviving relatives never returned to their homeland. \nBefore the Munich Agreement and the Nazi horrors descended on Czechoslovakia\, Jews were central to the cultural and economic life of Brno. The Low-Beers were industrialists\, textile producers\, diplomats\, movers and shakers\, who were building the new republic after WW1. Some managed to escape\, many perished in concentration camps\, but none has come back. \nHis father was smuggled to Britain as a toddler\, and now Dr. Daniel Low-Beer and the City of Brno\, proud of the Low-Beer legacy\, are working on reconciliation. \nDr. Daniel Low-Beer works at the World Health Organisation as an epidemiologist\, and lives in Geneva\, Switzerland. He is a poet\, writer and is the grandson of the last Jewish owner of the factory that became Schindler’s Ark. \nHis book The Arks\, Kindle Edition\, £6.63\, is available to download from www.amazon.co.uk and all proceeds go to saving and rebuilding Schindler’s Ark\n \nAlso available in Czech from:\nwww.kosmas.cz/knihy/280854/the-arks/ \nPlease email  info@czechfriends.net to participate. The event is free but please consider making a donation at www.czechfriends.net/payments \n  \nImages from the top: © UPVISION used with the co-operation of CzechTourism; other images courtesy of the Low-Beer family archive and from the public domain \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-low-beer-story-behind-schindlers-list-and-villa-tugendhat-in-the-czech-republic/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210520T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210412T174020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210507T184439Z
UID:4816-1621535400-1621540800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Black Death in Bohemia: a medieval pandemic
DESCRIPTION:A Zoom lecture by Dr Mark Whelan. \nThe coming of the Black Death to Europe was a defining epidemiological event\, killing anywhere between twenty-five and eighty percent of the continent’s population in the years 1347-1351. With Covid-19 sweeping the globe\, interest in past pandemics and the historical comparisons they may provide has never been higher. This talk examines the impact of plague on Bohemia in the medieval and early modern periods\, surveying recent advances in the scholarship and understanding of how the pandemic impacted Central Europe and highlighting the latest archaeological finds unearthed in Czech lands\, including the excavation in recent years of ‘plague pits’ in Kutná Hora stretching back to the fourteenth century.  \nDr Whelan teaches at King’s College London and is an expert on late medieval and early modern Europe\, with a focus on Germany and central Europe. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Tuesday 18th May. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-black-death-in-bohemia-a-medieval-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210427T163422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210427T163422Z
UID:4896-1620414000-1620417600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Sh_t happens
DESCRIPTION:EUNIC London in collaboration with the EU Delegation in the UK present the third edition of the In Short\, Europe short film festival\, taking place online from 7-16 May. \nThe caretaker exhausted by everything\, his frustrated wife and one totally depressed deer. Their mutual despair leads them to absurd events\, because… shit happens all the time. \nLive Q&A with filmmakers including David Štumpf will take place online via ZOOM on 13 May 2021 from 7 pm. Register here \nMichaela Mihályi\, David Štumpf\, Czech Republic\, Slovakia\, France 2019\, 13 min no dialogue  \nAll films will be available to watch for FREE for 10 days only within the UK.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/sh_t-happens/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210427T161033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210427T161033Z
UID:4892-1620414000-1620417600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Once upon a time in East Slovakia
DESCRIPTION:EUNIC London in collaboration with the EU Delegation in the UK present the third edition of the In Short\, Europe short film festival\, taking place online from 7-16 May. \nA lonely 40-year-old cesspit worker living a quiet life in a village with his dexterous dog and essential beer supply finds his quality of life threatened by the prospect of a bachelor tax. In a short period of time\, he needs to find a wife.  \nLive Q&A with filmmakers including Adam Šoltés will take place online via ZOOM on 7 May 2021 from 7 pm. Register here \nAdam Šoltés\, CZ / Slovakia 2019\, 30 min \nAll films will be available to watch for FREE for 10 days only within the UK.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/once-upon-a-time-in-east-slovakia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210429T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210429T203000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210412T163010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210412T163010Z
UID:4808-1619723700-1619728200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Czech Philharmonic  livestream concert
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAMME \nRobert Schumann\nConcerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor\, Op. 54 (34′) \n— Intermission (10′) — \nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\nSymphony No. 2 in C minor\, Op. 17 “Little Russian” (32′) \n\n\nPERFORMERS \nKirill Gerstein    piano \nSemyon Bychkov  conductor \nCzech Philharmonic \nMarek Eben   host \n\nTo be broadcast on Czech Philharmonic social media and ČT art @ 8.15pm CET (7.15pm BST) \nČeská filharmonie | Facebook  \nCzech Philharmonic (@CzechPhil) / Twitter
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-philharmonic-livestream-concert/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210215T183936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T162908Z
UID:4555-1619028000-1619033400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Imperial Baroque\, Vienna and Prague
DESCRIPTION:An online talk on Zoom by Caroline Cannon-Brookes \nFollowing the deadly scourge of plague in 1679 and the relief of the Turkish Siege in 1683 the Viennese\, with improved security\, embarked on a great building programme which would provide visible proof of triumphant Catholicism and the Imperial Ideal. Two important Baroque architects emerged at this time\, Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt whose designs for churches and palaces commissioned by the nobility of Bohemia\, Moravia and Vienna have left their mark as we see today.\n\nAfter graduating from the Courtauld Institute\, Caroline Cannon-Brookes taught at Leeds University and was a NADFAS lecturer for many year. She currently teaches for the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and contributes reviews to the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Co-author with her husband of ‘Baroque Churches’\, she has a special interest in Central Europe and has led many tours to the Czech Republic.\n\nPlease email info@czechfriends.net to participate. The event is free but please consider making a donation at www.czechfriends.net/payments\n\nImages fron the top\, from Creative Commons: Château of Vranov nad Dyjí © Jerzy Strzelecki; monastery in Jablonné v Podještědí © VitVit; Palace of Schönbrunn\, Vienna © LMih; Belvedere Palace\, Vienna © Palacrogalin\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/imperial-baroque-vienna-and-prague/
ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Czech Heritage":MAILTO:info@czechfriends.net
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210324T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210225T125108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T165138Z
UID:4601-1616608800-1616616000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Czech Lands through the eyes of Dan Cruickshank
DESCRIPTION:Dan Cruickshank\, a well-known television art and architecture historian\, will share his impressions of the Czech Lands online via Zoom. \nDan’s  travels have taken him to the Czech Lands where he filmed two of his television broadcasts. It might have been his friendship with Jan Kaplický\, as well as with Eva Jiřičná\, that inspired his curiosity in their homeland. In addition\, post-communist countries have always intrigued him. As a child he lived for three years in Poland and attended a Polish school: his father\, a BBC journalist\, decided to embrace his zeal for communism and left the BBC to work for the communist paper Daily Worker in Poland. As an adult Dan made a programme on this chapter in his father’s life and his final disillusionment with communism after the events in Gdansk and Hungary. \nDan is a university professor of the history of architecture with a number of academic publications to his name\, as well as an art journalist. He has used his expertise to create numerous much-loved BBC TV programmes about interesting buildings and man-made artefacts which he encountered on various televised trips. Through them he aimed to chart the history of human civilisation. The repeat of his most popular series Around the World in 80 Treasures is currently showing on BBC 4. In  other shows he has examined how different homes – from medieval cottages and Victorian terraces to high-rise flats – reflect the way people think and live their lives. \nThe talk will precede the formal BCSA AGM. \nIf you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Monday 22nd March. \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-czech-lands-through-the-eyes-of-dan-cruickshank/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210315T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210315T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T215816
CREATED:20210311T113548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T113548Z
UID:4663-1615824000-1615827600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Launch of new website about Sir Nicholas Winton
DESCRIPTION:An online presentation by Barbara Winton of the new website she has curated about her father Sir Nicholas Winton  www.nicholaswinton.com \nNicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 and died on 1st July 2015 aged 106. He was known for organising the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939. \nThis event is organised by The Association of Jewish Refugees in partnership with the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors in United Kingdom. \nTo register for this free event see link below \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/launch-of-new-website-about-sir-nicholas-winton/
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