EMBASSY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Upcoming Cultural Events!
DECEMBER 2009

December 9, 2009, 8 pm 
Lions of Czech Film: Who’s Afraid of the Wolf 
The Avalon Theatre, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC
Tickets can be purchased at the box office or online at www.theavalon.org

Dir. Maria Prochazkova, 2008, 110 min., in Czech w/ English subtitles.

Little Terezka loves the fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood, and lives happily with her mother and father. As is often the case both in fairy tales and in real life, one day something changes: Terezka doesn't know why her mother has suddenly started acting differently. She doesn't know who that new strange man is, and why he is suddenly in her life. She only knows that something is wrong. She asks, but the adults are speaking in a different language, all their own. This visually original film combines elements of a family film and a children's fairy tale, speaking about love and divorce of parents from a child's perspective.

Won the Golden Kingfisher Award at the Pilsen Film Festival (2009).

 

 

Upcoming Czech Events in the Local Community

December 3, 6:30 pm
Lecture: CZECH AVANT-GARDE PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., NW | Dupont Circle Metro (Q St. exit)
202-387-2151 • www.phillipscollection.org

Join leading Czech scholar and photographer Vladimir Birgus as he discusses the pioneering work of photographers in 1920s and 1930s Prague. Czech avant-garde photographers, grounded in their familiarity with international trends, contributed some of the era’s most original, forward-looking photography. Birgus is head of the Institute of Creative Photography at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, and curator of Prague Biennale Photo.

 

By donation
In conjunction with the exhibition Object as Subject: Photographs of the Czech Avant-Garde

Support provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding

 

December 6, 2009, beginning at 3:30 pm
MUKULASSKA
St. Luke Orthodox Church, 6801 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101,www.sokolwashington.org
Admission & Dinner: Adults: $15.00, Children under 12: $8.50, Children’s Hot Dog and Cupcake: $6.00.

American Sokol Washington, DC cordially invites you to the annual Mikulasska (St. Nicholas) Dinner Party at the St. Luke Orthodox Church. At 4:45 pm, students of the Czech and Slovak School will perform Christmas Carols. Enjoy for dinner Jaternice or Jelita/Kravnicky or Klobasy with potatoes, Sauerkraut, rye bread, an assortment of drinks, beer, wine, coffee, and homemade Czech and Slovak pastries. Baked Czech and Slovak pastries will be offered for sale as well as traditional sausage.

NOTE FOR PARENTS: Mikulas and his entourage will make the appearance around 5 pm.

Picture credit: Picture by the 2008's drawing competition winner,
Gabi Kohlmayer, age 8, Category: 7 Years and up

 

 

December 20, 2009, 3 pm
Czechoslovak Interdenominational Services

Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 7730 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD

Celebrate Czech Christmas services at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The event will feature beloved Czech and Slovak Christmas carols as well as a reception following the services.

PŘIJĎTE MEZI NÁS NA ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ
VÁNOČNÍ BOHOSLUŽBY

v neděli, 20 Prosince 2009

ve 3 hodiny odpoledne, v naší malé kapličce

 

Zazpíváme si společně naše české a slovenské koledy a popřejeme si navzájem krásné prožití radostných svátků vánočních při společenské hodince, která bude následovat po bohoslužbách.

 

Budeme vděčni všem, kdo si zakoupí vánoční květinu k uctění památky svých drahých nebo věnuje květinu či peněžní příspěvek ke slávě Boži. Zaplat’ Pán Bůh!